Name: Fairview Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2023-02-02
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2023-02-02

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Today in Fairview a quality offering was met with strong buyer demand with feeder steers 400-600lbs trading higher 4.00 with feeder heifers 400-600lbs trading steady as compared to one week ago. Feeder steers above 700lbs trading noticeably higher with several impressive, locally produced, loads lots in today's offering.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb steers averaged $187.31/cwt on 646 head.

Average price

$187.31

646 head · 671 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,257

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$344

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

$57.61/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+7.26

vs IL average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	669	194.11	1,298	494
Medium and Large 1-2	688	168.56	1,159	118
Large 1-2	622	162.88	1,013	9thin
Medium and Large 2	647	153.38	992	20
Large 2	745	141.00	1,050	1thin
Medium and Large 2-3	699	136.50	953	4thin

One grade step is worth $57.61/cwt here — about $344 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 sale646 hd

187.31

—

IL average3 barns · 854 hd

180.05

+7.26

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

79 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	Medium and Large 2	—	865	148.97/cwt	147.00–151.00	1,289	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy	—	900	142.00/cwt	142.00–142.00	1,278	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	432	155.81/cwt	145.00–161.00	673	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	750	135.00/cwt	135.00–135.00	1,013	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	825	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	1,238	4
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	420	139.00/cwt	139.00–139.00	584	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	525	173.33/cwt	170.00–176.00	910	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	290	170.00/cwt	170.00–170.00	493	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	730	143.00/cwt	143.00–143.00	1,044	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	636	176.60/cwt	160.00–182.00	1,123	22
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	578	171.55/cwt	170.00–173.00	992	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	525	145.16/cwt	143.00–147.50	762	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	859	181.18/cwt	162.50–183.25	1,556	136
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	568	162.00/cwt	161.00–163.00	920	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	833	160.66/cwt	160.50–161.00	1,338	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	390	185.00/cwt	185.00–185.00	722	2
Steers	Large 1-2	—	603	162.62/cwt	162.00–163.00	981	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	678	168.37/cwt	162.00–175.00	1,142	43
Steers	Large 1-2	—	775	165.00/cwt	165.00–165.00	1,279	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	430	167.93/cwt	165.00–171.00	722	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	775	164.00/cwt	164.00–164.00	1,271	13
Steers	Large 2	—	745	141.00/cwt	141.00–141.00	1,050	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	720	167.10/cwt	159.00–170.00	1,203	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	475	175.00/cwt	175.00–175.00	831	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	573	200.45/cwt	184.00–212.50	1,149	92
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	390	165.00/cwt	165.00–165.00	644	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	823	183.75/cwt	183.75–183.75	1,512	66
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	387	211.74/cwt	196.00–225.00	819	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	618	188.65/cwt	175.00–195.00	1,166	65
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	423	206.36/cwt	182.00–215.00	873	26
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	732	183.25/cwt	183.25–183.25	1,341	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	481	208.43/cwt	194.00–222.00	1,003	22
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	519	216.16/cwt	195.00–228.00	1,122	57
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	420	193.00/cwt	193.00–193.00	811	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	260	151.00/cwt	151.00–151.00	393	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	643	147.00/cwt	147.00–147.00	945	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	517	183.00/cwt	183.00–183.00	946	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	285	203.00/cwt	203.00–203.00	579	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	361	213.50/cwt	213.00–215.00	771	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	475	175.04/cwt	170.00–180.00	831	31
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	729	143.26/cwt	136.00–147.00	1,044	18
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	780	132.00/cwt	132.00–132.00	1,030	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2Fleshy	—	630	142.00/cwt	142.00–142.00	895	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	423	145.60/cwt	141.00–148.00	616	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	855	142.00/cwt	142.00–142.00	1,214	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	625	147.22/cwt	142.00–154.00	920	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	814	141.82/cwt	141.00–143.00	1,154	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	268	150.05/cwt	147.50–151.00	402	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	662	131.00/cwt	131.00–131.00	867	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	513	159.64/cwt	158.00–165.00	819	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	335	176.97/cwt	176.00–178.00	593	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	495	145.00/cwt	145.00–145.00	718	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	523	127.65/cwt	124.00–131.00	668	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	350	169.00/cwt	169.00–169.00	592	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	668	154.36/cwt	153.00–155.00	1,031	20
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	562	177.21/cwt	172.00–181.00	996	54
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	664	145.59/cwt	144.00–149.00	967	13
Heifers	Large 1-2	—	500	153.00/cwt	153.00–153.00	765	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	566	147.29/cwt	140.00–155.00	834	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	584	162.71/cwt	153.00–166.00	950	24
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	461	161.46/cwt	160.00–168.00	744	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	422	178.33/cwt	173.00–183.00	753	22
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	539	149.72/cwt	144.00–151.00	807	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	625	157.34/cwt	150.00–162.00	983	37
Heifers	Large 1-2	—	603	158.00/cwt	158.00–158.00	953	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	614	174.46/cwt	174.00–175.00	1,071	20
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	391	182.80/cwt	173.00–186.00	715	9
Steers	Medium and Large 2Fleshy	—	810	149.00/cwt	149.00–149.00	1,207	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	338	161.49/cwt	161.00–162.00	546	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy	—	663	168.00/cwt	168.00–168.00	1,114	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	673	163.54/cwt	162.00–166.00	1,101	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	295	180.00/cwt	180.00–180.00	531	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	528	182.12/cwt	171.00–185.00	962	42
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	470	163.00/cwt	163.00–163.00	766	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	422	163.25/cwt	160.00–166.00	689	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	658	185.50/cwt	185.50–185.50	1,221	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	812	136.00/cwt	136.00–136.00	1,104	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	275	237.50/cwt	237.50–237.50	653	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	319	223.55/cwt	215.00–235.00	713	7

