Name: Fairview Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2025-01-28
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-01-28

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Today at Fairview as compared to one week ago, slaughter steers and heifers traded higher 2.00. Breaker cows traded mostly steady, with boners and leans higher 4.00. Slaughter bulls higher 10.00 on a quality set. Good demand with aqctive trade.

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	1,846	168.53	3,111	22
Cows	Premium White 65-75%	Average	1,440	146.82	2,114	23
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Low	1,439	136.55	1,965	54
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,370	123.66	1,695	39
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Very Low	1,131	116.24	1,314	14
Dairy Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,263	114.61	1,448	3thin
Heifers	Choice	Low	1,371	214.00	2,934	86
Heifers	Select and Choice	Average	1,384	194.37	2,691	13
Heifers	Select	Average	1,305	135.48	1,768	2thin
Steers	Choice	Average	1,485	213.19	3,165	97
Steers	Select and Choice	Average	1,188	189.25	2,248	6thin
Steers	Select	Average	1,351	166.12	2,243	8thin

Every lot, as filed

31 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
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,175	100.00/cwt	100.00–100.00	1,175	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%Return to Feed	—	1,010	163.00/cwt	163.00–163.00	1,646	1
Cows	Breaker 75-80%Heavy Weight	—	1,805	121.00/cwt	121.00–121.00	2,184	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,177	109.16/cwt	107.50–110.00	1,285	3
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,404	126.15/cwt	120.00–132.00	1,771	29
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,462	135.50/cwt	131.00–140.00	1,981	43
Cows	Premium White 65-75%	—	1,440	146.82/cwt	142.00–155.00	2,114	23
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,095	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	1,424	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,114	118.87/cwt	112.50–125.00	1,324	9
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,325	122.00/cwt	122.00–122.00	1,617	1
Heifers	Choice	—	1,539	202.66/cwt	202.00–205.00	3,119	5
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,215	131.00/cwt	131.00–131.00	1,592	1
Heifers	Select	—	1,305	135.48/cwt	132.00–140.00	1,768	2
Heifers	Select and ChoiceReturn to Feed	—	1,106	196.74/cwt	196.00–197.00	2,176	4
Heifers	Select and ChoiceHeavy Weight	—	1,860	192.00/cwt	192.00–192.00	3,571	1
Heifers	Select and Choice	—	1,464	193.48/cwt	191.00–196.00	2,833	8
Steers	Choice	—	1,498	215.06/cwt	207.00–220.00	3,222	82
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,358	141.53/cwt	141.00–142.00	1,922	8
Steers	Select	—	1,397	169.14/cwt	160.00–177.50	2,363	7
Steers	Choice	—	1,412	202.94/cwt	200.00–205.50	2,866	15
Steers	SelectReturn to Feed	—	1,025	145.00/cwt	145.00–145.00	1,486	1
Heifers	Choice	—	1,431	223.00/cwt	223.00–223.00	3,191	5
Dairy Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,263	114.61/cwt	107.50–125.00	1,448	3
Heifers	Choice	—	1,356	214.15/cwt	206.00–221.00	2,904	76
Steers	Select and Choice	—	1,188	189.25/cwt	182.00–195.00	2,248	6
Cows	Breaker 75-80%Return to Feed	—	840	172.00/cwt	172.00–172.00	1,445	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,313	108.81/cwt	102.50–117.00	1,429	8
Bulls	—	—	1,355	135.00/cwt	135.00–135.00	1,829	1
Bulls	—	—	1,701	147.72/cwt	137.50–155.00	2,513	7
Bulls	—	—	2,075	185.34/cwt	183.00–189.00	3,846	8
Bulls	—	—	1,792	175.99/cwt	172.50–177.50	3,154	6

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 28, 2025

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

Receipts 399Last week 171Year ago 667

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,175	100.00	100.00
3	—	1,177	107.50–110.00	109.16
1	—	1,095	130.00	130.00
9	—	1,114	112.50–125.00	118.87
Cows — Boner 80-85% · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,010	163.00	163.00
Cows — Breaker 75-80% · Heavy Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,805	121.00	121.00
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
29	—	1,404	120.00–132.00	126.15
1	—	1,215	131.00	131.00
8	—	1,313	102.50–117.00	108.81
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
43	—	1,462	131.00–140.00	135.50
1	—	1,325	122.00	122.00
8	—	1,358	141.00–142.00	141.53
Cows — Premium White 65-75%$ per cwt · actual wt
23	—	1,440	142.00–155.00	146.82
Cows — Breaker 75-80% · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	840	172.00	172.00
Heifers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,539	202.00–205.00	202.66
5	—	1,431	223.00	223.00
76	—	1,356	206.00–221.00	214.15
Heifers — Select$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,305	132.00–140.00	135.48
Heifers — Select and Choice · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,106	196.00–197.00	196.74
Heifers — Select and Choice · Heavy Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,860	192.00	192.00
Heifers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	1,464	191.00–196.00	193.48
Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
82	—	1,498	207.00–220.00	215.06
15	—	1,412	200.00–205.50	202.94
Steers — Select$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	1,397	160.00–177.50	169.14
Steers — Select · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,025	145.00	145.00
Steers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	1,188	182.00–195.00	189.25
Dairy Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,263	107.50–125.00	114.61
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,355	135.00	135.00
7	—	1,701	137.50–155.00	147.72
8	—	2,075	183.00–189.00	185.34
6	—	1,792	172.50–177.50	175.99

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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