Sale reports / Illinois / Fairview Livestock Auction / 2021-07-06

Fairview Livestock Auction

Slaughter Cattle · Fairview, Illinois · Tue, Jul 6
● Final28 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2049
Receipts
210 head
▼ 127 vs last sale 337▲ 46 vs year ago 164 · +28.0%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week slaughter steers and slaughter heifers traded unevenly steady. Slaughter cows also traded unevenly steady. Slaughter bulls sold 5.00 lower on a mostly lower quality set compared to last week. 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—Average1,44589.261,29011
CowsPremium White 65-75%Average1,46078.001,1391thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,43775.881,09113
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,20674.3189618
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,06057.496109thin
HeifersChoiceHigh1,259123.841,55931
HeifersSelect and ChoiceAverage1,104107.501,1876thin
HeifersSelectLow90572.006522thin
SteersChoiceHigh1,388127.941,77685
SteersSelect and ChoiceAverage1,207116.321,40411
SteersSelectAverage1,05795.671,0113thin
SteersStandardLow1,07885.509212thin

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 · Steers8 lots · lightest first
Steers—SelectReturn to Feed990101.00/cwt101.00–101.001,0001
Steers—Standard1,050105.00/cwt105.00–105.001,1031
Steers—Select1,09093.00/cwt89.00–98.001,0142
Steers—Standard1,10566.00/cwt66.00–66.007291
Steers—Select and Choice1,207116.32/cwt107.50–121.001,40411
Steers—Choice1,285116.13/cwt112.00–120.001,4924
Steers—Choice1,389128.27/cwt124.00–130.501,78274
Steers—Choice1,442131.23/cwt131.00–131.501,8927
Slaughter Cattle · Heifers7 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Select80059.00/cwt59.00–59.004721
Heifers—Select1,01085.00/cwt85.00–85.008591
Heifers—Select and Choice1,06395.00/cwt95.00–95.001,0102
Heifers—Select and Choice1,125113.75/cwt98.00–118.501,2804
Heifers—Choice1,243126.94/cwt123.00–129.501,57821
Heifers—Choice1,282115.93/cwt108.00–119.501,4869
Heifers—Choice1,375130.00/cwt130.00–130.001,7881
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls3 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,20087.77/cwt84.00–94.501,0534
Bulls——1,25273.05/cwt63.00–79.009153
Bulls——1,835102.90/cwt97.00–108.501,8884
Slaughter Cattle · Cows10 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,05361.17/cwt56.00–65.506446
Cows—Boner 80-85%Return to Feed1,05784.84/cwt79.00–95.008973
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,07550.12/cwt46.00–55.005393
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,08059.00/cwt59.00–59.006371
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,18277.07/cwt76.00–79.009114
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,27371.57/cwt65.00–75.0091110
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,42174.81/cwt72.50–77.001,06311
Cows—Premium White 65-75%1,46078.00/cwt78.00–78.001,1391
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,50097.00/cwt97.00–97.001,4551
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,55566.50/cwt66.50–66.501,0341

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.