Sale reports / Illinois / Fairview Livestock Auction / 2021-06-29

Fairview Livestock Auction

Slaughter Cattle · Fairview, Illinois · Tue, Jun 29
● Final27 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2049
Receipts
337 head
36 vs last sale 301 106 vs year ago 231 · +45.9%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week, slaughter steers sold 3.75 higher. Slaughter heifers sold 5.75 higher. Slaughter dairy steers were lightly tested. Slaughter cows sold 1.50 to 2.50 higher. Slaughter bulls sold 6.75 lower. 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
BullsAverage1,84295.001,74910
CowsPremium White 65-75%High1,47095.001,3972thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,50976.581,15525
CowsBoner 80-85%Low1,22968.4684156
CowsLean 85-90%High1,05648.1950913
Dairy SteersChoiceAverage1,431100.571,4393thin
HeifersChoiceAverage1,267128.121,62356
HeifersSelect and ChoiceAverage1,079117.661,2704thin
HeifersSelectAverage96287.828458thin
SteersChoiceLow1,331127.631,699124
SteersSelect and ChoiceAverage1,228112.711,38411
SteersSelectAverage1,14084.869672thin

Every lot, as filed

27 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
Bulls1,87092.65/cwt88.50–97.501,7336
Bulls1,900103.88/cwt103.00–104.501,9743
Bulls1,49582.50/cwt82.50–82.501,2331
HeifersSelect1,10970.86/cwt65.00–80.007865
SteersSelect1,14084.86/cwt81.00–89.009672
HeifersSelectReturn to Feed718116.10/cwt110.00–120.008343
HeifersSelect and Choice1,079117.66/cwt116.00–119.501,2704
HeifersChoice1,266128.36/cwt124.50–130.001,62554
HeifersChoice1,290121.70/cwt121.00–122.501,5702
CowsBoner 80-85%1,20359.19/cwt48.00–64.5071211
CowsBoner 80-85%1,23969.62/cwt65.00–75.0086340
CowsBoner 80-85%1,38078.30/cwt76.50–80.001,0813
Dairy SteersChoice1,431100.57/cwt99.50–102.501,4393
SteersSelect and Choice1,228115.98/cwt107.00–123.001,42410
SteersSelect and Choice1,23080.00/cwt80.00–80.009841
CowsBoner 80-85%Return to Feed95081.46/cwt80.00–84.007742
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,48776.69/cwt71.00–81.001,14020
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,61883.39/cwt82.00–85.501,3493
SteersChoice1,283121.21/cwt118.50–122.001,5558
SteersChoice1,331127.93/cwt124.00–130.501,703111
SteersChoice1,411131.35/cwt131.00–132.751,8535
CowsLean 85-90%1,16069.00/cwt69.00–69.008001
CowsPremium White 65-75%1,495110.00/cwt110.00–110.001,6451
CowsPremium White 65-75%1,44580.00/cwt80.00–80.001,1561
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,56365.24/cwt65.00–65.501,0202
CowsLean 85-90%1,01637.04/cwt20.00–53.503767
CowsLean 85-90%1,09259.64/cwt55.00–65.006515

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.