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Fairview Livestock Auction

Name: Fairview Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2020-03-17
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2020-03-17

Slaughter Cattle · Fairview, Illinois · Tue, Mar 17

● Final24 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2049

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Receipts

168 head

▼ 47 vs last sale 215▲ 168 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week, slaughter steers sold .75 lower. Slaughter heifers sold 2.00 lower. Slaughter cows sold 1.50 to 3.50 higher, with Leans gaining the higher amount. Slaughter bulls traded steady. 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	1,475	80.60	1,189	9thin
Cows	Premium White 65-75%	Low	1,210	68.07	824	3thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	High	1,548	65.62	1,016	16
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,169	60.79	711	43
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,083	49.09	532	7thin
Heifers	Choice	Average	1,351	107.62	1,454	34
Heifers	Select and Choice	Low	1,163	97.91	1,139	6thin
Heifers	Select	Average	949	82.57	784	6thin
Steers	Choice	Low	1,483	111.43	1,652	27
Steers	Select and Choice	Average	1,252	100.59	1,259	3thin

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 · Steers4 lots · lightest first
Steers	—	Select and Choice	1,252	100.59/cwt	91.00–105.50	1,259	3
Steers	—	Choice	1,467	112.20/cwt	109.00–113.75	1,646	25
Steers	—	Choice	1,660	102.00/cwt	102.00–102.00	1,693	1
Steers	—	ChoiceHeavy Weight	1,700	101.50/cwt	101.50–101.50	1,726	1
Slaughter Cattle · Heifers7 lots · lightest first
Heifers	—	SelectReturn to Feed	916	85.59/cwt	80.00–94.00	784	4
Heifers	—	Select	1,015	76.54/cwt	74.00–79.00	777	2
Heifers	—	Select and Choice	1,135	85.00/cwt	85.00–85.00	965	1
Heifers	—	Select and Choice	1,169	100.49/cwt	89.00–105.00	1,175	5
Heifers	—	Choice	1,324	110.98/cwt	107.00–113.50	1,469	22
Heifers	—	Choice	1,355	114.00/cwt	114.00–114.00	1,545	3
Heifers	—	Choice	1,415	97.28/cwt	93.00–99.00	1,377	9
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls3 lots · lightest first
Bulls	—	—	1,025	59.91/cwt	59.00–61.00	614	2
Bulls	—	—	1,455	83.88/cwt	80.00–88.00	1,220	5
Bulls	—	—	1,975	93.08/cwt	92.00–94.00	1,838	2
Slaughter Cattle · Cows10 lots · lightest first
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%Return to Feed	969	74.83/cwt	69.00–80.00	725	5
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,083	49.09/cwt	43.00–53.50	532	7
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,165	66.92/cwt	66.50–68.00	780	3
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,169	47.83/cwt	40.00–54.50	559	6
Cows	—	Premium White 65-75%	1,173	69.11/cwt	65.00–74.00	811	2
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,204	60.42/cwt	55.00–65.50	727	29
Cows	—	Premium White 65-75%	1,285	66.00/cwt	66.00–66.00	848	1
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,338	56.27/cwt	54.50–59.00	753	2
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,575	75.07/cwt	74.00–76.00	1,182	2
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,578	65.60/cwt	60.50–70.00	1,035	12

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 17, 2020

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Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
29	—	1,204	55.00–65.50	60.42
6	—	1,169	40.00–54.50	47.83
3	—	1,165	66.50–68.00	66.92

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,575	74.00–76.00	75.07
12	—	1,578	60.50–70.00	65.60
2	—	1,338	54.50–59.00	56.27

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Premium White 65-75%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,285	66.00	66.00
2	—	1,173	65.00–74.00	69.11

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85% · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	969	69.00–80.00	74.83

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	1,083	43.00–53.50	49.09

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,135	85.00	85.00
5	—	1,169	89.00–105.00	100.49

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
22	—	1,324	107.00–113.50	110.98
3	—	1,355	114.00	114.00
9	—	1,415	93.00–99.00	97.28

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Select$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,015	74.00–79.00	76.54

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Select · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	916	80.00–94.00	85.59

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,025	59.00–61.00	59.91
2	—	1,975	92.00–94.00	93.08
5	—	1,455	80.00–88.00	83.88

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,252	91.00–105.50	100.59

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,660	102.00	102.00
25	—	1,467	109.00–113.75	112.20

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Choice · Heavy Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,700	101.50	101.50

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.