Name: Fairview Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2025-09-02
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-09-02

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week, slaughter steers and heifers sold 1.00 to 2.00 lower. Slaughter cows sold mixed with Breakers and Boners 3.00 to 5.00 lower and Leans 4.00 higher. Slaughter bulls sold 1.00 higher. 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	Average	1,555	222.00	3,452	1thin
Bullocks	—	High	1,085	230.00	2,496	1thin
Bulls	—	Average	1,577	191.30	3,016	32
Cows	Premium White 65-75%	Average	1,385	194.72	2,697	4thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Low	1,496	171.83	2,570	43
Cows	Boner 80-85%	High	1,272	163.59	2,081	59
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,046	128.32	1,342	23
Dairy Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,290	164.00	2,116	1thin
Heifers	Choice	Low	1,404	240.90	3,383	11
Heifers	Select and Choice	Average	1,157	219.19	2,536	9thin
Heifers	Select	Average	755	189.35	1,430	2thin
Steers	Choice	Low	1,447	243.07	3,518	86
Steers	Select and Choice	Average	1,253	230.99	2,894	10
Steers	Select	Average	1,050	222.50	2,336	2thin
Steers	Standard	Average	1,520	189.40	2,879	2thin

Every lot, as filed

28 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	—	—	1,630	206.22/cwt	200.00–220.00	3,361	11
Bulls	—	—	1,827	233.60/cwt	225.00–240.00	4,268	5
Bulls	—	—	1,462	167.82/cwt	135.00–195.00	2,454	16
Bullocks	—	—	1,085	230.00/cwt	230.00–230.00	2,496	1
Steers	Choice	—	1,476	219.46/cwt	200.00–235.00	3,239	6
Heifers	SelectReturn to Feed	—	755	189.35/cwt	177.50–200.00	1,430	2
Steers	SelectReturn to Feed	—	1,050	222.50/cwt	222.50–222.50	2,336	2
Beef/Dairy Steers	Choice	—	1,555	222.00/cwt	222.00–222.00	3,452	1
Heifers	Select and Choice	—	1,157	219.19/cwt	180.00–237.00	2,536	9
Steers	Select and Choice	—	1,253	230.99/cwt	222.50–233.00	2,894	10
Steers	Standard	—	1,520	189.40/cwt	178.00–200.00	2,879	2
Heifers	Choice	—	1,375	231.56/cwt	230.00–233.00	3,184	2
Steers	Choice	—	1,444	243.60/cwt	239.50–250.00	3,518	69
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,331	182.45/cwt	177.00–189.00	2,428	6
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,495	160.91/cwt	115.00–174.00	2,406	21
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,253	168.96/cwt	163.00–175.00	2,117	32
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,008	138.68/cwt	132.50–144.00	1,398	10
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,086	106.63/cwt	65.00–125.00	1,158	9
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,408	180.47/cwt	175.00–186.00	2,541	17
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,799	188.29/cwt	187.00–190.00	3,387	5
Steers	Choice	—	1,452	252.60/cwt	251.50–253.00	3,668	11
Heifers	Choice	—	1,411	242.97/cwt	240.00–248.00	3,428	9
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,284	150.01/cwt	110.00–161.00	1,926	21
Dairy Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,290	164.00/cwt	164.00–164.00	2,116	1
Cows	Premium White 65-75%	—	1,395	191.00/cwt	191.00–191.00	2,664	1
Cows	Premium White 65-75%	—	1,408	204.43/cwt	200.00–209.00	2,878	2
Cows	Premium White 65-75%	—	1,330	179.00/cwt	179.00–179.00	2,381	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,050	151.24/cwt	145.00–155.00	1,588	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 Sep 2, 2025

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

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Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
11	—	1,630	200.00–220.00	206.22
5	—	1,827	225.00–240.00	233.60
16	—	1,462	135.00–195.00	167.82
Bullocks$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,085	230.00	230.00
Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	1,476	200.00–235.00	219.46
69	—	1,444	239.50–250.00	243.60
11	—	1,452	251.50–253.00	252.60
Steers — Select · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,050	222.50	222.50
Steers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	1,253	222.50–233.00	230.99
Steers — Standard$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,520	178.00–200.00	189.40
Heifers — Select · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	755	177.50–200.00	189.35
Heifers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	1,157	180.00–237.00	219.19
Heifers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,375	230.00–233.00	231.56
9	—	1,411	240.00–248.00	242.97
Beef/Dairy Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,555	222.00	222.00
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	1,331	177.00–189.00	182.45
32	—	1,253	163.00–175.00	168.96
21	—	1,284	110.00–161.00	150.01
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
21	—	1,495	115.00–174.00	160.91
17	—	1,408	175.00–186.00	180.47
5	—	1,799	187.00–190.00	188.29
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	1,008	132.50–144.00	138.68
9	—	1,086	65.00–125.00	106.63
4	—	1,050	145.00–155.00	151.24
Cows — Premium White 65-75%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,395	191.00	191.00
2	—	1,408	200.00–209.00	204.43
1	—	1,330	179.00	179.00
Dairy Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,290	164.00	164.00

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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