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Fairview Livestock Auction

Name: Fairview Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2024-12-19
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-12-19

Feeder Cattle · Fairview, Illinois · Thu, Dec 19

● Final121 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2048

← Dec 12Dec 19Jan 7 →

Receipts

1,168 head

▼ 1,021 vs last sale 2,189▲ 853 vs year ago 315 · +270.8%

Also sold hereSlaughter/Replacement CattleTue Nov 3, 2026 Replacement Cattle Special

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Today at Fairview as compared to one week ago, feeder calves 400-600lbs traded higher 14.00 with 700lb plus,steers calves mostly steady with a higher undertone. Feeder heifers 400-600lbs traded higher 13.00, heifer calves above 700lbs following the same mostly steady trend with higher undertones. Good to excellent demand on active trade on an quality offering.

Weight class — the figures below change to match

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $325.69/cwt on 153 head. That ranks 1 of 11 comparable sales and sits −133.75 against this barn's trailing median of $459.44.

Average price

$325.69

153 head · 549 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,788

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$626

per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium 2

$118.28/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+15.54

vs IL average

−0.94 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	542	348.28	1,887	81
Medium and Large 1-2	553	317.73	1,758	48
Medium and Large 2	567	270.46	1,534	21
Medium 2	548	230.00	1,260	3thin

One grade step is worth $118.28/cwt here — about $626 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 300–400 lb. USDA reports each grade on its own line and never publishes the spread.

How it compared 500–600 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only

This sale153 hd

325.69

—

IL average3 barns · 280 hd

310.15

+15.54

National average173 barns · 17,754 hd

326.63

−0.94

This barn, trailing median11 sales

459.44

−133.75

A barn can sit above the state average at one weight and below it at another — check the class you actually sell.

This barn's trailing prices 500–600 lb

11 sales

Steers 500–600 lb: high $492.86, low $357.89, median $459.44 across 11 sales. Sales under 10 head in this class are excluded, so a thin day cannot swing the median or the ranking.

