Name: Fairview Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2019-12-31
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2019-12-31

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to two weeks ago, slaughter steers and slaughter heifers sold 5.00 to 5.50 higher. Slaughter dairy steers sold 1.75 higher in a light test. Slaughter cows sold mixed, with Breakers 5.00 higher, Boners 3.00 higher, and Leans 1.50 lower. Slaughter bulls sold 3.25 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	1,588	73.68	1,170	23
Cows	Premium White 65-75%	High	1,542	72.21	1,114	48
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Low	1,470	60.19	885	63
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Very Low	1,261	55.83	704	132
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,074	38.06	409	19
Dairy Steers	Choice	Average	1,421	91.00	1,293	3thin
Heifers	Choice	High	1,282	123.26	1,581	30
Heifers	Select and Choice	Average	1,215	113.57	1,380	4thin
Heifers	Select	Average	1,058	73.08	773	6thin
Steers	Choice	Low	1,481	122.37	1,813	72
Steers	Select	Average	994	90.35	898	3thin

Every lot, as filed

32 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	—	—	1,563	85.03/cwt	84.50–85.50	1,329	2
Bulls	—	—	1,162	62.42/cwt	57.50–66.00	725	6
Bulls	—	—	1,762	76.67/cwt	71.50–80.50	1,351	15
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,450	15.00/cwt	15.00–15.00	218	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,212	44.00/cwt	38.00–46.50	533	20
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,328	63.26/cwt	58.00–74.50	840	39
Dairy Steers	Choice	—	1,421	91.00/cwt	91.00–91.00	1,293	3
Heifers	Choice	—	1,240	127.00/cwt	127.00–127.00	1,575	2
Heifers	Select	—	1,058	73.08/cwt	60.00–85.00	773	6
Heifers	Select and Choice	—	1,215	113.57/cwt	105.00–117.00	1,380	4
Steers	Select	—	1,023	82.03/cwt	72.00–91.00	839	2
Steers	Choice	—	1,468	116.70/cwt	116.00–118.00	1,713	4
Steers	Choice	—	1,477	122.98/cwt	120.00–126.75	1,816	67
Cows	Premium White 65-75%	—	1,543	97.56/cwt	91.00–101.50	1,505	4
Cows	Premium White 65-75%	—	1,469	64.47/cwt	47.50–69.50	947	20
Cows	Premium White 65-75%	—	1,603	74.44/cwt	70.00–84.00	1,193	24
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,255	53.43/cwt	47.00–57.50	671	61
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,409	49.42/cwt	47.00–51.50	696	8
Heifers	Choice	—	1,297	123.66/cwt	120.00–126.00	1,604	27
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,514	66.36/cwt	64.00–70.00	1,005	22
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,454	58.34/cwt	53.00–63.50	848	32
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,053	39.42/cwt	33.00–43.00	415	12
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,035	30.00/cwt	30.00–30.00	311	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	998	16.27/cwt	15.00–17.00	162	2
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,188	47.83/cwt	43.50–52.00	568	3
Steers	ChoiceHeavy Weight	—	1,835	104.00/cwt	104.00–104.00	1,908	1
Heifers	ChoiceLight Weight	—	970	105.00/cwt	105.00–105.00	1,019	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%Return to Feed	—	1,175	44.00/cwt	44.00–44.00	517	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%Return to Feed	—	1,000	64.00/cwt	64.00–64.00	640	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%Return to Feed	—	1,136	68.43/cwt	55.50–85.00	777	10
Cows	Breaker 75-80%Return to Feed	—	1,480	70.00/cwt	70.00–70.00	1,036	1
Steers	SelectReturn to Feed	—	935	107.00/cwt	107.00–107.00	1,000	1

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

Tue Dec 31, 2019

USDA Livestock, Poultry & Grain Market News · Federal-State Market News Service, Springfield, IL (LS-GX)

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Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,563	84.50–85.50	85.03
6	—	1,162	57.50–66.00	62.42
15	—	1,762	71.50–80.50	76.67
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,450	15.00	15.00
20	—	1,212	38.00–46.50	44.00
39	—	1,328	58.00–74.50	63.26
61	—	1,255	47.00–57.50	53.43
Cows — Premium White 65-75%$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,543	91.00–101.50	97.56
20	—	1,469	47.50–69.50	64.47
24	—	1,603	70.00–84.00	74.44
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	1,409	47.00–51.50	49.42
22	—	1,514	64.00–70.00	66.36
32	—	1,454	53.00–63.50	58.34
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
12	—	1,053	33.00–43.00	39.42
1	—	1,035	30.00	30.00
2	—	998	15.00–17.00	16.27
3	—	1,188	43.50–52.00	47.83
Cows — Lean 85-90% · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,175	44.00	44.00
Cows — Boner 80-85% · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,000	64.00	64.00
10	—	1,136	55.50–85.00	68.43
Cows — Breaker 75-80% · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,480	70.00	70.00
Dairy Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,421	91.00	91.00
Heifers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,240	127.00	127.00
27	—	1,297	120.00–126.00	123.66
Heifers — Select$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	1,058	60.00–85.00	73.08
Heifers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,215	105.00–117.00	113.57
Heifers — Choice · Light Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	970	105.00	105.00
Steers — Select$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,023	72.00–91.00	82.03
Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,468	116.00–118.00	116.70
67	—	1,477	120.00–126.75	122.98
Steers — Choice · Heavy Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,835	104.00	104.00
Steers — Select · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	935	107.00	107.00

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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