Name: Fairview Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2025-03-18
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-03-18

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week, slaughter steers and heifers sold 1.00 to 2.00 higher. Slaughter cattle sold mixed with Breakers selling 8.00 to 9.00 lower, Boners 3.00 lower, and Leans steady. Slaughter bulls sold 2.00 to 3.00 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
Bullocks	—	Low	1,285	155.00	1,992	3thin
Bulls	—	Average	1,626	168.02	2,732	20
Cows	Premium White 65-75%	Low	1,579	154.70	2,443	20
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	High	1,540	136.81	2,106	50
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Low	1,309	135.30	1,772	34
Cows	Lean 85-90%	High	1,046	115.35	1,207	17
Dairy Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,451	113.88	1,652	2thin
Dairy Heifers	Choice	Average	1,515	160.00	2,424	1thin
Heifers	Choice	Average	1,380	209.30	2,889	70
Heifers	Select and Choice	Average	1,383	188.89	2,612	2thin
Steers	Choice	Average	1,509	211.49	3,191	98
Steers	Select and Choice	Average	1,086	207.39	2,252	10

Every lot, as filed

29 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
Steers	Choice	—	1,510	212.31/cwt	205.00–220.50	3,206	91
Cows	Premium White 65-75%	—	1,540	148.00/cwt	148.00–148.00	2,279	1
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,300	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	1,950	1
Dairy Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,451	113.88/cwt	112.50–115.00	1,652	2
Cows	Premium White 65-75%	—	1,581	155.05/cwt	150.00–162.50	2,451	19
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,554	129.46/cwt	112.00–134.00	2,012	16
Dairy Heifers	Choice	—	1,515	160.00/cwt	160.00–160.00	2,424	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,100	124.75/cwt	121.00–128.00	1,372	2
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,355	121.90/cwt	110.00–128.00	1,652	11
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,189	111.71/cwt	105.00–115.00	1,328	5
Heifers	ChoiceHeavy Weight	—	1,740	190.00/cwt	190.00–190.00	3,306	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%Return to Feed	—	954	136.16/cwt	126.00–155.00	1,299	6
Steers	Select and Choice	—	1,181	198.00/cwt	198.00–198.00	2,338	3
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	980	83.99/cwt	65.00–102.50	823	4
Heifers	Select and Choice	—	1,383	188.89/cwt	187.50–190.00	2,612	2
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,348	134.53/cwt	130.00–141.00	1,813	16
Steers	Select and ChoiceReturn to Feed	—	1,045	211.42/cwt	207.00–215.00	2,209	7
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,540	139.97/cwt	135.00–147.00	2,156	33
Cows	Boner 80-85%Return to Feed	—	1,149	158.13/cwt	142.00–192.50	1,817	7
Heifers	Choice	—	1,625	200.00/cwt	200.00–200.00	3,250	1
Steers	Choice	—	1,490	200.88/cwt	195.00–204.00	2,993	7
Heifers	Choice	—	1,342	198.19/cwt	192.00–203.00	2,660	6
Heifers	Choice	—	1,374	210.84/cwt	205.00–219.50	2,897	62
Bullocks	—	—	1,175	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	1,469	1
Bullocks	—	—	1,340	170.00/cwt	170.00–170.00	2,278	2
Bulls	—Return to Feed	—	1,055	175.01/cwt	165.00–185.00	1,846	3
Bulls	—	—	1,773	151.47/cwt	132.50–162.50	2,686	6
Bulls	—	—	1,576	182.92/cwt	178.00–190.00	2,883	4
Bulls	—	—	1,774	170.69/cwt	165.00–175.00	3,028	7

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 Mar 18, 2025

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

Receipts 337Last week 392Year ago 287

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
91	—	1,510	205.00–220.50	212.31
7	—	1,490	195.00–204.00	200.88
Steers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,181	198.00	198.00
Steers — Select and Choice · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	1,045	207.00–215.00	211.42
Cows — Premium White 65-75%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,540	148.00	148.00
19	—	1,581	150.00–162.50	155.05
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,300	150.00	150.00
16	—	1,554	112.00–134.00	129.46
33	—	1,540	135.00–147.00	139.97
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,100	121.00–128.00	124.75
5	—	1,189	105.00–115.00	111.71
4	—	980	65.00–102.50	83.99
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
11	—	1,355	110.00–128.00	121.90
16	—	1,348	130.00–141.00	134.53
Cows — Lean 85-90% · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	954	126.00–155.00	136.16
Cows — Boner 80-85% · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	1,149	142.00–192.50	158.13
Dairy Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,451	112.50–115.00	113.88
Dairy Heifers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,515	160.00	160.00
Heifers — Choice · Heavy Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,740	190.00	190.00
Heifers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,383	187.50–190.00	188.89
Heifers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,625	200.00	200.00
6	—	1,342	192.00–203.00	198.19
62	—	1,374	205.00–219.50	210.84
Bullocks$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,175	125.00	125.00
2	—	1,340	170.00	170.00
Bulls — Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,055	165.00–185.00	175.01
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	1,773	132.50–162.50	151.47
4	—	1,576	178.00–190.00	182.92
7	—	1,774	165.00–175.00	170.69

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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