Name: Fairview Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2021-10-21
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2021-10-21

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to the last reported feeder cattle special on 9/30/2021, steers under 600 lbs sold 10.00 to 20.00 lower. Steers over 600 lbs sold 4.00 to 5.00 lower. Heifers sold 3.00 to 12.00 lower, with 5 to 7 weights trading steady. Trade was active with moderate demand.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb steers averaged $147.08/cwt on 383 head.

Average price

$147.08

383 head · 744 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,094

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$406

per head · Large 1-2 over Large 2

$17.57/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+5.59

vs IL average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Large 1-2	765	148.81	1,138	329
Medium and Large 1-2	593	145.13	861	16thin
Large 1	647	133.31	862	29
Medium and Large 1	550	132.00	726	2thin
Large 2	558	131.24	732	7thin

One grade step is worth $17.57/cwt here — about $406 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 0–100 lb. USDA reports each grade on its own line and never publishes the spread.

How it compared 0–100 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only

This sale383 hd

147.08

—

IL average3 barns · 510 hd

141.48

+5.59

A barn can sit above the state average at one weight and below it at another — check the class you actually sell.

Every lot, as filed

82 lots · USDA AMS · Fairview Sale Barn Cattle Special - 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
Steers	Large 2	—	375	150.32/cwt	146.00–155.00	564	2
Steers	Large 1-2	—	784	145.20/cwt	134.00–149.00	1,138	28
Steers	Large 1-2	—	871	145.00/cwt	145.00–145.00	1,263	25
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	550	132.00/cwt	132.00–132.00	726	2
Heifers	Large 1	—	580	121.00/cwt	121.00–121.00	702	1
Steers	Large 1-2	—	230	186.00/cwt	186.00–186.00	428	1
Steers	Large 2	—	805	106.00/cwt	106.00–106.00	853	1
Steers	Large 1-2	—	423	171.15/cwt	163.00–174.00	724	10
Steers	Large 1-2	—	497	166.00/cwt	166.00–166.00	825	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	647	133.00/cwt	133.00–133.00	861	2
Steers	Large 2	—	495	152.00/cwt	152.00–152.00	752	1
Steers	Large 1-2	—	528	166.39/cwt	147.00–170.00	879	15
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	760	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	912	1
Steers	Large 1-2	—	1,006	107.99/cwt	104.00–116.00	1,086	3
Steers	Large 1-2	—	967	134.00/cwt	134.00–134.00	1,296	10
Steers	Large 1-2	—	637	150.93/cwt	147.00–154.00	961	19
Steers	Large 1-2	—	905	106.00/cwt	106.00–106.00	959	1
Steers	Large 1-2	—	714	148.12/cwt	131.00–152.00	1,058	35
Steers	Large 1-2	—	679	145.57/cwt	142.00–150.00	988	18
Steers	Large 1	—	570	142.66/cwt	123.00–147.00	813	7
Steers	Large 1	—	717	126.00/cwt	126.00–126.00	903	2
Steers	Large 1-2	—	315	196.99/cwt	183.00–200.00	621	6
Steers	Large 1-2	—	370	169.59/cwt	160.00–180.00	627	2
Steers	Large 1	—	515	158.02/cwt	156.00–160.00	814	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	521	151.00/cwt	151.00–151.00	787	4
Steers	Large 1	—	375	157.00/cwt	157.00–157.00	589	1
Steers	Large 1	—	669	127.97/cwt	121.00–136.00	856	5
