Name: Fairview Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2022-12-15
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2022-12-15

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Today in Fairview a quality offering of feeder cattle was met with mostly steady trade for feeder steers with light steers under 400lbs trading higher 3.00-5.00. Feeder heifers also trading higher 2.00-3.00 on a solid offering. Strong buyer demand and impressive attendance for the last feeder sale before the holiday break.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb steers averaged $186.48/cwt on 917 head.

Average price

$186.48

917 head · 591 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,102

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$164

per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 2-3

$34.97/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+12.23

vs IL average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	556	194.86	1,084	563
Medium and Large 1-2	651	175.82	1,144	293
Medium and Large 2	617	160.43	990	48
Large 1-2	781	160.00	1,250	4thin
Medium and Large 2-3	575	159.88	919	9thin

One grade step is worth $34.97/cwt here — about $164 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 sale917 hd

186.48

—

IL average4 barns · 1,316 hd

174.25

+12.23

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

83 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 2	—	678	154.49/cwt	151.00–162.00	1,047	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	426	167.13/cwt	164.00–172.00	712	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	336	164.59/cwt	157.00–172.00	553	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	385	163.00/cwt	163.00–163.00	628	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	383	173.01/cwt	171.00–179.00	663	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	519	172.36/cwt	164.00–177.00	895	54
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	338	170.77/cwt	162.00–175.00	577	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	470	174.32/cwt	161.00–177.00	819	53
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	571	168.96/cwt	164.00–176.00	965	105
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	663	170.66/cwt	163.00–174.00	1,131	42
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	342	177.00/cwt	177.00–177.00	605	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	565	158.85/cwt	149.00–165.00	898	23
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	428	184.61/cwt	181.00–191.00	790	30
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	830	151.00/cwt	151.00–151.00	1,253	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	465	177.95/cwt	173.00–183.00	827	17
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	369	189.79/cwt	189.00–192.00	700	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	419	197.95/cwt	187.00–212.00	829	31
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	780	162.00/cwt	162.00–162.00	1,264	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	573	192.14/cwt	184.00–201.00	1,101	149
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	524	194.54/cwt	185.00–207.00	1,019	66
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	529	173.49/cwt	173.00–180.00	918	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	610	174.00/cwt	174.00–174.00	1,061	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	567	158.85/cwt	146.00–167.00	901	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	629	167.50/cwt	162.00–174.00	1,054	150
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	415	145.00/cwt	145.00–145.00	602	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	627	166.32/cwt	166.00–167.00	1,043	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	480	203.35/cwt	187.00–213.50	976	60
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	660	190.59/cwt	180.00–195.00	1,258	58
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	460	161.00/cwt	161.00–161.00	741	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	321	210.10/cwt	193.00–220.00	674	6
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	755	155.00/cwt	155.00–155.00	1,170	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	916	173.00/cwt	173.00–173.00	1,585	4
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	773	163.00/cwt	163.00–163.00	1,260	5
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	615	153.00/cwt	153.00–153.00	941	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	671	173.79/cwt	163.00–180.50	1,166	75
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	672	160.33/cwt	150.00–165.00	1,077	16
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	723	163.77/cwt	151.00–167.00	1,184	6
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	527	160.21/cwt	153.00–163.00	844	5
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	350	163.00/cwt	163.00–163.00	571	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	435	161.00/cwt	161.00–161.00	700	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	760	174.00/cwt	174.00–174.00	1,322	13
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	531	160.00/cwt	160.00–160.00	850	4
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	320	154.08/cwt	149.00–159.00	493	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	576	176.21/cwt	170.00–184.00	1,015	19
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	865	159.00/cwt	159.00–159.00	1,375	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	618	176.84/cwt	165.00–182.00	1,093	30
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	532	169.00/cwt	169.00–169.00	899	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	728	168.21/cwt	163.00–176.00	1,225	21
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	773	178.52/cwt	174.00–181.50	1,380	82
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	441	175.99/cwt	174.00–184.00	776	7
Steers	Large 1-2	—	781	160.00/cwt	160.00–160.00	1,250	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	353	179.95/cwt	162.00–187.00	635	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	332	177.50/cwt	177.50–177.50	589	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	481	177.80/cwt	173.00–184.00	855	35
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	375	210.32/cwt	199.00–223.00	789	46
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	281	235.00/cwt	235.00–235.00	660	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	632	190.74/cwt	183.50–196.00	1,205	132
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	655	146.00/cwt	146.00–146.00	956	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	835	127.00/cwt	127.00–127.00	1,060	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	505	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	758	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	585	148.00/cwt	148.00–148.00	866	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	452	161.00/cwt	161.00–161.00	728	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	505	173.00/cwt	173.00–173.00	874	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	407	159.69/cwt	159.00–161.00	650	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	906	159.50/cwt	159.50–159.50	1,445	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	867	159.50/cwt	159.50–159.50	1,383	59
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	787	149.08/cwt	147.00–154.00	1,173	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	216	155.54/cwt	151.00–157.00	336	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	469	158.74/cwt	157.00–162.00	744	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	815	155.00/cwt	155.00–155.00	1,263	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	535	158.91/cwt	158.00–161.00	850	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	725	146.00/cwt	146.00–146.00	1,059	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	356	154.19/cwt	147.00–159.00	549	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	626	155.21/cwt	151.00–161.00	972	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	729	152.29/cwt	145.00–158.00	1,110	21
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	415	132.00/cwt	132.00–132.00	548	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	326	158.12/cwt	157.50–159.00	515	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	465	135.39/cwt	132.00–139.00	630	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	587	158.00/cwt	158.00–158.00	927	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	670	143.00/cwt	143.00–143.00	958	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	777	151.00/cwt	151.00–151.00	1,173	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	545	157.00/cwt	157.00–157.00	856	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	570	139.00/cwt	139.00–139.00	792	1

