Name: Fairview Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2025-03-25
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-03-25

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Today at Fairview, slaughter steers and heifers traded higher 1.00. Slaughter cows traded mixed, with breaker cows trading higher 1.00, boner cows traded lower 1.00 with lean cows higher 4.00. Slaughter bulls 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	—	Average	1,801	165.63	2,983	21
Cows	Premium White 65-75%	Average	1,560	153.43	2,394	23
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,399	142.33	1,992	48
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,293	129.84	1,678	67
Cows	Lean 85-90%	High	1,139	113.77	1,296	23
Dairy Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,420	143.00	2,031	1thin
Dairy Steers	Select	Low	1,635	164.40	2,689	5thin
Heifers	Choice	Average	1,272	211.86	2,696	36
Heifers	Select and Choice	Average	1,445	172.92	2,499	4thin
Steers	Choice	Average	1,499	212.94	3,191	71
Steers	Select and Choice	Average	1,355	181.00	2,453	1thin

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
Bulls	—	—	1,901	172.50/cwt	162.50–184.00	3,279	10
Bulls	—	—	1,900	192.42/cwt	189.00–196.00	3,656	2
Bulls	—	—	1,755	153.79/cwt	147.50–157.50	2,699	7
Bulls	—	—	1,365	145.95/cwt	135.00–155.00	1,992	2
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,304	133.21/cwt	128.00–141.00	1,737	37
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,297	120.90/cwt	103.00–127.00	1,568	28
Steers	Choice	—	1,516	213.98/cwt	206.50–218.50	3,244	65
Dairy Steers	Select	—	1,465	142.00/cwt	142.00–142.00	2,080	1
Dairy Steers	Select	—	1,678	170.00/cwt	170.00–170.00	2,853	4
Dairy Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,420	143.00/cwt	143.00–143.00	2,031	1
Heifers	Select and ChoiceReturn to Feed	—	1,160	170.00/cwt	170.00–170.00	1,972	1
Heifers	Choice	—	1,396	211.04/cwt	204.00–216.00	2,946	18
Heifers	Select and Choice	—	1,540	173.89/cwt	171.00–178.00	2,678	3
Steers	ChoiceReturn to Feed	—	1,020	209.00/cwt	209.00–209.00	2,132	1
Steers	Choice	—	1,367	200.25/cwt	195.00–204.00	2,737	5
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,410	141.65/cwt	132.00–150.00	1,997	43
Steers	Select and Choice	—	1,355	181.00/cwt	181.00–181.00	2,453	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,200	123.00/cwt	123.00–123.00	1,476	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,158	115.93/cwt	107.50–124.00	1,342	16
Heifers	ChoiceReturn to Feed	—	1,105	195.00/cwt	195.00–195.00	2,155	1
Heifers	ChoiceReturn to Feed	—	1,049	223.78/cwt	220.00–228.00	2,347	10
Cows	Breaker 75-80%Return to Feed	—	935	145.00/cwt	145.00–145.00	1,356	1
Heifers	Choice	—	1,298	199.34/cwt	198.50–202.00	2,587	7
Cows	Breaker 75-80%Heavy Weight	—	1,905	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	2,667	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%Return to Feed	—	1,020	192.75/cwt	175.00–215.00	1,966	2
Cows	Breaker 75-80%Return to Feed	—	1,083	166.59/cwt	155.00–177.50	1,804	2
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,080	106.48/cwt	90.00–117.50	1,150	6
Cows	Premium White 65-75%	—	1,560	153.43/cwt	148.00–157.50	2,394	23
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,535	122.50/cwt	122.50–122.50	1,880	1

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 25, 2025

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

Receipts 309Last week 337Year ago 363

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	1,901	162.50–184.00	172.50
2	—	1,900	189.00–196.00	192.42
7	—	1,755	147.50–157.50	153.79
2	—	1,365	135.00–155.00	145.95
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
37	—	1,304	128.00–141.00	133.21
28	—	1,297	103.00–127.00	120.90
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
43	—	1,410	132.00–150.00	141.65
1	—	1,535	122.50	122.50
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,200	123.00	123.00
16	—	1,158	107.50–124.00	115.93
6	—	1,080	90.00–117.50	106.48
Cows — Breaker 75-80% · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	935	145.00	145.00
2	—	1,083	155.00–177.50	166.59
Cows — Breaker 75-80% · Heavy Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,905	140.00	140.00
Cows — Boner 80-85% · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,020	175.00–215.00	192.75
Cows — Premium White 65-75%$ per cwt · actual wt
23	—	1,560	148.00–157.50	153.43
Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
65	—	1,516	206.50–218.50	213.98
5	—	1,367	195.00–204.00	200.25
Steers — Choice · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,020	209.00	209.00
Steers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,355	181.00	181.00
Dairy Steers — Select$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,465	142.00	142.00
4	—	1,678	170.00	170.00
Dairy Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,420	143.00	143.00
Heifers — Select and Choice · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,160	170.00	170.00
Heifers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
18	—	1,396	204.00–216.00	211.04
7	—	1,298	198.50–202.00	199.34
Heifers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,540	171.00–178.00	173.89
Heifers — Choice · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,105	195.00	195.00
10	—	1,049	220.00–228.00	223.78

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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