Sale reports / Illinois / Fairview Livestock Auction / 2020-07-07

Fairview Livestock Auction

Slaughter Cattle · Fairview, Illinois · Tue, Jul 7
● Final19 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2049
Receipts
164 head
▼ 67 vs last sale 231▼ 178 vs year ago 342 · −52.0%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week, slaughter steers and slaughter heifers sold 1.00 to 1.50 higher. No test to last week for slaughter dairy steers. Slaughter cows sold mostly 2.50 to 2.75 lower. Slaughter Bulls sold 1.25 lower. Trade was active with soft to moderate demand.

Slaughter cattle

By class and quality grade · $/cwt
Cull cows and bulls are graded, not weight-classed — grade is what moves the money here.
ClassGradeDressingAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Bullocks—Average1,29586.501,1201thin
Bulls—Low1,49589.681,34121
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,47664.7095526
CowsBoner 80-85%High1,26359.5775214
CowsLean 85-90%Low1,12945.155096thin
Dairy SteersChoiceAverage1,55786.161,3428thin
HeifersChoiceAverage1,21399.201,20328
SteersChoiceLow1,393100.051,39441
SteersSelect and ChoiceAverage1,17388.971,0442thin

Every lot, as filed

19 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
CowsBreaker 75-80%—1,47864.99/cwt60.00–70.0096125
CowsLean 85-90%—1,13528.00/cwt28.00–28.003181
CowsLean 85-90%—97356.49/cwt53.00–59.505502
CowsBoner 80-85%—1,29566.50/cwt66.50–66.508612
CowsLean 85-90%—1,23043.30/cwt39.00–49.005333
CowsBoner 80-85%—1,35850.21/cwt48.00–52.506822
CowsBoner 80-85%—1,23760.06/cwt55.00–65.5074310
Dairy SteersChoice—1,55786.16/cwt85.00–87.501,3428
CowsBreaker 75-80%—1,42557.50/cwt57.50–57.508191
HeifersChoice—1,23399.01/cwt95.00–101.501,22121
HeifersChoice—1,21393.19/cwt92.50–94.001,1302
HeifersChoice—1,130102.40/cwt102.00–102.501,1575
SteersChoice—1,36293.65/cwt91.50–95.001,2765
SteersChoice—1,440103.00/cwt103.00–103.001,4837
SteersChoice—1,387100.44/cwt96.50–102.001,39329
SteersSelect and Choice—1,17388.97/cwt88.00–90.001,0442
Bullocks——1,29586.50/cwt86.50–86.501,1201
Bulls——1,41881.42/cwt77.00–87.001,1556
Bulls——1,52692.98/cwt88.50–99.001,41915

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.