Name: Fairview Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2020-01-09
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2020-01-09

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Trade was active with good demand on a very high quality set of feeder cattle.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb steers averaged $149.74/cwt on 916 head.

Average price

$149.74

916 head · 654 lb average

Value per head Derived

$979

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$88

per head · Large 1-2 over Large 1

$14.94/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+9.12

vs IL average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Large 1-2	658	150.08	988	888
Large 2	473	139.92	662	21
Large 1	666	135.14	900	7thin

One grade step is worth $14.94/cwt here — about $88 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 sale916 hd

149.74

—

IL average3 barns · 1,313 hd

140.62

+9.12

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

49 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
Heifers	Large 1-2	—	670	130.04/cwt	120.00–134.50	871	64
Heifers	Large 1-2	—	580	135.63/cwt	121.00–141.00	787	109
Heifers	Large 2	—	550	116.00/cwt	116.00–116.00	638	1
Heifers	Large 2	—	670	116.00/cwt	116.00–116.00	777	1
Heifers	Large 1-2	—	770	116.00/cwt	116.00–116.00	893	1
Steers	Large 1	—	685	131.00/cwt	131.00–131.00	897	1
Steers	Large 1	—	820	131.00/cwt	131.00–131.00	1,074	1
Steers	Large 1	—	555	146.00/cwt	146.00–146.00	810	2
Steers	Large 2	—	728	117.00/cwt	117.00–117.00	852	3
Steers	Large 2	—	476	148.62/cwt	141.00–153.00	707	5
Steers	Large 2	—	413	147.13/cwt	140.50–154.00	608	6
Steers	Large 1-2	—	295	171.00/cwt	171.00–171.00	504	1
Steers	Large 1-2	—	1,095	111.00/cwt	111.00–111.00	1,215	1
Steers	Large 1-2	—	320	183.52/cwt	183.00–184.00	587	2
Steers	Large 1-2	—	372	176.39/cwt	168.00–182.00	656	12
Steers	Large 1	—	515	149.00/cwt	149.00–149.00	767	1
Steers	Large 1	—	620	121.00/cwt	121.00–121.00	750	1
Steers	Large 1-2	—	478	166.59/cwt	156.00–180.50	796	44
Steers	Large 1-2	—	531	156.96/cwt	145.50–165.00	833	63
Steers	Large 1-2	—	841	143.78/cwt	120.00–145.50	1,209	69
Steers	Large 1	—	910	122.00/cwt	122.00–122.00	1,110	1
Steers	Large 1-2	—	720	140.30/cwt	128.00–143.25	1,010	99
Steers	Large 1-2	—	225	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	315	1
Steers	Large 2	—	300	156.00/cwt	156.00–156.00	468	2
Steers	Large 2	—	377	136.13/cwt	123.00–155.00	513	3
Steers	Large 1-2	—	568	154.52/cwt	141.00–162.50	878	99
Steers	Large 1-2	—	860	136.00/cwt	136.00–136.00	1,170	2
Steers	Large 1-2	—	669	145.25/cwt	136.00–149.00	972	109
Steers	Large 1-2	—	419	174.58/cwt	161.00–184.00	731	29
Heifers	Large 1-2	—	326	136.63/cwt	127.00–146.00	445	9
Heifers	Large 1	—	390	141.00/cwt	141.00–141.00	550	1
Steers	Large 1-2	—	618	150.52/cwt	135.00–155.00	930	162
Steers	Large 1-2	—	773	146.11/cwt	126.00–152.00	1,129	195
Steers	Large 2	—	545	131.00/cwt	131.00–131.00	714	1
Steers	Large 2	—	615	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	677	1
Heifers	Large 1-2	—	483	142.27/cwt	131.00–149.50	687	71
Heifers	Large 1	—	875	112.00/cwt	112.00–112.00	980	1
Heifers	Large 1	—	725	117.66/cwt	116.00–120.00	853	3
Heifers	Large 1	—	679	116.05/cwt	108.00–121.00	788	5
Heifers	Large 1-2	—	290	141.00/cwt	141.00–141.00	409	1
Heifers	Large 1	—	640	121.00/cwt	121.00–121.00	774	1
Heifers	Large 2	—	605	119.50/cwt	119.50–119.50	723	3
Heifers	Large 1-2	—	369	142.01/cwt	132.00–146.00	524	11
Heifers	Large 1-2	—	422	145.71/cwt	141.00–151.00	615	36
Heifers	Large 1-2	—	529	137.21/cwt	130.00–143.50	726	39
Heifers	Large 1-2	—	623	129.80/cwt	125.00–134.00	809	55
Heifers	Large 1	—	575	121.00/cwt	121.00–121.00	696	1
Heifers	Large 2	—	447	116.00/cwt	116.00–116.00	519	2
Heifers	Large 2Full	—	905	85.00/cwt	85.00–85.00	769	1

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 Jan 9, 2020

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

Receipts 1,464Last week 1,551Year ago 0

Trade was active with good demand on a very high quality set of feeder cattle.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
64	—	670	120.00–134.50	130.04
109	—	580	121.00–141.00	135.63
1	—	770	116.00	116.00
9	—	326	127.00–146.00	136.63
71	—	483	131.00–149.50	142.27
1	—	290	141.00	141.00
11	—	369	132.00–146.00	142.01
36	—	422	141.00–151.00	145.71
39	—	529	130.00–143.50	137.21
55	—	623	125.00–134.00	129.80
Heifers — Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	550	116.00	116.00
1	—	670	116.00	116.00
3	—	605	119.50	119.50
2	—	447	116.00	116.00
Heifers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	390	141.00	141.00
1	—	875	112.00	112.00
3	—	725	116.00–120.00	117.66
5	—	679	108.00–121.00	116.05
1	—	640	121.00	121.00
1	—	575	121.00	121.00
Heifers — Large 2 · Full$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	905	85.00	85.00
Steers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	685	131.00	131.00
1	—	820	131.00	131.00
2	—	555	146.00	146.00
1	—	515	149.00	149.00
1	—	620	121.00	121.00
1	—	910	122.00	122.00
Steers — Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	728	117.00	117.00
5	—	476	141.00–153.00	148.62
6	—	413	140.50–154.00	147.13
2	—	300	156.00	156.00
3	—	377	123.00–155.00	136.13
1	—	545	131.00	131.00
1	—	615	110.00	110.00
Steers — Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	295	171.00	171.00
1	—	1,095	111.00	111.00
2	—	320	183.00–184.00	183.52
12	—	372	168.00–182.00	176.39
44	—	478	156.00–180.50	166.59
63	—	531	145.50–165.00	156.96
69	—	841	120.00–145.50	143.78
99	—	720	128.00–143.25	140.30
1	—	225	140.00	140.00
99	—	568	141.00–162.50	154.52
2	—	860	136.00	136.00
109	—	669	136.00–149.00	145.25
29	—	419	161.00–184.00	174.58
162	—	618	135.00–155.00	150.52
195	—	773	126.00–152.00	146.11

Head, weight ranges, average weights and price ranges are exactly as USDA AMS filed them — nothing recomputed, nothing rounded — in USDA's own reporting structure. This is RaisedBeef's rendering of that data, not a copy of USDA's document.

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