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Fairview Livestock Auction

Name: Fairview Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2020-08-18
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2020-08-18

Slaughter Cattle · Fairview, Illinois · Tue, Aug 18

● Final28 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2049

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Receipts

319 head

▲ 119 vs last sale 200▲ 179 vs year ago 140 · +127.9%

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week, slaughter steers and slaughter heifers sold 2.00 to 3.25 higher. Slaughter cows sold 2.00 to 3.00 higher. Slaughter bulls sold .75 higher. 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	—	Average	1,597	85.85	1,371	28
Cows	Premium White 65-75%	Average	1,268	80.64	1,022	8thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,499	67.07	1,006	42
Cows	Boner 80-85%	High	1,253	63.68	798	60
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Low	1,015	53.30	541	16
Heifers	Select	Average	852	106.77	909	8thin
Heifers	Choice	Average	1,209	104.85	1,267	57
Heifers	Select and Choice	Average	1,030	92.60	954	4thin
Steers	Choice	High	1,331	105.03	1,398	74
Steers	Select and Choice	Average	1,310	99.32	1,301	4thin
Steers	Select	Average	877	97.83	857	4thin

Every lot

28 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 · Steers6 lots · lightest first
Steers	—	Select	833	70.65/cwt	63.00–77.00	589	2
Steers	—	SelectReturn to Feed	920	125.01/cwt	124.00–126.00	1,150	2
Steers	—	Choice	1,302	96.76/cwt	93.00–101.00	1,260	5
Steers	—	Select and Choice	1,310	99.32/cwt	97.00–100.00	1,301	4
Steers	—	Choice	1,316	105.39/cwt	102.50–108.00	1,387	64
Steers	—	Choice	1,559	108.75/cwt	108.75–108.75	1,695	5
Slaughter Cattle · Heifers7 lots · lightest first
Heifers	—	SelectReturn to Feed	844	109.66/cwt	106.00–113.00	926	7
Heifers	—	Select	905	86.50/cwt	86.50–86.50	783	1
Heifers	—	ChoiceLight Weight	920	88.00/cwt	88.00–88.00	810	1
Heifers	—	Select and Choice	1,030	92.60/cwt	90.00–93.50	954	4
Heifers	—	Choice	1,210	105.10/cwt	102.00–108.00	1,272	53
Heifers	—	Choice	1,247	108.50/cwt	108.50–108.50	1,353	2
Heifers	—	Choice	1,350	101.00/cwt	101.00–101.00	1,364	1
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls5 lots · lightest first
Bulls	—	—Return to Feed	977	84.64/cwt	79.50–89.00	827	3
Bulls	—	—Return to Feed	1,075	70.00/cwt	70.00–70.00	753	1
Bulls	—	—	1,565	78.19/cwt	64.50–84.50	1,224	10
Bulls	—	—	1,749	90.74/cwt	85.50–95.50	1,587	11
Bulls	—	—	1,938	99.92/cwt	97.00–102.00	1,936	3
Slaughter Cattle · Cows10 lots · lightest first
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	811	37.16/cwt	23.00–51.00	301	4
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,061	58.01/cwt	53.00–62.50	615	11
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,085	76.45/cwt	75.50–77.50	829	2
Cows	—	Premium White 65-75%	1,252	85.23/cwt	80.00–90.00	1,067	6
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,258	65.76/cwt	61.00–70.50	827	42
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,262	56.63/cwt	53.00–60.00	715	16
Cows	—	Premium White 65-75%	1,315	66.88/cwt	65.00–68.50	879	2
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,325	66.00/cwt	66.00–66.00	875	1
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,435	62.08/cwt	55.50–64.50	891	12
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,525	69.07/cwt	65.00–75.50	1,053	30

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 18, 2020

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

Receipts 319Last week 200Year ago 140

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Select · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	844	106.00–113.00	109.66

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Select$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	905	86.50	86.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
53	—	1,210	102.00–108.00	105.10
2	—	1,247	108.50	108.50
1	—	1,350	101.00	101.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,030	90.00–93.50	92.60

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Choice · Light Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	920	88.00	88.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	977	79.50–89.00	84.64
1	—	1,075	70.00	70.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
11	—	1,749	85.50–95.50	90.74
10	—	1,565	64.50–84.50	78.19
3	—	1,938	97.00–102.00	99.92

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,559	108.75	108.75
5	—	1,302	93.00–101.00	96.76
64	—	1,316	102.50–108.00	105.39

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,310	97.00–100.00	99.32

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Select · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	920	124.00–126.00	125.01

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Select$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	833	63.00–77.00	70.65

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,085	75.50–77.50	76.45
42	—	1,258	61.00–70.50	65.76
16	—	1,262	53.00–60.00	56.63

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	811	23.00–51.00	37.16
1	—	1,325	66.00	66.00
11	—	1,061	53.00–62.50	58.01

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
30	—	1,525	65.00–75.50	69.07
12	—	1,435	55.50–64.50	62.08

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Premium White 65-75%$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	1,252	80.00–90.00	85.23
2	—	1,315	65.00–68.50	66.88

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.