Name: Fairview Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2020-11-10
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2020-11-10

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week, slaughter steers and slaughter heifers sold 5.00 to 6.00 higher. Slaughter cows sold 1.00 to 5.50 higher with Breakers gaining the most. Slaughter bulls sold 3.75 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	1,621	73.06	1,184	22
Cows	Premium White 65-75%	Average	1,338	70.40	942	12
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	High	1,506	58.24	877	46
Cows	Boner 80-85%	High	1,252	53.17	666	59
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	994	50.16	499	13
Dairy Steers	Choice	Average	1,395	83.72	1,168	3thin
Heifers	Choice	Average	1,260	106.20	1,338	60
Heifers	Select and Choice	Average	1,033	100.50	1,038	3thin
Steers	Choice	Average	1,340	106.38	1,425	51
Steers	Select	Average	1,193	57.00	680	2thin

Every lot, as filed

23 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	—	—	1,795	77.64/cwt	72.50–82.00	1,394	12
Bulls	—	—	1,753	87.78/cwt	86.50–89.00	1,539	2
Bulls	—	—	1,327	62.52/cwt	49.50–69.00	830	8
Steers	Select	—	1,285	76.00/cwt	76.00–76.00	977	1
Steers	Select	—	1,100	38.00/cwt	38.00–38.00	418	1
Heifers	Select and Choice	—	1,033	100.50/cwt	100.50–100.50	1,038	3
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,450	66.50/cwt	66.50–66.50	964	1
Steers	Choice	—	1,339	106.36/cwt	102.00–108.50	1,424	45
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,050	65.50/cwt	65.50–65.50	688	1
Cows	Premium White 65-75%	—	1,277	77.39/cwt	74.00–85.00	988	6
Dairy Steers	Choice	—	1,395	83.72/cwt	80.00–86.00	1,168	3
Steers	Choice	—	1,299	109.50/cwt	109.50–109.50	1,422	4
Cows	Boner 80-85%Return to Feed	—	1,030	64.00/cwt	64.00–64.00	659	2
Steers	Choice	—	1,438	100.67/cwt	100.00–101.50	1,448	2
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,516	52.88/cwt	48.50–54.50	802	10
Heifers	Choice	—	1,261	106.18/cwt	102.00–108.50	1,339	53
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,505	59.53/cwt	55.50–65.00	896	35
Heifers	Choice	—	1,230	109.25/cwt	109.25–109.25	1,344	5
Heifers	Choice	—	1,303	99.04/cwt	98.50–99.50	1,290	2
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,245	55.40/cwt	52.00–62.00	690	32
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,288	48.77/cwt	44.50–51.50	628	24
Cows	Premium White 65-75%	—	1,398	63.40/cwt	60.00–64.00	886	6
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	994	50.16/cwt	46.00–54.50	499	13

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 Nov 10, 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
12	—	1,795	72.50–82.00	77.64
2	—	1,753	86.50–89.00	87.78
8	—	1,327	49.50–69.00	62.52
Steers — Select$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,285	76.00	76.00
1	—	1,100	38.00	38.00
Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
45	—	1,339	102.00–108.50	106.36
4	—	1,299	109.50	109.50
2	—	1,438	100.00–101.50	100.67
Heifers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,033	100.50	100.50
Heifers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
53	—	1,261	102.00–108.50	106.18
5	—	1,230	109.25	109.25
2	—	1,303	98.50–99.50	99.04
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,450	66.50	66.50
10	—	1,516	48.50–54.50	52.88
35	—	1,505	55.50–65.00	59.53
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,050	65.50	65.50
32	—	1,245	52.00–62.00	55.40
24	—	1,288	44.50–51.50	48.77
Cows — Premium White 65-75%$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	1,277	74.00–85.00	77.39
6	—	1,398	60.00–64.00	63.40
Cows — Boner 80-85% · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,030	64.00	64.00
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
13	—	994	46.00–54.50	50.16
Dairy Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,395	80.00–86.00	83.72

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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