Name: Fairview Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2020-02-04
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2020-02-04

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week, slaughter steers and slaughter heifers sold 2.75 to 3.25 lower. Slaughter cows sold mixed with Breakers 2.75 lower, Boners 1.75 lower, and Leans .75 higher. Slaughter bulls sold .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
Bulls	—	High	1,598	76.95	1,230	14
Cows	Premium White 65-75%	Average	1,442	71.01	1,024	3thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,472	58.72	864	55
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,221	53.97	659	96
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,045	47.21	493	43
Heifers	Choice	Average	1,328	120.04	1,595	70
Heifers	Select and Choice	Average	1,085	107.33	1,165	3thin
Heifers	Select	Average	900	66.42	598	6thin
Steers	Choice	Average	1,425	119.65	1,704	71
Steers	Select and Choice	Average	1,208	113.79	1,375	9thin
Steers	Select	Average	1,058	98.08	1,037	4thin

Every lot, as filed

26 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	—	1,020	109.11/cwt	104.00–112.00	1,113	3
Heifers	SelectReturn to Feed	—	1,015	112.50/cwt	112.50–112.50	1,142	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%Return to Feed	—	770	60.50/cwt	60.50–60.50	466	1
Steers	ChoiceHeavy Weight	—	1,905	97.50/cwt	97.50–97.50	1,857	1
Cows	Premium White 65-75%	—	1,442	71.01/cwt	66.00–78.00	1,024	3
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,070	39.68/cwt	33.50–43.00	425	13
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	965	55.49/cwt	54.50–56.50	535	3
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,486	60.45/cwt	56.00–65.50	898	40
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,385	52.04/cwt	48.00–55.50	721	13
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,052	49.51/cwt	43.50–54.00	521	26
Steers	Select	—	1,170	65.00/cwt	65.00–65.00	761	1
Heifers	Select and Choice	—	1,065	112.50/cwt	110.50–114.50	1,198	2
Heifers	Select	—	877	57.20/cwt	51.00–60.00	502	5
Heifers	Choice	—	1,320	120.54/cwt	117.00–123.75	1,591	63
Heifers	Choice	—	1,404	115.57/cwt	115.00–116.50	1,623	7
Heifers	Select and Choice	—	1,125	97.00/cwt	97.00–97.00	1,091	1
Steers	Choice	—	1,402	116.37/cwt	112.50–117.50	1,632	12
Steers	Choice	—	1,360	126.50/cwt	126.50–126.50	1,720	1
Steers	Select and Choice	—	1,208	113.79/cwt	110.00–117.50	1,375	9
Steers	Choice	—	1,422	120.61/cwt	118.00–124.00	1,715	57
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,748	67.47/cwt	67.00–68.00	1,179	2
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,211	57.49/cwt	53.00–64.00	696	56
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,235	49.05/cwt	39.50–53.00	606	40
Bulls	—	—	1,785	84.69/cwt	81.50–87.00	1,512	7
Bulls	—	—	1,475	74.63/cwt	70.00–77.50	1,101	5
Bulls	—	—	1,253	55.68/cwt	49.50–59.00	698	2

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
3	—	1,020	104.00–112.00	109.11
Steers — Choice · Heavy Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,905	97.50	97.50
Steers — Select$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,170	65.00	65.00
Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
12	—	1,402	112.50–117.50	116.37
1	—	1,360	126.50	126.50
57	—	1,422	118.00–124.00	120.61
Steers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	1,208	110.00–117.50	113.79
Heifers — Select · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,015	112.50	112.50
Heifers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,065	110.50–114.50	112.50
1	—	1,125	97.00	97.00
Heifers — Select$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	877	51.00–60.00	57.20
Heifers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
63	—	1,320	117.00–123.75	120.54
7	—	1,404	115.00–116.50	115.57
Cows — Lean 85-90% · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	770	60.50	60.50
Cows — Premium White 65-75%$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,442	66.00–78.00	71.01
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
13	—	1,070	33.50–43.00	39.68
3	—	965	54.50–56.50	55.49
26	—	1,052	43.50–54.00	49.51
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
40	—	1,486	56.00–65.50	60.45
13	—	1,385	48.00–55.50	52.04
2	—	1,748	67.00–68.00	67.47
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
56	—	1,211	53.00–64.00	57.49
40	—	1,235	39.50–53.00	49.05
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	1,785	81.50–87.00	84.69
5	—	1,475	70.00–77.50	74.63
2	—	1,253	49.50–59.00	55.68

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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