Sale reports / Illinois / Fairview Livestock Auction / 2020-05-26

Fairview Livestock Auction

Slaughter Cattle · Fairview, Illinois · Tue, May 26
● Final25 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2049
Receipts
224 head
▼ 288 vs last sale 512▼ 9 vs year ago 233 · −3.9%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week, slaughter steers and slaughter heifers sold 2.00 to 3.00 lower. Slaughter cows sold 1.00 to 3.00 lower. Slaughter bulls sold 1.25 higher. Trade was active with moderate to good demand.

Slaughter cattle

By class and quality grade · $/cwt
Cull cows and bulls are graded, not weight-classed — grade is what moves the money here.
ClassGradeDressingAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Bullocks—Average1,35087.001,1751thin
Bulls—Average1,86792.351,72427
CowsPremium White 65-75%Average1,27574.259472thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,53664.1198438
CowsBoner 80-85%High1,19662.4374762
CowsLean 85-90%High1,05152.2954923
Dairy SteersSelect and ChoiceAverage1,07277.928353thin
HeifersChoiceAverage1,314109.811,44325
HeifersSelectAverage87884.007372thin
SteersChoiceAverage1,405110.631,55421
SteersSelect and ChoiceAverage1,14798.831,1343thin
SteersSelectAverage1,09482.689054thin

Every lot

25 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.
ClassWeightGrade / descriptionAvg wtPriceRangePer headHead
Slaughter Cattle · Steers4 lots · lightest first
Steers—Select1,09482.68/cwt73.00–89.009054
Steers—Select and Choice1,14798.83/cwt90.00–106.501,1343
Steers—Choice1,395106.00/cwt106.00–106.001,4791
Steers—Choice1,405110.86/cwt108.00–113.001,55820
Slaughter Cattle · Heifers4 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Select83579.00/cwt79.00–79.006601
Heifers—SelectReturn to Feed92089.00/cwt89.00–89.008191
Heifers—Choice1,310109.97/cwt107.00–113.001,44124
Heifers—Choice1,410106.00/cwt106.00–106.001,4951
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls3 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,61877.76/cwt67.50–82.501,2584
Bulls——1,79891.84/cwt85.00–95.001,65115
Bulls——2,121100.60/cwt96.50–105.002,1348
Slaughter Cattle · Cows12 lots · lightest first
Cows—Boner 80-85%Return to Feed94676.42/cwt70.00–88.007234
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,04452.71/cwt46.00–56.0055015
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,05357.74/cwt57.50–58.006082
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,06536.68/cwt35.00–39.003913
Cows—Lean 85-90%Return to Feed1,06762.15/cwt61.00–63.006633
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,16660.86/cwt55.00–65.5071041
Cows—Premium White 65-75%1,27574.25/cwt74.00–74.509472
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,31267.66/cwt66.00–71.0088812
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,36851.56/cwt47.00–54.007055
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,45757.47/cwt56.50–58.508373
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,52164.28/cwt59.00–69.5097833
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,89571.25/cwt70.00–72.501,3502
Slaughter Cattle · Bullocks1 lot · lightest first
Bullocks——1,35087.00/cwt87.00–87.001,1751
Slaughter Cattle · Dairy Steers1 lot · lightest first
Dairy Steers—Select and Choice1,07277.92/cwt74.00–81.008353

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.