Sale reports / Illinois / Fairview Livestock Auction / 2021-07-13

Fairview Livestock Auction

Slaughter Cattle · Fairview, Illinois · Tue, Jul 13
● Final24 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2049
Receipts
344 head
▲ 134 vs last sale 210▲ 106 vs year ago 238 · +44.5%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week, slaughter steers and slaughter heifers sold ,50 to .75 higher. Slaughter cows sold 1.25 to 2.25 higher. Slaughter bulls sold 12.00 higher to last weeks light test. 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—Low1,48692.221,37119
CowsBreaker 75-80%Low1,47676.541,13021
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,21472.2587746
CowsLean 85-90%High1,07361.7866317
HeifersChoiceLow1,240126.871,57351
HeifersSelect and ChoiceAverage1,127110.731,2483thin
HeifersSelectAverage79769.955579thin
SteersChoiceLow1,396127.931,786121
SteersSelect and ChoiceAverage1,238119.451,47926
SteersSelectAverage1,03584.438746thin

Every lot, as filed

24 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
SteersChoice—1,305123.04/cwt117.50–124.501,60618
SteersChoice—1,412128.79/cwt125.00–130.751,819103
SteersSelect and ChoiceReturn to Feed—1,020110.00/cwt110.00–110.001,1221
SteersSelect and Choice—1,247119.83/cwt100.00–124.501,49425
HeifersSelect and Choice—1,127110.73/cwt104.00–118.501,2483
HeifersSelectReturn to Feed—75973.26/cwt56.00–79.005564
CowsBoner 80-85%Return to Feed—1,02378.24/cwt75.00–86.008006
CowsBoner 80-85%—1,32379.20/cwt78.00–80.001,0483
CowsBoner 80-85%—1,25372.68/cwt67.00–77.5091129
CowsBoner 80-85%—1,17363.57/cwt61.50–66.507468
HeifersChoice—1,225120.74/cwt114.00–124.501,4797
HeifersChoice—1,242127.85/cwt125.00–130.501,58844
CowsLean 85-90%—1,06571.00/cwt71.00–71.007561
CowsLean 85-90%—1,10362.83/cwt57.50–67.0069313
CowsLean 85-90%—94554.17/cwt53.00–55.505123
CowsBreaker 75-80%—1,38363.92/cwt60.00–68.508842
CowsBreaker 75-80%—1,88085.00/cwt85.00–85.001,5982
CowsBreaker 75-80%—1,44077.03/cwt72.00–80.501,10917
SteersSelectReturn to Feed—960110.00/cwt110.00–110.001,0561
SteersSelect—1,05079.31/cwt63.00–94.008335
HeifersSelect—82767.30/cwt63.00–77.005575
Bulls——1,28683.49/cwt68.50–90.501,07410
Bulls——1,875108.50/cwt108.50–108.502,0341
Bulls——1,688101.09/cwt97.50–105.501,7068

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.