Name: Fairview Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2020-09-15
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2020-09-15

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week, slaughter steers and slaughter heifers sold mixed, with slaughter steers selling 2.00 lower and slaughter heifers selling 1.00 higher. No price comparisons for slaughter dairy steers to last week. Slaughter cows sold mostly 1.00 to 2.25 lower. Slaughter bulls sold 1.25 higher. 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
Bulls	—	Average	1,647	83.64	1,378	25
Cows	Premium White 65-75%	Low	1,382	82.81	1,144	15
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	High	1,512	64.84	980	69
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,240	62.55	776	92
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Low	1,068	59.83	639	24
Dairy Steers	Choice	Average	1,416	91.01	1,289	11
Heifers	Choice	Average	1,269	99.25	1,259	53
Heifers	Select and Choice	Average	1,015	84.34	856	4thin
Heifers	Select	Average	787	84.21	663	11
Steers	Choice	Average	1,414	101.25	1,432	95
Steers	Select and Choice	Average	1,182	91.69	1,084	7thin
Steers	Select	Average	823	73.90	608	2thin

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
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,603	73.45/cwt	72.00–74.50	1,177	2
Cows	Premium White 65-75%	—	1,153	67.50/cwt	59.50–76.50	778	2
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,241	63.17/cwt	58.00–68.50	784	80
Cows	Premium White 65-75%	—	1,685	93.50/cwt	93.50–93.50	1,575	1
Dairy Steers	Choice	—	1,416	91.01/cwt	87.00–94.00	1,289	11
Bulls	—Return to Feed	—	775	81.77/cwt	79.00–84.00	634	2
Bulls	—	—	1,721	84.63/cwt	79.50–89.00	1,456	16
Bulls	—	—	1,848	93.87/cwt	91.00–96.00	1,735	5
Bulls	—	—	1,428	52.04/cwt	51.00–53.00	743	2
Heifers	Select	—	834	62.13/cwt	54.50–70.00	518	4
Heifers	Choice	—	1,320	102.79/cwt	98.50–105.00	1,357	31
Heifers	Choice	—	1,197	94.27/cwt	87.00–98.00	1,128	22
Heifers	Select and ChoiceReturn to Feed	—	1,035	81.00/cwt	81.00–81.00	838	1
Heifers	Select and Choice	—	1,008	85.45/cwt	83.50–87.50	861	3
Heifers	SelectReturn to Feed	—	760	96.83/cwt	82.00–110.00	736	7
Steers	Choice	—	1,411	103.05/cwt	99.00–105.50	1,454	67
Steers	Choice	—	1,333	95.61/cwt	87.00–98.50	1,274	20
Steers	Choice	—	1,448	106.25/cwt	106.25–106.25	1,539	4
Steers	Select and Choice	—	1,182	91.69/cwt	84.50–97.00	1,084	7
Steers	Select	—	823	73.90/cwt	63.50–82.00	608	2
Steers	ChoiceHeavy Weight	—	1,838	94.27/cwt	93.00–98.00	1,733	4
Cows	Premium White 65-75%	—	1,395	84.47/cwt	79.00–89.50	1,178	12
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,490	58.33/cwt	55.50–60.00	869	9
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,512	65.55/cwt	61.00–71.00	991	58
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	960	53.00/cwt	53.00–53.00	509	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,250	70.93/cwt	69.50–72.50	887	2
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,073	60.13/cwt	55.00–64.50	645	23
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,229	55.89/cwt	53.00–57.50	687	10

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 15, 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
2	—	1,603	72.00–74.50	73.45
9	—	1,490	55.50–60.00	58.33
58	—	1,512	61.00–71.00	65.55
Cows — Premium White 65-75%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,153	59.50–76.50	67.50
1	—	1,685	93.50	93.50
12	—	1,395	79.00–89.50	84.47
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
80	—	1,241	58.00–68.50	63.17
2	—	1,250	69.50–72.50	70.93
10	—	1,229	53.00–57.50	55.89
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	960	53.00	53.00
23	—	1,073	55.00–64.50	60.13
Dairy Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
11	—	1,416	87.00–94.00	91.01
Bulls — Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	775	79.00–84.00	81.77
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
16	—	1,721	79.50–89.00	84.63
5	—	1,848	91.00–96.00	93.87
2	—	1,428	51.00–53.00	52.04
Heifers — Select$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	834	54.50–70.00	62.13
Heifers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
31	—	1,320	98.50–105.00	102.79
22	—	1,197	87.00–98.00	94.27
Heifers — Select and Choice · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,035	81.00	81.00
Heifers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,008	83.50–87.50	85.45
Heifers — Select · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	760	82.00–110.00	96.83
Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
67	—	1,411	99.00–105.50	103.05
20	—	1,333	87.00–98.50	95.61
4	—	1,448	106.25	106.25
Steers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	1,182	84.50–97.00	91.69
Steers — Select$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	823	63.50–82.00	73.90
Steers — Choice · Heavy Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,838	93.00–98.00	94.27

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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