Sale reports / Illinois / Fairview Livestock Auction / 2021-01-14

Fairview Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Fairview, Illinois · Thu, Jan 14
● Final59 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2048
Receipts
2,320 head
▲ 2,320 vs last sale 0▲ 1,274 vs year ago 1,046 · +121.8%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

A high quality offering that were weaned with one to three rounds of shots sold at lower prices compared to the last reported feeder sale here on 12/17/2020. Light steers under 500 lbs sold 5.00 lower. Steers over 500 lbs sold 10.00 to 20.00 lower. Heifer feeders mostly sold 5.00 to 8.00 lower. Trade was active with moderate demand.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb steers averaged $138.58/cwt on 1,303 head.
Average price
$138.58
1,303 head · 656 lb average
Value per head Derived
$909
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$60
per head · Large 1-2 over Large 1
$18.21/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+4.59
vs IL average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Large 1-2657138.969131,263
Large 2468135.2263313thin
Medium and Large 1-2480133.996433thin
Large 1707120.7585324
One grade step is worth $18.21/cwt here — about $60 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 sale1,303 hd
138.58
—
IL average4 barns · 1,976 hd
133.99
+4.59
A barn can sit above the state average at one weight and below it at another — check the class you actually sell.

Every lot

59 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.
ClassWeightGrade / descriptionAvg wtPriceRangePer headHead
Feeder Cattle · Steers34 lots · lightest first
Steers—Large 1-2280189.00/cwt189.00–189.005291
Steers—Large 2280149.00/cwt149.00–149.004172
Steers—Large 1-2310189.00/cwt189.00–189.005861
Steers—Large 1320139.00/cwt139.00–139.004451
Steers—Large 2350121.00/cwt121.00–121.004242
Steers—Large 1-2372172.87/cwt164.00–181.0064321
Steers—Large 1375142.00/cwt142.00–142.005331
Steers—Large 1-2415176.00/cwt156.00–181.0073025
Steers—Large 1435134.34/cwt121.00–148.005842
Steers—Large 2445153.00/cwt153.00–153.006811
Steers—Large 1-2480166.96/cwt148.00–173.5080195
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2480133.99/cwt133.00–136.006433
Steers—Large 1480120.00/cwt120.00–120.005761
Steers—Large 1-2520154.12/cwt141.00–164.0080163
Steers—Large 1525137.00/cwt137.00–137.007191
Steers—Large 1-2Full529121.00/cwt121.00–121.006402
Steers—Large 2537136.27/cwt136.00–138.007327
Steers—Large 1565145.00/cwt145.00–145.008191
Steers—Large 1-2573145.89/cwt136.00–154.50836128
Steers—Large 2620111.00/cwt111.00–111.006881
Steers—Large 1-2626140.52/cwt121.00–143.50880211
Steers—Large 1675118.58/cwt106.00–127.008004
Steers—Large 1-2679133.61/cwt128.00–140.50907175
Steers—Large 1-2714128.69/cwt121.00–131.00919251
Steers—Large 1720121.00/cwt121.00–121.008711
Steers—Large 1-2774130.56/cwt122.00–133.001,011232
Steers—Large 1785118.00/cwt118.00–118.009261
Steers—Large 1-2831123.71/cwt116.00–125.501,02841
Steers—Large 1845118.33/cwt117.00–123.001,0006
Steers—Large 1-2868115.00/cwt115.00–115.0099814
Steers—Large 1876106.76/cwt102.00–111.009354
Steers—Large 1-2907102.50/cwt102.50–102.509302
Steers—Large 1-2955106.00/cwt106.00–106.001,0121
Steers—Large 11,04596.00/cwt96.00–96.001,0031
Feeder Cattle · Heifers25 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Large 1-2272144.97/cwt135.00–154.0039411
Heifers—Large 1-2320138.94/cwt134.00–142.004455
Heifers—Large 1-2372139.77/cwt131.00–151.0052026
Heifers—Large 2375119.00/cwt119.00–119.004463
Heifers—Large 1390136.00/cwt136.00–136.005301
Heifers—Large 1-2425144.51/cwt132.00–150.0061447
Heifers—Large 2430131.00/cwt131.00–131.005632
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2471131.00/cwt131.00–131.006173
Heifers—Large 1-2482141.38/cwt122.00–148.0068156
Heifers—Large 2495106.00/cwt106.00–106.005251
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2512127.00/cwt127.00–127.006501
Heifers—Large 2520124.00/cwt124.00–124.006451
Heifers—Large 1-2527135.97/cwt124.00–147.00717128
Heifers—Large 2558113.51/cwt111.00–116.006332
Heifers—Large 1-2572132.00/cwt125.00–137.50755121
Heifers—Large 1585121.00/cwt121.00–121.007081
Heifers—Large 1-2624130.17/cwt123.00–134.50812162
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2632106.99/cwt106.00–109.006763
Heifers—Large 1-2671126.54/cwt112.00–137.0084976
Heifers—Large 1-2716121.87/cwt110.00–129.00873150
Heifers—Large 1745109.00/cwt109.00–109.008121
Heifers—Large 1-2751118.00/cwt118.00–118.0088610
Heifers—Large 1780110.00/cwt110.00–110.008581
Heifers—Large 1-2825105.29/cwt104.00–108.008693
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-285591.00/cwt91.00–91.007781

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.