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Fairview Livestock Auction

Name: Fairview Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2024-04-23
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-04-23

Slaughter Cattle · Fairview, Illinois · Tue, Apr 23

● Final29 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2049

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Receipts

328 head

▼ 50 vs last sale 378▼ 178 vs year ago 506 · −35.2%

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week, a much lower market all around, Slaughter steers and heifers sold 1.00 to 2.00 lower. Slaughter cows sold 7.00 to 9.00 lower. Slaughter bulls sold 10.00 lower. Trade was active with 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
Beef/Dairy Heifers	Choice	Average	1,245	163.09	2,030	3thin
Bulls	—	Average	1,632	149.55	2,440	24
Cows	Premium White 65-75%	High	1,515	154.65	2,343	19
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Low	1,511	130.85	1,977	44
Cows	Boner 80-85%	High	1,267	122.09	1,547	75
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	968	100.13	969	21
Heifers	Choice	Low	1,321	183.63	2,426	35
Heifers	Select and Choice	Low	1,185	163.35	1,935	11
Heifers	Select	Average	1,012	143.50	1,452	10
Steers	Choice	Low	1,475	185.59	2,737	58
Steers	Select and Choice	Average	1,217	171.11	2,082	3thin
Steers	Select	Average	1,058	153.93	1,629	3thin

Every lot

29 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 · Steers5 lots · lightest first
Steers	—	Select	1,045	137.50/cwt	137.50–137.50	1,437	1
Steers	—	SelectReturn to Feed	1,065	162.15/cwt	150.00–175.00	1,727	2
Steers	—	Select and Choice	1,217	171.11/cwt	168.00–175.00	2,082	3
Steers	—	Choice	1,474	185.86/cwt	181.50–192.00	2,740	57
Steers	—	Choice	1,505	170.00/cwt	170.00–170.00	2,559	1
Slaughter Cattle · Heifers6 lots · lightest first
Heifers	—	SelectReturn to Feed	992	157.85/cwt	145.00–172.50	1,566	5
Heifers	—	Select	1,032	129.15/cwt	124.00–142.50	1,333	5
Heifers	—	Select and Choice	1,184	164.93/cwt	157.50–172.50	1,953	10
Heifers	—	Select and Choice	1,190	147.50/cwt	147.50–147.50	1,755	1
Heifers	—	Choice	1,308	185.09/cwt	180.00–189.00	2,421	30
Heifers	—	Choice	1,400	174.90/cwt	170.00–178.00	2,449	5
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls3 lots · lightest first
Bulls	—	—	1,267	123.06/cwt	100.00–149.00	1,559	8
Bulls	—	—	1,694	157.72/cwt	151.00–162.00	2,672	10
Bulls	—	—	2,014	171.27/cwt	168.00–176.00	3,449	6
Slaughter Cattle · Cows13 lots · lightest first
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%Return to Feed	845	107.50/cwt	107.50–107.50	908	1
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	881	86.64/cwt	75.00–90.00	763	8
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,010	112.98/cwt	110.00–117.50	1,141	7
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%Return to Feed	1,060	132.50/cwt	132.50–132.50	1,405	1
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,074	102.24/cwt	95.00–107.50	1,098	5
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,235	107.39/cwt	85.00–116.00	1,326	13
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,256	134.53/cwt	130.00–139.00	1,690	14
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,284	122.23/cwt	117.00–128.00	1,569	47
Cows	—	Premium White 65-75%	1,416	167.96/cwt	162.50–174.00	2,378	7
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,493	119.33/cwt	110.00–124.00	1,782	9
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,496	131.96/cwt	127.00–138.00	1,974	28
Cows	—	Premium White 65-75%	1,573	146.89/cwt	141.00–159.00	2,311	12
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,594	141.21/cwt	139.00–145.00	2,251	7
Slaughter Cattle · Beef/Dairy Heifers2 lots · lightest first
Beef/Dairy Heifers	—	Choice	1,190	157.13/cwt	151.00–163.00	1,870	2
Beef/Dairy Heifers	—	Choice	1,355	175.00/cwt	175.00–175.00	2,371	1

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 23, 2024

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

Receipts 328Last week 378Year ago 506

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Premium White 65-75%$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	1,416	162.50–174.00	167.96
12	—	1,573	141.00–159.00	146.89

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
14	—	1,256	130.00–139.00	134.53
47	—	1,284	117.00–128.00	122.23
13	—	1,235	85.00–116.00	107.39

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	1,493	110.00–124.00	119.33
7	—	1,594	139.00–145.00	141.21
28	—	1,496	127.00–138.00	131.96

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90% · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	845	107.50	107.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	881	75.00–90.00	86.64
7	—	1,010	110.00–117.50	112.98
5	—	1,074	95.00–107.50	102.24

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85% · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,060	132.50	132.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	1,694	151.00–162.00	157.72
6	—	2,014	168.00–176.00	171.27
8	—	1,267	100.00–149.00	123.06

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Select · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	992	145.00–172.50	157.85

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Select$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,032	124.00–142.50	129.15

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,190	147.50	147.50
10	—	1,184	157.50–172.50	164.93

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,400	170.00–178.00	174.90
30	—	1,308	180.00–189.00	185.09

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Select · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,065	150.00–175.00	162.15

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,217	168.00–175.00	171.11

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,505	170.00	170.00
57	—	1,474	181.50–192.00	185.86

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Select$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,045	137.50	137.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Beef/Dairy Heifers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,190	151.00–163.00	157.13
1	—	1,355	175.00	175.00

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.