Name: Fairview Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2020-03-24
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2020-03-24

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week, slaughter steers and slaughter heifers sold 9.25 to 10.25 higher. No slaughter dairy steers last week for a comparison. Slaughter cows sold 4.00 to 7.50 higher with Breakers and Leans having the advantage. Slaughter bulls sold 5.00 higher. Trade was active with much better 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	1,711	91.26	1,561	15
Cows	Premium White 65-75%	Low	1,444	87.07	1,257	7thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	High	1,510	71.71	1,083	45
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Low	1,240	67.88	842	55
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	986	58.26	574	20
Dairy Steers	Choice	Low	1,659	87.87	1,458	13
Heifers	Choice	Average	1,327	119.21	1,581	43
Heifers	Select and Choice	Average	1,208	115.44	1,395	2thin
Heifers	Select	Average	1,030	78.75	811	3thin
Steers	Choice	Average	1,423	120.04	1,709	86
Steers	Select and Choice	Average	1,222	112.65	1,377	8thin

Every lot, as filed

27 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
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,187	55.55/cwt	54.00–57.00	659	5
Dairy Steers	Choice	—	1,601	83.18/cwt	82.50–83.50	1,332	3
Dairy Steers	Choice	—	1,677	89.28/cwt	87.00–92.50	1,497	10
Steers	ChoiceHeavy Weight	—	1,665	109.50/cwt	109.50–109.50	1,823	1
Steers	Choice	—	1,408	121.53/cwt	118.00–124.50	1,711	69
Steers	Select and Choice	—	1,222	112.65/cwt	107.00–117.00	1,377	8
Steers	Choice	—	1,475	114.28/cwt	107.00–117.50	1,686	16
Cows	Premium White 65-75%	—	1,323	77.62/cwt	76.00–79.00	1,027	3
Bulls	—	—	1,749	98.11/cwt	96.00–99.00	1,716	4
Bulls	—	—	1,697	88.77/cwt	85.00–93.50	1,506	11
Heifers	Choice	—	1,338	121.22/cwt	117.50–123.75	1,622	33
Heifers	Select	—	1,030	78.75/cwt	73.00–82.00	811	3
Heifers	Choice	—	1,432	124.00/cwt	124.00–124.00	1,776	2
Heifers	Select and Choice	—	1,208	115.44/cwt	114.50–116.50	1,395	2
Heifers	Choice	—	1,253	109.72/cwt	101.00–115.00	1,375	8
Cows	Lean 85-90%Return to Feed	—	888	82.54/cwt	73.00–95.00	733	2
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,140	63.00/cwt	63.00–63.00	718	1
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,380	78.50/cwt	78.50–78.50	1,083	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,270	72.57/cwt	69.00–78.00	922	20
Cows	Premium White 65-75%	—	1,610	84.24/cwt	82.00–86.00	1,356	2
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	910	44.45/cwt	44.00–45.00	404	2
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,521	64.15/cwt	58.00–66.50	976	5
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,265	64.49/cwt	58.00–68.50	816	26
Cows	Premium White 65-75%	—	1,458	104.06/cwt	101.00–107.00	1,517	2
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	999	56.55/cwt	50.00–60.50	565	15
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,512	72.51/cwt	67.00–77.50	1,096	39
Cows	Boner 80-85%Return to Feed	—	991	81.89/cwt	79.00–85.00	812	4

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 24, 2020

USDA Livestock, Poultry & Grain Market News · Federal-State Market News Service, Springfield, IL (LS-GX)

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Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,187	54.00–57.00	55.55
20	—	1,270	69.00–78.00	72.57
26	—	1,265	58.00–68.50	64.49
Cows — Premium White 65-75%$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,323	76.00–79.00	77.62
2	—	1,610	82.00–86.00	84.24
2	—	1,458	101.00–107.00	104.06
Cows — Lean 85-90% · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	888	73.00–95.00	82.54
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,140	63.00	63.00
2	—	910	44.00–45.00	44.45
15	—	999	50.00–60.50	56.55
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,380	78.50	78.50
5	—	1,521	58.00–66.50	64.15
39	—	1,512	67.00–77.50	72.51
Cows — Boner 80-85% · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	991	79.00–85.00	81.89
Dairy Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,601	82.50–83.50	83.18
10	—	1,677	87.00–92.50	89.28
Steers — Choice · Heavy Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,665	109.50	109.50
Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
69	—	1,408	118.00–124.50	121.53
16	—	1,475	107.00–117.50	114.28
Steers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	1,222	107.00–117.00	112.65
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,749	96.00–99.00	98.11
11	—	1,697	85.00–93.50	88.77
Heifers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
33	—	1,338	117.50–123.75	121.22
2	—	1,432	124.00	124.00
8	—	1,253	101.00–115.00	109.72
Heifers — Select$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,030	73.00–82.00	78.75
Heifers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,208	114.50–116.50	115.44

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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