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

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week, slaughter steers and heifers traded steady to 3.00 higher. Slaughter cows sold mixed with Breakers 5.00 higher, Boners 2.0 higher. and Leans 2.00 lower. Slaughter bulls sold 9.00 higher. Trade was active with 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	1,677	187.72	3,147	30
Cows	Premium White 65-75%	High	1,425	197.29	2,811	5thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,574	178.37	2,807	56
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,260	167.10	2,105	74
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,138	128.41	1,462	30
Dairy Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,430	142.50	2,038	1thin
Dairy Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,768	126.22	2,232	2thin
Dairy Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,150	115.00	1,323	1thin
Heifers	Select	Average	968	241.28	2,336	3thin
Heifers	Choice	Low	1,287	239.77	3,085	71
Heifers	Select and Choice	Average	1,087	225.17	2,448	21
Steers	Choice	Average	1,406	243.83	3,429	116
Steers	Select and Choice	Low	1,182	225.08	2,659	16
Steers	Select	Average	1,087	183.64	1,997	10

Every lot, as filed

32 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	—	—	1,737	215.26/cwt	200.00–222.50	3,739	5
Bulls	—	—	1,840	228.56/cwt	225.00–236.00	4,206	4
Bulls	—	—	1,631	173.39/cwt	120.00–190.00	2,828	21
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,270	171.30/cwt	165.00–179.00	2,176	36
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,335	181.01/cwt	180.00–182.00	2,416	3
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,272	146.13/cwt	117.50–164.00	1,859	25
Steers	Select	—	1,089	170.70/cwt	162.50–185.00	1,859	7
Steers	Select and Choice	—	1,145	185.00/cwt	185.00–185.00	2,118	1
Heifers	Choice	—	1,209	233.15/cwt	230.00–236.00	2,819	11
Steers	SelectReturn to Feed	—	1,083	213.83/cwt	200.00–221.00	2,316	3
Dairy Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,768	126.22/cwt	125.00–127.50	2,232	2
Dairy Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,150	115.00/cwt	115.00–115.00	1,323	1
Steers	Choice	—	1,545	235.00/cwt	235.00–235.00	3,631	1
Steers	Select and Choice	—	1,184	227.75/cwt	202.50–238.00	2,697	15
Heifers	SelectReturn to Feed	—	968	241.28/cwt	227.50–251.00	2,336	3
Heifers	Choice	—	1,252	243.18/cwt	238.00–247.00	3,045	51
Steers	Choice	—	1,415	246.32/cwt	240.00–249.50	3,485	93
Dairy Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,430	142.50/cwt	142.50–142.50	2,038	1
Heifers	ChoiceLight Weight	—	965	180.00/cwt	180.00–180.00	1,737	1
Heifers	Choice	—	1,615	238.00/cwt	238.00–238.00	3,844	5
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,124	136.94/cwt	130.00–142.50	1,539	12
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,570	185.68/cwt	179.00–191.00	2,915	27
Steers	Choice	—	1,293	235.64/cwt	231.00–238.00	3,047	19
Steers	ChoiceHeavy Weight	—	1,810	221.34/cwt	200.00–234.00	4,006	3
Cows	Premium White 65-75%	—	1,515	218.43/cwt	215.00–221.00	3,309	2
Cows	Premium White 65-75%	—	1,365	183.19/cwt	182.00–185.00	2,501	3
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,577	171.57/cwt	150.00–179.00	2,706	29
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,136	113.98/cwt	102.50–125.00	1,295	14
Heifers	ChoiceHeavy Weight	—	1,718	229.00/cwt	229.00–229.00	3,934	3
Heifers	Select and Choice	—	1,087	225.17/cwt	202.50–236.00	2,448	21
Cows	Boner 80-85%Return to Feed	—	1,170	200.24/cwt	185.00–211.00	2,343	10
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,189	153.36/cwt	145.00–160.00	1,823	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 9, 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
5	—	1,737	200.00–222.50	215.26
4	—	1,840	225.00–236.00	228.56
21	—	1,631	120.00–190.00	173.39
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
36	—	1,270	165.00–179.00	171.30
3	—	1,335	180.00–182.00	181.01
25	—	1,272	117.50–164.00	146.13
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
12	—	1,124	130.00–142.50	136.94
14	—	1,136	102.50–125.00	113.98
4	—	1,189	145.00–160.00	153.36
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
27	—	1,570	179.00–191.00	185.68
29	—	1,577	150.00–179.00	171.57
Cows — Premium White 65-75%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,515	215.00–221.00	218.43
3	—	1,365	182.00–185.00	183.19
Cows — Boner 80-85% · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	1,170	185.00–211.00	200.24
Steers — Select$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	1,089	162.50–185.00	170.70
Steers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,145	185.00	185.00
15	—	1,184	202.50–238.00	227.75
Steers — Select · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,083	200.00–221.00	213.83
Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,545	235.00	235.00
93	—	1,415	240.00–249.50	246.32
19	—	1,293	231.00–238.00	235.64
Steers — Choice · Heavy Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,810	200.00–234.00	221.34
Heifers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
11	—	1,209	230.00–236.00	233.15
51	—	1,252	238.00–247.00	243.18
5	—	1,615	238.00	238.00
Heifers — Select · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	968	227.50–251.00	241.28
Heifers — Choice · Light Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	965	180.00	180.00
Heifers — Choice · Heavy Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,718	229.00	229.00
Heifers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
21	—	1,087	202.50–236.00	225.17
Dairy Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,768	125.00–127.50	126.22
Dairy Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,150	115.00	115.00
Dairy Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,430	142.50	142.50

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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