Name: Fairview Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2020-06-16
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2020-06-16

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week, slaughter steers and slaughter heifers sold 2.75 to 3.00 lower. Slaughter cows traded unevenly steady. Slaughter bulls sold 1.50 higher. Trade was active with soft to moderate 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	—	Low	1,330	93.05	1,238	35
Cows	Premium White 65-75%	Average	1,368	75.70	1,035	14
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,559	71.81	1,120	26
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Low	1,256	66.94	841	45
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,029	58.57	602	14
Heifers	Choice	Average	1,354	103.03	1,395	73
Heifers	Select and Choice	Average	1,075	96.50	1,037	2thin
Heifers	Select	Average	1,012	77.86	788	4thin
Steers	Choice	Average	1,411	101.08	1,427	66
Steers	Select and Choice	Average	1,250	95.82	1,198	3thin
Steers	Select	Average	945	66.00	624	2thin

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.

Class	Grade / description	Weight	Avg wt	Price	Range	Per head	Head
Bulls	—Return to Feed	—	730	78.78/cwt	75.00–83.00	575	2
Bulls	—Return to Feed	—	825	90.00/cwt	90.00–90.00	743	1
Bulls	—	—	1,477	96.68/cwt	92.00–99.50	1,428	13
Bulls	—	—	1,158	85.04/cwt	30.00–89.50	985	12
Bulls	—	—	1,597	104.55/cwt	100.50–107.50	1,670	7
Steers	ChoiceHeavy Weight	—	1,723	92.32/cwt	88.50–98.50	1,591	7
Steers	Choice	—	1,388	103.39/cwt	100.00–106.50	1,435	36
Steers	Choice	—	1,339	98.22/cwt	95.00–99.50	1,315	18
Steers	Choice	—	1,403	107.00/cwt	107.00–107.00	1,501	5
Steers	Select and Choice	—	1,250	95.82/cwt	90.00–99.00	1,198	3
Steers	Select	—	945	66.00/cwt	61.00–70.00	624	2
Heifers	Select	—	1,047	72.14/cwt	69.00–76.00	755	3
Heifers	Choice	—	1,325	103.21/cwt	99.50–106.00	1,368	45
Heifers	Choice	—	1,437	106.67/cwt	106.50–107.00	1,533	18
Heifers	Choice	—	1,335	95.68/cwt	86.50–98.50	1,277	10
Heifers	Select and Choice	—	1,075	96.50/cwt	96.50–96.50	1,037	2
Heifers	SelectReturn to Feed	—	905	95.00/cwt	95.00–95.00	860	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,329	60.46/cwt	57.50–62.50	804	7
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	997	60.36/cwt	54.50–65.00	602	10
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,157	49.79/cwt	44.00–52.50	576	3
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	960	67.00/cwt	67.00–67.00	643	1
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,588	74.01/cwt	69.50–80.00	1,175	19
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,481	65.84/cwt	62.50–68.50	975	7
Cows	Premium White 65-75%	—	1,383	75.06/cwt	69.50–80.50	1,038	13
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,243	68.13/cwt	63.00–73.50	847	38
Cows	Premium White 65-75%	—	1,170	84.00/cwt	84.00–84.00	983	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.

Illinois feeder prices, every weight →Every state and region →

Fairview Sale Barn Slaughter Cattle - Fairview, IL

Tue Jun 16, 2020

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

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Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	730	75.00–83.00	78.78
1	—	825	90.00	90.00
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
13	—	1,477	92.00–99.50	96.68
12	—	1,158	30.00–89.50	85.04
7	—	1,597	100.50–107.50	104.55
Steers — Choice · Heavy Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	1,723	88.50–98.50	92.32
Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
36	—	1,388	100.00–106.50	103.39
18	—	1,339	95.00–99.50	98.22
5	—	1,403	107.00	107.00
Steers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,250	90.00–99.00	95.82
Steers — Select$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	945	61.00–70.00	66.00
Heifers — Select$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,047	69.00–76.00	72.14
Heifers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
45	—	1,325	99.50–106.00	103.21
18	—	1,437	106.50–107.00	106.67
10	—	1,335	86.50–98.50	95.68
Heifers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,075	96.50	96.50
Heifers — Select · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	905	95.00	95.00
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	1,329	57.50–62.50	60.46
38	—	1,243	63.00–73.50	68.13
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	997	54.50–65.00	60.36
3	—	1,157	44.00–52.50	49.79
1	—	960	67.00	67.00
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
19	—	1,588	69.50–80.00	74.01
7	—	1,481	62.50–68.50	65.84
Cows — Premium White 65-75%$ per cwt · actual wt
13	—	1,383	69.50–80.50	75.06
1	—	1,170	84.00	84.00

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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