Sale reports / Illinois / Fairview Livestock Auction / 2021-01-19

Fairview Livestock Auction

Slaughter Cattle · Fairview, Illinois · Tue, Jan 19
● Final30 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2049
Receipts
380 head
38 vs last sale 418 174 vs year ago 206 · +84.5%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week, slaughter steers and slaughter heifers sold 4.75 lower. Slaughter cows sold 3.25 to 7.00 higher. Slaughter bulls sold 5.25 higher. Trade was active with moderate demand on slaughter steers and slaughter heifers, but good on slaughter cows and slaughter bulls.

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
BullsAverage1,64575.541,24334
CowsPremium White 65-75%Average1,38078.831,08813
CowsBreaker 75-80%Low1,48358.8287251
CowsBoner 80-85%High1,21554.9666872
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,03447.2748934
HeifersChoiceAverage1,312103.081,35242
HeifersSelect and ChoiceLow1,04490.399446thin
HeifersSelectAverage1,00279.617985thin
SteersChoiceAverage1,440104.511,50573
SteersSelect and ChoiceAverage1,15193.031,0709thin
SteersSelectAverage1,05790.019523thin
SteersStandardAverage1,84086.731,5962thin

Every lot, as filed

30 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
Bulls1,71477.43/cwt72.00–82.501,32721
Bulls1,86885.14/cwt83.00–88.001,5906
Bulls1,39352.31/cwt35.00–68.507295
BullsReturn to Feed88085.00/cwt85.00–85.007482
SteersSelect1,11680.00/cwt80.00–80.008931
HeifersSelect1,10870.70/cwt64.00–73.507833
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,37650.58/cwt44.50–53.506966
CowsLean 85-90%1,05646.72/cwt42.00–52.5049332
CowsLean 85-90%Return to Feed68056.01/cwt55.00–57.003812
CowsPremium White 65-75%1,40278.97/cwt73.50–85.001,1079
CowsPremium White 65-75%1,41093.79/cwt93.50–94.001,3222
CowsPremium White 65-75%1,24863.25/cwt61.50–65.007892
CowsBoner 80-85%1,61564.00/cwt64.00–64.001,0341
CowsBoner 80-85%1,28047.29/cwt39.00–50.0060516
CowsBoner 80-85%1,23554.96/cwt52.00–62.0067945
CowsBoner 80-85%Return to Feed98066.31/cwt53.50–79.0065010
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,49559.35/cwt55.00–64.5088742
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,53267.86/cwt66.00–69.501,0403
SteersChoice1,437104.13/cwt100.00–106.001,49650
HeifersChoice1,310104.51/cwt101.50–107.001,36935
HeifersChoice1,32195.90/cwt92.50–98.001,2677
SteersChoice1,445107.76/cwt107.00–109.001,55718
SteersChoice1,44996.57/cwt94.00–99.001,3995
SteersStandard1,84086.73/cwt86.50–87.001,5962
SteersSelectReturn to Feed1,02895.01/cwt94.00–96.009772
HeifersSelectReturn to Feed84392.98/cwt86.00–99.007842
HeifersSelect and Choice89074.00/cwt74.00–74.006591
SteersSelect and Choice1,17893.89/cwt90.00–99.001,1067
HeifersSelect and Choice1,07593.67/cwt86.00–99.001,0075
SteersSelect and ChoiceReturn to Feed1,05590.00/cwt90.00–90.009502

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.