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Fairview Livestock Auction

Name: Fairview Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2022-04-19
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2022-04-19

Slaughter Cattle · Fairview, Illinois · Tue, Apr 19

● Final19 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2049

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Receipts

290 head

▼ 63 vs last sale 353▼ 59 vs year ago 349 · −16.9%

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week, slaughter steers and slaughter heifers sold 4.00 higher. Slaughter cows traded steady to 2.50 lower. Slaughter bull traded steady on a poorer quality set. Trade was active with good 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	1,437	98.81	1,420	18
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	High	1,499	87.85	1,316	39
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Low	1,284	80.56	1,035	44
Cows	Lean 85-90%	High	1,116	64.35	718	29
Heifers	Choice	Low	1,333	146.21	1,949	30
Heifers	Select and Choice	Average	1,170	128.43	1,503	8thin
Heifers	Select	Average	1,017	112.75	1,147	5thin
Steers	Choice	Average	1,479	147.23	2,177	79

Every lot

19 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 · Steers3 lots · lightest first
Steers	—	Choice	1,378	141.00/cwt	136.00–142.50	1,943	6
Steers	—	Choice	1,456	148.99/cwt	143.00–151.00	2,169	65
Steers	—	ChoiceHeavy Weight	1,740	137.64/cwt	130.00–146.00	2,395	8
Slaughter Cattle · Heifers5 lots · lightest first
Heifers	—	SelectReturn to Feed	1,017	112.75/cwt	105.00–119.00	1,147	5
Heifers	—	Select and Choice	1,159	115.00/cwt	115.00–115.00	1,333	2
Heifers	—	Select and Choice	1,174	132.91/cwt	124.00–140.00	1,560	6
Heifers	—	Choice	1,316	149.19/cwt	143.00–150.50	1,963	23
Heifers	—	Choice	1,390	136.43/cwt	132.50–142.00	1,896	7
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls	—	—	1,227	89.71/cwt	80.00–100.00	1,101	9
Bulls	—	—	1,647	107.91/cwt	105.00–113.00	1,777	9
Slaughter Cattle · Cows9 lots · lightest first
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,105	54.51/cwt	50.00–58.00	602	6
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,107	65.87/cwt	60.00–70.00	729	19
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,176	71.87/cwt	71.50–72.00	845	4
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,216	71.79/cwt	67.00–74.00	873	6
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,288	80.36/cwt	74.50–85.00	1,035	33
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,343	92.42/cwt	87.50–97.00	1,241	5
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,486	79.39/cwt	77.00–80.00	1,180	7
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,498	87.61/cwt	82.00–92.00	1,312	24
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,511	95.97/cwt	93.00–98.50	1,450	8

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 Apr 19, 2022

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

Receipts 290Last week 353Year ago 349

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,176	71.50–72.00	71.87
6	—	1,105	50.00–58.00	54.51
19	—	1,107	60.00–70.00	65.87

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	1,511	93.00–98.50	95.97
7	—	1,486	77.00–80.00	79.39
24	—	1,498	82.00–92.00	87.61

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	1,216	67.00–74.00	71.79
33	—	1,288	74.50–85.00	80.36
5	—	1,343	87.50–97.00	92.42

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
65	—	1,456	143.00–151.00	148.99
6	—	1,378	136.00–142.50	141.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Choice · Heavy Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	1,740	130.00–146.00	137.64

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Select · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,017	105.00–119.00	112.75

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	1,174	124.00–140.00	132.91
2	—	1,159	115.00	115.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	1,390	132.50–142.00	136.43
23	—	1,316	143.00–150.50	149.19

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	1,227	80.00–100.00	89.71
9	—	1,647	105.00–113.00	107.91

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.