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Fairview Livestock Auction

Name: Fairview Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2020-09-01
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2020-09-01

Slaughter Cattle · Fairview, Illinois · Tue, Sep 1

● Final28 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2049

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Receipts

414 head

▲ 184 vs last sale 230▲ 37 vs year ago 377 · +9.8%

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week, slaughter steers and slaughter heifers sold 3.25 to 4.25 lower. No price comparisons for slaughter dairy steer to last week. Slaughter cows sold .50 to 1.25 higher. Slaughter bulls sold 2.25 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	—	Average	1,789	87.22	1,561	30
Cows	Premium White 65-75%	Average	1,264	82.16	1,039	5thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,426	67.56	964	58
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,231	65.68	809	66
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	998	59.61	595	17
Dairy Steers	Choice	High	1,344	89.90	1,208	10
Heifers	Choice	Average	1,248	103.15	1,288	70
Heifers	Select and Choice	Average	1,050	92.40	970	14
Heifers	Select	Average	930	79.03	735	3thin
Steers	Choice	Average	1,365	103.80	1,417	102
Steers	Select and Choice	Average	1,173	95.10	1,116	15
Steers	Select	Average	1,018	86.06	876	7thin

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 · Steers7 lots · lightest first
Steers	—	SelectReturn to Feed	973	91.20/cwt	81.00–122.00	887	5
Steers	—	Select and ChoiceReturn to Feed	1,025	90.00/cwt	90.00–90.00	923	2
Steers	—	Select	1,130	73.21/cwt	64.00–81.00	827	2
Steers	—	Select and Choice	1,196	95.89/cwt	83.00–100.00	1,147	13
Steers	—	Choice	1,333	95.19/cwt	80.00–100.00	1,269	11
Steers	—	Choice	1,364	104.63/cwt	102.00–108.50	1,427	87
Steers	—	Choice	1,473	109.38/cwt	109.00–110.00	1,611	4
Slaughter Cattle · Heifers6 lots · lightest first
Heifers	—	SelectReturn to Feed	780	85.00/cwt	85.00–85.00	663	1
Heifers	—	Select	1,005	76.04/cwt	73.50–79.00	764	2
Heifers	—	Select and ChoiceReturn to Feed	1,017	91.91/cwt	86.00–96.00	935	3
Heifers	—	Select and Choice	1,059	92.53/cwt	85.00–99.00	980	11
Heifers	—	Choice	1,226	97.18/cwt	90.00–100.50	1,191	12
Heifers	—	Choice	1,253	104.38/cwt	101.00–107.25	1,308	58
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls3 lots · lightest first
Bulls	—	—	1,520	79.05/cwt	72.50–84.00	1,202	7
Bulls	—	—	1,815	99.50/cwt	99.50–99.50	1,806	1
Bulls	—	—	1,874	89.26/cwt	84.50–95.00	1,673	22
Slaughter Cattle · Cows10 lots · lightest first
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	793	34.40/cwt	32.00–36.00	273	2
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,010	61.51/cwt	56.00–65.50	621	12
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,087	68.81/cwt	68.00–69.50	748	3
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,206	73.54/cwt	72.00–75.00	887	7
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,225	59.85/cwt	56.50–63.50	733	4
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,233	65.52/cwt	60.50–71.00	808	53
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,246	57.88/cwt	56.00–59.50	721	6
Cows	—	Premium White 65-75%	1,264	82.16/cwt	76.50–86.00	1,039	5
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,439	67.65/cwt	63.50–74.00	973	51
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,482	76.29/cwt	75.50–78.50	1,131	3
Slaughter Cattle · Dairy Steers2 lots · lightest first
Dairy Steers	—	Choice	1,338	89.11/cwt	82.00–90.00	1,192	9
Dairy Steers	—	Choice	1,400	97.00/cwt	97.00–97.00	1,358	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 Sep 1, 2020

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

Receipts 414Last week 230Year ago 377

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
11	—	1,059	85.00–99.00	92.53

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Select · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	780	85.00	85.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Select$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,005	73.50–79.00	76.04

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
58	—	1,253	101.00–107.25	104.38
12	—	1,226	90.00–100.50	97.18

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Select and Choice · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,017	86.00–96.00	91.91

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
53	—	1,233	60.50–71.00	65.52
7	—	1,206	72.00–75.00	73.54
6	—	1,246	56.00–59.50	57.88

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
12	—	1,010	56.00–65.50	61.51
3	—	1,087	68.00–69.50	68.81
2	—	793	32.00–36.00	34.40

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
51	—	1,439	63.50–74.00	67.65
4	—	1,225	56.50–63.50	59.85
3	—	1,482	75.50–78.50	76.29

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Premium White 65-75%$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,264	76.50–86.00	82.16

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Dairy Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,400	97.00	97.00
9	—	1,338	82.00–90.00	89.11

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
22	—	1,874	84.50–95.00	89.26
7	—	1,520	72.50–84.00	79.05
1	—	1,815	99.50	99.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Select · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	973	81.00–122.00	91.20

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Select$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,130	64.00–81.00	73.21

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
87	—	1,364	102.00–108.50	104.63
4	—	1,473	109.00–110.00	109.38
11	—	1,333	80.00–100.00	95.19

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
13	—	1,196	83.00–100.00	95.89

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Select and Choice · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,025	90.00	90.00

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.