Name: Fairview Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2019-12-03
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2019-12-03

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Note: Correction to Slaughter Cows

Compared to last week, slaughter steers and slaughter heifers sold 1.00 to 1.25 higher. No test to last week for slaughter dairy steers. Slaughter cows sold mostly .25 to 1.25 lower. Slaughter bulls sold 2.50 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
Bulls	—	High	1,522	74.95	1,141	33
Cows	Premium White 65-75%	High	1,380	80.80	1,115	8thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Low	1,475	52.73	778	78
Cows	Boner 80-85%	High	1,238	47.90	593	122
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Low	1,080	37.78	408	36
Dairy Steers	Choice	Average	1,700	85.12	1,447	8thin
Heifers	Choice	Average	1,307	116.96	1,529	102
Heifers	Select and Choice	Average	1,095	108.25	1,185	14
Heifers	Select	Average	970	83.68	812	6thin
Steers	Choice	Average	1,434	116.28	1,667	96
Steers	Select and Choice	Average	1,256	109.23	1,372	22
Steers	Select	Average	1,180	88.84	1,048	4thin

Every lot, as filed

34 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	—	—	1,758	79.48/cwt	79.00–80.00	1,397	3
Bulls	—	—	1,601	57.45/cwt	32.50–65.50	920	6
Bulls	—	—	1,705	73.67/cwt	68.50–79.00	1,256	18
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,650	59.00/cwt	59.00–59.00	974	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,276	40.66/cwt	33.00–44.00	519	31
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,008	27.57/cwt	26.00–29.00	278	3
Steers	Choice	—	1,439	117.71/cwt	115.00–121.50	1,694	80
Steers	SelectReturn to Feed	—	1,095	104.50/cwt	104.50–104.50	1,144	1
Steers	Select and ChoiceReturn to Feed	—	1,134	112.47/cwt	109.50–115.50	1,275	6
Heifers	SelectReturn to Feed	—	978	99.36/cwt	91.00–105.00	972	3
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,494	42.97/cwt	33.00–53.00	642	7
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,584	59.31/cwt	57.50–64.00	939	12
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,450	52.55/cwt	46.00–57.50	762	59
Heifers	Select and Choice	—	1,095	108.25/cwt	105.00–113.50	1,185	14
Heifers	Select	—	870	38.00/cwt	38.00–38.00	331	1
Heifers	Select	—	1,008	83.00/cwt	83.00–83.00	837	2
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,101	40.11/cwt	34.00–45.00	442	31
Cows	Premium White 65-75%	—	1,350	93.12/cwt	91.00–95.00	1,257	2
Cows	Premium White 65-75%	—	1,443	68.06/cwt	60.00–75.00	982	2
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	868	17.00/cwt	17.00–17.00	148	2
Cows	Premium White 65-75%	—	1,363	81.01/cwt	77.00–86.00	1,104	4
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,226	49.26/cwt	44.50–55.00	604	86
Heifers	ChoiceHeavy Weight	—	1,725	89.00/cwt	89.00–89.00	1,535	1
Steers	ChoiceHeavy Weight	—	1,710	89.00/cwt	89.00–89.00	1,522	1
Bulls	—Return to Feed	—	775	94.00/cwt	94.00–94.00	729	6
Cows	Boner 80-85%Return to Feed	—	1,104	72.00/cwt	59.00–92.00	795	4
Steers	Choice	—	1,389	110.45/cwt	100.00–114.50	1,534	15
Steers	Select and Choice	—	1,293	111.87/cwt	108.00–114.00	1,446	14
Steers	Select and Choice	—	1,365	81.00/cwt	81.00–81.00	1,106	2
Heifers	Choice	—	1,295	117.52/cwt	114.00–120.50	1,522	90
Heifers	Choice	—	1,365	111.48/cwt	108.00–113.50	1,522	7
Heifers	Choice	—	1,381	121.00/cwt	121.00–121.00	1,671	4
Dairy Steers	Choice	—	1,700	85.12/cwt	85.00–85.50	1,447	8
Steers	Select	—	1,208	83.62/cwt	71.00–90.00	1,010	3

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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Note: Correction to Slaughter Cows

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,758	79.00–80.00	79.48
6	—	1,601	32.50–65.50	57.45
18	—	1,705	68.50–79.00	73.67
Bulls — Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	775	94.00	94.00
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,650	59.00	59.00
31	—	1,276	33.00–44.00	40.66
86	—	1,226	44.50–55.00	49.26
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,008	26.00–29.00	27.57
31	—	1,101	34.00–45.00	40.11
2	—	868	17.00	17.00
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	1,494	33.00–53.00	42.97
12	—	1,584	57.50–64.00	59.31
59	—	1,450	46.00–57.50	52.55
Cows — Premium White 65-75%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,350	91.00–95.00	93.12
2	—	1,443	60.00–75.00	68.06
4	—	1,363	77.00–86.00	81.01
Cows — Boner 80-85% · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,104	59.00–92.00	72.00
Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
80	—	1,439	115.00–121.50	117.71
15	—	1,389	100.00–114.50	110.45
Steers — Select · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,095	104.50	104.50
Steers — Select and Choice · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	1,134	109.50–115.50	112.47
Steers — Choice · Heavy Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,710	89.00	89.00
Steers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
14	—	1,293	108.00–114.00	111.87
2	—	1,365	81.00	81.00
Steers — Select$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,208	71.00–90.00	83.62
Heifers — Select · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	978	91.00–105.00	99.36
Heifers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
14	—	1,095	105.00–113.50	108.25
Heifers — Select$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	870	38.00	38.00
2	—	1,008	83.00	83.00
Heifers — Choice · Heavy Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,725	89.00	89.00
Heifers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
90	—	1,295	114.00–120.50	117.52
7	—	1,365	108.00–113.50	111.48
4	—	1,381	121.00	121.00
Dairy Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	1,700	85.00–85.50	85.12

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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