Name: Fairview Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2020-11-24
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2020-11-24

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week, slaughter steers and slaughter heifers sold 3.00 to 3.75 lower. Slaughter cows traded mostly steady. Slaughter bulls sold 7.25 lower on a lower quality set. 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
Bullocks	—	Average	1,270	90.00	1,143	1thin
Bulls	—	Average	1,637	71.19	1,166	14
Cows	Premium White 65-75%	Average	1,503	69.94	1,051	6thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,485	56.37	837	64
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,223	54.55	667	68
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,116	47.91	535	22
Heifers	Choice	Average	1,368	101.11	1,383	44
Steers	Choice	Average	1,428	103.55	1,478	89
Steers	Select and Choice	Average	1,267	103.50	1,311	2thin
Steers	Select	Average	1,320	69.83	922	3thin

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	—	—	1,730	73.16/cwt	70.00–78.50	1,266	9
Bulls	—	—	1,980	82.00/cwt	82.00–82.00	1,624	1
Bulls	—	—	1,343	64.05/cwt	58.00–67.50	860	4
Bullocks	—	—	1,270	90.00/cwt	90.00–90.00	1,143	1
Steers	Select	—	1,240	60.50/cwt	60.50–60.50	750	1
Steers	SelectReturn to Feed	—	1,360	74.50/cwt	74.50–74.50	1,013	2
Cows	Premium White 65-75%	—	1,503	69.94/cwt	63.50–75.00	1,051	6
Steers	Select and Choice	—	1,267	103.50/cwt	103.50–103.50	1,311	2
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,232	55.05/cwt	52.00–62.50	678	49
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,514	58.01/cwt	53.00–63.50	878	50
Steers	Choice	—	1,416	103.79/cwt	100.50–107.50	1,470	69
Steers	Choice	—	1,518	108.59/cwt	108.00–110.00	1,648	11
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,117	48.41/cwt	43.50–53.50	541	21
Heifers	Choice	—	1,290	104.53/cwt	101.50–107.50	1,348	20
Cows	Boner 80-85%Return to Feed	—	939	67.32/cwt	57.00–78.50	632	5
Heifers	Choice	—	1,433	108.98/cwt	107.00–110.00	1,562	9
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,085	37.50/cwt	37.50–37.50	407	1
Heifers	Choice	—	1,432	91.82/cwt	70.00–98.50	1,315	15
Steers	ChoiceHeavy Weight	—	1,650	94.00/cwt	94.00–94.00	1,551	1
Steers	Choice	—	1,375	95.78/cwt	90.00–100.00	1,317	8
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,291	48.23/cwt	39.00–51.50	623	14
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,350	64.50/cwt	64.50–64.50	871	1
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,385	49.46/cwt	46.00–52.00	685	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 24, 2020

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

Receipts 322Last week 499Year ago 215

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	1,730	70.00–78.50	73.16
1	—	1,980	82.00	82.00
4	—	1,343	58.00–67.50	64.05
Bullocks$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,270	90.00	90.00
Steers — Select$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,240	60.50	60.50
Steers — Select · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,360	74.50	74.50
Steers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,267	103.50	103.50
Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
69	—	1,416	100.50–107.50	103.79
11	—	1,518	108.00–110.00	108.59
8	—	1,375	90.00–100.00	95.78
Steers — Choice · Heavy Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,650	94.00	94.00
Cows — Premium White 65-75%$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	1,503	63.50–75.00	69.94
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
49	—	1,232	52.00–62.50	55.05
14	—	1,291	39.00–51.50	48.23
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
50	—	1,514	53.00–63.50	58.01
1	—	1,350	64.50	64.50
13	—	1,385	46.00–52.00	49.46
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
21	—	1,117	43.50–53.50	48.41
1	—	1,085	37.50	37.50
Cows — Boner 80-85% · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	939	57.00–78.50	67.32
Heifers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
20	—	1,290	101.50–107.50	104.53
9	—	1,433	107.00–110.00	108.98
15	—	1,432	70.00–98.50	91.82

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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