Name: Fairview Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2021-12-16
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2021-12-16

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 / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Large 1-2	681	171.75	1,170	1,311
Large 1	696	153.94	1,071	78
Large 2	484	149.33	722	40
Medium 1-2	588	113.00	664	2thin

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.

Class	Grade / description	Weight	Avg wt	Price	Range	Per head	Head
Heifers	Large 1-2Unweaned	—	455	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	546	1
Heifers	Large 1	—	760	131.00/cwt	131.00–131.00	996	1
Steers	Large 2	—	376	161.14/cwt	149.00–167.50	606	10
Steers	Large 2	—	570	145.52/cwt	141.00–153.00	829	7
Steers	Large 1-2	—	947	131.00/cwt	131.00–131.00	1,241	4
Steers	Large 1-2	—	975	126.00/cwt	126.00–126.00	1,229	3
Steers	Large 2	—	250	153.00/cwt	153.00–153.00	383	1
Steers	Large 1-2Full	—	585	146.00/cwt	146.00–146.00	854	1
Steers	Large 2	—	615	145.92/cwt	141.00–151.00	897	2
Steers	Large 2	—	470	145.92/cwt	141.00–151.00	686	4
Steers	Large 1-2	—	535	181.14/cwt	155.00–187.00	969	123
Steers	Large 1-2	—	476	187.52/cwt	170.00–199.50	893	74
Steers	Large 2	—	526	151.30/cwt	137.00–155.00	796	5
Steers	Large 2	—	402	158.32/cwt	155.00–160.00	636	3
Steers	Large 1-2	—	436	187.48/cwt	163.00–204.00	817	52
Steers	Large 1-2	—	626	172.04/cwt	149.00–183.00	1,077	231
Steers	Large 1-2	—	784	169.29/cwt	141.00–173.00	1,327	88
Steers	Large 1-2	—	729	164.03/cwt	140.00–170.50	1,196	83
Steers	Large 1-2	—	671	168.11/cwt	146.00–177.00	1,128	63
Steers	Large 1-2	—	863	165.72/cwt	139.00–168.50	1,430	375
Steers	Medium 1-2	—	700	114.00/cwt	114.00–114.00	798	1
Steers	Large 1-2	—	580	174.96/cwt	156.00–183.00	1,015	166
Steers	Large 1	—	940	116.00/cwt	116.00–116.00	1,090	1
Steers	Large 1-2	—	327	195.21/cwt	178.00–203.00	638	10
Steers	Large 1-2	—	275	190.00/cwt	190.00–190.00	523	1
Steers	Large 1-2	—	215	177.00/cwt	177.00–177.00	381	1
Steers	Large 1	—	764	156.21/cwt	121.00–161.00	1,193	19
Steers	Large 1	—	720	138.03/cwt	130.00–147.00	994	3
Steers	Medium 1-2	—	475	112.00/cwt	112.00–112.00	532	1
Steers	Large 1	—	583	157.04/cwt	155.00–158.00	916	3
Steers	Large 1-2	—	372	181.51/cwt	165.00–199.00	675	17
Steers	Large 1-2	—	824	145.69/cwt	138.00–152.50	1,200	19
Steers	Large 1	—	525	153.12/cwt	146.00–167.00	804	4
Steers	Large 1	—	434	142.87/cwt	141.00–149.00	620	4
Steers	Large 1	—	680	144.57/cwt	140.00–149.00	983	2
Steers	Large 1	—	610	147.00/cwt	135.00–165.00	897	8
Steers	Large 1	—	473	157.91/cwt	151.00–171.00	747	3
Steers	Large 1	—	395	167.00/cwt	167.00–167.00	660	1
Heifers	Large 1	—	433	149.56/cwt	146.00–153.00	648	2
Heifers	Large 1	—	518	144.57/cwt	131.00–150.00	749	14
