Sale reports / Illinois / Fairview Livestock Auction / 2021-01-05

Fairview Livestock Auction

Slaughter Cattle · Fairview, Illinois · Tue, Jan 5
● Final25 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2049
Receipts
352 head
▲ 155 vs last sale 197▼ 413 vs year ago 765 · −54.0%
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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 · $/cwt
Cull cows and bulls are graded, not weight-classed — grade is what moves the money here.
ClassGradeDressingAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Bulls—Average1,85482.451,5298thin
CowsPremium White 65-75%Average1,34965.008777thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,51456.6285746
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,27554.8069991
CowsLean 85-90%High1,11247.5752926
HeifersChoiceAverage1,358111.231,51169
HeifersSelect and ChoiceAverage1,05196.531,0154thin
HeifersSelectAverage1,02877.137936thin
SteersChoiceAverage1,429111.201,58975
SteersSelectAverage1,12371.037983thin

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.
ClassGrade / descriptionWeightAvg wtPriceRangePer headHead
Bulls——1,84783.37/cwt79.00–87.001,5407
Bulls——1,90576.00/cwt76.00–76.001,4481
HeifersSelectReturn to Feed—93387.40/cwt82.00–94.008152
SteersSelect—1,12371.03/cwt62.50–75.007983
HeifersSelect—1,07671.99/cwt56.00–79.007754
HeifersSelect and Choice—1,05196.53/cwt86.00–104.501,0154
CowsBoner 80-85%Return to Feed—1,12874.01/cwt69.00–78.008356
SteersChoice—1,432112.52/cwt109.00–115.501,61165
CowsBreaker 75-80%—1,51556.30/cwt52.00–62.5085337
HeifersChoiceHeavy Weight—1,667105.00/cwt105.00–105.001,7502
CowsBreaker 75-80%—1,54748.01/cwt47.50–48.507435
CowsBoner 80-85%—1,24047.38/cwt43.50–49.0058817
CowsLean 85-90%—1,07056.89/cwt56.50–57.506092
SteersChoiceHeavy Weight—1,95075.00/cwt75.00–75.001,4631
CowsPremium White 65-75%—1,34965.00/cwt60.00–76.008777
HeifersChoice—1,344111.68/cwt107.50–114.001,50151
CowsBreaker 75-80%—1,58563.56/cwt63.00–64.001,0072
HeifersChoice—1,406115.65/cwt115.50–115.751,6268
CowsBreaker 75-80%Return to Feed—1,34377.20/cwt65.00–89.001,0372
CowsLean 85-90%—1,11948.19/cwt44.00–54.0053921
CowsLean 85-90%—1,09337.01/cwt24.00–42.504053
HeifersChoice—1,323105.54/cwt102.00–107.001,3968
CowsBoner 80-85%—1,29862.02/cwt60.50–64.608055
SteersChoice—1,349105.65/cwt102.00–108.501,4259
CowsBoner 80-85%—1,29754.40/cwt49.50–60.0070663

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.