Sale reports / Illinois / Fairview Livestock Auction / 2019-10-29

Fairview Livestock Auction

Slaughter Cattle · Fairview, Illinois · Tue, Oct 29
● Final27 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2049
Receipts
216 head
173 vs last sale 389 216 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week, slaughter steers and slaughter heifers sold 2.50 lower. No price comparison to last week for slaughter dairy steers. Slaoghter cows sold 2.50 to 4.25 lower. Slaughter bulls sold 5.25 lower. Trade was active with moderate demand.

Slaughter cattle

By class and quality grade · $/cwt
Cull cows and bulls are graded, not weight-classed — grade is what moves the money here.
ClassGradeDressingAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
BullsAverage1,46867.4699115
CowsPremium White 65-75%Low1,34271.259564thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,46849.2272326
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,23446.4757343
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,16637.4043618
Dairy SteersChoiceAverage1,53888.101,35513
Dairy SteersSelect and ChoiceAverage1,43077.001,1011thin
HeifersChoiceAverage1,300106.101,37921
HeifersSelect and ChoiceAverage1,09594.941,0405thin
HeifersSelectAverage87382.797224thin
SteersChoiceLow1,382106.151,46732
SteersSelect and ChoiceAverage1,27598.261,2538thin

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.
ClassGrade / descriptionWeightAvg wtPriceRangePer headHead
HeifersSelectReturn to Feed825117.41/cwt116.00–119.009692
BullsReturn to Feed97885.00/cwt85.00–85.008313
SteersChoiceNon-Traditional1,43090.50/cwt90.50–90.501,2942
CowsPremium White 65-75%1,50559.50/cwt59.50–59.508951
CowsLean 85-90%1,19440.40/cwt35.00–44.5048214
CowsLean 85-90%1,06826.91/cwt23.00–30.002874
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,53850.92/cwt45.50–56.0078317
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,33642.44/cwt33.50–44.005677
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,33858.54/cwt56.50–61.007832
SteersChoice1,531112.13/cwt111.00–112.501,7174
HeifersSelect92048.17/cwt43.00–54.004432
HeifersChoice1,311106.50/cwt103.00–108.251,39618
HeifersChoice1,230110.50/cwt110.00–111.001,3592
HeifersChoice1,24590.00/cwt90.00–90.001,1211
HeifersSelect and Choice1,09594.94/cwt90.00–102.501,0405
Dairy SteersSelect and Choice1,43077.00/cwt77.00–77.001,1011
Dairy SteersChoice1,54587.52/cwt82.50–90.501,35212
Dairy SteersChoice1,45095.00/cwt95.00–95.001,3781
SteersSelect and Choice1,27598.26/cwt92.50–103.501,2538
SteersChoice1,364107.80/cwt104.50–110.501,47021
SteersChoice1,318100.69/cwt100.00–102.501,3275
CowsPremium White 65-75%1,28875.17/cwt70.00–81.009683
CowsBoner 80-85%1,24046.74/cwt43.50–54.0058036
CowsBoner 80-85%1,18540.44/cwt36.00–42.004795
CowsBoner 80-85%1,24856.78/cwt56.00–57.507092
Bulls1,77869.30/cwt67.50–71.001,2326
Bulls1,40456.86/cwt49.00–60.007986

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.