Name: Fairview Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2025-12-30
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-12-30

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week, slaughter steers and heifers sold 10.00 higher. Slaughter cows sold mixed with Breakers and Leans 4.00 higher, and Boners steady. Slaughter bulls sols 10.00 lower. Trade was active with mostly good demand on a light supply.

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	1,679	174.74	2,935	10
Cows	Premium White 65-75%	Average	1,600	188.00	3,008	1thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Low	1,539	169.52	2,609	31
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Low	1,264	167.23	2,114	33
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Low	1,073	128.94	1,384	11
Heifers	Choice	Average	1,366	221.63	3,026	16
Heifers	Select and Choice	Average	1,060	213.75	2,266	2thin
Steers	Choice	Low	1,473	228.16	3,362	44

Every lot, as filed

19 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
Heifers	ChoiceLight Weight	—	975	207.00/cwt	207.00–207.00	2,018	2
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,291	139.69/cwt	102.50–158.00	1,803	8
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,428	175.00/cwt	175.00–175.00	2,499	2
Bulls	—	—	1,513	165.17/cwt	150.00–173.00	2,499	6
Steers	Choice	—	1,398	212.08/cwt	206.00–218.00	2,965	2
Heifers	Choice	—	1,760	208.00/cwt	208.00–208.00	3,661	3
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,561	158.21/cwt	137.50–169.00	2,470	13
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	980	108.34/cwt	70.00–122.50	1,062	4
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,523	177.68/cwt	173.00–184.00	2,706	18
Steers	Choice	—	1,477	228.93/cwt	221.00–232.00	3,381	42
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,136	138.99/cwt	135.00–145.00	1,579	6
Cows	Premium White 65-75%	—	1,600	188.00/cwt	188.00–188.00	3,008	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%Return to Feed	—	1,127	193.10/cwt	175.00–212.50	2,176	9
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,070	151.00/cwt	151.00–151.00	1,616	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,313	165.22/cwt	161.00–172.00	2,169	14
Heifers	Choice	—	1,329	228.00/cwt	228.00–228.00	3,030	11
Heifers	Select and Choice	—	985	205.00/cwt	205.00–205.00	2,019	1
Heifers	Select and ChoiceReturn to Feed	—	1,135	222.50/cwt	222.50–222.50	2,525	1
Bulls	—	—	1,929	189.10/cwt	185.00–199.00	3,648	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 Dec 30, 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
Heifers — Choice · Light Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	975	207.00	207.00
Heifers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,760	208.00	208.00
11	—	1,329	228.00	228.00
Heifers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	985	205.00	205.00
Heifers — Select and Choice · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,135	222.50	222.50
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	1,291	102.50–158.00	139.69
2	—	1,428	175.00	175.00
14	—	1,313	161.00–172.00	165.22
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
13	—	1,561	137.50–169.00	158.21
18	—	1,523	173.00–184.00	177.68
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	980	70.00–122.50	108.34
6	—	1,136	135.00–145.00	138.99
1	—	1,070	151.00	151.00
Cows — Premium White 65-75%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,600	188.00	188.00
Cows — Boner 80-85% · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	1,127	175.00–212.50	193.10
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	1,513	150.00–173.00	165.17
4	—	1,929	185.00–199.00	189.10
Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,398	206.00–218.00	212.08
42	—	1,477	221.00–232.00	228.93

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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