Name: Fairview Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2025-08-12
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-08-12

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week, slaughter steers and heifers sold 3.00 to 5.00 higher. Slaughter cows sold mostly 7.00 to 10.00 higher. Slaughter bulls sold 4.00 higher. Trade was active with 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
Beef/Dairy Heifers	Choice	Average	1,240	207.00	2,567	1thin
Beef/Dairy Steers	Choice	Average	1,532	206.97	3,171	3thin
Beef/Dairy Steers	Select and Choice	Average	1,290	192.50	2,483	1thin
Bulls	—	Average	1,648	204.73	3,374	16
Cows	Premium White 65-75%	Average	1,760	201.00	3,538	1thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,546	173.21	2,678	29
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,271	164.50	2,092	30
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,083	135.96	1,472	18
Dairy Steers	Choice	Average	1,500	200.08	3,001	4thin
Dairy Steers	Select and Choice	Average	1,455	185.00	2,692	1thin
Dairy Steers	Select	Average	1,330	140.00	1,862	1thin
Heifers	Choice	Average	1,270	238.18	3,024	39
Heifers	Select and Choice	Average	1,073	215.93	2,316	11
Heifers	Select	Average	995	195.75	1,948	2thin
Steers	Choice	Average	1,383	243.03	3,361	73
Steers	Select and Choice	Average	1,209	224.65	2,716	11
Steers	Select	Average	963	191.97	1,849	2thin

Every lot, as filed

30 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	—	—	1,757	213.98/cwt	209.00–223.00	3,760	8
Bulls	—	—	1,539	195.47/cwt	172.50–207.00	3,008	8
Heifers	SelectReturn to Feed	—	850	234.00/cwt	234.00–234.00	1,989	1
Steers	SelectReturn to Feed	—	963	191.97/cwt	185.00–200.00	1,849	2
Heifers	Select	—	1,140	157.50/cwt	157.50–157.50	1,796	1
Dairy Steers	Select	—	1,330	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	1,862	1
Dairy Steers	Choice	—	1,500	200.08/cwt	195.00–205.00	3,001	4
Beef/Dairy Steers	Choice	—	1,532	206.97/cwt	203.00–215.00	3,171	3
Beef/Dairy Heifers	Choice	—	1,240	207.00/cwt	207.00–207.00	2,567	1
Heifers	Select and Choice	—	1,067	219.77/cwt	175.00–232.00	2,345	10
Dairy Steers	Select and Choice	—	1,455	185.00/cwt	185.00–185.00	2,692	1
Heifers	Select and Choice	—	1,130	177.50/cwt	177.50–177.50	2,006	1
Beef/Dairy Steers	Select and Choice	—	1,290	192.50/cwt	192.50–192.50	2,483	1
Steers	Select and Choice	—	1,209	224.65/cwt	212.00–232.00	2,716	11
Steers	Choice	—	1,374	243.60/cwt	235.00–248.00	3,347	62
Heifers	Choice	—	1,261	241.99/cwt	235.00–248.00	3,051	36
Heifers	Choice	—	1,372	192.40/cwt	167.50–232.00	2,640	3
Steers	Choice	—	1,431	249.00/cwt	249.00–249.00	3,563	6
Steers	Choice	—	1,434	228.87/cwt	222.00–233.00	3,282	5
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,311	168.15/cwt	163.00–175.00	2,204	19
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,230	155.76/cwt	140.00–161.00	1,916	10
Cows	Boner 80-85%Return to Feed	—	935	182.50/cwt	182.50–182.50	1,706	1
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,567	178.93/cwt	173.00–187.00	2,804	23
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,640	188.00/cwt	188.00–188.00	3,083	1
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,446	166.21/cwt	162.50–171.00	2,403	4
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,365	55.00/cwt	55.00–55.00	751	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,067	141.42/cwt	135.00–147.00	1,509	11
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,213	151.83/cwt	149.00–155.00	1,842	2
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,065	117.59/cwt	112.50–122.50	1,252	5
Cows	Premium White 65-75%	—	1,760	201.00/cwt	201.00–201.00	3,538	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 Aug 12, 2025

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

Receipts 247Last week 361Year ago 377

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	1,757	209.00–223.00	213.98
8	—	1,539	172.50–207.00	195.47
Heifers — Select · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	850	234.00	234.00
Heifers — Select$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,140	157.50	157.50
Heifers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	1,067	175.00–232.00	219.77
1	—	1,130	177.50	177.50
Heifers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
36	—	1,261	235.00–248.00	241.99
3	—	1,372	167.50–232.00	192.40
Steers — Select · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	963	185.00–200.00	191.97
Steers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
11	—	1,209	212.00–232.00	224.65
Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
62	—	1,374	235.00–248.00	243.60
6	—	1,431	249.00	249.00
5	—	1,434	222.00–233.00	228.87
Dairy Steers — Select$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,330	140.00	140.00
Dairy Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,500	195.00–205.00	200.08
Dairy Steers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,455	185.00	185.00
Beef/Dairy Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,532	203.00–215.00	206.97
Beef/Dairy Steers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,290	192.50	192.50
Beef/Dairy Heifers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,240	207.00	207.00
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
19	—	1,311	163.00–175.00	168.15
10	—	1,230	140.00–161.00	155.76
Cows — Boner 80-85% · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	935	182.50	182.50
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
23	—	1,567	173.00–187.00	178.93
1	—	1,640	188.00	188.00
4	—	1,446	162.50–171.00	166.21
1	—	1,365	55.00	55.00
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
11	—	1,067	135.00–147.00	141.42
2	—	1,213	149.00–155.00	151.83
5	—	1,065	112.50–122.50	117.59
Cows — Premium White 65-75%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,760	201.00	201.00

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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