Name: Fairview Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2025-12-23
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-12-23

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week, slaughter steers and heifers sold 10.00 to 13.00 lower. Slaughter cows sold 3.00 to 6.00 higher. Slaughter bulls sold 22.00 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
Bullocks	—	Average	1,430	191.00	2,731	1thin
Bulls	—	Low	1,856	190.59	3,538	8thin
Cows	Premium White 65-75%	Average	1,433	187.22	2,682	8thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,492	168.55	2,515	45
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,333	153.77	2,050	43
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Low	1,099	126.57	1,392	23
Dairy Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,800	151.00	2,718	1thin
Dairy Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,288	145.42	1,873	2thin
Dairy Cows	Lean 85-90%	Low	1,050	90.00	945	1thin
Heifers	Choice	Low	1,474	215.53	3,177	43
Heifers	Select and Choice	Average	1,111	203.71	2,263	5thin
Heifers	Select	Low	905	186.86	1,691	4thin
Steers	Select	Average	864	229.77	1,984	4thin
Steers	Choice	Low	1,574	219.26	3,451	91
Steers	Select and Choice	Average	1,287	200.56	2,581	7thin

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
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,504	173.93/cwt	168.00–179.00	2,616	29
Dairy Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,800	151.00/cwt	151.00–151.00	2,718	1
Dairy Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,050	90.00/cwt	90.00–90.00	945	1
Cows	Premium White 65-75%	—	1,406	185.77/cwt	180.00–191.00	2,612	6
Dairy Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,288	145.42/cwt	140.00–149.00	1,873	2
Cows	Boner 80-85%Return to Feed	—	1,151	180.16/cwt	173.00–212.50	2,074	6
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,090	111.52/cwt	75.00–127.00	1,216	11
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,118	135.46/cwt	130.00–142.50	1,514	9
Heifers	Choice	—	1,474	204.64/cwt	203.00–210.00	3,016	7
Steers	Choice	—	1,475	198.06/cwt	191.00–208.00	2,921	2
Cows	Premium White 65-75%	—	1,513	191.56/cwt	187.00–197.00	2,898	2
Cows	Lean 85-90%Return to Feed	—	1,078	155.09/cwt	145.00–171.00	1,672	3
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,350	165.85/cwt	163.00–172.00	2,239	12
Steers	Choice	—	1,576	219.74/cwt	212.00–223.50	3,463	89
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,471	158.80/cwt	133.00–167.00	2,336	16
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,369	141.63/cwt	115.00–157.00	1,939	25
Heifers	Choice	—	1,474	217.65/cwt	211.00–220.50	3,208	36
Heifers	Select and Choice	—	1,143	196.90/cwt	185.00–210.00	2,251	3
Steers	Select and Choice	—	1,287	200.56/cwt	177.00–205.00	2,581	7
Heifers	Select and ChoiceReturn to Feed	—	1,063	213.92/cwt	209.00–219.00	2,274	2
Steers	Select	—	865	137.50/cwt	137.50–137.50	1,189	1
Heifers	Select	—	830	105.00/cwt	105.00–105.00	872	1
Steers	SelectReturn to Feed	—	863	260.53/cwt	232.50–272.50	2,248	3
Heifers	SelectReturn to Feed	—	930	214.14/cwt	199.00–235.00	1,992	3
Bullocks	—	—	1,430	191.00/cwt	191.00–191.00	2,731	1
Bulls	—	—	1,650	172.93/cwt	160.00–180.00	2,853	3
Bulls	—	—	2,085	210.00/cwt	210.00–210.00	4,379	1
Bulls	—	—	1,954	198.99/cwt	192.50–207.50	3,888	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

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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
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
29	—	1,504	168.00–179.00	173.93
16	—	1,471	133.00–167.00	158.80
Cows — Premium White 65-75%$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	1,406	180.00–191.00	185.77
2	—	1,513	187.00–197.00	191.56
Cows — Boner 80-85% · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	1,151	173.00–212.50	180.16
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
11	—	1,090	75.00–127.00	111.52
9	—	1,118	130.00–142.50	135.46
Cows — Lean 85-90% · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,078	145.00–171.00	155.09
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
12	—	1,350	163.00–172.00	165.85
25	—	1,369	115.00–157.00	141.63
Dairy Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,800	151.00	151.00
Dairy Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,050	90.00	90.00
Dairy Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,288	140.00–149.00	145.42
Heifers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	1,474	203.00–210.00	204.64
36	—	1,474	211.00–220.50	217.65
Heifers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,143	185.00–210.00	196.90
Heifers — Select and Choice · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,063	209.00–219.00	213.92
Heifers — Select$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	830	105.00	105.00
Heifers — Select · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	930	199.00–235.00	214.14
Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,475	191.00–208.00	198.06
89	—	1,576	212.00–223.50	219.74
Steers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	1,287	177.00–205.00	200.56
Steers — Select$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	865	137.50	137.50
Steers — Select · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	863	232.50–272.50	260.53
Bullocks$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,430	191.00	191.00
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,650	160.00–180.00	172.93
1	—	2,085	210.00	210.00
4	—	1,954	192.50–207.50	198.99

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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