Name: Fairview Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2019-08-13
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2019-08-13

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week, a light run of slaughter steers and slaughter heifers were lightly tested, but a much lower undertone was noted. Slaughter cows were much lower with Breakers an Boners selling 5.00 to 5.50 lower, and Leans selling 12.00 lower. Slaughter bulls sold 11.50 lower. Trade was active with soft 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
Bullocks	—	Low	1,205	70.50	850	2thin
Bulls	—	Average	1,823	71.00	1,294	13
Cows	Premium White 65-75%	Average	1,378	81.76	1,127	10
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,452	62.31	905	29
Cows	Boner 80-85%	High	1,221	55.47	677	42
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Very Low	1,107	41.73	462	21
Heifers	Choice	Average	1,165	102.50	1,194	1thin
Heifers	Select and Choice	Average	1,080	93.31	1,008	2thin
Heifers	Select	Average	1,185	71.00	841	1thin
Steers	Choice	Low	1,179	96.50	1,137	6thin

Every lot, as filed

23 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	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,440	63.50/cwt	57.00–67.50	914	22
Cows	Premium White 65-75%	—	1,386	80.09/cwt	75.00–85.00	1,110	8
Bullocks	—	—	1,135	61.00/cwt	61.00–61.00	692	1
Bulls	—	—	1,836	74.74/cwt	70.00–80.00	1,372	10
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,544	50.24/cwt	40.00–54.00	776	4
Cows	Premium White 65-75%	—	1,348	88.42/cwt	87.00–90.00	1,192	2
Steers	Choice	—	1,240	89.82/cwt	85.00–95.00	1,114	3
Bulls	—	—	1,728	45.54/cwt	21.00–65.50	787	2
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	963	16.99/cwt	15.00–20.00	164	2
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,262	65.71/cwt	64.00–69.00	829	7
Heifers	Select	—	1,185	71.00/cwt	71.00–71.00	841	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,113	32.56/cwt	30.00–35.50	362	2
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,186	45.77/cwt	40.00–52.50	543	8
Heifers	Choice	—	1,165	102.50/cwt	102.50–102.50	1,194	1
Bullocks	—	—	1,275	80.00/cwt	80.00–80.00	1,020	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,085	10.00/cwt	10.00–10.00	109	1
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,422	69.66/cwt	68.00–71.50	991	3
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,128	43.66/cwt	40.00–50.00	492	13
Steers	Choice	—	1,117	103.18/cwt	100.00–105.00	1,153	3
Bulls	—	—	1,880	84.50/cwt	84.50–84.50	1,589	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,226	57.44/cwt	53.00–63.50	704	26
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,109	52.39/cwt	51.50–53.00	581	4
Heifers	Select and Choice	—	1,080	93.31/cwt	91.00–96.00	1,008	2

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 Aug 13, 2019

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Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
22	—	1,440	57.00–67.50	63.50
4	—	1,544	40.00–54.00	50.24
3	—	1,422	68.00–71.50	69.66
Cows — Premium White 65-75%$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	1,386	75.00–85.00	80.09
2	—	1,348	87.00–90.00	88.42
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	963	15.00–20.00	16.99
2	—	1,113	30.00–35.50	32.56
13	—	1,128	40.00–50.00	43.66
4	—	1,109	51.50–53.00	52.39
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	1,262	64.00–69.00	65.71
8	—	1,186	40.00–52.50	45.77
1	—	1,085	10.00	10.00
26	—	1,226	53.00–63.50	57.44
Bullocks$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,135	61.00	61.00
1	—	1,275	80.00	80.00
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	1,836	70.00–80.00	74.74
2	—	1,728	21.00–65.50	45.54
1	—	1,880	84.50	84.50
Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,240	85.00–95.00	89.82
3	—	1,117	100.00–105.00	103.18
Heifers — Select$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,185	71.00	71.00
Heifers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,165	102.50	102.50
Heifers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,080	91.00–96.00	93.31

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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