Name: Fairview Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2020-04-21
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2020-04-21

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

No price comparisons to the last two weeks. Trade was active with good demand on the slaughter cows and slaughter bulls.

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	1,703	81.92	1,395	13
Cows	Premium White 65-75%	Average	1,336	77.49	1,035	4thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	High	1,473	62.92	927	31
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Low	1,189	61.97	737	53
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	998	49.23	491	35

Every lot, as filed

17 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	Premium White 65-75%	—	1,318	80.49/cwt	78.50–82.00	1,061	3
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,055	53.46/cwt	46.50–57.00	564	15
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	930	14.00/cwt	14.00–14.00	130	1
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,335	70.00/cwt	70.00–70.00	935	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,254	52.54/cwt	48.50–55.00	659	7
Cows	Lean 85-90%Return to Feed	—	825	72.29/cwt	58.00–85.00	596	4
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,011	61.36/cwt	57.50–65.00	620	4
Cows	Premium White 65-75%	—	1,390	68.50/cwt	68.50–68.50	952	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	984	33.87/cwt	20.00–45.00	333	11
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,484	63.53/cwt	58.50–68.50	943	27
Cows	Boner 80-85%Return to Feed	—	1,008	75.34/cwt	69.00–87.00	759	8
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,220	69.36/cwt	66.50–71.50	846	3
Bulls	—	—	1,752	83.65/cwt	79.00–88.00	1,466	7
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,423	55.06/cwt	54.00–56.60	784	3
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,214	60.17/cwt	55.50–66.00	730	35
Bulls	—	—	1,517	91.67/cwt	90.00–94.00	1,391	3
Bulls	—	—	1,773	68.13/cwt	63.50–75.00	1,208	3

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 Apr 21, 2020

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

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No price comparisons to the last two weeks. Trade was active with good demand on the slaughter cows and slaughter bulls.

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Premium White 65-75%$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,318	78.50–82.00	80.49
1	—	1,390	68.50	68.50
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
15	—	1,055	46.50–57.00	53.46
1	—	930	14.00	14.00
4	—	1,011	57.50–65.00	61.36
11	—	984	20.00–45.00	33.87
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,335	70.00	70.00
27	—	1,484	58.50–68.50	63.53
3	—	1,423	54.00–56.60	55.06
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	1,254	48.50–55.00	52.54
3	—	1,220	66.50–71.50	69.36
35	—	1,214	55.50–66.00	60.17
Cows — Lean 85-90% · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	825	58.00–85.00	72.29
Cows — Boner 80-85% · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	1,008	69.00–87.00	75.34
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	1,752	79.00–88.00	83.65
3	—	1,517	90.00–94.00	91.67
3	—	1,773	63.50–75.00	68.13

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