Name: Fairview Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2021-01-12
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2021-01-12

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week, slaughter steers and slaughter heifers sold 2.50 to 3.50 lower. Slaughter cows sold mostly 4.00 to 6.25 lower. Slaughter bulls sold 11.50 lower. Trade was active with moderate 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
Bullocks	—	Average	1,100	73.00	803	1thin
Bulls	—	Average	1,479	66.04	977	18
Cows	Premium White 65-75%	High	1,391	77.39	1,076	17
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,504	53.55	806	72
Cows	Boner 80-85%	High	1,268	49.37	626	60
Cows	Lean 85-90%	High	1,100	44.08	485	19
Dairy Steers	Choice	Average	1,473	90.51	1,333	2thin
Heifers	Choice	High	1,353	109.33	1,479	75
Heifers	Select	Average	1,097	77.96	855	3thin
Steers	Choice	Average	1,450	108.19	1,569	109
Steers	Select	Average	874	93.93	821	3thin
Steers	Select and Choice	Average	1,235	92.17	1,138	8thin
Steers	Standard	Average	1,655	86.92	1,439	2thin

Every lot, as filed

31 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	—	—	1,663	72.89/cwt	66.00–76.50	1,212	7
Bulls	—	—	1,920	83.15/cwt	80.50–85.50	1,596	3
Bulls	—	—	1,152	53.63/cwt	49.50–58.00	618	8
Bullocks	—	—	1,100	73.00/cwt	73.00–73.00	803	1
Heifers	Select	—	1,090	75.44/cwt	73.00–78.00	822	2
Steers	Select	—	795	76.00/cwt	76.00–76.00	604	1
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,463	52.15/cwt	46.00–56.50	763	52
Heifers	Choice	—	1,432	112.30/cwt	112.00–112.50	1,608	12
Cows	Premium White 65-75%	—	1,398	86.42/cwt	80.00–90.00	1,208	8
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,266	56.43/cwt	54.00–59.00	714	5
Cows	Premium White 65-75%	—	1,355	70.16/cwt	65.00–78.00	951	8
Cows	Boner 80-85%Return to Feed	—	1,166	61.23/cwt	53.00–69.00	714	7
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,005	51.28/cwt	48.50–54.50	515	2
Steers	Standard	—	1,655	86.92/cwt	82.50–91.50	1,439	2
Cows	Lean 85-90%Return to Feed	—	1,045	56.00/cwt	56.00–56.00	585	1
Steers	ChoiceHeavy Weight	—	1,671	102.35/cwt	95.50–105.50	1,710	4
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,536	44.22/cwt	42.00–45.50	679	4
Steers	Choice	—	1,333	101.47/cwt	92.50–104.50	1,353	8
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,050	35.69/cwt	35.50–36.00	375	2
Heifers	Choice	—	1,335	109.22/cwt	105.00–111.75	1,458	59
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,125	43.40/cwt	37.00–47.00	488	14
Steers	SelectReturn to Feed	—	913	102.89/cwt	100.00–106.00	939	2
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,353	38.41/cwt	30.00–42.00	520	7
Dairy Steers	Choice	—	1,473	90.51/cwt	89.00–92.00	1,333	2
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,631	60.43/cwt	57.00–69.00	986	16
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,271	48.36/cwt	42.50–53.00	615	41
Cows	Premium White 65-75%	—	1,615	63.00/cwt	63.00–63.00	1,017	1
Heifers	SelectReturn to Feed	—	1,110	83.00/cwt	83.00–83.00	921	1
Heifers	Choice	—	1,380	102.03/cwt	99.50–103.50	1,408	4
Steers	Select and Choice	—	1,235	92.17/cwt	90.00–98.00	1,138	8
Steers	Choice	—	1,451	108.99/cwt	105.00–111.50	1,581	97

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 12, 2021

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

Receipts 418Last week 352Year ago 409

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	1,663	66.00–76.50	72.89
3	—	1,920	80.50–85.50	83.15
8	—	1,152	49.50–58.00	53.63
Bullocks$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,100	73.00	73.00
Heifers — Select$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,090	73.00–78.00	75.44
Heifers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
12	—	1,432	112.00–112.50	112.30
59	—	1,335	105.00–111.75	109.22
4	—	1,380	99.50–103.50	102.03
Heifers — Select · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,110	83.00	83.00
Steers — Select$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	795	76.00	76.00
Steers — Standard$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,655	82.50–91.50	86.92
Steers — Choice · Heavy Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,671	95.50–105.50	102.35
Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	1,333	92.50–104.50	101.47
97	—	1,451	105.00–111.50	108.99
Steers — Select · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	913	100.00–106.00	102.89
Steers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	1,235	90.00–98.00	92.17
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
52	—	1,463	46.00–56.50	52.15
4	—	1,536	42.00–45.50	44.22
16	—	1,631	57.00–69.00	60.43
Cows — Premium White 65-75%$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	1,398	80.00–90.00	86.42
8	—	1,355	65.00–78.00	70.16
1	—	1,615	63.00	63.00
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,266	54.00–59.00	56.43
7	—	1,353	30.00–42.00	38.41
41	—	1,271	42.50–53.00	48.36
Cows — Boner 80-85% · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	1,166	53.00–69.00	61.23
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,005	48.50–54.50	51.28
2	—	1,050	35.50–36.00	35.69
14	—	1,125	37.00–47.00	43.40
Cows — Lean 85-90% · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,045	56.00	56.00
Dairy Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,473	89.00–92.00	90.51

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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