Sale reports / Illinois / Fairview Livestock Auction / 2021-12-16

Fairview Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Fairview, Illinois · Thu, Dec 16
● Final88 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2048
Receipts
2,354 head
▲ 2,354 vs last sale 0▲ 29 vs year ago 2,325 · +1.2%
Also sold hereSlaughter/Replacement CattleTue Oct 6, 2026Replacement Cattle Special
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to the last reported Fairview feeder special on 11/18/2021, steers sold 11.00 to 20.00 higher. Heifers sold mostly 3.00 to 6.00 higher with the exception of the 8 wts that sold 18.00 higher. Trade was active with good demand.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb steers averaged $170.07/cwt on 1,431 head.
Average price
$170.07
1,431 head · 676 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,150
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$506
per head · Large 1-2 over Medium 1-2
$58.75/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+5.80
vs IL average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Large 1-2681171.751,1701,311
Large 1696153.941,07178
Large 2484149.3372240
Medium 1-2588113.006642thin
One grade step is worth $58.75/cwt here — about $506 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 sale1,431 hd
170.07
—
IL average3 barns · 1,697 hd
164.27
+5.80
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

88 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.
ClassGrade / descriptionWeightAvg wtPriceRangePer headHead
HeifersLarge 1-2Unweaned—455120.00/cwt120.00–120.005461
HeifersLarge 1—760131.00/cwt131.00–131.009961
SteersLarge 2—376161.14/cwt149.00–167.5060610
SteersLarge 2—570145.52/cwt141.00–153.008297
SteersLarge 1-2—947131.00/cwt131.00–131.001,2414
SteersLarge 1-2—975126.00/cwt126.00–126.001,2293
SteersLarge 2—250153.00/cwt153.00–153.003831
SteersLarge 1-2Full—585146.00/cwt146.00–146.008541
SteersLarge 2—615145.92/cwt141.00–151.008972
SteersLarge 2—470145.92/cwt141.00–151.006864
SteersLarge 1-2—535181.14/cwt155.00–187.00969123
SteersLarge 1-2—476187.52/cwt170.00–199.5089374
SteersLarge 2—526151.30/cwt137.00–155.007965
SteersLarge 2—402158.32/cwt155.00–160.006363
SteersLarge 1-2—436187.48/cwt163.00–204.0081752
SteersLarge 1-2—626172.04/cwt149.00–183.001,077231
SteersLarge 1-2—784169.29/cwt141.00–173.001,32788
SteersLarge 1-2—729164.03/cwt140.00–170.501,19683
SteersLarge 1-2—671168.11/cwt146.00–177.001,12863
SteersLarge 1-2—863165.72/cwt139.00–168.501,430375
SteersMedium 1-2—700114.00/cwt114.00–114.007981
SteersLarge 1-2—580174.96/cwt156.00–183.001,015166
SteersLarge 1—940116.00/cwt116.00–116.001,0901
SteersLarge 1-2—327195.21/cwt178.00–203.0063810
SteersLarge 1-2—275190.00/cwt190.00–190.005231
SteersLarge 1-2—215177.00/cwt177.00–177.003811
SteersLarge 1—764156.21/cwt121.00–161.001,19319
SteersLarge 1—720138.03/cwt130.00–147.009943
SteersMedium 1-2—475112.00/cwt112.00–112.005321
SteersLarge 1—583157.04/cwt155.00–158.009163
SteersLarge 1-2—372181.51/cwt165.00–199.0067517
SteersLarge 1-2—824145.69/cwt138.00–152.501,20019
SteersLarge 1—525153.12/cwt146.00–167.008044
SteersLarge 1—434142.87/cwt141.00–149.006204
SteersLarge 1—680144.57/cwt140.00–149.009832
SteersLarge 1—610147.00/cwt135.00–165.008978
SteersLarge 1—473157.91/cwt151.00–171.007473
SteersLarge 1—395167.00/cwt167.00–167.006601
HeifersLarge 1—433149.56/cwt146.00–153.006482
HeifersLarge 1—518144.57/cwt131.00–150.0074914
HeifersLarge 1-2Full—425118.00/cwt118.00–118.005021
BullsLarge 1-2—481141.57/cwt125.00–147.006814
BullsLarge 1-2—530130.00/cwt130.00–130.006891
BullsLarge 1-2—66090.00/cwt90.00–90.005942
HeifersLarge 2—574133.56/cwt127.00–140.0076713
HeifersLarge 2—515139.95/cwt133.00–150.0072110
HeifersLarge 2—426140.16/cwt137.00–149.005974
HeifersLarge 2—220141.00/cwt141.00–141.003101
HeifersLarge 1—805117.00/cwt117.00–117.009421
HeifersLarge 1—280156.00/cwt156.00–156.004371
HeifersLarge 1-2—428164.85/cwt151.00–175.0070633
HeifersLarge 1-2—769128.44/cwt126.00–130.009885
HeifersLarge 1—735124.00/cwt123.00–125.009112
HeifersLarge 2—290139.00/cwt139.00–139.004033
HeifersLarge 1-2—319161.15/cwt152.00–174.0051413
HeifersLarge 1-2—621148.49/cwt133.00–156.5092254
HeifersLarge 1-2—708134.19/cwt132.00–135.0095011
HeifersLarge 1-2—473161.85/cwt147.00–174.50766111
HeifersLarge 2—687122.00/cwt122.00–122.008382
HeifersMedium 1-2—915121.00/cwt121.00–121.001,1071
HeifersLarge 2—383126.47/cwt122.00–131.004842
HeifersLarge 2—471141.29/cwt130.00–146.0066514
HeifersLarge 1-2—570149.04/cwt136.00–161.0085087
HeifersLarge 1-2—275150.09/cwt145.00–155.004132
HeifersMedium 1-2—540124.00/cwt124.00–124.006701
HeifersMedium 1-2—325147.00/cwt147.00–147.004781
HeifersLarge 1-2—1,006116.00/cwt116.00–116.001,1673
HeifersLarge 1-2—840151.96/cwt119.00–154.001,276140
HeifersLarge 1—680133.96/cwt131.00–137.009114
HeifersLarge 1—370145.73/cwt141.00–151.005392
HeifersLarge 1-2—384173.40/cwt150.00–178.0066651
HeifersMedium 1-2—955105.00/cwt105.00–105.001,0031
HeifersMedium 1-2—470128.53/cwt126.00–131.006042
HeifersLarge 1-2—521155.92/cwt141.00–165.00812105
HeifersLarge 1—624133.99/cwt127.00–145.008365
HeifersLarge 2Unweaned—350116.00/cwt116.00–116.004061
HeifersLarge 1-2—240151.00/cwt151.00–151.003621
HeifersLarge 1-2—682147.71/cwt132.00–154.501,00746
HeifersLarge 1—565138.52/cwt131.00–148.007835
HeifersMedium 1-2—64599.00/cwt95.00–103.006392
SteersLarge 2—700144.00/cwt144.00–144.001,0081
SteersLarge 1—818134.06/cwt117.00–144.001,0974
HeifersLarge 1—945116.00/cwt116.00–116.001,0961
HeifersLarge 1—469146.16/cwt140.00–150.006857
SteersLarge 1Fancy—807157.25/cwt157.25–157.251,26917
SteersLarge 1Fancy—668171.00/cwt171.00–171.001,1429
SteersLarge 2—692134.74/cwt133.00–137.009324
SteersLarge 2—310133.47/cwt125.00–145.004143

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.