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Fairview Livestock Auction

Name: Fairview Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2020-01-21
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2020-01-21

Slaughter Cattle · Fairview, Illinois · Tue, Jan 21

● Final24 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2049

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Receipts

206 head

▼ 203 vs last sale 409▲ 206 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 traded steady. Slaughter cows sold mixed with Breakers 2.00 lower, Boners .50 lower, and Leans 2.50 higher. Slaughter bulls sold 1.25 lower in a light test. 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	—	Average	1,742	70.61	1,230	5thin
Cows	Premium White 65-75%	Low	1,353	72.07	975	4thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,535	58.97	905	56
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,227	54.07	663	43
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Low	1,151	37.41	431	7thin
Heifers	Choice	Average	1,320	123.41	1,629	34
Heifers	Select and Choice	Average	1,080	113.17	1,222	5thin
Heifers	Select	Average	860	66.40	571	9thin
Steers	Choice	Average	1,444	123.14	1,778	23

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 · Steers3 lots · lightest first
Steers	—	Choice	1,160	116.50/cwt	116.50–116.50	1,351	1
Steers	—	Choice	1,448	123.94/cwt	120.00–126.50	1,795	21
Steers	—	ChoiceHeavy Weight	1,635	113.00/cwt	113.00–113.00	1,848	1
Slaughter Cattle · Heifers7 lots · lightest first
Heifers	—	SelectReturn to Feed	705	86.50/cwt	81.00–91.00	610	2
Heifers	—	Select	903	65.77/cwt	54.50–87.00	594	6
Heifers	—	Select	910	30.00/cwt	30.00–30.00	273	1
Heifers	—	Select and Choice	1,080	113.17/cwt	101.00–117.00	1,222	5
Heifers	—	Choice	1,208	113.90/cwt	110.00–117.50	1,376	2
Heifers	—	Choice	1,293	126.50/cwt	126.50–126.50	1,636	4
Heifers	—	Choice	1,332	123.65/cwt	119.00–125.50	1,647	28
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls	—	—	1,300	55.00/cwt	55.00–55.00	715	1
Bulls	—	—	1,853	74.51/cwt	72.50–76.50	1,381	4
Slaughter Cattle · Cows12 lots · lightest first
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	865	46.50/cwt	46.50–46.50	402	1
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	885	26.00/cwt	26.00–26.00	230	1
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%Return to Feed	1,088	64.22/cwt	57.00–75.00	699	6
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,208	50.37/cwt	44.00–54.50	608	23
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,261	37.88/cwt	35.00–43.50	478	5
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,262	38.89/cwt	36.00–42.50	491	3
Cows	—	Premium White 65-75%	1,317	67.76/cwt	65.50–69.00	892	3
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,332	60.41/cwt	57.00–66.00	805	11
Cows	—	Premium White 65-75%	1,460	85.00/cwt	85.00–85.00	1,241	1
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,520	58.66/cwt	54.50–64.50	892	38
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,528	49.49/cwt	44.00–53.50	756	8
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,598	67.73/cwt	65.00–70.00	1,082	10

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 Jan 21, 2020

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Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Select · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	705	81.00–91.00	86.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
28	—	1,332	119.00–125.50	123.65
4	—	1,293	126.50	126.50
2	—	1,208	110.00–117.50	113.90

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,080	101.00–117.00	113.17

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Select$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	903	54.50–87.00	65.77
1	—	910	30.00	30.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85% · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	1,088	57.00–75.00	64.22

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	885	26.00	26.00
1	—	865	46.50	46.50
5	—	1,261	35.00–43.50	37.88

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
38	—	1,520	54.50–64.50	58.66
10	—	1,598	65.00–70.00	67.73
8	—	1,528	44.00–53.50	49.49

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Premium White 65-75%$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,317	65.50–69.00	67.76
1	—	1,460	85.00	85.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
23	—	1,208	44.00–54.50	50.37
11	—	1,332	57.00–66.00	60.41
3	—	1,262	36.00–42.50	38.89

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Choice · Heavy Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,635	113.00	113.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
21	—	1,448	120.00–126.50	123.94
1	—	1,160	116.50	116.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,853	72.50–76.50	74.51
1	—	1,300	55.00	55.00

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.