Name: Fairview Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2019-07-09
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2019-07-09

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Receipts: 342

Compared to last week, slaughter steers sold 1.25 higher. No test for slaughter Holstein steers and slaughter heifers to last week. Slaughter cows sold mixed with Breaker and Boners selling .25 to .75 lower and Leans 2.75 higher. 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	—	High	1,507	81.79	1,233	22
Cows	Premium White 65-75%	Low	1,288	89.74	1,156	10
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Low	1,469	65.01	955	34
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Low	1,225	60.25	738	48
Cows	Lean 85-90%	High	1,064	52.93	563	23
Dairy Steers	Choice	Average	1,458	85.75	1,250	8thin
Heifers	Choice	Low	1,207	112.05	1,352	43
Heifers	Select and Choice	Average	1,069	103.48	1,106	14
Steers	Choice	Low	1,341	112.60	1,510	88
Steers	Select	Average	1,238	103.34	1,279	12
Steers	Select and Choice	Average	1,188	102.31	1,215	22

Every lot, as filed

25 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
Dairy Steers	Choice	—	1,458	85.75/cwt	82.00–89.00	1,250	8
Heifers	Select and Choice	—	1,069	103.48/cwt	98.00–107.50	1,106	14
Cows	Premium White 65-75%	—	1,255	74.50/cwt	74.50–74.50	935	1
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,280	57.00/cwt	56.00–58.00	730	2
Bulls	—	—	2,275	93.50/cwt	93.50–93.50	2,127	1
Steers	Choice	—	1,313	99.69/cwt	90.00–108.50	1,309	6
Cows	Premium White 65-75%	—	1,280	98.41/cwt	96.50–99.50	1,260	3
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,630	72.39/cwt	71.00–74.50	1,180	3
Bulls	—	—	1,281	64.12/cwt	49.00–71.50	821	4
Steers	Choice	—	1,471	115.81/cwt	115.00–116.50	1,704	12
Cows	Premium White 65-75%	—	1,298	87.94/cwt	80.50–94.50	1,141	6
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,465	64.80/cwt	60.00–69.50	949	29
Bulls	—	—	1,550	85.00/cwt	78.00–89.50	1,318	16
Steers	Choice	—	1,321	113.16/cwt	109.00–115.25	1,495	70
Heifers	Choice	—	1,233	105.27/cwt	105.00–105.50	1,298	2
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,288	81.69/cwt	63.00–98.00	1,052	2
Bulls	—Return to Feed	—	955	89.50/cwt	89.50–89.50	855	1
Steers	SelectReturn to Feed	—	1,238	103.34/cwt	95.00–114.00	1,279	12
Heifers	Choice	—	1,262	115.25/cwt	115.25–115.25	1,454	5
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,039	40.07/cwt	31.00–46.50	416	5
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,091	51.87/cwt	39.00–55.50	566	8
Steers	Select and Choice	—	1,188	102.31/cwt	95.00–108.50	1,215	22
Heifers	Choice	—	1,198	111.98/cwt	108.00–114.50	1,342	36
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,044	53.35/cwt	48.50–58.00	557	16
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,252	61.93/cwt	56.00–66.50	775	40

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 Jul 9, 2019

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

Receipts 342Last week 159Year ago 0

Receipts: 342

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Dairy Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	1,458	82.00–89.00	85.75
Heifers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
14	—	1,069	98.00–107.50	103.48
Heifers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,233	105.00–105.50	105.27
5	—	1,262	115.25	115.25
36	—	1,198	108.00–114.50	111.98
Cows — Premium White 65-75%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,255	74.50	74.50
3	—	1,280	96.50–99.50	98.41
6	—	1,298	80.50–94.50	87.94
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,280	56.00–58.00	57.00
3	—	1,630	71.00–74.50	72.39
29	—	1,465	60.00–69.50	64.80
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,288	63.00–98.00	81.69
5	—	1,039	31.00–46.50	40.07
16	—	1,044	48.50–58.00	53.35
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	1,091	39.00–55.50	51.87
40	—	1,252	56.00–66.50	61.93
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	2,275	93.50	93.50
4	—	1,281	49.00–71.50	64.12
16	—	1,550	78.00–89.50	85.00
Bulls — Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	955	89.50	89.50
Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	1,313	90.00–108.50	99.69
12	—	1,471	115.00–116.50	115.81
70	—	1,321	109.00–115.25	113.16
Steers — Select · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
12	—	1,238	95.00–114.00	103.34
Steers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
22	—	1,188	95.00–108.50	102.31

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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