Name: Fairview Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2026-04-28
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2026-04-28

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week, slaughter steers and heifers sold 10.00 higher. Slaughter cows sold mixed with Breakers and Boners selling 1.00 to 7.00 higher. Leans sold 4.00 lower. Slaughter bulls sold 4.00 higher on a high dressing kind of slaughter bulls. Trade was active with very 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	1,913	252.27	4,826	18
Cows	Premium White 65-75%	High	1,484	197.35	2,929	22
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,247	177.78	2,217	30
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Low	1,588	176.78	2,807	22
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	991	164.62	1,632	8thin
Heifers	Choice	Average	1,439	258.59	3,720	13
Steers	Choice	Average	1,458	258.49	3,769	24
Steers	Select and Choice	Average	1,185	248.00	2,939	1thin

Every lot, as filed

20 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	Lean 85-90%Return to Feed	—	895	198.85/cwt	190.00–210.00	1,780	3
Cows	Boner 80-85%Return to Feed	—	1,092	194.48/cwt	187.00–207.50	2,124	5
Steers	Choice	—	1,437	259.53/cwt	253.00–261.50	3,729	22
Heifers	Choice	—	1,443	259.39/cwt	256.00–261.00	3,743	12
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,153	161.45/cwt	161.00–162.00	1,862	2
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,005	147.50/cwt	140.00–155.00	1,482	2
Cows	Premium White 65-75%	—	1,536	220.88/cwt	215.00–235.00	3,393	3
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	930	102.50/cwt	102.50–102.50	953	1
Steers	Select and Choice	—	1,185	248.00/cwt	248.00–248.00	2,939	1
Steers	Choice	—	1,690	247.00/cwt	247.00–247.00	4,174	2
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,608	168.71/cwt	158.00–176.00	2,713	10
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,571	183.50/cwt	179.00–190.00	2,883	12
Heifers	Choice	—	1,385	249.00/cwt	249.00–249.00	3,449	1
Cows	Premium White 65-75%	—	1,476	193.63/cwt	188.00–202.00	2,858	19
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,115	185.00/cwt	185.00–185.00	2,063	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,262	178.03/cwt	173.00–185.00	2,247	17
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,341	164.20/cwt	159.00–171.00	2,202	7
Bulls	—	—	1,590	221.14/cwt	220.00–222.50	3,516	2
Bulls	—	—	1,953	264.75/cwt	257.50–270.00	5,171	11
Bulls	—	—	1,954	237.27/cwt	227.50–250.00	4,636	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 Apr 28, 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
Cows — Lean 85-90% · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	895	190.00–210.00	198.85
Cows — Boner 80-85% · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,092	187.00–207.50	194.48
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,153	161.00–162.00	161.45
2	—	1,005	140.00–155.00	147.50
1	—	930	102.50	102.50
Cows — Premium White 65-75%$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,536	215.00–235.00	220.88
19	—	1,476	188.00–202.00	193.63
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	1,608	158.00–176.00	168.71
12	—	1,571	179.00–190.00	183.50
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,115	185.00	185.00
17	—	1,262	173.00–185.00	178.03
7	—	1,341	159.00–171.00	164.20
Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
22	—	1,437	253.00–261.50	259.53
2	—	1,690	247.00	247.00
Steers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,185	248.00	248.00
Heifers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
12	—	1,443	256.00–261.00	259.39
1	—	1,385	249.00	249.00
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,590	220.00–222.50	221.14
11	—	1,953	257.50–270.00	264.75
5	—	1,954	227.50–250.00	237.27

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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