Sale reports / Illinois / Fairview Livestock Auction / 2019-12-17

Fairview Livestock Auction

Slaughter Cattle · Fairview, Illinois · Tue, Dec 17
● Final36 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2049
Receipts
475 head
▲ 79 vs last sale 396▲ 475 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 higher. No price comparison for slaughter dairy steers to last weeks light numbers. Slaughter cows sold mixed , with Breakers 8.75 higher, Boners 4.00 higher, and Leans 5.75 lower. Slaughter bulls traded steady. Trade was active with good demand.

Slaughter cattle

By class and quality grade · $/cwt
Cull cows and bulls are graded, not weight-classed — grade is what moves the money here.
ClassGradeDressingAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Bullocks—Average1,45096.001,3921thin
Bulls—Average1,68170.771,18927
CowsPremium White 65-75%Average1,57780.511,2707thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,53660.4592954
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,29250.69655114
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,16443.1450243
Dairy SteersChoiceAverage1,54491.031,40516
Dairy SteersSelectAverage89848.504352thin
HeifersChoiceAverage1,337117.221,56775
HeifersSelect and ChoiceAverage1,132105.091,19017
HeifersSelectAverage1,03795.7399212
SteersChoiceAverage1,464117.121,71556
SteersSelect and ChoiceAverage1,237107.551,33022
SteersSelectAverage93994.268856thin

Every lot

36 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.
ClassWeightGrade / descriptionAvg wtPriceRangePer headHead
Slaughter Cattle · Steers6 lots · lightest first
Steers—Select92851.45/cwt51.00–52.004772
Steers—SelectReturn to Feed945115.66/cwt108.00–123.001,0934
Steers—Select and Choice1,237107.55/cwt96.00–113.501,33022
Steers—Choice1,419106.49/cwt98.00–114.001,5118
Steers—Choice1,469117.99/cwt115.25–121.501,73339
Steers—Choice1,482122.78/cwt122.50–123.001,8209
Slaughter Cattle · Heifers7 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Select1,01757.24/cwt45.00–68.005823
Heifers—SelectReturn to Feed1,043108.56/cwt96.00–115.001,1329
Heifers—Select and Choice1,123106.84/cwt99.00–112.501,20015
Heifers—Select and ChoiceReturn to Feed1,20092.00/cwt92.00–92.001,1042
Heifers—Choice1,303109.61/cwt102.50–114.001,42810
Heifers—Choice1,340117.95/cwt114.50–121.001,58157
Heifers—Choice1,355121.50/cwt121.50–121.501,6468
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls3 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,36857.38/cwt30.00–64.007858
Bulls——1,80173.73/cwt66.50–77.001,32811
Bulls——1,82880.09/cwt77.50–83.501,4648
Slaughter Cattle · Cows15 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,06433.45/cwt32.00–35.003566
Cows—Lean 85-90%Return to Feed1,065104.00/cwt104.00–104.001,1081
Cows—Boner 80-85%Return to Feed1,06661.90/cwt58.50–64.006604
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,14248.96/cwt47.00–52.005599
Cows—Boner 80-85%Return to Feed1,15071.50/cwt71.50–71.508221
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,19841.10/cwt36.00–46.5049227
Cows—Premium White 65-75%1,27561.50/cwt61.50–61.507841
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,28543.74/cwt35.50–46.5056230
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,29050.56/cwt47.00–57.0065265
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,39461.53/cwt58.00–68.0085814
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,50351.61/cwt46.50–56.5077616
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,53463.19/cwt57.50–67.5096931
Cows—Premium White 65-75%1,613100.54/cwt93.00–109.001,6222
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,62468.51/cwt68.00–69.501,1137
Cows—Premium White 65-75%1,63575.25/cwt71.00–83.501,2304
Slaughter Cattle · Bullocks1 lot · lightest first
Bullocks——1,45096.00/cwt96.00–96.001,3921
Slaughter Cattle · Dairy Steers4 lots · lightest first
Dairy Steers—Select72530.00/cwt30.00–30.002181
Dairy Steers—Select1,07067.00/cwt67.00–67.007171
Dairy Steers—Choice1,54189.28/cwt86.50–93.001,37614
Dairy Steers—Choice1,563103.26/cwt97.00–110.501,6142

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.