Name: Fairview Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2019-07-30
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2019-07-30

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week, slaughter steers and slaughter heifers traded steady to 1.00 higher. Slaughter cows sold mixed, with Breakers 1.75 higher, Boners 3.25 higher, and Leans 1.75 lower. Slaughter bulls sold 2.50 lower on a lower quality set of slaughter bulls. 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	1,477	84.42	1,247	38
Cows	Premium White 65-75%	Low	1,506	94.17	1,418	31
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	High	1,440	71.10	1,024	34
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,199	63.82	765	70
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Low	1,041	52.23	544	33
Heifers	Choice	Low	1,218	114.34	1,392	65
Heifers	Select and Choice	Average	967	95.33	921	3thin
Heifers	Select	Average	956	79.48	760	6thin
Steers	Choice	High	1,324	117.05	1,550	106
Steers	Select and Choice	Average	1,121	106.95	1,199	14
Steers	Select	Average	925	83.03	768	5thin

Every lot, as filed

33 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	Lean 85-90%	—	978	43.39/cwt	33.00–48.00	424	8
Heifers	Select and Choice	—	990	97.99/cwt	96.00–100.00	970	2
Heifers	Choice	—	1,336	106.32/cwt	95.00–111.50	1,420	8
Heifers	Select and ChoiceReturn to Feed	—	920	90.00/cwt	90.00–90.00	828	1
Heifers	Choice	—	1,207	115.92/cwt	112.50–118.75	1,399	48
Heifers	ChoiceHeavy Weight	—	1,605	104.50/cwt	104.50–104.50	1,677	1
Heifers	ChoiceLight Weight	—	984	110.71/cwt	109.00–112.00	1,089	5
Heifers	Select	—	1,002	72.37/cwt	68.00–80.00	725	5
Heifers	SelectReturn to Feed	—	725	115.00/cwt	115.00–115.00	834	1
Heifers	Choice	—	1,337	119.67/cwt	119.00–120.00	1,600	3
Steers	SelectReturn to Feed	—	953	96.60/cwt	89.00–105.00	921	2
Steers	Select and Choice	—	1,131	107.10/cwt	99.00–112.50	1,211	13
Steers	Select and ChoiceReturn to Feed	—	995	105.00/cwt	105.00–105.00	1,045	1
Steers	Choice	—	1,405	120.17/cwt	120.00–120.25	1,688	3
Steers	Choice	—	1,293	110.03/cwt	108.50–112.00	1,423	4
Steers	Choice	—	1,323	117.24/cwt	113.00–119.50	1,551	99
Steers	Select	—	907	73.98/cwt	66.00–82.00	671	3
Bulls	—	—	1,219	69.49/cwt	40.00–78.00	847	8
Bulls	—	—	1,638	93.85/cwt	90.50–99.00	1,537	10
Bulls	—	—	1,499	85.67/cwt	79.00–89.50	1,284	20
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,208	66.28/cwt	62.00–72.50	801	49
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,054	54.53/cwt	49.00–59.50	575	23
Cows	Boner 80-85%Return to Feed	—	970	81.00/cwt	81.00–81.00	786	1
Cows	Premium White 65-75%	—	1,533	81.33/cwt	75.00–84.00	1,247	3
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,665	79.50/cwt	79.50–79.50	1,324	1
Cows	Premium White 65-75%	—	1,453	102.36/cwt	96.00–113.00	1,487	11
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,168	64.00/cwt	64.00–64.00	748	2
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,330	10.00/cwt	10.00–10.00	133	1
Cows	Premium White 65-75%	—	1,536	91.14/cwt	84.50–95.00	1,400	17
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,450	71.29/cwt	65.50–75.00	1,034	31
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,498	73.00/cwt	73.00–73.00	1,094	2
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,145	61.20/cwt	60.00–62.50	701	2
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,142	57.81/cwt	50.00–60.50	660	17

How this sale compares

Illinois weighted averages

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Fairview Sale Barn Slaughter Cattle - Fairview, IL

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Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	978	33.00–48.00	43.39
23	—	1,054	49.00–59.50	54.53
2	—	1,145	60.00–62.50	61.20
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
49	—	1,208	62.00–72.50	66.28
1	—	1,330	10.00	10.00
2	—	1,498	73.00	73.00
17	—	1,142	50.00–60.50	57.81
Cows — Boner 80-85% · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	970	81.00	81.00
Cows — Premium White 65-75%$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,533	75.00–84.00	81.33
11	—	1,453	96.00–113.00	102.36
17	—	1,536	84.50–95.00	91.14
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,665	79.50	79.50
2	—	1,168	64.00	64.00
31	—	1,450	65.50–75.00	71.29
Heifers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	990	96.00–100.00	97.99
Heifers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	1,336	95.00–111.50	106.32
48	—	1,207	112.50–118.75	115.92
3	—	1,337	119.00–120.00	119.67
Heifers — Select and Choice · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	920	90.00	90.00
Heifers — Choice · Heavy Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,605	104.50	104.50
Heifers — Choice · Light Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	984	109.00–112.00	110.71
Heifers — Select$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,002	68.00–80.00	72.37
Heifers — Select · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	725	115.00	115.00
Steers — Select · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	953	89.00–105.00	96.60
Steers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
13	—	1,131	99.00–112.50	107.10
Steers — Select and Choice · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	995	105.00	105.00
Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,405	120.00–120.25	120.17
4	—	1,293	108.50–112.00	110.03
99	—	1,323	113.00–119.50	117.24
Steers — Select$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	907	66.00–82.00	73.98
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	1,219	40.00–78.00	69.49
10	—	1,638	90.50–99.00	93.85
20	—	1,499	79.00–89.50	85.67

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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