Sale reports / Illinois / Fairview Livestock Auction / 2020-06-16

Fairview Livestock Auction

Slaughter Cattle · Fairview, Illinois · Tue, Jun 16
● Final26 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2049
Receipts
295 head
▼ 41 vs last sale 336▼ 56 vs year ago 351 · −16.0%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week, slaughter steers and slaughter heifers sold 2.75 to 3.00 lower. Slaughter cows traded unevenly steady. Slaughter bulls sold 1.50 higher. Trade was active with soft to moderate 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
Bulls—Low1,33093.051,23835
CowsPremium White 65-75%Average1,36875.701,03514
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,55971.811,12026
CowsBoner 80-85%Low1,25666.9484145
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,02958.5760214
HeifersChoiceAverage1,354103.031,39573
HeifersSelect and ChoiceAverage1,07596.501,0372thin
HeifersSelectAverage1,01277.867884thin
SteersChoiceAverage1,411101.081,42766
SteersSelect and ChoiceAverage1,25095.821,1983thin
SteersSelectAverage94566.006242thin

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 · Steers6 lots · lightest first
Steers—Select94566.00/cwt61.00–70.006242
Steers—Select and Choice1,25095.82/cwt90.00–99.001,1983
Steers—Choice1,33998.22/cwt95.00–99.501,31518
Steers—Choice1,388103.39/cwt100.00–106.501,43536
Steers—Choice1,403107.00/cwt107.00–107.001,5015
Steers—ChoiceHeavy Weight1,72392.32/cwt88.50–98.501,5917
Slaughter Cattle · Heifers6 lots · lightest first
Heifers—SelectReturn to Feed90595.00/cwt95.00–95.008601
Heifers—Select1,04772.14/cwt69.00–76.007553
Heifers—Select and Choice1,07596.50/cwt96.50–96.501,0372
Heifers—Choice1,325103.21/cwt99.50–106.001,36845
Heifers—Choice1,33595.68/cwt86.50–98.501,27710
Heifers—Choice1,437106.67/cwt106.50–107.001,53318
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls5 lots · lightest first
Bulls——Return to Feed73078.78/cwt75.00–83.005752
Bulls——Return to Feed82590.00/cwt90.00–90.007431
Bulls——1,15885.04/cwt30.00–89.5098512
Bulls——1,47796.68/cwt92.00–99.501,42813
Bulls——1,597104.55/cwt100.50–107.501,6707
Slaughter Cattle · Cows9 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%96067.00/cwt67.00–67.006431
Cows—Lean 85-90%99760.36/cwt54.50–65.0060210
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,15749.79/cwt44.00–52.505763
Cows—Premium White 65-75%1,17084.00/cwt84.00–84.009831
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,24368.13/cwt63.00–73.5084738
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,32960.46/cwt57.50–62.508047
Cows—Premium White 65-75%1,38375.06/cwt69.50–80.501,03813
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,48165.84/cwt62.50–68.509757
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,58874.01/cwt69.50–80.001,17519

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.