Name: Fairview Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2025-12-09
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-12-09

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week, slaughter steers and heifers sold 2.00 to 4.00 higher. Slaughter cows sold mixed with Breakers 2.00 higher. Boners 12.00 higher. and Leans 7.00 lower. Slaughter bulls sold 10.00 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
Beef/Dairy Steers	Choice	Average	1,532	222.36	3,407	16
Beef/Dairy Steers	Select and Choice	Average	1,120	197.50	2,212	2thin
Bullocks	—	Average	1,655	195.00	3,227	1thin
Bulls	—	Low	1,770	175.82	3,112	21
Cows	Premium White 65-75%	Average	1,547	184.20	2,850	9thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,303	165.63	2,159	110
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Low	1,561	161.48	2,521	80
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,165	116.31	1,355	16
Heifers	Choice	Low	1,429	225.60	3,225	85
Heifers	Select and Choice	Average	1,203	212.86	2,562	21
Heifers	Select	Average	881	206.43	1,818	10
Steers	Choice	Average	1,436	223.77	3,214	1,575
Steers	Select and Choice	Average	1,203	202.80	2,440	6thin
Steers	Standard	Average	2,014	180.55	3,636	4thin
Steers	Select	Average	1,115	173.00	1,929	1thin

Every lot, as filed

29 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
Cows	Boner 80-85%Return to Feed	—	1,247	191.85/cwt	175.00–210.00	2,392	37
Beef/Dairy Steers	Select and ChoiceReturn to Feed	—	1,235	182.50/cwt	182.50–182.50	2,254	1
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,549	153.47/cwt	120.00–167.00	2,377	47
Heifers	Select and Choice	—	1,201	203.09/cwt	177.00–214.00	2,439	8
Cows	Lean 85-90%Return to Feed	—	1,020	165.00/cwt	165.00–165.00	1,683	1
Steers	ChoiceHeavy Weight	—	1,793	209.20/cwt	208.00–215.00	3,751	6
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,232	126.96/cwt	123.00–132.50	1,564	6
Beef/Dairy Steers	Choice	—	1,532	222.36/cwt	220.00–222.50	3,407	16
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,324	145.99/cwt	106.00–159.00	1,933	49
Steers	Select	—	1,115	173.00/cwt	173.00–173.00	1,929	1
Cows	Premium White 65-75%	—	1,547	184.20/cwt	180.00–192.00	2,850	9
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,137	103.80/cwt	70.00–120.00	1,180	9
Steers	Choice	—	1,380	216.80/cwt	215.00–220.50	2,992	5
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,330	173.00/cwt	173.00–173.00	2,301	1
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,579	172.90/cwt	168.00–179.00	2,730	33
Steers	Standard	—	2,014	180.55/cwt	175.00–182.00	3,636	4
Heifers	Select and ChoiceReturn to Feed	—	1,205	218.88/cwt	200.00–229.00	2,638	13
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,349	164.96/cwt	161.00–171.00	2,225	23
Heifers	Choice	—	1,446	212.52/cwt	211.50–216.00	3,073	7
Steers	Choice	—	1,435	223.85/cwt	221.50–232.50	3,212	1,564
Heifers	Choice	—	1,428	226.77/cwt	221.00–230.00	3,238	78
Beef/Dairy Steers	Select and Choice	—	1,005	212.50/cwt	212.50–212.50	2,136	1
Steers	Select and Choice	—	1,203	202.80/cwt	192.00–216.00	2,440	6
Heifers	Select	—	805	180.00/cwt	180.00–180.00	1,449	1
Heifers	SelectReturn to Feed	—	889	209.37/cwt	182.50–247.50	1,861	9
Bullocks	—	—	1,655	195.00/cwt	195.00–195.00	3,227	1
Bulls	—	—	1,574	155.76/cwt	35.00–177.50	2,452	12
Bulls	—	—	1,780	217.64/cwt	212.50–222.50	3,874	2
Bulls	—	—	2,104	198.25/cwt	190.00–207.50	4,171	7

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 Dec 9, 2025

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

Receipts 535Last week 218Year ago 451

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85% · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
37	—	1,247	175.00–210.00	191.85
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
47	—	1,549	120.00–167.00	153.47
33	—	1,579	168.00–179.00	172.90
Cows — Lean 85-90% · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,020	165.00	165.00
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	1,232	123.00–132.50	126.96
9	—	1,137	70.00–120.00	103.80
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
49	—	1,324	106.00–159.00	145.99
1	—	1,330	173.00	173.00
23	—	1,349	161.00–171.00	164.96
Cows — Premium White 65-75%$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	1,547	180.00–192.00	184.20
Beef/Dairy Steers — Select and Choice · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,235	182.50	182.50
Beef/Dairy Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
16	—	1,532	220.00–222.50	222.36
Beef/Dairy Steers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,005	212.50	212.50
Heifers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	1,201	177.00–214.00	203.09
Heifers — Select and Choice · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
13	—	1,205	200.00–229.00	218.88
Heifers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	1,446	211.50–216.00	212.52
78	—	1,428	221.00–230.00	226.77
Heifers — Select$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	805	180.00	180.00
Heifers — Select · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	889	182.50–247.50	209.37
Steers — Choice · Heavy Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	1,793	208.00–215.00	209.20
Steers — Select$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,115	173.00	173.00
Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,380	215.00–220.50	216.80
1,564	—	1,435	221.50–232.50	223.85
Steers — Standard$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	2,014	175.00–182.00	180.55
Steers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	1,203	192.00–216.00	202.80
Bullocks$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,655	195.00	195.00
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
12	—	1,574	35.00–177.50	155.76
2	—	1,780	212.50–222.50	217.64
7	—	2,104	190.00–207.50	198.25

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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