Name: Fairview Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2023-08-17
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2023-08-17

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Today's moderate offering at Fairview, was met with good demand with a higher undertone that continues to be the feeder cattle norm. As the last feeder special was held in mid-July, no price comparisons for today sale.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb steers averaged $253.36/cwt on 474 head.

Average price

$253.36

474 head · 762 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,930

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

−$260

per head · Large 1 over Medium and Large 2

$58.14/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+29.12

vs IL average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Large 1	449	263.00	1,181	5thin
Medium and Large 1	784	256.96	2,014	398
Medium and Large 1-2	650	245.51	1,595	45
Large 1-2	641	220.45	1,413	6thin
Large 2	670	211.67	1,419	6thin
Medium and Large 2	703	204.86	1,441	14thin

One grade step is worth $58.14/cwt here — about −$260 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 sale474 hd

253.36

—

IL average4 barns · 826 hd

224.24

+29.12

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

100 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	—	1,058	180.50/cwt	180.00–181.00	1,910	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	933	202.25/cwt	202.25–202.25	1,887	57
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	619	254.08/cwt	238.00–262.50	1,573	39
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	530	228.00/cwt	228.00–228.00	1,208	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	615	187.60/cwt	175.00–200.00	1,154	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	705	249.00/cwt	249.00–249.00	1,755	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	572	231.62/cwt	225.00–239.00	1,325	3
Steers	Large 1	—	449	263.00/cwt	263.00–263.00	1,181	5
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	985	186.00/cwt	186.00–186.00	1,832	1
Steers	Large 2	—	579	225.00/cwt	225.00–225.00	1,303	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	433	291.04/cwt	281.00–296.00	1,260	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	508	280.71/cwt	268.00–287.00	1,426	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	900	204.00/cwt	204.00–204.00	1,836	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	450	241.00/cwt	241.00–241.00	1,085	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	655	245.11/cwt	238.00–246.00	1,605	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	587	253.02/cwt	245.00–267.00	1,485	17
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	240	201.00/cwt	201.00–201.00	482	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	—	409	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	1,309	4
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	1,140	177.00/cwt	177.00–177.00	2,018	1
Steers	Large 2	—	853	185.00/cwt	185.00–185.00	1,578	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	560	259.50/cwt	241.00–287.50	1,453	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	280	270.00/cwt	270.00–270.00	756	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	778	218.00/cwt	213.00–226.00	1,696	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	350	313.00/cwt	313.00–313.00	1,096	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	477	280.82/cwt	272.00–285.00	1,340	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	633	225.02/cwt	221.00–229.00	1,424	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	576	291.95/cwt	289.00–299.00	1,682	8
Steers	Large 1-2	—	680	208.90/cwt	202.00–223.00	1,421	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	706	264.93/cwt	251.00–270.00	1,870	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	941	231.50/cwt	231.50–231.50	2,178	58
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	882	224.78/cwt	223.00–227.00	1,983	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	386	262.67/cwt	255.00–285.00	1,014	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	810	235.00/cwt	235.00–235.00	1,904	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	675	236.24/cwt	217.00–259.00	1,595	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	295	322.50/cwt	322.50–322.50	951	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	780	248.27/cwt	235.00–259.00	1,937	26
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	522	301.58/cwt	290.00–307.00	1,574	19
Steers	Large 1-2	—	602	232.00/cwt	232.00–232.00	1,397	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	632	278.13/cwt	263.00–285.00	1,758	22
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	481	301.44/cwt	290.00–313.00	1,450	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	674	277.18/cwt	269.00–281.00	1,868	42
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	862	246.01/cwt	240.00–250.50	2,121	189
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	432	312.91/cwt	309.00–319.00	1,352	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	335	293.00/cwt	293.00–293.00	982	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	463	266.11/cwt	233.00–281.00	1,232	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	700	223.00/cwt	223.00–223.00	1,561	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	388	273.00/cwt	269.00–275.00	1,059	9
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	638	217.00/cwt	217.00–217.00	1,384	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	274	334.48/cwt	334.00–335.00	916	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	330	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	990	1
Heifers	Large 1	—	345	257.50/cwt	257.50–257.50	888	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	614	175.14/cwt	171.00–187.50	1,075	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	510	210.00/cwt	210.00–210.00	1,071	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	460	225.00/cwt	225.00–225.00	1,035	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	525	230.00/cwt	230.00–230.00	1,208	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	283	215.00/cwt	215.00–215.00	608	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	800	161.00/cwt	161.00–161.00	1,288	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	970	147.00/cwt	147.00–147.00	1,426	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	585	221.00/cwt	221.00–221.00	1,293	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	350	223.00/cwt	223.00–223.00	781	1
Heifers	Large 1	—	495	264.50/cwt	264.50–264.50	1,309	10
Heifers	Large 1	—	421	269.00/cwt	269.00–269.00	1,132	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	870	180.96/cwt	179.00–185.00	1,574	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	358	195.45/cwt	189.00–207.50	700	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	755	193.00/cwt	193.00–193.00	1,457	2
Bulls	Large 2	—	635	201.00/cwt	201.00–201.00	1,276	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	665	179.03/cwt	177.00–181.00	1,191	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	625	187.00/cwt	187.00–187.00	1,169	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,066	192.00/cwt	192.00–192.00	2,047	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	424	228.53/cwt	207.00–237.00	969	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	424	251.92/cwt	235.00–271.00	1,068	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	322	285.83/cwt	280.00–292.50	920	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	1,030	175.00/cwt	175.00–175.00	1,803	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	718	173.23/cwt	147.50–183.00	1,244	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	483	224.69/cwt	217.00–227.50	1,085	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	674	216.24/cwt	189.00–235.00	1,457	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	490	154.00/cwt	154.00–154.00	755	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	583	176.30/cwt	165.00–187.50	1,028	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	524	217.17/cwt	201.00–233.00	1,138	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	274	242.28/cwt	225.00–255.00	664	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,015	194.50/cwt	194.50–194.50	1,974	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	630	212.43/cwt	191.00–226.00	1,338	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	540	186.00/cwt	186.00–186.00	1,004	2
Heifers	Large 2	—	395	207.50/cwt	207.50–207.50	820	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	835	193.00/cwt	190.00–197.00	1,612	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	723	218.49/cwt	201.00–227.00	1,580	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	730	236.97/cwt	233.00–237.50	1,730	75
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	826	217.40/cwt	203.00–221.00	1,796	36
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	574	209.62/cwt	197.00–222.00	1,203	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	905	192.00/cwt	192.00–192.00	1,738	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	479	273.00/cwt	273.00–273.00	1,308	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	865	199.00/cwt	199.00–199.00	1,721	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	—	533	309.00/cwt	309.00–309.00	1,647	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	—	455	330.00/cwt	330.00–330.00	1,502	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	762	221.25/cwt	218.00–227.00	1,686	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	365	251.00/cwt	251.00–251.00	916	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	521	262.16/cwt	237.00–280.00	1,366	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	379	273.34/cwt	239.00–282.50	1,036	10
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	670	199.00/cwt	199.00–199.00	1,333	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	770	205.00/cwt	205.00–205.00	1,579	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

