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Fairview Livestock Auction

Name: Fairview Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2020-04-16
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2020-04-16

Feeder Cattle · Fairview, Illinois · Thu, Apr 16

● Final85 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2048

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Receipts

819 head

▲ 819 vs last sale 0▲ 819 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to two weeks ago, steers under 600 lbs traded steady. Steers over 600 lbs sold 2.00 to 5.00 lower. Feeder heifers sold mostly 5.00 to 7.00 lower. Trade was active with moderate to good demand on a quality set of feeder cattle.

Weight class — the figures below change to match

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb steers averaged $138.71/cwt on 454 head.

Average price

$138.71

454 head · 628 lb average

Value per head Derived

$871

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$156

per head · Large 1-2 over Large 2

$21.56/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+0.76

vs IL average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Large 1-2	628	141.09	887	398
Medium and Large 1-2	477	131.67	628	6thin
Large 1	688	122.19	841	21
Large 2	611	119.53	730	29

One grade step is worth $21.56/cwt here — about $156 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 0–100 lb. USDA reports each grade on its own line and never publishes the spread.

How it compared 0–100 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only

This sale454 hd

138.71

—

IL average2 barns · 513 hd

137.96

+0.76

A barn can sit above the state average at one weight and below it at another — check the class you actually sell.

Every lot

85 lots · USDA AMS · Fairview Sale Barn Cattle Special - 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
Feeder Cattle · Steers39 lots · lightest first
Steers	—	Large 1-2	180	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	252	1
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	275	131.00/cwt	131.00–131.00	360	1
Steers	—	Large 1-2	333	149.27/cwt	143.00–154.00	497	5
Steers	—	Large 1-2Fancy	360	171.00/cwt	171.00–171.00	616	3
Steers	—	Large 1	375	134.00/cwt	134.00–134.00	503	1
Steers	—	Large 1-2	386	161.25/cwt	139.00–165.00	622	20
Steers	—	Large 1-2	423	155.21/cwt	140.00–160.00	657	17
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	455	145.00/cwt	145.00–145.00	660	1
Steers	—	Large 1-2	479	159.77/cwt	140.00–168.00	765	21
Steers	—	Large 2	479	131.33/cwt	119.00–135.00	629	7
Steers	—	Large 1-2Full	480	135.00/cwt	135.00–135.00	648	1
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	505	121.00/cwt	121.00–121.00	611	2
Steers	—	Large 1-2Unweaned	512	141.00/cwt	141.00–141.00	722	2
Steers	—	Large 1-2	522	158.70/cwt	147.00–166.00	828	37
Steers	—	Large 2	524	134.72/cwt	131.00–136.00	706	4
Steers	—	Large 1	545	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	709	1
Steers	—	Large 1-2Fancy	551	160.50/cwt	160.50–160.50	884	3
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	560	136.00/cwt	136.00–136.00	762	2
Steers	—	Large 2	570	123.01/cwt	121.00–125.00	701	6
Steers	—	Large 1-2	580	148.66/cwt	133.00–157.50	862	41
Steers	—	Large 1-2Unweaned	585	119.00/cwt	119.00–119.00	696	1
Steers	—	Large 1	590	136.49/cwt	135.00–138.00	805	2
Steers	—	Large 1	610	118.48/cwt	116.00–121.00	723	2
Steers	—	Large 1Unweaned	610	115.00/cwt	115.00–115.00	702	1
Steers	—	Large 1-2Fancy	614	148.00/cwt	148.00–148.00	909	5
