Name: Fairview Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2019-12-05
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2019-12-05

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Trade was active with good demand.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb steers averaged $146.59/cwt on 580 head.

Average price

$146.59

580 head · 599 lb average

Value per head Derived

$878

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$158

per head · Large 1-2 over Large 1

$25.09/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+13.71

vs IL average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Large 1-2	604	147.50	890	552
Large 2	486	129.93	631	23
Large 1	598	122.41	732	5thin

One grade step is worth $25.09/cwt here — about $158 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 0–100 lb. USDA reports each grade on its own line and never publishes the spread.

How it compared 0–100 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only

This sale580 hd

146.59

—

IL average3 barns · 992 hd

132.88

+13.71

A barn can sit above the state average at one weight and below it at another — check the class you actually sell.

Every lot, as filed

89 lots · USDA AMS · Fairview Sale Barn Cattle Special - Fairview, IL

Nothing removed and nothing rounded — the same lots as the USDA report, with per-head values added.

Class	Grade / description	Weight	Avg wt	Price	Range	Per head	Head
Steers	Large 1	—	475	123.02/cwt	121.00–125.00	584	2
Steers	Large 1-2	—	415	161.14/cwt	151.00–170.00	669	17
Steers	Large 1-2	—	762	131.95/cwt	127.00–136.00	1,005	11
Steers	Large 1-2	—	814	122.14/cwt	114.00–130.00	994	6
Steers	Large 1-2	—	318	167.63/cwt	162.50–177.50	533	5
Steers	Large 1-2	—	875	129.00/cwt	129.00–129.00	1,129	1
Steers	Large 1-2	—	285	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	399	1
Steers	Large 1-2	—	235	135.00/cwt	135.00–135.00	317	1
Steers	Large 1-2Full	—	540	100.00/cwt	100.00–100.00	540	1
Steers	Large 1-2Fancy	—	452	171.74/cwt	170.00–172.00	776	16
Steers	Large 1-2Fancy	—	385	177.00/cwt	177.00–177.00	681	11
Steers	Large 1-2Fancy	—	305	190.00/cwt	190.00–190.00	580	2
Steers	Large 1	—	885	111.00/cwt	111.00–111.00	982	1
Steers	Large 1	—	770	115.00/cwt	115.00–115.00	886	1
Steers	Large 1	—	385	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	539	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	—	397	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	437	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	345	121.00/cwt	121.00–121.00	417	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	200	95.00/cwt	95.00–95.00	190	1
Heifers	Large 2Unweaned	—	520	100.00/cwt	100.00–100.00	520	1
Heifers	Large 2Unweaned	—	395	106.00/cwt	106.00–106.00	419	1
Heifers	Large 2	—	419	115.04/cwt	103.00–121.00	482	5
Heifers	Large 2	—	459	119.39/cwt	101.00–126.00	548	4
Steers	Large 1-2	—	374	162.25/cwt	145.00–167.00	607	18
Steers	Large 1-2	—	673	140.69/cwt	120.00–149.00	947	25
Steers	Large 1-2	—	724	139.05/cwt	120.00–145.00	1,007	42
Steers	Large 1-2	—	478	155.57/cwt	140.00–167.00	744	55
Steers	Large 1-2	—	922	149.44/cwt	132.00–152.00	1,378	58
Steers	Large 1-2	—	621	143.56/cwt	126.00–153.00	892	60
Steers	Large 1-2	—	525	154.14/cwt	140.00–164.00	809	75
Steers	Large 1-2	—	574	147.25/cwt	130.00–153.00	845	80
Steers	Large 1-2Unweaned	—	405	131.00/cwt	131.00–131.00	531	1
