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Fairview Livestock Auction

Name: Fairview Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2019-05-21
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2019-05-21

Slaughter Cattle · Fairview, Illinois · Tue, May 21

● Final20 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2049

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Receipts

404 head

▲ 404 vs last sale 0▲ 404 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week, slaughter steers and heifers traded steady to .50 higher. Slaughter cows traded steady to 1.50 higher. Slaughter bulls traded steady.

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.

Class	Grade	Dressing	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Bulls	—	Average	1,684	84.42	1,422	31
Cows	Premium White 65-75%	High	1,481	91.54	1,356	10
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,505	61.90	931	59
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,198	60.93	730	116
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,076	48.85	526	20
Heifers	Choice	Average	1,296	121.55	1,575	71
Heifers	Select and Choice	Average	1,134	113.32	1,285	7thin
Steers	Choice	Average	1,399	121.44	1,699	42
Steers	Select and Choice	Average	1,060	116.75	1,238	2thin

Every lot

20 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. Grouped by class and set lightest first; USDA files them in sale-ring order.

Class	Weight	Grade / description	Avg wt	Price	Range	Per head	Head
Slaughter Cattle · Steers3 lots · lightest first
Steers	—	Select and Choice	1,060	116.75/cwt	116.00–117.50	1,238	2
Steers	—	Choice	1,398	112.59/cwt	106.00–118.00	1,574	3
Steers	—	Choice	1,399	122.12/cwt	119.00–124.50	1,708	39
Slaughter Cattle · Heifers3 lots · lightest first
Heifers	—	Select and Choice	1,134	113.32/cwt	100.00–116.00	1,285	7
Heifers	—	Choice	1,294	121.70/cwt	118.00–124.00	1,575	69
Heifers	—	Choice	1,368	116.51/cwt	116.00–117.00	1,594	2
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls3 lots · lightest first
Bulls	—	—	1,294	66.58/cwt	47.00–78.00	862	4
Bulls	—	—	1,741	85.03/cwt	76.00–89.00	1,480	19
Bulls	—	—	1,745	91.90/cwt	90.00–93.00	1,604	8
Slaughter Cattle · Cows11 lots · lightest first
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%Return to Feed	916	81.92/cwt	59.00–106.00	750	11
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,040	25.00/cwt	25.00–25.00	260	1
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,078	50.10/cwt	46.00–55.50	540	19
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,182	52.02/cwt	47.00–54.50	615	18
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,236	59.97/cwt	55.00–65.50	741	85
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,268	66.32/cwt	66.00–66.50	841	2
Cows	—	Premium White 65-75%	1,456	76.86/cwt	69.00–86.00	1,119	4
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,456	50.18/cwt	48.50–52.00	731	4
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,488	61.80/cwt	57.00–65.50	920	46
Cows	—	Premium White 65-75%	1,498	101.33/cwt	90.00–111.00	1,518	6
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,612	67.59/cwt	67.00–69.00	1,090	9

This sale against other markets

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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Fairview Sale Barn Slaughter Cattle - Fairview, IL

Tue May 21, 2019

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

Receipts 404Last week 0Year ago 0

Compared to last week, slaughter steers and heifers traded steady to .50 higher. Slaughter cows traded steady to 1.50 higher. Slaughter bulls traded steady.

Trade was active with good demand.

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Premium White 65-75%$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	1,498	90.00–111.00	101.33
4	—	1,456	69.00–86.00	76.86

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
19	—	1,078	46.00–55.50	50.10
1	—	1,040	25.00	25.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
46	—	1,488	57.00–65.50	61.80
9	—	1,612	67.00–69.00	67.59
4	—	1,456	48.50–52.00	50.18

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85% · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
11	—	916	59.00–106.00	81.92

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
85	—	1,236	55.00–65.50	59.97
18	—	1,182	47.00–54.50	52.02
2	—	1,268	66.00–66.50	66.32

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
69	—	1,294	118.00–124.00	121.70
2	—	1,368	116.00–117.00	116.51

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	1,134	100.00–116.00	113.32

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
39	—	1,399	119.00–124.50	122.12
3	—	1,398	106.00–118.00	112.59

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,060	116.00–117.50	116.75

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
19	—	1,741	76.00–89.00	85.03
8	—	1,745	90.00–93.00	91.90
4	—	1,294	47.00–78.00	66.58

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.