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Fairview Livestock Auction

Name: Fairview Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2019-12-03
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2019-12-03

Slaughter Cattle · Fairview, Illinois · Tue, Dec 3

● Final34 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2049

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Receipts

550 head

▲ 335 vs last sale 215▲ 550 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Note: Correction to Slaughter Cows

Compared to last week, slaughter steers and slaughter heifers sold 1.00 to 1.25 higher. No test to last week for slaughter dairy steers. Slaughter cows sold mostly .25 to 1.25 lower. Slaughter bulls sold 2.50 higher. 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	—	High	1,522	74.95	1,141	33
Cows	Premium White 65-75%	High	1,380	80.80	1,115	8thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Low	1,475	52.73	778	78
Cows	Boner 80-85%	High	1,238	47.90	593	122
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Low	1,080	37.78	408	36
Dairy Steers	Choice	Average	1,700	85.12	1,447	8thin
Heifers	Choice	Average	1,307	116.96	1,529	102
Heifers	Select and Choice	Average	1,095	108.25	1,185	14
Heifers	Select	Average	970	83.68	812	6thin
Steers	Choice	Average	1,434	116.28	1,667	96
Steers	Select and Choice	Average	1,256	109.23	1,372	22
Steers	Select	Average	1,180	88.84	1,048	4thin

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 · Steers8 lots · lightest first
Steers	—	SelectReturn to Feed	1,095	104.50/cwt	104.50–104.50	1,144	1
Steers	—	Select and ChoiceReturn to Feed	1,134	112.47/cwt	109.50–115.50	1,275	6
Steers	—	Select	1,208	83.62/cwt	71.00–90.00	1,010	3
Steers	—	Select and Choice	1,293	111.87/cwt	108.00–114.00	1,446	14
Steers	—	Select and Choice	1,365	81.00/cwt	81.00–81.00	1,106	2
Steers	—	Choice	1,389	110.45/cwt	100.00–114.50	1,534	15
Steers	—	Choice	1,439	117.71/cwt	115.00–121.50	1,694	80
Steers	—	ChoiceHeavy Weight	1,710	89.00/cwt	89.00–89.00	1,522	1
Slaughter Cattle · Heifers8 lots · lightest first
Heifers	—	Select	870	38.00/cwt	38.00–38.00	331	1
Heifers	—	SelectReturn to Feed	978	99.36/cwt	91.00–105.00	972	3
Heifers	—	Select	1,008	83.00/cwt	83.00–83.00	837	2
Heifers	—	Select and Choice	1,095	108.25/cwt	105.00–113.50	1,185	14
Heifers	—	Choice	1,295	117.52/cwt	114.00–120.50	1,522	90
Heifers	—	Choice	1,365	111.48/cwt	108.00–113.50	1,522	7
Heifers	—	Choice	1,381	121.00/cwt	121.00–121.00	1,671	4
Heifers	—	ChoiceHeavy Weight	1,725	89.00/cwt	89.00–89.00	1,535	1
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls4 lots · lightest first
Bulls	—	—Return to Feed	775	94.00/cwt	94.00–94.00	729	6
Bulls	—	—	1,601	57.45/cwt	32.50–65.50	920	6
Bulls	—	—	1,705	73.67/cwt	68.50–79.00	1,256	18
Bulls	—	—	1,758	79.48/cwt	79.00–80.00	1,397	3
Slaughter Cattle · Cows13 lots · lightest first
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	868	17.00/cwt	17.00–17.00	148	2
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,008	27.57/cwt	26.00–29.00	278	3
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,101	40.11/cwt	34.00–45.00	442	31
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%Return to Feed	1,104	72.00/cwt	59.00–92.00	795	4
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,226	49.26/cwt	44.50–55.00	604	86
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,276	40.66/cwt	33.00–44.00	519	31
Cows	—	Premium White 65-75%	1,350	93.12/cwt	91.00–95.00	1,257	2
Cows	—	Premium White 65-75%	1,363	81.01/cwt	77.00–86.00	1,104	4
Cows	—	Premium White 65-75%	1,443	68.06/cwt	60.00–75.00	982	2
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,450	52.55/cwt	46.00–57.50	762	59
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,494	42.97/cwt	33.00–53.00	642	7
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,584	59.31/cwt	57.50–64.00	939	12
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,650	59.00/cwt	59.00–59.00	974	1
Slaughter Cattle · Dairy Steers1 lot · lightest first
Dairy Steers	—	Choice	1,700	85.12/cwt	85.00–85.50	1,447	8

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.

Illinois feeder prices, every weight →Every state and region →

Fairview Sale Barn Slaughter Cattle - Fairview, IL

Tue Dec 3, 2019

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

Receipts 550Last week 215Year ago 0

Note: Correction to Slaughter Cows

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,758	79.00–80.00	79.48
6	—	1,601	32.50–65.50	57.45
18	—	1,705	68.50–79.00	73.67

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	775	94.00	94.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,650	59.00	59.00
31	—	1,276	33.00–44.00	40.66
86	—	1,226	44.50–55.00	49.26

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,008	26.00–29.00	27.57
31	—	1,101	34.00–45.00	40.11
2	—	868	17.00	17.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	1,494	33.00–53.00	42.97
12	—	1,584	57.50–64.00	59.31
59	—	1,450	46.00–57.50	52.55

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Premium White 65-75%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,350	91.00–95.00	93.12
2	—	1,443	60.00–75.00	68.06
4	—	1,363	77.00–86.00	81.01

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85% · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,104	59.00–92.00	72.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
80	—	1,439	115.00–121.50	117.71
15	—	1,389	100.00–114.50	110.45

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Select · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,095	104.50	104.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Select and Choice · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	1,134	109.50–115.50	112.47

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Choice · Heavy Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,710	89.00	89.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
14	—	1,293	108.00–114.00	111.87
2	—	1,365	81.00	81.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Select$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,208	71.00–90.00	83.62

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Select · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	978	91.00–105.00	99.36

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
14	—	1,095	105.00–113.50	108.25

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Select$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	870	38.00	38.00
2	—	1,008	83.00	83.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Choice · Heavy Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,725	89.00	89.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
90	—	1,295	114.00–120.50	117.52
7	—	1,365	108.00–113.50	111.48
4	—	1,381	121.00	121.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Dairy Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	1,700	85.00–85.50	85.12

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.