Name: Fairview Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2021-04-01
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2021-04-01

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to the last reported Fairview special feeder sale on 3/11/2021, steers under 600 lbs traded steady. Steers over 600 lbs sold 4.00 to 5.00 higher. Heifers traded mostly steady. Trade was active with good demand.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb steers averaged $151.35/cwt on 662 head.

Average price

$151.35

662 head · 704 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,065

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$139

per head · Large 1-2 over Medium and Large 1-2

$36.01/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+9.87

vs IL average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Large 1-2	710	152.01	1,079	631
Large 1	627	143.42	899	11thin
Large 2	521	136.97	714	18thin
Medium and Large 1-2	810	116.00	940	2thin

One grade step is worth $36.01/cwt here — about $139 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 0–100 lb. USDA reports each grade on its own line and never publishes the spread.

How it compared 0–100 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only

This sale662 hd

151.35

—

IL average3 barns · 921 hd

141.48

+9.87

A barn can sit above the state average at one weight and below it at another — check the class you actually sell.

Every lot, as filed

78 lots · USDA AMS · Fairview Sale Barn Cattle Special - 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
Heifers	Large 1-2	—	850	111.00/cwt	111.00–111.00	944	2
Steers	Large 1-2	—	632	153.28/cwt	135.00–160.00	969	63
Steers	Large 1-2	—	682	148.85/cwt	127.00–155.00	1,015	55
Steers	Large 1-2	—	912	123.00/cwt	123.00–123.00	1,122	2
Steers	Large 1-2	—	714	141.34/cwt	126.00–148.00	1,009	23
Steers	Large 1-2	—	476	182.82/cwt	166.00–195.00	870	23
Heifers	Large 1-2	—	840	120.50/cwt	120.50–120.50	1,012	6
Steers	Large 1-2	—	574	161.17/cwt	149.00–163.00	925	20
Steers	Large 1-2	—	434	169.31/cwt	156.00–181.00	735	10
Steers	Large 1-2Fancy	—	453	205.00/cwt	205.00–205.00	929	7
Steers	Large 1-2Fancy	—	517	188.00/cwt	188.00–188.00	972	2
Steers	Large 1-2Fancy	—	305	202.00/cwt	202.00–202.00	616	1
Steers	Large 1-2	—	377	182.61/cwt	172.00–190.00	688	5
Steers	Large 1-2	—	341	177.89/cwt	172.00–185.00	607	4
Steers	Large 1-2	—	771	148.77/cwt	126.50–151.25	1,147	217
Heifers	Large 1	—	478	137.25/cwt	136.00–143.00	656	7
Heifers	Large 1	—	561	134.28/cwt	130.00–138.00	753	6
Heifers	Large 1	—	848	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	933	3
Steers	Large 1-2Unweaned	—	755	117.00/cwt	117.00–117.00	883	1
Bulls	Large 1-2Unweaned	—	475	131.00/cwt	131.00–131.00	622	1
Heifers	Large 1-2Fleshy	—	765	105.00/cwt	105.00–105.00	803	1
Steers	Large 1	—	865	121.00/cwt	121.00–121.00	1,047	1
Steers	Large 1	—	795	121.00/cwt	121.00–121.00	962	1
Steers	Large 1	—	584	142.90/cwt	140.00–152.00	835	4
Steers	Large 1-2Fancy	—	437	206.00/cwt	206.00–206.00	900	2
Steers	Large 1-2Fancy	—	355	203.00/cwt	203.00–203.00	721	1
Steers	Large 1	—	452	166.68/cwt	161.00–171.00	753	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	810	116.00/cwt	116.00–116.00	940	2
Heifers	Medium 1-2Full	—	815	86.00/cwt	86.00–86.00	701	1
Heifers	Medium 1-2	—	465	101.00/cwt	101.00–101.00	470	1
Heifers	Large 1	—	373	138.65/cwt	134.00–143.00	517	2
Heifers	Large 1	—	865	102.00/cwt	102.00–102.00	882	1
Steers	Large 1	—	1,180	109.00/cwt	109.00–109.00	1,286	1
Heifers	Large 1	—	615	117.00/cwt	117.00–117.00	720	1
Heifers	Large 1	—	520	135.00/cwt	135.00–135.00	702	1
Heifers	Large 1	—	310	147.00/cwt	147.00–147.00	456	1
Heifers	Large 1	—	735	121.00/cwt	121.00–121.00	889	1
Heifers	Large 1	—	685	117.00/cwt	117.00–117.00	801	1
Steers	Large 1	—	365	155.00/cwt	155.00–155.00	566	1
Heifers	Large 2	—	383	131.51/cwt	123.00–138.00	504	3
Steers	Large 2	—	483	138.59/cwt	121.00–156.00	669	2
Steers	Large 2	—	380	148.03/cwt	146.00–150.00	563	2
Dairy Steers	Large 3	—	285	95.00/cwt	95.00–95.00	271	2
Steers	Large 2	—	645	126.00/cwt	126.00–126.00	813	1
Steers	Large 2	—	330	157.50/cwt	157.50–157.50	520	1
Heifers	Large 2	—	710	106.00/cwt	106.00–106.00	753	1
Heifers	Large 2	—	588	129.44/cwt	127.00–130.00	761	5
Heifers	Large 2	—	477	120.41/cwt	115.00–131.00	574	4
Steers	Large 2	—	576	141.00/cwt	141.00–141.00	812	3
Steers	Large 2	—	543	136.00/cwt	136.00–136.00	738	2
Heifers	Large 2	—	623	113.99/cwt	110.00–116.00	710	3
Bulls	Large 1-2	—	608	115.00/cwt	115.00–115.00	699	4
Bulls	Large 1-2	—	461	133.00/cwt	133.00–133.00	613	4
Bulls	Large 1-2	—	445	122.00/cwt	122.00–122.00	543	1
Steers	Large 2	—	427	146.35/cwt	139.00–153.00	625	5
Steers	Large 2	—	935	70.00/cwt	70.00–70.00	655	1
Steers	Large 2	—	800	112.00/cwt	112.00–112.00	896	1
Heifers	Large 1-2	—	665	138.08/cwt	120.00–141.00	918	54
Heifers	Large 1-2	—	470	155.07/cwt	135.00–160.00	729	29
Heifers	Large 1-2	—	421	153.47/cwt	141.00–163.00	646	23
Bulls	Large 2	—	500	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	650	1
Heifers	Large 2	—	240	136.00/cwt	136.00–136.00	326	1
Bulls	Large 2	—	345	121.00/cwt	121.00–121.00	417	1
Heifers	Large 1-2	—	768	125.19/cwt	125.00–126.50	961	47
Heifers	Large 1-2	—	566	142.39/cwt	131.00–150.00	806	46
Heifers	Large 1-2	—	379	148.79/cwt	139.00–159.00	564	19
Bulls	Large 1-2	—	295	177.00/cwt	177.00–177.00	522	1
Steers	Large 1-2Full	—	840	116.00/cwt	116.00–116.00	974	1
Heifers	Large 1-2	—	230	156.96/cwt	145.00–170.00	361	2
Steers	Large 1-2	—	524	171.22/cwt	158.00–186.00	897	47
Heifers	Large 1-2	—	722	127.99/cwt	123.50–130.00	924	17
Heifers	Large 1-2	—	905	107.00/cwt	107.00–107.00	968	6
Heifers	Large 1-2	—	629	140.46/cwt	122.00–146.00	883	93
Heifers	Large 1-2	—	340	164.00/cwt	164.00–164.00	558	1
Heifers	Large 1-2	—	531	148.56/cwt	139.00–155.00	789	51
Steers	Large 1-2	—	866	123.58/cwt	116.00–126.00	1,070	9
Steers	Large 1-2	—	984	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	1,082	5
Steers	Large 1-2	—	829	142.70/cwt	126.00–144.75	1,183	133

