Sale reports / Illinois / Fairview Livestock Auction / 2020-05-05

Fairview Livestock Auction

Slaughter Cattle · Fairview, Illinois · Tue, May 5
● Final14 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2049
Receipts
155 head
2 vs last sale 157 155 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

No slaughter steers or slaughter heifers again this week. Compared to last week, slaughter cows sold 1.50 to 3.25 higher with Leans gaining

the most. Slaughter bulls sold 2.50 higher on a very good set. Trade was active with 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
BullsAverage1,93488.271,7079thin
CowsPremium White 65-75%Average1,45070.111,0167thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,53960.8593743
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,28160.2177162
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,11051.4157016

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.
ClassGrade / descriptionWeightAvg wtPriceRangePer headHead
Bulls2,07191.25/cwt85.50–95.001,8907
CowsLean 85-90%1,12653.00/cwt48.00–56.0059710
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,54461.85/cwt57.00–67.5095537
CowsBoner 80-85%1,28159.13/cwt53.50–64.0075744
CowsLean 85-90%Return to Feed1,10065.17/cwt61.50–73.007173
CowsLean 85-90%95519.00/cwt19.00–19.001811
CowsBoner 80-85%Return to Feed89376.34/cwt75.00–78.006822
CowsBoner 80-85%1,35949.85/cwt39.00–53.006775
Bulls1,45577.86/cwt77.00–78.501,1332
CowsPremium White 65-75%1,42368.63/cwt63.00–74.009776
CowsBoner 80-85%1,31566.33/cwt64.50–68.0087211
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,50954.71/cwt53.00–56.008266
CowsLean 85-90%1,12039.02/cwt35.00–42.504372
CowsPremium White 65-75%1,61079.00/cwt79.00–79.001,2721

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.