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Fairview Livestock Auction

Name: Fairview Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2019-10-08
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2019-10-08

Slaughter Cattle · Fairview, Illinois · Tue, Oct 8

● Final28 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2049

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Receipts

406 head

▲ 8 vs last sale 398▲ 406 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 .75 to 1.25 higher. Slaughter cows sold 3.00 to 5.50 higher. Slaughter bulls sold 13.50 higher. 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	1,699	75.08	1,275	8thin
Cows	Premium White 65-75%	Average	1,332	85.54	1,139	13
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,445	62.62	905	51
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,195	56.85	679	89
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,050	47.78	502	19
Dairy Steers	Choice	Average	1,473	82.49	1,215	2thin
Heifers	Choice	Average	1,253	107.01	1,341	76
Heifers	Select and Choice	Average	1,175	93.55	1,099	2thin
Heifers	Select	Average	1,009	80.57	813	4thin
Steers	Choice	Average	1,405	106.92	1,502	81
Steers	Select and Choice	Average	1,262	98.48	1,243	36
Steers	Select	Average	1,112	87.36	972	8thin

Every lot

28 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 · Steers6 lots · lightest first
Steers	—	SelectReturn to Feed	993	96.44/cwt	92.00–101.00	958	2
Steers	—	Select	1,152	84.33/cwt	80.00–89.00	971	6
Steers	—	Select and Choice	1,262	98.48/cwt	90.00–103.50	1,243	36
Steers	—	Choice	1,393	113.13/cwt	112.00–114.00	1,576	10
Steers	—	Choice	1,402	106.98/cwt	104.00–110.50	1,500	58
Steers	—	Choice	1,428	101.87/cwt	99.50–103.50	1,455	13
Slaughter Cattle · Heifers6 lots · lightest first
Heifers	—	ChoiceLight Weight	995	96.00/cwt	96.00–96.00	955	1
Heifers	—	Select	1,009	80.57/cwt	70.00–87.00	813	4
Heifers	—	Select and Choice	1,175	93.55/cwt	93.00–94.00	1,099	2
Heifers	—	Choice	1,222	106.75/cwt	103.00–109.50	1,304	52
Heifers	—	Choice	1,332	97.18/cwt	91.00–102.50	1,294	6
Heifers	—	Choice	1,336	111.94/cwt	110.50–113.50	1,496	17
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls	—	—	1,515	61.09/cwt	56.00–64.50	926	2
Bulls	—	—	1,760	79.74/cwt	75.00–84.50	1,403	6
Slaughter Cattle · Cows13 lots · lightest first
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%Return to Feed	978	71.56/cwt	69.50–74.00	700	3
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%Return to Feed	1,018	66.46/cwt	66.00–67.00	677	2
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,018	31.39/cwt	25.00–38.50	320	4
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,065	49.95/cwt	45.00–53.00	532	13
Cows	—	Premium White 65-75%	1,155	57.00/cwt	57.00–57.00	658	1
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,190	57.52/cwt	53.00–63.00	684	66
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,205	65.20/cwt	64.50–66.00	786	2
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,249	51.01/cwt	48.00–52.50	637	18
Cows	—	Premium White 65-75%	1,329	94.50/cwt	91.00–101.00	1,256	4
Cows	—	Premium White 65-75%	1,355	84.63/cwt	77.00–91.50	1,147	8
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,373	52.06/cwt	49.50–54.50	715	3
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,429	62.25/cwt	56.00–66.50	890	41
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,566	69.31/cwt	68.00–71.00	1,085	7
Slaughter Cattle · Dairy Steers1 lot · lightest first
Dairy Steers	—	Choice	1,473	82.49/cwt	80.00–85.00	1,215	2

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 Oct 8, 2019

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

Receipts 406Last week 398Year ago 0

Compared to last week, slaughter steers and slaughter heifers sold .75 to 1.25 higher. Slaughter cows sold 3.00 to 5.50 higher. Slaughter bulls sold 13.50 higher. Trade was active with good demand.

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	1,760	75.00–84.50	79.74
2	—	1,515	56.00–64.50	61.09

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
52	—	1,222	103.00–109.50	106.75
17	—	1,336	110.50–113.50	111.94
6	—	1,332	91.00–102.50	97.18

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,175	93.00–94.00	93.55

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Select$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,009	70.00–87.00	80.57

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Choice · Light Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	995	96.00	96.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
58	—	1,402	104.00–110.50	106.98
13	—	1,428	99.50–103.50	101.87
10	—	1,393	112.00–114.00	113.13

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
36	—	1,262	90.00–103.50	98.48

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Select · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	993	92.00–101.00	96.44

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Select$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	1,152	80.00–89.00	84.33

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85% · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	978	69.50–74.00	71.56

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90% · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,018	66.00–67.00	66.46

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
66	—	1,190	53.00–63.00	57.52
18	—	1,249	48.00–52.50	51.01
2	—	1,205	64.50–66.00	65.20

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
13	—	1,065	45.00–53.00	49.95
4	—	1,018	25.00–38.50	31.39

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
41	—	1,429	56.00–66.50	62.25
7	—	1,566	68.00–71.00	69.31
3	—	1,373	49.50–54.50	52.06

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Premium White 65-75%$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	1,355	77.00–91.50	84.63
4	—	1,329	91.00–101.00	94.50
1	—	1,155	57.00	57.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Dairy Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,473	80.00–85.00	82.49

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.