Name: Fairview Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2021-01-05
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2021-01-05

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week, slaughter steers and slaughter heifers sold .50 to 1.25 higher. Slaughter cows sold 4.25 to 6.00. Slaughter bulls sold 4.00 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.

Class	Grade	Dressing	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Bulls	—	Average	1,854	82.45	1,529	8thin
Cows	Premium White 65-75%	Average	1,349	65.00	877	7thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,514	56.62	857	46
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,275	54.80	699	91
Cows	Lean 85-90%	High	1,112	47.57	529	26
Heifers	Choice	Average	1,358	111.23	1,511	69
Heifers	Select and Choice	Average	1,051	96.53	1,015	4thin
Heifers	Select	Average	1,028	77.13	793	6thin
Steers	Choice	Average	1,429	111.20	1,589	75
Steers	Select	Average	1,123	71.03	798	3thin

Every lot, as filed

25 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	—	—	1,847	83.37/cwt	79.00–87.00	1,540	7
Bulls	—	—	1,905	76.00/cwt	76.00–76.00	1,448	1
Heifers	SelectReturn to Feed	—	933	87.40/cwt	82.00–94.00	815	2
Steers	Select	—	1,123	71.03/cwt	62.50–75.00	798	3
Heifers	Select	—	1,076	71.99/cwt	56.00–79.00	775	4
Heifers	Select and Choice	—	1,051	96.53/cwt	86.00–104.50	1,015	4
Cows	Boner 80-85%Return to Feed	—	1,128	74.01/cwt	69.00–78.00	835	6
Steers	Choice	—	1,432	112.52/cwt	109.00–115.50	1,611	65
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,515	56.30/cwt	52.00–62.50	853	37
Heifers	ChoiceHeavy Weight	—	1,667	105.00/cwt	105.00–105.00	1,750	2
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,547	48.01/cwt	47.50–48.50	743	5
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,240	47.38/cwt	43.50–49.00	588	17
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,070	56.89/cwt	56.50–57.50	609	2
Steers	ChoiceHeavy Weight	—	1,950	75.00/cwt	75.00–75.00	1,463	1
Cows	Premium White 65-75%	—	1,349	65.00/cwt	60.00–76.00	877	7
Heifers	Choice	—	1,344	111.68/cwt	107.50–114.00	1,501	51
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,585	63.56/cwt	63.00–64.00	1,007	2
Heifers	Choice	—	1,406	115.65/cwt	115.50–115.75	1,626	8
Cows	Breaker 75-80%Return to Feed	—	1,343	77.20/cwt	65.00–89.00	1,037	2
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,119	48.19/cwt	44.00–54.00	539	21
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,093	37.01/cwt	24.00–42.50	405	3
Heifers	Choice	—	1,323	105.54/cwt	102.00–107.00	1,396	8
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,298	62.02/cwt	60.50–64.60	805	5
Steers	Choice	—	1,349	105.65/cwt	102.00–108.50	1,425	9
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,297	54.40/cwt	49.50–60.00	706	63

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 Jan 5, 2021

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

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Compared to last week, slaughter steers and slaughter heifers sold .50 to 1.25 higher. Slaughter cows sold 4.25 to 6.00. Slaughter bulls sold 4.00 higher. Trade was active with good demand.

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	1,847	79.00–87.00	83.37
1	—	1,905	76.00	76.00
Heifers — Select · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	933	82.00–94.00	87.40
Heifers — Select$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,076	56.00–79.00	71.99
Heifers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,051	86.00–104.50	96.53
Heifers — Choice · Heavy Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,667	105.00	105.00
Heifers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
51	—	1,344	107.50–114.00	111.68
8	—	1,406	115.50–115.75	115.65
8	—	1,323	102.00–107.00	105.54
Steers — Select$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,123	62.50–75.00	71.03
Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
65	—	1,432	109.00–115.50	112.52
9	—	1,349	102.00–108.50	105.65
Steers — Choice · Heavy Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,950	75.00	75.00
Cows — Boner 80-85% · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	1,128	69.00–78.00	74.01
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
37	—	1,515	52.00–62.50	56.30
5	—	1,547	47.50–48.50	48.01
2	—	1,585	63.00–64.00	63.56
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
17	—	1,240	43.50–49.00	47.38
5	—	1,298	60.50–64.60	62.02
63	—	1,297	49.50–60.00	54.40
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,070	56.50–57.50	56.89
21	—	1,119	44.00–54.00	48.19
3	—	1,093	24.00–42.50	37.01
Cows — Premium White 65-75%$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	1,349	60.00–76.00	65.00
Cows — Breaker 75-80% · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,343	65.00–89.00	77.20

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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