Name: Fairview Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2019-09-10
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2019-09-10

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week, slaughter steers and slaughter heifers sold sharply lower, with steers 5.75 lower and heifers 6.25 lower. Slaughter cows sold mixed with Breakers 2.25 lower and Boners and Leans .25 to .75 higher. Slaughter bulls sold 2.00 lower. Trade was active with soft demand on slaughter steers and slaughter heifers and moderate on the slaughter cows and bulls.

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	—	Average	1,329	80.94	1,076	20
Cows	Premium White 65-75%	Low	1,315	73.53	967	6thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Low	1,437	60.70	873	45
Cows	Boner 80-85%	High	1,179	57.10	673	67
Cows	Lean 85-90%	High	1,069	47.28	506	17
Heifers	Choice	High	1,245	99.16	1,234	106
Heifers	Select and Choice	Low	1,085	91.28	990	18
Heifers	Select	Average	1,027	68.68	705	8thin
Steers	Choice	Average	1,414	101.77	1,439	221
Steers	Select and Choice	Low	1,263	91.87	1,160	38
Steers	Select	Average	975	80.52	785	7thin

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
Bulls	—	—	1,419	82.30/cwt	74.50–84.50	1,168	13
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,160	58.50/cwt	58.50–58.50	679	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,006	35.42/cwt	21.00–41.50	356	5
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,090	51.65/cwt	45.00–55.00	563	11
Steers	Choice	—	1,410	101.79/cwt	97.00–104.50	1,435	177
Steers	Select	—	1,067	73.18/cwt	60.50–78.50	781	3
Heifers	Choice	—	1,324	104.97/cwt	104.00–106.00	1,390	20
Heifers	Choice	—	1,221	99.99/cwt	96.00–103.50	1,221	62
Steers	Select and Choice	—	1,440	78.00/cwt	78.00–78.00	1,123	1
Steers	Select and Choice	—	1,258	92.24/cwt	80.50–96.00	1,160	37
Steers	Choice	—	1,312	92.41/cwt	85.50–96.50	1,212	7
Steers	Choice	—	1,413	105.61/cwt	105.00–106.00	1,492	33
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,423	53.86/cwt	53.00–55.00	766	4
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,419	60.87/cwt	56.00–66.00	864	38
Heifers	Select	—	1,027	68.68/cwt	53.00–81.50	705	8
Heifers	Select and Choice	—	940	63.50/cwt	63.50–63.50	597	1
Heifers	Select and Choice	—	1,103	92.85/cwt	83.50–95.00	1,024	16
Heifers	Choice	—	1,313	91.85/cwt	77.00–95.00	1,206	18
Cows	Premium White 65-75%	—	1,200	62.02/cwt	61.00–63.00	744	2
Cows	Premium White 65-75%	—	1,373	79.28/cwt	74.00–89.00	1,089	4
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,108	64.02/cwt	63.00–65.00	709	2
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,208	50.42/cwt	47.50–53.50	609	13
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,174	58.51/cwt	54.50–64.50	687	52
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,690	67.69/cwt	67.50–68.00	1,144	3
Steers	ChoiceHeavy Weight	—	1,770	85.74/cwt	85.50–86.50	1,518	4
Bulls	—Light Weight	—	910	59.50/cwt	59.50–59.50	541	1
Heifers	ChoiceLight Weight	—	1,025	93.13/cwt	86.00–97.50	955	6
Bulls	—Return to Feed	—	875	83.00/cwt	83.00–83.00	726	1
Bulls	—Return to Feed	—	790	90.96/cwt	90.00–92.00	719	2
Heifers	Select and ChoiceReturn to Feed	—	935	94.00/cwt	94.00–94.00	879	1
Steers	SelectReturn to Feed	—	906	86.02/cwt	71.00–96.50	779	4
Bulls	—	—	1,840	89.76/cwt	89.50–90.00	1,652	2
Bulls	—	—	1,085	45.00/cwt	45.00–45.00	488	1

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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Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
13	—	1,419	74.50–84.50	82.30
2	—	1,840	89.50–90.00	89.76
1	—	1,085	45.00	45.00
Bulls — Light Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	910	59.50	59.50
Bulls — Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	875	83.00	83.00
2	—	790	90.00–92.00	90.96
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,160	58.50	58.50
5	—	1,006	21.00–41.50	35.42
11	—	1,090	45.00–55.00	51.65
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,423	53.00–55.00	53.86
38	—	1,419	56.00–66.00	60.87
3	—	1,690	67.50–68.00	67.69
Cows — Premium White 65-75%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,200	61.00–63.00	62.02
4	—	1,373	74.00–89.00	79.28
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,108	63.00–65.00	64.02
13	—	1,208	47.50–53.50	50.42
52	—	1,174	54.50–64.50	58.51
Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
177	—	1,410	97.00–104.50	101.79
7	—	1,312	85.50–96.50	92.41
33	—	1,413	105.00–106.00	105.61
Steers — Select$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,067	60.50–78.50	73.18
Steers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,440	78.00	78.00
37	—	1,258	80.50–96.00	92.24
Steers — Choice · Heavy Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,770	85.50–86.50	85.74
Steers — Select · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	906	71.00–96.50	86.02
Heifers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
20	—	1,324	104.00–106.00	104.97
62	—	1,221	96.00–103.50	99.99
18	—	1,313	77.00–95.00	91.85
Heifers — Select$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	1,027	53.00–81.50	68.68
Heifers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	940	63.50	63.50
16	—	1,103	83.50–95.00	92.85
Heifers — Choice · Light Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	1,025	86.00–97.50	93.13
Heifers — Select and Choice · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	935	94.00	94.00

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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