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Fairview Livestock Auction

Name: Fairview Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2020-12-29
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2020-12-29

Slaughter Cattle · Fairview, Illinois · Tue, Dec 29

● Final23 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2049

← Dec 22Dec 29Jan 5 →

Receipts

197 head

▼ 22 vs last sale 219▼ 235 vs year ago 432 · −54.4%

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week, slaughter steers and slaughter heifers sold 3.25 to 5.25 higher with heifers with the larger gain. Slaughter cows sold 1.50 to 3.00 higher. Slaughter bulls sold 5.25 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	1,460	71.89	1,050	20
Cows	Premium White 65-75%	Low	1,505	77.62	1,168	10
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Low	1,414	50.22	710	26
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,125	48.06	541	32
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	953	43.91	418	3thin
Heifers	Choice	Low	1,325	110.78	1,468	25
Heifers	Select and Choice	Low	1,155	83.50	964	2thin
Heifers	Select	Average	913	78.46	716	3thin
Steers	Choice	Low	1,413	110.05	1,555	55
Steers	Select and Choice	Average	1,068	89.47	955	4thin

Every lot

23 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 · Steers6 lots · lightest first
Steers	—	Select and ChoiceReturn to Feed	1,038	92.46/cwt	90.00–95.00	960	2
Steers	—	Select and Choice	1,098	86.47/cwt	85.00–88.00	949	2
Steers	—	Choice	1,363	106.00/cwt	106.00–106.00	1,445	3
Steers	—	Choice	1,391	111.30/cwt	107.50–113.25	1,548	49
Steers	—	ChoiceHeavy Weight	1,745	98.86/cwt	92.00–106.50	1,725	2
Steers	—	ChoiceHeavy Weight	1,965	83.50/cwt	83.50–83.50	1,641	1
Slaughter Cattle · Heifers5 lots · lightest first
Heifers	—	Select	913	78.46/cwt	75.00–82.00	716	3
Heifers	—	Select and Choice	1,145	80.00/cwt	80.00–80.00	916	1
Heifers	—	Select and Choice	1,165	87.00/cwt	87.00–87.00	1,014	1
Heifers	—	Choice	1,267	106.50/cwt	106.50–106.50	1,349	2
Heifers	—	Choice	1,330	111.15/cwt	107.50–113.75	1,478	23
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls4 lots · lightest first
Bulls	—	—Return to Feed	942	76.29/cwt	72.50–79.00	719	5
Bulls	—	—	1,279	60.37/cwt	46.00–65.00	772	8
Bulls	—	—	1,979	79.61/cwt	78.00–81.00	1,575	5
Bulls	—	—	2,185	87.67/cwt	86.50–89.00	1,916	2
Slaughter Cattle · Cows8 lots · lightest first
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	786	42.60/cwt	42.50–43.00	335	7
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	953	43.91/cwt	42.50–45.00	418	3
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%Return to Feed	1,045	77.00/cwt	77.00–77.00	805	1
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,227	48.44/cwt	43.50–54.00	594	24
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,240	44.63/cwt	43.50–45.00	553	4
Cows	—	Premium White 65-75%	1,443	88.20/cwt	84.00–94.00	1,273	6
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,446	51.24/cwt	46.50–56.00	741	22
Cows	—	Premium White 65-75%	1,599	61.74/cwt	56.00–69.50	987	4

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 29, 2020

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

Receipts 197Last week 219Year ago 432

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,240	43.50–45.00	44.63
22	—	1,446	46.50–56.00	51.24

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
24	—	1,227	43.50–54.00	48.44
7	—	786	42.50–43.00	42.60

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Premium White 65-75%$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,599	56.00–69.50	61.74
6	—	1,443	84.00–94.00	88.20

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	953	42.50–45.00	43.91

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85% · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,045	77.00	77.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Choice · Heavy Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,965	83.50	83.50
2	—	1,745	92.00–106.50	98.86

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
49	—	1,391	107.50–113.25	111.30
3	—	1,363	106.00	106.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Select and Choice · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,038	90.00–95.00	92.46

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,098	85.00–88.00	86.47

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,267	106.50	106.50
23	—	1,330	107.50–113.75	111.15

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,145	80.00	80.00
1	—	1,165	87.00	87.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Select$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	913	75.00–82.00	78.46

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	942	72.50–79.00	76.29

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	1,279	46.00–65.00	60.37
2	—	2,185	86.50–89.00	87.67
5	—	1,979	78.00–81.00	79.61

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.