Name: Fairview Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2019-05-21
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2019-05-21

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week, slaughter steers and heifers traded steady to .50 higher. Slaughter cows traded steady to 1.50 higher. Slaughter bulls traded steady.

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
Bulls	—	Average	1,684	84.42	1,422	31
Cows	Premium White 65-75%	High	1,481	91.54	1,356	10
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,505	61.90	931	59
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,198	60.93	730	116
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,076	48.85	526	20
Heifers	Choice	Average	1,296	121.55	1,575	71
Heifers	Select and Choice	Average	1,134	113.32	1,285	7thin
Steers	Choice	Average	1,399	121.44	1,699	42
Steers	Select and Choice	Average	1,060	116.75	1,238	2thin

Every lot, as filed

20 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
Cows	Premium White 65-75%	—	1,498	101.33/cwt	90.00–111.00	1,518	6
Cows	Premium White 65-75%	—	1,456	76.86/cwt	69.00–86.00	1,119	4
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,078	50.10/cwt	46.00–55.50	540	19
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,040	25.00/cwt	25.00–25.00	260	1
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,488	61.80/cwt	57.00–65.50	920	46
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,612	67.59/cwt	67.00–69.00	1,090	9
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,456	50.18/cwt	48.50–52.00	731	4
Cows	Boner 80-85%Return to Feed	—	916	81.92/cwt	59.00–106.00	750	11
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,236	59.97/cwt	55.00–65.50	741	85
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,182	52.02/cwt	47.00–54.50	615	18
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,268	66.32/cwt	66.00–66.50	841	2
Heifers	Choice	—	1,294	121.70/cwt	118.00–124.00	1,575	69
Heifers	Choice	—	1,368	116.51/cwt	116.00–117.00	1,594	2
Steers	Choice	—	1,399	122.12/cwt	119.00–124.50	1,708	39
Steers	Choice	—	1,398	112.59/cwt	106.00–118.00	1,574	3
Steers	Select and Choice	—	1,060	116.75/cwt	116.00–117.50	1,238	2
Heifers	Select and Choice	—	1,134	113.32/cwt	100.00–116.00	1,285	7
Bulls	—	—	1,741	85.03/cwt	76.00–89.00	1,480	19
Bulls	—	—	1,745	91.90/cwt	90.00–93.00	1,604	8
Bulls	—	—	1,294	66.58/cwt	47.00–78.00	862	4

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 May 21, 2019

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

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Compared to last week, slaughter steers and heifers traded steady to .50 higher. Slaughter cows traded steady to 1.50 higher. Slaughter bulls traded steady.

Trade was active with good demand.

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Premium White 65-75%$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	1,498	90.00–111.00	101.33
4	—	1,456	69.00–86.00	76.86
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
19	—	1,078	46.00–55.50	50.10
1	—	1,040	25.00	25.00
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
46	—	1,488	57.00–65.50	61.80
9	—	1,612	67.00–69.00	67.59
4	—	1,456	48.50–52.00	50.18
Cows — Boner 80-85% · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
11	—	916	59.00–106.00	81.92
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
85	—	1,236	55.00–65.50	59.97
18	—	1,182	47.00–54.50	52.02
2	—	1,268	66.00–66.50	66.32
Heifers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
69	—	1,294	118.00–124.00	121.70
2	—	1,368	116.00–117.00	116.51
Heifers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	1,134	100.00–116.00	113.32
Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
39	—	1,399	119.00–124.50	122.12
3	—	1,398	106.00–118.00	112.59
Steers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,060	116.00–117.50	116.75
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
19	—	1,741	76.00–89.00	85.03
8	—	1,745	90.00–93.00	91.90
4	—	1,294	47.00–78.00	66.58

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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