Name: Fairview Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2020-10-27
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2020-10-27

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week, slaughter steers and slaughter heifers sold 5.00 lower. Slaughter dairy steers and slaughter dairy heifers were lightly tested. Slaughter cows sold mostly 1.75 to 3.00 lower. Slaughter bulls sold 2.50 lower. Trade was active with soft to 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	1,655	80.93	1,339	11
Cows	Premium White 65-75%	Average	1,448	85.13	1,233	13
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,484	58.34	866	36
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,271	56.30	715	51
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,079	49.41	533	11
Dairy Heifers	Select and Choice	Average	1,226	70.35	862	4thin
Dairy Steers	Choice	High	1,497	92.72	1,388	9thin
Dairy Steers	Select and Choice	Average	1,335	80.67	1,077	2thin
Heifers	Choice	Average	1,313	100.86	1,324	38
Heifers	Select and Choice	Average	1,064	92.84	988	6thin
Heifers	Select	Average	1,040	77.22	803	2thin
Steers	Choice	Average	1,456	99.76	1,452	53
Steers	Select and Choice	Average	1,156	90.10	1,042	5thin

Every lot, as filed

28 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	—	—	1,887	80.64/cwt	75.00–83.50	1,522	3
Heifers	Select	—	1,040	77.22/cwt	75.00–79.00	803	2
Heifers	Select and Choice	—	1,064	92.84/cwt	87.00–95.00	988	6
Dairy Steers	Select and Choice	—	1,335	80.67/cwt	78.50–83.00	1,077	2
Cows	Premium White 65-75%	—	1,455	83.34/cwt	76.50–87.50	1,213	11
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,492	58.48/cwt	53.50–64.00	873	31
Dairy Heifers	Select and Choice	—	1,226	70.35/cwt	64.50–79.50	862	4
Steers	Select and ChoiceReturn to Feed	—	985	92.00/cwt	92.00–92.00	906	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,163	54.13/cwt	48.50–56.50	630	7
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,301	56.01/cwt	52.00–62.50	729	41
Heifers	Choice	—	1,304	101.36/cwt	97.50–103.75	1,322	35
Steers	Choice	—	1,427	101.85/cwt	97.00–103.50	1,453	34
Bulls	—	—	1,803	91.59/cwt	89.50–95.00	1,651	5
Cows	Premium White 65-75%	—	1,412	95.00/cwt	95.00–95.00	1,341	2
Steers	ChoiceHeavy Weight	—	1,815	94.27/cwt	94.00–94.50	1,711	2
Steers	Select and Choice	—	1,199	89.62/cwt	85.00–93.50	1,075	4
Steers	Choice	—	1,387	105.18/cwt	104.50–105.50	1,459	3
Dairy Steers	Choice	—	1,512	95.17/cwt	93.50–98.00	1,439	3
Bulls	—	—	1,175	63.47/cwt	47.00–74.00	746	3
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,497	50.07/cwt	48.00–52.50	750	3
Cows	Boner 80-85%Return to Feed	—	1,002	71.49/cwt	67.50–74.00	716	3
Dairy Steers	Choice	—	1,489	91.50/cwt	91.50–91.50	1,362	6
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	931	41.14/cwt	38.00–45.00	383	4
Heifers	Choice	—	1,418	95.04/cwt	93.00–96.50	1,348	3
Steers	Choice	—	1,489	94.32/cwt	90.00–95.50	1,404	14
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,214	49.50/cwt	47.00–51.50	601	6
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,180	63.50/cwt	63.50–63.50	749	1
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,338	68.51/cwt	67.50–69.50	917	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 27, 2020

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

Receipts 261Last week 214Year ago 216

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,887	75.00–83.50	80.64
5	—	1,803	89.50–95.00	91.59
3	—	1,175	47.00–74.00	63.47
Heifers — Select$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,040	75.00–79.00	77.22
Heifers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	1,064	87.00–95.00	92.84
Heifers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
35	—	1,304	97.50–103.75	101.36
3	—	1,418	93.00–96.50	95.04
Dairy Steers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,335	78.50–83.00	80.67
Dairy Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,512	93.50–98.00	95.17
6	—	1,489	91.50	91.50
Cows — Premium White 65-75%$ per cwt · actual wt
11	—	1,455	76.50–87.50	83.34
2	—	1,412	95.00	95.00
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
31	—	1,492	53.50–64.00	58.48
3	—	1,497	48.00–52.50	50.07
2	—	1,338	67.50–69.50	68.51
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	1,163	48.50–56.50	54.13
4	—	931	38.00–45.00	41.14
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
41	—	1,301	52.00–62.50	56.01
6	—	1,214	47.00–51.50	49.50
1	—	1,180	63.50	63.50
Cows — Boner 80-85% · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,002	67.50–74.00	71.49
Dairy Heifers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,226	64.50–79.50	70.35
Steers — Select and Choice · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	985	92.00	92.00
Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
34	—	1,427	97.00–103.50	101.85
3	—	1,387	104.50–105.50	105.18
14	—	1,489	90.00–95.50	94.32
Steers — Choice · Heavy Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,815	94.00–94.50	94.27
Steers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,199	85.00–93.50	89.62

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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