Sale reports / Illinois / Fairview Livestock Auction / 2021-07-06

Fairview Livestock Auction

Slaughter Cattle · Fairview, Illinois · Tue, Jul 6
● Final28 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2049
Receipts
210 head
127 vs last sale 337 46 vs year ago 164 · +28.0%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week slaughter steers and slaughter heifers traded unevenly steady. Slaughter cows also traded unevenly steady. Slaughter bulls sold 5.00 lower on a mostly lower quality set compared to last week. 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
BullsAverage1,44589.261,29011
CowsPremium White 65-75%Average1,46078.001,1391thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,43775.881,09113
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,20674.3189618
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,06057.496109thin
HeifersChoiceHigh1,259123.841,55931
HeifersSelect and ChoiceAverage1,104107.501,1876thin
HeifersSelectLow90572.006522thin
SteersChoiceHigh1,388127.941,77685
SteersSelect and ChoiceAverage1,207116.321,40411
SteersSelectAverage1,05795.671,0113thin
SteersStandardLow1,07885.509212thin

Every lot, as filed

28 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
Bulls1,20087.77/cwt84.00–94.501,0534
Bulls1,835102.90/cwt97.00–108.501,8884
Bulls1,25273.05/cwt63.00–79.009153
HeifersSelect80059.00/cwt59.00–59.004721
SteersSelect1,09093.00/cwt89.00–98.001,0142
SteersSelectReturn to Feed990101.00/cwt101.00–101.001,0001
CowsLean 85-90%1,05361.17/cwt56.00–65.506446
CowsBoner 80-85%Return to Feed1,05784.84/cwt79.00–95.008973
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,42174.81/cwt72.50–77.001,06311
CowsPremium White 65-75%1,46078.00/cwt78.00–78.001,1391
CowsBoner 80-85%1,27371.57/cwt65.00–75.0091110
CowsBoner 80-85%1,18277.07/cwt76.00–79.009114
SteersChoice1,442131.23/cwt131.00–131.501,8927
SteersChoice1,285116.13/cwt112.00–120.001,4924
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,55566.50/cwt66.50–66.501,0341
CowsLean 85-90%1,07550.12/cwt46.00–55.005393
HeifersChoice1,375130.00/cwt130.00–130.001,7881
HeifersChoice1,282115.93/cwt108.00–119.501,4869
HeifersChoice1,243126.94/cwt123.00–129.501,57821
SteersChoice1,389128.27/cwt124.00–130.501,78274
CowsBoner 80-85%1,08059.00/cwt59.00–59.006371
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,50097.00/cwt97.00–97.001,4551
HeifersSelect1,01085.00/cwt85.00–85.008591
HeifersSelect and Choice1,125113.75/cwt98.00–118.501,2804
SteersSelect and Choice1,207116.32/cwt107.50–121.001,40411
HeifersSelect and Choice1,06395.00/cwt95.00–95.001,0102
SteersStandard1,10566.00/cwt66.00–66.007291
SteersStandard1,050105.00/cwt105.00–105.001,1031

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.