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Fairview Livestock Auction

Name: Fairview Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2019-10-29
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2019-10-29

Slaughter Cattle · Fairview, Illinois · Tue, Oct 29

● Final27 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2049

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Receipts

216 head

▼ 173 vs last sale 389▲ 216 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 2.50 lower. No price comparison to last week for slaughter dairy steers. Slaoghter cows sold 2.50 to 4.25 lower. Slaughter bulls sold 5.25 lower. Trade was active with moderate 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	1,468	67.46	991	15
Cows	Premium White 65-75%	Low	1,342	71.25	956	4thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,468	49.22	723	26
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,234	46.47	573	43
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,166	37.40	436	18
Dairy Steers	Choice	Average	1,538	88.10	1,355	13
Dairy Steers	Select and Choice	Average	1,430	77.00	1,101	1thin
Heifers	Choice	Average	1,300	106.10	1,379	21
Heifers	Select and Choice	Average	1,095	94.94	1,040	5thin
Heifers	Select	Average	873	82.79	722	4thin
Steers	Choice	Low	1,382	106.15	1,467	32
Steers	Select and Choice	Average	1,275	98.26	1,253	8thin

Every lot

27 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 · Steers5 lots · lightest first
Steers	—	Select and Choice	1,275	98.26/cwt	92.50–103.50	1,253	8
Steers	—	Choice	1,318	100.69/cwt	100.00–102.50	1,327	5
Steers	—	Choice	1,364	107.80/cwt	104.50–110.50	1,470	21
Steers	—	ChoiceNon-Traditional	1,430	90.50/cwt	90.50–90.50	1,294	2
Steers	—	Choice	1,531	112.13/cwt	111.00–112.50	1,717	4
Slaughter Cattle · Heifers6 lots · lightest first
Heifers	—	SelectReturn to Feed	825	117.41/cwt	116.00–119.00	969	2
Heifers	—	Select	920	48.17/cwt	43.00–54.00	443	2
Heifers	—	Select and Choice	1,095	94.94/cwt	90.00–102.50	1,040	5
Heifers	—	Choice	1,230	110.50/cwt	110.00–111.00	1,359	2
Heifers	—	Choice	1,245	90.00/cwt	90.00–90.00	1,121	1
Heifers	—	Choice	1,311	106.50/cwt	103.00–108.25	1,396	18
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls3 lots · lightest first
Bulls	—	—Return to Feed	978	85.00/cwt	85.00–85.00	831	3
Bulls	—	—	1,404	56.86/cwt	49.00–60.00	798	6
Bulls	—	—	1,778	69.30/cwt	67.50–71.00	1,232	6
Slaughter Cattle · Cows10 lots · lightest first
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,068	26.91/cwt	23.00–30.00	287	4
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,185	40.44/cwt	36.00–42.00	479	5
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,194	40.40/cwt	35.00–44.50	482	14
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,240	46.74/cwt	43.50–54.00	580	36
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,248	56.78/cwt	56.00–57.50	709	2
Cows	—	Premium White 65-75%	1,288	75.17/cwt	70.00–81.00	968	3
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,336	42.44/cwt	33.50–44.00	567	7
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,338	58.54/cwt	56.50–61.00	783	2
Cows	—	Premium White 65-75%	1,505	59.50/cwt	59.50–59.50	895	1
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,538	50.92/cwt	45.50–56.00	783	17
Slaughter Cattle · Dairy Steers3 lots · lightest first
Dairy Steers	—	Select and Choice	1,430	77.00/cwt	77.00–77.00	1,101	1
Dairy Steers	—	Choice	1,450	95.00/cwt	95.00–95.00	1,378	1
Dairy Steers	—	Choice	1,545	87.52/cwt	82.50–90.50	1,352	12

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 29, 2019

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

Receipts 216Last week 389Year ago 0

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Select · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	825	116.00–119.00	117.41

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Select$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	920	43.00–54.00	48.17

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
18	—	1,311	103.00–108.25	106.50
2	—	1,230	110.00–111.00	110.50
1	—	1,245	90.00	90.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,095	90.00–102.50	94.94

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	978	85.00	85.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	1,778	67.50–71.00	69.30
6	—	1,404	49.00–60.00	56.86

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Choice · Non-Traditional$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,430	90.50	90.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,531	111.00–112.50	112.13
21	—	1,364	104.50–110.50	107.80
5	—	1,318	100.00–102.50	100.69

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	1,275	92.50–103.50	98.26

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Premium White 65-75%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,505	59.50	59.50
3	—	1,288	70.00–81.00	75.17

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
14	—	1,194	35.00–44.50	40.40
4	—	1,068	23.00–30.00	26.91

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
17	—	1,538	45.50–56.00	50.92
7	—	1,336	33.50–44.00	42.44
2	—	1,338	56.50–61.00	58.54

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
36	—	1,240	43.50–54.00	46.74
5	—	1,185	36.00–42.00	40.44
2	—	1,248	56.00–57.50	56.78

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Dairy Steers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,430	77.00	77.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Dairy Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
12	—	1,545	82.50–90.50	87.52
1	—	1,450	95.00	95.00

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.