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Fairview Livestock Auction

Name: Fairview Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2020-08-11
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2020-08-11

Slaughter Cattle · Fairview, Illinois · Tue, Aug 11

● Final24 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2049

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Receipts

200 head

▼ 168 vs last sale 368▲ 59 vs year ago 141 · +41.8%

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week, slaughter steers traded steady. Slaughter heifers sold 2.50 lower. Slaughter cows and slaughter bulls sold sharply lower, with slaughter cows 7.75 to 9.00 lower. Slaughter bulls sold 9.50 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
Bulls	—	Average	1,595	88.35	1,409	20
Cows	Premium White 65-75%	High	1,265	87.71	1,110	12
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,390	65.95	917	16
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,253	62.76	786	36
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,150	52.59	605	8thin
Heifers	Choice	Average	1,187	101.19	1,202	42
Heifers	Select and Choice	Average	995	92.00	915	1thin
Heifers	Select	Average	825	64.50	532	2thin
Steers	Select	Average	911	113.19	1,031	5thin
Steers	Choice	Low	1,409	102.83	1,449	36
Steers	Select and Choice	Average	1,212	94.21	1,142	6thin
Steers	Standard	Average	1,442	93.20	1,344	14

Every lot

24 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 · Steers7 lots · lightest first
Steers	—	SelectReturn to Feed	871	120.49/cwt	113.00–129.00	1,049	4
Steers	—	Select	1,070	84.00/cwt	84.00–84.00	899	1
Steers	—	Standard	1,162	83.00/cwt	83.00–83.00	964	2
Steers	—	Select and Choice	1,212	94.21/cwt	87.00–97.00	1,142	6
Steers	—	Choice	1,404	103.47/cwt	100.50–105.00	1,453	32
Steers	—	Choice	1,446	97.74/cwt	97.50–98.50	1,413	4
Steers	—	Standard	1,489	94.90/cwt	90.00–97.50	1,413	12
Slaughter Cattle · Heifers5 lots · lightest first
Heifers	—	Select	740	59.00/cwt	59.00–59.00	437	1
Heifers	—	Select	910	70.00/cwt	70.00–70.00	637	1
Heifers	—	Select and Choice	995	92.00/cwt	92.00–92.00	915	1
Heifers	—	ChoiceLight Weight	997	92.50/cwt	92.50–92.50	922	2
Heifers	—	Choice	1,197	101.62/cwt	99.00–105.00	1,216	40
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls3 lots · lightest first
Bulls	—	—	943	77.63/cwt	76.50–80.00	732	4
Bulls	—	—	1,747	90.05/cwt	84.00–94.00	1,573	14
Bulls	—	—	1,830	97.87/cwt	95.50–100.00	1,791	2
Slaughter Cattle · Cows9 lots · lightest first
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	975	31.00/cwt	31.00–31.00	302	1
Cows	—	Premium White 65-75%	1,160	71.00/cwt	71.00–71.00	824	1
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,175	55.67/cwt	51.00–60.50	654	7
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,203	49.70/cwt	38.00–56.50	598	3
Cows	—	Premium White 65-75%	1,210	83.10/cwt	71.00–90.00	1,006	5
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,251	63.76/cwt	57.50–68.50	798	32
Cows	—	Premium White 65-75%	1,329	94.33/cwt	91.00–95.00	1,254	6
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,390	65.95/cwt	59.50–69.50	917	16
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,465	70.00/cwt	70.00–70.00	1,026	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 Aug 11, 2020

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

Receipts 200Last week 368Year ago 141

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	995	92.00	92.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Select$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	910	70.00	70.00
1	—	740	59.00	59.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Choice · Light Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	997	92.50	92.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
40	—	1,197	99.00–105.00	101.62

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
14	—	1,747	84.00–94.00	90.05
4	—	943	76.50–80.00	77.63
2	—	1,830	95.50–100.00	97.87

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,446	97.50–98.50	97.74
32	—	1,404	100.50–105.00	103.47

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Standard$ per cwt · actual wt
12	—	1,489	90.00–97.50	94.90
2	—	1,162	83.00	83.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	1,212	87.00–97.00	94.21

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Select · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	871	113.00–129.00	120.49

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Select$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,070	84.00	84.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
32	—	1,251	57.50–68.50	63.76
3	—	1,203	38.00–56.50	49.70
1	—	1,465	70.00	70.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Premium White 65-75%$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	1,329	91.00–95.00	94.33
5	—	1,210	71.00–90.00	83.10
1	—	1,160	71.00	71.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	1,175	51.00–60.50	55.67
1	—	975	31.00	31.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
16	—	1,390	59.50–69.50	65.95

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.