Name: Fairview Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2020-01-21
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2020-01-21

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week ,slaughter steers and slaughter heifers traded steady. Slaughter cows sold mixed with Breakers 2.00 lower, Boners .50 lower, and Leans 2.50 higher. Slaughter bulls sold 1.25 lower in a light test. 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	—	Average	1,742	70.61	1,230	5thin
Cows	Premium White 65-75%	Low	1,353	72.07	975	4thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,535	58.97	905	56
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,227	54.07	663	43
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Low	1,151	37.41	431	7thin
Heifers	Choice	Average	1,320	123.41	1,629	34
Heifers	Select and Choice	Average	1,080	113.17	1,222	5thin
Heifers	Select	Average	860	66.40	571	9thin
Steers	Choice	Average	1,444	123.14	1,778	23

Every lot, as filed

24 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
Heifers	SelectReturn to Feed	—	705	86.50/cwt	81.00–91.00	610	2
Cows	Boner 80-85%Return to Feed	—	1,088	64.22/cwt	57.00–75.00	699	6
Steers	ChoiceHeavy Weight	—	1,635	113.00/cwt	113.00–113.00	1,848	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	885	26.00/cwt	26.00–26.00	230	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	865	46.50/cwt	46.50–46.50	402	1
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,520	58.66/cwt	54.50–64.50	892	38
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,598	67.73/cwt	65.00–70.00	1,082	10
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,528	49.49/cwt	44.00–53.50	756	8
Cows	Premium White 65-75%	—	1,317	67.76/cwt	65.50–69.00	892	3
Heifers	Choice	—	1,332	123.65/cwt	119.00–125.50	1,647	28
Heifers	Choice	—	1,293	126.50/cwt	126.50–126.50	1,636	4
Heifers	Choice	—	1,208	113.90/cwt	110.00–117.50	1,376	2
Heifers	Select and Choice	—	1,080	113.17/cwt	101.00–117.00	1,222	5
Heifers	Select	—	903	65.77/cwt	54.50–87.00	594	6
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,261	37.88/cwt	35.00–43.50	478	5
Steers	Choice	—	1,448	123.94/cwt	120.00–126.50	1,795	21
Steers	Choice	—	1,160	116.50/cwt	116.50–116.50	1,351	1
Heifers	Select	—	910	30.00/cwt	30.00–30.00	273	1
Cows	Premium White 65-75%	—	1,460	85.00/cwt	85.00–85.00	1,241	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,208	50.37/cwt	44.00–54.50	608	23
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,332	60.41/cwt	57.00–66.00	805	11
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,262	38.89/cwt	36.00–42.50	491	3
Bulls	—	—	1,853	74.51/cwt	72.50–76.50	1,381	4
Bulls	—	—	1,300	55.00/cwt	55.00–55.00	715	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 Jan 21, 2020

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
Heifers — Select · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	705	81.00–91.00	86.50
Heifers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
28	—	1,332	119.00–125.50	123.65
4	—	1,293	126.50	126.50
2	—	1,208	110.00–117.50	113.90
Heifers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,080	101.00–117.00	113.17
Heifers — Select$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	903	54.50–87.00	65.77
1	—	910	30.00	30.00
Cows — Boner 80-85% · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	1,088	57.00–75.00	64.22
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	885	26.00	26.00
1	—	865	46.50	46.50
5	—	1,261	35.00–43.50	37.88
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
38	—	1,520	54.50–64.50	58.66
10	—	1,598	65.00–70.00	67.73
8	—	1,528	44.00–53.50	49.49
Cows — Premium White 65-75%$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,317	65.50–69.00	67.76
1	—	1,460	85.00	85.00
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
23	—	1,208	44.00–54.50	50.37
11	—	1,332	57.00–66.00	60.41
3	—	1,262	36.00–42.50	38.89
Steers — Choice · Heavy Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,635	113.00	113.00
Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
21	—	1,448	120.00–126.50	123.94
1	—	1,160	116.50	116.50
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,853	72.50–76.50	74.51
1	—	1,300	55.00	55.00

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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