Name: Fairview Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2020-03-03
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2020-03-03

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week, slaughter steers and slaughter heifers sold 4.50 lower. Slaughter cows sold mixed, with Breakers 4.25 lower and Boners and Leans trading steady. No price comparison for slaughter bulls to last weeks light test. 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	—	Average	1,732	81.62	1,414	27
Cows	Premium White 65-75%	Low	1,367	82.10	1,123	18
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Low	1,537	62.43	960	45
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Low	1,226	57.46	705	127
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,018	46.14	470	25
Heifers	Choice	Low	1,351	109.87	1,484	40
Heifers	Select and Choice	Average	1,161	101.15	1,174	10
Heifers	Select	Low	891	97.92	872	16
Steers	Choice	Low	1,466	111.35	1,633	59
Steers	Select and Choice	Average	1,194	104.34	1,246	6thin

Every lot, as filed

31 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	Choice	—	1,387	106.30/cwt	100.00–113.00	1,474	7
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,179	49.18/cwt	38.00–53.50	580	31
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,255	58.54/cwt	54.00–64.00	735	81
Steers	Choice	—	1,419	113.45/cwt	110.00–116.00	1,610	40
Heifers	Choice	—	1,360	105.25/cwt	97.00–110.00	1,431	16
Heifers	Choice	—	1,343	112.58/cwt	109.00–115.50	1,512	22
Heifers	Select	—	755	51.50/cwt	51.50–51.50	389	1
Heifers	Select	—	910	69.52/cwt	50.00–79.00	633	5
Steers	Select and Choice	—	1,194	104.34/cwt	98.00–108.00	1,246	6
Steers	Choice	—	1,530	117.49/cwt	117.00–118.00	1,798	4
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,598	54.08/cwt	52.00–56.00	864	6
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,588	70.80/cwt	67.50–74.50	1,124	6
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,517	62.42/cwt	57.00–67.00	947	33
Heifers	Select and Choice	—	1,150	103.06/cwt	94.00–107.00	1,185	9
Heifers	Select and Choice	—	1,260	84.00/cwt	84.00–84.00	1,058	1
Heifers	Choice	—	1,363	117.00/cwt	117.00–117.00	1,595	2
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	986	46.65/cwt	42.50–49.50	460	14
Cows	Premium White 65-75%	—	1,293	67.07/cwt	63.00–68.50	867	5
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,087	33.66/cwt	30.00–37.00	366	5
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,067	52.81/cwt	50.00–55.50	563	5
Cows	Premium White 65-75%	—	1,332	79.42/cwt	70.00–85.00	1,058	6
Cows	Premium White 65-75%	—	1,451	95.12/cwt	93.00–99.00	1,380	7
Steers	ChoiceHeavy Weight	—	1,688	109.50/cwt	109.50–109.50	1,848	3
Heifers	SelectReturn to Feed	—	895	116.76/cwt	108.00–119.00	1,045	10
Cows	Boner 80-85%Return to Feed	—	1,026	71.19/cwt	55.00–85.00	730	8
Cows	Lean 85-90%Return to Feed	—	870	68.00/cwt	68.00–68.00	592	1
Steers	ChoiceHeavy Weight	—	1,771	97.85/cwt	90.00–109.00	1,733	5
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,331	65.92/cwt	64.50–68.00	877	7
Bulls	—	—	1,845	84.91/cwt	79.00–89.00	1,567	13
Bulls	—	—	1,314	68.78/cwt	55.00–77.00	904	8
Bulls	—	—	2,044	91.63/cwt	90.00–94.00	1,873	6

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 Mar 3, 2020

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Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	1,387	100.00–113.00	106.30
40	—	1,419	110.00–116.00	113.45
4	—	1,530	117.00–118.00	117.49
Steers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	1,194	98.00–108.00	104.34
Steers — Choice · Heavy Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,688	109.50	109.50
5	—	1,771	90.00–109.00	97.85
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
31	—	1,179	38.00–53.50	49.18
81	—	1,255	54.00–64.00	58.54
7	—	1,331	64.50–68.00	65.92
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	1,598	52.00–56.00	54.08
6	—	1,588	67.50–74.50	70.80
33	—	1,517	57.00–67.00	62.42
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
14	—	986	42.50–49.50	46.65
5	—	1,087	30.00–37.00	33.66
5	—	1,067	50.00–55.50	52.81
Cows — Premium White 65-75%$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,293	63.00–68.50	67.07
6	—	1,332	70.00–85.00	79.42
7	—	1,451	93.00–99.00	95.12
Cows — Boner 80-85% · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	1,026	55.00–85.00	71.19
Cows — Lean 85-90% · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	870	68.00	68.00
Heifers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
16	—	1,360	97.00–110.00	105.25
22	—	1,343	109.00–115.50	112.58
2	—	1,363	117.00	117.00
Heifers — Select$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	755	51.50	51.50
5	—	910	50.00–79.00	69.52
Heifers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	1,150	94.00–107.00	103.06
1	—	1,260	84.00	84.00
Heifers — Select · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	895	108.00–119.00	116.76
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
13	—	1,845	79.00–89.00	84.91
8	—	1,314	55.00–77.00	68.78
6	—	2,044	90.00–94.00	91.63

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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