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Fairview Livestock Auction

Name: Fairview Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2020-07-07
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2020-07-07

Slaughter Cattle · Fairview, Illinois · Tue, Jul 7

● Final19 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2049

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Receipts

164 head

▼ 67 vs last sale 231▼ 178 vs year ago 342 · −52.0%

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week, slaughter steers and slaughter heifers sold 1.00 to 1.50 higher. No test to last week for slaughter dairy steers. Slaughter cows sold mostly 2.50 to 2.75 lower. Slaughter Bulls sold 1.25 lower. 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.

Class	Grade	Dressing	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Bullocks	—	Average	1,295	86.50	1,120	1thin
Bulls	—	Low	1,495	89.68	1,341	21
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,476	64.70	955	26
Cows	Boner 80-85%	High	1,263	59.57	752	14
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Low	1,129	45.15	509	6thin
Dairy Steers	Choice	Average	1,557	86.16	1,342	8thin
Heifers	Choice	Average	1,213	99.20	1,203	28
Steers	Choice	Low	1,393	100.05	1,394	41
Steers	Select and Choice	Average	1,173	88.97	1,044	2thin

Every lot

19 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	1,173	88.97/cwt	88.00–90.00	1,044	2
Steers	—	Choice	1,362	93.65/cwt	91.50–95.00	1,276	5
Steers	—	Choice	1,387	100.44/cwt	96.50–102.00	1,393	29
Steers	—	Choice	1,440	103.00/cwt	103.00–103.00	1,483	7
Slaughter Cattle · Heifers3 lots · lightest first
Heifers	—	Choice	1,130	102.40/cwt	102.00–102.50	1,157	5
Heifers	—	Choice	1,213	93.19/cwt	92.50–94.00	1,130	2
Heifers	—	Choice	1,233	99.01/cwt	95.00–101.50	1,221	21
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls	—	—	1,418	81.42/cwt	77.00–87.00	1,155	6
Bulls	—	—	1,526	92.98/cwt	88.50–99.00	1,419	15
Slaughter Cattle · Cows8 lots · lightest first
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	973	56.49/cwt	53.00–59.50	550	2
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,135	28.00/cwt	28.00–28.00	318	1
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,230	43.30/cwt	39.00–49.00	533	3
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,237	60.06/cwt	55.00–65.50	743	10
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,295	66.50/cwt	66.50–66.50	861	2
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,358	50.21/cwt	48.00–52.50	682	2
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,425	57.50/cwt	57.50–57.50	819	1
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,478	64.99/cwt	60.00–70.00	961	25
Slaughter Cattle · Dairy Steers1 lot · lightest first
Dairy Steers	—	Choice	1,557	86.16/cwt	85.00–87.50	1,342	8
Slaughter Cattle · Bullocks1 lot · lightest first
Bullocks	—	—	1,295	86.50/cwt	86.50–86.50	1,120	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 Jul 7, 2020

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

Receipts 164Last week 231Year ago 342

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
25	—	1,478	60.00–70.00	64.99
1	—	1,425	57.50	57.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,135	28.00	28.00
2	—	973	53.00–59.50	56.49
3	—	1,230	39.00–49.00	43.30

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,295	66.50	66.50
2	—	1,358	48.00–52.50	50.21
10	—	1,237	55.00–65.50	60.06

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Dairy Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	1,557	85.00–87.50	86.16

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
21	—	1,233	95.00–101.50	99.01
2	—	1,213	92.50–94.00	93.19
5	—	1,130	102.00–102.50	102.40

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,362	91.50–95.00	93.65
7	—	1,440	103.00	103.00
29	—	1,387	96.50–102.00	100.44

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,173	88.00–90.00	88.97

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bullocks$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,295	86.50	86.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	1,418	77.00–87.00	81.42
15	—	1,526	88.50–99.00	92.98

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.