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Fairview Livestock Auction

Name: Fairview Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2021-05-04
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2021-05-04

Slaughter Cattle · Fairview, Illinois · Tue, May 4

● Final28 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2049

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Receipts

337 head

▲ 160 vs last sale 177▲ 182 vs year ago 155 · +117.4%

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week, slaughter steers and slaughter heifers sold sharply lower at 9.00 lower. Slaughter cows sold 2.00 to 5.50 lower. Slaughter bulls sold 1.25 lower. Trade was active with soft to moderate demand.

Slaughter cattle

By class and quality grade · $/cwt

Cull cows and bulls are graded, not weight-classed — grade is what moves the money here.

Class	Grade	Dressing	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Bulls	—	Average	1,723	87.91	1,515	16
Cows	Premium White 65-75%	Average	1,408	91.25	1,285	5thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,214	67.31	817	107
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	High	1,481	67.22	995	81
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,013	57.73	585	29
Heifers	Choice	Low	1,365	113.58	1,551	23
Heifers	Select and Choice	Average	1,055	105.54	1,114	12
Heifers	Select	Average	927	97.58	904	21
Steers	Choice	Average	1,422	111.20	1,582	11
Steers	Select and Choice	Average	1,096	105.25	1,154	8thin
Steers	Select	Average	989	97.67	966	6thin

Every lot

28 lots · USDA AMS · Fairview Sale Barn Slaughter Cattle - Fairview, IL

Nothing removed and nothing rounded — the same lots as the USDA report, with per-head values added. Grouped by class and set lightest first; USDA files them in sale-ring order.

Class	Weight	Grade / description	Avg wt	Price	Range	Per head	Head
Slaughter Cattle · Steers7 lots · lightest first
Steers	—	SelectReturn to Feed	981	109.00/cwt	109.00–109.00	1,069	4
Steers	—	Select	1,005	75.00/cwt	75.00–75.00	754	2
Steers	—	Select and ChoiceReturn to Feed	1,082	106.00/cwt	106.00–106.00	1,147	7
Steers	—	Select and Choice	1,195	100.00/cwt	100.00–100.00	1,195	1
Steers	—	Choice	1,380	113.52/cwt	111.00–116.50	1,567	8
Steers	—	Choice	1,423	108.01/cwt	107.50–108.50	1,537	2
Steers	—	ChoiceHeavy Weight	1,760	99.00/cwt	99.00–99.00	1,742	1
Slaughter Cattle · Heifers6 lots · lightest first
Heifers	—	SelectReturn to Feed	892	105.28/cwt	91.00–113.00	939	15
Heifers	—	Select	1,014	78.33/cwt	63.00–89.00	794	6
Heifers	—	Select and Choice	1,025	104.00/cwt	104.00–104.00	1,066	1
Heifers	—	Select and ChoiceReturn to Feed	1,058	105.68/cwt	105.50–106.00	1,118	11
Heifers	—	Choice	1,305	105.00/cwt	105.00–105.00	1,370	1
Heifers	—	Choice	1,368	113.97/cwt	111.00–117.00	1,559	22
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls3 lots · lightest first
Bulls	—	—	1,419	77.15/cwt	62.50–84.50	1,095	6
Bulls	—	—	1,823	92.47/cwt	86.50–96.00	1,686	8
Bulls	—	—	2,233	101.97/cwt	98.50–105.50	2,277	2
Slaughter Cattle · Cows12 lots · lightest first
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%Return to Feed	800	92.00/cwt	85.00–99.00	736	2
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	894	45.09/cwt	40.00–51.00	403	7
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%Return to Feed	959	82.41/cwt	74.00–90.00	790	6
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,074	58.34/cwt	53.50–63.50	627	19
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,110	66.00/cwt	66.00–66.00	733	1
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,199	59.14/cwt	52.00–61.50	709	12
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,229	66.89/cwt	62.00–72.50	822	83
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,283	74.35/cwt	73.50–76.00	954	6
Cows	—	Premium White 65-75%	1,408	91.25/cwt	80.50–96.00	1,285	5
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,433	74.77/cwt	74.00–76.00	1,071	4
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,470	67.74/cwt	63.00–73.50	996	70
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,615	57.72/cwt	39.00–62.50	932	7

This sale against other markets

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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Fairview Sale Barn Slaughter Cattle - Fairview, IL

Tue May 4, 2021

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

Receipts 337Last week 177Year ago 155

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	1,823	86.50–96.00	92.47
2	—	2,233	98.50–105.50	101.97
6	—	1,419	62.50–84.50	77.15

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Select$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	1,014	63.00–89.00	78.33

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,305	105.00	105.00
22	—	1,368	111.00–117.00	113.97

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Select · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
15	—	892	91.00–113.00	105.28

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,025	104.00	104.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Select and Choice · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
11	—	1,058	105.50–106.00	105.68

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Select$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,005	75.00	75.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Select · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	981	109.00	109.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Choice · Heavy Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,760	99.00	99.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	1,380	111.00–116.50	113.52
2	—	1,423	107.50–108.50	108.01

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,195	100.00	100.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Select and Choice · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	1,082	106.00	106.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85% · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	959	74.00–90.00	82.41

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,433	74.00–76.00	74.77
7	—	1,615	39.00–62.50	57.72
70	—	1,470	63.00–73.50	67.74

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90% · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	800	85.00–99.00	92.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Premium White 65-75%$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,408	80.50–96.00	91.25

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
12	—	1,199	52.00–61.50	59.14
83	—	1,229	62.00–72.50	66.89
6	—	1,283	73.50–76.00	74.35

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,110	66.00	66.00
7	—	894	40.00–51.00	45.09
19	—	1,074	53.50–63.50	58.34

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.