Thu Aug 17, 2023

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

Receipts 945Last week 1,238Year ago 1,289

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,058	180.00–181.00	180.50
1	—	530	228.00	228.00
2	—	615	175.00–200.00	187.60
3	—	572	225.00–239.00	231.62
1	—	985	186.00	186.00
1	—	450	241.00	241.00
1	—	240	201.00	201.00
1	—	1,140	177.00	177.00
1	—	670	199.00	199.00
1	—	770	205.00	205.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	705	249.00	249.00
3	—	433	281.00–296.00	291.04
3	—	508	268.00–287.00	280.71
1	—	900	204.00	204.00
3	—	560	241.00–287.50	259.50
1	—	280	270.00	270.00
5	—	778	213.00–226.00	218.00
3	—	477	272.00–285.00	280.82
2	—	633	221.00–229.00	225.02
9	—	882	223.00–227.00	224.78
4	—	386	255.00–285.00	262.67
9	—	675	217.00–259.00	236.24
Steers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	449	263.00	263.00
Steers — Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	579	225.00	225.00
2	—	853	185.00	185.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	409	320.00	320.00
2	—	533	309.00	309.00
1	—	455	330.00	330.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	350	313.00	313.00
8	—	576	289.00–299.00	291.95
6	—	706	251.00–270.00	264.93
58	—	941	231.50	231.50
2	—	810	235.00	235.00
1	—	295	322.50	322.50
26	—	780	235.00–259.00	248.27
19	—	522	290.00–307.00	301.58
22	—	632	263.00–285.00	278.13
12	—	481	290.00–313.00	301.44
42	—	674	269.00–281.00	277.18
189	—	862	240.00–250.50	246.01
3	—	432	309.00–319.00	312.91
2	—	335	293.00	293.00
Steers — Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	680	202.00–223.00	208.90
3	—	602	232.00	232.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
57	—	933	202.25	202.25
39	—	619	238.00–262.50	254.08
9	—	655	238.00–246.00	245.11
17	—	587	245.00–267.00	253.02
8	—	424	235.00–271.00	251.92
4	—	322	280.00–292.50	285.83
75	—	730	233.00–237.50	236.97
36	—	826	203.00–221.00	217.40
9	—	479	273.00	273.00
13	—	521	237.00–280.00	262.16
10	—	379	239.00–282.50	273.34
Heifers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	345	257.50	257.50
10	—	495	264.50	264.50
7	—	421	269.00	269.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	800	161.00	161.00
1	—	970	147.00	147.00
1	—	490	154.00	154.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	870	179.00–185.00	180.96
3	—	358	189.00–207.50	195.45
2	—	665	177.00–181.00	179.03
1	—	625	187.00	187.00
1	—	1,030	175.00	175.00
4	—	718	147.50–183.00	173.23
2	—	583	165.00–187.50	176.30
2	—	540	186.00	186.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
12	—	1,066	192.00	192.00
14	—	424	207.00–237.00	228.53
5	—	483	217.00–227.50	224.69
4	—	674	189.00–235.00	216.24
9	—	524	201.00–233.00	217.17
5	—	274	225.00–255.00	242.28
3	—	1,015	194.50	194.50
3	—	630	191.00–226.00	212.43
9	—	835	190.00–197.00	193.00
8	—	723	201.00–227.00	218.49
4	—	574	197.00–222.00	209.62
1	—	905	192.00	192.00
1	—	865	199.00	199.00
4	—	762	218.00–227.00	221.25
1	—	365	251.00	251.00
Heifers — Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	395	207.50	207.50
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	463	233.00–281.00	266.11
2	—	700	223.00	223.00
9	—	388	269.00–275.00	273.00
2	—	638	217.00	217.00
1	—	525	230.00	230.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	274	334.00–335.00	334.48
1	—	330	300.00	300.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	614	171.00–187.50	175.14
1	—	510	210.00	210.00
1	—	460	225.00	225.00
2	—	283	215.00	215.00
1	—	585	221.00	221.00
1	—	350	223.00	223.00
2	—	755	193.00	193.00
Bulls — Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	635	201.00	201.00

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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