Name: Fairview Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2022-02-24
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2022-02-24

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to the feeder special here last week, feeder steers sold 3.00 to 12.00 lower. Feeder heifers traded steady to 3.00 to 7.00 lower. Trade was active with good demand considering the large upswing in grain prices.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb steers averaged $163.06/cwt on 490 head.

Average price

$163.06

490 head · 634 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,035

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$180

per head · Large 1-2 over Large 2

$28.54/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+4.69

vs IL average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Large 1-2	632	166.59	1,053	425
Medium and Large 1-2	651	146.25	953	14thin
Large 1	692	138.77	960	16thin
Large 2	632	138.05	873	35

One grade step is worth $28.54/cwt here — about $180 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 sale490 hd

163.06

—

IL average3 barns · 662 hd

158.37

+4.69

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

95 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 1-2	—	576	176.50/cwt	169.00–184.00	1,017	70
Steers	Large 1-2	—	723	156.11/cwt	135.00–159.50	1,129	117
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	775	128.00/cwt	128.00–128.00	992	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	573	149.00/cwt	149.00–149.00	854	3
Steers	Large 1-2	—	875	131.00/cwt	128.00–134.00	1,146	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	805	116.50/cwt	112.00–121.00	938	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	640	158.35/cwt	148.00–160.00	1,013	7
Steers	Large 1-2	—	668	161.52/cwt	147.00–171.50	1,079	36
Steers	Large 1-2	—	531	177.15/cwt	160.00–192.00	941	46
Steers	Large 2	—	537	150.42/cwt	142.00–155.00	808	3
Steers	Large 1-2	—	285	154.00/cwt	154.00–154.00	439	1
Steers	Large 2	—	860	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	1,075	1
Steers	Large 2	—	1,025	101.00/cwt	101.00–101.00	1,035	1
Steers	Large 2	—	480	149.00/cwt	149.00–149.00	715	1
Steers	Large 2	—	563	151.15/cwt	134.50–157.00	851	10
Steers	Large 2	—	686	135.56/cwt	121.00–145.00	930	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	535	131.00/cwt	131.00–131.00	701	1
Steers	Large 2	—	700	129.00/cwt	129.00–129.00	903	1
Steers	Large 2	—	930	102.00/cwt	102.00–102.00	949	1
Steers	Large 2	—	628	147.71/cwt	140.00–155.00	928	2
Steers	Large 2	—	332	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	465	2
Heifers	Large 1	—	365	135.00/cwt	135.00–135.00	493	1
Steers	Large 2	—	781	118.01/cwt	106.00–130.50	922	4
Steers	Large 1-2	—	622	162.93/cwt	145.00–174.50	1,013	50
Steers	Large 1-2	—	350	185.00/cwt	185.00–185.00	648	1
Steers	Large 1-2	—	1,105	122.00/cwt	122.00–122.00	1,348	1
Steers	Large 1	—	832	112.00/cwt	112.00–112.00	932	2
Steers	Large 1	—	620	137.12/cwt	132.00–142.00	850	2
Steers	Large 1-2	—	776	147.00/cwt	136.50–152.50	1,141	26
Steers	Large 1-2	—	818	137.58/cwt	135.00–138.00	1,125	7
Steers	Large 1	—	1,085	108.00/cwt	108.00–108.00	1,172	1
Steers	Large 1-2	—	426	192.86/cwt	180.00–201.00	822	5
Steers	Large 1-2	—	900	128.00/cwt	128.00–128.00	1,152	1
Steers	Large 1	—	465	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	651	1
Steers	Large 1-2	—	328	189.95/cwt	173.00–198.00	623	5
Steers	Large 1	—	706	143.00/cwt	143.00–143.00	1,010	3
Steers	Large 1-2	—	474	189.81/cwt	167.00–198.00	900	36
