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Fairview Livestock Auction

Name: Fairview Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2020-11-03
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2020-11-03

Slaughter Cattle · Fairview, Illinois · Tue, Nov 3

● Final25 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2049

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Receipts

320 head

▲ 59 vs last sale 261▲ 47 vs year ago 273 · +17.2%

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week, slaughter steers and slaughter heifers sold .25 to 1.25 lower. Slaughter cows sold 2.75 to 5.25 lower. Slaughter bulls sold .75 higher. Trade was active with 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	1,650	81.06	1,338	14
Cows	Premium White 65-75%	Low	1,383	70.50	975	2thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Low	1,253	52.22	654	58
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	High	1,506	51.93	782	40
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	986	49.01	483	10
Heifers	Choice	Low	1,245	99.44	1,239	53
Heifers	Select	Average	936	85.42	799	6thin
Heifers	Select and Choice	Average	1,080	84.50	913	2thin
Steers	Choice	Low	1,425	100.83	1,437	103
Steers	Select and Choice	Average	1,164	91.19	1,061	11
Steers	Select	Average	980	76.00	745	2thin

Every lot

25 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	900	76.00/cwt	76.00–76.00	684	1
Steers	—	Select	1,060	76.00/cwt	76.00–76.00	806	1
Steers	—	Select and Choice	1,164	91.19/cwt	81.00–94.50	1,061	11
Steers	—	Choice	1,350	92.00/cwt	92.00–92.00	1,242	1
Steers	—	Choice	1,404	101.44/cwt	95.00–104.75	1,424	92
Steers	—	Choice	1,460	105.27/cwt	105.00–105.50	1,537	2
Steers	—	ChoiceHeavy Weight	1,664	93.75/cwt	93.50–95.50	1,560	8
Slaughter Cattle · Heifers5 lots · lightest first
Heifers	—	SelectReturn to Feed	929	88.50/cwt	77.00–110.00	822	5
Heifers	—	Select	970	70.00/cwt	70.00–70.00	679	1
Heifers	—	Select and ChoiceReturn to Feed	1,080	84.50/cwt	84.50–84.50	913	2
Heifers	—	Choice	1,129	93.09/cwt	92.00–93.50	1,051	4
Heifers	—	Choice	1,255	99.96/cwt	95.50–104.00	1,254	49
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls3 lots · lightest first
Bulls	—	—	1,020	70.00/cwt	70.00–70.00	714	1
Bulls	—	—	1,671	81.28/cwt	75.50–85.00	1,358	12
Bulls	—	—	2,030	89.50/cwt	89.50–89.50	1,817	1
Slaughter Cattle · Cows10 lots · lightest first
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	986	49.01/cwt	43.00–53.00	483	10
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%Return to Feed	1,119	57.73/cwt	49.00–64.00	646	10
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,252	53.16/cwt	49.50–59.50	666	35
Cows	—	Premium White 65-75%	1,330	58.00/cwt	58.00–58.00	771	1
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,358	45.45/cwt	41.50–48.50	617	13
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,412	43.93/cwt	30.00–47.50	620	6
Cows	—	Premium White 65-75%	1,435	83.00/cwt	83.00–83.00	1,191	1
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,513	54.05/cwt	50.00–60.00	818	32
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,610	20.00/cwt	20.00–20.00	322	1
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,725	64.00/cwt	64.00–64.00	1,104	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 Nov 3, 2020

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

Receipts 320Last week 261Year ago 273

Compared to last week, slaughter steers and slaughter heifers sold .25 to 1.25 lower. Slaughter cows sold 2.75 to 5.25 lower. Slaughter bulls sold .75 higher. Trade was active with moderate demand.

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
12	—	1,671	75.50–85.00	81.28
1	—	2,030	89.50	89.50
1	—	1,020	70.00	70.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Select · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	900	76.00	76.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,350	92.00	92.00
92	—	1,404	95.00–104.75	101.44
2	—	1,460	105.00–105.50	105.27

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Select$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,060	76.00	76.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
11	—	1,164	81.00–94.50	91.19

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Choice · Heavy Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	1,664	93.50–95.50	93.75

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Select · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	929	77.00–110.00	88.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Select$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	970	70.00	70.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,129	92.00–93.50	93.09
49	—	1,255	95.50–104.00	99.96

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Select and Choice · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,080	84.50	84.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
13	—	1,358	41.50–48.50	45.45
35	—	1,252	49.50–59.50	53.16

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Premium White 65-75%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,330	58.00	58.00
1	—	1,435	83.00	83.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,725	64.00	64.00
1	—	1,610	20.00	20.00
32	—	1,513	50.00–60.00	54.05
6	—	1,412	30.00–47.50	43.93

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	986	43.00–53.00	49.01

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85% · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	1,119	49.00–64.00	57.73

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.