Name: Fairview Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2020-08-04
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2020-08-04

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week, slaughter steers and slaughter heifers traded steady to 1.25 lower. Slaughter cows sold mixed, with Breakers 2.00 lower, Boners 2.00 higher, and Leans 1.25 higher. Slaughter bulls sold 3.50 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.

Class	Grade	Dressing	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Bulls	—	Average	1,644	95.51	1,570	31
Cows	Premium White 65-75%	Low	1,379	85.76	1,183	11
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Low	1,483	73.38	1,088	41
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,273	72.04	917	43
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,070	65.57	702	13
Dairy Heifers	Select and Choice	Average	1,300	73.92	961	3thin
Heifers	Choice	Average	1,291	103.41	1,335	34
Heifers	Select and Choice	Average	1,026	91.34	937	11
Steers	Choice	Low	1,354	102.93	1,393	140
Steers	Select and Choice	Average	1,186	94.90	1,126	11

Every lot, as filed

21 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
Dairy Heifers	Select and Choice	—	1,300	73.92/cwt	72.50–74.50	961	3
Heifers	Select and Choice	—	1,026	91.34/cwt	85.00–97.00	937	11
Heifers	Choice	—	1,297	103.79/cwt	99.50–105.75	1,346	32
Heifers	Choice	—	1,188	97.25/cwt	97.00–97.50	1,155	2
Steers	Choice	—	1,435	95.53/cwt	89.50–98.50	1,371	9
Steers	Select and Choice	—	1,186	94.90/cwt	88.00–97.50	1,126	11
Steers	Choice	—	1,348	103.44/cwt	99.00–105.50	1,394	131
Bulls	—	—	1,784	99.55/cwt	95.00–103.50	1,776	14
Bulls	—	—	1,391	87.34/cwt	63.00–94.00	1,215	13
Bulls	—	—	1,973	107.95/cwt	106.00–110.00	2,130	4
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,620	58.00/cwt	58.00–58.00	940	1
Cows	Premium White 65-75%	—	1,435	74.50/cwt	74.50–74.50	1,069	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,283	72.88/cwt	66.50–77.00	935	39
Cows	Lean 85-90%Return to Feed	—	905	74.00/cwt	74.00–74.00	670	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,173	63.85/cwt	61.00–65.00	749	4
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,065	63.73/cwt	56.50–67.00	679	6
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,057	68.41/cwt	66.00–70.00	723	5
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,335	54.00/cwt	54.00–54.00	721	1
Cows	Premium White 65-75%	—	1,379	84.87/cwt	80.00–89.00	1,170	7
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,480	73.76/cwt	68.00–78.00	1,092	40
Cows	Premium White 65-75%	—	1,360	91.60/cwt	90.00–95.00	1,246	3

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 Aug 4, 2020

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

Receipts 368Last week 212Year ago 329

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Dairy Heifers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,300	72.50–74.50	73.92
Heifers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
11	—	1,026	85.00–97.00	91.34
Heifers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
32	—	1,297	99.50–105.75	103.79
2	—	1,188	97.00–97.50	97.25
Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	1,435	89.50–98.50	95.53
131	—	1,348	99.00–105.50	103.44
Steers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
11	—	1,186	88.00–97.50	94.90
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
14	—	1,784	95.00–103.50	99.55
13	—	1,391	63.00–94.00	87.34
4	—	1,973	106.00–110.00	107.95
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,620	58.00	58.00
40	—	1,480	68.00–78.00	73.76
Cows — Premium White 65-75%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,435	74.50	74.50
7	—	1,379	80.00–89.00	84.87
3	—	1,360	90.00–95.00	91.60
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
39	—	1,283	66.50–77.00	72.88
4	—	1,173	61.00–65.00	63.85
Cows — Lean 85-90% · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	905	74.00	74.00
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	1,065	56.50–67.00	63.73
5	—	1,057	66.00–70.00	68.41
1	—	1,335	54.00	54.00

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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