Sale reports / Illinois / Fairview Livestock Auction / 2019-12-03

Fairview Livestock Auction

Slaughter Cattle · Fairview, Illinois · Tue, Dec 3
● Final34 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2049
Receipts
550 head
▲ 335 vs last sale 215▲ 550 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
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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 · $/cwt
Cull cows and bulls are graded, not weight-classed — grade is what moves the money here.
ClassGradeDressingAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Bulls—High1,52274.951,14133
CowsPremium White 65-75%High1,38080.801,1158thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%Low1,47552.7377878
CowsBoner 80-85%High1,23847.90593122
CowsLean 85-90%Low1,08037.7840836
Dairy SteersChoiceAverage1,70085.121,4478thin
HeifersChoiceAverage1,307116.961,529102
HeifersSelect and ChoiceAverage1,095108.251,18514
HeifersSelectAverage97083.688126thin
SteersChoiceAverage1,434116.281,66796
SteersSelect and ChoiceAverage1,256109.231,37222
SteersSelectAverage1,18088.841,0484thin

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.
ClassGrade / descriptionWeightAvg wtPriceRangePer headHead
Bulls——1,75879.48/cwt79.00–80.001,3973
Bulls——1,60157.45/cwt32.50–65.509206
Bulls——1,70573.67/cwt68.50–79.001,25618
CowsBoner 80-85%—1,65059.00/cwt59.00–59.009741
CowsBoner 80-85%—1,27640.66/cwt33.00–44.0051931
CowsLean 85-90%—1,00827.57/cwt26.00–29.002783
SteersChoice—1,439117.71/cwt115.00–121.501,69480
SteersSelectReturn to Feed—1,095104.50/cwt104.50–104.501,1441
SteersSelect and ChoiceReturn to Feed—1,134112.47/cwt109.50–115.501,2756
HeifersSelectReturn to Feed—97899.36/cwt91.00–105.009723
CowsBreaker 75-80%—1,49442.97/cwt33.00–53.006427
CowsBreaker 75-80%—1,58459.31/cwt57.50–64.0093912
CowsBreaker 75-80%—1,45052.55/cwt46.00–57.5076259
HeifersSelect and Choice—1,095108.25/cwt105.00–113.501,18514
HeifersSelect—87038.00/cwt38.00–38.003311
HeifersSelect—1,00883.00/cwt83.00–83.008372
CowsLean 85-90%—1,10140.11/cwt34.00–45.0044231
CowsPremium White 65-75%—1,35093.12/cwt91.00–95.001,2572
CowsPremium White 65-75%—1,44368.06/cwt60.00–75.009822
CowsLean 85-90%—86817.00/cwt17.00–17.001482
CowsPremium White 65-75%—1,36381.01/cwt77.00–86.001,1044
CowsBoner 80-85%—1,22649.26/cwt44.50–55.0060486
HeifersChoiceHeavy Weight—1,72589.00/cwt89.00–89.001,5351
SteersChoiceHeavy Weight—1,71089.00/cwt89.00–89.001,5221
Bulls—Return to Feed—77594.00/cwt94.00–94.007296
CowsBoner 80-85%Return to Feed—1,10472.00/cwt59.00–92.007954
SteersChoice—1,389110.45/cwt100.00–114.501,53415
SteersSelect and Choice—1,293111.87/cwt108.00–114.001,44614
SteersSelect and Choice—1,36581.00/cwt81.00–81.001,1062
HeifersChoice—1,295117.52/cwt114.00–120.501,52290
HeifersChoice—1,365111.48/cwt108.00–113.501,5227
HeifersChoice—1,381121.00/cwt121.00–121.001,6714
Dairy SteersChoice—1,70085.12/cwt85.00–85.501,4478
SteersSelect—1,20883.62/cwt71.00–90.001,0103

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.