Name: Fairview Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2026-01-27
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2026-01-27

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week, slaughter steers and heifers traded unevenly steady. Slaughter cows traded mostly steady to 3.00 higher. Slaughter bulls sold 6.00 higher in a light test. 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	1,919	169.25	3,248	4thin
Cows	Premium White 65-75%	High	1,516	196.51	2,980	26
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Low	1,480	174.09	2,577	45
Cows	Boner 80-85%	High	1,312	166.01	2,178	28
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Very Low	1,172	111.54	1,307	7thin
Heifers	Choice	Average	1,439	233.34	3,357	22
Heifers	Select and Choice	Low	1,125	211.22	2,375	8thin
Heifers	Select	Average	900	172.50	1,553	1thin
Steers	Choice	Low	1,518	234.75	3,562	71
Steers	Select	Average	1,235	160.06	1,977	2thin

Every lot, as filed

23 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	Select and Choice	—	1,170	172.50/cwt	172.50–172.50	2,018	1
Bulls	—	—	1,570	146.20/cwt	130.00–155.00	2,295	2
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,281	176.44/cwt	175.00–178.00	2,260	4
Cows	Premium White 65-75%	—	1,415	211.48/cwt	205.00–220.00	2,992	10
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	950	47.50/cwt	47.50–47.50	451	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,263	104.54/cwt	80.00–125.00	1,320	3
Cows	Premium White 65-75%	—	1,725	178.00/cwt	178.00–178.00	3,071	1
Steers	Choice	—	1,275	225.00/cwt	225.00–225.00	2,869	1
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,520	165.00/cwt	154.00–172.00	2,508	15
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,377	166.62/cwt	163.00–172.00	2,294	17
Heifers	Choice	—	1,450	234.07/cwt	227.50–238.00	3,394	21
Heifers	Select and Choice	—	1,118	216.75/cwt	187.00–225.00	2,423	7
Steers	Select	—	1,235	160.06/cwt	157.50–162.50	1,977	2
Heifers	Select	—	900	172.50/cwt	172.50–172.50	1,553	1
Bulls	—	—	2,268	192.29/cwt	190.00–195.00	4,361	2
Heifers	Choice	—	1,200	218.00/cwt	218.00–218.00	2,616	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,179	147.92/cwt	130.00–157.00	1,744	6
Steers	ChoiceHeavy Weight	—	1,795	224.00/cwt	224.00–224.00	4,021	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,155	139.88/cwt	135.00–145.00	1,616	3
Steers	Choice	—	1,517	235.05/cwt	228.00–239.00	3,566	69
Cows	Premium White 65-75%	—	1,570	187.76/cwt	183.00–217.50	2,948	15
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,460	178.64/cwt	173.00–184.00	2,608	30
Cows	Boner 80-85%Return to Feed	—	1,120	222.50/cwt	222.50–222.50	2,492	1

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 27, 2026

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 — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,170	172.50	172.50
7	—	1,118	187.00–225.00	216.75
Heifers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
21	—	1,450	227.50–238.00	234.07
1	—	1,200	218.00	218.00
Heifers — Select$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	900	172.50	172.50
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,570	130.00–155.00	146.20
2	—	2,268	190.00–195.00	192.29
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,281	175.00–178.00	176.44
17	—	1,377	163.00–172.00	166.62
6	—	1,179	130.00–157.00	147.92
Cows — Premium White 65-75%$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	1,415	205.00–220.00	211.48
1	—	1,725	178.00	178.00
15	—	1,570	183.00–217.50	187.76
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	950	47.50	47.50
3	—	1,263	80.00–125.00	104.54
3	—	1,155	135.00–145.00	139.88
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
15	—	1,520	154.00–172.00	165.00
30	—	1,460	173.00–184.00	178.64
Cows — Boner 80-85% · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,120	222.50	222.50
Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,275	225.00	225.00
69	—	1,517	228.00–239.00	235.05
Steers — Select$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,235	157.50–162.50	160.06
Steers — Choice · Heavy Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,795	224.00	224.00

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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