Name: Fairview Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2022-11-03
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2022-11-03

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Today at Fairview, demand was good for a moderate offering of quality feeder cattle from local producers. Light weight steers and heifers under 400lbs sold steady as compared to a week ago. Feeder steers, 400-800lbs trading $5.00 higher. An upward trend for feeder heifers continued today, 400-800lbs trading higher $4.00.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb heifers averaged $162.85/cwt on 234 head.

Average price

$162.85

234 head · 691 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,125

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

−$425

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

$22.83/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+7.11

vs IL average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	380	185.38	704	3thin
Medium and Large 1-2	695	162.55	1,129	231

One grade step is worth $22.83/cwt here — about −$425 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 sale234 hd

162.85

—

IL average4 barns · 560 hd

155.74

+7.11

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

45 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	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	—	487	165.00/cwt	165.00–165.00	804	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Full	—	666	136.00/cwt	136.00–136.00	906	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	620	153.00/cwt	153.00–153.00	949	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	387	167.68/cwt	166.00–171.00	649	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy	—	835	142.00/cwt	142.00–142.00	1,186	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Guaranteed Open	—	930	141.00/cwt	141.00–141.00	1,311	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	585	149.84/cwt	141.00–169.00	877	16
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	531	158.31/cwt	146.00–175.00	841	18
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	211	167.00/cwt	167.00–167.00	352	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	279	165.24/cwt	157.00–172.00	461	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	662	152.35/cwt	142.00–156.00	1,009	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	316	182.50/cwt	182.50–182.50	577	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	477	194.44/cwt	189.00–198.00	927	13
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	425	193.77/cwt	186.00–198.00	824	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	315	201.00/cwt	201.00–201.00	633	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	471	168.15/cwt	145.00–178.00	792	34
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	380	185.38/cwt	182.00–187.00	704	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Guaranteed Open	—	839	164.50/cwt	164.50–164.50	1,380	65
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	544	175.62/cwt	167.00–177.00	955	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	417	163.00/cwt	163.00–163.00	680	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	343	164.35/cwt	151.00–177.50	564	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	417	164.70/cwt	154.00–179.00	687	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	900	163.00/cwt	163.00–163.00	1,467	61
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	340	176.97/cwt	167.00–180.00	602	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	801	178.07/cwt	151.00–180.00	1,426	46
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	559	182.49/cwt	182.00–183.00	1,020	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	619	162.18/cwt	142.00–174.00	1,004	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	524	187.90/cwt	182.00–192.00	985	14
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Full	—	605	132.00/cwt	132.00–132.00	799	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy	—	782	131.00/cwt	131.00–131.00	1,024	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	912	158.00/cwt	158.00–158.00	1,441	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	385	205.42/cwt	181.00–210.00	791	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	385	172.00/cwt	172.00–172.00	662	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	575	175.18/cwt	141.00–180.00	1,007	35
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	660	170.23/cwt	146.00–175.00	1,124	23
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	790	144.67/cwt	142.00–146.00	1,143	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	285	199.49/cwt	199.00–200.00	569	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	708	171.53/cwt	141.00–180.00	1,214	36
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	488	168.68/cwt	165.00–175.00	823	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	464	171.00/cwt	171.00–171.00	793	8
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	366	174.00/cwt	174.00–174.00	637	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	225	187.00/cwt	187.00–187.00	421	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	245	179.00/cwt	179.00–179.00	439	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	307	194.00/cwt	194.00–194.00	596	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	282	203.00/cwt	203.00–203.00	572	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 Nov 3, 2022

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

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Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	487	165.00	165.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Full$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	666	136.00	136.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	620	153.00	153.00
3	—	387	166.00–171.00	167.68
16	—	585	141.00–169.00	149.84
18	—	531	146.00–175.00	158.31
4	—	211	167.00	167.00
8	—	279	157.00–172.00	165.24
4	—	662	142.00–156.00	152.35
34	—	471	145.00–178.00	168.15
4	—	417	154.00–179.00	164.70
61	—	900	163.00	163.00
5	—	340	167.00–180.00	176.97
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Guaranteed Open$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	930	141.00	141.00
65	—	839	164.50	164.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	380	182.00–187.00	185.38
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	835	142.00	142.00
2	—	782	131.00	131.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
13	—	477	189.00–198.00	194.44
7	—	425	186.00–198.00	193.77
1	—	315	201.00	201.00
2	—	559	182.00–183.00	182.49
14	—	524	182.00–192.00	187.90
6	—	385	181.00–210.00	205.42
2	—	285	199.00–200.00	199.49
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	544	167.00–177.00	175.62
2	—	417	163.00	163.00
2	—	343	151.00–177.50	164.35
46	—	801	151.00–180.00	178.07
10	—	619	142.00–174.00	162.18
7	—	912	158.00	158.00
1	—	385	172.00	172.00
35	—	575	141.00–180.00	175.18
23	—	660	146.00–175.00	170.23
3	—	790	142.00–146.00	144.67
36	—	708	141.00–180.00	171.53
3	—	488	165.00–175.00	168.68
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Full$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	605	132.00	132.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	316	182.50	182.50
4	—	225	187.00	187.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	464	171.00	171.00
4	—	366	174.00	174.00
2	—	245	179.00	179.00
2	—	307	194.00	194.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	282	203.00	203.00

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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