Steers	—	Large 1-2	636	136.84/cwt	118.00–144.50	870	57
Steers	—	Large 1-2	669	140.19/cwt	120.00–146.00	938	46
Steers	—	Large 2	669	110.15/cwt	109.00–113.00	737	7
Steers	—	Large 1	678	121.43/cwt	109.00–130.50	823	9
Steers	—	Large 2	710	107.99/cwt	107.00–109.00	767	2
Steers	—	Large 1-2	737	130.59/cwt	121.00–133.00	962	82
Steers	—	Large 1-2	794	122.56/cwt	122.00–133.00	973	49
Steers	—	Large 2	795	101.00/cwt	101.00–101.00	803	1
Steers	—	Large 2	815	98.00/cwt	98.00–98.00	799	1
Steers	—	Large 1-2	816	125.70/cwt	121.00–130.00	1,026	4
Steers	—	Large 1-2	850	105.00/cwt	105.00–105.00	893	1
Steers	—	Large 1	884	116.82/cwt	100.00–121.00	1,033	5
Steers	—	Large 1-2	907	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	1,088	2
Steers	—	Large 2	1,140	84.00/cwt	84.00–84.00	958	1
Feeder Cattle · Heifers38 lots · lightest first
Heifers	—	Large 1-2	230	135.00/cwt	135.00–135.00	311	1
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	237	112.00/cwt	112.00–112.00	265	2
Heifers	—	Large 2	265	111.00/cwt	111.00–111.00	294	1
Heifers	—	Large 1-2	276	131.84/cwt	122.50–136.00	364	7
Heifers	—	Large 1-2	325	132.92/cwt	127.00–140.00	432	8
Heifers	—	Large 2	340	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	425	1
Heifers	—	Large 1-2Unweaned	355	124.00/cwt	124.00–124.00	440	2
Heifers	—	Large 1-2	360	146.03/cwt	129.00–152.00	526	12
Heifers	—	Large 2	377	124.59/cwt	111.00–135.00	470	3
Heifers	—	Large 1	410	129.00/cwt	129.00–129.00	529	1
Heifers	—	Large 1-2	430	141.56/cwt	125.00–154.00	609	23
Heifers	—	Large 1-2Unweaned	430	117.00/cwt	117.00–117.00	503	2
Heifers	—	Large 1-2Unweaned	466	115.40/cwt	115.00–116.00	538	5
Heifers	—	Large 2	470	105.87/cwt	101.00–115.00	498	3
Heifers	—	Large 1-2	472	142.19/cwt	121.00–152.00	671	47
Heifers	—	Large 1	480	123.00/cwt	123.00–123.00	590	1
Heifers	—	Large 1-2Unweaned	522	107.68/cwt	105.00–109.00	562	3
Heifers	—	Large 1-2	523	138.16/cwt	121.00–149.00	723	44
Heifers	—	Large 2	523	87.88/cwt	80.00–104.00	460	3
Heifers	—	Large 1	535	115.00/cwt	115.00–115.00	615	1
Heifers	—	Large 1-2Unweaned	552	115.00/cwt	115.00–115.00	635	2
Heifers	—	Large 1	560	110.27/cwt	103.00–124.00	618	4
Heifers	—	Large 2	564	97.17/cwt	81.00–110.00	548	4
Heifers	—	Large 1-2	593	124.61/cwt	116.00–129.50	739	22
Heifers	—	Large 1	610	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	763	1
Heifers	—	Large 1-2Unweaned	612	100.00/cwt	100.00–100.00	612	2
Heifers	—	Large 1-2	617	121.79/cwt	110.00–131.00	751	33
Heifers	—	Large 2	663	101.09/cwt	96.00–106.00	670	2
Heifers	—	Large 1-2	684	121.26/cwt	100.00–124.00	829	39
Heifers	—	Large 1-2Unweaned	705	101.00/cwt	101.00–101.00	712	2
Heifers	—	Medium 1	720	84.00/cwt	84.00–84.00	605	1
Heifers	—	Large 1-2	726	114.87/cwt	106.00–117.00	834	10
Heifers	—	Large 2	731	80.00/cwt	80.00–80.00	585	3
Heifers	—	Large 1-2	757	106.66/cwt	106.00–107.00	807	6
Heifers	—	Large 2	773	95.99/cwt	93.00–99.00	742	2
Heifers	—	Large 1-2Fleshy	831	93.00/cwt	93.00–93.00	773	5
Heifers	—	Large 1-2Fleshy	890	85.83/cwt	85.00–91.00	764	7
Heifers	—	Large 1	925	86.00/cwt	86.00–86.00	796	1
Feeder Cattle · Bulls8 lots · lightest first
Bulls	—	Large 1-2	275	136.00/cwt	136.00–136.00	374	1
Bulls	—	Large 1-2	378	136.89/cwt	130.00–153.00	517	4
Bulls	—	Large 1-2	430	138.93/cwt	137.00–141.00	597	2
Bulls	—	Large 1-2	513	122.94/cwt	105.00–135.00	631	3
Bulls	—	Large 1-2	562	124.28/cwt	121.00–127.00	698	3
Bulls	—	Large 1-2	667	104.55/cwt	101.00–108.00	697	4
Bulls	—	Large 1-2	731	97.73/cwt	88.00–101.00	714	4
Bulls	—	Large 1-2	914	82.67/cwt	76.00–85.00	756	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.