Steers	Large 1	—	532	171.67/cwt	164.00–179.00	913	3
Steers	Large 1	—	787	138.00/cwt	138.00–138.00	1,086	2
Steers	Large 1-2	—	235	147.00/cwt	147.00–147.00	345	1
Steers	Large 1	—	663	127.00/cwt	127.00–127.00	842	2
Bulls	Large 1-2	—	412	165.40/cwt	159.00–174.00	681	11
Bulls	Large 1-2	—	945	81.00/cwt	81.00–81.00	765	6
Bulls	Large 1-2	—	785	101.00/cwt	101.00–101.00	793	1
Bulls	Large 1-2	—	570	143.00/cwt	143.00–143.00	815	9
Bulls	Large 1-2	—	736	167.00/cwt	167.00–167.00	1,229	7
Bulls	Large 1-2	—	630	135.50/cwt	132.00–139.00	854	2
Heifers	Large 1	—	544	133.02/cwt	124.00–142.00	724	4
Heifers	Large 1-2Full	—	612	132.00/cwt	132.00–132.00	808	2
Bulls	Large 1-2	—	829	101.73/cwt	93.00–103.00	843	8
Bulls	Large 1-2	—	477	157.00/cwt	157.00–157.00	749	6
Bulls	Large 1-2	—	990	81.00/cwt	81.00–81.00	802	1
Bulls	Large 1-2	—	273	154.53/cwt	131.00–176.00	422	2
Heifers	Large 2	—	510	134.10/cwt	124.00–144.00	684	2
Bulls	Large 1-2	—	345	205.00/cwt	205.00–205.00	707	1
Heifers	Large 1	—	598	141.00/cwt	141.00–141.00	843	3
Heifers	Large 1	—	765	136.00/cwt	136.00–136.00	1,040	2
Heifers	Large 1	—	473	157.46/cwt	155.00–160.00	745	2
Heifers	Large 1	—	610	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	763	1
Heifers	Large 2	—	700	118.00/cwt	118.00–118.00	826	1
Heifers	Large 1-2Full	—	860	119.00/cwt	119.00–119.00	1,023	1
Heifers	Large 1-2	—	483	167.47/cwt	154.00–173.00	809	50
Heifers	Large 2	—	566	139.10/cwt	114.00–147.00	787	16
Heifers	Large 2	—	622	129.77/cwt	126.00–135.00	807	4
Heifers	Large 2	—	385	151.00/cwt	151.00–151.00	581	2
Heifers	Large 1-2	—	671	140.47/cwt	130.00–145.00	943	50
Heifers	Large 1	—	719	137.45/cwt	131.00–145.00	988	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	645	124.00/cwt	124.00–124.00	800	1
Heifers	Large 2	—	485	143.05/cwt	135.00–147.00	694	8
Heifers	Large 1-2	—	347	161.00/cwt	161.00–161.00	559	6
Heifers	Large 2	—	270	136.04/cwt	121.00–150.00	367	2
Heifers	Large 1-2	—	526	160.16/cwt	153.00–164.00	842	56
Heifers	Large 2	—	435	147.00/cwt	147.00–147.00	639	1
Heifers	Large 2	—	650	128.00/cwt	128.00–128.00	832	1
Heifers	Large 1-2	—	574	157.26/cwt	148.50–161.00	903	53
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	900	112.00/cwt	112.00–112.00	1,008	2
Heifers	Large 1-2	—	630	147.24/cwt	134.00–157.00	928	42
Heifers	Large 1-2	—	292	150.39/cwt	145.00–153.00	439	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	680	112.00/cwt	112.00–112.00	762	1
Heifers	Large 1-2	—	371	167.07/cwt	164.00–171.00	620	23
Heifers	Large 1-2	—	429	163.95/cwt	157.00–173.00	703	18
Heifers	Large 1-2	—	813	127.79/cwt	123.00–135.00	1,039	5
Heifers	Large 1-2	—	766	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	1,072	13
Heifers	Large 1	—	655	133.00/cwt	129.00–137.00	871	2
Heifers	Large 1-2	—	735	133.24/cwt	131.00–135.00	979	4
Heifers	Large 1	—	1,280	127.00/cwt	127.00–127.00	1,626	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	816	124.00/cwt	124.00–124.00	1,012	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	280	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	392	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	476	151.00/cwt	151.00–151.00	719	4
Steers	Large 2	—	360	131.00/cwt	131.00–131.00	472	1
Heifers	Large 1-2	—	1,115	128.00/cwt	128.00–128.00	1,427	1
Steers	Large 1-2Full	—	610	142.00/cwt	142.00–142.00	866	2
Steers	Large 1-2Fancy	—	638	181.00/cwt	181.00–181.00	1,155	18
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	550	148.00/cwt	148.00–148.00	814	1
Heifers	Large 1-2Thin Fleshed	—	565	129.00/cwt	129.00–129.00	729	2

