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Fairview Livestock Auction

Name: Fairview Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2020-12-22
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2020-12-22

Slaughter Cattle · Fairview, Illinois · Tue, Dec 22

● Final24 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2049

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Receipts

219 head

▼ 191 vs last sale 410▲ 219 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week, slaughter steers sold 3.75 higher. Slaughter heifers sold 2.25 higher. Slaughter cows sold 2.00 to 4.75 lower. Slaughter bulls sold 1.00 higher. Trade was active with good demand on slaughter steers and slaughter heifers, but moderate on slaughter cows.

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	1,616	66.36	1,072	24
Cows	Premium White 65-75%	Average	1,681	84.69	1,424	5thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Low	1,513	49.57	750	38
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,198	48.48	581	57
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Low	1,123	45.78	514	11
Heifers	Choice	Average	1,245	104.36	1,299	14
Heifers	Select and Choice	Average	1,200	92.99	1,116	3thin
Steers	Select	Average	823	110.80	912	3thin
Steers	Choice	Low	1,418	106.23	1,507	32
Steers	Select and Choice	Average	1,156	89.38	1,033	5thin
Steers	Standard	Average	1,278	75.71	968	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 · Steers7 lots · lightest first
Steers	—	SelectReturn to Feed	823	110.80/cwt	92.00–130.00	912	3
Steers	—	Select and Choice	1,115	79.00/cwt	79.00–79.00	881	1
Steers	—	Select and Choice	1,166	91.97/cwt	85.00–97.50	1,072	4
Steers	—	Standard	1,278	75.71/cwt	74.00–77.50	968	2
Steers	—	Choice	1,413	111.50/cwt	111.50–111.50	1,575	3
Steers	—	Choice	1,418	107.94/cwt	104.50–110.00	1,531	23
Steers	—	Choice	1,423	97.04/cwt	92.50–100.00	1,381	6
Slaughter Cattle · Heifers3 lots · lightest first
Heifers	—	Select and Choice	1,200	92.99/cwt	87.00–96.00	1,116	3
Heifers	—	Choice	1,219	105.92/cwt	103.00–109.00	1,291	12
Heifers	—	Choice	1,400	95.00/cwt	95.00–95.00	1,330	2
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls3 lots · lightest first
Bulls	—	—	1,472	55.36/cwt	35.00–68.00	815	11
Bulls	—	—	1,705	74.31/cwt	70.00–78.00	1,267	11
Bulls	—	—	1,918	83.13/cwt	80.00–85.00	1,594	2
Slaughter Cattle · Cows11 lots · lightest first
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	990	32.50/cwt	32.50–32.50	322	1
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%Return to Feed	1,018	65.45/cwt	61.00–71.00	666	2
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%Return to Feed	1,030	58.94/cwt	51.00–75.00	607	10
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,166	42.52/cwt	35.00–45.00	496	8
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,231	45.64/cwt	40.00–50.00	562	43
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,266	52.80/cwt	51.50–54.00	668	4
Cows	—	Premium White 65-75%	1,390	94.48/cwt	94.00–95.00	1,313	2
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,511	49.28/cwt	44.00–54.50	745	35
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,540	58.24/cwt	56.00–61.00	897	2
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,540	42.50/cwt	42.50–42.50	655	1
Cows	—	Premium White 65-75%	1,875	78.16/cwt	74.00–86.00	1,466	3

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 Dec 22, 2020

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Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
11	—	1,705	70.00–78.00	74.31
2	—	1,918	80.00–85.00	83.13
11	—	1,472	35.00–68.00	55.36

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Select · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	823	92.00–130.00	110.80

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,166	85.00–97.50	91.97
1	—	1,115	79.00	79.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	1,423	92.50–100.00	97.04
3	—	1,413	111.50	111.50
23	—	1,418	104.50–110.00	107.94

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Standard$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,278	74.00–77.50	75.71

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,200	87.00–96.00	92.99

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
12	—	1,219	103.00–109.00	105.92
2	—	1,400	95.00	95.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,540	42.50	42.50
35	—	1,511	44.00–54.50	49.28
2	—	1,540	56.00–61.00	58.24

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	990	32.50	32.50
8	—	1,166	35.00–45.00	42.52

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90% · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,018	61.00–71.00	65.45

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Premium White 65-75%$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,875	74.00–86.00	78.16
2	—	1,390	94.00–95.00	94.48

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
43	—	1,231	40.00–50.00	45.64
4	—	1,266	51.50–54.00	52.80

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85% · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	1,030	51.00–75.00	58.94

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.