Every lot

121 lots · USDA AMS · Fairview Sale Barn Cattle Special - 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
Feeder Cattle · Steers53 lots · lightest first
Steers	200–250	Medium and Large 1-2	220	380.00/cwt	380.00–380.00	836	2
Steers	200–250	Medium and Large 1	233	453.40/cwt	445.00–470.00	1,056	3
Steers	250–300	Medium and Large 3	260	270.00/cwt	270.00–270.00	702	1
Steers	250–300	Medium and Large 1	275	415.62/cwt	400.00–432.50	1,143	7
Steers	250–300	Medium 2	295	303.00/cwt	303.00–303.00	894	1
Steers	300–350	Medium and Large 1-2	320	371.78/cwt	365.00–385.00	1,190	4
Steers	300–350	Medium and Large 1	334	423.55/cwt	400.00–432.00	1,415	30
Steers	300–350	Medium and Large 2	335	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	1,072	1
Steers	300–350	Medium and Large 1Fancy	337	451.57/cwt	447.00–470.00	1,522	5
Steers	350–400	Medium and Large 1	368	401.64/cwt	397.50–407.50	1,478	3
Steers	350–400	Medium and Large 1-2	373	373.87/cwt	340.00–392.50	1,395	11
Steers	350–400	Medium and Large 3	375	205.00/cwt	205.00–205.00	769	1
Steers	350–400	Medium and Large 2	378	314.53/cwt	282.50–332.50	1,189	3
Steers	350–400	Medium and Large 2-3	388	270.06/cwt	260.00–280.00	1,048	2
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 1-2	405	340.03/cwt	335.00–342.50	1,377	3
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	424	378.43/cwt	360.00–392.50	1,605	45
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 3	425	236.00/cwt	236.00–236.00	1,003	1
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 2	431	285.73/cwt	270.00–302.50	1,231	9
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 2-3	445	267.50/cwt	267.50–267.50	1,190	1
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 2-3	457	239.57/cwt	232.50–260.00	1,095	4
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1Fancy	460	375.00/cwt	375.00–375.00	1,725	2
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 2	469	287.08/cwt	277.50–300.00	1,346	6
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	481	359.80/cwt	325.00–367.50	1,731	35
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1-2	484	330.74/cwt	320.00–352.50	1,601	10
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	501	342.00/cwt	342.00–342.00	1,713	2
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2	517	326.28/cwt	305.00–340.00	1,687	19
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 2	530	281.14/cwt	270.00–295.00	1,490	5
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	531	356.40/cwt	325.00–367.50	1,892	50
Steers	500–550	Medium 2	548	230.00/cwt	230.00–230.00	1,260	3
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	563	334.71/cwt	325.00–345.00	1,884	29
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 2Full	575	235.00/cwt	235.00–235.00	1,351	1
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2	577	312.13/cwt	300.00–317.00	1,801	29
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 2	579	269.26/cwt	250.00–282.50	1,559	15
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1-2	620	277.69/cwt	252.50–287.00	1,722	21
Steers	600–650	Large 1-2	625	275.00/cwt	275.00–275.00	1,719	1
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	628	297.86/cwt	289.00–304.00	1,871	42
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 2	635	230.00/cwt	230.00–230.00	1,461	1
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 2	655	237.50/cwt	237.50–237.50	1,556	1
Steers	650–700	Large 1-2	660	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	1,650	1
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	665	291.00/cwt	291.00–291.00	1,935	8
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1-2	669	270.75/cwt	257.00–282.00	1,811	40
Steers	700–750	Large 2	700	247.50/cwt	247.50–247.50	1,733	3
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 1-2	713	269.42/cwt	257.00–275.00	1,921	16
Steers	700–750	Large 1-2	718	268.99/cwt	268.00–270.00	1,931	2
Steers	750–800	Medium and Large 2	763	222.03/cwt	200.00–240.00	1,694	4
Steers	750–800	Medium and Large 1-2	770	257.08/cwt	240.00–283.00	1,980	18
Steers	800–850	Medium and Large 1-2	810	241.00/cwt	241.00–241.00	1,952	4
Steers	800–850	Medium and Large 1	833	260.38/cwt	250.00–267.00	2,169	24
Steers	850–900	Medium and Large 1-2	860	237.33/cwt	220.00–245.00	2,041	6
Steers	900–950	Medium and Large 1-2	910	230.00/cwt	230.00–230.00	2,093	2
Steers	900–950	Medium and Large 1	937	245.00/cwt	245.00–245.00	2,296	2
Steers	950–1000	Medium and Large 2	965	180.00/cwt	180.00–180.00	1,737	1
Steers	1100–1150	Medium and Large 2	1,120	135.00/cwt	135.00–135.00	1,512	1
Feeder Cattle · Heifers51 lots · lightest first
Heifers	200–250	Medium and Large 1	230	425.00/cwt	425.00–425.00	978	4
Heifers	250–300	Medium and Large 2	255	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	765	1
Heifers	250–300	Medium and Large 1-2	271	380.00/cwt	380.00–380.00	1,030	3
Heifers	250–300	Medium and Large 1	277	415.00/cwt	415.00–415.00	1,150	4
Heifers	300–350	Medium and Large 1-2	317	303.73/cwt	285.00–315.00	963	8
Heifers	300–350	Medium and Large 2	322	278.55/cwt	255.00–302.50	897	8
Heifers	300–350	Medium and Large 1	324	363.56/cwt	332.50–375.00	1,178	19
Heifers	300–350	Medium 1	340	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	1,190	1
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 1	364	368.57/cwt	330.00–384.00	1,342	31
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 1-2	376	301.04/cwt	275.00–310.00	1,132	4
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 2	390	252.50/cwt	252.50–252.50	985	1
Heifers	350–400	Medium 2	395	280.00/cwt	280.00–280.00	1,106	3
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	426	341.46/cwt	320.00–367.50	1,455	63
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 2	427	259.91/cwt	230.00–275.00	1,110	6
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1-2	430	297.24/cwt	265.00–317.50	1,278	11
Heifers	400–450	Medium 3	437	170.00/cwt	170.00–170.00	743	2
Heifers	400–450	Large 1-2	440	280.00/cwt	280.00–280.00	1,232	1
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	468	333.82/cwt	326.00–367.50	1,562	11
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 2	471	265.91/cwt	240.00–280.00	1,252	10
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1-2	487	306.27/cwt	252.50–315.00	1,492	32
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 2Fleshy	490	205.00/cwt	205.00–205.00	1,005	2
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	500	252.50/cwt	252.50–252.50	1,263	2
Heifers	500–550	Large 1-2	505	255.00/cwt	255.00–255.00	1,288	1
Heifers	500–550	Medium 2	510	210.00/cwt	210.00–210.00	1,071	1
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2	517	294.57/cwt	247.50–315.00	1,523	19
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 3	525	200.00/cwt	200.00–200.00	1,050	1
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	531	301.21/cwt	285.00–319.00	1,599	61
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 2	536	232.73/cwt	210.00–242.50	1,247	4
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy	561	263.11/cwt	250.00–270.00	1,476	3
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	569	276.87/cwt	247.50–288.00	1,575	37
Heifers	550–600	Large 1	570	262.50/cwt	262.50–262.50	1,496	1
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 2	580	235.00/cwt	235.00–235.00	1,363	2
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2	586	276.38/cwt	267.50–282.00	1,620	24
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy	600	220.00/cwt	220.00–220.00	1,320	2
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	636	265.99/cwt	237.50–280.00	1,692	13
Heifers	600–650	Large 1	640	254.00/cwt	254.00–254.00	1,626	1
Heifers	650–700	Large 1	665	235.00/cwt	235.00–235.00	1,563	1
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	680	249.67/cwt	245.00–255.00	1,698	30
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1-2	681	229.70/cwt	228.00–235.00	1,564	8
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 1	707	243.78/cwt	239.00–245.00	1,724	17
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 2	710	212.50/cwt	212.50–212.50	1,509	1
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 1-2	715	225.24/cwt	220.00–233.00	1,610	5
Heifers	700–750	Large 1	723	247.80/cwt	247.00–248.00	1,792	5
Heifers	700–750	Large 1-2	737	234.00/cwt	234.00–234.00	1,725	2
Heifers	750–800	Medium and Large 1	750	237.00/cwt	237.00–237.00	1,778	1
Heifers	750–800	Medium and Large 1-2	774	218.62/cwt	212.50–219.00	1,692	17
Heifers	750–800	Large 1-2	778	212.50/cwt	212.50–212.50	1,653	3
Heifers	800–850	Medium and Large 2	805	210.00/cwt	210.00–210.00	1,691	1
Heifers	800–850	Medium and Large 1-2	817	216.84/cwt	215.00–220.00	1,772	8
Heifers	850–900	Medium and Large 1-2	857	210.00/cwt	210.00–210.00	1,800	2
Heifers	900–950	Medium and Large 1	917	216.00/cwt	216.00–216.00	1,981	5
Feeder Cattle · Bulls17 lots · lightest first
Bulls	200–250	Medium and Large 2	240	310.00/cwt	310.00–310.00	744	1
Bulls	350–400	Medium and Large 2-3	360	220.00/cwt	220.00–220.00	792	1
Bulls	350–400	Medium and Large 1-2	385	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	1,348	1
Bulls	400–450	Medium and Large 2	415	235.00/cwt	235.00–235.00	975	1
Bulls	400–450	Medium and Large 1	421	325.00/cwt	325.00–325.00	1,368	2
Bulls	450–500	Medium and Large 1-2	450	305.00/cwt	305.00–305.00	1,373	1
Bulls	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2	526	313.12/cwt	310.00–322.50	1,647	4
Bulls	500–550	Medium and Large 2	540	235.00/cwt	235.00–235.00	1,269	1
Bulls	550–600	Medium and Large 2Unweaned	572	272.50/cwt	272.50–272.50	1,559	5
Bulls	550–600	Medium and Large 2	582	255.00/cwt	255.00–255.00	1,484	2
Bulls	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2	584	277.45/cwt	257.50–282.00	1,620	11
Bulls	600–650	Medium and Large 1-2	630	264.16/cwt	262.50–265.00	1,664	3
Bulls	600–650	Medium and Large 2	645	241.64/cwt	237.50–250.00	1,559	3
Bulls	700–750	Medium and Large 2	731	222.01/cwt	207.50–231.00	1,623	4
Bulls	850–900	Medium and Large 3	855	180.00/cwt	180.00–180.00	1,539	1
Bulls	900–950	Medium and Large 3	920	115.00/cwt	115.00–115.00	1,058	1
Bulls	950–1000	Medium and Large 2	963	157.48/cwt	150.00–165.00	1,517	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.

