Name: Fairview Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2020-04-02
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2020-04-02

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to two weeks ago, feeder steers sold from 5.00 to 15.00 lower with the lighter weight steers taking the larger loss. Feeder heifers sold from 4.00 to 8.00 lower with the lighter weight heifers also taking the larger loss. Trade was active with moderate to good demand at this point in time.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb steers averaged $144.10/cwt on 763 head.

Average price

$144.10

763 head · 631 lb average

Value per head Derived

$909

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$181

per head · Large 1-2 over Large 1

$27.92/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+8.30

vs IL average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Large 1-2	638	145.78	931	696
Medium and Large 1-2	511	132.58	678	12thin
Large 2	528	128.19	676	40
Large 1	636	117.86	750	15thin

One grade step is worth $27.92/cwt here — about $181 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 sale763 hd

144.10

—

IL average3 barns · 1,001 hd

135.80

+8.30

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

86 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	—	771	132.35/cwt	124.00–135.75	1,020	95
Steers	Large 1-2	—	631	152.90/cwt	129.00–157.50	965	117
Steers	Large 1-2	—	686	139.95/cwt	128.00–154.00	960	131
Steers	Large 1-2Unweaned	—	340	135.00/cwt	135.00–135.00	459	1
Steers	Large 2	—	345	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	483	1
Heifers	Large 2	—	672	100.13/cwt	91.00–104.00	673	8
Heifers	Large 2	—	413	121.66/cwt	105.00–131.00	502	8
Heifers	Large 2	—	626	101.55/cwt	96.00–108.00	636	7
Heifers	Large 2	—	731	99.98/cwt	94.00–109.00	731	6
Heifers	Large 2	—	516	117.01/cwt	104.00–121.00	604	6
Heifers	Large 2	—	363	124.54/cwt	111.00–133.00	452	5
Heifers	Large 2	—	813	92.00/cwt	92.00–92.00	748	3
Heifers	Large 2	—	752	95.00/cwt	95.00–95.00	714	2
Heifers	Large 2	—	850	93.00/cwt	93.00–93.00	791	1
Heifers	Large 2	—	220	132.50/cwt	132.50–132.50	292	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed	—	270	155.00/cwt	155.00–155.00	419	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	593	138.00/cwt	138.00–138.00	818	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	473	123.00/cwt	123.00–123.00	582	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	535	108.00/cwt	108.00–108.00	578	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	355	131.00/cwt	131.00–131.00	465	1
Steers	Large 2	—	573	126.66/cwt	113.00–140.00	726	8
Steers	Large 2	—	474	132.25/cwt	123.00–144.00	627	7
Steers	Large 2	—	427	140.80/cwt	120.00–146.00	601	6
Steers	Large 2	—	523	131.48/cwt	121.00–143.00	688	5
Steers	Large 2	—	610	111.44/cwt	101.00–115.00	680	4
Steers	Large 2	—	369	133.43/cwt	132.00–135.00	492	4
Steers	Large 2	—	795	115.00/cwt	115.00–115.00	914	3
Steers	Large 2	—	690	111.00/cwt	106.00–116.00	766	2
Heifers	Large 2	—	486	134.67/cwt	123.00–139.00	654	9
