Sale reports / Illinois / Fairview Livestock Auction / 2020-12-22

Fairview Livestock Auction

Slaughter Cattle · Fairview, Illinois · Tue, Dec 22
● Final24 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2049
Receipts
219 head
191 vs last sale 410 219 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week, slaughter steers sold 3.75 higher. Slaughter heifers sold 2.25 higher. Slaughter cows sold 2.00 to 4.75 lower. Slaughter bulls sold 1.00 higher. Trade was active with good demand on slaughter steers and slaughter heifers, but moderate on slaughter cows.

Slaughter cattle

By class and quality grade · $/cwt
Cull cows and bulls are graded, not weight-classed — grade is what moves the money here.
ClassGradeDressingAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
BullsAverage1,61666.361,07224
CowsPremium White 65-75%Average1,68184.691,4245thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%Low1,51349.5775038
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,19848.4858157
CowsLean 85-90%Low1,12345.7851411
HeifersChoiceAverage1,245104.361,29914
HeifersSelect and ChoiceAverage1,20092.991,1163thin
SteersSelectAverage823110.809123thin
SteersChoiceLow1,418106.231,50732
SteersSelect and ChoiceAverage1,15689.381,0335thin
SteersStandardAverage1,27875.719682thin

Every lot, as filed

24 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.
ClassGrade / descriptionWeightAvg wtPriceRangePer headHead
Bulls1,70574.31/cwt70.00–78.001,26711
Bulls1,91883.13/cwt80.00–85.001,5942
Bulls1,47255.36/cwt35.00–68.0081511
SteersSelectReturn to Feed823110.80/cwt92.00–130.009123
HeifersSelect and Choice1,20092.99/cwt87.00–96.001,1163
SteersSelect and Choice1,16691.97/cwt85.00–97.501,0724
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,54042.50/cwt42.50–42.506551
CowsLean 85-90%99032.50/cwt32.50–32.503221
CowsLean 85-90%1,16642.52/cwt35.00–45.004968
CowsLean 85-90%Return to Feed1,01865.45/cwt61.00–71.006662
CowsPremium White 65-75%1,87578.16/cwt74.00–86.001,4663
CowsPremium White 65-75%1,39094.48/cwt94.00–95.001,3132
SteersChoice1,42397.04/cwt92.50–100.001,3816
CowsBoner 80-85%1,23145.64/cwt40.00–50.0056243
CowsBoner 80-85%1,26652.80/cwt51.50–54.006684
CowsBoner 80-85%Return to Feed1,03058.94/cwt51.00–75.0060710
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,51149.28/cwt44.00–54.5074535
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,54058.24/cwt56.00–61.008972
SteersSelect and Choice1,11579.00/cwt79.00–79.008811
SteersStandard1,27875.71/cwt74.00–77.509682
SteersChoice1,413111.50/cwt111.50–111.501,5753
HeifersChoice1,219105.92/cwt103.00–109.001,29112
HeifersChoice1,40095.00/cwt95.00–95.001,3302
SteersChoice1,418107.94/cwt104.50–110.001,53123

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.