Name: Fairview Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2025-05-13
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-05-13

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week, slaughter steers and heifers sold 6.00 higher. Slaughter cows sold 2.00 to 7.00 higher. Slaughter bulls sold 4.00 lower. No test to last week for slaughter dairy steers. Trade was active with good to very 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	—	High	1,305	200.00	2,610	1thin
Bulls	—	Low	1,704	176.61	3,010	25
Cows	Premium White 65-75%	Average	1,535	159.95	2,455	4thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Low	1,530	153.22	2,344	83
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,230	149.24	1,836	42
Cows	Lean 85-90%	High	1,000	129.58	1,295	10
Dairy Steers	Choice	Average	1,655	186.50	3,087	9thin
Heifers	Choice	Average	1,299	229.48	2,982	86
Heifers	Select and Choice	Average	1,088	205.26	2,233	3thin
Heifers	Select	Average	995	197.50	1,965	1thin
Steers	Choice	Average	1,456	228.11	3,322	133
Steers	Select and Choice	Average	1,113	211.00	2,348	2thin

Every lot, as filed

22 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	—	1,296	230.72/cwt	220.00–236.50	2,990	81
Heifers	Select and Choice	—	1,088	205.26/cwt	192.50–216.00	2,233	3
Cows	Premium White 65-75%	—	1,555	169.10/cwt	167.00–172.50	2,630	3
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,205	132.13/cwt	130.00–135.00	1,592	2
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	938	123.61/cwt	117.50–127.50	1,159	5
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,568	140.11/cwt	112.50–150.00	2,197	22
Steers	Select and Choice	—	1,113	211.00/cwt	210.00–212.00	2,348	2
Steers	Choice	—	1,451	230.66/cwt	222.00–239.00	3,347	124
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,516	157.95/cwt	151.00–165.00	2,395	61
Cows	Lean 85-90%Return to Feed	—	965	137.83/cwt	132.00–150.00	1,330	3
Steers	Choice	—	1,532	192.93/cwt	165.00–220.00	2,956	9
Heifers	Choice	—	1,356	209.41/cwt	182.50–218.00	2,840	5
Heifers	SelectReturn to Feed	—	995	197.50/cwt	197.50–197.50	1,965	1
Cows	Premium White 65-75%	—	1,475	132.50/cwt	132.50–132.50	1,954	1
Bullocks	—	—	1,305	200.00/cwt	200.00–200.00	2,610	1
Dairy Steers	Choice	—	1,655	186.50/cwt	186.50–186.50	3,087	9
Cows	Boner 80-85%Return to Feed	—	1,129	167.02/cwt	154.00–215.00	1,886	13
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,316	131.48/cwt	122.50–139.00	1,730	10
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,254	146.43/cwt	140.00–153.00	1,836	19
Bulls	—	—	1,540	157.47/cwt	142.50–167.50	2,425	11
Bulls	—	—	2,153	214.71/cwt	211.00–218.00	4,623	4
Bulls	—	—	1,705	182.43/cwt	172.50–195.00	3,110	10

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.

Illinois feeder prices, every weight →Every state and region →

Fairview Sale Barn Slaughter Cattle - Fairview, IL

Tue May 13, 2025

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

Receipts 415Last week 461Year ago 419

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
81	—	1,296	220.00–236.50	230.72
5	—	1,356	182.50–218.00	209.41
Heifers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,088	192.50–216.00	205.26
Heifers — Select · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	995	197.50	197.50
Cows — Premium White 65-75%$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,555	167.00–172.50	169.10
1	—	1,475	132.50	132.50
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,205	130.00–135.00	132.13
5	—	938	117.50–127.50	123.61
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
22	—	1,568	112.50–150.00	140.11
61	—	1,516	151.00–165.00	157.95
Cows — Lean 85-90% · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	965	132.00–150.00	137.83
Cows — Boner 80-85% · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
13	—	1,129	154.00–215.00	167.02
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	1,316	122.50–139.00	131.48
19	—	1,254	140.00–153.00	146.43
Steers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,113	210.00–212.00	211.00
Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
124	—	1,451	222.00–239.00	230.66
9	—	1,532	165.00–220.00	192.93
Bullocks$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,305	200.00	200.00
Dairy Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	1,655	186.50	186.50
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
11	—	1,540	142.50–167.50	157.47
4	—	2,153	211.00–218.00	214.71
10	—	1,705	172.50–195.00	182.43

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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