Name: Fairview Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2019-10-22
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2019-10-22

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week, slaughter steers and slaughter heifers traded steady to .75 higher. Slaughter cows sold mixed, with Breakers 1.75 higher, and Boners and Leans .25 lower. Slaughter bulls sold 6.50 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
Bullocks	—	High	1,670	102.00	1,703	1thin
Bulls	—	Low	1,647	72.52	1,195	16
Cows	Premium White 65-75%	Average	1,540	90.87	1,400	6thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,469	55.88	821	30
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,276	49.74	635	66
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,029	38.09	392	18
Heifers	Choice	Average	1,267	108.95	1,381	63
Heifers	Select and Choice	Average	1,171	96.21	1,127	8thin
Steers	Choice	High	1,461	110.15	1,610	154
Steers	Select and Choice	Average	1,302	96.37	1,255	11

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	—	—	1,371	60.32/cwt	40.00–67.00	827	5
Bulls	—	—	1,686	74.80/cwt	71.00–79.50	1,261	7
Steers	Select and Choice	—	1,302	96.37/cwt	87.00–104.00	1,255	11
Steers	Choice	—	1,445	114.50/cwt	114.50–114.50	1,655	1
Heifers	ChoiceLight Weight	—	970	101.00/cwt	100.50–101.50	980	3
Heifers	Choice	—	1,323	103.47/cwt	103.00–104.00	1,369	2
Heifers	Select and Choice	—	1,171	96.21/cwt	88.00–104.00	1,127	8
Heifers	Choice	—	1,423	112.39/cwt	112.00–114.50	1,599	8
Heifers	Choice	—	1,258	109.10/cwt	105.00–111.50	1,372	50
Steers	Choice	—	1,462	110.23/cwt	106.50–113.25	1,612	151
Steers	Choice	—	1,418	101.56/cwt	99.00–104.50	1,440	2
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,081	42.90/cwt	38.00–49.00	464	13
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,485	55.34/cwt	49.50–59.50	822	23
Cows	Boner 80-85%Return to Feed	—	1,140	62.26/cwt	62.00–62.50	710	2
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,323	60.16/cwt	58.50–61.50	796	2
Cows	Premium White 65-75%	—	1,465	81.96/cwt	78.00–86.00	1,201	2
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	708	11.67/cwt	10.00–14.00	83	2
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,400	47.70/cwt	45.50–49.00	668	3
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,241	42.37/cwt	35.00–45.50	526	14
Cows	Premium White 65-75%	—	1,578	95.33/cwt	91.00–98.00	1,504	4
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,015	34.85/cwt	33.00–36.00	354	3
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,431	65.09/cwt	62.50–66.50	931	4
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,290	50.93/cwt	46.00–57.00	657	48
Bullocks	—	—	1,670	102.00/cwt	102.00–102.00	1,703	1
Bulls	—	—	1,925	83.77/cwt	82.00–85.50	1,613	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

Tue Oct 22, 2019

USDA Livestock, Poultry & Grain Market News · Federal-State Market News Service, Springfield, IL (LS-GX)

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Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,371	40.00–67.00	60.32
7	—	1,686	71.00–79.50	74.80
4	—	1,925	82.00–85.50	83.77
Steers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
11	—	1,302	87.00–104.00	96.37
Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,445	114.50	114.50
151	—	1,462	106.50–113.25	110.23
2	—	1,418	99.00–104.50	101.56
Heifers — Choice · Light Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	970	100.50–101.50	101.00
Heifers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,323	103.00–104.00	103.47
8	—	1,423	112.00–114.50	112.39
50	—	1,258	105.00–111.50	109.10
Heifers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	1,171	88.00–104.00	96.21
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
13	—	1,081	38.00–49.00	42.90
2	—	708	10.00–14.00	11.67
3	—	1,015	33.00–36.00	34.85
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
23	—	1,485	49.50–59.50	55.34
3	—	1,400	45.50–49.00	47.70
4	—	1,431	62.50–66.50	65.09
Cows — Boner 80-85% · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,140	62.00–62.50	62.26
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,323	58.50–61.50	60.16
14	—	1,241	35.00–45.50	42.37
48	—	1,290	46.00–57.00	50.93
Cows — Premium White 65-75%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,465	78.00–86.00	81.96
4	—	1,578	91.00–98.00	95.33
Bullocks$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,670	102.00	102.00

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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