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Fairview Livestock Auction

Name: Fairview Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2020-11-17
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2020-11-17

Slaughter Cattle · Fairview, Illinois · Tue, Nov 17

● Final29 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2049

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Receipts

499 head

▲ 204 vs last sale 295▲ 29 vs year ago 470 · +6.2%

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week, slaughter steers and slaughter heifers sold 1.00 to 1.25 higher. Slaughter dairy steers were lightly tested. Slaughter cows sold 1.00 to 1.50 lower. Slaughter bulls sold 2.25 higher. Trade was active with mostly 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
Bullocks	—	Average	1,505	86.50	1,302	1thin
Bulls	—	Average	1,837	77.23	1,419	12
Cows	Premium White 65-75%	Average	1,438	66.66	959	3thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,457	57.10	832	63
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,266	54.18	686	90
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,042	48.11	501	23
Dairy Steers	Choice	Average	1,499	93.50	1,402	8thin
Heifers	Choice	Average	1,319	106.21	1,401	78
Heifers	Select and Choice	Average	1,072	87.29	936	4thin
Heifers	Select	Average	938	80.50	755	18
Steers	Choice	Average	1,426	105.61	1,506	148
Steers	Select and Choice	Average	1,199	99.02	1,187	20
Steers	Select	Average	1,100	80.82	889	5thin

Every lot

29 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	—	Select and ChoiceReturn to Feed	1,100	104.00/cwt	104.00–104.00	1,144	4
Steers	—	Select	1,100	80.82/cwt	75.00–86.00	889	5
Steers	—	Select and Choice	1,224	97.78/cwt	92.50–99.50	1,197	16
Steers	—	Choice	1,358	99.41/cwt	90.00–102.50	1,350	12
Steers	—	Choice	1,419	107.12/cwt	103.00–109.75	1,520	113
Steers	—	ChoiceHeavy Weight	1,477	94.67/cwt	87.00–102.50	1,398	13
Steers	—	Choice	1,522	110.15/cwt	110.00–110.25	1,676	10
Slaughter Cattle · Heifers7 lots · lightest first
Heifers	—	Select	878	65.76/cwt	56.00–78.00	577	6
Heifers	—	SelectReturn to Feed	968	87.87/cwt	77.00–110.00	851	12
Heifers	—	Select and Choice	1,025	87.00/cwt	87.00–87.00	892	1
Heifers	—	Select and ChoiceReturn to Feed	1,088	87.39/cwt	81.50–91.00	951	3
Heifers	—	Choice	1,300	107.63/cwt	103.00–109.75	1,399	62
Heifers	—	Choice	1,354	91.35/cwt	82.50–102.50	1,237	8
Heifers	—	Choice	1,428	110.06/cwt	110.00–110.50	1,572	8
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls	—	—	1,703	67.66/cwt	60.00–73.00	1,152	3
Bulls	—	—	1,882	80.42/cwt	75.00–85.00	1,514	9
Slaughter Cattle · Cows11 lots · lightest first
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	892	39.35/cwt	36.00–42.50	351	5
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,082	49.98/cwt	44.00–54.50	541	16
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,098	55.00/cwt	55.00–55.00	604	2
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,120	46.55/cwt	42.00–50.00	521	6
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%Return to Feed	1,148	68.11/cwt	60.00–79.00	782	4
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,240	61.92/cwt	61.00–63.50	768	5
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,270	54.66/cwt	49.00–59.50	694	66
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,289	45.77/cwt	39.50–48.50	590	15
Cows	—	Premium White 65-75%	1,438	66.66/cwt	60.00–75.00	959	3
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,487	57.91/cwt	52.50–62.50	861	54
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,582	63.52/cwt	63.00–64.00	1,005	3
Slaughter Cattle · Bullocks1 lot · lightest first
Bullocks	—	—	1,505	86.50/cwt	86.50–86.50	1,302	1
Slaughter Cattle · Dairy Steers1 lot · lightest first
Dairy Steers	—	Choice	1,499	93.50/cwt	92.00–95.00	1,402	8

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 17, 2020

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

Receipts 499Last week 295Year ago 470

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	1,882	75.00–85.00	80.42
3	—	1,703	60.00–73.00	67.66

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bullocks$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,505	86.50	86.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Select$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,100	75.00–86.00	80.82

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
16	—	1,224	92.50–99.50	97.78

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
113	—	1,419	103.00–109.75	107.12
10	—	1,522	110.00–110.25	110.15
12	—	1,358	90.00–102.50	99.41

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Choice · Heavy Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
13	—	1,477	87.00–102.50	94.67

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Select and Choice · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,100	104.00	104.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Select · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
12	—	968	77.00–110.00	87.87

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Select$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	878	56.00–78.00	65.76

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,025	87.00	87.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
62	—	1,300	103.00–109.75	107.63
8	—	1,428	110.00–110.50	110.06
8	—	1,354	82.50–102.50	91.35

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Select and Choice · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,088	81.50–91.00	87.39

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
54	—	1,487	52.50–62.50	57.91
3	—	1,582	63.00–64.00	63.52
6	—	1,120	42.00–50.00	46.55

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Premium White 65-75%$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,438	60.00–75.00	66.66

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85% · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,148	60.00–79.00	68.11

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
16	—	1,082	44.00–54.50	49.98
5	—	892	36.00–42.50	39.35
2	—	1,098	55.00	55.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,240	61.00–63.50	61.92
66	—	1,270	49.00–59.50	54.66
15	—	1,289	39.50–48.50	45.77

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Dairy Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	1,499	92.00–95.00	93.50

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.