Name: Fairview Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2022-03-03
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2022-03-03

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last weeks Fairview feeder special, steers sold mostly 10.00 to 12.00 higher. Heifers sold mostly 3.00 to 8.00 higher with 5 wt, heifers selling 15.00 higher. Trade was active with very good demand.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb steers averaged $175.09/cwt on 481 head.

Average price

$175.09

481 head · 622 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,089

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$321

per head · Large 1-2 over Large 2

$24.54/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+10.94

vs IL average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Large 1-2	630	177.63	1,118	429
Large 1	607	155.60	945	22
Large 2	521	153.09	798	30

One grade step is worth $24.54/cwt here — about $321 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 sale481 hd

175.09

—

IL average3 barns · 739 hd

164.15

+10.94

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

86 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 2	—	405	155.23/cwt	153.00–156.00	629	4
Heifers	Large 2	—	520	138.71/cwt	121.00–145.00	721	4
Steers	Large 2	—	728	129.49/cwt	128.00–131.00	943	2
Steers	Large 1-2Fancy	—	657	182.00/cwt	182.00–182.00	1,196	13
Steers	Large 1-2Fancy	—	616	191.00/cwt	191.00–191.00	1,177	12
Steers	Large 1-2	—	567	187.83/cwt	170.00–199.00	1,065	70
Steers	Large 1-2	—	774	160.81/cwt	154.00–164.25	1,245	24
Steers	Large 1	—	785	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	1,021	1
Steers	Large 1	—	413	171.47/cwt	164.00–184.00	708	3
Heifers	Large 1-2Unweaned	—	543	133.00/cwt	133.00–133.00	722	3
Heifers	Large 1-2Unweaned	—	338	155.20/cwt	153.00–157.50	525	2
Steers	Large 2	—	471	161.12/cwt	157.00–168.00	759	8
Steers	Large 2	—	626	147.60/cwt	143.00–161.00	924	4
Heifers	Large 1-2Unweaned	—	640	123.00/cwt	123.00–123.00	787	2
Heifers	Large 1-2Unweaned	—	276	147.00/cwt	147.00–147.00	406	3
Heifers	Large 1	—	675	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	878	3
Heifers	Large 1	—	790	130.40/cwt	123.00–134.00	1,030	3
Steers	Large 1	—	730	160.00/cwt	160.00–160.00	1,168	2
Steers	Large 1	—	695	141.00/cwt	141.00–141.00	980	1
Heifers	Large 1	—	810	112.00/cwt	112.00–112.00	907	2
Heifers	Large 1	—	613	137.96/cwt	136.00–142.00	846	3
Heifers	Large 1-2	—	731	135.26/cwt	131.00–141.00	989	25
Heifers	Large 1-2	—	670	142.55/cwt	136.00–149.00	955	31
Heifers	Large 1-2Unweaned	—	240	147.50/cwt	147.50–147.50	354	1
Heifers	Large 1-2Unweaned	—	380	105.00/cwt	105.00–105.00	399	1
Heifers	Large 1	—	390	167.00/cwt	167.00–167.00	651	1
Heifers	Large 1	—	570	147.00/cwt	147.00–147.00	838	1
Heifers	Large 1-2	—	483	170.08/cwt	148.00–176.00	821	59
Heifers	Large 1-2	—	576	162.83/cwt	140.00–174.00	938	65
Heifers	Large 1	—	730	135.00/cwt	135.00–135.00	986	1
Heifers	Large 1	—	485	153.39/cwt	148.00–159.00	744	2
Heifers	Large 1-2	—	832	126.00/cwt	126.00–126.00	1,048	2
