Name: Fairview Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2019-12-17
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2019-12-17

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week, slaughter steers and slaughter heifers sold .75 higher. No price comparison for slaughter dairy steers to last weeks light numbers. Slaughter cows sold mixed , with Breakers 8.75 higher, Boners 4.00 higher, and Leans 5.75 lower. Slaughter bulls traded steady. 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
Bullocks	—	Average	1,450	96.00	1,392	1thin
Bulls	—	Average	1,681	70.77	1,189	27
Cows	Premium White 65-75%	Average	1,577	80.51	1,270	7thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,536	60.45	929	54
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,292	50.69	655	114
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,164	43.14	502	43
Dairy Steers	Choice	Average	1,544	91.03	1,405	16
Dairy Steers	Select	Average	898	48.50	435	2thin
Heifers	Choice	Average	1,337	117.22	1,567	75
Heifers	Select and Choice	Average	1,132	105.09	1,190	17
Heifers	Select	Average	1,037	95.73	992	12
Steers	Choice	Average	1,464	117.12	1,715	56
Steers	Select and Choice	Average	1,237	107.55	1,330	22
Steers	Select	Average	939	94.26	885	6thin

Every lot, as filed

36 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	SelectReturn to Feed	—	945	115.66/cwt	108.00–123.00	1,093	4
Heifers	Select and ChoiceReturn to Feed	—	1,200	92.00/cwt	92.00–92.00	1,104	2
Heifers	SelectReturn to Feed	—	1,043	108.56/cwt	96.00–115.00	1,132	9
Cows	Lean 85-90%Return to Feed	—	1,065	104.00/cwt	104.00–104.00	1,108	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%Return to Feed	—	1,066	61.90/cwt	58.50–64.00	660	4
Cows	Boner 80-85%Return to Feed	—	1,150	71.50/cwt	71.50–71.50	822	1
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,534	63.19/cwt	57.50–67.50	969	31
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,503	51.61/cwt	46.50–56.50	776	16
Cows	Premium White 65-75%	—	1,635	75.25/cwt	71.00–83.50	1,230	4
Cows	Premium White 65-75%	—	1,613	100.54/cwt	93.00–109.00	1,622	2
Cows	Premium White 65-75%	—	1,275	61.50/cwt	61.50–61.50	784	1
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,624	68.51/cwt	68.00–69.50	1,113	7
Heifers	Choice	—	1,340	117.95/cwt	114.50–121.00	1,581	57
Heifers	Choice	—	1,303	109.61/cwt	102.50–114.00	1,428	10
Heifers	Choice	—	1,355	121.50/cwt	121.50–121.50	1,646	8
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,198	41.10/cwt	36.00–46.50	492	27
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,142	48.96/cwt	47.00–52.00	559	9
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,064	33.45/cwt	32.00–35.00	356	6
Steers	Choice	—	1,469	117.99/cwt	115.25–121.50	1,733	39
Steers	Choice	—	1,482	122.78/cwt	122.50–123.00	1,820	9
Steers	Choice	—	1,419	106.49/cwt	98.00–114.00	1,511	8
Steers	Select and Choice	—	1,237	107.55/cwt	96.00–113.50	1,330	22
Heifers	Select and Choice	—	1,123	106.84/cwt	99.00–112.50	1,200	15
Heifers	Select	—	1,017	57.24/cwt	45.00–68.00	582	3
Bullocks	—	—	1,450	96.00/cwt	96.00–96.00	1,392	1
Dairy Steers	Select	—	1,070	67.00/cwt	67.00–67.00	717	1
Dairy Steers	Select	—	725	30.00/cwt	30.00–30.00	218	1
Dairy Steers	Choice	—	1,541	89.28/cwt	86.50–93.00	1,376	14
Dairy Steers	Choice	—	1,563	103.26/cwt	97.00–110.50	1,614	2
Steers	Select	—	928	51.45/cwt	51.00–52.00	477	2
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,290	50.56/cwt	47.00–57.00	652	65
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,285	43.74/cwt	35.50–46.50	562	30
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,394	61.53/cwt	58.00–68.00	858	14
Bulls	—	—	1,801	73.73/cwt	66.50–77.00	1,328	11
Bulls	—	—	1,828	80.09/cwt	77.50–83.50	1,464	8
Bulls	—	—	1,368	57.38/cwt	30.00–64.00	785	8

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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Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Select · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	945	108.00–123.00	115.66
Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
39	—	1,469	115.25–121.50	117.99
9	—	1,482	122.50–123.00	122.78
8	—	1,419	98.00–114.00	106.49
Steers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
22	—	1,237	96.00–113.50	107.55
Steers — Select$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	928	51.00–52.00	51.45
Heifers — Select and Choice · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,200	92.00	92.00
Heifers — Select · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	1,043	96.00–115.00	108.56
Heifers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
57	—	1,340	114.50–121.00	117.95
10	—	1,303	102.50–114.00	109.61
8	—	1,355	121.50	121.50
Heifers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
15	—	1,123	99.00–112.50	106.84
Heifers — Select$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,017	45.00–68.00	57.24
Cows — Lean 85-90% · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,065	104.00	104.00
Cows — Boner 80-85% · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,066	58.50–64.00	61.90
1	—	1,150	71.50	71.50
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
31	—	1,534	57.50–67.50	63.19
16	—	1,503	46.50–56.50	51.61
7	—	1,624	68.00–69.50	68.51
Cows — Premium White 65-75%$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,635	71.00–83.50	75.25
2	—	1,613	93.00–109.00	100.54
1	—	1,275	61.50	61.50
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
27	—	1,198	36.00–46.50	41.10
9	—	1,142	47.00–52.00	48.96
6	—	1,064	32.00–35.00	33.45
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
65	—	1,290	47.00–57.00	50.56
30	—	1,285	35.50–46.50	43.74
14	—	1,394	58.00–68.00	61.53
Bullocks$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,450	96.00	96.00
Dairy Steers — Select$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,070	67.00	67.00
1	—	725	30.00	30.00
Dairy Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
14	—	1,541	86.50–93.00	89.28
2	—	1,563	97.00–110.50	103.26
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
11	—	1,801	66.50–77.00	73.73
8	—	1,828	77.50–83.50	80.09
8	—	1,368	30.00–64.00	57.38

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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