Name: Fairview Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2020-05-26
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2020-05-26

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week, slaughter steers and slaughter heifers sold 2.00 to 3.00 lower. Slaughter cows sold 1.00 to 3.00 lower. Slaughter bulls sold 1.25 higher. 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
Bullocks	—	Average	1,350	87.00	1,175	1thin
Bulls	—	Average	1,867	92.35	1,724	27
Cows	Premium White 65-75%	Average	1,275	74.25	947	2thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,536	64.11	984	38
Cows	Boner 80-85%	High	1,196	62.43	747	62
Cows	Lean 85-90%	High	1,051	52.29	549	23
Dairy Steers	Select and Choice	Average	1,072	77.92	835	3thin
Heifers	Choice	Average	1,314	109.81	1,443	25
Heifers	Select	Average	878	84.00	737	2thin
Steers	Choice	Average	1,405	110.63	1,554	21
Steers	Select and Choice	Average	1,147	98.83	1,134	3thin
Steers	Select	Average	1,094	82.68	905	4thin

Every lot, as filed

25 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
Steers	Select and Choice	—	1,147	98.83/cwt	90.00–106.50	1,134	3
Steers	Select	—	1,094	82.68/cwt	73.00–89.00	905	4
Steers	Choice	—	1,405	110.86/cwt	108.00–113.00	1,558	20
Steers	Choice	—	1,395	106.00/cwt	106.00–106.00	1,479	1
Bulls	—	—	1,798	91.84/cwt	85.00–95.00	1,651	15
Bulls	—	—	2,121	100.60/cwt	96.50–105.00	2,134	8
Bulls	—	—	1,618	77.76/cwt	67.50–82.50	1,258	4
Bullocks	—	—	1,350	87.00/cwt	87.00–87.00	1,175	1
Heifers	Select	—	835	79.00/cwt	79.00–79.00	660	1
Heifers	Choice	—	1,310	109.97/cwt	107.00–113.00	1,441	24
Heifers	Choice	—	1,410	106.00/cwt	106.00–106.00	1,495	1
Heifers	SelectReturn to Feed	—	920	89.00/cwt	89.00–89.00	819	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,312	67.66/cwt	66.00–71.00	888	12
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,053	57.74/cwt	57.50–58.00	608	2
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,368	51.56/cwt	47.00–54.00	705	5
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,521	64.28/cwt	59.00–69.50	978	33
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,457	57.47/cwt	56.50–58.50	837	3
Cows	Premium White 65-75%	—	1,275	74.25/cwt	74.00–74.50	947	2
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,895	71.25/cwt	70.00–72.50	1,350	2
Cows	Lean 85-90%Return to Feed	—	1,067	62.15/cwt	61.00–63.00	663	3
Cows	Boner 80-85%Return to Feed	—	946	76.42/cwt	70.00–88.00	723	4
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,044	52.71/cwt	46.00–56.00	550	15
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,166	60.86/cwt	55.00–65.50	710	41
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,065	36.68/cwt	35.00–39.00	391	3
Dairy Steers	Select and Choice	—	1,072	77.92/cwt	74.00–81.00	835	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 May 26, 2020

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

Receipts 224Last week 512Year ago 233

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,147	90.00–106.50	98.83
Steers — Select$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,094	73.00–89.00	82.68
Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
20	—	1,405	108.00–113.00	110.86
1	—	1,395	106.00	106.00
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
15	—	1,798	85.00–95.00	91.84
8	—	2,121	96.50–105.00	100.60
4	—	1,618	67.50–82.50	77.76
Bullocks$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,350	87.00	87.00
Heifers — Select$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	835	79.00	79.00
Heifers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
24	—	1,310	107.00–113.00	109.97
1	—	1,410	106.00	106.00
Heifers — Select · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	920	89.00	89.00
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
12	—	1,312	66.00–71.00	67.66
5	—	1,368	47.00–54.00	51.56
41	—	1,166	55.00–65.50	60.86
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,053	57.50–58.00	57.74
15	—	1,044	46.00–56.00	52.71
3	—	1,065	35.00–39.00	36.68
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
33	—	1,521	59.00–69.50	64.28
3	—	1,457	56.50–58.50	57.47
2	—	1,895	70.00–72.50	71.25
Cows — Premium White 65-75%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,275	74.00–74.50	74.25
Cows — Lean 85-90% · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,067	61.00–63.00	62.15
Cows — Boner 80-85% · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	946	70.00–88.00	76.42
Dairy Steers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,072	74.00–81.00	77.92

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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