Name: Fairview Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2020-10-20
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2020-10-20

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week, slaughter steers and slaughter heifers sold unevenly steady. Slaughter cows sold mostly 1.25 to 2.25 higher. Slaughter bulls sold .25 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	1,708	75.76	1,294	9thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,412	59.63	842	34
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Low	1,233	57.93	714	32
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	962	52.65	507	7thin
Dairy Steers	Choice	Average	1,550	89.56	1,388	3thin
Heifers	Choice	Average	1,304	105.55	1,376	19
Heifers	Select and Choice	Average	1,112	95.17	1,058	3thin
Heifers	Select	Average	982	78.10	767	3thin
Steers	Choice	Average	1,436	105.98	1,522	87
Steers	Select and Choice	Average	1,103	91.75	1,012	2thin

Every lot, as filed

21 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	Lean 85-90%	—	990	53.84/cwt	48.50–58.50	533	6
Bulls	—	—	1,772	83.09/cwt	79.50–87.50	1,472	5
Bulls	—	—	1,629	66.60/cwt	42.50–75.00	1,085	4
Heifers	SelectReturn to Feed	—	975	80.65/cwt	73.00–88.00	786	2
Heifers	Select	—	995	73.00/cwt	73.00–73.00	726	1
Steers	Select and ChoiceReturn to Feed	—	1,005	85.00/cwt	85.00–85.00	854	1
Heifers	Select and Choice	—	1,245	101.50/cwt	101.50–101.50	1,264	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,243	50.66/cwt	49.50–53.00	630	4
Cows	Boner 80-85%Muddy	—	1,225	58.50/cwt	58.50–58.50	717	1
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,419	60.14/cwt	56.00–66.00	853	31
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	795	45.50/cwt	45.50–45.50	362	1
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,342	54.38/cwt	53.50–55.00	730	3
Heifers	Choice	—	1,294	106.32/cwt	103.50–109.50	1,376	17
Heifers	Choice	—	1,385	99.00/cwt	99.00–99.00	1,371	2
Steers	ChoiceHeavy Weight	—	1,690	101.78/cwt	98.00–103.00	1,720	7
Steers	Choice	—	1,418	106.70/cwt	103.00–109.00	1,513	75
Steers	Choice	—	1,349	101.06/cwt	99.00–102.50	1,363	5
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,232	58.99/cwt	53.50–64.00	727	27
Steers	Select and Choice	—	1,200	98.50/cwt	98.50–98.50	1,182	1
Dairy Steers	Choice	—	1,550	89.56/cwt	88.00–92.50	1,388	3
Heifers	Select and ChoiceReturn to Feed	—	1,045	92.00/cwt	91.00–93.00	961	2

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 20, 2020

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

Receipts 214Last week 172Year ago 389

Compared to last week, slaughter steers and slaughter heifers sold unevenly steady. Slaughter cows sold mostly 1.25 to 2.25 higher. Slaughter bulls sold .25 lower. Trade was active with good demand.

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	990	48.50–58.50	53.84
1	—	795	45.50	45.50
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,243	49.50–53.00	50.66
27	—	1,232	53.50–64.00	58.99
Cows — Boner 80-85% · Muddy$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,225	58.50	58.50
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
31	—	1,419	56.00–66.00	60.14
3	—	1,342	53.50–55.00	54.38
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,772	79.50–87.50	83.09
4	—	1,629	42.50–75.00	66.60
Heifers — Select · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	975	73.00–88.00	80.65
Heifers — Select$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	995	73.00	73.00
Heifers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,245	101.50	101.50
Heifers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
17	—	1,294	103.50–109.50	106.32
2	—	1,385	99.00	99.00
Heifers — Select and Choice · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,045	91.00–93.00	92.00
Steers — Select and Choice · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,005	85.00	85.00
Steers — Choice · Heavy Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	1,690	98.00–103.00	101.78
Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
75	—	1,418	103.00–109.00	106.70
5	—	1,349	99.00–102.50	101.06
Steers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,200	98.50	98.50
Dairy Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,550	88.00–92.50	89.56

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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