Name: Fairview Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2020-05-19
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2020-05-19

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week, slaughter steers sold 7.25 higher. Slaughter heifers sold 9.75 higher. No price comparison for slaughter dairy steers. Slaughter cows sold from 3.00 to 8.50 higher, with Leans making the larger gains. Slaughter bulls sold 4.25 higher. 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.

Class	Grade	Dressing	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Bullocks	—	Average	1,380	97.00	1,339	1thin
Bulls	—	Average	1,714	90.45	1,550	23
Cows	Premium White 65-75%	Average	1,506	76.58	1,153	11
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,533	65.42	1,003	79
Cows	Boner 80-85%	High	1,238	62.51	774	100
Cows	Lean 85-90%	High	1,053	55.90	589	41
Dairy Steers	Choice	Average	1,619	89.08	1,442	11
Heifers	Choice	Average	1,248	111.22	1,388	73
Heifers	Select and Choice	Average	1,285	101.78	1,308	3thin
Heifers	Select	Average	975	63.70	621	3thin
Steers	Choice	High	1,417	111.89	1,585	135
Steers	Select and Choice	Average	1,162	101.89	1,184	9thin
Steers	Standard	Low	1,606	80.75	1,297	4thin

Every lot, as filed

33 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%	—	1,306	69.64/cwt	67.00–81.00	909	19
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,138	63.87/cwt	61.00–68.00	727	4
Cows	Premium White 65-75%	—	1,625	75.24/cwt	72.00–80.00	1,223	5
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,207	52.54/cwt	47.00–55.50	634	12
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,531	65.61/cwt	59.00–69.50	1,004	68
Cows	Premium White 65-75%	—	1,370	66.30/cwt	63.50–69.50	908	4
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,225	18.00/cwt	18.00–18.00	221	1
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,673	70.77/cwt	70.00–73.00	1,184	6
Cows	Premium White 65-75%	—	1,478	100.50/cwt	100.50–100.50	1,485	2
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,392	56.38/cwt	54.00–58.50	785	5
Cows	Lean 85-90%Return to Feed	—	913	65.50/cwt	61.50–70.00	598	4
Cows	Boner 80-85%Return to Feed	—	1,071	73.18/cwt	66.00–83.00	784	7
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,079	55.78/cwt	52.00–59.50	602	28
Bulls	—	—	1,659	90.45/cwt	85.00–95.50	1,501	10
Bulls	—	—	2,004	100.92/cwt	97.00–105.50	2,022	8
Bulls	—	—	1,359	73.71/cwt	65.00–79.00	1,002	5
Bullocks	—	—	1,380	97.00/cwt	97.00–97.00	1,339	1
Heifers	Select and Choice	—	1,285	101.78/cwt	94.00–104.50	1,308	3
Heifers	Select	—	975	63.70/cwt	59.00–66.00	621	3
Heifers	Choice	—	1,243	113.09/cwt	109.50–116.00	1,406	49
Heifers	Choice	—	1,256	105.47/cwt	98.00–109.00	1,325	20
Heifers	Choice	—	1,272	117.00/cwt	117.00–117.00	1,488	4
Steers	Choice	—	1,426	117.31/cwt	116.50–118.00	1,673	11
Steers	Standard	—	1,430	66.50/cwt	66.50–66.50	951	1
Steers	Select and Choice	—	1,162	101.89/cwt	93.00–107.50	1,184	9
Steers	ChoiceHeavy Weight	—	1,740	95.96/cwt	94.50–97.50	1,670	2
Steers	ChoiceHeavy Weight	—	1,760	89.50/cwt	89.50–89.50	1,575	1
Steers	Choice	—	1,421	112.89/cwt	109.50–116.00	1,604	100
Steers	Choice	—	1,345	106.85/cwt	104.00–108.50	1,437	21
Steers	Standard	—	1,665	85.50/cwt	80.00–92.00	1,424	3
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,243	61.75/cwt	56.00–66.50	768	61
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	951	42.48/cwt	36.50–47.00	404	5
Dairy Steers	Choice	—	1,619	89.08/cwt	88.00–89.50	1,442	11

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 May 19, 2020

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

Receipts 512Last week 165Year ago 404

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
19	—	1,306	67.00–81.00	69.64
12	—	1,207	47.00–55.50	52.54
1	—	1,225	18.00	18.00
61	—	1,243	56.00–66.50	61.75
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,138	61.00–68.00	63.87
28	—	1,079	52.00–59.50	55.78
5	—	951	36.50–47.00	42.48
Cows — Premium White 65-75%$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,625	72.00–80.00	75.24
4	—	1,370	63.50–69.50	66.30
2	—	1,478	100.50	100.50
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
68	—	1,531	59.00–69.50	65.61
6	—	1,673	70.00–73.00	70.77
5	—	1,392	54.00–58.50	56.38
Cows — Lean 85-90% · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	913	61.50–70.00	65.50
Cows — Boner 80-85% · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	1,071	66.00–83.00	73.18
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	1,659	85.00–95.50	90.45
8	—	2,004	97.00–105.50	100.92
5	—	1,359	65.00–79.00	73.71
Bullocks$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,380	97.00	97.00
Heifers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,285	94.00–104.50	101.78
Heifers — Select$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	975	59.00–66.00	63.70
Heifers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
49	—	1,243	109.50–116.00	113.09
20	—	1,256	98.00–109.00	105.47
4	—	1,272	117.00	117.00
Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
11	—	1,426	116.50–118.00	117.31
100	—	1,421	109.50–116.00	112.89
21	—	1,345	104.00–108.50	106.85
Steers — Standard$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,430	66.50	66.50
3	—	1,665	80.00–92.00	85.50
Steers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	1,162	93.00–107.50	101.89
Steers — Choice · Heavy Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,740	94.50–97.50	95.96
1	—	1,760	89.50	89.50
Dairy Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
11	—	1,619	88.00–89.50	89.08

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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