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Fairview Livestock Auction

Name: Fairview Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2020-07-21
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2020-07-21

Slaughter Cattle · Fairview, Illinois · Tue, Jul 21

● Final27 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2049

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Receipts

233 head

▼ 5 vs last sale 238▼ 33 vs year ago 266 · −12.4%

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week, slaughter steers and slaughter heifers sold 1.25 to 2.25 higher. No price comparison to last week for dairy slaughter steers. Slaughter cows sold 5.00 to 5.25 higher. Slaughter bulls sold 3.75 lower. 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
Bulls	—	Low	1,489	88.84	1,323	19
Cows	Premium White 65-75%	Average	1,245	80.67	1,004	5thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,427	69.79	996	7thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,205	67.82	817	14
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	953	62.75	598	2thin
Dairy Steers	Choice	High	1,457	88.98	1,297	10
Heifers	Choice	Low	1,225	100.36	1,230	56
Heifers	Select and Choice	Average	1,129	89.53	1,011	9thin
Heifers	Select	Average	964	78.40	756	4thin
Steers	Choice	High	1,342	102.98	1,382	72
Steers	Select and Choice	Low	1,287	88.19	1,135	4thin

Every lot

27 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 · Steers5 lots · lightest first
Steers	—	Select and Choice	1,225	78.00/cwt	78.00–78.00	956	1
Steers	—	Select and Choice	1,308	91.59/cwt	85.00–94.50	1,198	3
Steers	—	Choice	1,333	103.09/cwt	98.50–104.75	1,374	66
Steers	—	Choice	1,368	95.31/cwt	94.00–97.00	1,304	2
Steers	—	Choice	1,483	105.00/cwt	105.00–105.00	1,557	4
Slaughter Cattle · Heifers8 lots · lightest first
Heifers	—	SelectReturn to Feed	935	85.30/cwt	84.00–86.50	798	2
Heifers	—	Select	993	71.50/cwt	71.00–72.00	710	2
Heifers	—	ChoiceLight Weight	995	64.00/cwt	64.00–64.00	637	1
Heifers	—	Select and Choice	1,043	80.00/cwt	80.00–80.00	834	2
Heifers	—	Select and Choice	1,154	92.25/cwt	85.00–96.00	1,065	7
Heifers	—	Choice	1,220	101.54/cwt	97.00–103.50	1,239	48
Heifers	—	Choice	1,263	104.00/cwt	104.00–104.00	1,314	3
Heifers	—	Choice	1,320	92.52/cwt	89.50–96.50	1,221	4
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls4 lots · lightest first
Bulls	—	—Return to Feed	1,135	100.00/cwt	100.00–100.00	1,135	1
Bulls	—	—	1,183	75.48/cwt	60.00–84.50	893	6
Bulls	—	—	1,558	91.68/cwt	86.50–96.50	1,428	8
Bulls	—	—	1,900	100.39/cwt	99.00–102.00	1,907	4
Slaughter Cattle · Cows8 lots · lightest first
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	895	64.50/cwt	64.50–64.50	577	1
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%Return to Feed	965	69.00/cwt	69.00–69.00	666	1
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,010	61.00/cwt	61.00–61.00	616	1
Cows	—	Premium White 65-75%	1,165	89.50/cwt	89.50–89.50	1,043	1
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,213	68.62/cwt	65.00–73.00	832	12
Cows	—	Premium White 65-75%	1,265	78.46/cwt	74.50–86.00	993	4
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,355	57.00/cwt	57.00–57.00	772	1
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,427	69.79/cwt	67.00–74.50	996	7
Slaughter Cattle · Dairy Steers2 lots · lightest first
Dairy Steers	—	Choice	1,453	87.24/cwt	87.00–87.50	1,268	8
Dairy Steers	—	Choice	1,475	95.96/cwt	95.00–97.00	1,415	2

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 21, 2020

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

Receipts 233Last week 238Year ago 266

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,483	105.00	105.00
66	—	1,333	98.50–104.75	103.09
2	—	1,368	94.00–97.00	95.31

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,225	78.00	78.00
3	—	1,308	85.00–94.50	91.59

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,135	100.00	100.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	1,558	86.50–96.50	91.68
6	—	1,183	60.00–84.50	75.48
4	—	1,900	99.00–102.00	100.39

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Select · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	935	84.00–86.50	85.30

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Select$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	993	71.00–72.00	71.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Choice · Light Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	995	64.00	64.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
48	—	1,220	97.00–103.50	101.54
4	—	1,320	89.50–96.50	92.52
3	—	1,263	104.00	104.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	1,154	85.00–96.00	92.25
2	—	1,043	80.00	80.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
12	—	1,213	65.00–73.00	68.62
1	—	1,355	57.00	57.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Premium White 65-75%$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,265	74.50–86.00	78.46
1	—	1,165	89.50	89.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,010	61.00	61.00
1	—	895	64.50	64.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	1,427	67.00–74.50	69.79

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85% · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	965	69.00	69.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Dairy Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,475	95.00–97.00	95.96
8	—	1,453	87.00–87.50	87.24

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.