Name: Fairview Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2020-06-30
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2020-06-30

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week, slaughter steers and slaughter heifers sold 1.25 to 2.50 lower. Slaughter cows sold 4.00 to 6.25 lower. Slaughter bulls sold .75 lower. 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	—	High	1,710	91.23	1,560	18
Cows	Premium White 65-75%	Average	1,448	80.45	1,165	14
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	High	1,478	67.58	999	23
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,207	63.12	762	35
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,087	53.07	577	22
Heifers	Choice	Average	1,253	96.69	1,211	30
Heifers	Select and Choice	Average	1,225	91.50	1,121	1thin
Heifers	Select	Average	971	72.89	708	9thin
Steers	Choice	High	1,418	98.64	1,398	47
Steers	Select and Choice	Average	1,208	90.98	1,099	4thin
Steers	Select	Average	939	84.46	793	5thin

Every lot, as filed

30 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
Heifers	ChoiceLight Weight	—	1,045	88.00/cwt	88.00–88.00	920	1
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,472	73.35/cwt	73.00–73.50	1,080	3
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,340	57.82/cwt	56.00–59.50	775	2
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,172	62.59/cwt	57.50–67.00	734	22
Cows	Premium White 65-75%	—	1,456	84.50/cwt	79.00–89.50	1,230	9
Cows	Premium White 65-75%	—	1,433	73.15/cwt	70.00–76.00	1,048	5
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,075	58.74/cwt	55.50–62.50	631	12
Heifers	Select	—	985	72.02/cwt	64.50–76.00	709	7
Heifers	Choice	—	1,268	98.04/cwt	94.50–101.00	1,243	24
Heifers	Choice	—	1,220	91.93/cwt	90.00–92.50	1,122	5
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,203	64.80/cwt	64.00–65.50	780	2
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,050	19.00/cwt	19.00–19.00	200	1
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,494	67.70/cwt	61.00–71.50	1,011	18
Steers	Choice	—	1,454	101.75/cwt	101.75–101.75	1,479	9
Steers	Choice	—	1,431	89.90/cwt	85.50–93.00	1,286	4
Steers	Select and Choice	—	1,245	91.30/cwt	88.50–93.50	1,137	3
Steers	Select	—	925	70.00/cwt	70.00–70.00	648	1
Steers	Choice	—	1,419	98.96/cwt	94.50–101.00	1,404	33
Heifers	Select and Choice	—	1,225	91.50/cwt	91.50–91.50	1,121	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,080	44.88/cwt	26.00–51.50	485	7
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,289	70.43/cwt	68.00–74.50	908	8
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,228	53.79/cwt	50.00–56.00	661	5
Bulls	—	—	1,818	102.69/cwt	101.00–104.50	1,867	7
Bulls	—	—	1,852	94.26/cwt	90.00–98.00	1,746	6
Bulls	—	—	1,508	69.45/cwt	29.00–86.50	1,047	4
Steers	Select and ChoiceReturn to Feed	—	1,095	90.00/cwt	90.00–90.00	986	1
Steers	SelectReturn to Feed	—	943	88.07/cwt	81.00–111.00	831	4
Steers	ChoiceReturn to Feed	—	990	95.00/cwt	95.00–95.00	941	1
Heifers	SelectReturn to Feed	—	923	75.94/cwt	73.00–80.00	701	2
Bulls	—Return to Feed	—	915	80.00/cwt	80.00–80.00	732	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.

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Fairview Sale Barn Slaughter Cattle - Fairview, IL

Tue Jun 30, 2020

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

Receipts 231Last week 337Year ago 159

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Choice · Light Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,045	88.00	88.00
Heifers — Select$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	985	64.50–76.00	72.02
Heifers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
24	—	1,268	94.50–101.00	98.04
5	—	1,220	90.00–92.50	91.93
Heifers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,225	91.50	91.50
Heifers — Select · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	923	73.00–80.00	75.94
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,472	73.00–73.50	73.35
2	—	1,340	56.00–59.50	57.82
18	—	1,494	61.00–71.50	67.70
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
22	—	1,172	57.50–67.00	62.59
8	—	1,289	68.00–74.50	70.43
5	—	1,228	50.00–56.00	53.79
Cows — Premium White 65-75%$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	1,456	79.00–89.50	84.50
5	—	1,433	70.00–76.00	73.15
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
12	—	1,075	55.50–62.50	58.74
2	—	1,203	64.00–65.50	64.80
1	—	1,050	19.00	19.00
7	—	1,080	26.00–51.50	44.88
Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	1,454	101.75	101.75
4	—	1,431	85.50–93.00	89.90
33	—	1,419	94.50–101.00	98.96
Steers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,245	88.50–93.50	91.30
Steers — Select$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	925	70.00	70.00
Steers — Select and Choice · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,095	90.00	90.00
Steers — Select · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	943	81.00–111.00	88.07
Steers — Choice · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	990	95.00	95.00
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	1,818	101.00–104.50	102.69
6	—	1,852	90.00–98.00	94.26
4	—	1,508	29.00–86.50	69.45
Bulls — Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	915	80.00	80.00

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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