Name: Fairview Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2025-07-01
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-07-01

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to one week ago, slaughter steers and heifers traded steady to lower 2.00. Slaughter cows traded higher 3.00 on a good supply. Slaughter bulls traded lower 1.00. Trade was active with moderate to 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	1,716	182.39	3,130	25
Cows	Premium White 65-75%	High	1,467	181.50	2,662	42
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Low	1,394	166.42	2,320	48
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,330	151.61	2,017	39
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Low	1,099	124.15	1,365	26
Dairy Cows	Lean 85-90%	Low	968	107.86	1,044	3thin
Heifers	Choice	Average	1,274	227.67	2,900	53
Heifers	Select and Choice	Average	1,307	184.99	2,418	3thin
Steers	Choice	Average	1,389	234.05	3,251	234
Steers	Select and Choice	Average	1,233	194.41	2,397	3thin

Every lot, as filed

20 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	—	—	1,801	200.80/cwt	190.00–209.00	3,616	4
Steers	Select and Choice	—	1,233	194.41/cwt	172.50–205.00	2,397	3
Heifers	Select and Choice	—	1,307	184.99/cwt	180.00–187.50	2,418	3
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,360	152.97/cwt	141.00–161.00	2,080	32
Steers	Choice	—	1,401	235.46/cwt	230.00–242.50	3,299	211
Heifers	Choice	—	1,238	234.10/cwt	230.00–239.00	2,898	37
Dairy Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	855	70.00/cwt	70.00–70.00	599	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,127	118.03/cwt	100.00–126.00	1,330	14
Cows	Premium White 65-75%	—	1,278	193.83/cwt	191.00–199.00	2,477	9
Bulls	—	—	1,628	170.90/cwt	140.00–187.50	2,782	17
Steers	Choice	—	1,279	221.10/cwt	208.00–228.00	2,828	23
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,194	145.41/cwt	132.50–160.00	1,736	7
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,160	147.00/cwt	147.00–147.00	1,705	1
Heifers	Choice	—	1,356	212.81/cwt	201.00–228.00	2,886	16
Cows	Premium White 65-75%	—	1,518	178.14/cwt	174.00–189.00	2,704	33
Dairy Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,025	126.79/cwt	125.00–130.00	1,300	2
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,061	130.50/cwt	125.00–137.00	1,385	11
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,399	166.83/cwt	160.00–173.00	2,334	47
Bulls	—	—	2,004	212.83/cwt	210.00–215.00	4,265	4
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,130	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	1,582	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 Jul 1, 2025

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

Receipts 531Last week 168Year ago 397

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,801	190.00–209.00	200.80
17	—	1,628	140.00–187.50	170.90
4	—	2,004	210.00–215.00	212.83
Steers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,233	172.50–205.00	194.41
Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
211	—	1,401	230.00–242.50	235.46
23	—	1,279	208.00–228.00	221.10
Heifers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,307	180.00–187.50	184.99
Heifers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
37	—	1,238	230.00–239.00	234.10
16	—	1,356	201.00–228.00	212.81
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
32	—	1,360	141.00–161.00	152.97
7	—	1,194	132.50–160.00	145.41
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
14	—	1,127	100.00–126.00	118.03
11	—	1,061	125.00–137.00	130.50
1	—	1,130	140.00	140.00
Cows — Premium White 65-75%$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	1,278	191.00–199.00	193.83
33	—	1,518	174.00–189.00	178.14
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,160	147.00	147.00
47	—	1,399	160.00–173.00	166.83
Dairy Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	855	70.00	70.00
2	—	1,025	125.00–130.00	126.79

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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