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Fairview Livestock Auction

Name: Fairview Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2024-10-08
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-10-08

Slaughter Cattle · Fairview, Illinois · Tue, Oct 8

● Final27 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2049

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Receipts

213 head

▼ 42 vs last sale 255▼ 79 vs year ago 292 · −27.1%

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week, slaughter steers and heifers traded steady to 1.00 lower. Slaughter cows sold mixed, with Breakers 1.00 to 2.00 lower, Boners 1.00 to 2.00 higher, and Leans 2.00 to 3.00 lower. Slaughter bulls sold 13.00 lower on a lessor kind. Trade was active with moderate to 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	—	Average	1,717	148.24	2,545	9thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,487	132.66	1,973	16
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,311	129.13	1,693	18
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,146	114.32	1,310	13
Dairy Cows	Breaker 75-80%	High	1,788	129.00	2,306	2thin
Dairy Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,518	117.77	1,788	3thin
Dairy Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,162	108.24	1,257	8thin
Heifers	Choice	High	1,356	193.04	2,618	39
Heifers	Select	High	1,000	142.50	1,425	1thin
Steers	Choice	Average	1,469	192.27	2,825	97
Steers	Select and Choice	Average	1,269	175.81	2,231	6thin

Every lot

27 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 · Steers4 lots · lightest first
Steers	—	Select and Choice	1,269	175.81/cwt	162.50–184.00	2,231	6
Steers	—	Choice	1,429	180.25/cwt	163.50–186.00	2,576	11
Steers	—	Choice	1,470	193.88/cwt	187.00–198.00	2,850	85
Steers	—	ChoiceHeavy Weight	1,830	187.50/cwt	187.50–187.50	3,431	1
Slaughter Cattle · Heifers4 lots · lightest first
Heifers	—	Select	1,000	142.50/cwt	142.50–142.50	1,425	1
Heifers	—	Choice	1,345	182.68/cwt	178.00–185.00	2,457	3
Heifers	—	Choice	1,352	192.68/cwt	186.50–197.00	2,605	30
Heifers	—	Choice	1,383	200.00/cwt	200.00–200.00	2,766	6
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls3 lots · lightest first
Bulls	—	—	1,688	163.64/cwt	160.00–165.00	2,762	3
Bulls	—	—	1,699	146.39/cwt	142.50–150.00	2,487	4
Bulls	—	—	1,795	128.83/cwt	127.50–130.00	2,312	2
Slaughter Cattle · Cows11 lots · lightest first
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%Return to Feed	1,050	137.50/cwt	137.50–137.50	1,444	1
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%Return to Feed	1,060	144.00/cwt	144.00–144.00	1,526	1
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,108	111.57/cwt	107.00–116.00	1,236	5
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,177	100.88/cwt	95.00–105.00	1,187	3
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,195	122.03/cwt	120.00–125.00	1,458	4
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,258	136.53/cwt	133.00–143.00	1,718	6
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,359	126.23/cwt	121.00–132.00	1,715	8
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,373	117.12/cwt	115.00–119.00	1,608	3
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,460	134.55/cwt	131.00–141.00	1,964	10
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,466	122.76/cwt	114.00–126.00	1,800	4
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,665	143.00/cwt	143.00–143.00	2,381	2
Slaughter Cattle · Dairy Cows5 lots · lightest first
Dairy Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,010	101.12/cwt	100.00–102.50	1,021	2
Dairy Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,212	110.61/cwt	107.00–115.00	1,341	6
Dairy Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,518	117.77/cwt	113.00–121.00	1,788	3
Dairy Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,700	139.00/cwt	139.00–139.00	2,363	1
Dairy Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,875	119.00/cwt	119.00–119.00	2,231	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

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

Receipts 213Last week 255Year ago 292

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,699	142.50–150.00	146.39
3	—	1,688	160.00–165.00	163.64
2	—	1,795	127.50–130.00	128.83

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Select$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,000	142.50	142.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	1,383	200.00	200.00
3	—	1,345	178.00–185.00	182.68
30	—	1,352	186.50–197.00	192.68

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	1,269	162.50–184.00	175.81

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
85	—	1,470	187.00–198.00	193.88
11	—	1,429	163.50–186.00	180.25

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Choice · Heavy Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,830	187.50	187.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,108	107.00–116.00	111.57
4	—	1,195	120.00–125.00	122.03
3	—	1,177	95.00–105.00	100.88

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90% · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,050	137.50	137.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85% · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,060	144.00	144.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	1,460	131.00–141.00	134.55
2	—	1,665	143.00	143.00
4	—	1,466	114.00–126.00	122.76

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	1,258	133.00–143.00	136.53
3	—	1,373	115.00–119.00	117.12
8	—	1,359	121.00–132.00	126.23

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Dairy Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	1,212	107.00–115.00	110.61
2	—	1,010	100.00–102.50	101.12

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Dairy Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,518	113.00–121.00	117.77

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Dairy Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,700	139.00	139.00
1	—	1,875	119.00	119.00

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.