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Fairview Livestock Auction

Name: Fairview Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2020-03-31
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2020-03-31

Slaughter Cattle · Fairview, Illinois · Tue, Mar 31

● Final29 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2049

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Receipts

468 head

▲ 154 vs last sale 314▲ 468 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week, slaughter cattle sold sharply lower. Slaughter steers and slaughter heifers sold from 11.75 to 12.50 lower. Slaughter cows sold from 8.75 to 12.75 lower. Slaughter bulls sold 6.00 lower. Trade was active with poor 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
Bullocks	—	Average	1,415	95.00	1,344	1thin
Bulls	—	Average	1,627	82.35	1,340	29
Cows	Premium White 65-75%	Low	1,363	75.48	1,029	15
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	High	1,496	60.47	905	43
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Low	1,255	55.53	697	103
Cows	Lean 85-90%	High	1,056	47.73	504	31
Heifers	Choice	Average	1,301	108.87	1,416	99
Heifers	Select and Choice	Average	1,201	100.69	1,209	4thin
Heifers	Select	Average	876	63.28	554	4thin
Steers	Choice	Average	1,430	110.35	1,578	110
Steers	Select and Choice	Average	1,301	104.73	1,363	10
Steers	Select	Average	1,080	87.03	940	7thin

Every lot

29 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 · Steers7 lots · lightest first
Steers	—	SelectReturn to Feed	1,008	94.58/cwt	91.00–98.00	953	2
Steers	—	Select	1,109	84.01/cwt	63.00–92.00	932	5
Steers	—	Select and Choice	1,301	104.73/cwt	99.50–106.50	1,363	10
Steers	—	Choice	1,342	105.22/cwt	103.00–106.50	1,412	5
Steers	—	Choice	1,423	114.84/cwt	114.00–115.25	1,634	3
Steers	—	Choice	1,425	110.73/cwt	107.50–113.75	1,578	99
Steers	—	ChoiceHeavy Weight	1,756	102.00/cwt	93.00–106.50	1,791	3
Slaughter Cattle · Heifers4 lots · lightest first
Heifers	—	Select	876	63.28/cwt	53.00–74.00	554	4
Heifers	—	Select and Choice	1,201	100.69/cwt	99.50–102.00	1,209	4
Heifers	—	Choice	1,300	109.49/cwt	107.00–113.00	1,423	85
Heifers	—	Choice	1,308	105.08/cwt	102.50–106.50	1,374	14
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls4 lots · lightest first
Bulls	—	—Return to Feed	855	75.00/cwt	75.00–75.00	641	1
Bulls	—	—	1,530	90.28/cwt	88.50–92.50	1,381	8
Bulls	—	—	1,691	71.97/cwt	67.50–74.50	1,217	6
Bulls	—	—	1,711	82.80/cwt	77.00–86.50	1,417	14
Slaughter Cattle · Cows13 lots · lightest first
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%Return to Feed	700	47.00/cwt	47.00–47.00	329	1
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%Return to Feed	1,018	76.88/cwt	69.00–86.00	783	6
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,065	47.79/cwt	42.00–52.50	509	28
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,070	41.00/cwt	41.00–41.00	439	1
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,155	53.50/cwt	53.50–53.50	618	1
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,248	62.80/cwt	61.00–64.50	784	8
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,257	46.75/cwt	37.50–49.50	588	21
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,276	55.50/cwt	50.00–60.50	708	68
Cows	—	Premium White 65-75%	1,335	62.71/cwt	56.00–67.00	837	4
Cows	—	Premium White 65-75%	1,366	76.03/cwt	70.00–81.00	1,039	7
Cows	—	Premium White 65-75%	1,386	87.28/cwt	85.00–93.00	1,210	4
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,485	66.69/cwt	65.00–68.00	990	4
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,497	59.83/cwt	54.00–64.50	896	39
Slaughter Cattle · Bullocks1 lot · lightest first
Bullocks	—	—	1,415	95.00/cwt	95.00–95.00	1,344	1

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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Receipts 468Last week 314Year ago 0

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
21	—	1,257	37.50–49.50	46.75
68	—	1,276	50.00–60.50	55.50
8	—	1,248	61.00–64.50	62.80

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,485	65.00–68.00	66.69
39	—	1,497	54.00–64.50	59.83

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,155	53.50	53.50
28	—	1,065	42.00–52.50	47.79
1	—	1,070	41.00	41.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Premium White 65-75%$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,335	56.00–67.00	62.71
7	—	1,366	70.00–81.00	76.03
4	—	1,386	85.00–93.00	87.28

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90% · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	700	47.00	47.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85% · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	1,018	69.00–86.00	76.88

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Select · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,008	91.00–98.00	94.58

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
99	—	1,425	107.50–113.75	110.73
5	—	1,342	103.00–106.50	105.22
3	—	1,423	114.00–115.25	114.84

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Select$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,109	63.00–92.00	84.01

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	1,301	99.50–106.50	104.73

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Choice · Heavy Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,756	93.00–106.50	102.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bullocks$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,415	95.00	95.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	855	75.00	75.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	1,691	67.50–74.50	71.97
8	—	1,530	88.50–92.50	90.28
14	—	1,711	77.00–86.50	82.80

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
85	—	1,300	107.00–113.00	109.49
14	—	1,308	102.50–106.50	105.08

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Select$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	876	53.00–74.00	63.28

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,201	99.50–102.00	100.69

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.