Sale reports / Illinois / Fairview Livestock Auction / 2020-12-29

Fairview Livestock Auction

Slaughter Cattle · Fairview, Illinois · Tue, Dec 29
● Final23 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2049
Receipts
197 head
▼ 22 vs last sale 219▼ 235 vs year ago 432 · −54.4%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week, slaughter steers and slaughter heifers sold 3.25 to 5.25 higher with heifers with the larger gain. Slaughter cows sold 1.50 to 3.00 higher. Slaughter bulls sold 5.25 higher. Trade was active with good demand.

Slaughter cattle

By class and quality grade · $/cwt
Cull cows and bulls are graded, not weight-classed — grade is what moves the money here.
ClassGradeDressingAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Bulls—Average1,46071.891,05020
CowsPremium White 65-75%Low1,50577.621,16810
CowsBreaker 75-80%Low1,41450.2271026
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,12548.0654132
CowsLean 85-90%Average95343.914183thin
HeifersChoiceLow1,325110.781,46825
HeifersSelect and ChoiceLow1,15583.509642thin
HeifersSelectAverage91378.467163thin
SteersChoiceLow1,413110.051,55555
SteersSelect and ChoiceAverage1,06889.479554thin

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.
ClassGrade / descriptionWeightAvg wtPriceRangePer headHead
CowsBreaker 75-80%—1,24044.63/cwt43.50–45.005534
CowsBreaker 75-80%—1,44651.24/cwt46.50–56.0074122
CowsBoner 80-85%—1,22748.44/cwt43.50–54.0059424
SteersChoiceHeavy Weight—1,96583.50/cwt83.50–83.501,6411
HeifersChoice—1,267106.50/cwt106.50–106.501,3492
SteersChoice—1,391111.30/cwt107.50–113.251,54849
CowsPremium White 65-75%—1,59961.74/cwt56.00–69.509874
SteersChoice—1,363106.00/cwt106.00–106.001,4453
CowsPremium White 65-75%—1,44388.20/cwt84.00–94.001,2736
SteersSelect and ChoiceReturn to Feed—1,03892.46/cwt90.00–95.009602
CowsLean 85-90%—95343.91/cwt42.50–45.004183
HeifersSelect and Choice—1,14580.00/cwt80.00–80.009161
HeifersSelect and Choice—1,16587.00/cwt87.00–87.001,0141
CowsBoner 80-85%—78642.60/cwt42.50–43.003357
HeifersChoice—1,330111.15/cwt107.50–113.751,47823
SteersChoiceHeavy Weight—1,74598.86/cwt92.00–106.501,7252
CowsBoner 80-85%Return to Feed—1,04577.00/cwt77.00–77.008051
SteersSelect and Choice—1,09886.47/cwt85.00–88.009492
HeifersSelect—91378.46/cwt75.00–82.007163
Bulls—Return to Feed—94276.29/cwt72.50–79.007195
Bulls——1,27960.37/cwt46.00–65.007728
Bulls——2,18587.67/cwt86.50–89.001,9162
Bulls——1,97979.61/cwt78.00–81.001,5755

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.