Steers	Large 1-2Unweaned	—	391	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	587	3
Steers	Large 1-2Unweaned	—	475	132.22/cwt	126.00–140.00	628	3
Steers	Large 1-2Unweaned	—	584	129.95/cwt	125.00–131.50	759	29
Steers	Large 1-2Unweaned	—	677	125.09/cwt	125.00–126.00	847	31
Steers	Large 2	—	760	119.00/cwt	119.00–119.00	904	1
Steers	Large 2	—	955	101.00/cwt	101.00–101.00	965	1
Steers	Large 2	—	310	136.29/cwt	135.00–137.50	422	2
Steers	Large 2	—	470	133.94/cwt	132.00–136.00	630	2
Steers	Large 2	—	612	121.00/cwt	121.00–121.00	741	2
Steers	Large 2	—	361	137.35/cwt	136.00–141.00	496	4
Steers	Large 2	—	544	131.25/cwt	131.00–132.00	714	4
Steers	Large 2	—	426	133.44/cwt	125.00–136.00	568	6
Steers	Large 2Unweaned	—	500	111.00/cwt	111.00–111.00	555	1
Heifers	Large 1	—	750	101.00/cwt	101.00–101.00	758	1
Heifers	Large 1	—	655	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	786	1
Heifers	Large 1	—	610	111.00/cwt	111.00–111.00	677	1
Heifers	Large 1	—	545	115.00/cwt	115.00–115.00	627	1
Heifers	Large 1	—	355	131.00/cwt	131.00–131.00	465	1
Bulls	Large 1-2Unweaned	—	790	75.00/cwt	75.00–75.00	593	1
Bulls	Large 1-2Unweaned	—	665	82.00/cwt	82.00–82.00	545	1
Bulls	Large 1-2Unweaned	—	595	107.00/cwt	107.00–107.00	637	1
Bulls	Large 1-2Unweaned	—	420	122.00/cwt	122.00–122.00	512	1
Bulls	Large 1-2	—	432	128.68/cwt	122.00–141.00	556	15
Bulls	Large 1-2	—	662	112.00/cwt	112.00–112.00	741	7
Bulls	Large 1-2	—	589	117.24/cwt	108.00–121.00	691	7
Bulls	Large 1-2	—	517	121.09/cwt	111.00–133.00	626	5
Bulls	Large 1-2	—	372	139.32/cwt	130.00–143.00	518	5
Bulls	Large 1-2	—	772	107.31/cwt	98.00–112.00	828	3
Bulls	Large 1-2	—	283	146.75/cwt	135.00–153.00	415	3
Bulls	Large 1-2	—	458	134.45/cwt	126.00–143.00	616	2
Bulls	Large 1-2	—	318	124.88/cwt	110.00–140.00	397	2
Heifers	Large 1	—	855	90.00/cwt	90.00–90.00	770	1
Heifers	Large 1	—	586	122.39/cwt	121.00–124.00	717	5
Heifers	Large 1-2	—	965	97.00/cwt	97.00–97.00	936	1
Heifers	Large 1-2	—	1,045	101.00/cwt	101.00–101.00	1,055	1
Heifers	Large 1-2	—	1,160	71.00/cwt	71.00–71.00	824	1
Heifers	Large 1-2	—	274	138.32/cwt	120.00–145.00	379	8
Heifers	Large 1-2	—	332	137.66/cwt	131.00–146.00	457	8
Heifers	Large 1-2	—	661	124.00/cwt	121.00–125.00	820	10
Heifers	Large 1-2	—	831	124.00/cwt	124.00–124.00	1,030	10
Heifers	Large 1-2	—	728	118.11/cwt	114.00–125.00	860	11
Heifers	Large 1-2	—	377	137.32/cwt	131.00–145.00	518	22
Heifers	Large 1-2	—	622	128.43/cwt	124.00–131.50	799	34
Heifers	Large 1-2	—	429	133.80/cwt	120.00–141.00	574	42
Heifers	Large 1-2	—	476	136.03/cwt	130.00–143.00	648	45
Heifers	Large 1-2	—	573	129.47/cwt	113.00–134.00	742	58
Heifers	Large 1-2	—	532	133.78/cwt	121.00–145.00	712	69
Heifers	Large 1-2Unweaned	—	345	121.00/cwt	121.00–121.00	417	1
Heifers	Large 1-2Unweaned	—	370	122.00/cwt	122.00–122.00	451	1
Heifers	Large 1-2Unweaned	—	471	113.39/cwt	111.00–121.00	534	4
Heifers	Large 1-2Unweaned	—	591	122.80/cwt	115.00–124.00	726	14
Heifers	Large 2	—	210	100.00/cwt	100.00–100.00	210	1
Heifers	Large 2	—	790	111.00/cwt	111.00–111.00	877	1
Heifers	Large 2	—	690	111.50/cwt	107.00–116.00	769	2
Heifers	Large 2	—	335	120.74/cwt	110.00–126.00	404	3
Heifers	Large 2	—	388	118.39/cwt	113.00–125.00	459	3
Heifers	Large 2	—	513	115.33/cwt	115.00–116.00	592	3
Heifers	Large 2	—	720	112.75/cwt	105.00–122.00	812	3

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.

