Name: Fairview Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2019-10-15
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2019-10-15

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week, slaughter steers and slaughter heifers sold 2.50 higher. Slaughter cows sold 6.25 to 8.75 lower. Slaughter bulls sold 11.50 lower in a light test, 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	—	Average	1,913	68.25	1,306	4thin
Cows	Premium White 65-75%	Average	1,466	80.12	1,175	23
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,390	53.45	743	30
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,223	49.08	600	49
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,028	39.74	409	25
Heifers	Choice	Average	1,269	108.78	1,381	70
Heifers	Select and Choice	Average	1,179	96.73	1,140	4thin
Heifers	Select	Average	923	88.37	816	3thin
Steers	Choice	Average	1,399	108.41	1,516	68
Steers	Select and Choice	Average	1,229	96.89	1,191	10
Steers	Select	Average	1,140	74.24	846	5thin

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
Steers	Select	—	1,102	85.00/cwt	85.00–85.00	937	2
Steers	SelectReturn to Feed	—	1,040	91.00/cwt	91.00–91.00	946	1
Heifers	SelectReturn to Feed	—	880	95.06/cwt	90.00–100.00	837	2
Heifers	Choice	—	1,274	109.24/cwt	105.00–111.50	1,392	64
Cows	Premium White 65-75%	—	1,492	75.69/cwt	70.00–88.00	1,129	15
Cows	Premium White 65-75%	—	1,452	92.83/cwt	89.00–100.50	1,348	7
Cows	Premium White 65-75%	—	1,185	57.50/cwt	57.50–57.50	681	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,047	43.34/cwt	40.00–49.00	454	20
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,045	29.16/cwt	24.00–36.00	305	4
Steers	Choice	—	1,400	109.42/cwt	105.00–111.50	1,532	62
Heifers	Choice	—	1,217	103.87/cwt	102.00–104.50	1,264	6
Heifers	Select and Choice	—	1,207	102.31/cwt	100.00–104.50	1,235	3
Heifers	Select and Choice	—	1,095	80.00/cwt	80.00–80.00	876	1
Heifers	Select	—	1,010	75.00/cwt	75.00–75.00	758	1
Steers	Choice	—	1,383	97.93/cwt	80.00–104.50	1,354	6
Steers	Select and Choice	—	1,229	96.89/cwt	89.50–103.00	1,191	10
Steers	Select	—	1,228	55.09/cwt	50.00–60.00	677	2
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	580	10.00/cwt	10.00–10.00	58	1
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,389	53.66/cwt	50.00–58.50	745	29
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,405	47.50/cwt	47.50–47.50	667	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,238	51.17/cwt	47.50–58.00	633	37
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,178	42.64/cwt	27.50–46.50	502	12
Bulls	—	—	1,913	68.25/cwt	60.00–73.00	1,306	4

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
Steers — Select$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,102	85.00	85.00
2	—	1,228	50.00–60.00	55.09
Steers — Select · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,040	91.00	91.00
Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
62	—	1,400	105.00–111.50	109.42
6	—	1,383	80.00–104.50	97.93
Steers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	1,229	89.50–103.00	96.89
Heifers — Select · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	880	90.00–100.00	95.06
Heifers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
64	—	1,274	105.00–111.50	109.24
6	—	1,217	102.00–104.50	103.87
Heifers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,207	100.00–104.50	102.31
1	—	1,095	80.00	80.00
Heifers — Select$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,010	75.00	75.00
Cows — Premium White 65-75%$ per cwt · actual wt
15	—	1,492	70.00–88.00	75.69
7	—	1,452	89.00–100.50	92.83
1	—	1,185	57.50	57.50
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
20	—	1,047	40.00–49.00	43.34
4	—	1,045	24.00–36.00	29.16
1	—	580	10.00	10.00
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
29	—	1,389	50.00–58.50	53.66
1	—	1,405	47.50	47.50
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
37	—	1,238	47.50–58.00	51.17
12	—	1,178	27.50–46.50	42.64
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,913	60.00–73.00	68.25

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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