Name: Fairview Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2022-05-12
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2022-05-12

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to the last reported Fairview feeder cattle sale on 4/28/22, feeder steers sold mostly 6.00 to 15.00 lower. Feeder heifers sold mixed, with weights under 600 lbs selling 5.00 to 12.00 lower. heifers in the 6 to 7 wts. sold 10.00 to 12.00 higher. Trade was active with moderate to good demand.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb heifers averaged $153.10/cwt on 189 head.

Average price

$153.10

189 head · 548 lb average

Value per head Derived

$840

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$144

per head · Large 1-2 over Large 2

$24.85/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+4.77

vs IL average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Large 1-2	553	155.72	861	161
Large 1	478	147.95	708	10thin
Medium and Large 1-2	543	141.00	766	3thin
Large 2	548	130.87	717	15thin

One grade step is worth $24.85/cwt here — about $144 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 sale189 hd

153.10

—

IL average3 barns · 345 hd

148.33

+4.77

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

55 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
Steers	Large 1-2	—	677	149.00/cwt	149.00–149.00	1,009	3
Steers	Large 1-2	—	425	208.86/cwt	196.00–217.00	888	6
Heifers	Large 1-2	—	332	171.55/cwt	170.00–172.00	570	4
Steers	Large 2	—	390	141.00/cwt	141.00–141.00	550	1
Steers	Large 1	—	463	168.54/cwt	162.00–175.00	780	2
Steers	Large 1-2	—	770	146.70/cwt	142.00–152.00	1,130	22
Steers	Large 1	—	685	132.00/cwt	132.00–132.00	904	1
Steers	Large 1-2	—	376	181.91/cwt	170.00–202.00	684	5
Steers	Large 1	—	642	156.00/cwt	156.00–156.00	1,002	2
Steers	Large 2	—	435	161.61/cwt	152.00–171.00	703	2
Steers	Large 1-2	—	945	121.00/cwt	121.00–121.00	1,143	1
Steers	Large 1-2	—	474	194.45/cwt	172.00–207.00	922	20
Steers	Large 1-2	—	335	203.00/cwt	203.00–203.00	680	1
Steers	Large 2	—	560	121.00/cwt	121.00–121.00	678	1
Steers	Large 1-2	—	1,073	111.51/cwt	111.00–112.00	1,197	2
Steers	Large 1-2	—	623	161.31/cwt	150.00–172.00	1,005	32
Steers	Large 1-2	—	723	147.49/cwt	147.00–148.00	1,066	2
Steers	Large 1-2	—	955	111.00/cwt	111.00–111.00	1,060	1
Steers	Large 1-2	—	572	173.54/cwt	160.00–188.00	993	43
Steers	Large 1-2	—	865	128.29/cwt	125.00–135.00	1,110	3
Steers	Large 1-2	—	521	170.76/cwt	152.00–181.00	890	8
Heifers	Large 1	—	390	157.00/cwt	157.00–157.00	612	1
Bulls	Large 1-2	—	662	115.03/cwt	109.00–118.00	761	3
Bulls	Large 1-2	—	565	110.67/cwt	104.00–117.00	625	2
Bulls	Large 1-2	—	490	155.00/cwt	155.00–155.00	760	1
Bulls	Large 1-2	—	500	143.00/cwt	143.00–143.00	715	1
Bulls	Large 1-2	—	728	99.47/cwt	98.00–101.00	724	2
Heifers	Large 2	—	735	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	809	1
Heifers	Large 2	—	660	118.50/cwt	111.00–126.00	782	2
Heifers	Large 2	—	345	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	518	1
Heifers	Large 2	—	545	138.00/cwt	135.00–141.00	752	2
Heifers	Large 1-2	—	840	121.00/cwt	121.00–121.00	1,016	1
Heifers	Large 2	—	270	132.00/cwt	132.00–132.00	356	1
Heifers	Large 1-2	—	717	145.00/cwt	145.00–145.00	1,040	7
Heifers	Large 2	—	785	116.00/cwt	116.00–116.00	911	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	543	141.00/cwt	141.00–141.00	766	3
Heifers	Large 2	—	480	144.00/cwt	144.00–144.00	691	1
Heifers	Large 1	—	475	141.00/cwt	141.00–141.00	670	1
Heifers	Large 2	—	405	143.00/cwt	143.00–143.00	579	2
Heifers	Large 1-2	—	691	146.06/cwt	140.00–150.00	1,009	19
Heifers	Large 1-2	—	428	167.75/cwt	161.00–170.00	718	6
Heifers	Large 1-2	—	364	178.73/cwt	165.00–182.00	651	5
Heifers	Large 2	—	597	128.00/cwt	128.00–128.00	764	4
Heifers	Large 1	—	655	131.00/cwt	131.00–131.00	858	1
Heifers	Large 1-2	—	477	159.89/cwt	152.00–165.00	763	21
Heifers	Large 1-2	—	260	179.00/cwt	179.00–179.00	465	1
Heifers	Large 1-2	—	225	173.00/cwt	173.00–173.00	389	1
Heifers	Large 1	—	413	151.55/cwt	148.00–155.00	626	3
Heifers	Large 1-2	—	623	144.60/cwt	131.00–148.00	901	24
Steers	Large 1	—	530	161.00/cwt	161.00–161.00	853	1
Heifers	Large 1-2	—	524	162.54/cwt	146.00–171.00	852	52
Steers	Large 1	—	890	141.00/cwt	141.00–141.00	1,255	1
Steers	Large 1-2Fancy	—	518	193.74/cwt	191.50–200.00	1,004	11
Heifers	Large 1-2	—	581	147.06/cwt	139.00–155.00	854	20
Heifers	Large 1	—	506	148.95/cwt	139.00–156.00	754	4

