Name: Fairview Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2023-11-30
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2023-11-30

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Special Note: CAB Feeder Cattle Special, mostly double vaccinated & long timed weaned.

Today at Fairview, compared to last weeks light run, steer calves 400-600lbs traded higher 20.00, with 700-800lbs trading higher 11.00. Heifer calves, 400lbs traded higher 20.00 with feeder heifers 500-700lb trading mostly steady with a higher undertone. Good demand for a well conditioned offering of locally produced feeder cattle.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb steers averaged $245.28/cwt on 953 head.

Average price

$245.28

953 head · 716 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,756

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$945

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

$99.33/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+21.29

vs IL average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Large 1	687	255.00	1,752	2thin
Medium and Large 1	721	248.28	1,789	863
Medium and Large 1-2	682	222.82	1,519	72
Medium and Large 2	655	191.85	1,256	10thin
Medium 2	613	181.00	1,110	3thin
Medium and Large 2-3	518	155.67	807	3thin

One grade step is worth $99.33/cwt here — about $945 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 sale953 hd

245.28

—

IL average4 barns · 1,346 hd

223.99

+21.29

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

77 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 1	—	791	226.00/cwt	226.00–226.00	1,788	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	837	240.21/cwt	225.00–244.00	2,011	204
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	674	246.20/cwt	229.00–254.00	1,659	118
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	660	187.98/cwt	185.00–191.00	1,241	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	390	145.00/cwt	145.00–145.00	566	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	538	238.78/cwt	230.00–250.00	1,285	5
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	535	198.89/cwt	187.00–205.00	1,064	4
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	1,140	161.00/cwt	161.00–161.00	1,835	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	615	161.00/cwt	161.00–161.00	990	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	573	232.57/cwt	221.00–249.00	1,333	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	300	255.00/cwt	255.00–255.00	765	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	461	245.71/cwt	222.50–262.50	1,133	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	859	202.25/cwt	202.00–203.00	1,737	4
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	345	220.00/cwt	220.00–220.00	759	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	716	209.74/cwt	204.00–221.00	1,502	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	889	223.94/cwt	218.50–229.50	1,991	120
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	765	195.00/cwt	195.00–195.00	1,492	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	527	278.21/cwt	253.00–300.00	1,466	63
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	370	255.00/cwt	255.00–255.00	944	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	425	234.98/cwt	229.00–242.50	999	4
Steers	Medium 2	—	613	181.00/cwt	181.00–181.00	1,110	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	675	220.50/cwt	204.00–229.00	1,488	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	967	201.00/cwt	201.00–201.00	1,944	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	342	306.10/cwt	293.00–311.00	1,047	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	628	213.54/cwt	200.00–228.00	1,341	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	721	236.88/cwt	224.00–249.00	1,708	46
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	815	223.07/cwt	211.00–227.00	1,818	15
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	623	253.35/cwt	230.00–264.00	1,578	107
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	477	290.08/cwt	269.00–305.00	1,384	16
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	778	222.99/cwt	221.00–225.00	1,735	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	385	280.06/cwt	275.00–285.00	1,078	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	938	227.73/cwt	211.00–228.00	2,136	61
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy	—	635	212.00/cwt	212.00–212.00	1,346	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy	—	580	213.00/cwt	213.00–213.00	1,235	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	680	182.00/cwt	182.00–182.00	1,238	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	585	187.00/cwt	187.00–187.00	1,094	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	640	155.00/cwt	155.00–155.00	992	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	480	173.00/cwt	173.00–173.00	830	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	960	141.00/cwt	141.00–141.00	1,354	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	470	210.69/cwt	204.00–221.00	990	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	475	187.19/cwt	175.00–193.00	889	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	355	173.00/cwt	173.00–173.00	614	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	700	187.00/cwt	187.00–187.00	1,309	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	529	173.36/cwt	159.00–177.00	917	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	406	217.00/cwt	217.00–217.00	881	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	575	178.11/cwt	171.00–190.00	1,024	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	588	218.11/cwt	209.00–225.00	1,282	16
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	310	176.10/cwt	170.00–182.00	546	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	325	229.42/cwt	227.00–232.00	746	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	670	191.00/cwt	191.00–191.00	1,280	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	725	202.25/cwt	198.00–215.00	1,466	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	622	186.31/cwt	181.00–193.00	1,159	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	791	205.44/cwt	190.00–220.00	1,625	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	619	210.87/cwt	204.00–224.00	1,305	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	215	220.00/cwt	220.00–220.00	473	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	517	214.84/cwt	209.00–221.00	1,111	9
Heifers	Medium 1-2	—	617	194.00/cwt	194.00–194.00	1,197	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	887	185.00/cwt	185.00–185.00	1,641	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	569	241.93/cwt	227.00–248.50	1,377	57
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	290	236.00/cwt	236.00–236.00	684	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	672	214.81/cwt	207.00–226.00	1,444	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	427	264.40/cwt	231.00–269.00	1,129	33
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	484	249.90/cwt	241.00–260.00	1,210	40
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	365	242.53/cwt	240.00–247.00	885	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	668	236.16/cwt	226.00–240.50	1,578	25
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	518	243.97/cwt	233.00–249.00	1,264	57
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	794	215.31/cwt	207.00–228.00	1,710	21
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	705	223.03/cwt	221.00–231.00	1,572	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	576	263.55/cwt	241.00–293.00	1,518	70
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	609	240.77/cwt	235.00–245.00	1,466	63
Steers	Large 1	—	687	255.00/cwt	255.00–255.00	1,752	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2Fleshy	—	835	171.00/cwt	171.00–171.00	1,428	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	—	442	323.00/cwt	323.00–323.00	1,428	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	—	518	307.00/cwt	307.00–307.00	1,590	11
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	550	161.00/cwt	161.00–161.00	886	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	390	264.13/cwt	255.00–270.00	1,030	15
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	425	289.03/cwt	263.00–311.00	1,228	35

