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Fairview Livestock Auction

Name: Fairview Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2020-05-12
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2020-05-12

Slaughter Cattle · Fairview, Illinois · Tue, May 12

● Final21 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2049

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Receipts

165 head

▲ 10 vs last sale 155▲ 165 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

No price comparisons on slaughter steers and slaughter heifers to the past two weeks. Compared to last week, slaughter cows sold mixed, with Breakers steady, Boners .50 lower, and Leans 6.00 lower. Slaughter bulls sold 3.00 higher on the heavy weights and 9.00 higher on the lighter weight bulls. 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
Bullocks	—	Average	1,355	82.50	1,118	1thin
Bulls	—	Average	1,616	87.66	1,417	21
Cows	Premium White 65-75%	Average	1,540	88.73	1,366	3thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,380	61.68	851	9thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	High	1,223	59.23	724	23
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,046	42.11	440	8thin
Heifers	Choice	Low	1,372	104.68	1,437	42
Heifers	Select	Average	902	77.46	699	3thin
Steers	Choice	Average	1,510	106.84	1,613	40
Steers	Select and Choice	Average	1,190	94.76	1,128	2thin

Every lot

21 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	1,190	94.76/cwt	90.00–99.00	1,128	2
Steers	—	Choice	1,497	110.06/cwt	109.00–111.50	1,648	14
Steers	—	Choice	1,507	105.55/cwt	102.00–108.50	1,591	25
Steers	—	ChoiceHeavy Weight	1,765	94.00/cwt	94.00–94.00	1,659	1
Slaughter Cattle · Heifers5 lots · lightest first
Heifers	—	Select	820	69.00/cwt	69.00–69.00	566	1
Heifers	—	SelectReturn to Feed	943	81.69/cwt	77.00–85.00	770	2
Heifers	—	Choice	1,349	104.79/cwt	102.00–108.50	1,414	23
Heifers	—	Choice	1,367	109.18/cwt	109.00–109.50	1,492	12
Heifers	—	Choice	1,459	96.59/cwt	92.00–100.00	1,409	7
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls3 lots · lightest first
Bulls	—	—	1,397	73.94/cwt	68.00–77.50	1,033	3
Bulls	—	—	1,500	86.34/cwt	82.00–90.00	1,295	10
Bulls	—	—	1,844	94.46/cwt	91.50–98.00	1,742	8
Slaughter Cattle · Cows8 lots · lightest first
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%Return to Feed	960	70.00/cwt	70.00–70.00	672	1
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,028	33.73/cwt	23.00–41.00	347	3
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,057	47.13/cwt	43.50–52.00	498	5
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,228	58.82/cwt	53.00–63.00	722	20
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,300	64.00/cwt	64.00–64.00	832	1
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,300	52.00/cwt	52.00–52.00	676	1
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,380	61.68/cwt	58.50–65.00	851	9
Cows	—	Premium White 65-75%	1,540	88.73/cwt	86.00–93.00	1,366	3
Slaughter Cattle · Bullocks1 lot · lightest first
Bullocks	—	—	1,355	82.50/cwt	82.50–82.50	1,118	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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Tue May 12, 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
1	—	1,300	64.00	64.00
1	—	1,300	52.00	52.00
20	—	1,228	53.00–63.00	58.82

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	1,380	58.50–65.00	61.68

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Premium White 65-75%$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,540	86.00–93.00	88.73

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85% · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	960	70.00	70.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,057	43.50–52.00	47.13
3	—	1,028	23.00–41.00	33.73

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
25	—	1,507	102.00–108.50	105.55
14	—	1,497	109.00–111.50	110.06

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Choice · Heavy Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,765	94.00	94.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,190	90.00–99.00	94.76

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	1,459	92.00–100.00	96.59
23	—	1,349	102.00–108.50	104.79
12	—	1,367	109.00–109.50	109.18

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Select$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	820	69.00	69.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Select · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	943	77.00–85.00	81.69

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	1,500	82.00–90.00	86.34
8	—	1,844	91.50–98.00	94.46
3	—	1,397	68.00–77.50	73.94

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bullocks$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,355	82.50	82.50

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.