Heifers	Large 2	—	574	110.86/cwt	107.00–114.00	636	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	380	121.00/cwt	121.00–121.00	460	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	268	134.07/cwt	133.00–135.00	359	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	568	101.51/cwt	90.00–107.00	577	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	326	129.86/cwt	110.00–137.00	423	4
Steers	Large 1	—	395	134.00/cwt	134.00–134.00	529	1
Steers	Large 1	—	505	129.00/cwt	129.00–129.00	651	1
Steers	Large 1	—	645	109.00/cwt	109.00–109.00	703	1
Steers	Large 1	—	1,000	100.00/cwt	100.00–100.00	1,000	1
Steers	Large 1	—	460	129.68/cwt	127.00–131.00	597	3
Steers	Large 1	—	583	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	758	3
Steers	Large 1	—	774	103.38/cwt	93.00–111.00	800	5
Steers	Large 1-2Fancy	—	477	182.25/cwt	181.50–184.00	869	13
Steers	Large 1-2Fancy	—	531	171.33/cwt	171.00–172.00	910	18
Steers	Large 1-2Fancy	—	562	171.00/cwt	171.00–171.00	961	21
Steers	Large 1-2	—	175	143.00/cwt	143.00–143.00	250	1
Steers	Large 1-2	—	230	132.50/cwt	132.50–132.50	305	1
Steers	Large 1-2	—	295	165.00/cwt	165.00–165.00	487	1
Steers	Large 1-2	—	968	96.01/cwt	95.00–97.00	929	2
Steers	Large 1-2	—	338	157.49/cwt	152.50–160.00	532	3
Steers	Large 1-2	—	870	117.59/cwt	111.00–121.00	1,023	3
Bulls	Large 1-2	—	222	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	289	2
Bulls	Large 1-2	—	610	116.00/cwt	116.00–116.00	708	2
Bulls	Large 1-2	—	525	119.89/cwt	114.00–123.00	629	3
Heifers	Large 1	—	360	121.00/cwt	121.00–121.00	436	1
Heifers	Large 1	—	600	115.00/cwt	115.00–115.00	690	1
Heifers	Large 1	—	760	100.00/cwt	100.00–100.00	760	1
Heifers	Large 1	—	423	135.69/cwt	131.00–140.00	574	2
Heifers	Large 1	—	520	125.96/cwt	118.00–131.00	655	7
Heifers	Large 1-2Fancy	—	447	159.63/cwt	159.00–160.00	714	8
Heifers	Large 1-2Fancy	—	477	159.45/cwt	159.00–160.00	761	9
Heifers	Large 1-2Fleshy	—	780	70.00/cwt	70.00–70.00	546	1
Heifers	Large 1-2	—	295	112.50/cwt	112.50–112.50	332	1
Heifers	Large 1-2	—	335	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	469	1
Heifers	Large 1-2	—	985	85.00/cwt	85.00–85.00	837	1
Heifers	Large 1-2	—	821	93.33/cwt	93.00–94.00	766	3
Heifers	Large 1-2	—	861	92.50/cwt	92.50–92.50	796	3
Heifers	Large 1-2	—	906	92.00/cwt	92.00–92.00	834	4
Heifers	Large 1-2	—	388	149.89/cwt	134.00–163.00	582	11
Heifers	Large 1-2	—	760	104.47/cwt	95.00–115.50	794	21
Heifers	Large 1-2	—	424	139.32/cwt	129.00–146.00	591	23
Heifers	Large 1-2	—	712	115.27/cwt	105.00–127.00	821	25
Heifers	Large 1-2	—	671	121.75/cwt	110.00–130.00	817	36
Heifers	Large 1-2	—	476	149.83/cwt	129.00–157.00	713	62
Heifers	Large 1-2	—	619	132.11/cwt	123.00–137.00	818	72
Heifers	Large 1-2	—	526	144.78/cwt	126.00–154.00	762	96
Heifers	Large 1-2	—	567	139.69/cwt	122.00–150.00	792	112
Heifers	Large 1-2Unweaned	—	230	145.00/cwt	145.00–145.00	334	1
Heifers	Large 1-2Unweaned	—	380	117.00/cwt	117.00–117.00	445	1
Steers	Large 1-2	—	828	109.91/cwt	101.00–111.00	910	9
Steers	Large 1-2	—	934	101.79/cwt	101.00–105.00	951	10
Steers	Large 1-2	—	361	156.02/cwt	147.00–161.00	563	12
Steers	Large 1-2	—	435	159.34/cwt	151.00–173.00	693	21
Steers	Large 1-2	—	475	159.35/cwt	146.00–168.00	757	32
Steers	Large 1-2	—	524	156.94/cwt	140.00–167.00	822	49
Steers	Large 1-2	—	574	154.98/cwt	143.00–165.00	890	78
Steers	Large 1-2	—	735	127.26/cwt	122.00–140.00	935	78

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.

