Name: Fairview Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2019-06-11
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2019-06-11

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week, slaughter steers sold 2.50 higher. Slaughter heifers sold 1.00 higher. Slaughter cows sold mostly .75 to 3.00 higher, with Leans with the higher gains. Slaughter bulls traded mostly 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	1,358	80.22	1,089	6thin
Cows	Premium White 65-75%	Average	1,420	91.11	1,294	6thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Low	1,431	64.37	921	33
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Low	1,170	62.06	726	55
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Low	994	52.48	522	14
Heifers	Choice	Average	1,278	116.04	1,483	25
Heifers	Select and Choice	Average	1,055	110.17	1,162	3thin
Steers	Choice	Low	1,333	119.73	1,596	47
Steers	Select and Choice	Average	1,232	111.48	1,373	11

Every lot, as filed

22 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
Heifers	Choice	—	1,259	117.49/cwt	115.00–119.50	1,479	20
Heifers	Choice	—	1,353	110.23/cwt	107.00–113.00	1,491	5
Steers	Select and Choice	—	1,232	111.48/cwt	104.00–115.50	1,373	11
Heifers	Select and Choice	—	1,055	110.17/cwt	105.00–114.00	1,162	3
Bulls	—Return to Feed	—	775	72.50/cwt	72.50–72.50	562	1
Bulls	—	—	1,297	74.78/cwt	72.00–79.00	970	3
Bulls	—	—	1,740	92.24/cwt	92.00–92.50	1,605	2
Steers	Choice	—	1,345	113.59/cwt	112.50–114.50	1,528	2
Steers	Choice	—	1,427	123.50/cwt	123.50–123.50	1,762	4
Steers	Choice	—	1,323	119.66/cwt	116.00–122.50	1,583	41
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,185	53.00/cwt	53.00–53.00	628	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,260	65.99/cwt	65.00–69.50	831	13
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,145	60.81/cwt	54.00–64.50	696	40
Cows	Boner 80-85%Return to Feed	—	965	70.00/cwt	70.00–70.00	676	1
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,410	55.21/cwt	54.00–56.50	778	2
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,633	69.63/cwt	68.50–70.75	1,137	3
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,411	64.46/cwt	60.50–67.50	910	28
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	830	39.12/cwt	32.00–44.00	325	2
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,163	62.42/cwt	60.00–64.50	726	2
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	993	53.17/cwt	49.50–56.50	528	10
Cows	Premium White 65-75%	—	1,410	74.24/cwt	70.00–78.00	1,047	2
Cows	Premium White 65-75%	—	1,425	99.54/cwt	93.00–107.00	1,418	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 Jun 11, 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
Heifers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
20	—	1,259	115.00–119.50	117.49
5	—	1,353	107.00–113.00	110.23
Heifers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,055	105.00–114.00	110.17
Steers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
11	—	1,232	104.00–115.50	111.48
Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,345	112.50–114.50	113.59
4	—	1,427	123.50	123.50
41	—	1,323	116.00–122.50	119.66
Bulls — Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	775	72.50	72.50
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,297	72.00–79.00	74.78
2	—	1,740	92.00–92.50	92.24
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,185	53.00	53.00
13	—	1,260	65.00–69.50	65.99
40	—	1,145	54.00–64.50	60.81
Cows — Boner 80-85% · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	965	70.00	70.00
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,410	54.00–56.50	55.21
3	—	1,633	68.50–70.75	69.63
28	—	1,411	60.50–67.50	64.46
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	830	32.00–44.00	39.12
2	—	1,163	60.00–64.50	62.42
10	—	993	49.50–56.50	53.17
Cows — Premium White 65-75%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,410	70.00–78.00	74.24
4	—	1,425	93.00–107.00	99.54

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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