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Fairview Livestock Auction

Name: Fairview Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2019-12-31
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2019-12-31

Slaughter Cattle · Fairview, Illinois · Tue, Dec 31

● Final32 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2049

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Receipts

432 head

▼ 43 vs last sale 475▲ 432 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to two weeks ago, slaughter steers and slaughter heifers sold 5.00 to 5.50 higher. Slaughter dairy steers sold 1.75 higher in a light test. Slaughter cows sold mixed, with Breakers 5.00 higher, Boners 3.00 higher, and Leans 1.50 lower. Slaughter bulls sold 3.25 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	—	High	1,588	73.68	1,170	23
Cows	Premium White 65-75%	High	1,542	72.21	1,114	48
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Low	1,470	60.19	885	63
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Very Low	1,261	55.83	704	132
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,074	38.06	409	19
Dairy Steers	Choice	Average	1,421	91.00	1,293	3thin
Heifers	Choice	High	1,282	123.26	1,581	30
Heifers	Select and Choice	Average	1,215	113.57	1,380	4thin
Heifers	Select	Average	1,058	73.08	773	6thin
Steers	Choice	Low	1,481	122.37	1,813	72
Steers	Select	Average	994	90.35	898	3thin

Every lot

32 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	—	SelectReturn to Feed	935	107.00/cwt	107.00–107.00	1,000	1
Steers	—	Select	1,023	82.03/cwt	72.00–91.00	839	2
Steers	—	Choice	1,468	116.70/cwt	116.00–118.00	1,713	4
Steers	—	Choice	1,477	122.98/cwt	120.00–126.75	1,816	67
Steers	—	ChoiceHeavy Weight	1,835	104.00/cwt	104.00–104.00	1,908	1
Slaughter Cattle · Heifers5 lots · lightest first
Heifers	—	ChoiceLight Weight	970	105.00/cwt	105.00–105.00	1,019	1
Heifers	—	Select	1,058	73.08/cwt	60.00–85.00	773	6
Heifers	—	Select and Choice	1,215	113.57/cwt	105.00–117.00	1,380	4
Heifers	—	Choice	1,240	127.00/cwt	127.00–127.00	1,575	2
Heifers	—	Choice	1,297	123.66/cwt	120.00–126.00	1,604	27
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls3 lots · lightest first
Bulls	—	—	1,162	62.42/cwt	57.50–66.00	725	6
Bulls	—	—	1,563	85.03/cwt	84.50–85.50	1,329	2
Bulls	—	—	1,762	76.67/cwt	71.50–80.50	1,351	15
Slaughter Cattle · Cows18 lots · lightest first
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	998	16.27/cwt	15.00–17.00	162	2
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%Return to Feed	1,000	64.00/cwt	64.00–64.00	640	1
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,035	30.00/cwt	30.00–30.00	311	1
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,053	39.42/cwt	33.00–43.00	415	12
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%Return to Feed	1,136	68.43/cwt	55.50–85.00	777	10
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%Return to Feed	1,175	44.00/cwt	44.00–44.00	517	1
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,188	47.83/cwt	43.50–52.00	568	3
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,212	44.00/cwt	38.00–46.50	533	20
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,255	53.43/cwt	47.00–57.50	671	61
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,328	63.26/cwt	58.00–74.50	840	39
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,409	49.42/cwt	47.00–51.50	696	8
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,450	15.00/cwt	15.00–15.00	218	1
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,454	58.34/cwt	53.00–63.50	848	32
Cows	—	Premium White 65-75%	1,469	64.47/cwt	47.50–69.50	947	20
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%Return to Feed	1,480	70.00/cwt	70.00–70.00	1,036	1
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,514	66.36/cwt	64.00–70.00	1,005	22
Cows	—	Premium White 65-75%	1,543	97.56/cwt	91.00–101.50	1,505	4
Cows	—	Premium White 65-75%	1,603	74.44/cwt	70.00–84.00	1,193	24
Slaughter Cattle · Dairy Steers1 lot · lightest first
Dairy Steers	—	Choice	1,421	91.00/cwt	91.00–91.00	1,293	3

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 Dec 31, 2019

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

Receipts 432Last week 475Year ago 0

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,563	84.50–85.50	85.03
6	—	1,162	57.50–66.00	62.42
15	—	1,762	71.50–80.50	76.67

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,450	15.00	15.00
20	—	1,212	38.00–46.50	44.00
39	—	1,328	58.00–74.50	63.26
61	—	1,255	47.00–57.50	53.43

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Premium White 65-75%$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,543	91.00–101.50	97.56
20	—	1,469	47.50–69.50	64.47
24	—	1,603	70.00–84.00	74.44

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	1,409	47.00–51.50	49.42
22	—	1,514	64.00–70.00	66.36
32	—	1,454	53.00–63.50	58.34

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
12	—	1,053	33.00–43.00	39.42
1	—	1,035	30.00	30.00
2	—	998	15.00–17.00	16.27
3	—	1,188	43.50–52.00	47.83

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90% · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,175	44.00	44.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85% · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,000	64.00	64.00
10	—	1,136	55.50–85.00	68.43

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Breaker 75-80% · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,480	70.00	70.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Dairy Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,421	91.00	91.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,240	127.00	127.00
27	—	1,297	120.00–126.00	123.66

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Select$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	1,058	60.00–85.00	73.08

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,215	105.00–117.00	113.57

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Choice · Light Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	970	105.00	105.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Select$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,023	72.00–91.00	82.03

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,468	116.00–118.00	116.70
67	—	1,477	120.00–126.75	122.98

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Choice · Heavy Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,835	104.00	104.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Select · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	935	107.00	107.00

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.