Heifers	Large 1-2Full	—	425	118.00/cwt	118.00–118.00	502	1
Bulls	Large 1-2	—	481	141.57/cwt	125.00–147.00	681	4
Bulls	Large 1-2	—	530	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	689	1
Bulls	Large 1-2	—	660	90.00/cwt	90.00–90.00	594	2
Heifers	Large 2	—	574	133.56/cwt	127.00–140.00	767	13
Heifers	Large 2	—	515	139.95/cwt	133.00–150.00	721	10
Heifers	Large 2	—	426	140.16/cwt	137.00–149.00	597	4
Heifers	Large 2	—	220	141.00/cwt	141.00–141.00	310	1
Heifers	Large 1	—	805	117.00/cwt	117.00–117.00	942	1
Heifers	Large 1	—	280	156.00/cwt	156.00–156.00	437	1
Heifers	Large 1-2	—	428	164.85/cwt	151.00–175.00	706	33
Heifers	Large 1-2	—	769	128.44/cwt	126.00–130.00	988	5
Heifers	Large 1	—	735	124.00/cwt	123.00–125.00	911	2
Heifers	Large 2	—	290	139.00/cwt	139.00–139.00	403	3
Heifers	Large 1-2	—	319	161.15/cwt	152.00–174.00	514	13
Heifers	Large 1-2	—	621	148.49/cwt	133.00–156.50	922	54
Heifers	Large 1-2	—	708	134.19/cwt	132.00–135.00	950	11
Heifers	Large 1-2	—	473	161.85/cwt	147.00–174.50	766	111
Heifers	Large 2	—	687	122.00/cwt	122.00–122.00	838	2
Heifers	Medium 1-2	—	915	121.00/cwt	121.00–121.00	1,107	1
Heifers	Large 2	—	383	126.47/cwt	122.00–131.00	484	2
Heifers	Large 2	—	471	141.29/cwt	130.00–146.00	665	14
Heifers	Large 1-2	—	570	149.04/cwt	136.00–161.00	850	87
Heifers	Large 1-2	—	275	150.09/cwt	145.00–155.00	413	2
Heifers	Medium 1-2	—	540	124.00/cwt	124.00–124.00	670	1
Heifers	Medium 1-2	—	325	147.00/cwt	147.00–147.00	478	1
Heifers	Large 1-2	—	1,006	116.00/cwt	116.00–116.00	1,167	3
Heifers	Large 1-2	—	840	151.96/cwt	119.00–154.00	1,276	140
Heifers	Large 1	—	680	133.96/cwt	131.00–137.00	911	4
Heifers	Large 1	—	370	145.73/cwt	141.00–151.00	539	2
Heifers	Large 1-2	—	384	173.40/cwt	150.00–178.00	666	51
Heifers	Medium 1-2	—	955	105.00/cwt	105.00–105.00	1,003	1
Heifers	Medium 1-2	—	470	128.53/cwt	126.00–131.00	604	2
Heifers	Large 1-2	—	521	155.92/cwt	141.00–165.00	812	105
Heifers	Large 1	—	624	133.99/cwt	127.00–145.00	836	5
Heifers	Large 2Unweaned	—	350	116.00/cwt	116.00–116.00	406	1
Heifers	Large 1-2	—	240	151.00/cwt	151.00–151.00	362	1
Heifers	Large 1-2	—	682	147.71/cwt	132.00–154.50	1,007	46
Heifers	Large 1	—	565	138.52/cwt	131.00–148.00	783	5
Heifers	Medium 1-2	—	645	99.00/cwt	95.00–103.00	639	2
Steers	Large 2	—	700	144.00/cwt	144.00–144.00	1,008	1
Steers	Large 1	—	818	134.06/cwt	117.00–144.00	1,097	4
Heifers	Large 1	—	945	116.00/cwt	116.00–116.00	1,096	1
Heifers	Large 1	—	469	146.16/cwt	140.00–150.00	685	7
Steers	Large 1Fancy	—	807	157.25/cwt	157.25–157.25	1,269	17
Steers	Large 1Fancy	—	668	171.00/cwt	171.00–171.00	1,142	9
Steers	Large 2	—	692	134.74/cwt	133.00–137.00	932	4
Steers	Large 2	—	310	133.47/cwt	125.00–145.00	414	3

