Name: Fairview Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2025-02-25
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-02-25

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week, slaughter steers and heifers sold 6.00 to 9.00 lower. Slaughter cows sold mixed with Breakers selling 1.00 lower, Boners 6.00 higher, and Leans 5.00 higher. Slaughter bulls sold 4.00 higher. 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.

Class	Grade	Dressing	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Bulls	—	Low	1,685	162.56	2,739	34
Cows	Premium White 65-75%	Average	1,665	170.62	2,841	3thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Low	1,543	146.95	2,267	43
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,326	133.25	1,767	50
Cows	Lean 85-90%	High	1,117	101.24	1,131	19
Heifers	Choice	Low	1,332	206.13	2,745	123
Heifers	Select and Choice	Low	1,026	176.90	1,815	4thin
Heifers	Select	Average	1,225	132.50	1,623	1thin
Steers	Choice	Average	1,467	207.79	3,049	106
Steers	Select and Choice	Average	1,323	193.42	2,559	7thin

Every lot, as filed

21 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%	—	1,115	123.00/cwt	123.00–123.00	1,371	1
Heifers	Select	—	1,225	132.50/cwt	132.50–132.50	1,623	1
Heifers	Choice	—	1,321	198.68/cwt	190.00–202.50	2,625	34
Heifers	Select and Choice	—	925	145.00/cwt	145.00–145.00	1,341	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,373	138.48/cwt	133.00–143.00	1,901	17
Cows	Premium White 65-75%	—	1,665	170.62/cwt	162.00–179.00	2,841	3
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,171	115.66/cwt	110.00–120.00	1,354	8
Steers	Choice	—	1,489	210.51/cwt	205.00–216.00	3,134	77
Steers	Choice	—	1,410	200.55/cwt	191.00–204.50	2,828	29
Steers	Select and Choice	—	1,323	193.42/cwt	172.00–198.00	2,559	7
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,529	138.17/cwt	115.00–145.00	2,113	16
Cows	Boner 80-85%Return to Feed	—	1,144	152.73/cwt	132.50–172.50	1,747	7
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,074	87.53/cwt	51.00–102.50	940	10
Heifers	Select and Choice	—	1,060	187.53/cwt	182.00–198.00	1,988	3
Heifers	Choice	—	1,336	208.97/cwt	203.50–214.00	2,792	89
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,551	152.15/cwt	145.00–158.50	2,360	27
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,341	119.18/cwt	87.50–132.00	1,598	21
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,356	147.32/cwt	145.00–151.00	1,998	5
Bulls	—	—	1,514	141.27/cwt	85.00–170.00	2,139	16
Bulls	—	—	2,083	190.20/cwt	187.50–192.00	3,962	4
Bulls	—	—	1,767	179.00/cwt	172.50–185.00	3,163	14

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 Feb 25, 2025

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

Receipts 406Last week 147Year ago 290

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,115	123.00	123.00
8	—	1,171	110.00–120.00	115.66
10	—	1,074	51.00–102.50	87.53
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
17	—	1,373	133.00–143.00	138.48
21	—	1,341	87.50–132.00	119.18
5	—	1,356	145.00–151.00	147.32
Cows — Premium White 65-75%$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,665	162.00–179.00	170.62
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
16	—	1,529	115.00–145.00	138.17
27	—	1,551	145.00–158.50	152.15
Cows — Boner 80-85% · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	1,144	132.50–172.50	152.73
Heifers — Select$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,225	132.50	132.50
Heifers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
34	—	1,321	190.00–202.50	198.68
89	—	1,336	203.50–214.00	208.97
Heifers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	925	145.00	145.00
3	—	1,060	182.00–198.00	187.53
Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
77	—	1,489	205.00–216.00	210.51
29	—	1,410	191.00–204.50	200.55
Steers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	1,323	172.00–198.00	193.42
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
16	—	1,514	85.00–170.00	141.27
4	—	2,083	187.50–192.00	190.20
14	—	1,767	172.50–185.00	179.00

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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