Name: Fairview Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2020-04-28
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2020-04-28

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week, slaughter cows sold 3.00 to 3.75 lower. Slaughter bulls sold 5.25 higher. No slaughter steers and heifers again this 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.

Class	Grade	Dressing	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Bulls	—	Average	1,610	79.63	1,282	19
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,577	59.76	943	37
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,275	56.53	721	62
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,039	41.89	435	21

Every lot, as filed

14 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	Lean 85-90%	—	1,101	49.86/cwt	45.50–55.00	549	9
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,576	60.22/cwt	55.00–65.50	949	33
Cows	Boner 80-85%Return to Feed	—	1,008	73.04/cwt	61.00–78.00	736	6
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,378	64.48/cwt	64.00–65.00	889	2
Cows	Lean 85-90%Return to Feed	—	905	62.25/cwt	59.00–65.00	563	2
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	983	17.51/cwt	15.00–19.00	172	3
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,750	66.00/cwt	66.00–66.00	1,155	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,261	48.13/cwt	33.00–52.50	607	17
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,021	36.26/cwt	27.00–43.00	370	7
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,535	52.63/cwt	48.50–54.50	808	3
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,319	57.28/cwt	53.00–63.50	756	37
Bulls	—	—	1,736	88.71/cwt	83.00–93.00	1,540	9
Bulls	—	—	1,567	73.40/cwt	66.00–79.00	1,150	9
Bulls	—Light Weight	—	855	54.00/cwt	54.00–54.00	462	1

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 28, 2020

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

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Compared to last week, slaughter cows sold 3.00 to 3.75 lower. Slaughter bulls sold 5.25 higher. No slaughter steers and heifers again this week. Trade was active with moderate to good demand.

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	1,101	45.50–55.00	49.86
3	—	983	15.00–19.00	17.51
7	—	1,021	27.00–43.00	36.26
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
33	—	1,576	55.00–65.50	60.22
1	—	1,750	66.00	66.00
3	—	1,535	48.50–54.50	52.63
Cows — Boner 80-85% · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	1,008	61.00–78.00	73.04
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,378	64.00–65.00	64.48
17	—	1,261	33.00–52.50	48.13
37	—	1,319	53.00–63.50	57.28
Cows — Lean 85-90% · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	905	59.00–65.00	62.25
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	1,736	83.00–93.00	88.71
9	—	1,567	66.00–79.00	73.40
Bulls — Light Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	855	54.00	54.00

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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