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.

Illinois feeder prices, every weight →Every state and region →

Fairview Sale Barn Cattle Special - Fairview, IL

Thu Apr 1, 2021

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

Receipts 1,206Last week 2,311Year ago 1,479

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	850	111.00	111.00
6	—	840	120.50	120.50
54	—	665	120.00–141.00	138.08
29	—	470	135.00–160.00	155.07
23	—	421	141.00–163.00	153.47
47	—	768	125.00–126.50	125.19
46	—	566	131.00–150.00	142.39
19	—	379	139.00–159.00	148.79
2	—	230	145.00–170.00	156.96
17	—	722	123.50–130.00	127.99
6	—	905	107.00	107.00
93	—	629	122.00–146.00	140.46
1	—	340	164.00	164.00
51	—	531	139.00–155.00	148.56
Heifers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	478	136.00–143.00	137.25
6	—	561	130.00–138.00	134.28
3	—	848	110.00	110.00
2	—	373	134.00–143.00	138.65
1	—	865	102.00	102.00
1	—	615	117.00	117.00
1	—	520	135.00	135.00
1	—	310	147.00	147.00
1	—	735	121.00	121.00
1	—	685	117.00	117.00
Heifers — Large 1-2 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	765	105.00	105.00
Heifers — Medium 1-2 · Full$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	815	86.00	86.00
Heifers — Medium 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	465	101.00	101.00
Heifers — Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	383	123.00–138.00	131.51
1	—	710	106.00	106.00
5	—	588	127.00–130.00	129.44
4	—	477	115.00–131.00	120.41
3	—	623	110.00–116.00	113.99
1	—	240	136.00	136.00
Steers — Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
63	—	632	135.00–160.00	153.28
55	—	682	127.00–155.00	148.85
2	—	912	123.00	123.00
23	—	714	126.00–148.00	141.34
23	—	476	166.00–195.00	182.82
20	—	574	149.00–163.00	161.17
10	—	434	156.00–181.00	169.31
5	—	377	172.00–190.00	182.61
4	—	341	172.00–185.00	177.89
217	—	771	126.50–151.25	148.77
47	—	524	158.00–186.00	171.22
9	—	866	116.00–126.00	123.58
5	—	984	110.00	110.00
133	—	829	126.00–144.75	142.70
Steers — Large 1-2 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	453	205.00	205.00
2	—	517	188.00	188.00
1	—	305	202.00	202.00
2	—	437	206.00	206.00
1	—	355	203.00	203.00
Steers — Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	755	117.00	117.00
Steers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	865	121.00	121.00
1	—	795	121.00	121.00
4	—	584	140.00–152.00	142.90
3	—	452	161.00–171.00	166.68
1	—	1,180	109.00	109.00
1	—	365	155.00	155.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	810	116.00	116.00
Steers — Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	483	121.00–156.00	138.59
2	—	380	146.00–150.00	148.03
1	—	645	126.00	126.00
1	—	330	157.50	157.50
3	—	576	141.00	141.00
2	—	543	136.00	136.00
5	—	427	139.00–153.00	146.35
1	—	935	70.00	70.00
1	—	800	112.00	112.00
Steers — Large 1-2 · Full$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	840	116.00	116.00
Bulls — Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	475	131.00	131.00
Bulls — Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	608	115.00	115.00
4	—	461	133.00	133.00
1	—	445	122.00	122.00
1	—	295	177.00	177.00
Bulls — Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	500	130.00	130.00
1	—	345	121.00	121.00
Dairy Steers — Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	285	95.00	95.00

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