Name: Fairview Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2020-03-19
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2020-03-19

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 $140.81/cwt on 344 head.

Average price

$140.81

344 head · 655 lb average

Value per head Derived

$922

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$194

per head · Large 1-2 over Large 1

$25.44/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+7.62

vs IL average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Large 1-2	659	141.95	936	323
Medium and Large 1-2	497	138.37	688	3thin
Large 2	579	122.75	711	12thin
Large 1	637	116.52	742	6thin

One grade step is worth $25.44/cwt here — about $194 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 sale344 hd

140.81

—

IL average3 barns · 447 hd

133.19

+7.62

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

50 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 1-2	—	295	161.00/cwt	161.00–161.00	475	2
Steers	Large 1-2	—	414	171.76/cwt	171.50–173.00	711	12
Steers	Large 1-2	—	620	137.54/cwt	125.00–144.00	853	16
Steers	Large 1-2	—	726	136.35/cwt	114.00–137.25	990	68
Steers	Large 2	—	525	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	656	1
Steers	Large 2	—	755	93.00/cwt	93.00–93.00	702	1
Steers	Large 2	—	475	139.75/cwt	136.00–141.00	664	4
Steers	Large 1	—	375	139.00/cwt	139.00–139.00	521	1
Steers	Large 1-2Fancy	—	558	162.00/cwt	162.00–162.00	904	22
Bulls	Large 1-2Unweaned	—	505	121.00/cwt	121.00–121.00	611	2
Bulls	Large 1-2	—	433	132.00/cwt	132.00–132.00	572	2
Bulls	Large 1-2	—	565	119.00/cwt	119.00–119.00	672	1
Steers	Large 1-2	—	828	111.00/cwt	111.00–111.00	919	2
Steers	Large 1-2	—	517	155.41/cwt	136.00–161.00	803	13
Steers	Large 1-2	—	379	173.71/cwt	160.00–178.00	658	17
Steers	Large 1-2	—	782	127.98/cwt	126.00–128.75	1,001	87
Steers	Large 2	—	630	121.00/cwt	121.00–121.00	762	1
Steers	Large 2	—	865	95.00/cwt	95.00–95.00	822	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	555	127.00/cwt	127.00–127.00	705	1
Heifers	Large 1	—	683	104.52/cwt	103.00–106.00	714	2
Heifers	Large 1-2	—	713	112.00/cwt	112.00–112.00	799	3
Steers	Large 1	—	830	92.00/cwt	92.00–92.00	764	1
Steers	Large 1-2Fancy	—	614	159.00/cwt	159.00–159.00	976	4
Heifers	Large 1-2	—	373	133.61/cwt	120.00–141.00	498	15
Heifers	Large 1-2	—	535	139.86/cwt	118.00–141.00	748	19
Heifers	Large 2	—	295	131.00/cwt	131.00–131.00	386	1
Heifers	Large 2	—	573	107.21/cwt	105.00–110.00	614	6
Heifers	Large 1	—	745	101.00/cwt	101.00–101.00	752	1
Heifers	Large 1-2	—	298	141.00/cwt	141.00–141.00	420	2
Heifers	Large 1-2	—	568	127.45/cwt	115.00–133.00	724	12
Heifers	Large 1-2	—	754	112.33/cwt	109.00–113.00	847	18
Heifers	Large 1-2	—	672	128.50/cwt	128.50–128.50	864	36
Heifers	Large 2	—	764	96.00/cwt	96.00–96.00	733	4
Heifers	Large 1	—	590	101.00/cwt	101.00–101.00	596	1
Heifers	Large 1-2	—	1,120	81.00/cwt	81.00–81.00	907	1
Heifers	Large 1-2	—	427	144.29/cwt	130.00–149.00	616	12
Heifers	Large 1-2	—	470	141.19/cwt	129.00–151.00	664	15
Heifers	Large 1-2	—	617	129.47/cwt	120.00–131.00	799	21
Heifers	Large 2	—	435	111.00/cwt	111.00–111.00	483	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	583	117.00/cwt	117.00–117.00	682	2
Steers	Large 1	—	915	87.00/cwt	87.00–87.00	796	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	468	144.06/cwt	140.00–148.00	674	2
Steers	Large 2	—	585	115.49/cwt	115.00–116.00	676	2
Steers	Large 2	—	700	109.00/cwt	109.00–109.00	763	1
Steers	Large 2	—	405	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	567	1
Steers	Large 1-2	—	683	137.34/cwt	117.00–138.50	938	55
Steers	Large 1-2	—	493	167.34/cwt	149.00–169.50	825	14
Steers	Large 1-2	—	570	140.73/cwt	120.00–149.00	802	10
Steers	Large 1-2	—	320	161.00/cwt	161.00–161.00	515	1
Steers	Large 1	—	567	127.03/cwt	125.00–131.00	720	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 Mar 19, 2020

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

Receipts 527Last week 0Year ago 0

Trade was active with good demand.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	295	161.00	161.00
12	—	414	171.50–173.00	171.76
16	—	620	125.00–144.00	137.54
68	—	726	114.00–137.25	136.35
2	—	828	111.00	111.00
13	—	517	136.00–161.00	155.41
17	—	379	160.00–178.00	173.71
87	—	782	126.00–128.75	127.98
55	—	683	117.00–138.50	137.34
14	—	493	149.00–169.50	167.34
10	—	570	120.00–149.00	140.73
1	—	320	161.00	161.00
Steers — Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	525	125.00	125.00
1	—	755	93.00	93.00
4	—	475	136.00–141.00	139.75
1	—	630	121.00	121.00
1	—	865	95.00	95.00
2	—	585	115.00–116.00	115.49
1	—	700	109.00	109.00
1	—	405	140.00	140.00
Steers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	375	139.00	139.00
1	—	830	92.00	92.00
1	—	915	87.00	87.00
3	—	567	125.00–131.00	127.03
Steers — Large 1-2 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
22	—	558	162.00	162.00
4	—	614	159.00	159.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	555	127.00	127.00
2	—	468	140.00–148.00	144.06
Bulls — Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	505	121.00	121.00
Bulls — Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	433	132.00	132.00
1	—	565	119.00	119.00
Heifers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	683	103.00–106.00	104.52
1	—	745	101.00	101.00
1	—	590	101.00	101.00
Heifers — Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	713	112.00	112.00
15	—	373	120.00–141.00	133.61
19	—	535	118.00–141.00	139.86
2	—	298	141.00	141.00
12	—	568	115.00–133.00	127.45
18	—	754	109.00–113.00	112.33
36	—	672	128.50	128.50
1	—	1,120	81.00	81.00
12	—	427	130.00–149.00	144.29
15	—	470	129.00–151.00	141.19
21	—	617	120.00–131.00	129.47
Heifers — Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	295	131.00	131.00
6	—	573	105.00–110.00	107.21
4	—	764	96.00	96.00
1	—	435	111.00	111.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	583	117.00	117.00

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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