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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Receipts 1,394Last week 310Year ago 1,841

Special Note: CAB Feeder Cattle Special, mostly double vaccinated & long timed weaned.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	791	226.00	226.00
204	—	837	225.00–244.00	240.21
118	—	674	229.00–254.00	246.20
120	—	889	218.50–229.50	223.94
63	—	527	253.00–300.00	278.21
4	—	342	293.00–311.00	306.10
46	—	721	224.00–249.00	236.88
107	—	623	230.00–264.00	253.35
16	—	477	269.00–305.00	290.08
2	—	385	275.00–285.00	280.06
61	—	938	211.00–228.00	227.73
70	—	576	241.00–293.00	263.55
35	—	425	263.00–311.00	289.03
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	660	185.00–191.00	187.98
4	—	535	187.00–205.00	198.89
1	—	1,140	161.00	161.00
1	—	345	220.00	220.00
1	—	765	195.00	195.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	390	145.00	145.00
1	—	615	161.00	161.00
1	—	550	161.00	161.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	538	230.00–250.00	238.78
5	—	573	221.00–249.00	232.57
1	—	300	255.00	255.00
4	—	461	222.50–262.50	245.71
4	—	859	202.00–203.00	202.25
4	—	716	204.00–221.00	209.74
1	—	370	255.00	255.00
4	—	425	229.00–242.50	234.98
10	—	675	204.00–229.00	220.50
4	—	967	201.00	201.00
10	—	628	200.00–228.00	213.54
15	—	815	211.00–227.00	223.07
5	—	778	221.00–225.00	222.99
Steers — Medium 2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	613	181.00	181.00
Steers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	687	255.00	255.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	835	171.00	171.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	442	323.00	323.00
11	—	518	307.00	307.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	635	212.00	212.00
1	—	580	213.00	213.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	960	141.00	141.00
3	—	475	175.00–193.00	187.19
1	—	355	173.00	173.00
1	—	700	187.00	187.00
5	—	529	159.00–177.00	173.36
3	—	575	171.00–190.00	178.11
2	—	310	170.00–182.00	176.10
1	—	670	191.00	191.00
9	—	622	181.00–193.00	186.31
2	—	887	185.00	185.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	470	204.00–221.00	210.69
3	—	406	217.00	217.00
16	—	588	209.00–225.00	218.11
2	—	325	227.00–232.00	229.42
4	—	725	198.00–215.00	202.25
9	—	791	190.00–220.00	205.44
12	—	619	204.00–224.00	210.87
1	—	215	220.00	220.00
9	—	517	209.00–221.00	214.84
1	—	290	236.00	236.00
5	—	672	207.00–226.00	214.81
3	—	365	240.00–247.00	242.53
Heifers — Medium 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	617	194.00	194.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
57	—	569	227.00–248.50	241.93
33	—	427	231.00–269.00	264.40
40	—	484	241.00–260.00	249.90
25	—	668	226.00–240.50	236.16
57	—	518	233.00–249.00	243.97
21	—	794	207.00–228.00	215.31
5	—	705	221.00–231.00	223.03
63	—	609	235.00–245.00	240.77
15	—	390	255.00–270.00	264.13
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	680	182.00	182.00
1	—	585	187.00	187.00
1	—	640	155.00	155.00
1	—	480	173.00	173.00

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