Name: Fairview Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2020-09-22
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2020-09-22

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week, slaughter steers and slaughter heifers sold .75 to 1.00 higher. Slaughter cows sold mostly 1.25 to 2.25 higher. Slaughter bulls sold 2.25 higher. Trade was active with 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	—	Low	1,687	86.74	1,464	13
Cows	Premium White 65-75%	Average	1,447	89.67	1,298	7thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	High	1,464	67.13	983	32
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,253	64.64	810	31
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Low	1,021	59.06	603	12
Dairy Steers	Choice	High	1,630	99.65	1,624	2thin
Heifers	Select	Average	938	109.07	1,023	14
Heifers	Choice	Average	1,307	102.01	1,333	87
Heifers	Select and Choice	Average	1,121	95.17	1,067	4thin
Steers	Choice	High	1,408	102.96	1,450	144
Steers	Standard	Average	1,557	95.50	1,487	3thin
Steers	Select and Choice	Average	1,141	94.34	1,076	13
Steers	Select	Average	1,170	87.00	1,018	1thin

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	ChoiceLight Weight	—	945	92.50/cwt	92.50–92.50	874	1
Heifers	Select	—	1,133	76.02/cwt	75.00–77.00	861	2
Dairy Steers	Choice	—	1,630	99.65/cwt	98.00–101.50	1,624	2
Cows	Premium White 65-75%	—	1,518	77.71/cwt	76.00–80.00	1,180	2
Cows	Boner 80-85%Return to Feed	—	915	89.50/cwt	89.50–89.50	819	1
Cows	Premium White 65-75%	—	1,419	94.45/cwt	92.00–98.00	1,340	5
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,485	75.00/cwt	75.00–75.00	1,114	1
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,540	59.32/cwt	58.50–60.50	914	3
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,455	67.69/cwt	64.00–72.50	985	28
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,216	72.81/cwt	72.00–74.00	885	4
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	890	48.00/cwt	48.00–48.00	427	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,254	55.67/cwt	42.00–59.00	698	6
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,033	60.07/cwt	55.50–65.00	621	11
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,277	64.46/cwt	60.50–70.50	823	20
Steers	SelectReturn to Feed	—	1,170	87.00/cwt	87.00–87.00	1,018	1
Steers	Select and Choice	—	1,141	94.34/cwt	88.00–99.00	1,076	13
Steers	Standard	—	1,557	95.50/cwt	95.50–95.50	1,487	3
Steers	Choice	—	1,508	108.50/cwt	108.50–108.50	1,636	3
Steers	Choice	—	1,311	97.23/cwt	91.00–99.50	1,275	19
Steers	Choice	—	1,410	103.96/cwt	100.00–106.50	1,466	118
Steers	ChoiceHeavy Weight	—	1,733	96.61/cwt	95.00–98.00	1,674	4
Bulls	—	—	1,208	64.09/cwt	55.00–76.00	774	2
Bulls	—	—	2,074	98.15/cwt	93.50–104.50	2,036	4
Bulls	—	—	1,603	86.70/cwt	81.50–92.00	1,390	7
Heifers	Choice	—	1,326	103.71/cwt	100.00–106.50	1,375	65
Heifers	Choice	—	1,265	97.21/cwt	87.00–99.50	1,230	21
Heifers	Select and Choice	—	1,121	95.17/cwt	90.50–97.50	1,067	4
Heifers	SelectReturn to Feed	—	905	114.58/cwt	84.00–125.00	1,037	12

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 22, 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
Heifers — Choice · Light Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	945	92.50	92.50
Heifers — Select$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,133	75.00–77.00	76.02
Heifers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
65	—	1,326	100.00–106.50	103.71
21	—	1,265	87.00–99.50	97.21
Heifers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,121	90.50–97.50	95.17
Heifers — Select · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
12	—	905	84.00–125.00	114.58
Dairy Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,630	98.00–101.50	99.65
Cows — Premium White 65-75%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,518	76.00–80.00	77.71
5	—	1,419	92.00–98.00	94.45
Cows — Boner 80-85% · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	915	89.50	89.50
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,485	75.00	75.00
3	—	1,540	58.50–60.50	59.32
28	—	1,455	64.00–72.50	67.69
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,216	72.00–74.00	72.81
6	—	1,254	42.00–59.00	55.67
20	—	1,277	60.50–70.50	64.46
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	890	48.00	48.00
11	—	1,033	55.50–65.00	60.07
Steers — Select · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,170	87.00	87.00
Steers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
13	—	1,141	88.00–99.00	94.34
Steers — Standard$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,557	95.50	95.50
Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,508	108.50	108.50
19	—	1,311	91.00–99.50	97.23
118	—	1,410	100.00–106.50	103.96
Steers — Choice · Heavy Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,733	95.00–98.00	96.61
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,208	55.00–76.00	64.09
4	—	2,074	93.50–104.50	98.15
7	—	1,603	81.50–92.00	86.70

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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