Sale reports / Illinois / Fairview Livestock Auction / 2021-02-09

Fairview Livestock Auction

Slaughter Cattle · Fairview, Illinois · Tue, Feb 9
● Final21 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2049
Receipts
169 head
▼ 326 vs last sale 495▼ 89 vs year ago 258 · −34.5%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Cold weather and bad roads kept the numbers down today. Slaughter steers and slaughter heifers sold 3.00 to 3.50 higher. Slaughter cows sold 3.50 to 5.00 higher with a high percentage of fed cows. Slaughter bulls sold 10.00 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—Average1,51882.091,24611
CowsPremium White 65-75%High1,59276.001,21035
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,26265.1782237
CowsBreaker 75-80%Low1,54264.7099817
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,12856.306355thin
HeifersChoiceAverage1,326116.211,54123
HeifersSelectAverage1,01572.507362thin
SteersChoiceAverage1,397116.901,63321

Every lot, as filed

21 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——1,84894.90/cwt93.50–96.501,7544
Bulls——1,405101.50/cwt101.50–101.501,4261
Bulls——1,31670.31/cwt58.50–81.509256
HeifersSelect—1,11058.00/cwt58.00–58.006441
HeifersSelectReturn to Feed—92087.00/cwt87.00–87.008001
SteersChoice—1,397116.90/cwt114.50–118.001,63321
CowsPremium White 65-75%—1,42391.62/cwt87.50–98.001,3045
CowsBoner 80-85%Return to Feed—1,16369.18/cwt58.50–82.008059
CowsBreaker 75-80%—1,57354.96/cwt52.00–57.508653
CowsBreaker 75-80%—1,57563.96/cwt59.00–68.001,00710
CowsPremium White 65-75%—1,74965.41/cwt63.50–69.001,1444
CowsLean 85-90%—1,12850.74/cwt47.00–55.005722
CowsBoner 80-85%—1,23855.92/cwt55.50–56.506922
CowsBreaker 75-80%—1,43873.84/cwt70.50–77.501,0624
CowsLean 85-90%Return to Feed—1,09062.50/cwt62.50–62.506811
CowsPremium White 65-75%—1,60074.62/cwt67.00–83.501,19426
CowsLean 85-90%—1,13058.50/cwt58.50–58.506611
CowsLean 85-90%Return to Feed—1,16559.00/cwt59.00–59.006871
HeifersChoice—1,326116.21/cwt113.50–118.501,54123
CowsBoner 80-85%—1,29462.02/cwt57.50–67.5080320
CowsBoner 80-85%—1,30972.76/cwt67.00–76.009526

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.