Name: Fairview Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2020-12-01
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2020-12-01

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week, slaughter steers and slaughter heifers sold 4.00 to 5.00 higher. Slaughter cows sold 2.50 to 3.75 lower. Slaughter bulls sold 1.25 higher. Trade was active with moderate to 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	1,712	70.65	1,209	25
Cows	Premium White 65-75%	Average	1,431	74.89	1,072	6thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Low	1,526	54.20	827	95
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Low	1,261	50.42	636	89
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,047	43.23	452	28
Dairy Heifers	Choice	Average	1,230	78.81	969	5thin
Dairy Steers	Choice	Average	1,622	87.00	1,411	2thin
Heifers	Choice	Average	1,347	108.13	1,456	79
Heifers	Select	Average	1,012	78.96	799	6thin
Steers	Choice	Low	1,432	108.70	1,557	125
Steers	Select and Choice	Average	1,442	96.17	1,387	3thin
Steers	Select	Average	1,093	73.83	807	2thin

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	—	—	1,785	74.64/cwt	69.50–78.50	1,332	17
Bulls	—	—	1,805	82.50/cwt	82.50–82.50	1,489	1
Bulls	—	—	1,521	59.26/cwt	32.00–67.00	901	7
Steers	Select	—	1,093	73.83/cwt	70.00–77.00	807	2
Heifers	Select	—	945	69.23/cwt	58.00–80.00	654	2
Heifers	SelectReturn to Feed	—	1,045	83.83/cwt	78.00–95.00	876	4
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,070	46.00/cwt	41.50–50.00	492	23
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,300	45.15/cwt	39.50–47.50	587	32
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,485	47.08/cwt	45.00–49.00	699	13
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,688	62.91/cwt	62.00–64.00	1,062	5
Steers	Choice	—	1,327	102.47/cwt	95.00–104.00	1,360	6
Steers	Choice	—	1,416	108.80/cwt	104.50–111.50	1,541	97
Cows	Lean 85-90%Return to Feed	—	845	59.00/cwt	59.00–59.00	499	1
Heifers	Choice	—	1,342	108.37/cwt	105.00–111.50	1,454	60
Cows	Premium White 65-75%	—	1,464	78.47/cwt	74.00–84.00	1,149	5
Dairy Heifers	Choice	—	1,230	78.81/cwt	78.00–80.00	969	5
Cows	Premium White 65-75%	—	1,265	57.00/cwt	57.00–57.00	721	1
Dairy Steers	Choice	—	1,622	87.00/cwt	87.00–87.00	1,411	2
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,522	54.84/cwt	50.00–60.00	835	77
Steers	Select and Choice	—	1,408	102.01/cwt	101.00–103.00	1,436	2
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,012	26.48/cwt	23.00–35.50	268	3
Steers	Select and Choice	—	1,510	84.50/cwt	84.50–84.50	1,276	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	815	14.00/cwt	14.00–14.00	114	1
Heifers	Choice	—	1,341	97.93/cwt	90.00–102.50	1,313	6
Steers	Choice	—	1,483	111.83/cwt	111.75–112.50	1,658	17
Heifers	Choice	—	1,371	111.75/cwt	111.75–111.75	1,532	13
Steers	ChoiceHeavy Weight	—	1,702	103.60/cwt	102.00–104.50	1,763	5
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,265	51.15/cwt	48.00–58.00	647	50
Cows	Boner 80-85%Return to Feed	—	1,053	69.33/cwt	62.00–88.00	730	7

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 Dec 1, 2020

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

Receipts 488Last week 322Year ago 550

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
17	—	1,785	69.50–78.50	74.64
1	—	1,805	82.50	82.50
7	—	1,521	32.00–67.00	59.26
Steers — Select$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,093	70.00–77.00	73.83
Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	1,327	95.00–104.00	102.47
97	—	1,416	104.50–111.50	108.80
17	—	1,483	111.75–112.50	111.83
Steers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,408	101.00–103.00	102.01
1	—	1,510	84.50	84.50
Steers — Choice · Heavy Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,702	102.00–104.50	103.60
Heifers — Select$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	945	58.00–80.00	69.23
Heifers — Select · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,045	78.00–95.00	83.83
Heifers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
60	—	1,342	105.00–111.50	108.37
6	—	1,341	90.00–102.50	97.93
13	—	1,371	111.75	111.75
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
23	—	1,070	41.50–50.00	46.00
3	—	1,012	23.00–35.50	26.48
1	—	815	14.00	14.00
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
32	—	1,300	39.50–47.50	45.15
50	—	1,265	48.00–58.00	51.15
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
13	—	1,485	45.00–49.00	47.08
5	—	1,688	62.00–64.00	62.91
77	—	1,522	50.00–60.00	54.84
Cows — Lean 85-90% · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	845	59.00	59.00
Cows — Premium White 65-75%$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,464	74.00–84.00	78.47
1	—	1,265	57.00	57.00
Cows — Boner 80-85% · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	1,053	62.00–88.00	69.33
Dairy Heifers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,230	78.00–80.00	78.81
Dairy Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,622	87.00	87.00

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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