Sale reports / Illinois / Fairview Livestock Auction / 2020-07-21

Fairview Livestock Auction

Slaughter Cattle · Fairview, Illinois · Tue, Jul 21
● Final27 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2049
Receipts
233 head
▼ 5 vs last sale 238▼ 33 vs year ago 266 · −12.4%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week, slaughter steers and slaughter heifers sold 1.25 to 2.25 higher. No price comparison to last week for dairy slaughter steers. Slaughter cows sold 5.00 to 5.25 higher. Slaughter bulls sold 3.75 lower. Trade was active with moderate to good 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
Bulls—Low1,48988.841,32319
CowsPremium White 65-75%Average1,24580.671,0045thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,42769.799967thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,20567.8281714
CowsLean 85-90%Average95362.755982thin
Dairy SteersChoiceHigh1,45788.981,29710
HeifersChoiceLow1,225100.361,23056
HeifersSelect and ChoiceAverage1,12989.531,0119thin
HeifersSelectAverage96478.407564thin
SteersChoiceHigh1,342102.981,38272
SteersSelect and ChoiceLow1,28788.191,1354thin

Every lot, as filed

27 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
SteersChoice—1,483105.00/cwt105.00–105.001,5574
Bulls—Return to Feed—1,135100.00/cwt100.00–100.001,1351
Bulls——1,55891.68/cwt86.50–96.501,4288
Bulls——1,18375.48/cwt60.00–84.508936
Bulls——1,900100.39/cwt99.00–102.001,9074
SteersSelect and Choice—1,22578.00/cwt78.00–78.009561
SteersChoice—1,333103.09/cwt98.50–104.751,37466
SteersChoice—1,36895.31/cwt94.00–97.001,3042
SteersSelect and Choice—1,30891.59/cwt85.00–94.501,1983
HeifersSelectReturn to Feed—93585.30/cwt84.00–86.507982
HeifersSelect—99371.50/cwt71.00–72.007102
HeifersChoiceLight Weight—99564.00/cwt64.00–64.006371
HeifersChoice—1,220101.54/cwt97.00–103.501,23948
HeifersChoice—1,32092.52/cwt89.50–96.501,2214
HeifersSelect and Choice—1,15492.25/cwt85.00–96.001,0657
HeifersChoice—1,263104.00/cwt104.00–104.001,3143
HeifersSelect and Choice—1,04380.00/cwt80.00–80.008342
CowsBoner 80-85%—1,21368.62/cwt65.00–73.0083212
CowsPremium White 65-75%—1,26578.46/cwt74.50–86.009934
CowsBoner 80-85%—1,35557.00/cwt57.00–57.007721
CowsPremium White 65-75%—1,16589.50/cwt89.50–89.501,0431
CowsLean 85-90%—1,01061.00/cwt61.00–61.006161
CowsLean 85-90%—89564.50/cwt64.50–64.505771
CowsBreaker 75-80%—1,42769.79/cwt67.00–74.509967
CowsBoner 80-85%Return to Feed—96569.00/cwt69.00–69.006661
Dairy SteersChoice—1,47595.96/cwt95.00–97.001,4152
Dairy SteersChoice—1,45387.24/cwt87.00–87.501,2688

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.