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Fairview Livestock Auction

Name: Fairview Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2019-11-26
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2019-11-26

Slaughter Cattle · Fairview, Illinois · Tue, Nov 26

● Final24 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2049

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Receipts

215 head

▼ 255 vs last sale 470▲ 215 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 1.00 higher. Slaughter cows sold .75 to 2.75 lower with Breakers taking the larger loss. Slaughter bulls sold 6.00 lower. 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
Bulls	—	Low	1,769	73.01	1,291	8thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	High	1,445	52.45	758	25
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,173	51.34	602	33
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Low	1,068	36.80	393	10
Heifers	Choice	Average	1,303	114.05	1,487	39
Heifers	Select and Choice	Average	1,147	99.65	1,143	3thin
Steers	Choice	Low	1,414	116.42	1,646	68
Steers	Select and Choice	Average	1,229	103.60	1,273	6thin
Steers	Select	Average	1,009	97.57	985	6thin

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 · Steers6 lots · lightest first
Steers	—	SelectReturn to Feed	960	103.11/cwt	75.00–117.00	990	4
Steers	—	Select	1,108	86.48/cwt	86.00–87.00	958	2
Steers	—	Select and Choice	1,229	103.60/cwt	98.00–108.50	1,273	6
Steers	—	Choice	1,368	107.24/cwt	105.00–112.50	1,467	4
Steers	—	Choice	1,411	116.42/cwt	113.00–119.00	1,643	55
Steers	—	Choice	1,452	120.48/cwt	120.25–120.75	1,749	9
Slaughter Cattle · Heifers5 lots · lightest first
Heifers	—	ChoiceLight Weight	990	70.00/cwt	70.00–70.00	693	1
Heifers	—	Select and ChoiceReturn to Feed	1,080	99.00/cwt	99.00–99.00	1,069	1
Heifers	—	Select and Choice	1,180	99.98/cwt	96.00–104.00	1,180	2
Heifers	—	Choice	1,310	116.44/cwt	113.00–119.50	1,525	33
Heifers	—	Choice	1,323	107.12/cwt	98.00–112.50	1,417	5
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls3 lots · lightest first
Bulls	—	—	1,390	53.00/cwt	53.00–53.00	737	1
Bulls	—	—	1,815	71.05/cwt	63.00–75.50	1,290	4
Bulls	—	—	1,833	82.29/cwt	80.00–83.50	1,508	3
Slaughter Cattle · Cows10 lots · lightest first
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%Return to Feed	925	48.50/cwt	48.50–48.50	449	1
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%Return to Feed	988	63.20/cwt	55.00–73.00	624	6
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,061	39.21/cwt	36.50–43.50	416	5
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,113	30.86/cwt	29.50–33.00	343	4
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,207	49.63/cwt	45.00–55.50	599	22
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,221	41.15/cwt	38.50–44.50	502	4
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,230	62.50/cwt	62.50–62.50	769	1
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,345	58.50/cwt	58.50–58.50	787	1
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,448	53.71/cwt	49.00–59.50	778	19
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,478	45.63/cwt	43.00–47.50	674	5

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 Nov 26, 2019

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

Receipts 215Last week 470Year ago 0

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
22	—	1,207	45.00–55.50	49.63
4	—	1,221	38.50–44.50	41.15
1	—	1,345	58.50	58.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,230	62.50	62.50
5	—	1,478	43.00–47.50	45.63
19	—	1,448	49.00–59.50	53.71

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,113	29.50–33.00	30.86
5	—	1,061	36.50–43.50	39.21

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90% · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	925	48.50	48.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85% · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	988	55.00–73.00	63.20

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,390	53.00	53.00
3	—	1,833	80.00–83.50	82.29
4	—	1,815	63.00–75.50	71.05

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	1,229	98.00–108.50	103.60

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,368	105.00–112.50	107.24
9	—	1,452	120.25–120.75	120.48
55	—	1,411	113.00–119.00	116.42

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Select$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,108	86.00–87.00	86.48

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Select · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	960	75.00–117.00	103.11

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
33	—	1,310	113.00–119.50	116.44
5	—	1,323	98.00–112.50	107.12

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,180	96.00–104.00	99.98

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Choice · Light Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	990	70.00	70.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Select and Choice · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,080	99.00	99.00

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.