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

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

Receipts 1,701Last week 691Year ago 2,354

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	678	151.00–162.00	154.49
4	—	336	157.00–172.00	164.59
2	—	385	163.00	163.00
23	—	565	149.00–165.00	158.85
3	—	407	159.00–161.00	159.69
10	—	787	147.00–154.00	149.08
4	—	216	151.00–157.00	155.54
4	—	469	157.00–162.00	158.74
10	—	535	158.00–161.00	158.91
8	—	626	151.00–161.00	155.21
21	—	729	145.00–158.00	152.29
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	426	164.00–172.00	167.13
10	—	383	171.00–179.00	173.01
54	—	519	164.00–177.00	172.36
3	—	338	162.00–175.00	170.77
53	—	470	161.00–177.00	174.32
105	—	571	164.00–176.00	168.96
42	—	663	163.00–174.00	170.66
5	—	830	151.00	151.00
4	—	780	162.00	162.00
150	—	629	162.00–174.00	167.50
5	—	906	159.50	159.50
59	—	867	159.50	159.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	342	177.00	177.00
30	—	428	181.00–191.00	184.61
17	—	465	173.00–183.00	177.95
10	—	369	189.00–192.00	189.79
14	—	529	173.00–180.00	173.49
2	—	610	174.00	174.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	815	155.00	155.00
1	—	725	146.00	146.00
5	—	356	147.00–159.00	154.19
7	—	326	157.50–159.00	158.12
4	—	587	158.00	158.00
1	—	670	143.00	143.00
3	—	777	151.00	151.00
1	—	545	157.00	157.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	415	132.00	132.00
2	—	465	132.00–139.00	135.39
1	—	570	139.00	139.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
31	—	419	187.00–212.00	197.95
149	—	573	184.00–201.00	192.14
66	—	524	185.00–207.00	194.54
60	—	480	187.00–213.50	203.35
58	—	660	180.00–195.00	190.59
6	—	321	193.00–220.00	210.10
13	—	760	174.00	174.00
46	—	375	199.00–223.00	210.32
2	—	281	235.00	235.00
132	—	632	183.50–196.00	190.74
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	567	146.00–167.00	158.85
1	—	460	161.00	161.00
5	—	773	163.00	163.00
1	—	615	153.00	153.00
16	—	672	150.00–165.00	160.33
6	—	723	151.00–167.00	163.77
5	—	527	153.00–163.00	160.21
1	—	350	163.00	163.00
2	—	435	161.00	161.00
2	—	320	149.00–159.00	154.08
Steers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	415	145.00	145.00
3	—	627	166.00–167.00	166.32
1	—	755	155.00	155.00
4	—	531	160.00	160.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	916	173.00	173.00
75	—	671	163.00–180.50	173.79
19	—	576	170.00–184.00	176.21
1	—	865	159.00	159.00
30	—	618	165.00–182.00	176.84
6	—	532	169.00	169.00
21	—	728	163.00–176.00	168.21
82	—	773	174.00–181.50	178.52
7	—	441	174.00–184.00	175.99
12	—	353	162.00–187.00	179.95
1	—	332	177.50	177.50
35	—	481	173.00–184.00	177.80
Steers — Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	781	160.00	160.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	655	146.00	146.00
2	—	835	127.00	127.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	505	150.00	150.00
1	—	585	148.00	148.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	452	161.00	161.00
1	—	505	173.00	173.00

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