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Fairview Livestock Auction

Name: Fairview Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2020-05-05
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2020-05-05

Slaughter Cattle · Fairview, Illinois · Tue, May 5

● Final14 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2049

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Receipts

155 head

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

No slaughter steers or slaughter heifers again this week. Compared to last week, slaughter cows sold 1.50 to 3.25 higher with Leans gaining

the most. Slaughter bulls sold 2.50 higher on a very good set. 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	1,934	88.27	1,707	9thin
Cows	Premium White 65-75%	Average	1,450	70.11	1,016	7thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,539	60.85	937	43
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,281	60.21	771	62
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,110	51.41	570	16

Every lot

14 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 · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls	—	—	1,455	77.86/cwt	77.00–78.50	1,133	2
Bulls	—	—	2,071	91.25/cwt	85.50–95.00	1,890	7
Slaughter Cattle · Cows12 lots · lightest first
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%Return to Feed	893	76.34/cwt	75.00–78.00	682	2
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	955	19.00/cwt	19.00–19.00	181	1
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%Return to Feed	1,100	65.17/cwt	61.50–73.00	717	3
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,120	39.02/cwt	35.00–42.50	437	2
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,126	53.00/cwt	48.00–56.00	597	10
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,281	59.13/cwt	53.50–64.00	757	44
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,315	66.33/cwt	64.50–68.00	872	11
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,359	49.85/cwt	39.00–53.00	677	5
Cows	—	Premium White 65-75%	1,423	68.63/cwt	63.00–74.00	977	6
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,509	54.71/cwt	53.00–56.00	826	6
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,544	61.85/cwt	57.00–67.50	955	37
Cows	—	Premium White 65-75%	1,610	79.00/cwt	79.00–79.00	1,272	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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Fairview Sale Barn Slaughter Cattle - Fairview, IL

Tue May 5, 2020

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

Receipts 155Last week 157Year ago 0

No slaughter steers or slaughter heifers again this week. Compared to last week, slaughter cows sold 1.50 to 3.25 higher with Leans gaining

the most. Slaughter bulls sold 2.50 higher on a very good set. Trade was active with good demand.

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	2,071	85.50–95.00	91.25
2	—	1,455	77.00–78.50	77.86

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	1,126	48.00–56.00	53.00
1	—	955	19.00	19.00
2	—	1,120	35.00–42.50	39.02

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
37	—	1,544	57.00–67.50	61.85
6	—	1,509	53.00–56.00	54.71

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
44	—	1,281	53.50–64.00	59.13
5	—	1,359	39.00–53.00	49.85
11	—	1,315	64.50–68.00	66.33

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90% · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,100	61.50–73.00	65.17

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85% · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	893	75.00–78.00	76.34

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Premium White 65-75%$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	1,423	63.00–74.00	68.63
1	—	1,610	79.00	79.00

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.