Steers	Large 1-2	—	279	188.23/cwt	183.00–194.00	525	4
Steers	Large 1-2	—	586	156.61/cwt	146.00–158.00	918	37
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	595	148.00/cwt	148.00–148.00	881	9
Steers	Large 1-2	—	846	154.75/cwt	154.75–154.75	1,309	55
Steers	Large 1	—	805	131.00/cwt	131.00–131.00	1,055	1
Steers	Large 1	—	777	131.90/cwt	126.00–139.00	1,025	3
Dairy Steers	Large 3	—	770	61.00/cwt	61.00–61.00	470	2
Dairy Steers	Large 3	—	935	58.00/cwt	58.00–58.00	542	1
Bulls	Large 1-2	—	772	91.00/cwt	91.00–91.00	703	2
Bulls	Large 1-2	—	460	153.00/cwt	153.00–153.00	704	1
Bulls	Large 1-2	—	980	85.00/cwt	85.00–85.00	833	1
Bulls	Large 1-2	—	910	80.00/cwt	80.00–80.00	728	1
Bulls	Large 1-2	—	515	123.00/cwt	123.00–123.00	633	1
Bulls	Large 1	—	613	121.00/cwt	121.00–121.00	742	3
Heifers	Large 2	—	547	134.67/cwt	132.00–136.00	737	6
Heifers	Large 2	—	338	131.62/cwt	129.00–142.00	445	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	630	107.00/cwt	107.00–107.00	674	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	585	102.00/cwt	102.00–102.00	597	1
Heifers	Large 1-2Full	—	617	113.00/cwt	113.00–113.00	697	2
Heifers	Large 1-2Fancy	—	336	170.00/cwt	170.00–170.00	571	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	655	126.00/cwt	126.00–126.00	825	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	635	101.00/cwt	101.00–101.00	641	1
Bulls	Large 1-2	—	385	152.01/cwt	151.00–153.00	585	2
Bulls	Large 1-2	—	1,085	84.00/cwt	84.00–84.00	911	1
Heifers	Large 2	—	356	122.22/cwt	114.00–125.00	435	4
Heifers	Large 2	—	415	130.16/cwt	120.00–132.00	540	7
Heifers	Large 1-2	—	680	139.31/cwt	136.00–141.00	947	23
Heifers	Large 1-2	—	575	142.19/cwt	138.00–146.50	818	19
Heifers	Large 2	—	456	117.98/cwt	111.00–138.00	538	4
Heifers	Large 1	—	621	129.13/cwt	123.00–131.00	802	7
Heifers	Large 1-2	—	439	152.00/cwt	152.00–152.00	667	6
Heifers	Large 1-2	—	817	126.31/cwt	120.00–129.50	1,032	9
Heifers	Large 1-2	—	473	146.59/cwt	134.00–151.00	693	19
Heifers	Large 1-2	—	730	134.31/cwt	130.00–137.00	980	12
Heifers	Large 2	—	740	108.48/cwt	106.00–111.00	803	2
Heifers	Large 2	—	265	146.00/cwt	146.00–146.00	387	1
Heifers	Large 1-2	—	202	141.00/cwt	141.00–141.00	285	2
Heifers	Large 1-2	—	372	147.40/cwt	147.00–149.00	548	5
Heifers	Large 1	—	665	126.53/cwt	125.00–128.00	841	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	765	111.00/cwt	111.00–111.00	849	1
Heifers	Large 1-2	—	624	141.26/cwt	132.00–144.00	881	32
Heifers	Large 1-2	—	795	127.00/cwt	127.00–127.00	1,010	1
Heifers	Large 1-2	—	895	114.00/cwt	114.00–114.00	1,020	1
Heifers	Large 1	—	865	91.00/cwt	91.00–91.00	787	3
Steers	Large 1	—	1,025	91.00/cwt	91.00–91.00	933	1
Steers	Large 1	—	632	126.38/cwt	119.00–132.00	799	7
Heifers	Large 1-2	—	284	152.28/cwt	150.00–154.00	432	7
Heifers	Large 1-2	—	916	117.00/cwt	117.00–117.00	1,072	3
Heifers	Large 1	—	461	141.85/cwt	121.00–148.00	654	8
Heifers	Large 1	—	510	129.92/cwt	126.00–132.00	663	3
Steers	Large 2	—	778	128.52/cwt	121.00–136.00	1,000	2
Steers	Large 1-2	—	1,069	127.00/cwt	127.00–127.00	1,358	54
Heifers	Large 1-2	—	523	146.50/cwt	131.00–150.00	766	43
Heifers	Large 1-2	—	1,015	106.00/cwt	106.00–106.00	1,076	1
Steers	Large 2	—	300	103.00/cwt	103.00–103.00	309	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.

