Sale reports / Illinois / Fairview Livestock Auction / 2021-04-13

Fairview Livestock Auction

Slaughter Cattle · Fairview, Illinois · Tue, Apr 13
● Final23 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2049
Receipts
327 head
2 vs last sale 325 327 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week, slaughter steers and slaughter heifers sold 5.50 higher. No comparison for slaughter dairy steers. Slaughter cows sold 2.50 to 7.00 lower with Leans taking the larger loss. Slaughter bulls sold 2.25 higher. Trade was active with good demand on slaughter steers and heifers, and bulls, but moderate on slaughter cows.

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
BullsAverage1,69692.691,57222
CowsPremium White 65-75%Low1,384108.381,5006thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Low1,26665.2282655
CowsBreaker 75-80%Low1,57965.131,02844
CowsLean 85-90%Low1,06955.0658913
Dairy SteersChoiceAverage1,47996.001,4206thin
HeifersChoiceAverage1,307124.211,62465
HeifersSelect and ChoiceAverage1,164109.561,2758thin
HeifersSelectAverage1,09988.709748thin
SteersChoiceAverage1,401125.751,76265
SteersSelect and ChoiceAverage1,215120.261,46116

Every lot, as filed

23 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
Bulls1,70693.90/cwt89.00–99.501,60213
Bulls1,956105.01/cwt100.50–107.002,0544
Bulls1,46379.70/cwt73.50–85.501,1665
HeifersSelect1,09786.24/cwt74.00–93.009466
HeifersSelectReturn to Feed1,10396.06/cwt95.00–97.001,0602
Dairy SteersChoice1,47996.00/cwt96.00–96.001,4206
CowsPremium White 65-75%1,25584.00/cwt84.00–84.001,0541
HeifersChoice1,315125.91/cwt123.00–129.501,65656
CowsBoner 80-85%1,26757.08/cwt37.00–63.0072317
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,57753.95/cwt29.00–61.508517
HeifersSelect and Choice1,164109.56/cwt98.00–122.001,2758
SteersSelect and Choice1,215120.26/cwt107.00–122.001,46116
CowsLean 85-90%1,16540.00/cwt40.00–40.004661
HeifersChoice1,297114.93/cwt105.00–122.501,4918
CowsPremium White 65-75%1,410113.26/cwt110.00–117.001,5975
SteersChoice1,402126.11/cwt123.00–129.501,76863
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,57967.25/cwt63.00–73.001,06237
SteersChoice1,370114.42/cwt113.50–115.501,5682
HeifersChoiceLight Weight960103.00/cwt103.00–103.009891
CowsBoner 80-85%1,29066.61/cwt60.00–72.0085933
CowsBoner 80-85%Return to Feed1,10283.70/cwt75.00–94.009225
CowsLean 85-90%1,05254.69/cwt49.50–58.005759
CowsLean 85-90%1,09061.21/cwt60.50–62.006673

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.