Steers	Large 2	—	318	149.98/cwt	141.00–160.00	477	2
Steers	Large 1-2	—	921	135.47/cwt	134.00–140.00	1,248	4
Steers	Large 2	—	415	164.36/cwt	153.00–176.00	682	2
Steers	Large 1	—	805	137.00/cwt	129.00–145.00	1,103	2
Steers	Large 1	—	464	167.87/cwt	145.00–177.00	779	6
Steers	Large 1-2	—	525	187.27/cwt	171.00–200.00	983	49
Steers	Large 1-2	—	470	194.60/cwt	175.00–209.50	915	30
Steers	Large 1-2	—	857	146.32/cwt	132.00–156.00	1,254	15
Steers	Large 1	—	510	166.00/cwt	166.00–166.00	847	1
Steers	Large 2	—	568	146.40/cwt	131.00–156.00	832	7
Steers	Large 2	—	525	166.94/cwt	161.00–173.00	876	4
Steers	Large 1-2	—	816	149.94/cwt	134.00–153.00	1,224	9
Steers	Large 1-2	—	389	195.77/cwt	187.00–220.00	762	7
Steers	Large 1	—	573	163.72/cwt	151.00–177.00	938	2
Steers	Large 1	—	985	129.00/cwt	129.00–129.00	1,271	1
Steers	Large 1-2	—	727	166.94/cwt	144.00–169.25	1,214	66
Steers	Large 2	—	360	133.00/cwt	133.00–133.00	479	1
Steers	Large 1-2	—	300	229.00/cwt	229.00–229.00	687	1
Steers	Large 1-2	—	684	160.38/cwt	146.00–164.00	1,097	23
Steers	Large 1-2Unweaned	—	475	137.00/cwt	137.00–137.00	651	2
Steers	Large 1	—	635	139.08/cwt	134.00–144.00	883	2
Steers	Large 1-2	—	435	197.60/cwt	191.00–211.00	860	3
Steers	Large 1-2	—	621	181.47/cwt	157.00–186.00	1,127	100
Steers	Large 1	—	870	136.00/cwt	136.00–136.00	1,183	1
Steers	Large 1-2	—	1,065	116.00/cwt	116.00–116.00	1,235	1
Bulls	Large 1-2	—	588	141.00/cwt	141.00–141.00	829	3
Bulls	Large 1-2	—	425	171.00/cwt	171.00–171.00	727	2
Bulls	Large 1-2	—	283	165.37/cwt	151.00–180.00	468	2
Bulls	Large 1-2	—	480	169.31/cwt	164.00–181.00	813	3
Bulls	Large 1-2Unweaned	—	430	157.00/cwt	157.00–157.00	675	2
Bulls	Large 1-2Unweaned	—	260	149.00/cwt	149.00–149.00	387	1
Bulls	Large 1-2	—	680	146.00/cwt	146.00–146.00	993	2
Bulls	Large 1-2	—	525	162.50/cwt	162.50–162.50	853	4
Heifers	Large 2	—	750	112.00/cwt	112.00–112.00	840	2
Heifers	Large 2	—	333	140.57/cwt	131.00–150.00	468	2
Heifers	Large 1-2Fleshy	—	1,020	101.00/cwt	101.00–101.00	1,030	1
Heifers	Large 1-2Fleshy	—	740	123.00/cwt	123.00–123.00	910	1
Heifers	Large 2	—	375	141.45/cwt	137.50–145.00	530	2
Heifers	Large 2	—	815	122.00/cwt	122.00–122.00	994	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	643	136.00/cwt	136.00–136.00	874	3
Heifers	Large 2	—	462	147.02/cwt	141.00–156.00	679	3
Heifers	Large 1-2Fancy	—	530	189.00/cwt	189.00–189.00	1,002	2
Bulls	Large 1-2	—	395	172.50/cwt	172.50–172.50	681	1
Heifers	Large 2	—	665	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	798	1
Heifers	Large 2	—	630	139.00/cwt	139.00–139.00	876	1
Heifers	Large 1-2	—	621	156.30/cwt	136.00–167.00	971	86
Heifers	Large 1-2	—	522	163.36/cwt	153.00–173.00	853	67
Heifers	Large 1-2	—	432	166.62/cwt	150.00–175.00	720	24
Heifers	Large 1-2	—	372	163.86/cwt	161.00–170.00	610	6
Heifers	Large 1	—	514	145.68/cwt	136.00–156.00	749	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	265	139.00/cwt	139.00–139.00	368	1
Heifers	Large 2	—	568	137.11/cwt	131.00–142.00	779	3
Heifers	Large 2	—	875	119.00/cwt	119.00–119.00	1,041	1
Heifers	Large 1-2	—	344	162.42/cwt	160.00–163.00	559	5

