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Fairview Livestock Auction

Name: Fairview Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2019-09-17
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2019-09-17

Slaughter Cattle · Fairview, Illinois · Tue, Sep 17

● Final34 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2049

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Receipts

302 head

▼ 256 vs last sale 558▲ 302 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 sold 3.00 to 3.50 higher. Slaughter cows and slaughter bulls were sharply lower, with slaughter cows selling 2.00 to 6.00 lower on lesser quality than last week, and slaughter bulls 18.00 lower on much lower quality. Trade was active with moderate to 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
Bullocks	—	Average	1,525	67.00	1,022	1thin
Bulls	—	Average	1,468	66.83	981	26
Cows	Premium White 65-75%	Average	1,418	88.26	1,252	2thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	High	1,418	55.45	786	29
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,183	52.45	621	50
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,036	44.05	457	38
Dairy Steers	Select and Choice	Average	1,278	69.00	882	3thin
Heifers	Choice	Low	1,251	102.52	1,282	37
Heifers	Select	Average	955	91.00	869	2thin
Heifers	Select and Choice	Average	1,143	85.24	975	5thin
Steers	Choice	High	1,413	103.15	1,457	76
Steers	Select and Choice	Average	1,262	97.51	1,231	13
Steers	Select	Average	1,047	95.06	995	3thin

Every lot

34 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 · Steers11 lots · lightest first
Steers	—	SelectReturn to Feed	1,047	95.06/cwt	90.00–97.50	995	3
Steers	—	Select and ChoiceReturn to Feed	1,163	102.87/cwt	97.00–105.50	1,196	3
Steers	—	ChoiceNon-Traditional	1,200	87.74/cwt	85.50–90.00	1,053	2
Steers	—	Select and Choice	1,210	85.00/cwt	85.00–85.00	1,029	1
Steers	—	Select and Choice	1,301	97.12/cwt	93.50–99.50	1,264	9
Steers	—	Choice	1,309	96.17/cwt	85.50–99.50	1,259	8
Steers	—	ChoiceNon-Traditional	1,395	85.50/cwt	85.50–85.50	1,193	1
Steers	—	Choice	1,406	104.45/cwt	100.00–106.50	1,469	50
Steers	—	Choice	1,477	107.74/cwt	107.00–108.50	1,591	12
Steers	—	ChoiceHeavy Weight	1,650	102.50/cwt	102.50–102.50	1,691	1
Steers	—	ChoiceHeavy Weight	1,708	95.44/cwt	94.00–97.00	1,630	2
Slaughter Cattle · Heifers8 lots · lightest first
Heifers	—	SelectReturn to Feed	755	95.00/cwt	95.00–95.00	717	1
Heifers	—	Select and Choice	1,138	82.05/cwt	79.00–83.00	934	4
Heifers	—	ChoiceNon-Traditional	1,146	90.00/cwt	90.00–90.00	1,031	4
Heifers	—	Select	1,155	87.00/cwt	87.00–87.00	1,005	1
Heifers	—	Select and Choice	1,165	98.00/cwt	98.00–98.00	1,142	1
Heifers	—	Choice	1,222	102.95/cwt	99.50–105.50	1,258	19
Heifers	—	Choice	1,305	107.09/cwt	106.00–108.50	1,398	12
Heifers	—	Choice	1,405	96.05/cwt	94.00–98.00	1,350	2
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls3 lots · lightest first
Bulls	—	—	1,058	89.22/cwt	85.50–94.00	944	2
Bulls	—	—	1,103	55.52/cwt	55.00–56.50	612	3
Bulls	—	—	1,559	66.31/cwt	60.00–74.00	1,034	21
Slaughter Cattle · Cows10 lots · lightest first
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	956	28.52/cwt	19.00–36.00	273	5
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,046	45.64/cwt	40.00–50.50	477	29
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,066	51.97/cwt	51.00–53.00	554	4
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,173	52.97/cwt	49.00–59.00	621	43
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,228	46.75/cwt	45.50–48.00	574	6
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,365	64.50/cwt	64.50–64.50	880	1
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,393	58.70/cwt	54.50–64.50	818	19
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,413	65.79/cwt	65.00–66.50	930	2
Cows	—	Premium White 65-75%	1,418	88.26/cwt	88.00–88.50	1,252	2
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,479	45.16/cwt	20.00–53.00	668	8
Slaughter Cattle · Bullocks1 lot · lightest first
Bullocks	—	—	1,525	67.00/cwt	67.00–67.00	1,022	1
Slaughter Cattle · Dairy Steers1 lot · lightest first
Dairy Steers	—	Select and Choice	1,278	69.00/cwt	69.00–69.00	882	3

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 Sep 17, 2019

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Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
21	—	1,559	60.00–74.00	66.31
3	—	1,103	55.00–56.50	55.52
2	—	1,058	85.50–94.00	89.22

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bullocks$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,525	67.00	67.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
43	—	1,173	49.00–59.00	52.97
6	—	1,228	45.50–48.00	46.75
1	—	1,365	64.50	64.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
29	—	1,046	40.00–50.50	45.64
5	—	956	19.00–36.00	28.52
4	—	1,066	51.00–53.00	51.97

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Premium White 65-75%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,418	88.00–88.50	88.26

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,413	65.00–66.50	65.79
8	—	1,479	20.00–53.00	45.16
19	—	1,393	54.50–64.50	58.70

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Select · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	755	95.00	95.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,165	98.00	98.00
4	—	1,138	79.00–83.00	82.05

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,405	94.00–98.00	96.05
12	—	1,305	106.00–108.50	107.09
19	—	1,222	99.50–105.50	102.95

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Choice · Non-Traditional$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,146	90.00	90.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Select$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,155	87.00	87.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	1,301	93.50–99.50	97.12
1	—	1,210	85.00	85.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Choice · Heavy Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,650	102.50	102.50
2	—	1,708	94.00–97.00	95.44

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Select and Choice · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,163	97.00–105.50	102.87

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Choice · Non-Traditional$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,395	85.50	85.50
2	—	1,200	85.50–90.00	87.74

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	1,309	85.50–99.50	96.17
12	—	1,477	107.00–108.50	107.74
50	—	1,406	100.00–106.50	104.45

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Select · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,047	90.00–97.50	95.06

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Dairy Steers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,278	69.00	69.00

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.