Illinois feeder prices, every weight →Every state and region →

Fairview Sale Barn Cattle Special - Fairview, IL

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Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	375	146.00–155.00	150.32
1	—	805	106.00	106.00
1	—	495	152.00	152.00
2	—	778	121.00–136.00	128.52
1	—	300	103.00	103.00
Steers — Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
28	—	784	134.00–149.00	145.20
25	—	871	145.00	145.00
1	—	230	186.00	186.00
10	—	423	163.00–174.00	171.15
6	—	497	166.00	166.00
15	—	528	147.00–170.00	166.39
3	—	1,006	104.00–116.00	107.99
10	—	967	134.00	134.00
19	—	637	147.00–154.00	150.93
1	—	905	106.00	106.00
35	—	714	131.00–152.00	148.12
18	—	679	142.00–150.00	145.57
6	—	315	183.00–200.00	196.99
2	—	370	160.00–180.00	169.59
4	—	279	183.00–194.00	188.23
37	—	586	146.00–158.00	156.61
55	—	846	154.75	154.75
54	—	1,069	127.00	127.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	550	132.00	132.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	647	133.00	133.00
1	—	760	120.00	120.00
4	—	521	151.00	151.00
9	—	595	148.00	148.00
Steers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	570	123.00–147.00	142.66
2	—	717	126.00	126.00
2	—	515	156.00–160.00	158.02
1	—	375	157.00	157.00
5	—	669	121.00–136.00	127.97
1	—	805	131.00	131.00
3	—	777	126.00–139.00	131.90
1	—	1,025	91.00	91.00
7	—	632	119.00–132.00	126.38
Heifers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	580	121.00	121.00
7	—	621	123.00–131.00	129.13
2	—	665	125.00–128.00	126.53
3	—	865	91.00	91.00
8	—	461	121.00–148.00	141.85
3	—	510	126.00–132.00	129.92
Heifers — Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	547	132.00–136.00	134.67
5	—	338	129.00–142.00	131.62
4	—	356	114.00–125.00	122.22
7	—	415	120.00–132.00	130.16
4	—	456	111.00–138.00	117.98
2	—	740	106.00–111.00	108.48
1	—	265	146.00	146.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	630	107.00	107.00
1	—	585	102.00	102.00
Heifers — Large 1-2 · Full$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	617	113.00	113.00
Heifers — Large 1-2 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	336	170.00	170.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	655	126.00	126.00
1	—	635	101.00	101.00
1	—	765	111.00	111.00
Heifers — Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
23	—	680	136.00–141.00	139.31
19	—	575	138.00–146.50	142.19
6	—	439	152.00	152.00
9	—	817	120.00–129.50	126.31
19	—	473	134.00–151.00	146.59
12	—	730	130.00–137.00	134.31
2	—	202	141.00	141.00
5	—	372	147.00–149.00	147.40
32	—	624	132.00–144.00	141.26
1	—	795	127.00	127.00
1	—	895	114.00	114.00
7	—	284	150.00–154.00	152.28
3	—	916	117.00	117.00
43	—	523	131.00–150.00	146.50
1	—	1,015	106.00	106.00
Dairy Steers — Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	770	61.00	61.00
1	—	935	58.00	58.00
Bulls — Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	772	91.00	91.00
1	—	460	153.00	153.00
1	—	980	85.00	85.00
1	—	910	80.00	80.00
1	—	515	123.00	123.00
2	—	385	151.00–153.00	152.01
1	—	1,085	84.00	84.00
Bulls — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	613	121.00	121.00

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