Name: Fairview Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2019-06-25
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2019-06-25

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.

Class	Grade	Dressing	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Bulls	—	High	1,316	84.24	1,108	53
Cows	Premium White 65-75%	Low	1,360	85.17	1,159	37
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Low	1,521	65.87	1,002	54
Cows	Boner 80-85%	High	1,254	62.03	778	42
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Low	1,038	46.42	482	9thin
Dairy Steers	Choice	Average	1,580	81.00	1,280	1thin
Dairy Steers	Select and Choice	Average	1,266	74.42	942	7thin
Dairy Steers	Select	Average	1,265	55.50	702	1thin
Heifers	Choice	Average	1,217	110.47	1,344	82
Heifers	Select and Choice	Average	1,157	105.22	1,217	12
Heifers	Select	Average	943	78.18	737	3thin
Steers	Choice	Low	1,353	111.49	1,508	109
Steers	Select and Choice	Average	1,149	102.89	1,182	5thin
Steers	Select	Average	1,047	79.49	832	6thin

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.

Class	Grade / description	Weight	Avg wt	Price	Range	Per head	Head
Cows	Boner 80-85%Return to Feed	—	1,060	89.00/cwt	89.00–89.00	943	1
Bulls	—	—	1,917	88.66/cwt	87.00–91.50	1,700	7
Steers	Select and Choice	—	1,149	102.89/cwt	97.50–107.00	1,182	5
Heifers	Select	—	943	78.18/cwt	68.00–86.00	737	3
Cows	Premium White 65-75%	—	1,280	70.85/cwt	67.50–72.50	907	7
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,433	46.77/cwt	22.00–59.50	670	3
Bulls	—	—	1,266	81.74/cwt	76.00–86.00	1,035	32
Dairy Steers	Choice	—	1,580	81.00/cwt	81.00–81.00	1,280	1
Heifers	Select and Choice	—	1,157	105.22/cwt	100.00–107.00	1,217	12
Cows	Premium White 65-75%	—	1,473	100.89/cwt	99.00–103.50	1,486	8
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,706	73.15/cwt	71.00–75.00	1,248	7
Bulls	—Return to Feed	—	812	102.30/cwt	99.00–108.00	831	7
Dairy Steers	Select	—	1,265	55.50/cwt	55.50–55.50	702	1
Steers	Choice	—	1,265	106.37/cwt	105.00–107.50	1,346	4
Cows	Premium White 65-75%	—	1,345	84.01/cwt	75.00–93.50	1,130	22
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,497	66.02/cwt	60.00–70.00	988	44
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,340	53.02/cwt	45.00–55.50	710	6
Dairy Steers	Select and Choice	—	1,266	74.42/cwt	70.00–79.00	942	7
Steers	Choice	—	1,356	111.69/cwt	108.00–114.00	1,515	105
Steers	Select	—	1,030	76.39/cwt	55.00–90.00	787	5
Heifers	Choice	—	1,220	111.19/cwt	108.25–114.00	1,357	74
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	858	27.93/cwt	24.00–30.00	240	3
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,226	61.07/cwt	56.50–66.00	749	28
Bulls	—	—	1,446	73.20/cwt	68.00–75.50	1,058	7
Steers	SelectReturn to Feed	—	1,130	95.00/cwt	95.00–95.00	1,074	1
Heifers	ChoiceLight Weight	—	955	97.00/cwt	97.00–97.00	926	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,129	54.59/cwt	52.00–57.00	616	5
Heifers	Choice	—	1,218	104.82/cwt	102.50–107.00	1,277	7
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,125	61.00/cwt	61.00–61.00	686	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,319	69.72/cwt	67.00–76.00	920	7

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 25, 2019

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

Receipts 436Last week 351Year ago 0

Total Receipts : 436

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85% · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,060	89.00	89.00
Cows — Premium White 65-75%$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	1,280	67.50–72.50	70.85
8	—	1,473	99.00–103.50	100.89
22	—	1,345	75.00–93.50	84.01
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,433	22.00–59.50	46.77
7	—	1,706	71.00–75.00	73.15
44	—	1,497	60.00–70.00	66.02
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	1,340	45.00–55.50	53.02
28	—	1,226	56.50–66.00	61.07
7	—	1,319	67.00–76.00	69.72
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	858	24.00–30.00	27.93
5	—	1,129	52.00–57.00	54.59
1	—	1,125	61.00	61.00
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	1,917	87.00–91.50	88.66
32	—	1,266	76.00–86.00	81.74
7	—	1,446	68.00–75.50	73.20
Bulls — Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	812	99.00–108.00	102.30
Steers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,149	97.50–107.00	102.89
Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,265	105.00–107.50	106.37
105	—	1,356	108.00–114.00	111.69
Steers — Select$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,030	55.00–90.00	76.39
Steers — Select · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,130	95.00	95.00
Heifers — Select$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	943	68.00–86.00	78.18
Heifers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
12	—	1,157	100.00–107.00	105.22
Heifers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
74	—	1,220	108.25–114.00	111.19
7	—	1,218	102.50–107.00	104.82
Heifers — Choice · Light Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	955	97.00	97.00
Dairy Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,580	81.00	81.00
Dairy Steers — Select$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,265	55.50	55.50
Dairy Steers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	1,266	70.00–79.00	74.42

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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