Illinois feeder prices, every weight →Every state and region →

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Receipts 1,168Last week 2,189Year ago 315

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
5	300–350	337	447.00–470.00	451.57
2	450–500	460	375.00	375.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	200–250	233	445.00–470.00	453.40
7	250–300	275	400.00–432.50	415.62
30	300–350	334	400.00–432.00	423.55
3	350–400	368	397.50–407.50	401.64
45	400–450	424	360.00–392.50	378.43
35	450–500	481	325.00–367.50	359.80
50	500–550	531	325.00–367.50	356.40
29	550–600	563	325.00–345.00	334.71
42	600–650	628	289.00–304.00	297.86
8	650–700	665	291.00	291.00
24	800–850	833	250.00–267.00	260.38
2	900–950	937	245.00	245.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	200–250	220	380.00	380.00
4	300–350	320	365.00–385.00	371.78
11	350–400	373	340.00–392.50	373.87
3	400–450	405	335.00–342.50	340.03
10	450–500	484	320.00–352.50	330.74
19	500–550	517	305.00–340.00	326.28
29	550–600	577	300.00–317.00	312.13
21	600–650	620	252.50–287.00	277.69
40	650–700	669	257.00–282.00	270.75
16	700–750	713	257.00–275.00	269.42
18	750–800	770	240.00–283.00	257.08
4	800–850	810	241.00	241.00
6	850–900	860	220.00–245.00	237.33
2	900–950	910	230.00	230.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2 · Full$ per cwt · actual wt
1	550–600	575	235.00	235.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	600–650	625	275.00	275.00
1	650–700	660	250.00	250.00
2	700–750	718	268.00–270.00	268.99

