Name: Fairview Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2025-01-21
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-01-21

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Today at Fairview, light run on the coldest day of the year. Slaughter steers and heifers traded higher 3.00-4.00. Slaughter cows traded mostly steady with lean cows trading higher 5.00. Slaughter bulls on a light test traded higher 2.00. Active trade 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	—	Low	1,654	163.85	2,710	14
Cows	Premium White 65-75%	Average	1,376	146.93	2,022	12
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,397	135.61	1,895	38
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Low	1,217	113.56	1,382	14
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,191	108.55	1,293	5thin
Heifers	Choice	Average	1,364	212.19	2,894	35
Heifers	Select and Choice	Average	1,015	187.37	1,902	6thin
Steers	Choice	Average	1,474	213.34	3,145	43
Steers	Select and Choice	Average	1,135	191.00	2,168	1thin

Every lot, as filed

16 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.

Class	Grade / description	Weight	Avg wt	Price	Range	Per head	Head
Heifers	Select and Choice	—	1,015	187.37/cwt	186.00–190.00	1,902	6
Heifers	Choice	—	1,364	212.19/cwt	198.00–218.50	2,894	35
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,404	136.57/cwt	129.00–142.00	1,917	34
Cows	Premium White 65-75%	—	1,376	146.93/cwt	143.00–156.00	2,022	12
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,146	111.31/cwt	106.00–115.00	1,276	4
Cows	Breaker 75-80%Return to Feed	—	850	165.00/cwt	165.00–165.00	1,403	1
Cows	Breaker 75-80%Heavy Weight	—	1,830	138.00/cwt	138.00–138.00	2,525	1
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,338	103.36/cwt	90.00–115.00	1,383	2
Steers	Select and Choice	—	1,135	191.00/cwt	191.00–191.00	2,168	1
Steers	Choice	—	1,474	213.34/cwt	205.00–217.00	3,145	43
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,370	97.50/cwt	97.50–97.50	1,336	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,288	99.85/cwt	87.50–110.00	1,286	6
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,163	123.84/cwt	115.00–130.00	1,440	8
Bulls	—	—	1,258	148.79/cwt	145.00–152.50	1,872	2
Bulls	—	—	2,033	178.24/cwt	177.50–179.00	3,624	2
Bulls	—	—	1,657	163.98/cwt	155.00–171.00	2,717	10

How this sale compares

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 Jan 21, 2025

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

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Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	1,015	186.00–190.00	187.37
Heifers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
35	—	1,364	198.00–218.50	212.19
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
34	—	1,404	129.00–142.00	136.57
2	—	1,338	90.00–115.00	103.36
Cows — Premium White 65-75%$ per cwt · actual wt
12	—	1,376	143.00–156.00	146.93
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,146	106.00–115.00	111.31
1	—	1,370	97.50	97.50
Cows — Breaker 75-80% · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	850	165.00	165.00
Cows — Breaker 75-80% · Heavy Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,830	138.00	138.00
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	1,288	87.50–110.00	99.85
8	—	1,163	115.00–130.00	123.84
Steers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,135	191.00	191.00
Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
43	—	1,474	205.00–217.00	213.34
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,258	145.00–152.50	148.79
2	—	2,033	177.50–179.00	178.24
10	—	1,657	155.00–171.00	163.98

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.

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