Sale reports / Illinois / Fairview Livestock Auction / 2020-02-18

Fairview Livestock Auction

Slaughter Cattle · Fairview, Illinois · Tue, Feb 18
● Final26 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2049
Receipts
299 head
41 vs last sale 258 299 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week, slaughter steers and slaughter heifers sold 1.50 lower. Slaughter cows sold from 2.50 to 4.75 higher. Slaughter bulls sold 3.50 higher. Trade was active with good demand.

Slaughter cattle

By class and quality grade · $/cwt
Cull cows and bulls are graded, not weight-classed — grade is what moves the money here.
ClassGradeDressingAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
BullsLow1,42179.141,1259thin
CowsPremium White 65-75%Low1,26085.501,0773thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%Low1,53465.0799840
CowsBoner 80-85%Low1,30260.1678354
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,07847.0350722
Dairy SteersSelect and ChoiceAverage1,24379.209845thin
HeifersChoiceLow1,313118.641,55856
HeifersSelect and ChoiceAverage1,082104.291,1289thin
HeifersSelectAverage1,00388.878916thin
SteersChoiceAverage1,450118.901,72452
SteersSelect and ChoiceAverage1,217112.851,37316
SteersSelectAverage995107.231,0672thin

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.
ClassGrade / descriptionWeightAvg wtPriceRangePer headHead
SteersChoice1,450118.90/cwt115.50–121.251,72452
HeifersSelect and ChoiceReturn to Feed1,08497.05/cwt94.00–104.001,0524
Bulls1,02669.75/cwt64.00–73.507164
Bulls1,73786.66/cwt83.50–91.001,5055
Dairy SteersSelect and Choice1,24379.20/cwt79.00–80.009845
SteersSelectReturn to Feed995107.23/cwt105.00–109.001,0672
HeifersSelect1,14868.26/cwt60.00–76.007842
HeifersSelectReturn to Feed93099.18/cwt93.00–106.009224
HeifersChoice1,264112.79/cwt109.50–114.501,4265
HeifersSelect and Choice1,080110.08/cwt103.00–113.501,1895
HeifersChoice1,318119.21/cwt115.00–121.501,57151
SteersSelect and Choice1,217112.85/cwt104.50–114.501,37316
CowsPremium White 65-75%1,38567.50/cwt67.50–67.509351
CowsLean 85-90%Return to Feed97065.00/cwt65.00–65.006311
CowsLean 85-90%1,12356.28/cwt55.00–59.006325
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,65654.71/cwt51.50–56.509064
CowsBoner 80-85%1,29848.92/cwt36.00–54.0063514
CowsPremium White 65-75%1,165104.00/cwt104.00–104.001,2121
CowsLean 85-90%1,09934.30/cwt28.00–39.003777
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,55571.15/cwt69.50–74.001,1067
CowsBoner 80-85%1,27860.79/cwt54.50–65.0077728
CowsPremium White 65-75%1,23085.00/cwt85.00–85.001,0461
CowsLean 85-90%1,04849.80/cwt43.50–53.505229
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,51265.03/cwt58.50–68.5098329
CowsBoner 80-85%Return to Feed1,11383.26/cwt75.00–93.009273
CowsBoner 80-85%1,44467.96/cwt66.00–69.509819

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.