Name: Fairview Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2020-10-13
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2020-10-13

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week, slaughter steers sold 1.25 higher, while slaughter heifers sold 2.75 lower in a light run. Slaughter cows sold lower, with Breakers taking the larger loss at 12.00 lower. Boners sold 5.25 lower. Leans sold .75 lower. Slaughter bulls sold 3.00 lower. 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	—	Average	1,800	83.30	1,500	13
Cows	Premium White 65-75%	Average	1,445	90.50	1,308	2thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,476	59.24	875	23
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,222	57.68	705	51
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,026	56.59	581	12
Heifers	Choice	Low	1,278	104.49	1,336	18
Heifers	Select	Average	999	65.76	657	4thin
Steers	Choice	Average	1,470	101.93	1,499	24

Every lot, as filed

20 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	—	—	1,875	83.35/cwt	78.50–87.50	1,563	11
Bulls	—	—	1,905	90.00/cwt	90.00–90.00	1,715	1
Bulls	—Return to Feed	—	875	76.00/cwt	76.00–76.00	665	1
Heifers	Select	—	999	65.76/cwt	54.50–74.00	657	4
Heifers	Choice	—	1,210	95.52/cwt	90.00–101.00	1,156	2
Steers	Choice	—	1,407	107.26/cwt	103.50–109.00	1,509	14
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,469	58.98/cwt	55.00–65.50	866	21
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,555	69.50/cwt	69.50–69.50	1,081	1
Heifers	Choice	—	1,287	105.61/cwt	102.50–108.00	1,359	16
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,224	57.24/cwt	53.00–63.50	701	47
Cows	Lean 85-90%Return to Feed	—	775	69.00/cwt	69.00–69.00	535	1
Cows	Premium White 65-75%	—	1,270	85.00/cwt	85.00–85.00	1,080	1
Cows	Premium White 65-75%	—	1,620	96.00/cwt	96.00–96.00	1,555	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,049	55.46/cwt	52.00–59.50	582	11
Steers	Choice	—	1,486	94.87/cwt	89.00–100.50	1,410	7
Steers	ChoiceHeavy Weight	—	1,730	93.50/cwt	93.50–93.50	1,618	3
Cows	Boner 80-85%Return to Feed	—	995	67.62/cwt	66.00–69.50	673	2
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,555	54.50/cwt	54.50–54.50	847	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,250	66.50/cwt	66.50–66.50	831	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,565	49.50/cwt	49.50–49.50	775	1

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 13, 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
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
11	—	1,875	78.50–87.50	83.35
1	—	1,905	90.00	90.00
Bulls — Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	875	76.00	76.00
Heifers — Select$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	999	54.50–74.00	65.76
Heifers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,210	90.00–101.00	95.52
16	—	1,287	102.50–108.00	105.61
Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
14	—	1,407	103.50–109.00	107.26
7	—	1,486	89.00–100.50	94.87
Steers — Choice · Heavy Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,730	93.50	93.50
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
21	—	1,469	55.00–65.50	58.98
1	—	1,555	69.50	69.50
1	—	1,555	54.50	54.50
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
47	—	1,224	53.00–63.50	57.24
1	—	1,250	66.50	66.50
1	—	1,565	49.50	49.50
Cows — Lean 85-90% · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	775	69.00	69.00
Cows — Premium White 65-75%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,270	85.00	85.00
1	—	1,620	96.00	96.00
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
11	—	1,049	52.00–59.50	55.46
Cows — Boner 80-85% · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	995	66.00–69.50	67.62

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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