Sale reports / Illinois / Fairview Livestock Auction / 2020-08-11

Fairview Livestock Auction

Slaughter Cattle · Fairview, Illinois · Tue, Aug 11
● Final24 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2049
Receipts
200 head
▼ 168 vs last sale 368▲ 59 vs year ago 141 · +41.8%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week, slaughter steers traded steady. Slaughter heifers sold 2.50 lower. Slaughter cows and slaughter bulls sold sharply lower, with slaughter cows 7.75 to 9.00 lower. Slaughter bulls sold 9.50 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
Bulls—Average1,59588.351,40920
CowsPremium White 65-75%High1,26587.711,11012
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,39065.9591716
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,25362.7678636
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,15052.596058thin
HeifersChoiceAverage1,187101.191,20242
HeifersSelect and ChoiceAverage99592.009151thin
HeifersSelectAverage82564.505322thin
SteersSelectAverage911113.191,0315thin
SteersChoiceLow1,409102.831,44936
SteersSelect and ChoiceAverage1,21294.211,1426thin
SteersStandardAverage1,44293.201,34414

Every lot, as filed

24 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
HeifersSelect and Choice—99592.00/cwt92.00–92.009151
HeifersSelect—91070.00/cwt70.00–70.006371
HeifersSelect—74059.00/cwt59.00–59.004371
HeifersChoiceLight Weight—99792.50/cwt92.50–92.509222
HeifersChoice—1,197101.62/cwt99.00–105.001,21640
Bulls——1,74790.05/cwt84.00–94.001,57314
Bulls——94377.63/cwt76.50–80.007324
Bulls——1,83097.87/cwt95.50–100.001,7912
SteersChoice—1,44697.74/cwt97.50–98.501,4134
SteersStandard—1,48994.90/cwt90.00–97.501,41312
SteersStandard—1,16283.00/cwt83.00–83.009642
SteersSelect and Choice—1,21294.21/cwt87.00–97.001,1426
SteersSelectReturn to Feed—871120.49/cwt113.00–129.001,0494
SteersSelect—1,07084.00/cwt84.00–84.008991
SteersChoice—1,404103.47/cwt100.50–105.001,45332
CowsBoner 80-85%—1,25163.76/cwt57.50–68.5079832
CowsPremium White 65-75%—1,32994.33/cwt91.00–95.001,2546
CowsBoner 80-85%—1,20349.70/cwt38.00–56.505983
CowsPremium White 65-75%—1,21083.10/cwt71.00–90.001,0065
CowsBoner 80-85%—1,46570.00/cwt70.00–70.001,0261
CowsPremium White 65-75%—1,16071.00/cwt71.00–71.008241
CowsLean 85-90%—1,17555.67/cwt51.00–60.506547
CowsLean 85-90%—97531.00/cwt31.00–31.003021
CowsBreaker 75-80%—1,39065.95/cwt59.50–69.5091716

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.