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	300–350	335	320.00	320.00
3	350–400	378	282.50–332.50	314.53
9	400–450	431	270.00–302.50	285.73
6	450–500	469	277.50–300.00	287.08
5	500–550	530	270.00–295.00	281.14
15	550–600	579	250.00–282.50	269.26
1	600–650	635	230.00	230.00
1	650–700	655	237.50	237.50
4	750–800	763	200.00–240.00	222.03
1	950–1000	965	180.00	180.00
1	1100–1150	1,120	135.00	135.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	700–750	700	247.50	247.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	350–400	388	260.00–280.00	270.06
1	400–450	445	267.50	267.50
4	450–500	457	232.50–260.00	239.57

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	250–300	295	303.00	303.00
3	500–550	548	230.00	230.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	250–300	260	270.00	270.00
1	350–400	375	205.00	205.00
1	400–450	425	236.00	236.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
2	500–550	501	342.00	342.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	250–300	255	300.00	300.00
8	300–350	322	255.00–302.50	278.55
1	350–400	390	252.50	252.50
6	400–450	427	230.00–275.00	259.91
10	450–500	471	240.00–280.00	265.91
4	500–550	536	210.00–242.50	232.73
2	550–600	580	235.00	235.00
1	700–750	710	212.50	212.50
1	800–850	805	210.00	210.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	500–550	525	200.00	200.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
2	450–500	490	205.00	205.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	550–600	570	262.50	262.50
1	600–650	640	254.00	254.00
1	650–700	665	235.00	235.00
5	700–750	723	247.00–248.00	247.80

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	300–350	340	350.00	350.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
4	200–250	230	425.00	425.00
4	250–300	277	415.00	415.00
19	300–350	324	332.50–375.00	363.56
31	350–400	364	330.00–384.00	368.57
63	400–450	426	320.00–367.50	341.46
11	450–500	468	326.00–367.50	333.82
61	500–550	531	285.00–319.00	301.21
37	550–600	569	247.50–288.00	276.87
13	600–650	636	237.50–280.00	265.99
30	650–700	680	245.00–255.00	249.67
17	700–750	707	239.00–245.00	243.78
1	750–800	750	237.00	237.00
5	900–950	917	216.00	216.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
3	550–600	561	250.00–270.00	263.11
2	600–650	600	220.00	220.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	400–450	440	280.00	280.00
1	500–550	505	255.00	255.00
2	700–750	737	234.00	234.00
3	750–800	778	212.50	212.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium 3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	400–450	437	170.00	170.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	250–300	271	380.00	380.00
8	300–350	317	285.00–315.00	303.73
4	350–400	376	275.00–310.00	301.04
11	400–450	430	265.00–317.50	297.24
32	450–500	487	252.50–315.00	306.27
19	500–550	517	247.50–315.00	294.57
24	550–600	586	267.50–282.00	276.38
8	650–700	681	228.00–235.00	229.70
5	700–750	715	220.00–233.00	225.24
17	750–800	774	212.50–219.00	218.62
8	800–850	817	215.00–220.00	216.84
2	850–900	857	210.00	210.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
2	500–550	500	252.50	252.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium 2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	350–400	395	280.00	280.00
1	500–550	510	210.00	210.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	200–250	240	310.00	310.00
1	400–450	415	235.00	235.00
1	500–550	540	235.00	235.00
2	550–600	582	255.00	255.00
3	600–650	645	237.50–250.00	241.64
4	700–750	731	207.50–231.00	222.01
2	950–1000	963	150.00–165.00	157.48

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	850–900	855	180.00	180.00
1	900–950	920	115.00	115.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
5	550–600	572	272.50	272.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	350–400	360	220.00	220.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	350–400	385	350.00	350.00
1	450–500	450	305.00	305.00
4	500–550	526	310.00–322.50	313.12
11	550–600	584	257.50–282.00	277.45
3	600–650	630	262.50–265.00	264.16

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	400–450	421	325.00	325.00

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.