Name: Fairview Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2019-05-28
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2019-05-28

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week, slaughter steers and heifers sold 3.50 to 4.00 lower. Slaughter cows traded unevenly steady. Slaughter bulls sold 3.50 lower. Trade was active with moderate 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	—	Low	1,816	81.18	1,475	11
Cows	Premium White 65-75%	High	1,409	89.10	1,256	11
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	High	1,454	60.47	879	31
Cows	Boner 80-85%	High	1,195	58.31	697	64
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Low	1,046	51.31	537	12
Heifers	Choice	High	1,269	117.46	1,491	35
Heifers	Select and Choice	Low	1,107	99.07	1,096	4thin
Heifers	Select	Average	885	96.00	850	2thin
Steers	Choice	Low	1,343	119.72	1,608	25
Steers	Select and Choice	Average	1,128	111.44	1,257	16

Every lot, as filed

24 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	—	—	1,440	76.50/cwt	76.50–76.50	1,102	1
Bulls	—	—	1,854	81.65/cwt	76.00–89.50	1,514	10
Heifers	SelectReturn to Feed	—	885	96.00/cwt	96.00–96.00	850	2
Heifers	Select and Choice	—	1,075	77.00/cwt	77.00–77.00	828	1
Heifers	Select and Choice	—	1,117	106.43/cwt	99.00–110.00	1,189	3
Steers	Select and Choice	—	1,160	111.00/cwt	108.00–114.00	1,288	9
Steers	Select and ChoiceReturn to Feed	—	1,086	112.00/cwt	112.00–112.00	1,216	7
Heifers	Choice	—	1,290	122.53/cwt	122.00–123.00	1,581	2
Heifers	Choice	—	1,517	107.00/cwt	107.00–107.00	1,623	2
Heifers	Choice	—	1,252	117.81/cwt	114.50–120.50	1,475	31
Steers	Choice	—	1,240	112.50/cwt	112.50–112.50	1,395	1
Steers	Choice	—	1,402	123.07/cwt	123.00–123.50	1,725	7
Steers	Choice	—	1,325	118.77/cwt	115.50–121.00	1,574	17
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,243	66.71/cwt	65.50–70.00	829	5
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,203	51.69/cwt	50.50–52.50	622	6
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,189	57.44/cwt	53.00–63.00	683	51
Cows	Boner 80-85%Return to Feed	—	1,213	79.43/cwt	70.00–88.00	963	2
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,513	66.77/cwt	66.00–67.50	1,010	2
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,415	52.90/cwt	52.00–54.50	749	3
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,454	60.86/cwt	56.00–65.00	885	26
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,150	44.00/cwt	44.00–44.00	506	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,037	51.97/cwt	47.50–55.00	539	11
Cows	Premium White 65-75%	—	1,447	99.41/cwt	94.00–106.00	1,438	5
Cows	Premium White 65-75%	—	1,378	80.50/cwt	70.00–86.00	1,109	6

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

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Compared to last week, slaughter steers and heifers sold 3.50 to 4.00 lower. Slaughter cows traded unevenly steady. Slaughter bulls sold 3.50 lower. Trade was active with moderate demand.

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,440	76.50	76.50
10	—	1,854	76.00–89.50	81.65
Heifers — Select · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	885	96.00	96.00
Heifers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,075	77.00	77.00
3	—	1,117	99.00–110.00	106.43
Heifers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,290	122.00–123.00	122.53
2	—	1,517	107.00	107.00
31	—	1,252	114.50–120.50	117.81
Steers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	1,160	108.00–114.00	111.00
Steers — Select and Choice · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	1,086	112.00	112.00
Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,240	112.50	112.50
7	—	1,402	123.00–123.50	123.07
17	—	1,325	115.50–121.00	118.77
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,243	65.50–70.00	66.71
6	—	1,203	50.50–52.50	51.69
51	—	1,189	53.00–63.00	57.44
Cows — Boner 80-85% · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,213	70.00–88.00	79.43
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,513	66.00–67.50	66.77
3	—	1,415	52.00–54.50	52.90
26	—	1,454	56.00–65.00	60.86
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,150	44.00	44.00
11	—	1,037	47.50–55.00	51.97
Cows — Premium White 65-75%$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,447	94.00–106.00	99.41
6	—	1,378	70.00–86.00	80.50

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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