Name: Fairview Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2020-12-08
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2020-12-08

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week, slaughter steers and slaughter heifers sold 4.50 to 4.75 lower. Slaughter cows sold .50 to 3.25 lower. Slaughter bulls sold 1.25 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
Bullocks	—	High	1,550	97.50	1,511	1thin
Bulls	—	Average	1,669	69.21	1,155	32
Cows	Premium White 65-75%	High	1,285	72.96	937	9thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,525	53.03	808	68
Cows	Boner 80-85%	High	1,269	49.49	628	59
Cows	Lean 85-90%	High	1,084	41.92	454	22
Heifers	Choice	High	1,340	101.36	1,358	69
Heifers	Select and Choice	Average	1,005	88.96	894	2thin
Steers	Choice	Average	1,429	101.11	1,445	70
Steers	Select and Choice	Average	1,205	95.68	1,153	10
Steers	Standard	Average	1,181	67.01	791	4thin

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	—	—	1,772	73.08/cwt	68.50–78.00	1,295	13
Bulls	—	—	2,062	84.55/cwt	82.00–89.50	1,743	5
Bulls	—	—	1,434	60.14/cwt	44.00–67.50	862	14
Bullocks	—	—	1,550	97.50/cwt	97.50–97.50	1,511	1
Steers	Standard	—	1,290	84.00/cwt	84.00–84.00	1,084	1
Steers	Standard	—	1,145	61.34/cwt	57.50–70.00	702	3
Cows	Premium White 65-75%	—	1,570	95.00/cwt	95.00–95.00	1,492	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,395	59.46/cwt	58.00–61.50	829	2
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,535	54.21/cwt	49.50–60.00	832	56
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,475	46.20/cwt	38.00–49.00	681	11
Heifers	Choice	—	1,480	109.50/cwt	109.50–109.50	1,621	1
Steers	ChoiceHeavy Weight	—	1,736	92.38/cwt	80.00–101.50	1,604	10
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,075	49.50/cwt	49.50–49.50	532	1
Heifers	ChoiceLight Weight	—	935	80.00/cwt	80.00–80.00	748	2
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,007	34.62/cwt	34.00–35.00	349	3
Steers	Select and Choice	—	1,238	94.72/cwt	85.50–100.00	1,173	8
Cows	Premium White 65-75%	—	1,249	70.21/cwt	58.50–75.00	877	8
Heifers	Select and Choice	—	1,005	88.96/cwt	88.00–90.00	894	2
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,485	62.00/cwt	62.00–62.00	921	1
Steers	Select and ChoiceReturn to Feed	—	1,072	99.50/cwt	99.50–99.50	1,067	2
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,192	43.49/cwt	40.00–46.00	518	15
Heifers	Choice	—	1,398	95.04/cwt	87.00–99.00	1,329	14
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,097	42.72/cwt	37.50–46.00	469	18
Steers	Choice	—	1,360	94.71/cwt	90.00–99.50	1,288	10
Heifers	Choice	—	1,337	103.73/cwt	99.50–107.00	1,387	52
Steers	Choice	—	1,382	104.06/cwt	100.00–107.50	1,438	49
Steers	Choice	—	1,370	108.00/cwt	108.00–108.00	1,480	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,292	50.87/cwt	46.50–56.50	657	40
Cows	Boner 80-85%Return to Feed	—	1,248	56.96/cwt	55.00–59.00	711	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 Dec 8, 2020

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

Receipts 366Last week 488Year ago 396

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
13	—	1,772	68.50–78.00	73.08
5	—	2,062	82.00–89.50	84.55
14	—	1,434	44.00–67.50	60.14
Bullocks$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,550	97.50	97.50
Steers — Standard$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,290	84.00	84.00
3	—	1,145	57.50–70.00	61.34
Steers — Choice · Heavy Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	1,736	80.00–101.50	92.38
Steers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	1,238	85.50–100.00	94.72
Steers — Select and Choice · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,072	99.50	99.50
Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	1,360	90.00–99.50	94.71
49	—	1,382	100.00–107.50	104.06
1	—	1,370	108.00	108.00
Cows — Premium White 65-75%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,570	95.00	95.00
8	—	1,249	58.50–75.00	70.21
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,395	58.00–61.50	59.46
15	—	1,192	40.00–46.00	43.49
40	—	1,292	46.50–56.50	50.87
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
56	—	1,535	49.50–60.00	54.21
11	—	1,475	38.00–49.00	46.20
1	—	1,485	62.00	62.00
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,075	49.50	49.50
3	—	1,007	34.00–35.00	34.62
18	—	1,097	37.50–46.00	42.72
Cows — Boner 80-85% · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,248	55.00–59.00	56.96
Heifers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,480	109.50	109.50
14	—	1,398	87.00–99.00	95.04
52	—	1,337	99.50–107.00	103.73
Heifers — Choice · Light Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	935	80.00	80.00
Heifers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,005	88.00–90.00	88.96

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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