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Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
95	—	771	124.00–135.75	132.35
117	—	631	129.00–157.50	152.90
131	—	686	128.00–154.00	139.95
1	—	175	143.00	143.00
1	—	230	132.50	132.50
1	—	295	165.00	165.00
2	—	968	95.00–97.00	96.01
3	—	338	152.50–160.00	157.49
3	—	870	111.00–121.00	117.59
9	—	828	101.00–111.00	109.91
10	—	934	101.00–105.00	101.79
12	—	361	147.00–161.00	156.02
21	—	435	151.00–173.00	159.34
32	—	475	146.00–168.00	159.35
49	—	524	140.00–167.00	156.94
78	—	574	143.00–165.00	154.98
78	—	735	122.00–140.00	127.26
Steers — Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	340	135.00	135.00
Steers — Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	345	140.00	140.00
8	—	573	113.00–140.00	126.66
7	—	474	123.00–144.00	132.25
6	—	427	120.00–146.00	140.80
5	—	523	121.00–143.00	131.48
4	—	610	101.00–115.00	111.44
4	—	369	132.00–135.00	133.43
3	—	795	115.00	115.00
2	—	690	106.00–116.00	111.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	270	155.00	155.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	593	138.00	138.00
3	—	473	123.00	123.00
1	—	535	108.00	108.00
1	—	355	131.00	131.00
Steers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	395	134.00	134.00
1	—	505	129.00	129.00
1	—	645	109.00	109.00
1	—	1,000	100.00	100.00
3	—	460	127.00–131.00	129.68
3	—	583	130.00	130.00
5	—	774	93.00–111.00	103.38
Steers — Large 1-2 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
13	—	477	181.50–184.00	182.25
18	—	531	171.00–172.00	171.33
21	—	562	171.00	171.00
Heifers — Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	672	91.00–104.00	100.13
8	—	413	105.00–131.00	121.66
7	—	626	96.00–108.00	101.55
6	—	731	94.00–109.00	99.98
6	—	516	104.00–121.00	117.01
5	—	363	111.00–133.00	124.54
3	—	813	92.00	92.00
2	—	752	95.00	95.00
1	—	850	93.00	93.00
1	—	220	132.50	132.50
9	—	486	123.00–139.00	134.67
9	—	574	107.00–114.00	110.86
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	380	121.00	121.00
2	—	268	133.00–135.00	134.07
3	—	568	90.00–107.00	101.51
4	—	326	110.00–137.00	129.86
Heifers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	360	121.00	121.00
1	—	600	115.00	115.00
1	—	760	100.00	100.00
2	—	423	131.00–140.00	135.69
7	—	520	118.00–131.00	125.96
Heifers — Large 1-2 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	447	159.00–160.00	159.63
9	—	477	159.00–160.00	159.45
Heifers — Large 1-2 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	780	70.00	70.00
Heifers — Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	295	112.50	112.50
1	—	335	140.00	140.00
1	—	985	85.00	85.00
3	—	821	93.00–94.00	93.33
3	—	861	92.50	92.50
4	—	906	92.00	92.00
11	—	388	134.00–163.00	149.89
21	—	760	95.00–115.50	104.47
23	—	424	129.00–146.00	139.32
25	—	712	105.00–127.00	115.27
36	—	671	110.00–130.00	121.75
62	—	476	129.00–157.00	149.83
72	—	619	123.00–137.00	132.11
96	—	526	126.00–154.00	144.78
112	—	567	122.00–150.00	139.69
Heifers — Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	230	145.00	145.00
1	—	380	117.00	117.00
Bulls — Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	222	130.00	130.00
2	—	610	116.00	116.00
3	—	525	114.00–123.00	119.89

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