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 →

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Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
70	—	576	169.00–184.00	176.50
117	—	723	135.00–159.50	156.11
2	—	875	128.00–134.00	131.00
36	—	668	147.00–171.50	161.52
46	—	531	160.00–192.00	177.15
1	—	285	154.00	154.00
50	—	622	145.00–174.50	162.93
1	—	350	185.00	185.00
1	—	1,105	122.00	122.00
26	—	776	136.50–152.50	147.00
7	—	818	135.00–138.00	137.58
5	—	426	180.00–201.00	192.86
1	—	900	128.00	128.00
5	—	328	173.00–198.00	189.95
36	—	474	167.00–198.00	189.81
1	—	235	147.00	147.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	775	128.00	128.00
3	—	573	149.00	149.00
2	—	805	112.00–121.00	116.50
7	—	640	148.00–160.00	158.35
1	—	535	131.00	131.00
Steers — Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	537	142.00–155.00	150.42
1	—	860	125.00	125.00
1	—	1,025	101.00	101.00
1	—	480	149.00	149.00
10	—	563	134.50–157.00	151.15
8	—	686	121.00–145.00	135.56
1	—	700	129.00	129.00
1	—	930	102.00	102.00
2	—	628	140.00–155.00	147.71
2	—	332	140.00	140.00
4	—	781	106.00–130.50	118.01
1	—	360	131.00	131.00
Steers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	832	112.00	112.00
2	—	620	132.00–142.00	137.12
1	—	1,085	108.00	108.00
1	—	465	140.00	140.00
3	—	706	143.00	143.00
3	—	532	164.00–179.00	171.67
2	—	787	138.00	138.00
2	—	663	127.00	127.00
Steers — Large 1-2 · Full$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	610	142.00	142.00
Steers — Large 1-2 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
18	—	638	181.00	181.00
Heifers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	365	135.00	135.00
4	—	544	124.00–142.00	133.02
3	—	598	141.00	141.00
2	—	765	136.00	136.00
2	—	473	155.00–160.00	157.46
1	—	610	125.00	125.00
5	—	719	131.00–145.00	137.45
2	—	655	129.00–137.00	133.00
1	—	1,280	127.00	127.00
Heifers — Large 1-2 · Full$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	612	132.00	132.00
1	—	860	119.00	119.00
Heifers — Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	510	124.00–144.00	134.10
1	—	700	118.00	118.00
16	—	566	114.00–147.00	139.10
4	—	622	126.00–135.00	129.77
2	—	385	151.00	151.00
8	—	485	135.00–147.00	143.05
2	—	270	121.00–150.00	136.04
1	—	435	147.00	147.00
1	—	650	128.00	128.00
Heifers — Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
50	—	483	154.00–173.00	167.47
50	—	671	130.00–145.00	140.47
6	—	347	161.00	161.00
56	—	526	153.00–164.00	160.16
53	—	574	148.50–161.00	157.26
42	—	630	134.00–157.00	147.24
3	—	292	145.00–153.00	150.39
23	—	371	164.00–171.00	167.07
18	—	429	157.00–173.00	163.95
5	—	813	123.00–135.00	127.79
13	—	766	140.00	140.00
4	—	735	131.00–135.00	133.24
1	—	1,115	128.00	128.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	645	124.00	124.00
2	—	900	112.00	112.00
1	—	680	112.00	112.00
6	—	816	124.00	124.00
1	—	280	140.00	140.00
4	—	476	151.00	151.00
1	—	550	148.00	148.00
Heifers — Large 1-2 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	565	129.00	129.00
Bulls — Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
11	—	412	159.00–174.00	165.40
6	—	945	81.00	81.00
1	—	785	101.00	101.00
9	—	570	143.00	143.00
7	—	736	167.00	167.00
2	—	630	132.00–139.00	135.50
8	—	829	93.00–103.00	101.73
6	—	477	157.00	157.00
1	—	990	81.00	81.00
2	—	273	131.00–176.00	154.53
1	—	345	205.00	205.00

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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