Name: Fairview Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2021-01-19
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2021-01-19

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week, slaughter steers and slaughter heifers sold 4.75 lower. Slaughter cows sold 3.25 to 7.00 higher. Slaughter bulls sold 5.25 higher. Trade was active with moderate demand on slaughter steers and slaughter heifers, but good on slaughter cows and slaughter bulls.

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	1,645	75.54	1,243	34
Cows	Premium White 65-75%	Average	1,380	78.83	1,088	13
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Low	1,483	58.82	872	51
Cows	Boner 80-85%	High	1,215	54.96	668	72
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,034	47.27	489	34
Heifers	Choice	Average	1,312	103.08	1,352	42
Heifers	Select and Choice	Low	1,044	90.39	944	6thin
Heifers	Select	Average	1,002	79.61	798	5thin
Steers	Choice	Average	1,440	104.51	1,505	73
Steers	Select and Choice	Average	1,151	93.03	1,070	9thin
Steers	Select	Average	1,057	90.01	952	3thin
Steers	Standard	Average	1,840	86.73	1,596	2thin

Every lot, as filed

30 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
Bulls	—	—	1,714	77.43/cwt	72.00–82.50	1,327	21
Bulls	—	—	1,868	85.14/cwt	83.00–88.00	1,590	6
Bulls	—	—	1,393	52.31/cwt	35.00–68.50	729	5
Bulls	—Return to Feed	—	880	85.00/cwt	85.00–85.00	748	2
Steers	Select	—	1,116	80.00/cwt	80.00–80.00	893	1
Heifers	Select	—	1,108	70.70/cwt	64.00–73.50	783	3
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,376	50.58/cwt	44.50–53.50	696	6
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,056	46.72/cwt	42.00–52.50	493	32
Cows	Lean 85-90%Return to Feed	—	680	56.01/cwt	55.00–57.00	381	2
Cows	Premium White 65-75%	—	1,402	78.97/cwt	73.50–85.00	1,107	9
Cows	Premium White 65-75%	—	1,410	93.79/cwt	93.50–94.00	1,322	2
Cows	Premium White 65-75%	—	1,248	63.25/cwt	61.50–65.00	789	2
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,615	64.00/cwt	64.00–64.00	1,034	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,280	47.29/cwt	39.00–50.00	605	16
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,235	54.96/cwt	52.00–62.00	679	45
Cows	Boner 80-85%Return to Feed	—	980	66.31/cwt	53.50–79.00	650	10
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,495	59.35/cwt	55.00–64.50	887	42
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,532	67.86/cwt	66.00–69.50	1,040	3
Steers	Choice	—	1,437	104.13/cwt	100.00–106.00	1,496	50
Heifers	Choice	—	1,310	104.51/cwt	101.50–107.00	1,369	35
Heifers	Choice	—	1,321	95.90/cwt	92.50–98.00	1,267	7
Steers	Choice	—	1,445	107.76/cwt	107.00–109.00	1,557	18
Steers	Choice	—	1,449	96.57/cwt	94.00–99.00	1,399	5
Steers	Standard	—	1,840	86.73/cwt	86.50–87.00	1,596	2
Steers	SelectReturn to Feed	—	1,028	95.01/cwt	94.00–96.00	977	2
Heifers	SelectReturn to Feed	—	843	92.98/cwt	86.00–99.00	784	2
Heifers	Select and Choice	—	890	74.00/cwt	74.00–74.00	659	1
Steers	Select and Choice	—	1,178	93.89/cwt	90.00–99.00	1,106	7
Heifers	Select and Choice	—	1,075	93.67/cwt	86.00–99.00	1,007	5
Steers	Select and ChoiceReturn to Feed	—	1,055	90.00/cwt	90.00–90.00	950	2

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 Jan 19, 2021

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

Receipts 380Last week 418Year ago 206

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
21	—	1,714	72.00–82.50	77.43
6	—	1,868	83.00–88.00	85.14
5	—	1,393	35.00–68.50	52.31
Bulls — Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	880	85.00	85.00
Steers — Select$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,116	80.00	80.00
Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
50	—	1,437	100.00–106.00	104.13
18	—	1,445	107.00–109.00	107.76
5	—	1,449	94.00–99.00	96.57
Steers — Standard$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,840	86.50–87.00	86.73
Steers — Select · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,028	94.00–96.00	95.01
Steers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	1,178	90.00–99.00	93.89
Steers — Select and Choice · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,055	90.00	90.00
Heifers — Select$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,108	64.00–73.50	70.70
Heifers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
35	—	1,310	101.50–107.00	104.51
7	—	1,321	92.50–98.00	95.90
Heifers — Select · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	843	86.00–99.00	92.98
Heifers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	890	74.00	74.00
5	—	1,075	86.00–99.00	93.67
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	1,376	44.50–53.50	50.58
42	—	1,495	55.00–64.50	59.35
3	—	1,532	66.00–69.50	67.86
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
32	—	1,056	42.00–52.50	46.72
Cows — Lean 85-90% · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	680	55.00–57.00	56.01
Cows — Premium White 65-75%$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	1,402	73.50–85.00	78.97
2	—	1,410	93.50–94.00	93.79
2	—	1,248	61.50–65.00	63.25
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,615	64.00	64.00
16	—	1,280	39.00–50.00	47.29
45	—	1,235	52.00–62.00	54.96
Cows — Boner 80-85% · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	980	53.50–79.00	66.31

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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