Name: Fairview Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2020-09-29
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2020-09-29

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.

Class	Grade	Dressing	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Bulls	—	Low	1,357	90.64	1,230	21
Cows	Premium White 65-75%	Average	1,420	88.17	1,252	3thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,502	64.64	971	56
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,246	59.12	737	100
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,137	51.07	581	23
Dairy Steers	Select and Choice	Average	1,385	83.00	1,150	2thin
Heifers	Select	Average	972	105.86	1,029	8thin
Heifers	Choice	High	1,228	103.66	1,273	55
Heifers	Select and Choice	Average	1,097	95.11	1,043	8thin
Steers	Choice	High	1,330	104.05	1,383	68
Steers	Select and Choice	Average	1,143	94.68	1,082	3thin
Steers	Select	Average	1,110	89.67	995	3thin

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.

Class	Grade / description	Weight	Avg wt	Price	Range	Per head	Head
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,268	58.16/cwt	53.00–63.50	737	68
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,483	63.27/cwt	57.00–67.50	938	40
Cows	Boner 80-85%Return to Feed	—	1,080	66.68/cwt	63.50–72.50	720	10
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,242	65.72/cwt	64.00–68.00	816	13
Heifers	Choice	—	1,221	106.79/cwt	106.50–107.00	1,304	14
Steers	Choice	—	1,354	108.56/cwt	107.50–109.00	1,470	10
Cows	Premium White 65-75%	—	1,420	88.17/cwt	88.00–88.50	1,252	3
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,159	51.22/cwt	45.00–55.50	594	19
Heifers	Choice	—	1,232	102.72/cwt	99.00–105.50	1,266	40
Heifers	Choice	—	1,180	97.50/cwt	97.50–97.50	1,151	1
Steers	Choice	—	1,283	96.50/cwt	95.00–98.00	1,238	2
Bulls	—Return to Feed	—	1,145	74.50/cwt	74.50–74.50	853	1
Bulls	—	—	1,192	73.70/cwt	72.00–75.00	879	3
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,553	69.84/cwt	68.00–74.00	1,085	14
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,112	57.50/cwt	56.50–59.00	639	3
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,520	55.71/cwt	55.00–56.50	847	2
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	800	29.00/cwt	29.00–29.00	232	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,268	48.44/cwt	33.00–52.50	614	9
Heifers	Select and Choice	—	1,097	95.11/cwt	94.00–96.50	1,043	8
Steers	Select	—	1,180	79.00/cwt	79.00–79.00	932	1
Steers	SelectReturn to Feed	—	1,075	95.00/cwt	95.00–95.00	1,021	2
Heifers	SelectReturn to Feed	—	972	105.86/cwt	102.00–110.00	1,029	8
Bulls	—Return to Feed	—	823	112.10/cwt	95.00–119.00	923	5
Bulls	—	—	1,638	87.27/cwt	82.50–92.50	1,429	12
Steers	Select and Choice	—	1,143	94.68/cwt	94.00–95.00	1,082	3
Dairy Steers	Select and Choice	—	1,385	83.00/cwt	83.00–83.00	1,150	2
Steers	Choice	—	1,327	103.51/cwt	100.50–106.50	1,374	56

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 29, 2020

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

Receipts 364Last week 388Year ago 398

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
68	—	1,268	53.00–63.50	58.16
13	—	1,242	64.00–68.00	65.72
9	—	1,268	33.00–52.50	48.44
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
40	—	1,483	57.00–67.50	63.27
14	—	1,553	68.00–74.00	69.84
2	—	1,520	55.00–56.50	55.71
Cows — Boner 80-85% · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	1,080	63.50–72.50	66.68
Cows — Premium White 65-75%$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,420	88.00–88.50	88.17
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
19	—	1,159	45.00–55.50	51.22
3	—	1,112	56.50–59.00	57.50
1	—	800	29.00	29.00
Heifers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
14	—	1,221	106.50–107.00	106.79
40	—	1,232	99.00–105.50	102.72
1	—	1,180	97.50	97.50
Heifers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	1,097	94.00–96.50	95.11
Heifers — Select · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	972	102.00–110.00	105.86
Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	1,354	107.50–109.00	108.56
2	—	1,283	95.00–98.00	96.50
56	—	1,327	100.50–106.50	103.51
Steers — Select$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,180	79.00	79.00
Steers — Select · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,075	95.00	95.00
Steers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,143	94.00–95.00	94.68
Bulls — Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,145	74.50	74.50
5	—	823	95.00–119.00	112.10
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,192	72.00–75.00	73.70
12	—	1,638	82.50–92.50	87.27
Dairy Steers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,385	83.00	83.00

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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