Name: Fairview Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2019-07-23
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2019-07-23

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week, slaughter steers and slaughter heifers sold mixed with steers 1.00 lower and heifers .75 higher. Slaughter cows sold .75 to 3.00 higher with Leans gaining the most. Slaughter bulls traded 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	—	Low	1,629	86.80	1,414	10
Cows	Premium White 65-75%	High	1,581	91.16	1,441	30
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Low	1,442	68.88	994	27
Cows	Boner 80-85%	High	1,201	64.01	769	41
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Low	1,041	53.24	554	18
Dairy Steers	Choice	Average	1,663	86.27	1,435	2thin
Heifers	Choice	Low	1,236	113.65	1,404	48
Heifers	Select and Choice	Average	1,062	106.77	1,134	5thin
Heifers	Select	Average	942	77.80	733	3thin
Steers	Choice	Low	1,301	115.61	1,504	49
Steers	Select and Choice	Average	1,215	107.38	1,305	15

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
Dairy Steers	Choice	—	1,663	86.27/cwt	85.00–87.50	1,435	2
Cows	Premium White 65-75%	—	1,490	97.99/cwt	93.50–105.00	1,460	15
Cows	Boner 80-85%Return to Feed	—	1,020	79.50/cwt	79.50–79.50	811	1
Cows	Premium White 65-75%	—	1,672	84.33/cwt	75.50–91.00	1,410	15
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,348	62.27/cwt	62.00–62.50	839	2
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,450	69.41/cwt	65.00–75.50	1,006	25
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	943	37.16/cwt	25.00–48.50	350	4
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	850	51.23/cwt	47.50–54.50	435	2
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,100	61.54/cwt	60.50–62.00	677	4
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,323	70.28/cwt	70.00–71.00	930	4
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,057	56.35/cwt	53.50–59.50	596	10
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,213	63.57/cwt	57.00–67.00	771	34
Heifers	Choice	—	1,292	108.73/cwt	105.00–110.00	1,405	15
Heifers	Choice	—	1,210	115.88/cwt	112.00–117.75	1,402	33
Heifers	Select	—	942	77.80/cwt	60.50–86.00	733	3
Heifers	Select and Choice	—	1,062	106.77/cwt	98.00–109.50	1,134	5
Steers	Choice	—	1,258	110.93/cwt	108.50–111.50	1,395	6
Steers	Choice	—	1,307	116.26/cwt	113.00–119.75	1,520	43
Steers	Select and Choice	—	1,215	107.38/cwt	99.00–111.50	1,305	15
Bulls	—	—	1,240	69.00/cwt	69.00–69.00	856	1
Bulls	—	—	1,780	95.00/cwt	95.00–95.00	1,691	1
Bulls	—	—	1,659	88.00/cwt	81.50–92.50	1,460	8

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

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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
Dairy Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,663	85.00–87.50	86.27
Cows — Premium White 65-75%$ per cwt · actual wt
15	—	1,490	93.50–105.00	97.99
15	—	1,672	75.50–91.00	84.33
Cows — Boner 80-85% · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,020	79.50	79.50
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,348	62.00–62.50	62.27
25	—	1,450	65.00–75.50	69.41
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	943	25.00–48.50	37.16
4	—	1,100	60.50–62.00	61.54
10	—	1,057	53.50–59.50	56.35
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	850	47.50–54.50	51.23
4	—	1,323	70.00–71.00	70.28
34	—	1,213	57.00–67.00	63.57
Heifers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
15	—	1,292	105.00–110.00	108.73
33	—	1,210	112.00–117.75	115.88
Heifers — Select$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	942	60.50–86.00	77.80
Heifers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,062	98.00–109.50	106.77
Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	1,258	108.50–111.50	110.93
43	—	1,307	113.00–119.75	116.26
Steers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
15	—	1,215	99.00–111.50	107.38
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,240	69.00	69.00
1	—	1,780	95.00	95.00
8	—	1,659	81.50–92.50	88.00

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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