Sale reports / Illinois / Fairview Livestock Auction / 2020-03-10

Fairview Livestock Auction

Slaughter Cattle · Fairview, Illinois · Tue, Mar 10
● Final24 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2049
Receipts
215 head
177 vs last sale 392 215 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 traded unevenly steady, with steers .50 lower and heifers .50 higher. Slaughter cows sold mixed , with Breakers and Boners .50 higher and Leans 1.00 lower. Slaughter bulls sold 1.50 lower. No price comparison for slaughter dairy steers to last week. Trade was active with moderate to good demand.

Slaughter cattle

By class and quality grade · $/cwt
Cull cows and bulls are graded, not weight-classed — grade is what moves the money here.
ClassGradeDressingAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
BullsLow1,55981.471,27023
CowsPremium White 65-75%High1,17090.001,0531thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,52562.5295425
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,27057.0672540
CowsLean 85-90%Very Low1,08937.9241315
Dairy SteersChoiceAverage1,72189.041,5327thin
HeifersChoiceAverage1,334112.531,50157
HeifersSelect and ChoiceAverage1,283106.771,3702thin
HeifersSelectAverage1,00273.177333thin
SteersChoiceHigh1,428113.701,62423
SteersSelect and ChoiceAverage1,26598.381,2452thin

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.
ClassGrade / descriptionWeightAvg wtPriceRangePer headHead
SteersChoice1,600117.50/cwt117.50–117.501,8804
HeifersSelectReturn to Feed91099.00/cwt99.00–99.009011
CowsBoner 80-85%Return to Feed1,00079.82/cwt65.50–94.007982
CowsLean 85-90%94013.43/cwt11.00–16.001262
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,48062.93/cwt58.00–67.0093119
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,84369.50/cwt69.00–70.001,2813
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,49352.96/cwt50.00–56.007913
CowsPremium White 65-75%1,17090.00/cwt90.00–90.001,0531
CowsLean 85-90%1,12745.56/cwt40.50–50.0051310
HeifersSelect1,04860.25/cwt55.50–64.506312
HeifersChoice1,319113.11/cwt109.00–115.251,49250
Bulls1,38466.76/cwt64.00–73.009246
Bulls1,83392.18/cwt90.50–95.501,6906
Bulls1,50583.65/cwt79.00–88.001,25911
CowsBoner 80-85%1,38366.23/cwt65.50–67.509163
CowsBoner 80-85%1,21248.29/cwt43.50–53.0058513
CowsBoner 80-85%1,31458.92/cwt54.00–64.5077422
SteersChoice1,392112.90/cwt110.00–115.001,57219
SteersSelect and Choice1,26598.38/cwt97.00–100.001,2452
Dairy SteersChoice1,72189.04/cwt87.00–91.001,5327
CowsLean 85-90%1,06028.78/cwt25.00–31.003053
HeifersSelect and Choice1,283106.77/cwt105.00–109.001,3702
HeifersChoice1,485116.50/cwt116.50–116.501,7302
HeifersChoice1,424105.19/cwt103.50–107.001,4985

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.