Sale reports / Illinois / Fairview Livestock Auction / 2020-06-09

Fairview Livestock Auction

Slaughter Cattle · Fairview, Illinois · Tue, Jun 9
● Final26 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2049
Receipts
336 head
28 vs last sale 308 118 vs year ago 218 · +54.1%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week, slaughter steers and slaughter heifers sold 6.00 to 6.75 lower. No test to last week for slaughter dairy steers. Slaughter cows sold mostly 7.00 to 8.25 higher. Slaughter bulls sold 2.75 higher, with a high number of high dressing kind.

Trade was active with soft demand on slaughter steers and heifers and very good demand on slaughter cows and bulls.

Slaughter cattle

By class and quality grade · $/cwt
Cull cows and bulls are graded, not weight-classed — grade is what moves the money here.
ClassGradeDressingAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
BullsLow1,68695.841,61620
CowsPremium White 65-75%Average1,26478.779966thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%High1,45172.941,05954
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,13071.7681189
CowsLean 85-90%Average95159.3956513
Dairy SteersChoiceAverage1,53585.431,31111
HeifersChoiceLow1,272103.391,31535
HeifersSelect and ChoiceAverage1,14490.641,0374thin
HeifersSelectAverage1,05280.418463thin
SteersChoiceLow1,445105.451,52478
SteersSelect and ChoiceAverage1,17491.021,0694thin
SteersSelectAverage1,14071.008091thin

Every lot, as filed

26 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
Dairy SteersChoice1,55186.67/cwt86.00–88.001,34410
Dairy SteersChoice1,37073.00/cwt73.00–73.001,0001
CowsLean 85-90%95657.51/cwt54.50–64.005508
HeifersSelect and Choice1,14490.64/cwt85.00–99.001,0374
HeifersChoice1,24896.91/cwt94.00–99.001,2097
HeifersChoice1,278105.01/cwt101.50–107.001,34228
HeifersSelect1,05280.41/cwt74.00–85.008463
SteersChoice1,53594.00/cwt94.00–94.001,4431
SteersChoice1,435106.15/cwt102.50–109.001,52375
SteersChoiceHeavy Weight1,79085.00/cwt85.00–85.001,5222
SteersSelect1,14071.00/cwt71.00–71.008091
SteersSelect and Choice1,17491.02/cwt85.00–93.501,0694
Bulls1,25477.05/cwt72.00–82.009664
Bulls1,76295.23/cwt92.50–98.501,6786
Bulls1,813103.73/cwt100.00–107.501,88110
CowsBoner 80-85%Return to Feed1,02978.82/cwt72.00–96.0081115
CowsLean 85-90%Return to Feed85570.00/cwt70.00–70.005991
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,36079.50/cwt79.50–79.501,0811
CowsPremium White 65-75%1,26478.77/cwt75.00–87.509966
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,33860.83/cwt60.00–62.508143
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,46073.53/cwt67.50–77.001,07450
CowsBoner 80-85%1,28363.16/cwt63.00–63.508103
CowsLean 85-90%96052.28/cwt52.00–52.505022
CowsBoner 80-85%1,24176.89/cwt75.00–79.509546
CowsLean 85-90%96868.73/cwt68.50–69.006652
CowsBoner 80-85%1,13670.06/cwt64.00–74.5079665

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.