Name: Fairview Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2025-12-16
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-12-16

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Today at Fairview, slaughter steers and heifers traded higher 8.00. Slaughter cows traded higher 4.00 with slaughter bulls trading lower 11.00 on a limited supply. 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	—	Low	1,580	172.28	2,722	6thin
Cows	Premium White 65-75%	Average	1,624	206.65	3,355	11
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,551	170.79	2,649	44
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,466	158.12	2,319	75
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,141	131.39	1,500	17
Dairy Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,432	118.41	1,696	5thin
Heifers	Choice	Average	1,423	230.51	3,280	47
Heifers	Select and Choice	Average	1,088	210.65	2,291	10
Heifers	Select	Average	1,513	171.00	2,587	2thin
Steers	Choice	Low	1,516	229.35	3,477	79
Steers	Select and Choice	Average	1,423	199.02	2,832	5thin
Steers	Select	Average	1,270	183.00	2,324	1thin

Every lot, as filed

25 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	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,537	171.39/cwt	153.00–178.00	2,634	33
Dairy Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,457	139.11/cwt	117.00–161.00	2,027	3
Cows	Lean 85-90%Return to Feed	—	963	152.71/cwt	141.00–163.00	1,471	2
Cows	Premium White 65-75%Heavy Weight	—	1,975	185.50/cwt	185.50–185.50	3,664	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%Return to Feed	—	905	165.00/cwt	165.00–165.00	1,493	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,184	131.06/cwt	120.00–144.00	1,552	11
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,335	180.40/cwt	177.00–185.00	2,408	4
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,482	159.81/cwt	146.00–171.00	2,368	67
Cows	Breaker 75-80%Heavy Weight	—	1,825	154.26/cwt	151.00–157.50	2,815	2
Heifers	Select and ChoiceReturn to Feed	—	1,079	211.78/cwt	205.50–225.00	2,285	9
Cows	Premium White 65-75%	—	1,210	189.96/cwt	187.00–193.00	2,299	2
Heifers	Choice	—	1,423	230.51/cwt	215.50–234.50	3,280	47
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,113	121.63/cwt	111.00–146.00	1,354	4
Steers	Choice	—	1,475	210.73/cwt	210.50–211.00	3,108	2
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,396	140.98/cwt	120.00–152.00	1,968	7
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,708	165.71/cwt	161.00–169.00	2,830	5
Bulls	—	—	1,070	151.00/cwt	151.00–151.00	1,616	1
Cows	Premium White 65-75%	—	1,683	213.47/cwt	201.00–219.25	3,593	8
Dairy Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,395	87.36/cwt	85.00–90.00	1,219	2
Steers	Choice	—	1,517	229.83/cwt	218.50–234.00	3,487	77
Steers	Select and Choice	—	1,423	199.02/cwt	191.00–201.00	2,832	5
Heifers	Select and Choice	—	1,165	200.50/cwt	200.50–200.50	2,336	1
Steers	Select	—	1,270	183.00/cwt	183.00–183.00	2,324	1
Heifers	Select	—	1,513	171.00/cwt	171.00–171.00	2,587	2
Bulls	—	—	1,682	176.54/cwt	163.00–202.00	2,969	5

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 16, 2025

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

Receipts 329Last week 535Year ago 342

Today at Fairview, slaughter steers and heifers traded higher 8.00. Slaughter cows traded higher 4.00 with slaughter bulls trading lower 11.00 on a limited supply. Trade was active with good demand.

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
33	—	1,537	153.00–178.00	171.39
4	—	1,335	177.00–185.00	180.40
5	—	1,708	161.00–169.00	165.71
Cows — Lean 85-90% · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	963	141.00–163.00	152.71
Cows — Premium White 65-75% · Heavy Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,975	185.50	185.50
Cows — Boner 80-85% · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	905	165.00	165.00
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
11	—	1,184	120.00–144.00	131.06
4	—	1,113	111.00–146.00	121.63
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
67	—	1,482	146.00–171.00	159.81
7	—	1,396	120.00–152.00	140.98
Cows — Breaker 75-80% · Heavy Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,825	151.00–157.50	154.26
Cows — Premium White 65-75%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,210	187.00–193.00	189.96
8	—	1,683	201.00–219.25	213.47
Dairy Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,457	117.00–161.00	139.11
2	—	1,395	85.00–90.00	87.36
Heifers — Select and Choice · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	1,079	205.50–225.00	211.78
Heifers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
47	—	1,423	215.50–234.50	230.51
Heifers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,165	200.50	200.50
Heifers — Select$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,513	171.00	171.00
Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,475	210.50–211.00	210.73
77	—	1,517	218.50–234.00	229.83
Steers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,423	191.00–201.00	199.02
Steers — Select$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,270	183.00	183.00
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,070	151.00	151.00
5	—	1,682	163.00–202.00	176.54

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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