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

Thu Dec 16, 2021

USDA Livestock, Poultry & Grain Market News · Federal-State Market News Service, Springfield, IL (LS-GX)

Receipts 2,354Last week 0Year ago 2,325

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	455	120.00	120.00
Heifers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	760	131.00	131.00
2	—	433	146.00–153.00	149.56
14	—	518	131.00–150.00	144.57
1	—	805	117.00	117.00
1	—	280	156.00	156.00
2	—	735	123.00–125.00	124.00
4	—	680	131.00–137.00	133.96
2	—	370	141.00–151.00	145.73
5	—	624	127.00–145.00	133.99
5	—	565	131.00–148.00	138.52
1	—	945	116.00	116.00
7	—	469	140.00–150.00	146.16
Heifers — Large 1-2 · Full$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	425	118.00	118.00
Heifers — Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
13	—	574	127.00–140.00	133.56
10	—	515	133.00–150.00	139.95
4	—	426	137.00–149.00	140.16
1	—	220	141.00	141.00
3	—	290	139.00	139.00
2	—	687	122.00	122.00
2	—	383	122.00–131.00	126.47
14	—	471	130.00–146.00	141.29
Heifers — Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
33	—	428	151.00–175.00	164.85
5	—	769	126.00–130.00	128.44
13	—	319	152.00–174.00	161.15
54	—	621	133.00–156.50	148.49
11	—	708	132.00–135.00	134.19
111	—	473	147.00–174.50	161.85
87	—	570	136.00–161.00	149.04
2	—	275	145.00–155.00	150.09
3	—	1,006	116.00	116.00
140	—	840	119.00–154.00	151.96
51	—	384	150.00–178.00	173.40
105	—	521	141.00–165.00	155.92
1	—	240	151.00	151.00
46	—	682	132.00–154.50	147.71
Heifers — Medium 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	915	121.00	121.00
1	—	540	124.00	124.00
1	—	325	147.00	147.00
1	—	955	105.00	105.00
2	—	470	126.00–131.00	128.53
2	—	645	95.00–103.00	99.00
Heifers — Large 2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	350	116.00	116.00
Steers — Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	376	149.00–167.50	161.14
7	—	570	141.00–153.00	145.52
1	—	250	153.00	153.00
2	—	615	141.00–151.00	145.92
4	—	470	141.00–151.00	145.92
5	—	526	137.00–155.00	151.30
3	—	402	155.00–160.00	158.32
1	—	700	144.00	144.00
4	—	692	133.00–137.00	134.74
3	—	310	125.00–145.00	133.47
Steers — Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	947	131.00	131.00
3	—	975	126.00	126.00
123	—	535	155.00–187.00	181.14
74	—	476	170.00–199.50	187.52
52	—	436	163.00–204.00	187.48
231	—	626	149.00–183.00	172.04
88	—	784	141.00–173.00	169.29
83	—	729	140.00–170.50	164.03
63	—	671	146.00–177.00	168.11
375	—	863	139.00–168.50	165.72
166	—	580	156.00–183.00	174.96
10	—	327	178.00–203.00	195.21
1	—	275	190.00	190.00
1	—	215	177.00	177.00
17	—	372	165.00–199.00	181.51
19	—	824	138.00–152.50	145.69
Steers — Large 1-2 · Full$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	585	146.00	146.00
Steers — Medium 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	700	114.00	114.00
1	—	475	112.00	112.00
Steers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	940	116.00	116.00
19	—	764	121.00–161.00	156.21
3	—	720	130.00–147.00	138.03
3	—	583	155.00–158.00	157.04
4	—	525	146.00–167.00	153.12
4	—	434	141.00–149.00	142.87
2	—	680	140.00–149.00	144.57
8	—	610	135.00–165.00	147.00
3	—	473	151.00–171.00	157.91
1	—	395	167.00	167.00
4	—	818	117.00–144.00	134.06
Steers — Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
17	—	807	157.25	157.25
9	—	668	171.00	171.00
Bulls — Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	481	125.00–147.00	141.57
1	—	530	130.00	130.00
2	—	660	90.00	90.00

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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