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Fairview Livestock Auction

Name: Fairview Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2020-03-10
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2020-03-10

Slaughter Cattle · Fairview, Illinois · Tue, Mar 10

● Final24 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2049

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Receipts

215 head

▼ 177 vs last sale 392▲ 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 traded unevenly steady, with steers .50 lower and heifers .50 higher. Slaughter cows sold mixed , with Breakers and Boners .50 higher and Leans 1.00 lower. Slaughter bulls sold 1.50 lower. No price comparison for slaughter dairy steers to last week. 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	1,559	81.47	1,270	23
Cows	Premium White 65-75%	High	1,170	90.00	1,053	1thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,525	62.52	954	25
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,270	57.06	725	40
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Very Low	1,089	37.92	413	15
Dairy Steers	Choice	Average	1,721	89.04	1,532	7thin
Heifers	Choice	Average	1,334	112.53	1,501	57
Heifers	Select and Choice	Average	1,283	106.77	1,370	2thin
Heifers	Select	Average	1,002	73.17	733	3thin
Steers	Choice	High	1,428	113.70	1,624	23
Steers	Select and Choice	Average	1,265	98.38	1,245	2thin

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	—	Select and Choice	1,265	98.38/cwt	97.00–100.00	1,245	2
Steers	—	Choice	1,392	112.90/cwt	110.00–115.00	1,572	19
Steers	—	Choice	1,600	117.50/cwt	117.50–117.50	1,880	4
Slaughter Cattle · Heifers6 lots · lightest first
Heifers	—	SelectReturn to Feed	910	99.00/cwt	99.00–99.00	901	1
Heifers	—	Select	1,048	60.25/cwt	55.50–64.50	631	2
Heifers	—	Select and Choice	1,283	106.77/cwt	105.00–109.00	1,370	2
Heifers	—	Choice	1,319	113.11/cwt	109.00–115.25	1,492	50
Heifers	—	Choice	1,424	105.19/cwt	103.50–107.00	1,498	5
Heifers	—	Choice	1,485	116.50/cwt	116.50–116.50	1,730	2
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls3 lots · lightest first
Bulls	—	—	1,384	66.76/cwt	64.00–73.00	924	6
Bulls	—	—	1,505	83.65/cwt	79.00–88.00	1,259	11
Bulls	—	—	1,833	92.18/cwt	90.50–95.50	1,690	6
Slaughter Cattle · Cows11 lots · lightest first
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	940	13.43/cwt	11.00–16.00	126	2
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%Return to Feed	1,000	79.82/cwt	65.50–94.00	798	2
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,060	28.78/cwt	25.00–31.00	305	3
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,127	45.56/cwt	40.50–50.00	513	10
Cows	—	Premium White 65-75%	1,170	90.00/cwt	90.00–90.00	1,053	1
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,212	48.29/cwt	43.50–53.00	585	13
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,314	58.92/cwt	54.00–64.50	774	22
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,383	66.23/cwt	65.50–67.50	916	3
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,480	62.93/cwt	58.00–67.00	931	19
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,493	52.96/cwt	50.00–56.00	791	3
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,843	69.50/cwt	69.00–70.00	1,281	3
Slaughter Cattle · Dairy Steers1 lot · lightest first
Dairy Steers	—	Choice	1,721	89.04/cwt	87.00–91.00	1,532	7

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 Mar 10, 2020

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

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Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,600	117.50	117.50
19	—	1,392	110.00–115.00	112.90

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,265	97.00–100.00	98.38

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Select · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	910	99.00	99.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Select$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,048	55.50–64.50	60.25

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
50	—	1,319	109.00–115.25	113.11
2	—	1,485	116.50	116.50
5	—	1,424	103.50–107.00	105.19

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,283	105.00–109.00	106.77

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85% · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,000	65.50–94.00	79.82

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	940	11.00–16.00	13.43
10	—	1,127	40.50–50.00	45.56
3	—	1,060	25.00–31.00	28.78

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
19	—	1,480	58.00–67.00	62.93
3	—	1,843	69.00–70.00	69.50
3	—	1,493	50.00–56.00	52.96

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Premium White 65-75%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,170	90.00	90.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,383	65.50–67.50	66.23
13	—	1,212	43.50–53.00	48.29
22	—	1,314	54.00–64.50	58.92

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	1,384	64.00–73.00	66.76
6	—	1,833	90.50–95.50	92.18
11	—	1,505	79.00–88.00	83.65

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Dairy Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	1,721	87.00–91.00	89.04

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.