Name: Fairview Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2024-12-17
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-12-17

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week, slaughter steers and heifers were unevenly steady. Slaughter cows sold 1.00 to 7.00 lower. Slaughter bulls sold 2.00 higher. Trade was active with moderate to good demand.

Slaughter cattle

By class and quality grade · $/cwt

Cull cows and bulls are graded, not weight-classed — grade is what moves the money here.

Class	Grade	Dressing	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Beef/Dairy Steers	Choice	Average	1,445	178.00	2,572	2thin
Bulls	—	Average	1,594	147.58	2,352	19
Cows	Premium White 65-75%	Average	1,435	144.39	2,072	2thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	High	1,574	121.42	1,911	47
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,312	114.37	1,501	62
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Low	1,122	100.90	1,132	30
Dairy Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,462	116.95	1,710	3thin
Dairy Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,630	116.00	1,891	1thin
Dairy Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,437	105.20	1,512	5thin
Heifers	Choice	Average	1,403	191.75	2,690	26
Heifers	Select and Choice	Average	1,123	163.33	1,835	3thin
Heifers	Select	Average	993	153.30	1,522	3thin
Steers	Choice	Average	1,531	194.09	2,971	124
Steers	Select and Choice	Average	1,281	171.96	2,203	7thin
Steers	Select	Average	1,150	135.00	1,553	1thin

Every lot, as filed

32 lots · USDA AMS · Fairview Sale Barn Slaughter Cattle - Fairview, IL

Nothing removed and nothing rounded — the same lots as the USDA report, with per-head values added.

Class	Grade / description	Weight	Avg wt	Price	Range	Per head	Head
Bulls	—	—	1,953	157.12/cwt	152.50–162.50	3,069	4
Bulls	—	—	1,907	169.81/cwt	167.50–175.00	3,238	3
Bulls	—	—	1,544	134.57/cwt	115.00–142.50	2,078	9
Bulls	—Return to Feed	—	952	151.68/cwt	132.50–162.50	1,444	3
Steers	Select	—	1,150	135.00/cwt	135.00–135.00	1,553	1
Heifers	SelectReturn to Feed	—	993	153.30/cwt	147.50–160.00	1,522	3
Beef/Dairy Steers	Choice	—	1,415	185.00/cwt	185.00–185.00	2,618	1
Heifers	Select and ChoiceReturn to Feed	—	1,110	178.75/cwt	167.50–190.00	1,984	2
Steers	ChoiceHeavy Weight	—	1,770	185.00/cwt	185.00–185.00	3,275	2
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,300	116.84/cwt	112.00–122.50	1,519	34
Steers	Select and Choice	—	1,281	171.96/cwt	152.50–189.00	2,203	7
Heifers	Choice	—	1,405	193.21/cwt	189.00–197.50	2,715	22
Beef/Dairy Steers	Choice	—	1,475	171.00/cwt	171.00–171.00	2,522	1
Heifers	Select and Choice	—	1,150	132.50/cwt	132.50–132.50	1,524	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,367	105.03/cwt	93.00–111.00	1,436	20
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,117	80.63/cwt	70.00–87.50	901	9
Steers	ChoiceHeavy Weight	—	1,743	186.01/cwt	177.00–189.50	3,242	5
Steers	Choice	—	1,519	195.55/cwt	190.00–200.00	2,970	110
Heifers	Choice	—	1,390	183.72/cwt	182.00–185.00	2,554	4
Steers	Choice	—	1,493	179.49/cwt	171.00–188.00	2,680	7
Cows	Lean 85-90%Return to Feed	—	985	138.95/cwt	110.00–165.00	1,369	5
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,230	108.37/cwt	105.00–114.00	1,333	5
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,260	125.35/cwt	124.00–128.00	1,579	5
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,552	133.94/cwt	132.50–135.00	2,079	2
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,576	113.95/cwt	100.00–119.00	1,796	14
Cows	Boner 80-85%Return to Feed	—	1,172	130.44/cwt	125.00–137.50	1,529	3
Dairy Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,462	116.95/cwt	112.50–120.00	1,710	3
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,574	123.98/cwt	120.00–130.00	1,951	31
Dairy Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,437	105.20/cwt	95.00–110.00	1,512	5
Cows	Premium White 65-75%	—	1,435	144.39/cwt	139.00–150.00	2,072	2
Dairy Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,630	116.00/cwt	116.00–116.00	1,891	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,138	96.80/cwt	90.00–103.00	1,102	11

How this sale compares

Illinois weighted averages

One sale is one barn on one day. The state ladder is every Illinois auction USDA reported that week, weighted by head — the fairer test of whether a lot sold well.

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Fairview Sale Barn Slaughter Cattle - Fairview, IL

Tue Dec 17, 2024

USDA Livestock, Poultry & Grain Market News · Federal-State Market News Service, Springfield, IL (LS-GX)

Receipts 342Last week 451Year ago 346

Compared to last week, slaughter steers and heifers were unevenly steady. Slaughter cows sold 1.00 to 7.00 lower. Slaughter bulls sold 2.00 higher. Trade was active with moderate to good demand.

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,953	152.50–162.50	157.12
3	—	1,907	167.50–175.00	169.81
9	—	1,544	115.00–142.50	134.57
Bulls — Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	952	132.50–162.50	151.68
Steers — Select$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,150	135.00	135.00
Steers — Choice · Heavy Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,770	185.00	185.00
5	—	1,743	177.00–189.50	186.01
Steers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	1,281	152.50–189.00	171.96
Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
110	—	1,519	190.00–200.00	195.55
7	—	1,493	171.00–188.00	179.49
Heifers — Select · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	993	147.50–160.00	153.30
Heifers — Select and Choice · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,110	167.50–190.00	178.75
Heifers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
22	—	1,405	189.00–197.50	193.21
4	—	1,390	182.00–185.00	183.72
Heifers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,150	132.50	132.50
Beef/Dairy Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,415	185.00	185.00
1	—	1,475	171.00	171.00
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
34	—	1,300	112.00–122.50	116.84
20	—	1,367	93.00–111.00	105.03
5	—	1,260	124.00–128.00	125.35
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	1,117	70.00–87.50	80.63
5	—	1,230	105.00–114.00	108.37
11	—	1,138	90.00–103.00	96.80
Cows — Lean 85-90% · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	985	110.00–165.00	138.95
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,552	132.50–135.00	133.94
14	—	1,576	100.00–119.00	113.95
31	—	1,574	120.00–130.00	123.98
Cows — Boner 80-85% · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,172	125.00–137.50	130.44
Cows — Premium White 65-75%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,435	139.00–150.00	144.39
Dairy Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,462	112.50–120.00	116.95
Dairy Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,437	95.00–110.00	105.20
Dairy Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,630	116.00	116.00

Head, weight ranges, average weights and price ranges are exactly as USDA AMS filed them — nothing recomputed, nothing rounded — in USDA's own reporting structure. This is RaisedBeef's rendering of that data, not a copy of USDA's document.

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