Name: Fairview Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2025-11-11
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-11-11

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week, slaughter steers and heifers sold 2.00 lower. Slaughter dairy steers were lightly tested. Slaughter cows sold mixed, with Breakers and Boners selling 5.00 to 8.00 lower and Leans 2.00 higher. Slaughter bulls sold 5.00 lower. Trade was active with moderate 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
Bullocks	—	Average	1,370	196.00	2,685	1thin
Bulls	—	Average	1,739	189.97	3,303	18
Cows	Premium White 65-75%	High	1,551	180.13	2,794	38
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,533	160.15	2,454	65
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,297	155.67	2,018	82
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,105	133.12	1,471	30
Dairy Steers	Choice	Average	1,818	183.81	3,342	2thin
Heifers	Select	Average	937	248.09	2,325	8thin
Heifers	Choice	Low	1,393	227.93	3,175	77
Heifers	Select and Choice	Average	1,057	188.70	1,995	5thin
Steers	Choice	Average	1,570	229.77	3,607	145
Steers	Select and Choice	Average	1,087	226.99	2,467	3thin
Steers	Standard	Average	1,901	194.00	3,688	3thin
Steers	Select	Average	1,065	160.00	1,704	1thin

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	—	—	1,945	199.20/cwt	190.00–205.00	3,874	5
Bulls	—	—	1,833	218.44/cwt	215.00–222.50	4,004	3
Bulls	—	—	1,607	176.82/cwt	157.50–182.50	2,841	10
Bullocks	—	—	1,370	196.00/cwt	196.00–196.00	2,685	1
Heifers	SelectReturn to Feed	—	937	248.09/cwt	212.50–270.00	2,325	8
Steers	Select	—	1,065	160.00/cwt	160.00–160.00	1,704	1
Steers	Standard	—	1,901	194.00/cwt	194.00–194.00	3,688	3
Dairy Steers	Choice	—	1,818	183.81/cwt	182.50–185.00	3,342	2
Heifers	Select and ChoiceReturn to Feed	—	966	232.50/cwt	232.50–232.50	2,246	1
Steers	Select and ChoiceReturn to Feed	—	1,125	247.00/cwt	247.00–247.00	2,779	1
Heifers	Select and Choice	—	1,080	177.75/cwt	172.50–182.50	1,920	4
Steers	Select and Choice	—	1,068	216.98/cwt	214.00–220.00	2,317	2
Steers	ChoiceHeavy Weight	—	1,833	215.75/cwt	215.00–216.00	3,955	4
Heifers	Choice	—	1,382	220.10/cwt	210.00–223.00	3,042	11
Heifers	Choice	—	1,395	229.23/cwt	225.00–232.50	3,198	66
Steers	Choice	—	1,555	231.38/cwt	225.00–237.50	3,598	129
Steers	Choice	—	1,643	217.10/cwt	210.00–223.00	3,567	12
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,309	156.59/cwt	150.00–163.00	2,050	41
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,383	168.09/cwt	164.00–175.00	2,325	6
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,342	137.26/cwt	70.00–151.00	1,842	24
Cows	Boner 80-85%Return to Feed	—	1,095	186.08/cwt	173.00–207.50	2,038	10
Cows	Boner 80-85%Return to Feed	—	1,200	181.00/cwt	181.00–181.00	2,172	1
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,499	167.39/cwt	161.00–173.00	2,509	39
Cows	Premium White 65-75%	—	1,561	196.48/cwt	190.00–208.00	3,067	6
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,460	174.53/cwt	174.00–175.00	2,548	2
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,593	147.19/cwt	130.00–158.00	2,345	24
Cows	Lean 85-90%Return to Feed	—	979	174.40/cwt	157.50–200.00	1,707	5
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,131	139.39/cwt	132.50–147.00	1,577	12
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,129	111.45/cwt	55.00–127.50	1,258	13
Cows	Premium White 65-75%	—	1,549	177.06/cwt	172.00–185.00	2,743	32

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 Nov 11, 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	—	1,945	190.00–205.00	199.20
3	—	1,833	215.00–222.50	218.44
10	—	1,607	157.50–182.50	176.82
Bullocks$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,370	196.00	196.00
Heifers — Select · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	937	212.50–270.00	248.09
Heifers — Select and Choice · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	966	232.50	232.50
Heifers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,080	172.50–182.50	177.75
Heifers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
11	—	1,382	210.00–223.00	220.10
66	—	1,395	225.00–232.50	229.23
Steers — Select$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,065	160.00	160.00
Steers — Standard$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,901	194.00	194.00
Steers — Select and Choice · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,125	247.00	247.00
Steers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,068	214.00–220.00	216.98
Steers — Choice · Heavy Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,833	215.00–216.00	215.75
Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
129	—	1,555	225.00–237.50	231.38
12	—	1,643	210.00–223.00	217.10
Dairy Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,818	182.50–185.00	183.81
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
41	—	1,309	150.00–163.00	156.59
6	—	1,383	164.00–175.00	168.09
24	—	1,342	70.00–151.00	137.26
Cows — Boner 80-85% · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	1,095	173.00–207.50	186.08
1	—	1,200	181.00	181.00
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
39	—	1,499	161.00–173.00	167.39
2	—	1,460	174.00–175.00	174.53
24	—	1,593	130.00–158.00	147.19
Cows — Premium White 65-75%$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	1,561	190.00–208.00	196.48
32	—	1,549	172.00–185.00	177.06
Cows — Lean 85-90% · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	979	157.50–200.00	174.40
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
12	—	1,131	132.50–147.00	139.39
13	—	1,129	55.00–127.50	111.45

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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