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
Heifers — Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	405	153.00–156.00	155.23
4	—	520	121.00–145.00	138.71
2	—	750	112.00	112.00
2	—	333	131.00–150.00	140.57
2	—	375	137.50–145.00	141.45
1	—	815	122.00	122.00
3	—	462	141.00–156.00	147.02
1	—	665	120.00	120.00
1	—	630	139.00	139.00
3	—	568	131.00–142.00	137.11
1	—	875	119.00	119.00
Heifers — Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	543	133.00	133.00
2	—	338	153.00–157.50	155.20
2	—	640	123.00	123.00
3	—	276	147.00	147.00
1	—	240	147.50	147.50
1	—	380	105.00	105.00
Heifers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	675	130.00	130.00
3	—	790	123.00–134.00	130.40
2	—	810	112.00	112.00
3	—	613	136.00–142.00	137.96
1	—	390	167.00	167.00
1	—	570	147.00	147.00
1	—	730	135.00	135.00
2	—	485	148.00–159.00	153.39
4	—	514	136.00–156.00	145.68
Heifers — Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
25	—	731	131.00–141.00	135.26
31	—	670	136.00–149.00	142.55
59	—	483	148.00–176.00	170.08
65	—	576	140.00–174.00	162.83
2	—	832	126.00	126.00
86	—	621	136.00–167.00	156.30
67	—	522	153.00–173.00	163.36
24	—	432	150.00–175.00	166.62
6	—	372	161.00–170.00	163.86
5	—	344	160.00–163.00	162.42
Heifers — Large 1-2 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,020	101.00	101.00
1	—	740	123.00	123.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	643	136.00	136.00
1	—	265	139.00	139.00
Heifers — Large 1-2 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	530	189.00	189.00
Steers — Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	728	128.00–131.00	129.49
8	—	471	157.00–168.00	161.12
4	—	626	143.00–161.00	147.60
2	—	318	141.00–160.00	149.98
2	—	415	153.00–176.00	164.36
7	—	568	131.00–156.00	146.40
4	—	525	161.00–173.00	166.94
1	—	360	133.00	133.00
Steers — Large 1-2 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
13	—	657	182.00	182.00
12	—	616	191.00	191.00
Steers — Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
70	—	567	170.00–199.00	187.83
24	—	774	154.00–164.25	160.81
4	—	921	134.00–140.00	135.47
49	—	525	171.00–200.00	187.27
30	—	470	175.00–209.50	194.60
15	—	857	132.00–156.00	146.32
9	—	816	134.00–153.00	149.94
7	—	389	187.00–220.00	195.77
66	—	727	144.00–169.25	166.94
1	—	300	229.00	229.00
23	—	684	146.00–164.00	160.38
3	—	435	191.00–211.00	197.60
100	—	621	157.00–186.00	181.47
1	—	1,065	116.00	116.00
Steers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	785	130.00	130.00
3	—	413	164.00–184.00	171.47
2	—	730	160.00	160.00
1	—	695	141.00	141.00
2	—	805	129.00–145.00	137.00
6	—	464	145.00–177.00	167.87
1	—	510	166.00	166.00
2	—	573	151.00–177.00	163.72
1	—	985	129.00	129.00
2	—	635	134.00–144.00	139.08
1	—	870	136.00	136.00
Steers — Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	475	137.00	137.00
Bulls — Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	588	141.00	141.00
2	—	425	171.00	171.00
2	—	283	151.00–180.00	165.37
3	—	480	164.00–181.00	169.31
2	—	680	146.00	146.00
4	—	525	162.50	162.50
1	—	395	172.50	172.50
Bulls — Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	430	157.00	157.00
1	—	260	149.00	149.00

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