Name: Fairview Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2020-01-28
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2020-01-28

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week, slaughter steers and slaughter heifers traded unevenly steady. No test to last week for slaughter dairy steers. Slaughter cows sold sharply higher, with Boners and Leans selling 9.00 to 9.50 higher. Slaughter Breakers sold 4.25 higher. Slaughter bulls sold .75 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
Bullocks	—	Average	1,730	77.50	1,341	1thin
Bulls	—	Low	1,653	78.05	1,290	37
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	High	1,489	61.41	914	53
Cows	Boner 80-85%	High	1,227	58.59	719	85
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Very Low	1,003	43.86	440	22
Dairy Steers	Choice	Average	1,662	89.18	1,482	7thin
Dairy Steers	Select and Choice	Average	1,215	78.00	948	1thin
Dairy Steers	Select	Average	1,060	63.50	673	2thin
Heifers	Choice	High	1,320	121.96	1,610	62
Heifers	Select and Choice	Average	1,131	112.34	1,270	23
Steers	Choice	Average	1,457	123.06	1,793	74
Steers	Select	Average	1,115	113.36	1,264	5thin
Steers	Select and Choice	Average	1,226	112.83	1,383	10

Every lot, as filed

29 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	—	—	1,521	66.66/cwt	65.50–68.00	1,014	4
Bulls	—	—	1,895	85.41/cwt	82.00–92.00	1,619	14
Bulls	—	—	1,613	75.26/cwt	71.00–81.50	1,214	16
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,358	69.51/cwt	65.00–85.00	944	5
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,197	49.89/cwt	39.50–53.50	597	19
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,545	68.87/cwt	68.00–70.00	1,064	3
Steers	Choice	—	1,455	123.13/cwt	120.00–126.25	1,792	71
Steers	Select and Choice	—	1,226	112.83/cwt	104.00–118.50	1,383	10
Dairy Steers	Choice	—	1,662	89.18/cwt	84.50–90.00	1,482	7
Dairy Steers	Select	—	1,060	63.50/cwt	63.50–63.50	673	2
Dairy Steers	Select and Choice	—	1,215	78.00/cwt	78.00–78.00	948	1
Bullocks	—	—	1,730	77.50/cwt	77.50–77.50	1,341	1
Heifers	Choice	—	1,280	126.25/cwt	126.25–126.25	1,616	2
Heifers	Choice	—	1,310	111.73/cwt	91.00–118.50	1,464	10
Heifers	Choice	—	1,324	123.83/cwt	119.00–125.75	1,640	50
Heifers	Select and Choice	—	1,135	113.04/cwt	100.00–118.50	1,283	22
Steers	Choice	—	1,350	119.50/cwt	119.50–119.50	1,613	1
Steers	Choice	—	1,480	127.50/cwt	127.50–127.50	1,887	1
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,486	51.90/cwt	45.50–56.50	771	6
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,485	62.20/cwt	57.00–67.50	924	44
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	850	16.00/cwt	16.00–16.00	136	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,021	48.25/cwt	43.00–53.50	493	16
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,247	59.30/cwt	54.00–64.50	739	55
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	977	35.39/cwt	30.00–41.00	346	5
Steers	ChoiceHeavy Weight	—	1,690	117.50/cwt	117.50–117.50	1,986	1
Bulls	—Return to Feed	—	917	73.73/cwt	60.00–88.00	676	3
Cows	Boner 80-85%Return to Feed	—	1,027	70.58/cwt	59.50–80.00	725	6
Heifers	Select and ChoiceReturn to Feed	—	1,040	97.00/cwt	97.00–97.00	1,009	1
Steers	SelectReturn to Feed	—	1,115	113.36/cwt	105.00–117.50	1,264	5

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 28, 2020

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Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,521	65.50–68.00	66.66
14	—	1,895	82.00–92.00	85.41
16	—	1,613	71.00–81.50	75.26
Bulls — Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	917	60.00–88.00	73.73
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,358	65.00–85.00	69.51
19	—	1,197	39.50–53.50	49.89
55	—	1,247	54.00–64.50	59.30
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,545	68.00–70.00	68.87
6	—	1,486	45.50–56.50	51.90
44	—	1,485	57.00–67.50	62.20
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	850	16.00	16.00
16	—	1,021	43.00–53.50	48.25
5	—	977	30.00–41.00	35.39
Cows — Boner 80-85% · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	1,027	59.50–80.00	70.58
Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
71	—	1,455	120.00–126.25	123.13
1	—	1,350	119.50	119.50
1	—	1,480	127.50	127.50
Steers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	1,226	104.00–118.50	112.83
Steers — Choice · Heavy Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,690	117.50	117.50
Steers — Select · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,115	105.00–117.50	113.36
Dairy Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	1,662	84.50–90.00	89.18
Dairy Steers — Select$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,060	63.50	63.50
Dairy Steers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,215	78.00	78.00
Bullocks$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,730	77.50	77.50
Heifers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,280	126.25	126.25
10	—	1,310	91.00–118.50	111.73
50	—	1,324	119.00–125.75	123.83
Heifers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
22	—	1,135	100.00–118.50	113.04
Heifers — Select and Choice · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,040	97.00	97.00

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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