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Fairview Livestock Auction

Name: Fairview Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2020-08-25
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2020-08-25

Slaughter Cattle · Fairview, Illinois · Tue, Aug 25

● Final24 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2049

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Receipts

230 head

▼ 89 vs last sale 319▼ 109 vs year ago 339 · −32.2%

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week, slaughter steers and slaughter heifers sold 2.25 to 3.50 higher. Slaughter cows sold mixed with Breakers 2.75 lower, Boners .75 lower, and Leans .75 higher. Slaughter bulls sold .75 higher. Trade was active with 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	1,474	90.76	1,338	17
Cows	Premium White 65-75%	Average	1,511	78.01	1,179	10
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,435	65.91	946	23
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,261	63.00	794	43
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,120	59.42	665	8thin
Heifers	Choice	Average	1,163	105.80	1,231	31
Heifers	Select	Average	1,020	59.00	602	1thin
Steers	Choice	Average	1,390	108.65	1,511	73
Steers	Select and Choice	Average	1,088	101.82	1,108	6thin
Steers	Select	Average	1,180	81.55	962	2thin

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 · Steers5 lots · lightest first
Steers	—	Select and Choice	1,088	101.82/cwt	96.00–105.00	1,108	6
Steers	—	Select	1,180	81.55/cwt	81.00–82.00	962	2
Steers	—	Choice	1,225	101.00/cwt	101.00–101.00	1,237	1
Steers	—	Choice	1,388	108.82/cwt	106.00–110.50	1,510	71
Steers	—	ChoiceHeavy Weight	1,730	104.00/cwt	104.00–104.00	1,799	1
Slaughter Cattle · Heifers4 lots · lightest first
Heifers	—	ChoiceLight Weight	943	96.64/cwt	92.00–99.00	911	3
Heifers	—	Select	1,020	59.00/cwt	59.00–59.00	602	1
Heifers	—	Choice	1,185	107.52/cwt	104.00–109.25	1,274	25
Heifers	—	Choice	1,203	100.63/cwt	97.50–102.00	1,211	3
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls5 lots · lightest first
Bulls	—	—Return to Feed	841	95.00/cwt	95.00–95.00	799	3
Bulls	—	—Return to Feed	995	82.00/cwt	82.00–82.00	816	1
Bulls	—	—	1,325	78.67/cwt	75.00–82.00	1,042	2
Bulls	—	—	1,664	91.45/cwt	85.50–95.00	1,522	9
Bulls	—	—	1,960	97.75/cwt	97.00–98.50	1,916	2
Slaughter Cattle · Cows10 lots · lightest first
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,055	50.00/cwt	50.00–50.00	528	1
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,105	55.50/cwt	55.50–55.50	613	1
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,129	60.76/cwt	55.50–66.00	686	7
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,243	64.93/cwt	61.00–71.00	807	31
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,303	56.75/cwt	40.00–59.50	739	11
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,360	72.00/cwt	72.00–72.00	979	1
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,450	66.38/cwt	61.00–69.50	963	22
Cows	—	Premium White 65-75%	1,459	71.16/cwt	70.00–74.00	1,038	4
Cows	—	Premium White 65-75%	1,540	79.71/cwt	75.00–85.00	1,228	4
Cows	—	Premium White 65-75%	1,558	88.31/cwt	87.00–90.00	1,376	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 Aug 25, 2020

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

Receipts 230Last week 319Year ago 339

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	1,664	85.50–95.00	91.45
2	—	1,960	97.00–98.50	97.75
2	—	1,325	75.00–82.00	78.67

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	841	95.00	95.00
1	—	995	82.00	82.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Select$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,180	81.00–82.00	81.55

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	1,088	96.00–105.00	101.82

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
71	—	1,388	106.00–110.50	108.82
1	—	1,225	101.00	101.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Choice · Heavy Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,730	104.00	104.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Select$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,020	59.00	59.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
25	—	1,185	104.00–109.25	107.52
3	—	1,203	97.50–102.00	100.63

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Choice · Light Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	943	92.00–99.00	96.64

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
31	—	1,243	61.00–71.00	64.93
1	—	1,360	72.00	72.00
11	—	1,303	40.00–59.50	56.75

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Premium White 65-75%$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,540	75.00–85.00	79.71
2	—	1,558	87.00–90.00	88.31
4	—	1,459	70.00–74.00	71.16

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	1,129	55.50–66.00	60.76
1	—	1,055	50.00	50.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
22	—	1,450	61.00–69.50	66.38
1	—	1,105	55.50	55.50

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.