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Fairview Livestock Auction

Name: Fairview Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2021-09-14
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2021-09-14

Slaughter Cattle · Fairview, Illinois · Tue, Sep 14

● Final28 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2049

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Receipts

298 head

▲ 60 vs last sale 238▼ 126 vs year ago 424 · −29.7%

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week, slaughter cattle again lower. Slaughter steers and slaughter heifers sold 4.75 lower. Slaughter cows sold 2.25 to 4.75 lower with the exception of Leans that sold 3.25 higher. Slaughter bulls sold 1.75 lower. Trade was active with moderate to soft 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	—	Low	1,758	90.85	1,597	19
Cows	Premium White 65-75%	High	1,429	78.93	1,128	3thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,451	66.11	959	56
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,240	61.71	766	66
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,087	46.11	501	22
Heifers	Choice	Average	1,207	122.60	1,480	31
Heifers	Select and Choice	Average	1,116	104.91	1,171	2thin
Heifers	Select	Low	887	58.15	516	3thin
Steers	Choice	High	1,462	124.13	1,815	66
Steers	Select and Choice	Average	1,294	114.11	1,476	10
Steers	Select	Average	1,142	91.11	1,040	3thin

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	—	Select	1,142	91.11/cwt	87.00–94.00	1,040	3
Steers	—	Select and Choice	1,291	116.01/cwt	105.00–119.50	1,498	9
Steers	—	Select and Choice	1,320	97.00/cwt	97.00–97.00	1,280	1
Steers	—	Choice	1,398	116.42/cwt	115.50–117.50	1,628	2
Steers	—	Choice	1,425	123.39/cwt	120.00–126.50	1,758	46
Steers	—	Choice	1,542	128.33/cwt	127.50–130.00	1,979	16
Steers	—	ChoiceHeavy Weight	1,753	115.35/cwt	111.50–119.50	2,022	2
Slaughter Cattle · Heifers6 lots · lightest first
Heifers	—	Select	825	54.72/cwt	54.00–55.50	451	2
Heifers	—	Select	1,010	65.00/cwt	65.00–65.00	657	1
Heifers	—	Select and Choice	1,116	104.91/cwt	101.00–108.00	1,171	2
Heifers	—	Choice	1,185	122.29/cwt	119.00–124.50	1,449	20
Heifers	—	Choice	1,218	127.35/cwt	127.00–128.50	1,551	7
Heifers	—	Choice	1,300	115.80/cwt	115.00–117.50	1,505	4
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls3 lots · lightest first
Bulls	—	—	1,513	74.90/cwt	72.50–78.50	1,133	3
Bulls	—	—	1,737	88.85/cwt	83.00–93.00	1,543	9
Bulls	—	—	1,889	100.25/cwt	96.50–105.00	1,894	7
Slaughter Cattle · Cows12 lots · lightest first
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,070	58.00/cwt	58.00–58.00	621	1
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,082	50.34/cwt	44.50–54.00	545	16
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,107	30.20/cwt	20.00–42.50	334	5
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%Return to Feed	1,178	68.58/cwt	63.50–80.00	808	14
Cows	—	Premium White 65-75%	1,240	90.00/cwt	90.00–90.00	1,116	1
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,246	59.71/cwt	54.00–64.50	744	34
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,268	50.30/cwt	43.50–53.50	638	8
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,287	68.03/cwt	65.00–72.00	876	10
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,417	67.51/cwt	62.00–72.50	957	35
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,503	72.83/cwt	71.50–74.50	1,095	9
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,510	56.97/cwt	54.50–61.00	860	12
Cows	—	Premium White 65-75%	1,523	73.40/cwt	71.50–75.00	1,118	2

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 Sep 14, 2021

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Receipts 298Last week 238Year ago 424

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,513	72.50–78.50	74.90
9	—	1,737	83.00–93.00	88.85
7	—	1,889	96.50–105.00	100.25

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
34	—	1,246	54.00–64.50	59.71
10	—	1,287	65.00–72.00	68.03
8	—	1,268	43.50–53.50	50.30

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
16	—	1,082	44.50–54.00	50.34
1	—	1,070	58.00	58.00
5	—	1,107	20.00–42.50	30.20

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Premium White 65-75%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,240	90.00	90.00
2	—	1,523	71.50–75.00	73.40

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85% · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
14	—	1,178	63.50–80.00	68.58

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
35	—	1,417	62.00–72.50	67.51
9	—	1,503	71.50–74.50	72.83
12	—	1,510	54.50–61.00	56.97

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
16	—	1,542	127.50–130.00	128.33
2	—	1,398	115.50–117.50	116.42
46	—	1,425	120.00–126.50	123.39

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	1,291	105.00–119.50	116.01
1	—	1,320	97.00	97.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Select$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,142	87.00–94.00	91.11

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Choice · Heavy Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,753	111.50–119.50	115.35

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Select$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	825	54.00–55.50	54.72
1	—	1,010	65.00	65.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,116	101.00–108.00	104.91

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
20	—	1,185	119.00–124.50	122.29
7	—	1,218	127.00–128.50	127.35
4	—	1,300	115.00–117.50	115.80

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.