Name: Fairview Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2019-09-24
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2019-09-24

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week, slaughter steers and heifers traded steady. Slaughter cows sold 1.25 to 6.75 higher with Leans making the larger gains. Slaughter bulls sold 12.50 higher. Trade was active with moderate to 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	1,257	75.69	951	29
Cows	Premium White 65-75%	High	1,381	78.61	1,085	9thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	High	1,478	63.02	931	24
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,150	56.00	644	37
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Very Low	921	49.62	457	21
Heifers	Choice	Low	1,236	103.10	1,274	100
Heifers	Select and Choice	Low	1,108	94.25	1,044	12
Heifers	Select	Average	965	80.13	773	2thin
Steers	Choice	Average	1,388	104.15	1,445	183
Steers	Select and Choice	Average	1,203	96.63	1,162	33
Steers	Select	Average	1,091	76.08	830	5thin

Every lot, as filed

27 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	Premium White 65-75%	—	1,365	89.00/cwt	89.00–89.00	1,215	2
Cows	Boner 80-85%Return to Feed	—	875	72.50/cwt	72.50–72.50	634	1
Cows	Premium White 65-75%	—	1,372	77.33/cwt	74.00–81.00	1,061	6
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,484	72.67/cwt	69.50–76.00	1,078	5
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,476	60.48/cwt	55.50–66.00	893	19
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	655	18.60/cwt	18.00–19.00	122	2
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,660	66.00/cwt	66.00–66.00	1,096	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	949	52.89/cwt	48.00–58.00	502	19
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,153	48.64/cwt	36.00–52.50	561	8
Cows	Premium White 65-75%	—	1,465	65.50/cwt	65.50–65.50	960	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,140	57.20/cwt	53.00–63.00	652	27
Heifers	Select	—	965	80.13/cwt	76.00–85.00	773	2
Heifers	Select and Choice	—	1,080	87.00/cwt	87.00–87.00	940	1
Heifers	Select and Choice	—	1,110	94.91/cwt	90.00–97.50	1,054	11
Heifers	Choice	—	1,260	96.25/cwt	94.50–98.00	1,213	7
Heifers	Choice	—	1,295	107.30/cwt	107.00–108.00	1,390	13
Heifers	Choice	—	1,227	103.07/cwt	99.50–106.00	1,265	79
Heifers	ChoiceLight Weight	—	1,000	98.50/cwt	98.50–98.50	985	1
Steers	ChoiceHeavy Weight	—	1,665	100.00/cwt	100.00–100.00	1,665	1
Steers	Select	—	1,091	76.08/cwt	63.00–89.00	830	5
Steers	Select and Choice	—	1,203	96.63/cwt	91.00–100.00	1,162	33
Steers	Choice	—	1,411	108.29/cwt	108.00–108.50	1,528	7
Steers	Choice	—	1,308	99.98/cwt	98.00–101.50	1,308	20
Steers	Choice	—	1,395	104.53/cwt	101.00–107.50	1,458	155
Bulls	—	—	1,635	87.50/cwt	87.50–87.50	1,431	1
Bulls	—	—	993	67.30/cwt	64.00–69.00	668	7
Bulls	—	—	1,327	77.93/cwt	74.00–83.00	1,034	21

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
Cows — Premium White 65-75%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,365	89.00	89.00
6	—	1,372	74.00–81.00	77.33
1	—	1,465	65.50	65.50
Cows — Boner 80-85% · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	875	72.50	72.50
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,484	69.50–76.00	72.67
19	—	1,476	55.50–66.00	60.48
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	655	18.00–19.00	18.60
19	—	949	48.00–58.00	52.89
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,660	66.00	66.00
8	—	1,153	36.00–52.50	48.64
27	—	1,140	53.00–63.00	57.20
Heifers — Select$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	965	76.00–85.00	80.13
Heifers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,080	87.00	87.00
11	—	1,110	90.00–97.50	94.91
Heifers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	1,260	94.50–98.00	96.25
13	—	1,295	107.00–108.00	107.30
79	—	1,227	99.50–106.00	103.07
Heifers — Choice · Light Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,000	98.50	98.50
Steers — Choice · Heavy Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,665	100.00	100.00
Steers — Select$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,091	63.00–89.00	76.08
Steers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
33	—	1,203	91.00–100.00	96.63
Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	1,411	108.00–108.50	108.29
20	—	1,308	98.00–101.50	99.98
155	—	1,395	101.00–107.50	104.53
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,635	87.50	87.50
7	—	993	64.00–69.00	67.30
21	—	1,327	74.00–83.00	77.93

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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