Illinois feeder prices, every weight →Every state and region →

Fairview Sale Barn Cattle Special - Fairview, IL

Thu Dec 5, 2019

USDA Livestock, Poultry & Grain Market News · Federal-State Market News Service, Springfield, IL (LS-GX)

Receipts 1,260Last week 1,558Year ago 0

Trade was active with good demand.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	475	121.00–125.00	123.02
1	—	885	111.00	111.00
1	—	770	115.00	115.00
1	—	385	140.00	140.00
Steers — Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
17	—	415	151.00–170.00	161.14
11	—	762	127.00–136.00	131.95
6	—	814	114.00–130.00	122.14
5	—	318	162.50–177.50	167.63
1	—	875	129.00	129.00
1	—	285	140.00	140.00
1	—	235	135.00	135.00
18	—	374	145.00–167.00	162.25
25	—	673	120.00–149.00	140.69
42	—	724	120.00–145.00	139.05
55	—	478	140.00–167.00	155.57
58	—	922	132.00–152.00	149.44
60	—	621	126.00–153.00	143.56
75	—	525	140.00–164.00	154.14
80	—	574	130.00–153.00	147.25
Steers — Large 1-2 · Full$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	540	100.00	100.00
Steers — Large 1-2 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
16	—	452	170.00–172.00	171.74
11	—	385	177.00	177.00
2	—	305	190.00	190.00
Steers — Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	405	131.00	131.00
3	—	391	150.00	150.00
3	—	475	126.00–140.00	132.22
29	—	584	125.00–131.50	129.95
31	—	677	125.00–126.00	125.09
Steers — Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	760	119.00	119.00
1	—	955	101.00	101.00
2	—	310	135.00–137.50	136.29
2	—	470	132.00–136.00	133.94
2	—	612	121.00	121.00
4	—	361	136.00–141.00	137.35
4	—	544	131.00–132.00	131.25
6	—	426	125.00–136.00	133.44
Steers — Large 2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	500	111.00	111.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	397	110.00	110.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	345	121.00	121.00
1	—	200	95.00	95.00
Heifers — Large 2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	520	100.00	100.00
1	—	395	106.00	106.00
Heifers — Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	419	103.00–121.00	115.04
4	—	459	101.00–126.00	119.39
1	—	210	100.00	100.00
1	—	790	111.00	111.00
2	—	690	107.00–116.00	111.50
3	—	335	110.00–126.00	120.74
3	—	388	113.00–125.00	118.39
3	—	513	115.00–116.00	115.33
3	—	720	105.00–122.00	112.75
Heifers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	750	101.00	101.00
1	—	655	120.00	120.00
1	—	610	111.00	111.00
1	—	545	115.00	115.00
1	—	355	131.00	131.00
1	—	855	90.00	90.00
5	—	586	121.00–124.00	122.39
Heifers — Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	965	97.00	97.00
1	—	1,045	101.00	101.00
1	—	1,160	71.00	71.00
8	—	274	120.00–145.00	138.32
8	—	332	131.00–146.00	137.66
10	—	661	121.00–125.00	124.00
10	—	831	124.00	124.00
11	—	728	114.00–125.00	118.11
22	—	377	131.00–145.00	137.32
34	—	622	124.00–131.50	128.43
42	—	429	120.00–141.00	133.80
45	—	476	130.00–143.00	136.03
58	—	573	113.00–134.00	129.47
69	—	532	121.00–145.00	133.78
Heifers — Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	345	121.00	121.00
1	—	370	122.00	122.00
4	—	471	111.00–121.00	113.39
14	—	591	115.00–124.00	122.80
Bulls — Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	790	75.00	75.00
1	—	665	82.00	82.00
1	—	595	107.00	107.00
1	—	420	122.00	122.00
Bulls — Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
15	—	432	122.00–141.00	128.68
7	—	662	112.00	112.00
7	—	589	108.00–121.00	117.24
5	—	517	111.00–133.00	121.09
5	—	372	130.00–143.00	139.32
3	—	772	98.00–112.00	107.31
3	—	283	135.00–153.00	146.75
2	—	458	126.00–143.00	134.45
2	—	318	110.00–140.00	124.88

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