Name: Fairview Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2020-10-06
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2020-10-06

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week, slaughter steers sold 2.50 higher. Slaughter heifers sold 5.50 higher Slaughter cows sold sharply higher on a quality set, many fed cows. Breakers sold 11.75 higher. Boners 4.25 higher, and Leans 5.00 higher. Slaughter bulls sold 1.00 lower. 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	—	Average	1,695	79.96	1,355	14
Cows	Premium White 65-75%	Average	1,402	85.16	1,194	3thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,593	70.40	1,121	35
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,311	59.05	774	38
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,119	51.67	578	20
Heifers	Choice	Low	1,252	107.21	1,343	50
Heifers	Select and Choice	Average	1,178	91.14	1,074	6thin
Heifers	Select	Average	899	89.51	805	8thin
Steers	Choice	Average	1,498	106.30	1,592	73
Steers	Select and Choice	Average	1,233	98.13	1,210	13

Every lot, as filed

22 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
Bulls	—	—	1,930	86.16/cwt	82.00–92.00	1,663	9
Bulls	—	—	1,271	68.79/cwt	64.00–73.00	874	5
Heifers	SelectReturn to Feed	—	941	98.75/cwt	92.00–109.00	929	6
Heifers	Select	—	773	61.80/cwt	55.00–69.00	478	2
Steers	Select and Choice	—	1,233	98.13/cwt	95.50–101.50	1,210	13
Heifers	Select and Choice	—	1,178	91.14/cwt	87.00–96.50	1,074	6
Heifers	Choice	—	1,320	98.35/cwt	93.00–101.00	1,298	3
Steers	Choice	—	1,503	105.90/cwt	102.00–108.75	1,592	61
Steers	Choice	—	1,485	109.09/cwt	109.00–109.25	1,620	11
Steers	Choice	—	1,310	100.00/cwt	100.00–100.00	1,310	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%Return to Feed	—	1,090	78.00/cwt	78.00–78.00	850	1
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,582	71.00/cwt	65.00–74.50	1,123	20
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,175	56.13/cwt	52.00–62.50	660	16
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	894	33.82/cwt	27.00–40.00	302	4
Heifers	Choice	—	1,220	107.15/cwt	103.50–108.50	1,307	35
Heifers	Choice	—	1,330	109.60/cwt	109.50–109.75	1,458	12
Cows	Premium White 65-75%	—	1,393	80.99/cwt	80.50–81.50	1,128	2
Cows	Premium White 65-75%	—	1,420	93.50/cwt	93.50–93.50	1,328	1
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,497	57.56/cwt	53.00–61.00	862	6
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,680	77.63/cwt	76.00–79.00	1,304	9
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,287	62.49/cwt	59.00–67.00	804	22
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,362	52.75/cwt	34.00–58.50	718	15

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 Oct 6, 2020

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

Receipts 274Last week 364Year ago 406

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	1,930	82.00–92.00	86.16
5	—	1,271	64.00–73.00	68.79
Heifers — Select · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	941	92.00–109.00	98.75
Heifers — Select$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	773	55.00–69.00	61.80
Heifers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	1,178	87.00–96.50	91.14
Heifers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,320	93.00–101.00	98.35
35	—	1,220	103.50–108.50	107.15
12	—	1,330	109.50–109.75	109.60
Steers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
13	—	1,233	95.50–101.50	98.13
Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
61	—	1,503	102.00–108.75	105.90
11	—	1,485	109.00–109.25	109.09
1	—	1,310	100.00	100.00
Cows — Boner 80-85% · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,090	78.00	78.00
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
20	—	1,582	65.00–74.50	71.00
6	—	1,497	53.00–61.00	57.56
9	—	1,680	76.00–79.00	77.63
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
16	—	1,175	52.00–62.50	56.13
4	—	894	27.00–40.00	33.82
Cows — Premium White 65-75%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,393	80.50–81.50	80.99
1	—	1,420	93.50	93.50
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
22	—	1,287	59.00–67.00	62.49
15	—	1,362	34.00–58.50	52.75

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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