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Fairview Livestock Auction

Name: Fairview Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2024-05-21
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-05-21

Slaughter Cattle · Fairview, Illinois · Tue, May 21

● Final26 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2049

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Receipts

403 head

▼ 16 vs last sale 419▲ 70 vs year ago 333 · +21.0%

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week, slaughter steers and heifers, and slaughter cows traded steady. No real test to last week for slaughter bulls, but a much higher undertone was noted. 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
Beef/Dairy Steers	Select and Choice	Average	1,222	159.00	1,943	2thin
Bulls	—	Average	1,664	166.90	2,778	16
Cows	Premium White 65-75%	Average	1,522	157.92	2,404	16
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,502	141.77	2,129	63
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,240	137.91	1,710	70
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,030	119.27	1,228	39
Dairy Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,150	118.86	1,367	2thin
Dairy Steers	Choice	Average	1,607	169.00	2,716	2thin
Heifers	Choice	Low	1,368	190.49	2,606	63
Heifers	Select and Choice	Average	1,147	173.77	1,993	10
Steers	Choice	Average	1,447	191.12	2,765	107
Steers	Select and Choice	Average	1,229	180.23	2,215	9thin
Steers	Select	Average	967	150.00	1,451	2thin

Every lot

26 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	—	SelectReturn to Feed	967	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	1,451	2
Steers	—	Select and ChoiceReturn to Feed	1,190	187.00/cwt	187.00–187.00	2,225	2
Steers	—	Select and Choice	1,240	178.29/cwt	153.00–184.00	2,211	7
Steers	—	Choice	1,438	185.12/cwt	184.00–186.00	2,662	21
Steers	—	Choice	1,449	192.58/cwt	188.00–197.50	2,790	86
Slaughter Cattle · Heifers3 lots · lightest first
Heifers	—	Select and Choice	1,147	173.77/cwt	161.00–183.50	1,993	10
Heifers	—	Choice	1,322	185.54/cwt	180.00–186.50	2,453	14
Heifers	—	Choice	1,381	191.91/cwt	188.00–197.00	2,650	49
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls3 lots · lightest first
Bulls	—	—	1,320	136.96/cwt	115.00–157.50	1,808	6
Bulls	—	—	1,791	177.66/cwt	172.50–183.00	3,182	5
Bulls	—	—	1,951	192.07/cwt	187.50–195.00	3,747	5
Slaughter Cattle · Cows12 lots · lightest first
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	907	99.30/cwt	87.50–107.50	901	6
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%Return to Feed	969	135.62/cwt	130.00–149.00	1,314	5
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,006	129.74/cwt	125.00–133.00	1,305	7
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%Return to Feed	1,058	144.60/cwt	133.00–155.00	1,530	2
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,087	117.59/cwt	112.50–122.50	1,278	21
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,228	149.41/cwt	146.00–158.00	1,835	14
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,241	126.14/cwt	115.00–132.50	1,565	18
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,254	138.95/cwt	133.00–144.00	1,742	36
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,461	132.72/cwt	120.00–139.00	1,939	20
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,492	144.84/cwt	140.00–151.00	2,161	38
Cows	—	Premium White 65-75%	1,522	157.92/cwt	147.00–167.00	2,404	16
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,736	154.62/cwt	153.00–156.00	2,684	5
Slaughter Cattle · Dairy Steers1 lot · lightest first
Dairy Steers	—	Choice	1,607	169.00/cwt	169.00–169.00	2,716	2
Slaughter Cattle · Beef/Dairy Steers1 lot · lightest first
Beef/Dairy Steers	—	Select and Choice	1,222	159.00/cwt	159.00–159.00	1,943	2
Slaughter Cattle · Dairy Cows1 lot · lightest first
Dairy Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,150	118.86/cwt	117.50–120.00	1,367	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 May 21, 2024

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

Receipts 403Last week 419Year ago 333

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,791	172.50–183.00	177.66
5	—	1,951	187.50–195.00	192.07
6	—	1,320	115.00–157.50	136.96

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Select · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	967	150.00	150.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Select and Choice · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,190	187.00	187.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	1,240	153.00–184.00	178.29

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
86	—	1,449	188.00–197.50	192.58
21	—	1,438	184.00–186.00	185.12

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	1,147	161.00–183.50	173.77

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
14	—	1,322	180.00–186.50	185.54
49	—	1,381	188.00–197.00	191.91

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Dairy Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,607	169.00	169.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
21	—	1,087	112.50–122.50	117.59
7	—	1,006	125.00–133.00	129.74
6	—	907	87.50–107.50	99.30

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
38	—	1,492	140.00–151.00	144.84
20	—	1,461	120.00–139.00	132.72
5	—	1,736	153.00–156.00	154.62

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
36	—	1,254	133.00–144.00	138.95
14	—	1,228	146.00–158.00	149.41
18	—	1,241	115.00–132.50	126.14

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85% · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,058	133.00–155.00	144.60

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Premium White 65-75%$ per cwt · actual wt
16	—	1,522	147.00–167.00	157.92

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90% · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	969	130.00–149.00	135.62

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Beef/Dairy Steers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,222	159.00	159.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Dairy Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,150	117.50–120.00	118.86

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.