Name: Fairview Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2020-09-08
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2020-09-08

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week, slaughter steers traded steady to .25 higher. Slaughter heifers sold 3.75 lower. Slaughter cows sold .25 to 4.75 lower, with Leans taking the larger loss. Slaughter bulls sold 6.00 lower. Trade was active with 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.

Class	Grade	Dressing	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Bullocks	—	Average	1,085	85.50	928	1thin
Bulls	—	High	1,482	77.06	1,142	25
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,422	66.59	947	9thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	High	1,179	65.00	767	17
Cows	Lean 85-90%	High	1,129	60.17	679	3thin
Heifers	Choice	Average	1,222	101.76	1,244	33
Heifers	Select and Choice	Average	1,000	92.33	923	3thin
Steers	Choice	High	1,415	104.86	1,484	104
Steers	Select and Choice	Average	1,078	99.19	1,070	10

Every lot, as filed

17 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
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,422	66.59/cwt	63.50–69.00	947	9
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,200	69.00/cwt	69.00–69.00	828	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,093	55.75/cwt	54.50–57.00	609	2
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,325	75.00/cwt	75.00–75.00	994	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,095	57.89/cwt	56.50–59.50	634	2
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,181	65.30/cwt	60.50–71.00	771	14
Steers	Choice	—	1,455	107.50/cwt	107.50–107.50	1,564	1
Steers	Choice	—	1,415	104.89/cwt	100.00–106.75	1,484	102
Steers	Select and Choice	—	1,205	91.47/cwt	84.00–95.50	1,102	3
Steers	Select and ChoiceReturn to Feed	—	1,024	102.50/cwt	102.50–102.50	1,050	7
Steers	Choice	—	1,385	99.00/cwt	99.00–99.00	1,371	1
Bullocks	—	—	1,085	85.50/cwt	85.50–85.50	928	1
Bulls	—	—	1,985	96.94/cwt	95.50–98.50	1,924	2
Bulls	—	—	1,614	83.29/cwt	77.00–87.50	1,344	10
Bulls	—	—	1,303	69.20/cwt	62.50–75.50	902	13
Heifers	Choice	—	1,222	101.76/cwt	100.00–106.00	1,244	33
Heifers	Select and Choice	—	1,000	92.33/cwt	92.00–93.00	923	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 Sep 8, 2020

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

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Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	1,422	63.50–69.00	66.59
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,200	69.00	69.00
2	—	1,093	54.50–57.00	55.75
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,325	75.00	75.00
2	—	1,095	56.50–59.50	57.89
14	—	1,181	60.50–71.00	65.30
Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,455	107.50	107.50
102	—	1,415	100.00–106.75	104.89
1	—	1,385	99.00	99.00
Steers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,205	84.00–95.50	91.47
Steers — Select and Choice · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	1,024	102.50	102.50
Bullocks$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,085	85.50	85.50
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,985	95.50–98.50	96.94
10	—	1,614	77.00–87.50	83.29
13	—	1,303	62.50–75.50	69.20
Heifers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
33	—	1,222	100.00–106.00	101.76
Heifers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,000	92.00–93.00	92.33

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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