Sale reports / Illinois / Fairview Livestock Auction / 2026-07-21

Fairview Livestock Auction

Slaughter Cattle · Fairview, Illinois · Tue, Jul 21
● Final19 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2049
Receipts
255 head
115 vs last sale 370 242 vs year ago 497 · 48.7%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week, slaughter steers and heifers sold 7.00 to 8.00 lower. Slaughter cows sold 4.00 to 8.00 higher. A light number of average dressing bulls while a large number of the slaughter bulls offered were high dressing made it hard to call the market. Trade was active with low demand on slaughter steers and heifers, but good on slaughter cows.

Most of the cows had been fed.

Slaughter cattle

By class and quality grade · $/cwt
Cull cows and bulls are graded, not weight-classed — grade is what moves the money here.
ClassGradeDressingAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Beef/Dairy SteersChoiceAverage1,487233.613,47415
BullsHigh1,848237.134,38211
CowsPremium White 65-75%Average1,504199.022,9938thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,582181.272,86814
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,283181.182,32411
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,070178.721,9124thin
Dairy CowsPremium White 65-75%Average1,360206.002,8022thin
HeifersChoiceAverage1,414231.583,27444
SteersChoiceLow1,464235.703,452125
SteersSelect and ChoiceAverage1,210223.092,6993thin
SteersSelectAverage1,115185.002,0631thin

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.
ClassGrade / descriptionWeightAvg wtPriceRangePer headHead
Beef/Dairy SteersChoice1,487233.61/cwt232.50–234.503,47415
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,581185.36/cwt180.00–189.002,93110
HeifersChoice1,427234.29/cwt228.50–238.503,34337
CowsPremium White 65-75%1,504199.02/cwt192.00–204.002,9938
CowsBoner 80-85%Return to Feed1,260191.59/cwt189.00–194.002,4142
Dairy CowsPremium White 65-75%1,360206.00/cwt206.00–206.002,8022
HeifersChoice1,344217.24/cwt207.50–221.002,9207
SteersChoice1,403221.60/cwt210.00–228.003,1095
CowsBoner 80-85%1,365185.00/cwt185.00–185.002,5252
Bulls2,072257.85/cwt240.00–265.005,3436
CowsBoner 80-85%1,266177.11/cwt170.00–180.002,2427
CowsLean 85-90%1,355145.00/cwt145.00–145.001,9651
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,585171.06/cwt162.00–177.002,7114
CowsLean 85-90%Return to Feed975189.96/cwt161.00–211.001,8523
Bulls1,593211.68/cwt210.00–212.503,3723
SteersChoice1,467236.29/cwt230.00–239.503,466120
SteersSelect and Choice1,210223.09/cwt214.00–229.002,6993
SteersSelect1,115185.00/cwt185.00–185.002,0631
Bulls1,558213.16/cwt202.50–222.503,3212

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.