Name: Fairview Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2020-08-18
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2020-08-18

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week, slaughter steers and slaughter heifers sold 2.00 to 3.25 higher. Slaughter cows sold 2.00 to 3.00 higher. Slaughter bulls sold .75 higher. 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	1,597	85.85	1,371	28
Cows	Premium White 65-75%	Average	1,268	80.64	1,022	8thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,499	67.07	1,006	42
Cows	Boner 80-85%	High	1,253	63.68	798	60
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Low	1,015	53.30	541	16
Heifers	Select	Average	852	106.77	909	8thin
Heifers	Choice	Average	1,209	104.85	1,267	57
Heifers	Select and Choice	Average	1,030	92.60	954	4thin
Steers	Choice	High	1,331	105.03	1,398	74
Steers	Select and Choice	Average	1,310	99.32	1,301	4thin
Steers	Select	Average	877	97.83	857	4thin

Every lot, as filed

28 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	SelectReturn to Feed	—	844	109.66/cwt	106.00–113.00	926	7
Heifers	Select	—	905	86.50/cwt	86.50–86.50	783	1
Bulls	—Return to Feed	—	977	84.64/cwt	79.50–89.00	827	3
Bulls	—Return to Feed	—	1,075	70.00/cwt	70.00–70.00	753	1
Bulls	—	—	1,749	90.74/cwt	85.50–95.50	1,587	11
Bulls	—	—	1,565	78.19/cwt	64.50–84.50	1,224	10
Bulls	—	—	1,938	99.92/cwt	97.00–102.00	1,936	3
Steers	Choice	—	1,559	108.75/cwt	108.75–108.75	1,695	5
Steers	Choice	—	1,302	96.76/cwt	93.00–101.00	1,260	5
Steers	Select and Choice	—	1,310	99.32/cwt	97.00–100.00	1,301	4
Steers	SelectReturn to Feed	—	920	125.01/cwt	124.00–126.00	1,150	2
Steers	Select	—	833	70.65/cwt	63.00–77.00	589	2
Steers	Choice	—	1,316	105.39/cwt	102.50–108.00	1,387	64
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,085	76.45/cwt	75.50–77.50	829	2
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	811	37.16/cwt	23.00–51.00	301	4
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,325	66.00/cwt	66.00–66.00	875	1
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,525	69.07/cwt	65.00–75.50	1,053	30
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,435	62.08/cwt	55.50–64.50	891	12
Cows	Premium White 65-75%	—	1,252	85.23/cwt	80.00–90.00	1,067	6
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,258	65.76/cwt	61.00–70.50	827	42
Cows	Premium White 65-75%	—	1,315	66.88/cwt	65.00–68.50	879	2
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,262	56.63/cwt	53.00–60.00	715	16
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,061	58.01/cwt	53.00–62.50	615	11
Heifers	Choice	—	1,210	105.10/cwt	102.00–108.00	1,272	53
Heifers	Choice	—	1,247	108.50/cwt	108.50–108.50	1,353	2
Heifers	Choice	—	1,350	101.00/cwt	101.00–101.00	1,364	1
Heifers	Select and Choice	—	1,030	92.60/cwt	90.00–93.50	954	4
Heifers	ChoiceLight Weight	—	920	88.00/cwt	88.00–88.00	810	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.

Illinois feeder prices, every weight →Every state and region →

Fairview Sale Barn Slaughter Cattle - Fairview, IL

Tue Aug 18, 2020

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

Receipts 319Last week 200Year ago 140

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Select · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	844	106.00–113.00	109.66
Heifers — Select$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	905	86.50	86.50
Heifers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
53	—	1,210	102.00–108.00	105.10
2	—	1,247	108.50	108.50
1	—	1,350	101.00	101.00
Heifers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,030	90.00–93.50	92.60
Heifers — Choice · Light Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	920	88.00	88.00
Bulls — Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	977	79.50–89.00	84.64
1	—	1,075	70.00	70.00
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
11	—	1,749	85.50–95.50	90.74
10	—	1,565	64.50–84.50	78.19
3	—	1,938	97.00–102.00	99.92
Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,559	108.75	108.75
5	—	1,302	93.00–101.00	96.76
64	—	1,316	102.50–108.00	105.39
Steers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,310	97.00–100.00	99.32
Steers — Select · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	920	124.00–126.00	125.01
Steers — Select$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	833	63.00–77.00	70.65
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,085	75.50–77.50	76.45
42	—	1,258	61.00–70.50	65.76
16	—	1,262	53.00–60.00	56.63
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	811	23.00–51.00	37.16
1	—	1,325	66.00	66.00
11	—	1,061	53.00–62.50	58.01
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
30	—	1,525	65.00–75.50	69.07
12	—	1,435	55.50–64.50	62.08
Cows — Premium White 65-75%$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	1,252	80.00–90.00	85.23
2	—	1,315	65.00–68.50	66.88

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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