Name: Fairview Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2025-04-08
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-04-08

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week, slaughter steers and heifers sold 2.00 lower. Slaughter cows traded unevenly steady. Slaughter bulls sold 6.00 higher with a large number of the high dressing kind in that 190.00 to 200.00 range. 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
Beef/Dairy Steers	Choice	Average	1,268	201.41	2,554	3thin
Bullocks	—	Average	1,440	190.00	2,736	1thin
Bulls	—	Low	1,883	184.21	3,469	24
Cows	Premium White 65-75%	Average	1,681	156.95	2,638	13
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,551	143.31	2,223	67
Cows	Boner 80-85%	High	1,236	141.26	1,745	58
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Low	995	120.04	1,195	24
Dairy Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,865	133.63	2,492	2thin
Dairy Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,182	128.40	1,518	3thin
Heifers	Choice	High	1,387	209.87	2,911	47
Heifers	Select and Choice	Average	1,184	184.38	2,183	5thin
Steers	Choice	Average	1,462	210.49	3,077	65
Steers	Select and Choice	Average	1,220	194.35	2,371	8thin
Steers	Select	Average	1,425	136.00	1,938	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
Heifers	Choice	—	1,429	220.00/cwt	220.00–220.00	3,144	5
Cows	Premium White 65-75%	—	1,681	156.95/cwt	154.00–161.00	2,638	13
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,552	147.75/cwt	142.00–154.00	2,293	45
Dairy Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,182	128.40/cwt	127.50–130.00	1,518	3
Dairy Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,865	133.63/cwt	130.00–137.50	2,492	2
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,013	96.23/cwt	75.00–105.00	975	4
Heifers	Select and Choice	—	1,184	184.38/cwt	155.00–205.00	2,183	5
Cows	Lean 85-90%Return to Feed	—	915	133.85/cwt	125.00–165.00	1,225	9
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,256	144.76/cwt	144.00–146.00	1,818	4
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,145	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	1,431	1
Heifers	Choice	—	1,655	191.00/cwt	191.00–191.00	3,161	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,344	127.24/cwt	119.00–130.00	1,710	7
Heifers	Choice	—	1,343	180.89/cwt	165.00–200.00	2,429	5
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,563	133.67/cwt	125.00–140.00	2,089	21
Steers	Choice	—	1,475	212.10/cwt	207.00–219.50	3,128	55
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,045	116.65/cwt	110.00–120.00	1,219	10
Steers	Select and Choice	—	1,220	194.35/cwt	184.00–205.00	2,371	8
Cows	Breaker 75-80%Return to Feed	—	1,270	146.00/cwt	146.00–146.00	1,854	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%Return to Feed	—	1,043	162.49/cwt	144.00–209.00	1,695	11
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,271	137.11/cwt	131.00–143.00	1,743	36
Steers	ChoiceHeavy Weight	—	1,815	182.00/cwt	182.00–182.00	3,303	1
Steers	Choice	—	1,341	203.85/cwt	200.00–205.00	2,734	9
Heifers	Choice	—	1,380	213.01/cwt	207.00–218.00	2,940	36
Beef/Dairy Steers	Choice	—	1,268	201.41/cwt	198.00–206.00	2,554	3
Steers	Select	—	1,425	136.00/cwt	136.00–136.00	1,938	1
Bullocks	—	—	1,440	190.00/cwt	190.00–190.00	2,736	1
Bulls	—	—	1,725	153.98/cwt	135.00–167.50	2,656	4
Bulls	—	—	2,010	194.57/cwt	190.00–200.00	3,911	14
Bulls	—	—	1,692	180.19/cwt	175.00–187.50	3,049	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 Apr 8, 2025

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

Receipts 351Last week 471Year ago 433

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,429	220.00	220.00
1	—	1,655	191.00	191.00
5	—	1,343	165.00–200.00	180.89
36	—	1,380	207.00–218.00	213.01
Heifers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,184	155.00–205.00	184.38
Cows — Premium White 65-75%$ per cwt · actual wt
13	—	1,681	154.00–161.00	156.95
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
45	—	1,552	142.00–154.00	147.75
21	—	1,563	125.00–140.00	133.67
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,013	75.00–105.00	96.23
1	—	1,145	125.00	125.00
10	—	1,045	110.00–120.00	116.65
Cows — Lean 85-90% · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	915	125.00–165.00	133.85
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,256	144.00–146.00	144.76
7	—	1,344	119.00–130.00	127.24
36	—	1,271	131.00–143.00	137.11
Cows — Breaker 75-80% · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,270	146.00	146.00
Cows — Boner 80-85% · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
11	—	1,043	144.00–209.00	162.49
Dairy Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,182	127.50–130.00	128.40
Dairy Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,865	130.00–137.50	133.63
Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
55	—	1,475	207.00–219.50	212.10
9	—	1,341	200.00–205.00	203.85
Steers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	1,220	184.00–205.00	194.35
Steers — Choice · Heavy Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,815	182.00	182.00
Steers — Select$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,425	136.00	136.00
Beef/Dairy Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,268	198.00–206.00	201.41
Bullocks$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,440	190.00	190.00
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,725	135.00–167.50	153.98
14	—	2,010	190.00–200.00	194.57
6	—	1,692	175.00–187.50	180.19

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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