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Fairview Livestock Auction

Name: Fairview Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2020-07-28
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2020-07-28

Slaughter Cattle · Fairview, Illinois · Tue, Jul 28

● Final27 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2049

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Receipts

212 head

▼ 21 vs last sale 233▼ 208 vs year ago 420 · −49.5%

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week, slaughter steers and slaughter heifers sold 1.75 higher. Slaughter dairy steers sold 1.00 higher in a light test. Slaughter cows sold 2.25 to 6.00 higher with Breakers receiving the higher gain. Slaughter bulls sold sharply higher at 11.75 higher. Trade was active with good to very 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	—	Average	1,620	101.65	1,647	20
Cows	Premium White 65-75%	High	1,427	88.81	1,267	12
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,413	74.89	1,058	12
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,224	70.76	866	31
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,051	61.50	646	12
Dairy Steers	Choice	Average	1,415	88.33	1,250	3thin
Heifers	Choice	Average	1,226	102.91	1,262	43
Heifers	Select and Choice	Average	1,071	96.48	1,033	8thin
Heifers	Select	Average	839	92.60	777	4thin
Steers	Choice	Average	1,361	104.32	1,420	46
Steers	Select and Choice	Average	1,359	94.46	1,284	5thin
Steers	Select	Average	1,108	83.00	919	2thin

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	1,105	86.00/cwt	86.00–86.00	950	1
Steers	—	SelectReturn to Feed	1,110	80.00/cwt	80.00–80.00	888	1
Steers	—	Choice	1,235	92.46/cwt	92.00–93.00	1,142	2
Steers	—	Select and Choice	1,359	94.46/cwt	93.00–96.50	1,284	5
Steers	—	Choice	1,367	104.86/cwt	101.00–107.50	1,433	44
Slaughter Cattle · Heifers5 lots · lightest first
Heifers	—	SelectReturn to Feed	839	92.60/cwt	72.00–103.00	777	4
Heifers	—	ChoiceHeavy Weight	1,002	92.48/cwt	84.00–98.50	927	3
Heifers	—	Select and Choice	1,071	96.48/cwt	96.00–98.00	1,033	8
Heifers	—	Choice	1,242	103.81/cwt	100.00–106.00	1,289	39
Heifers	—	Choice	1,295	99.00/cwt	99.00–99.00	1,282	1
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls3 lots · lightest first
Bulls	—	—	1,305	87.04/cwt	79.00–95.50	1,136	4
Bulls	—	—	1,649	103.12/cwt	97.50–107.50	1,700	12
Bulls	—	—	1,850	111.84/cwt	109.00–115.50	2,069	4
Slaughter Cattle · Cows13 lots · lightest first
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%Return to Feed	980	58.00/cwt	58.00–58.00	568	1
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,031	62.55/cwt	56.50–65.50	645	9
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,050	68.00/cwt	68.00–68.00	714	1
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,181	70.84/cwt	65.50–75.50	837	19
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,185	64.50/cwt	64.50–64.50	764	1
Cows	—	Premium White 65-75%	1,195	63.00/cwt	63.00–63.00	753	1
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%Return to Feed	1,215	81.06/cwt	75.50–87.50	985	2
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,264	78.09/cwt	76.50–80.00	987	4
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,305	49.00/cwt	49.00–49.00	639	1
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,334	62.19/cwt	60.00–64.00	830	6
Cows	—	Premium White 65-75%	1,393	93.79/cwt	90.00–97.50	1,306	7
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,434	75.83/cwt	70.00–80.50	1,087	11
Cows	—	Premium White 65-75%	1,543	86.55/cwt	82.00–89.50	1,335	4
Slaughter Cattle · Dairy Steers1 lot · lightest first
Dairy Steers	—	Choice	1,415	88.33/cwt	87.00–90.50	1,250	3

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 28, 2020

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

Receipts 212Last week 233Year ago 420

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
19	—	1,181	65.50–75.50	70.84
6	—	1,334	60.00–64.00	62.19
4	—	1,264	76.50–80.00	78.09

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	1,031	56.50–65.50	62.55
1	—	1,305	49.00	49.00
1	—	1,050	68.00	68.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Premium White 65-75%$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	1,393	90.00–97.50	93.79
4	—	1,543	82.00–89.50	86.55
1	—	1,195	63.00	63.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
11	—	1,434	70.00–80.50	75.83
1	—	1,185	64.50	64.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85% · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,215	75.50–87.50	81.06

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90% · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	980	58.00	58.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
12	—	1,649	97.50–107.50	103.12
4	—	1,850	109.00–115.50	111.84
4	—	1,305	79.00–95.50	87.04

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Select$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,105	86.00	86.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
44	—	1,367	101.00–107.50	104.86
2	—	1,235	92.00–93.00	92.46

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,359	93.00–96.50	94.46

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Select · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,110	80.00	80.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Dairy Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,415	87.00–90.50	88.33

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
39	—	1,242	100.00–106.00	103.81
1	—	1,295	99.00	99.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	1,071	96.00–98.00	96.48

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Select · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	839	72.00–103.00	92.60

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Choice · Heavy Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,002	84.00–98.50	92.48

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.