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Fairview Livestock Auction

Name: Fairview Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2019-08-27
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2019-08-27

Slaughter Cattle · Fairview, Illinois · Tue, Aug 27

● Final24 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2049

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Receipts

339 head

▲ 199 vs last sale 140▲ 339 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

No price comparisons to the last two weeks for slaughter steers, slaughter dairy steers, and slaughter heifers. Compared to last week, slaughter cows saw gains of 2.25 to 7.25, with Breakers seeing the largest increase. Slaughter bulls sold 9.50 higher. Trade was active with moderate demand on slaughter steers and heifers, and good on slaughter cows and slaughter bulls.

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	1,660	81.60	1,355	14
Cows	Premium White 65-75%	Average	1,398	87.50	1,223	10
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	High	1,398	67.25	940	22
Cows	Boner 80-85%	High	1,188	59.51	707	72
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Very Low	1,039	45.11	469	24
Dairy Steers	Choice	Average	1,516	88.85	1,347	9thin
Heifers	Select	Average	904	117.86	1,065	9thin
Heifers	Choice	Low	1,236	107.79	1,332	52
Heifers	Select and Choice	Average	1,047	99.20	1,039	14
Steers	Choice	Low	1,416	109.59	1,552	85
Steers	Select and Choice	Average	1,211	100.61	1,218	13
Steers	Select	Average	1,010	79.90	807	3thin

Every lot

24 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	1,010	79.90/cwt	76.00–83.00	807	3
Steers	—	Select and Choice	1,211	100.61/cwt	97.00–105.50	1,218	13
Steers	—	Choice	1,329	99.89/cwt	96.00–104.50	1,328	8
Steers	—	Choice	1,425	110.60/cwt	106.00–112.00	1,576	77
Slaughter Cattle · Heifers6 lots · lightest first
Heifers	—	SelectReturn to Feed	904	117.86/cwt	113.00–118.50	1,065	9
Heifers	—	Select and Choice	1,013	99.55/cwt	93.00–105.50	1,008	8
Heifers	—	Select and ChoiceReturn to Feed	1,035	106.53/cwt	95.00–110.50	1,103	4
Heifers	—	Choice	1,173	102.20/cwt	95.00–105.00	1,199	11
Heifers	—	Select and Choice	1,210	83.16/cwt	80.00–86.00	1,006	2
Heifers	—	Choice	1,253	109.29/cwt	106.25–112.75	1,369	41
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls	—	—	1,275	63.63/cwt	27.00–79.00	811	3
Bulls	—	—	1,765	86.50/cwt	83.00–91.50	1,527	11
Slaughter Cattle · Cows11 lots · lightest first
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	857	27.08/cwt	20.00–37.00	232	3
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%Return to Feed	898	86.87/cwt	78.00–96.00	780	2
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,058	49.57/cwt	44.00–54.00	524	20
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,145	51.48/cwt	46.50–53.00	589	14
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,200	10.00/cwt	10.00–10.00	120	1
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,209	59.75/cwt	54.00–64.50	722	50
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,214	67.18/cwt	66.00–68.50	816	6
Cows	—	Premium White 65-75%	1,375	73.00/cwt	73.00–73.00	1,004	1
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,381	64.53/cwt	58.50–75.00	891	14
Cows	—	Premium White 65-75%	1,400	89.11/cwt	80.00–95.00	1,248	9
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,428	72.00/cwt	69.00–76.00	1,028	8
Slaughter Cattle · Dairy Steers1 lot · lightest first
Dairy Steers	—	Choice	1,516	88.85/cwt	85.00–91.50	1,347	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 Aug 27, 2019

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

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Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Select and Choice · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,035	95.00–110.50	106.53

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
11	—	1,173	95.00–105.00	102.20
41	—	1,253	106.25–112.75	109.29

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Select · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	904	113.00–118.50	117.86

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,210	80.00–86.00	83.16
8	—	1,013	93.00–105.50	99.55

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	1,329	96.00–104.50	99.89
77	—	1,425	106.00–112.00	110.60

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Select$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,010	76.00–83.00	79.90

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
13	—	1,211	97.00–105.50	100.61

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,275	27.00–79.00	63.63
11	—	1,765	83.00–91.50	86.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Dairy Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	1,516	85.00–91.50	88.85

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Premium White 65-75%$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	1,400	80.00–95.00	89.11
1	—	1,375	73.00	73.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	1,428	69.00–76.00	72.00
14	—	1,381	58.50–75.00	64.53

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,200	10.00	10.00
3	—	857	20.00–37.00	27.08
20	—	1,058	44.00–54.00	49.57

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	1,214	66.00–68.50	67.18
14	—	1,145	46.50–53.00	51.48
50	—	1,209	54.00–64.50	59.75

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85% · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	898	78.00–96.00	86.87

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.