Sale reports / Illinois / Fairview Livestock Auction / 2019-06-25

Fairview Livestock Auction

Slaughter Cattle · Fairview, Illinois · Tue, Jun 25
● Final30 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2049
Receipts
436 head
85 vs last sale 351 436 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Total Receipts : 436

Compared to last week, slaughter steers and slaughter heifers sold sharply lower, with steers 5.50 lower and heifers 4.25 lower. Slaughter cows sold mostly .50 to 1.00 lower. Slaughter bulls sold 2.75 lower. Trade was active with moderate demand.

Slaughter cattle

By class and quality grade · $/cwt
Cull cows and bulls are graded, not weight-classed — grade is what moves the money here.
ClassGradeDressingAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
BullsHigh1,31684.241,10853
CowsPremium White 65-75%Low1,36085.171,15937
CowsBreaker 75-80%Low1,52165.871,00254
CowsBoner 80-85%High1,25462.0377842
CowsLean 85-90%Low1,03846.424829thin
Dairy SteersChoiceAverage1,58081.001,2801thin
Dairy SteersSelect and ChoiceAverage1,26674.429427thin
Dairy SteersSelectAverage1,26555.507021thin
HeifersChoiceAverage1,217110.471,34482
HeifersSelect and ChoiceAverage1,157105.221,21712
HeifersSelectAverage94378.187373thin
SteersChoiceLow1,353111.491,508109
SteersSelect and ChoiceAverage1,149102.891,1825thin
SteersSelectAverage1,04779.498326thin

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.
ClassGrade / descriptionWeightAvg wtPriceRangePer headHead
CowsBoner 80-85%Return to Feed1,06089.00/cwt89.00–89.009431
Bulls1,91788.66/cwt87.00–91.501,7007
SteersSelect and Choice1,149102.89/cwt97.50–107.001,1825
HeifersSelect94378.18/cwt68.00–86.007373
CowsPremium White 65-75%1,28070.85/cwt67.50–72.509077
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,43346.77/cwt22.00–59.506703
Bulls1,26681.74/cwt76.00–86.001,03532
Dairy SteersChoice1,58081.00/cwt81.00–81.001,2801
HeifersSelect and Choice1,157105.22/cwt100.00–107.001,21712
CowsPremium White 65-75%1,473100.89/cwt99.00–103.501,4868
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,70673.15/cwt71.00–75.001,2487
BullsReturn to Feed812102.30/cwt99.00–108.008317
Dairy SteersSelect1,26555.50/cwt55.50–55.507021
SteersChoice1,265106.37/cwt105.00–107.501,3464
CowsPremium White 65-75%1,34584.01/cwt75.00–93.501,13022
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,49766.02/cwt60.00–70.0098844
CowsBoner 80-85%1,34053.02/cwt45.00–55.507106
Dairy SteersSelect and Choice1,26674.42/cwt70.00–79.009427
SteersChoice1,356111.69/cwt108.00–114.001,515105
SteersSelect1,03076.39/cwt55.00–90.007875
HeifersChoice1,220111.19/cwt108.25–114.001,35774
CowsLean 85-90%85827.93/cwt24.00–30.002403
CowsBoner 80-85%1,22661.07/cwt56.50–66.0074928
Bulls1,44673.20/cwt68.00–75.501,0587
SteersSelectReturn to Feed1,13095.00/cwt95.00–95.001,0741
HeifersChoiceLight Weight95597.00/cwt97.00–97.009261
CowsLean 85-90%1,12954.59/cwt52.00–57.006165
HeifersChoice1,218104.82/cwt102.50–107.001,2777
CowsLean 85-90%1,12561.00/cwt61.00–61.006861
CowsBoner 80-85%1,31969.72/cwt67.00–76.009207

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.