Name: Fairview Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2019-06-18
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2019-06-18

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week, slaughter steers and slaughter heifers sold 2.00 to 2.25 lower. Slaughter cows sold .25 to 1.25 higher. Slaughter bulls sold 10.00 higher. Trade was active with moderate to 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	—	Low	1,580	83.05	1,312	26
Cows	Premium White 65-75%	Average	1,336	90.49	1,209	15
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,523	68.69	1,046	65
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,218	64.13	781	74
Cows	Lean 85-90%	High	1,111	51.81	576	14
Heifers	Choice	Low	1,215	114.20	1,388	33
Heifers	Select and Choice	Average	1,076	108.52	1,168	13
Heifers	Select	Average	1,028	82.50	848	2thin
Steers	Choice	Low	1,381	117.00	1,616	83
Steers	Select and Choice	Average	1,228	108.77	1,336	14
Steers	Select	Average	1,075	93.85	1,009	3thin

Every lot, as filed

29 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	—	1,162	110.06/cwt	105.00–112.00	1,279	8
Steers	Choice	—	1,238	108.29/cwt	105.00–112.00	1,341	3
Steers	Choice	—	1,515	121.63/cwt	121.50–121.75	1,843	4
Heifers	Choice	—	1,232	115.52/cwt	113.00–118.50	1,423	25
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,138	64.18/cwt	63.50–65.00	730	2
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,233	61.90/cwt	56.50–66.00	763	38
Bulls	—	—	1,363	61.54/cwt	38.00–77.50	839	6
Steers	Choice	—	1,372	117.38/cwt	114.50–120.50	1,610	75
Heifers	Select	—	1,105	60.00/cwt	60.00–60.00	663	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	953	38.23/cwt	34.00–40.00	364	3
Cows	Boner 80-85%Return to Feed	—	770	104.00/cwt	104.00–104.00	801	1
Bulls	—	—	1,935	93.15/cwt	91.00–96.50	1,802	7
Steers	ChoiceHeavy Weight	—	1,945	96.00/cwt	96.00–96.00	1,867	1
Heifers	SelectReturn to Feed	—	950	105.00/cwt	105.00–105.00	998	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,158	53.58/cwt	48.50–58.50	620	9
Cows	Boner 80-85%Return to Feed	—	1,023	81.15/cwt	76.50–87.00	830	2
Bulls	—	—	1,625	84.36/cwt	79.50–89.50	1,371	11
Steers	SelectReturn to Feed	—	1,075	93.85/cwt	91.00–100.00	1,009	3
Heifers	Select and Choice	—	1,086	109.81/cwt	97.50–112.00	1,193	12
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,239	69.42/cwt	67.00–76.50	860	23
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,511	65.60/cwt	59.50–70.50	991	32
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,193	53.03/cwt	46.50–55.50	633	10
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,527	74.44/cwt	71.00–79.00	1,137	29
Cows	Premium White 65-75%	—	1,320	82.47/cwt	68.50–95.00	1,089	9
Heifers	Select and ChoiceReturn to Feed	—	955	93.00/cwt	93.00–93.00	888	1
Steers	Select and Choice	—	1,228	108.77/cwt	98.50–113.50	1,336	14
Bulls	—Return to Feed	—	735	105.00/cwt	105.00–105.00	772	2
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,584	51.76/cwt	49.00–54.50	820	4
Cows	Premium White 65-75%	—	1,360	102.53/cwt	97.00–110.50	1,394	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

Tue Jun 18, 2019

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Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	1,162	105.00–112.00	110.06
25	—	1,232	113.00–118.50	115.52
Heifers — Select$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,105	60.00	60.00
Heifers — Select · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	950	105.00	105.00
Heifers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
12	—	1,086	97.50–112.00	109.81
Heifers — Select and Choice · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	955	93.00	93.00
Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,238	105.00–112.00	108.29
4	—	1,515	121.50–121.75	121.63
75	—	1,372	114.50–120.50	117.38
Steers — Choice · Heavy Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,945	96.00	96.00
Steers — Select · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,075	91.00–100.00	93.85
Steers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
14	—	1,228	98.50–113.50	108.77
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,138	63.50–65.00	64.18
3	—	953	34.00–40.00	38.23
9	—	1,158	48.50–58.50	53.58
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
38	—	1,233	56.50–66.00	61.90
23	—	1,239	67.00–76.50	69.42
10	—	1,193	46.50–55.50	53.03
Cows — Boner 80-85% · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	770	104.00	104.00
2	—	1,023	76.50–87.00	81.15
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
32	—	1,511	59.50–70.50	65.60
29	—	1,527	71.00–79.00	74.44
4	—	1,584	49.00–54.50	51.76
Cows — Premium White 65-75%$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	1,320	68.50–95.00	82.47
6	—	1,360	97.00–110.50	102.53
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	1,363	38.00–77.50	61.54
7	—	1,935	91.00–96.50	93.15
11	—	1,625	79.50–89.50	84.36
Bulls — Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	735	105.00	105.00

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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