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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Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	865	147.00–151.00	148.97
3	—	432	145.00–161.00	155.81
4	—	825	150.00	150.00
1	—	290	170.00	170.00
1	—	730	143.00	143.00
2	—	525	143.00–147.50	145.16
2	—	568	161.00–163.00	162.00
1	—	390	165.00	165.00
1	—	470	163.00	163.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	900	142.00	142.00
4	—	663	168.00	168.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	750	135.00	135.00
1	—	420	139.00	139.00
2	—	812	136.00	136.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	525	170.00–176.00	173.33
22	—	636	160.00–182.00	176.60
2	—	578	170.00–173.00	171.55
12	—	833	160.50–161.00	160.66
2	—	390	185.00	185.00
43	—	678	162.00–175.00	168.37
2	—	430	165.00–171.00	167.93
13	—	775	164.00	164.00
12	—	720	159.00–170.00	167.10
1	—	475	175.00	175.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
136	—	859	162.50–183.25	181.18
92	—	573	184.00–212.50	200.45
66	—	823	183.75	183.75
7	—	387	196.00–225.00	211.74
65	—	618	175.00–195.00	188.65
26	—	423	182.00–215.00	206.36
10	—	732	183.25	183.25
22	—	481	194.00–222.00	208.43
57	—	519	195.00–228.00	216.16
3	—	658	185.50	185.50
3	—	275	237.50	237.50
7	—	319	215.00–235.00	223.55
Steers — Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	603	162.00–163.00	162.62
1	—	775	165.00	165.00
Steers — Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	745	141.00	141.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	810	149.00	149.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	420	193.00	193.00
4	—	517	183.00	183.00
1	—	285	203.00	203.00
4	—	361	213.00–215.00	213.50
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	260	151.00	151.00
3	—	643	147.00	147.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
31	—	475	170.00–180.00	175.04
2	—	335	176.00–178.00	176.97
54	—	562	172.00–181.00	177.21
22	—	422	173.00–183.00	178.33
20	—	614	174.00–175.00	174.46
9	—	391	173.00–186.00	182.80
13	—	673	162.00–166.00	163.54
2	—	295	180.00	180.00
42	—	528	171.00–185.00	182.12
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
18	—	729	136.00–147.00	143.26
3	—	423	141.00–148.00	145.60
2	—	855	142.00	142.00
13	—	625	142.00–154.00	147.22
5	—	814	141.00–143.00	141.82
4	—	268	147.50–151.00	150.05
1	—	495	145.00	145.00
13	—	664	144.00–149.00	145.59
11	—	566	140.00–155.00	147.29
11	—	539	144.00–151.00	149.72
Heifers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	780	132.00	132.00
2	—	662	131.00	131.00
4	—	523	124.00–131.00	127.65
Heifers — Medium and Large 2 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	630	142.00	142.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	513	158.00–165.00	159.64
1	—	350	169.00	169.00
20	—	668	153.00–155.00	154.36
24	—	584	153.00–166.00	162.71
14	—	461	160.00–168.00	161.46
37	—	625	150.00–162.00	157.34
2	—	338	161.00–162.00	161.49
11	—	422	160.00–166.00	163.25
Heifers — Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	500	153.00	153.00
4	—	603	158.00	158.00

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