Name: Fairview Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2020-06-23
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2020-06-23

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week, slaughter steers and slaughter heifers sold 3.00 lower. Slaughter cows traded unevenly steady, with Breakers 2.25 lower, Boners mostly steady, and Leans 3.25 higher. Slaughter bulls sold 1.75 lower. Trade was active with 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	—	High	1,563	89.58	1,400	24
Cows	Premium White 65-75%	Average	1,439	79.68	1,146	13
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,488	70.07	1,042	44
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,227	68.10	835	106
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Low	1,136	63.00	715	19
Heifers	Choice	Average	1,338	99.74	1,334	28
Heifers	Select and Choice	Average	1,010	85.02	859	2thin
Heifers	Select	Average	1,057	73.05	772	11
Steers	Choice	Average	1,414	99.23	1,403	70
Steers	Select and Choice	Average	1,325	87.98	1,166	3thin
Steers	Select	Average	1,173	72.39	849	2thin
Steers	Standard	Average	1,565	70.00	1,096	1thin

Every lot, as filed

28 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%	—	1,222	68.66/cwt	64.00–74.00	839	82
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,005	54.51/cwt	54.00–55.00	548	2
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,298	60.92/cwt	55.00–63.50	791	15
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,030	69.00/cwt	69.00–69.00	711	1
Cows	Premium White 65-75%	—	1,469	76.91/cwt	73.50–82.00	1,130	7
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,385	75.83/cwt	75.00–76.50	1,050	3
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,490	71.79/cwt	66.00–76.50	1,070	33
Cows	Premium White 65-75%	—	1,331	89.75/cwt	85.00–95.00	1,195	4
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,162	63.63/cwt	58.00–68.50	739	15
Heifers	Choice	—	1,357	100.59/cwt	97.00–102.75	1,365	25
Heifers	ChoiceLight Weight	—	985	90.00/cwt	90.00–90.00	887	1
Heifers	Select	—	1,164	71.58/cwt	67.50–76.50	833	5
Heifers	SelectReturn to Feed	—	968	74.28/cwt	66.00–80.00	719	6
Heifers	Select and Choice	—	1,010	85.02/cwt	81.00–89.00	859	2
Heifers	Choice	—	1,270	94.00/cwt	94.00–94.00	1,194	2
Steers	Choice	—	1,426	100.31/cwt	96.00–102.50	1,430	60
Steers	Select	—	1,173	72.39/cwt	68.00–77.00	849	2
Steers	Select and Choice	—	1,325	87.98/cwt	85.00–93.00	1,166	3
Steers	Standard	—	1,565	70.00/cwt	70.00–70.00	1,096	1
Steers	Choice	—	1,341	92.78/cwt	85.00–95.00	1,244	10
Bulls	—	—	1,800	104.27/cwt	102.50–105.50	1,877	4
Bulls	—	—	1,856	94.90/cwt	90.00–98.50	1,761	8
Bulls	—	—	1,289	81.13/cwt	67.50–86.50	1,046	12
Cows	Boner 80-85%Return to Feed	—	1,034	74.51/cwt	71.00–81.00	770	6
Cows	Lean 85-90%Return to Feed	—	1,105	64.50/cwt	64.50–64.50	713	1
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,390	78.50/cwt	78.50–78.50	1,091	1
Cows	Premium White 65-75%	—	1,548	69.26/cwt	69.00–69.50	1,072	2
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,489	63.56/cwt	58.00–68.50	946	10

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 Jun 23, 2020

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

Receipts 337Last week 295Year ago 436

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
82	—	1,222	64.00–74.00	68.66
15	—	1,298	55.00–63.50	60.92
3	—	1,385	75.00–76.50	75.83
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,005	54.00–55.00	54.51
1	—	1,030	69.00	69.00
15	—	1,162	58.00–68.50	63.63
Cows — Premium White 65-75%$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	1,469	73.50–82.00	76.91
4	—	1,331	85.00–95.00	89.75
2	—	1,548	69.00–69.50	69.26
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
33	—	1,490	66.00–76.50	71.79
1	—	1,390	78.50	78.50
10	—	1,489	58.00–68.50	63.56
Cows — Boner 80-85% · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	1,034	71.00–81.00	74.51
Cows — Lean 85-90% · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,105	64.50	64.50
Heifers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
25	—	1,357	97.00–102.75	100.59
2	—	1,270	94.00	94.00
Heifers — Choice · Light Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	985	90.00	90.00
Heifers — Select$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,164	67.50–76.50	71.58
Heifers — Select · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	968	66.00–80.00	74.28
Heifers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,010	81.00–89.00	85.02
Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
60	—	1,426	96.00–102.50	100.31
10	—	1,341	85.00–95.00	92.78
Steers — Select$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,173	68.00–77.00	72.39
Steers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,325	85.00–93.00	87.98
Steers — Standard$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,565	70.00	70.00
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,800	102.50–105.50	104.27
8	—	1,856	90.00–98.50	94.90
12	—	1,289	67.50–86.50	81.13

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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