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 May 12, 2022

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

Receipts 394Last week 0Year ago 1,055

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	677	149.00	149.00
6	—	425	196.00–217.00	208.86
22	—	770	142.00–152.00	146.70
5	—	376	170.00–202.00	181.91
1	—	945	121.00	121.00
20	—	474	172.00–207.00	194.45
1	—	335	203.00	203.00
2	—	1,073	111.00–112.00	111.51
32	—	623	150.00–172.00	161.31
2	—	723	147.00–148.00	147.49
1	—	955	111.00	111.00
43	—	572	160.00–188.00	173.54
3	—	865	125.00–135.00	128.29
8	—	521	152.00–181.00	170.76
Steers — Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	390	141.00	141.00
2	—	435	152.00–171.00	161.61
1	—	560	121.00	121.00
Steers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	463	162.00–175.00	168.54
1	—	685	132.00	132.00
2	—	642	156.00	156.00
1	—	530	161.00	161.00
1	—	890	141.00	141.00
Steers — Large 1-2 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
11	—	518	191.50–200.00	193.74
Heifers — Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	332	170.00–172.00	171.55
1	—	840	121.00	121.00
7	—	717	145.00	145.00
19	—	691	140.00–150.00	146.06
6	—	428	161.00–170.00	167.75
5	—	364	165.00–182.00	178.73
21	—	477	152.00–165.00	159.89
1	—	260	179.00	179.00
1	—	225	173.00	173.00
24	—	623	131.00–148.00	144.60
52	—	524	146.00–171.00	162.54
20	—	581	139.00–155.00	147.06
Heifers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	390	157.00	157.00
1	—	475	141.00	141.00
1	—	655	131.00	131.00
3	—	413	148.00–155.00	151.55
4	—	506	139.00–156.00	148.95
Heifers — Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	735	110.00	110.00
2	—	660	111.00–126.00	118.50
1	—	345	150.00	150.00
2	—	545	135.00–141.00	138.00
1	—	270	132.00	132.00
1	—	785	116.00	116.00
1	—	480	144.00	144.00
2	—	405	143.00	143.00
4	—	597	128.00	128.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	543	141.00	141.00
Bulls — Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	662	109.00–118.00	115.03
2	—	565	104.00–117.00	110.67
1	—	490	155.00	155.00
1	—	500	143.00	143.00
2	—	728	98.00–101.00	99.47

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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