Name: Fairview Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2025-08-26
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-08-26

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week, slaughter steers and heifers traded steady to 2.00 higher. Slaughter cows sold 2.00 to 7.00 higher with Breakers gaining the most. Slaughter bulls sold 15.00 lower on a lessor kind. 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
Beef/Dairy Heifers	Choice	Average	1,400	247.50	3,465	1thin
Beef/Dairy Steers	Choice	Low	1,513	235.55	3,563	4thin
Bulls	—	Average	1,520	190.35	2,893	23
Cows	Premium White 65-75%	Average	1,425	205.23	2,924	17
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,458	180.66	2,634	84
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,270	166.77	2,118	94
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,078	127.77	1,378	31
Dairy Steers	Select and Choice	Average	1,510	191.00	2,884	1thin
Heifers	Select	Average	910	269.08	2,447	14
Heifers	Choice	Low	1,277	242.59	3,097	70
Heifers	Select and Choice	Average	1,068	238.74	2,550	26
Steers	Select	Average	942	276.68	2,606	8thin
Steers	Choice	Average	1,405	244.48	3,436	131
Steers	Select and Choice	Average	1,181	232.66	2,748	19
Steers	Standard	Average	1,420	183.24	2,602	3thin

Every lot, as filed

34 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
Steers	SelectReturn to Feed	—	942	276.68/cwt	276.00–277.00	2,606	8
Heifers	Select	—	865	155.00/cwt	155.00–155.00	1,341	1
Beef/Dairy Steers	Choice	—	1,325	210.00/cwt	210.00–210.00	2,783	1
Beef/Dairy Heifers	Choice	—	1,400	247.50/cwt	247.50–247.50	3,465	1
Bulls	—	—	1,698	205.44/cwt	200.00–212.50	3,488	6
Bulls	—	—	1,955	234.45/cwt	234.00–235.00	4,583	2
Bulls	—	—	1,534	179.81/cwt	155.00–197.50	2,758	11
Bulls	—Return to Feed	—	996	174.64/cwt	160.00–185.00	1,739	4
Heifers	SelectReturn to Feed	—	913	277.85/cwt	252.00–288.00	2,537	13
Beef/Dairy Steers	Choice	—	1,575	244.06/cwt	240.00–246.00	3,844	3
Heifers	Select and ChoiceReturn to Feed	—	1,031	252.55/cwt	205.00–277.00	2,604	13
Heifers	Select and Choice	—	1,105	224.93/cwt	182.50–237.00	2,485	13
Heifers	Choice	—	1,183	230.75/cwt	220.00–237.00	2,730	7
Steers	Choice	—	1,403	245.17/cwt	238.00–249.50	3,440	126
Steers	Standard	—	1,420	183.24/cwt	173.00–190.00	2,602	3
Heifers	ChoiceLight Weight	—	990	220.00/cwt	220.00–220.00	2,178	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,297	172.24/cwt	165.00–179.00	2,234	53
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,306	183.11/cwt	180.00–189.00	2,391	8
Cows	Breaker 75-80%Return to Feed	—	1,480	187.00/cwt	187.00–187.00	2,768	1
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,429	186.97/cwt	182.00–193.00	2,672	50
Dairy Steers	Select and Choice	—	1,510	191.00/cwt	191.00–191.00	2,884	1
Steers	Select and Choice	—	1,181	232.66/cwt	212.50–235.00	2,748	19
Cows	Premium White 65-75%	—	1,416	202.25/cwt	195.00–209.00	2,864	12
Cows	Premium White 65-75%	—	1,445	212.38/cwt	210.00–220.00	3,069	5
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,502	170.90/cwt	155.00–181.00	2,567	33
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,239	148.82/cwt	115.00–164.00	1,844	29
Heifers	Choice	—	1,292	244.29/cwt	238.00–249.50	3,156	62
Steers	Choice	—	1,467	227.22/cwt	210.00–237.50	3,333	5
Cows	Boner 80-85%Return to Feed	—	1,061	191.81/cwt	185.00–211.00	2,035	4
Cows	Lean 85-90%Return to Feed	—	997	178.10/cwt	159.00–222.50	1,776	6
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,062	105.33/cwt	70.00–125.00	1,119	12
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	903	32.87/cwt	30.00–35.00	297	2
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,180	134.44/cwt	127.50–138.00	1,586	7
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,160	155.40/cwt	150.00–161.00	1,803	4

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 26, 2025

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

Receipts 529Last week 268Year ago 272

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Select · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	942	276.00–277.00	276.68
Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
126	—	1,403	238.00–249.50	245.17
5	—	1,467	210.00–237.50	227.22
Steers — Standard$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,420	173.00–190.00	183.24
Steers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
19	—	1,181	212.50–235.00	232.66
Heifers — Select$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	865	155.00	155.00
Heifers — Select · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
13	—	913	252.00–288.00	277.85
Heifers — Select and Choice · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
13	—	1,031	205.00–277.00	252.55
Heifers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
13	—	1,105	182.50–237.00	224.93
Heifers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	1,183	220.00–237.00	230.75
62	—	1,292	238.00–249.50	244.29
Heifers — Choice · Light Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	990	220.00	220.00
Beef/Dairy Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,325	210.00	210.00
3	—	1,575	240.00–246.00	244.06
Beef/Dairy Heifers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,400	247.50	247.50
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	1,698	200.00–212.50	205.44
2	—	1,955	234.00–235.00	234.45
11	—	1,534	155.00–197.50	179.81
Bulls — Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	996	160.00–185.00	174.64
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
53	—	1,297	165.00–179.00	172.24
8	—	1,306	180.00–189.00	183.11
29	—	1,239	115.00–164.00	148.82
Cows — Breaker 75-80% · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,480	187.00	187.00
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
50	—	1,429	182.00–193.00	186.97
33	—	1,502	155.00–181.00	170.90
Cows — Premium White 65-75%$ per cwt · actual wt
12	—	1,416	195.00–209.00	202.25
5	—	1,445	210.00–220.00	212.38
Cows — Boner 80-85% · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,061	185.00–211.00	191.81
Cows — Lean 85-90% · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	997	159.00–222.50	178.10
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
12	—	1,062	70.00–125.00	105.33
2	—	903	30.00–35.00	32.87
7	—	1,180	127.50–138.00	134.44
4	—	1,160	150.00–161.00	155.40
Dairy Steers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,510	191.00	191.00

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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