Name: Fairview Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2026-01-06
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2026-01-06

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week, slaughter steers and heifers sold 6.00 higher. Slaughter cows sold 3.00 to 11.00 lower with Leans with the higher loss. Slaughter bulls sold 1.00 lower. Trade was active with very good demand on slaughter steers and heifers, but moderate on slaughter cows and bulls.

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	—	Average	1,818	177.16	3,220	25
Cows	Premium White 65-75%	High	1,608	185.95	2,990	29
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	High	1,524	162.92	2,483	85
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Low	1,295	160.21	2,074	144
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Low	1,068	119.67	1,278	42
Dairy Cows	Lean 85-90%	Low	1,123	70.35	790	4thin
Dairy Steers	Choice	Average	1,596	201.65	3,218	6thin
Heifers	Choice	Average	1,397	232.22	3,245	103
Heifers	Select	Average	978	212.38	2,077	7thin
Heifers	Select and Choice	Average	1,118	212.30	2,374	5thin
Steers	Choice	Average	1,506	233.93	3,523	228
Steers	Standard	Average	1,696	200.79	3,405	10

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
Bulls	—	—	1,993	188.25/cwt	182.50–192.50	3,752	11
Bulls	—	—	1,872	198.75/cwt	197.50–200.00	3,721	2
Bulls	—	—	1,648	163.40/cwt	137.50–175.00	2,693	12
Heifers	SelectReturn to Feed	—	978	212.38/cwt	180.00–232.50	2,077	7
Dairy Steers	Choice	—	1,596	201.65/cwt	197.00–206.00	3,218	6
Heifers	Select and ChoiceReturn to Feed	—	1,080	229.00/cwt	229.00–229.00	2,473	1
Heifers	Select and Choice	—	1,128	208.12/cwt	190.00–220.00	2,348	4
Steers	Standard	—	1,839	232.48/cwt	207.00–308.00	4,275	4
Steers	ChoiceHeavy Weight	—	1,835	216.00/cwt	216.00–216.00	3,964	1
Heifers	Choice	—	1,395	234.75/cwt	228.00–240.00	3,275	85
Steers	Choice	—	1,508	234.80/cwt	229.00–240.00	3,541	214
Heifers	Choice	—	1,409	220.28/cwt	203.00–227.00	3,104	18
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,335	144.12/cwt	70.00–155.00	1,924	58
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,540	180.00/cwt	180.00–180.00	2,772	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,347	161.71/cwt	157.00–169.00	2,178	48
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,240	172.48/cwt	171.00–174.00	2,139	4
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,051	94.38/cwt	40.00–117.50	992	14
Dairy Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,123	70.35/cwt	55.00–95.00	790	4
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,527	156.87/cwt	137.00–166.00	2,395	50
Cows	Lean 85-90%Return to Feed	—	958	151.97/cwt	142.50–167.50	1,456	3
Steers	Choice	—	1,448	221.00/cwt	206.00–227.00	3,200	13
Steers	Standard	—	1,600	179.67/cwt	175.00–184.00	2,875	6
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,084	128.76/cwt	120.00–139.00	1,396	23
Cows	Boner 80-85%Return to Feed	—	1,159	184.09/cwt	170.00–230.00	2,134	34
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,520	171.31/cwt	167.00–178.00	2,604	34
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,168	143.82/cwt	143.00–145.00	1,680	2
Cows	Premium White 65-75%	—	1,458	194.23/cwt	194.00–195.00	2,832	5
Cows	Premium White 65-75%	—	1,639	184.23/cwt	179.00–189.00	3,020	24

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 Jan 6, 2026

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

Receipts 697Last week 153Year ago 511

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
11	—	1,993	182.50–192.50	188.25
2	—	1,872	197.50–200.00	198.75
12	—	1,648	137.50–175.00	163.40
Heifers — Select · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	978	180.00–232.50	212.38
Heifers — Select and Choice · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,080	229.00	229.00
Heifers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,128	190.00–220.00	208.12
Heifers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
85	—	1,395	228.00–240.00	234.75
18	—	1,409	203.00–227.00	220.28
Dairy Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	1,596	197.00–206.00	201.65
Steers — Standard$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,839	207.00–308.00	232.48
6	—	1,600	175.00–184.00	179.67
Steers — Choice · Heavy Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,835	216.00	216.00
Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
214	—	1,508	229.00–240.00	234.80
13	—	1,448	206.00–227.00	221.00
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
58	—	1,335	70.00–155.00	144.12
48	—	1,347	157.00–169.00	161.71
4	—	1,240	171.00–174.00	172.48
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,540	180.00	180.00
50	—	1,527	137.00–166.00	156.87
34	—	1,520	167.00–178.00	171.31
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
14	—	1,051	40.00–117.50	94.38
23	—	1,084	120.00–139.00	128.76
2	—	1,168	143.00–145.00	143.82
Cows — Lean 85-90% · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	958	142.50–167.50	151.97
Cows — Boner 80-85% · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
34	—	1,159	170.00–230.00	184.09
Cows — Premium White 65-75%$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,458	194.00–195.00	194.23
24	—	1,639	179.00–189.00	184.23
Dairy Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,123	55.00–95.00	70.35

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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