Name: Fairview Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2025-08-05
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-08-05

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week, slaughter steers and heifers traded steady to 3.00 higher. Slaughter cows sold mostly 4.00 to 8.00 lower. Slaughter bulls sold 7.00 lower. 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
Beef/Dairy Steers	Choice	High	1,459	238.76	3,484	8thin
Bulls	—	Average	1,640	201.31	3,302	35
Cows	Premium White 65-75%	Low	1,380	183.36	2,531	8thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	High	1,547	169.32	2,619	44
Cows	Boner 80-85%	High	1,258	160.80	2,023	41
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Low	1,096	128.45	1,408	5thin
Heifers	Choice	Average	1,257	235.38	2,959	40
Heifers	Select and Choice	Average	1,131	213.51	2,415	7thin
Heifers	Select	Average	1,085	160.00	1,736	1thin
Steers	Choice	Average	1,416	239.40	3,390	121
Steers	Select and Choice	Average	1,196	225.25	2,694	20
Steers	Standard	Average	1,463	182.50	2,669	2thin
Steers	Select	Average	1,015	140.00	1,421	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	—	—	1,894	213.36/cwt	204.00–224.00	4,041	13
Bulls	—	—	1,959	228.74/cwt	226.00–233.00	4,481	4
Bulls	—	—	1,505	172.94/cwt	116.00–199.00	2,603	15
Bulls	—Return to Feed	—	791	254.39/cwt	210.00–284.00	2,012	3
Heifers	Select	—	1,085	160.00/cwt	160.00–160.00	1,736	1
Steers	Select	—	1,015	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	1,421	1
Heifers	Choice	—	1,235	237.36/cwt	234.50–241.00	2,931	36
Steers	Choice	—	1,403	239.92/cwt	233.00–244.00	3,366	105
Steers	Choice	—	1,411	214.24/cwt	205.00–228.00	3,023	5
Steers	Standard	—	1,470	205.00/cwt	205.00–205.00	3,014	1
Steers	Choice	—	1,685	235.00/cwt	235.00–235.00	3,960	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,184	170.42/cwt	167.00–174.00	2,018	7
Steers	Select and Choice	—	1,196	225.25/cwt	195.00–230.50	2,694	20
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,643	185.82/cwt	184.00–188.00	3,053	4
Steers	Standard	—	1,455	160.00/cwt	160.00–160.00	2,328	1
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,558	170.64/cwt	165.00–175.00	2,659	31
Beef/Dairy Steers	Choice	—	1,459	238.76/cwt	238.50–239.00	3,484	8
Cows	Boner 80-85%Return to Feed	—	1,258	175.21/cwt	171.00–183.00	2,204	6
Heifers	Choice	—	1,406	226.68/cwt	225.00–230.00	3,187	3
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,028	112.93/cwt	110.00–116.00	1,161	2
Heifers	Choice	—	1,610	190.00/cwt	190.00–190.00	3,059	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,142	138.79/cwt	130.00–145.00	1,585	3
Heifers	Select and Choice	—	1,131	213.51/cwt	176.00–225.00	2,415	7
Cows	Premium White 65-75%	—	1,255	155.00/cwt	155.00–155.00	1,945	1
Cows	Premium White 65-75%	—	1,398	187.41/cwt	180.00–196.00	2,620	7
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,295	161.20/cwt	155.00–166.00	2,088	16
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,252	147.45/cwt	140.00–152.00	1,846	12
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,464	157.43/cwt	149.00–163.00	2,305	9
Steers	Choice	—	1,528	247.00/cwt	247.00–247.00	3,774	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.

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Fairview Sale Barn Slaughter Cattle - Fairview, IL

Tue Aug 5, 2025

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

Receipts 361Last week 228Year ago 356

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
13	—	1,894	204.00–224.00	213.36
4	—	1,959	226.00–233.00	228.74
15	—	1,505	116.00–199.00	172.94
Bulls — Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	791	210.00–284.00	254.39
Heifers — Select$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,085	160.00	160.00
Heifers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
36	—	1,235	234.50–241.00	237.36
3	—	1,406	225.00–230.00	226.68
1	—	1,610	190.00	190.00
Heifers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	1,131	176.00–225.00	213.51
Steers — Select$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,015	140.00	140.00
Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
105	—	1,403	233.00–244.00	239.92
5	—	1,411	205.00–228.00	214.24
1	—	1,685	235.00	235.00
10	—	1,528	247.00	247.00
Steers — Standard$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,470	205.00	205.00
1	—	1,455	160.00	160.00
Steers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
20	—	1,196	195.00–230.50	225.25
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	1,184	167.00–174.00	170.42
16	—	1,295	155.00–166.00	161.20
12	—	1,252	140.00–152.00	147.45
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,643	184.00–188.00	185.82
31	—	1,558	165.00–175.00	170.64
9	—	1,464	149.00–163.00	157.43
Cows — Boner 80-85% · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	1,258	171.00–183.00	175.21
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,028	110.00–116.00	112.93
3	—	1,142	130.00–145.00	138.79
Cows — Premium White 65-75%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,255	155.00	155.00
7	—	1,398	180.00–196.00	187.41
Beef/Dairy Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	1,459	238.50–239.00	238.76

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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