Name: Fairview Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2019-11-05
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2019-11-05

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week, slaughter steers and slaughter heifers sold 6.50 to 7.00 higher. Slaughter cows sold 2.00 to 4.00 higher. Slaughter bulls sold 5.25 higher. Trade was active with 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	1,596	72.39	1,155	32
Cows	Premium White 65-75%	Average	1,383	86.08	1,190	4thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	High	1,431	55.02	787	22
Cows	Boner 80-85%	High	1,199	47.34	568	40
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Low	949	38.94	370	12
Heifers	Choice	High	1,239	113.67	1,408	56
Heifers	Select and Choice	Average	1,082	99.60	1,078	3thin
Heifers	Select	Average	865	93.85	812	3thin
Steers	Choice	Average	1,374	111.47	1,532	74
Steers	Select and Choice	Average	1,144	101.91	1,166	8thin
Steers	Select	Average	908	74.72	678	3thin

Every lot, as filed

24 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	ChoiceNon-Traditional	—	1,145	97.00/cwt	97.00–97.00	1,111	1
Steers	Choice	—	1,501	116.33/cwt	116.00–116.75	1,746	6
Steers	Select and ChoiceReturn to Feed	—	1,040	106.50/cwt	106.50–106.50	1,108	1
Heifers	SelectReturn to Feed	—	865	93.85/cwt	89.00–105.00	812	3
Heifers	Choice	—	1,346	115.97/cwt	115.50–116.25	1,561	10
Heifers	Select and Choice	—	1,082	99.60/cwt	95.00–106.00	1,078	3
Heifers	Choice	—	1,225	113.43/cwt	108.50–115.00	1,390	44
Heifers	ChoiceLight Weight	—	1,000	107.48/cwt	106.00–109.00	1,075	2
Bulls	—	—	1,566	82.72/cwt	81.00–84.50	1,295	8
Bulls	—	—	1,521	62.46/cwt	52.00–68.50	950	11
Bulls	—	—	1,677	74.43/cwt	69.00–79.50	1,248	13
Steers	Select and Choice	—	1,159	101.25/cwt	94.00–108.00	1,173	7
Steers	Choice	—	1,392	113.23/cwt	109.50–115.50	1,576	51
Steers	Select	—	908	74.72/cwt	71.00–77.00	678	3
Steers	Choice	—	1,285	104.95/cwt	96.00–108.00	1,349	16
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	990	31.01/cwt	24.00–36.00	307	5
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,546	59.10/cwt	58.00–60.00	914	5
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,460	56.50/cwt	56.50–56.50	825	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	920	44.61/cwt	39.50–48.50	410	7
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,411	53.06/cwt	47.00–57.00	749	16
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,155	41.88/cwt	36.00–44.50	484	15
Cows	Premium White 65-75%	—	1,383	86.08/cwt	85.00–89.00	1,190	4
Cows	Breaker 75-80%Return to Feed	—	1,165	66.00/cwt	66.00–66.00	769	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,216	50.37/cwt	45.50–55.00	612	24

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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Compared to last week, slaughter steers and slaughter heifers sold 6.50 to 7.00 higher. Slaughter cows sold 2.00 to 4.00 higher. Slaughter bulls sold 5.25 higher. Trade was active with good demand.

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Choice · Non-Traditional$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,145	97.00	97.00
Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	1,501	116.00–116.75	116.33
51	—	1,392	109.50–115.50	113.23
16	—	1,285	96.00–108.00	104.95
Steers — Select and Choice · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,040	106.50	106.50
Steers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	1,159	94.00–108.00	101.25
Steers — Select$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	908	71.00–77.00	74.72
Heifers — Select · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	865	89.00–105.00	93.85
Heifers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	1,346	115.50–116.25	115.97
44	—	1,225	108.50–115.00	113.43
Heifers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,082	95.00–106.00	99.60
Heifers — Choice · Light Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,000	106.00–109.00	107.48
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	1,566	81.00–84.50	82.72
11	—	1,521	52.00–68.50	62.46
13	—	1,677	69.00–79.50	74.43
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	990	24.00–36.00	31.01
7	—	920	39.50–48.50	44.61
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,546	58.00–60.00	59.10
16	—	1,411	47.00–57.00	53.06
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,460	56.50	56.50
15	—	1,155	36.00–44.50	41.88
24	—	1,216	45.50–55.00	50.37
Cows — Premium White 65-75%$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,383	85.00–89.00	86.08
Cows — Breaker 75-80% · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,165	66.00	66.00

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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