Name: Fairview Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2020-01-07
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2020-01-07

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week, slaughter steers and slaughter heifers sold .75 to 1.75 lower. Slaughter cows sold mixed , with Breakers 1.25 lower, Boners 3.50 lower. and Leans .50 higher. Slaughter Bulls sold 1.75 lower. 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
Bullocks	—	Average	1,455	87.00	1,266	2thin
Bulls	—	High	1,692	71.60	1,212	37
Cows	Premium White 65-75%	Low	1,553	74.22	1,152	17
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Low	1,450	57.56	835	120
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,243	49.87	620	198
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,013	39.59	401	59
Heifers	Choice	Average	1,355	121.79	1,650	95
Heifers	Select and Choice	Average	1,115	103.34	1,152	5thin
Heifers	Select	Average	931	84.07	783	30
Steers	Choice	Low	1,433	121.78	1,745	149
Steers	Select and Choice	Low	1,262	108.66	1,371	14
Steers	Select	Average	1,079	108.51	1,171	8thin
Steers	Standard	Low	1,482	71.00	1,052	3thin

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	—	1,079	108.51/cwt	90.00–115.00	1,171	8
Heifers	SelectReturn to Feed	—	842	103.03/cwt	55.00–125.00	868	15
Cows	Boner 80-85%Return to Feed	—	995	60.00/cwt	60.00–60.00	597	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%Return to Feed	—	1,030	58.02/cwt	53.00–64.00	598	2
Heifers	ChoiceLight Weight	—	945	97.00/cwt	97.00–97.00	917	1
Bulls	—	—	1,883	82.47/cwt	80.50–85.00	1,553	5
Bulls	—	—	1,443	63.38/cwt	56.00–67.50	915	14
Bulls	—	—	1,833	74.98/cwt	69.50–79.50	1,374	18
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,050	35.00/cwt	35.00–35.00	368	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,157	40.59/cwt	33.00–44.00	470	19
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,376	57.66/cwt	56.00–70.00	793	21
Bullocks	—	—	1,575	79.00/cwt	79.00–79.00	1,244	1
Steers	Standard	—	1,285	61.00/cwt	61.00–61.00	784	1
Steers	Standard	—	1,580	76.00/cwt	76.00–76.00	1,201	2
Steers	Choice	—	1,442	112.41/cwt	99.00–117.50	1,621	17
Steers	Choice	—	1,481	125.66/cwt	125.00–126.50	1,861	27
Steers	Choice	—	1,419	122.30/cwt	118.00–124.50	1,735	105
Bullocks	—	—	1,335	95.00/cwt	95.00–95.00	1,268	1
Heifers	Choice	—	1,332	121.81/cwt	118.00–124.00	1,623	66
Heifers	Select	—	1,110	49.00/cwt	49.00–49.00	544	1
Heifers	Select	—	1,014	66.27/cwt	55.00–74.50	672	14
Heifers	Select and Choice	—	1,115	103.34/cwt	94.00–110.00	1,152	5
Steers	Select and Choice	—	1,570	90.00/cwt	90.00–90.00	1,413	1
Steers	Select and Choice	—	1,238	110.09/cwt	101.00–117.00	1,363	13
Cows	Premium White 65-75%	—	1,429	67.24/cwt	64.00–70.00	961	5
Cows	Premium White 65-75%	—	1,618	75.42/cwt	70.00–79.00	1,220	11
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,238	49.98/cwt	45.00–55.50	619	156
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,364	48.43/cwt	40.00–51.00	661	18
Heifers	Choice	—	1,532	112.11/cwt	110.00–116.00	1,718	7
Heifers	Choice	—	1,388	126.14/cwt	125.00–127.50	1,751	21
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	946	28.44/cwt	21.00–33.00	269	9
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,014	39.91/cwt	35.00–45.00	405	41
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,617	65.57/cwt	63.00–69.00	1,060	26
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,413	56.99/cwt	52.00–62.50	805	76
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,091	46.78/cwt	46.00–49.00	510	7
Cows	Premium White 65-75%	—	1,450	96.00/cwt	96.00–96.00	1,392	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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Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Select · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	1,079	90.00–115.00	108.51
Steers — Standard$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,285	61.00	61.00
2	—	1,580	76.00	76.00
Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
17	—	1,442	99.00–117.50	112.41
27	—	1,481	125.00–126.50	125.66
105	—	1,419	118.00–124.50	122.30
Steers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,570	90.00	90.00
13	—	1,238	101.00–117.00	110.09
Heifers — Select · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
15	—	842	55.00–125.00	103.03
Heifers — Choice · Light Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	945	97.00	97.00
Heifers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
66	—	1,332	118.00–124.00	121.81
7	—	1,532	110.00–116.00	112.11
21	—	1,388	125.00–127.50	126.14
Heifers — Select$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,110	49.00	49.00
14	—	1,014	55.00–74.50	66.27
Heifers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,115	94.00–110.00	103.34
Cows — Boner 80-85% · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	995	60.00	60.00
Cows — Lean 85-90% · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,030	53.00–64.00	58.02
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,050	35.00	35.00
19	—	1,157	33.00–44.00	40.59
21	—	1,376	56.00–70.00	57.66
156	—	1,238	45.00–55.50	49.98
Cows — Premium White 65-75%$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,429	64.00–70.00	67.24
11	—	1,618	70.00–79.00	75.42
1	—	1,450	96.00	96.00
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
18	—	1,364	40.00–51.00	48.43
26	—	1,617	63.00–69.00	65.57
76	—	1,413	52.00–62.50	56.99
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	946	21.00–33.00	28.44
41	—	1,014	35.00–45.00	39.91
7	—	1,091	46.00–49.00	46.78
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,883	80.50–85.00	82.47
14	—	1,443	56.00–67.50	63.38
18	—	1,833	69.50–79.50	74.98
Bullocks$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,575	79.00	79.00
1	—	1,335	95.00	95.00

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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