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
BullsAverage1,46071.891,05020
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 Weight1,96583.50/cwt83.50–83.501,6411
HeifersChoice1,267106.50/cwt106.50–106.501,3492
SteersChoice1,391111.30/cwt107.50–113.251,54849
CowsPremium White 65-75%1,59961.74/cwt56.00–69.509874
SteersChoice1,363106.00/cwt106.00–106.001,4453
CowsPremium White 65-75%1,44388.20/cwt84.00–94.001,2736
SteersSelect and ChoiceReturn to Feed1,03892.46/cwt90.00–95.009602
CowsLean 85-90%95343.91/cwt42.50–45.004183
HeifersSelect and Choice1,14580.00/cwt80.00–80.009161
HeifersSelect and Choice1,16587.00/cwt87.00–87.001,0141
CowsBoner 80-85%78642.60/cwt42.50–43.003357
HeifersChoice1,330111.15/cwt107.50–113.751,47823
SteersChoiceHeavy Weight1,74598.86/cwt92.00–106.501,7252
CowsBoner 80-85%Return to Feed1,04577.00/cwt77.00–77.008051
SteersSelect and Choice1,09886.47/cwt85.00–88.009492
HeifersSelect91378.46/cwt75.00–82.007163
BullsReturn to Feed94276.29/cwt72.50–79.007195
Bulls1,27960.37/cwt46.00–65.007728
Bulls2,18587.67/cwt86.50–89.001,9162
Bulls1,97979.61/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.