Sale reports / Illinois / Fairview Livestock Auction / 2020-06-09

Fairview Livestock Auction

Slaughter Cattle · Fairview, Illinois · Tue, Jun 9
● Final26 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2049
Receipts
336 head
▲ 28 vs last sale 308▲ 118 vs year ago 218 · +54.1%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week, slaughter steers and slaughter heifers sold 6.00 to 6.75 lower. No test to last week for slaughter dairy steers. Slaughter cows sold mostly 7.00 to 8.25 higher. Slaughter bulls sold 2.75 higher, with a high number of high dressing kind.

Trade was active with soft demand on slaughter steers and heifers and very good demand on slaughter cows and bulls.

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
Bulls—Low1,68695.841,61620
CowsPremium White 65-75%Average1,26478.779966thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%High1,45172.941,05954
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,13071.7681189
CowsLean 85-90%Average95159.3956513
Dairy SteersChoiceAverage1,53585.431,31111
HeifersChoiceLow1,272103.391,31535
HeifersSelect and ChoiceAverage1,14490.641,0374thin
HeifersSelectAverage1,05280.418463thin
SteersChoiceLow1,445105.451,52478
SteersSelect and ChoiceAverage1,17491.021,0694thin
SteersSelectAverage1,14071.008091thin

Every lot

26 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 · Steers5 lots · lightest first
Steers—Select1,14071.00/cwt71.00–71.008091
Steers—Select and Choice1,17491.02/cwt85.00–93.501,0694
Steers—Choice1,435106.15/cwt102.50–109.001,52375
Steers—Choice1,53594.00/cwt94.00–94.001,4431
Steers—ChoiceHeavy Weight1,79085.00/cwt85.00–85.001,5222
Slaughter Cattle · Heifers4 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Select1,05280.41/cwt74.00–85.008463
Heifers—Select and Choice1,14490.64/cwt85.00–99.001,0374
Heifers—Choice1,24896.91/cwt94.00–99.001,2097
Heifers—Choice1,278105.01/cwt101.50–107.001,34228
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls3 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,25477.05/cwt72.00–82.009664
Bulls——1,76295.23/cwt92.50–98.501,6786
Bulls——1,813103.73/cwt100.00–107.501,88110
Slaughter Cattle · Cows12 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%Return to Feed85570.00/cwt70.00–70.005991
Cows—Lean 85-90%95657.51/cwt54.50–64.005508
Cows—Lean 85-90%96052.28/cwt52.00–52.505022
Cows—Lean 85-90%96868.73/cwt68.50–69.006652
Cows—Boner 80-85%Return to Feed1,02978.82/cwt72.00–96.0081115
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,13670.06/cwt64.00–74.5079665
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,24176.89/cwt75.00–79.509546
Cows—Premium White 65-75%1,26478.77/cwt75.00–87.509966
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,28363.16/cwt63.00–63.508103
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,33860.83/cwt60.00–62.508143
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,36079.50/cwt79.50–79.501,0811
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,46073.53/cwt67.50–77.001,07450
Slaughter Cattle · Dairy Steers2 lots · lightest first
Dairy Steers—Choice1,37073.00/cwt73.00–73.001,0001
Dairy Steers—Choice1,55186.67/cwt86.00–88.001,34410

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.