Sale reports / Illinois / Fairview Livestock Auction / 2020-09-29

Fairview Livestock Auction

Slaughter Cattle · Fairview, Illinois · Tue, Sep 29
● Final27 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2049
Receipts
364 head
▼ 24 vs last sale 388▼ 34 vs year ago 398 · −8.5%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week, slaughter steers and slaughter heifers sold .50 to 1.00 lower. Slaughter cows sold 4.50 to 8.75 lower with Leans taking the larger loss. Slaughter bulls sold .50 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—Low1,35790.641,23021
CowsPremium White 65-75%Average1,42088.171,2523thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,50264.6497156
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,24659.12737100
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,13751.0758123
Dairy SteersSelect and ChoiceAverage1,38583.001,1502thin
HeifersSelectAverage972105.861,0298thin
HeifersChoiceHigh1,228103.661,27355
HeifersSelect and ChoiceAverage1,09795.111,0438thin
SteersChoiceHigh1,330104.051,38368
SteersSelect and ChoiceAverage1,14394.681,0823thin
SteersSelectAverage1,11089.679953thin

Every lot, as filed

27 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
CowsBoner 80-85%—1,26858.16/cwt53.00–63.5073768
CowsBreaker 75-80%—1,48363.27/cwt57.00–67.5093840
CowsBoner 80-85%Return to Feed—1,08066.68/cwt63.50–72.5072010
CowsBoner 80-85%—1,24265.72/cwt64.00–68.0081613
HeifersChoice—1,221106.79/cwt106.50–107.001,30414
SteersChoice—1,354108.56/cwt107.50–109.001,47010
CowsPremium White 65-75%—1,42088.17/cwt88.00–88.501,2523
CowsLean 85-90%—1,15951.22/cwt45.00–55.5059419
HeifersChoice—1,232102.72/cwt99.00–105.501,26640
HeifersChoice—1,18097.50/cwt97.50–97.501,1511
SteersChoice—1,28396.50/cwt95.00–98.001,2382
Bulls—Return to Feed—1,14574.50/cwt74.50–74.508531
Bulls——1,19273.70/cwt72.00–75.008793
CowsBreaker 75-80%—1,55369.84/cwt68.00–74.001,08514
CowsLean 85-90%—1,11257.50/cwt56.50–59.006393
CowsBreaker 75-80%—1,52055.71/cwt55.00–56.508472
CowsLean 85-90%—80029.00/cwt29.00–29.002321
CowsBoner 80-85%—1,26848.44/cwt33.00–52.506149
HeifersSelect and Choice—1,09795.11/cwt94.00–96.501,0438
SteersSelect—1,18079.00/cwt79.00–79.009321
SteersSelectReturn to Feed—1,07595.00/cwt95.00–95.001,0212
HeifersSelectReturn to Feed—972105.86/cwt102.00–110.001,0298
Bulls—Return to Feed—823112.10/cwt95.00–119.009235
Bulls——1,63887.27/cwt82.50–92.501,42912
SteersSelect and Choice—1,14394.68/cwt94.00–95.001,0823
Dairy SteersSelect and Choice—1,38583.00/cwt83.00–83.001,1502
SteersChoice—1,327103.51/cwt100.50–106.501,37456

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.