Name: Fairview Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2019-08-20
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2019-08-20

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week, again, not enough slaughter steers and heifers for a price comparison. Slaughter cows sold mixed with Breakers 6.00 lower, Boners 2.00 lower, and Leans 4.00 higher. Slaughter bulls sold 3.00 higher. Trade was active with soft 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	1,543	72.34	1,116	14
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,493	55.77	832	24
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,244	52.52	653	57
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Low	1,033	38.81	401	21
Dairy Steers	Select	Average	1,113	53.49	595	2thin
Heifers	Select and Choice	Average	1,090	90.00	981	1thin
Steers	Select and Choice	Average	1,190	91.43	1,088	3thin
Steers	Choice	Low	1,393	88.07	1,227	2thin
Steers	Select	Average	1,060	81.00	859	1thin

Every lot, as filed

14 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.

Class	Grade / description	Weight	Avg wt	Price	Range	Per head	Head
Steers	Choice	—	1,393	88.07/cwt	85.00–91.00	1,227	2
Steers	Select and Choice	—	1,190	91.43/cwt	85.00–95.00	1,088	3
Heifers	Select and Choice	—	1,090	90.00/cwt	90.00–90.00	981	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,026	32.45/cwt	25.00–40.00	333	12
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,043	47.28/cwt	42.50–52.50	493	9
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,494	57.30/cwt	52.50–62.50	856	20
Dairy Steers	Select	—	1,113	53.49/cwt	53.00–54.00	595	2
Steers	Select	—	1,060	81.00/cwt	81.00–81.00	859	1
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,485	48.14/cwt	45.00–50.50	715	4
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,233	55.53/cwt	51.00–61.50	685	39
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,253	44.91/cwt	30.00–50.00	563	17
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,520	64.50/cwt	64.50–64.50	980	1
Bulls	—	—	1,537	76.91/cwt	70.00–81.00	1,182	11
Bulls	—	—	1,563	55.59/cwt	50.00–65.00	869	3

How this sale compares

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 Aug 20, 2019

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

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Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,393	85.00–91.00	88.07
Steers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,190	85.00–95.00	91.43
Steers — Select$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,060	81.00	81.00
Heifers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,090	90.00	90.00
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
12	—	1,026	25.00–40.00	32.45
9	—	1,043	42.50–52.50	47.28
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
20	—	1,494	52.50–62.50	57.30
4	—	1,485	45.00–50.50	48.14
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
39	—	1,233	51.00–61.50	55.53
17	—	1,253	30.00–50.00	44.91
1	—	1,520	64.50	64.50
Dairy Steers — Select$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,113	53.00–54.00	53.49
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
11	—	1,537	70.00–81.00	76.91
3	—	1,563	50.00–65.00	55.59

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.

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