Illinois feeder prices, every weight →Every state and region →

Fairview Sale Barn Cattle Special - Fairview, IL

Thu Apr 16, 2020

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

Receipts 819Last week 0Year ago 0

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Large 1-2 · Full$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	480	135.00	135.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Large 1-2 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	360	171.00	171.00
3	—	551	160.50	160.50
5	—	614	148.00	148.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	884	100.00–121.00	116.82
1	—	545	130.00	130.00
9	—	678	109.00–130.50	121.43
2	—	590	135.00–138.00	136.49
2	—	610	116.00–121.00	118.48
1	—	375	134.00	134.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	180	140.00	140.00
4	—	816	121.00–130.00	125.70
20	—	386	139.00–165.00	161.25
41	—	580	133.00–157.50	148.66
57	—	636	118.00–144.50	136.84
82	—	737	121.00–133.00	130.59
46	—	669	120.00–146.00	140.19
21	—	479	140.00–168.00	159.77
5	—	333	143.00–154.00	149.27
1	—	850	105.00	105.00
49	—	794	122.00–133.00	122.56
37	—	522	147.00–166.00	158.70
17	—	423	140.00–160.00	155.21
2	—	907	120.00	120.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	512	141.00	141.00
1	—	585	119.00	119.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,140	84.00	84.00
6	—	570	121.00–125.00	123.01
7	—	479	119.00–135.00	131.33
2	—	710	107.00–109.00	107.99
1	—	795	101.00	101.00
7	—	669	109.00–113.00	110.15
4	—	524	131.00–136.00	134.72
1	—	815	98.00	98.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	275	131.00	131.00
2	—	560	136.00	136.00
1	—	455	145.00	145.00
2	—	505	121.00	121.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	610	115.00	115.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	355	124.00	124.00
2	—	612	100.00	100.00
5	—	466	115.00–116.00	115.40
2	—	552	115.00	115.00
3	—	522	105.00–109.00	107.68
2	—	705	101.00	101.00
2	—	430	117.00	117.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	663	96.00–106.00	101.09
3	—	470	101.00–115.00	105.87
4	—	564	81.00–110.00	97.17
1	—	340	125.00	125.00
3	—	377	111.00–135.00	124.59
3	—	731	80.00	80.00
3	—	523	80.00–104.00	87.88
2	—	773	93.00–99.00	95.99
1	—	265	111.00	111.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	480	123.00	123.00
1	—	925	86.00	86.00
4	—	560	103.00–124.00	110.27
1	—	535	115.00	115.00
1	—	610	125.00	125.00
1	—	410	129.00	129.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Large 1-2 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	890	85.00–91.00	85.83
5	—	831	93.00	93.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	276	122.50–136.00	131.84
12	—	360	129.00–152.00	146.03
33	—	617	110.00–131.00	121.79
47	—	472	121.00–152.00	142.19
39	—	684	100.00–124.00	121.26
22	—	593	116.00–129.50	124.61
8	—	325	127.00–140.00	132.92
1	—	230	135.00	135.00
44	—	523	121.00–149.00	138.16
23	—	430	125.00–154.00	141.56
10	—	726	106.00–117.00	114.87
6	—	757	106.00–107.00	106.66

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	237	112.00	112.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	720	84.00	84.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	513	105.00–135.00	122.94
4	—	667	101.00–108.00	104.55
2	—	430	137.00–141.00	138.93
4	—	378	130.00–153.00	136.89
4	—	914	76.00–85.00	82.67
1	—	275	136.00	136.00
3	—	562	121.00–127.00	124.28
4	—	731	88.00–101.00	97.73

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.