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Fairview Livestock Auction

Name: Fairview Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2019-08-06
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2019-08-06

Slaughter Cattle · Fairview, Illinois · Tue, Aug 6

● Final25 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2049

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Receipts

329 head

▼ 91 vs last sale 420▲ 329 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 slaughter heifers were unevenly steady. Slaughter cows sold mixed, with Breakers and Boners selling 2.25 to 3.75 lower , and Leans selling 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	—	Low	1,634	84.32	1,378	14
Cows	Premium White 65-75%	Low	1,405	75.00	1,054	1thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	High	1,481	68.92	1,021	84
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Low	1,238	62.60	775	83
Cows	Lean 85-90%	High	1,159	52.26	606	16
Dairy Steers	Choice	Average	1,586	91.67	1,454	6thin
Heifers	Choice	Low	1,179	114.65	1,352	19
Heifers	Select and Choice	Average	1,094	106.17	1,161	9thin
Heifers	Select	Average	1,028	88.69	911	5thin
Steers	Choice	Low	1,326	116.74	1,549	59
Steers	Select and Choice	Average	1,094	106.11	1,161	10
Steers	Select	Average	1,108	84.38	935	3thin

Every lot

25 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 · Steers4 lots · lightest first
Steers	—	Select and Choice	1,094	106.11/cwt	94.00–111.50	1,161	10
Steers	—	Select	1,108	84.38/cwt	80.00–87.00	935	3
Steers	—	Choice	1,255	109.74/cwt	107.00–112.50	1,377	2
Steers	—	Choice	1,329	116.99/cwt	113.50–119.25	1,555	57
Slaughter Cattle · Heifers6 lots · lightest first
Heifers	—	SelectReturn to Feed	970	105.00/cwt	105.00–105.00	1,019	2
Heifers	—	ChoiceReturn to Feed	990	108.50/cwt	108.50–108.50	1,074	1
Heifers	—	Select	1,066	77.82/cwt	63.50–84.00	830	3
Heifers	—	Select and Choice	1,094	106.17/cwt	96.00–111.50	1,161	9
Heifers	—	Choice	1,177	116.65/cwt	115.75–118.50	1,373	15
Heifers	—	Choice	1,253	106.68/cwt	106.50–107.00	1,337	3
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls	—	—	1,627	85.27/cwt	77.00–89.00	1,387	13
Bulls	—	—	1,720	72.00/cwt	72.00–72.00	1,238	1
Slaughter Cattle · Cows11 lots · lightest first
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,139	55.91/cwt	50.00–60.50	637	12
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,168	46.15/cwt	45.50–47.00	539	2
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,210	63.00/cwt	63.00–63.00	762	1
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,216	62.66/cwt	57.00–67.50	762	65
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,269	54.08/cwt	51.50–56.00	686	8
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,330	10.00/cwt	10.00–10.00	133	1
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,356	69.05/cwt	68.00–73.00	936	10
Cows	—	Premium White 65-75%	1,405	75.00/cwt	75.00–75.00	1,054	1
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,451	60.07/cwt	55.00–62.50	872	7
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,478	68.95/cwt	65.00–75.50	1,019	70
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,546	77.46/cwt	76.00–79.50	1,198	7
Slaughter Cattle · Dairy Steers2 lots · lightest first
Dairy Steers	—	Choice	1,545	88.78/cwt	85.00–92.00	1,372	2
Dairy Steers	—	Choice	1,606	93.12/cwt	93.00–93.50	1,496	4

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

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Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	1,546	76.00–79.50	77.46
70	—	1,478	65.00–75.50	68.95
7	—	1,451	55.00–62.50	60.07

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Premium White 65-75%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,405	75.00	75.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,210	63.00	63.00
1	—	1,330	10.00	10.00
2	—	1,168	45.50–47.00	46.15
12	—	1,139	50.00–60.50	55.91

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	1,269	51.50–56.00	54.08
10	—	1,356	68.00–73.00	69.05
65	—	1,216	57.00–67.50	62.66

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Dairy Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,545	85.00–92.00	88.78
4	—	1,606	93.00–93.50	93.12

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	1,094	96.00–111.50	106.17

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,253	106.50–107.00	106.68
15	—	1,177	115.75–118.50	116.65

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Choice · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	990	108.50	108.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Select$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,066	63.50–84.00	77.82

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Select · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	970	105.00	105.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,255	107.00–112.50	109.74
57	—	1,329	113.50–119.25	116.99

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Select$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,108	80.00–87.00	84.38

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	1,094	94.00–111.50	106.11

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,720	72.00	72.00
13	—	1,627	77.00–89.00	85.27

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.