Sale reports / Illinois / Fairview Livestock Auction / 2020-09-15

Fairview Livestock Auction

Slaughter Cattle · Fairview, Illinois · Tue, Sep 15
● Final28 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2049
Receipts
424 head
▲ 205 vs last sale 219▲ 122 vs year ago 302 · +40.4%
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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 · $/cwt
Cull cows and bulls are graded, not weight-classed — grade is what moves the money here.
ClassGradeDressingAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Bulls—Average1,64783.641,37825
CowsPremium White 65-75%Low1,38282.811,14415
CowsBreaker 75-80%High1,51264.8498069
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,24062.5577692
CowsLean 85-90%Low1,06859.8363924
Dairy SteersChoiceAverage1,41691.011,28911
HeifersChoiceAverage1,26999.251,25953
HeifersSelect and ChoiceAverage1,01584.348564thin
HeifersSelectAverage78784.2166311
SteersChoiceAverage1,414101.251,43295
SteersSelect and ChoiceAverage1,18291.691,0847thin
SteersSelectAverage82373.906082thin

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.
ClassGrade / descriptionWeightAvg wtPriceRangePer headHead
CowsBreaker 75-80%—1,60373.45/cwt72.00–74.501,1772
CowsPremium White 65-75%—1,15367.50/cwt59.50–76.507782
CowsBoner 80-85%—1,24163.17/cwt58.00–68.5078480
CowsPremium White 65-75%—1,68593.50/cwt93.50–93.501,5751
Dairy SteersChoice—1,41691.01/cwt87.00–94.001,28911
Bulls—Return to Feed—77581.77/cwt79.00–84.006342
Bulls——1,72184.63/cwt79.50–89.001,45616
Bulls——1,84893.87/cwt91.00–96.001,7355
Bulls——1,42852.04/cwt51.00–53.007432
HeifersSelect—83462.13/cwt54.50–70.005184
HeifersChoice—1,320102.79/cwt98.50–105.001,35731
HeifersChoice—1,19794.27/cwt87.00–98.001,12822
HeifersSelect and ChoiceReturn to Feed—1,03581.00/cwt81.00–81.008381
HeifersSelect and Choice—1,00885.45/cwt83.50–87.508613
HeifersSelectReturn to Feed—76096.83/cwt82.00–110.007367
SteersChoice—1,411103.05/cwt99.00–105.501,45467
SteersChoice—1,33395.61/cwt87.00–98.501,27420
SteersChoice—1,448106.25/cwt106.25–106.251,5394
SteersSelect and Choice—1,18291.69/cwt84.50–97.001,0847
SteersSelect—82373.90/cwt63.50–82.006082
SteersChoiceHeavy Weight—1,83894.27/cwt93.00–98.001,7334
CowsPremium White 65-75%—1,39584.47/cwt79.00–89.501,17812
CowsBreaker 75-80%—1,49058.33/cwt55.50–60.008699
CowsBreaker 75-80%—1,51265.55/cwt61.00–71.0099158
CowsLean 85-90%—96053.00/cwt53.00–53.005091
CowsBoner 80-85%—1,25070.93/cwt69.50–72.508872
CowsLean 85-90%—1,07360.13/cwt55.00–64.5064523
CowsBoner 80-85%—1,22955.89/cwt53.00–57.5068710

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.