Name: Fairview Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2019-10-01
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2019-10-01

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week, slaughter steers and slaughter heifers sold 2.00 to 2.50 higher. Slaughter cows sold 3.25 to 5.75 lower. Slaughter bulls sold 12.00 lower. Trade was active with moderate 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	—	Average	1,684	63.26	1,065	31
Cows	Premium White 65-75%	High	1,458	84.24	1,228	23
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,451	57.08	828	51
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,221	49.80	608	83
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,058	42.69	452	20
Heifers	Choice	Average	1,266	104.36	1,322	51
Heifers	Select and Choice	Average	1,158	96.00	1,112	3thin
Heifers	Select	Average	999	89.98	899	5thin
Steers	Choice	Average	1,357	105.24	1,428	82
Steers	Select and Choice	Low	1,233	93.04	1,147	22
Steers	Select	Average	1,038	68.01	706	5thin

Every lot, as filed

25 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	—	—	1,732	66.10/cwt	60.00–70.00	1,145	23
Bulls	—	—	1,393	48.72/cwt	30.00–55.00	679	6
Bulls	—	—	2,000	74.19/cwt	73.00–75.50	1,484	2
Steers	Select and Choice	—	1,170	80.88/cwt	70.00–85.50	946	7
Steers	Select	—	1,038	68.01/cwt	58.00–80.00	706	5
Steers	Choice	—	1,367	106.33/cwt	103.00–109.50	1,454	71
Steers	Choice	—	1,290	98.18/cwt	94.50–102.00	1,267	11
Steers	Select and Choice	—	1,262	98.72/cwt	90.00–102.00	1,246	15
Heifers	Select	—	1,195	75.00/cwt	75.00–75.00	896	1
Heifers	ChoiceLight Weight	—	985	95.00/cwt	95.00–95.00	936	1
Heifers	Choice	—	1,256	105.50/cwt	102.00–108.00	1,325	41
Heifers	Choice	—	1,334	95.77/cwt	85.00–101.50	1,278	6
Heifers	Choice	—	1,368	109.00/cwt	109.00–109.00	1,491	3
Heifers	Select and Choice	—	1,158	96.00/cwt	96.00–96.00	1,112	3
Heifers	SelectReturn to Feed	—	950	93.72/cwt	85.00–104.00	890	4
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,198	52.13/cwt	47.00–57.50	625	48
Cows	Premium White 65-75%	—	1,453	93.03/cwt	90.00–98.50	1,352	9
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,213	42.01/cwt	25.00–46.50	510	26
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,048	46.98/cwt	43.00–53.50	492	15
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,371	59.86/cwt	58.50–61.00	821	9
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,087	29.81/cwt	21.00–39.00	324	5
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,444	57.21/cwt	51.00–61.50	826	43
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,519	48.22/cwt	47.00–50.00	732	4
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,455	64.52/cwt	62.50–69.00	939	4
Cows	Premium White 65-75%	—	1,461	78.59/cwt	70.00–88.00	1,148	14

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
23	—	1,732	60.00–70.00	66.10
6	—	1,393	30.00–55.00	48.72
2	—	2,000	73.00–75.50	74.19
Steers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	1,170	70.00–85.50	80.88
15	—	1,262	90.00–102.00	98.72
Steers — Select$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,038	58.00–80.00	68.01
Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
71	—	1,367	103.00–109.50	106.33
11	—	1,290	94.50–102.00	98.18
Heifers — Select$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,195	75.00	75.00
Heifers — Choice · Light Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	985	95.00	95.00
Heifers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
41	—	1,256	102.00–108.00	105.50
6	—	1,334	85.00–101.50	95.77
3	—	1,368	109.00	109.00
Heifers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,158	96.00	96.00
Heifers — Select · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	950	85.00–104.00	93.72
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
48	—	1,198	47.00–57.50	52.13
26	—	1,213	25.00–46.50	42.01
9	—	1,371	58.50–61.00	59.86
Cows — Premium White 65-75%$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	1,453	90.00–98.50	93.03
14	—	1,461	70.00–88.00	78.59
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
15	—	1,048	43.00–53.50	46.98
5	—	1,087	21.00–39.00	29.81
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
43	—	1,444	51.00–61.50	57.21
4	—	1,519	47.00–50.00	48.22
4	—	1,455	62.50–69.00	64.52

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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