Sale reports / Illinois / Fairview Livestock Auction / 2021-05-25

Fairview Livestock Auction

Slaughter Cattle · Fairview, Illinois · Tue, May 25
● Final28 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2049
Receipts
431 head
▲ 73 vs last sale 358▲ 207 vs year ago 224 · +92.4%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week, slaughter steers and slaughter heifers sold 1.50 to 1.75 higher. Slaughter cows sold mostly 3.50 to 4.25 higher. Slaughter bulls sold .75 lower. Trade was active with good demand.

Slaughter cattle

By class and quality grade · $/cwt
Cull cows and bulls are graded, not weight-classed — grade is what moves the money here.
ClassGradeDressingAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Bulls—Average1,65192.851,53319
CowsPremium White 65-75%Average1,388104.651,4533thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%Low1,46975.011,10258
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,21271.82870113
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,14361.0369722
Dairy SteersChoiceAverage1,203101.281,2184thin
HeifersChoiceAverage1,247117.561,46668
HeifersSelectLow79579.336313thin
SteersChoiceAverage1,354120.761,635105
SteersSelect and ChoiceAverage1,357110.221,4967thin
SteersSelectAverage1,09382.939067thin

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.
ClassWeightGrade / descriptionAvg wtPriceRangePer headHead
Slaughter Cattle · Steers5 lots · lightest first
Steers—Select1,09382.93/cwt68.50–93.009067
Steers—Choice1,346121.54/cwt118.00–124.751,63699
Steers—Select and Choice1,357110.22/cwt100.00–115.001,4967
Steers—Choice1,426107.65/cwt94.00–117.001,5355
Steers—ChoiceHeavy Weight1,810109.00/cwt109.00–109.001,9731
Slaughter Cattle · Heifers6 lots · lightest first
Heifers—SelectReturn to Feed60086.00/cwt86.00–86.005161
Heifers—Select76088.00/cwt88.00–88.006691
Heifers—ChoiceLight Weight1,005104.26/cwt103.50–105.001,0488
Heifers—Select1,02564.00/cwt64.00–64.006561
Heifers—Choice1,188110.33/cwt105.00–115.001,3117
Heifers—Choice1,291120.52/cwt117.00–123.251,55653
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls3 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,49484.51/cwt78.00–87.501,2636
Bulls——1,70794.86/cwt89.00–99.501,61910
Bulls——1,780102.82/cwt100.50–104.501,8303
Slaughter Cattle · Cows13 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%Return to Feed1,02579.50/cwt79.50–79.508151
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,05569.00/cwt69.00–69.007281
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,07653.97/cwt43.00–56.505816
Cows—Boner 80-85%Return to Feed1,13590.53/cwt88.00–94.001,0284
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,18662.17/cwt57.50–68.0073714
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,19362.58/cwt57.50–66.5074720
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,21672.71/cwt67.00–77.5088484
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,27878.85/cwt78.00–80.001,0085
Cows—Premium White 65-75%1,36599.00/cwt99.00–99.001,3511
Cows—Premium White 65-75%1,400107.48/cwt106.00–109.001,5052
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,45575.79/cwt70.50–81.001,10348
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,53566.02/cwt59.50–69.501,0137
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,53883.48/cwt82.50–84.501,2843
Slaughter Cattle · Dairy Steers1 lot · lightest first
Dairy Steers—Choice1,203101.28/cwt96.00–103.001,2184

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.