Name: Fairview Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2020-11-17
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2020-11-17

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week, slaughter steers and slaughter heifers sold 1.00 to 1.25 higher. Slaughter dairy steers were lightly tested. Slaughter cows sold 1.00 to 1.50 lower. Slaughter bulls sold 2.25 higher. Trade was active with mostly 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
Bullocks	—	Average	1,505	86.50	1,302	1thin
Bulls	—	Average	1,837	77.23	1,419	12
Cows	Premium White 65-75%	Average	1,438	66.66	959	3thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,457	57.10	832	63
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,266	54.18	686	90
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,042	48.11	501	23
Dairy Steers	Choice	Average	1,499	93.50	1,402	8thin
Heifers	Choice	Average	1,319	106.21	1,401	78
Heifers	Select and Choice	Average	1,072	87.29	936	4thin
Heifers	Select	Average	938	80.50	755	18
Steers	Choice	Average	1,426	105.61	1,506	148
Steers	Select and Choice	Average	1,199	99.02	1,187	20
Steers	Select	Average	1,100	80.82	889	5thin

Every lot, as filed

29 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	—	—	1,882	80.42/cwt	75.00–85.00	1,514	9
Bullocks	—	—	1,505	86.50/cwt	86.50–86.50	1,302	1
Steers	Select	—	1,100	80.82/cwt	75.00–86.00	889	5
Heifers	SelectReturn to Feed	—	968	87.87/cwt	77.00–110.00	851	12
Heifers	Select	—	878	65.76/cwt	56.00–78.00	577	6
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,487	57.91/cwt	52.50–62.50	861	54
Heifers	Select and Choice	—	1,025	87.00/cwt	87.00–87.00	892	1
Steers	Select and Choice	—	1,224	97.78/cwt	92.50–99.50	1,197	16
Dairy Steers	Choice	—	1,499	93.50/cwt	92.00–95.00	1,402	8
Steers	Choice	—	1,419	107.12/cwt	103.00–109.75	1,520	113
Heifers	Choice	—	1,300	107.63/cwt	103.00–109.75	1,399	62
Cows	Premium White 65-75%	—	1,438	66.66/cwt	60.00–75.00	959	3
Cows	Boner 80-85%Return to Feed	—	1,148	68.11/cwt	60.00–79.00	782	4
Steers	ChoiceHeavy Weight	—	1,477	94.67/cwt	87.00–102.50	1,398	13
Heifers	Select and ChoiceReturn to Feed	—	1,088	87.39/cwt	81.50–91.00	951	3
Steers	Select and ChoiceReturn to Feed	—	1,100	104.00/cwt	104.00–104.00	1,144	4
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,082	49.98/cwt	44.00–54.50	541	16
Steers	Choice	—	1,522	110.15/cwt	110.00–110.25	1,676	10
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,582	63.52/cwt	63.00–64.00	1,005	3
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,240	61.92/cwt	61.00–63.50	768	5
Heifers	Choice	—	1,428	110.06/cwt	110.00–110.50	1,572	8
Bulls	—	—	1,703	67.66/cwt	60.00–73.00	1,152	3
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,270	54.66/cwt	49.00–59.50	694	66
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,120	46.55/cwt	42.00–50.00	521	6
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,289	45.77/cwt	39.50–48.50	590	15
Heifers	Choice	—	1,354	91.35/cwt	82.50–102.50	1,237	8
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	892	39.35/cwt	36.00–42.50	351	5
Steers	Choice	—	1,358	99.41/cwt	90.00–102.50	1,350	12
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,098	55.00/cwt	55.00–55.00	604	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 Nov 17, 2020

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

Receipts 499Last week 295Year ago 470

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	1,882	75.00–85.00	80.42
3	—	1,703	60.00–73.00	67.66
Bullocks$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,505	86.50	86.50
Steers — Select$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,100	75.00–86.00	80.82
Steers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
16	—	1,224	92.50–99.50	97.78
Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
113	—	1,419	103.00–109.75	107.12
10	—	1,522	110.00–110.25	110.15
12	—	1,358	90.00–102.50	99.41
Steers — Choice · Heavy Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
13	—	1,477	87.00–102.50	94.67
Steers — Select and Choice · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,100	104.00	104.00
Heifers — Select · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
12	—	968	77.00–110.00	87.87
Heifers — Select$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	878	56.00–78.00	65.76
Heifers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,025	87.00	87.00
Heifers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
62	—	1,300	103.00–109.75	107.63
8	—	1,428	110.00–110.50	110.06
8	—	1,354	82.50–102.50	91.35
Heifers — Select and Choice · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,088	81.50–91.00	87.39
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
54	—	1,487	52.50–62.50	57.91
3	—	1,582	63.00–64.00	63.52
6	—	1,120	42.00–50.00	46.55
Cows — Premium White 65-75%$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,438	60.00–75.00	66.66
Cows — Boner 80-85% · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,148	60.00–79.00	68.11
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
16	—	1,082	44.00–54.50	49.98
5	—	892	36.00–42.50	39.35
2	—	1,098	55.00	55.00
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,240	61.00–63.50	61.92
66	—	1,270	49.00–59.50	54.66
15	—	1,289	39.50–48.50	45.77
Dairy Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	1,499	92.00–95.00	93.50

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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