Name: Fairview Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2023-04-13
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2023-04-13

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Today at Fairview, trading continues an upward trend with 400-600lb feeder steers higher 7.00 - 12.00. Same weight feeder heifers also following the same upward trend, higher 8.00 - 10.00. Several well conditioned load lots of 700 - 800lbs steers trading higher 12,00 as compared to two weeks ago. Strong buyer demand for a mostly weaned and vaccinated offering.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb steers averaged $220.73/cwt on 755 head.

Average price

$220.73

755 head · 679 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,499

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$477

per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 2

$58.26/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+9.72

vs IL average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	697	224.85	1,567	637
Large 1	591	213.65	1,262	23
Medium and Large 1-2	547	208.52	1,140	64
Medium and Large 2	654	166.59	1,090	31

One grade step is worth $58.26/cwt here — about $477 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 sale755 hd

220.73

—

IL average4 barns · 960 hd

211.00

+9.72

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

96 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
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	552	175.00/cwt	175.00–175.00	966	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	740	129.00/cwt	129.00–129.00	955	1
Bulls	Medium 2	—	473	175.76/cwt	167.00–185.00	831	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	418	225.26/cwt	200.00–251.00	942	30
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	797	198.00/cwt	198.00–198.00	1,578	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	442	206.37/cwt	202.00–215.00	912	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	620	198.86/cwt	192.00–219.00	1,233	4
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	728	163.25/cwt	155.00–171.00	1,188	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	712	188.47/cwt	177.00–194.00	1,342	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	475	212.67/cwt	202.00–221.00	1,010	7
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	608	173.02/cwt	157.00–187.00	1,052	5
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	679	174.44/cwt	171.00–175.00	1,184	7
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	325	159.00/cwt	159.00–159.00	517	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	450	175.00/cwt	175.00–175.00	788	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	773	156.94/cwt	151.00–163.00	1,213	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	808	164.00/cwt	164.00–164.00	1,325	3
Steers	Large 1	—	557	229.00/cwt	229.00–229.00	1,276	11
Steers	Large 1	—	695	195.00/cwt	195.00–195.00	1,355	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	883	149.39/cwt	144.00–152.00	1,319	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	510	151.00/cwt	151.00–151.00	770	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	265	180.00/cwt	180.00–180.00	477	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	573	162.97/cwt	155.00–171.00	934	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	372	225.76/cwt	213.00–234.00	840	18
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	516	208.38/cwt	201.00–220.00	1,075	25
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	205	229.00/cwt	229.00–229.00	469	1
Heifers	Medium 1	—	466	218.00/cwt	218.00–218.00	1,016	5
Heifers	Medium 1	—	396	211.00/cwt	211.00–211.00	836	6
Heifers	Medium 1	—	620	203.00/cwt	203.00–203.00	1,259	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	574	233.84/cwt	226.00–243.00	1,342	56
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	728	217.69/cwt	211.00–220.00	1,585	36
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	375	218.54/cwt	212.00–223.00	820	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	528	209.35/cwt	184.00–220.00	1,105	21
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	588	212.73/cwt	190.00–221.00	1,251	15
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	215	235.00/cwt	235.00–235.00	505	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	288	265.34/cwt	265.00–266.00	764	3
Steers	Large 1	—	873	176.00/cwt	176.00–176.00	1,536	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	429	254.11/cwt	220.00–277.50	1,090	32
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	781	213.99/cwt	212.00–218.00	1,671	197
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	813	215.31/cwt	215.00–216.00	1,750	188
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	531	251.31/cwt	223.00–284.00	1,334	61
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	372	265.02/cwt	233.00–286.00	986	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	477	244.25/cwt	229.00–261.00	1,165	19
Steers	Large 1	—	400	220.00/cwt	220.00–220.00	880	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	611	225.86/cwt	214.00–235.00	1,380	14
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	664	220.92/cwt	213.00–225.00	1,467	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	325	248.79/cwt	236.00–277.00	809	8
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	495	185.00/cwt	185.00–185.00	916	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	325	221.50/cwt	220.00–223.00	720	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	215	230.00/cwt	230.00–230.00	495	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	518	225.00/cwt	225.00–225.00	1,166	9
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	460	225.00/cwt	225.00–225.00	1,035	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	270	259.00/cwt	259.00–259.00	699	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	777	147.13/cwt	132.00–159.00	1,143	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	175	215.00/cwt	215.00–215.00	376	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	502	201.00/cwt	201.00–201.00	1,009	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	735	184.50/cwt	184.50–184.50	1,356	27
Heifers	Large 1	—	390	211.00/cwt	211.00–211.00	823	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	665	165.00/cwt	165.00–165.00	1,097	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	480	145.00/cwt	145.00–145.00	696	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	400	171.00/cwt	171.00–171.00	684	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	766	146.92/cwt	141.00–151.00	1,125	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	706	149.37/cwt	144.00–154.00	1,055	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	410	127.50/cwt	127.50–127.50	523	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	830	161.00/cwt	161.00–161.00	1,336	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	675	143.00/cwt	143.00–143.00	965	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	475	222.81/cwt	205.00–235.00	1,058	36
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	233	183.79/cwt	182.50–185.00	428	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	935	135.00/cwt	135.00–135.00	1,262	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	620	148.00/cwt	148.00–148.00	918	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	372	169.48/cwt	163.00–174.00	630	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	591	166.00/cwt	166.00–166.00	981	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	540	151.00/cwt	151.00–151.00	815	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	508	178.37/cwt	170.00–187.00	906	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	810	171.00/cwt	171.00–171.00	1,385	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	565	214.94/cwt	191.00–222.00	1,214	41
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	265	223.00/cwt	223.00–223.00	591	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	635	190.36/cwt	188.00–196.00	1,209	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	307	241.14/cwt	223.00–250.00	740	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	712	169.66/cwt	167.00–174.00	1,208	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	677	181.61/cwt	171.00–186.00	1,229	15
Heifers	Large 1-2	—	515	189.00/cwt	189.00–189.00	973	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	645	176.00/cwt	176.00–176.00	1,135	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	865	162.00/cwt	162.00–162.00	1,401	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	410	198.07/cwt	195.00–201.00	812	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	788	174.00/cwt	174.00–174.00	1,371	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	481	189.77/cwt	186.00–193.00	913	4
Heifers	Medium 1-2	—	375	191.00/cwt	191.00–191.00	716	1
Heifers	Medium 1-2	—	205	209.00/cwt	209.00–209.00	428	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	326	200.48/cwt	191.00–209.00	654	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	380	197.83/cwt	187.00–215.00	752	6
Heifers	Large 2	—	920	142.00/cwt	142.00–142.00	1,306	1
Heifers	Large 2	—	772	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	1,158	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	273	214.81/cwt	201.00–225.00	586	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	235	216.00/cwt	216.00–216.00	508	1
Heifers	Medium 1-2	—	265	214.00/cwt	214.00–214.00	567	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	571	181.67/cwt	169.00–197.00	1,037	25

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

Receipts 1,156Last week 0Year ago 1,333

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	552	175.00	175.00
1	—	740	129.00	129.00
5	—	777	132.00–159.00	147.13
1	—	665	165.00	165.00
1	—	480	145.00	145.00
1	—	400	171.00	171.00
Bulls — Medium 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	473	167.00–185.00	175.76
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	495	185.00	185.00
2	—	325	220.00–223.00	221.50
1	—	215	230.00	230.00
1	—	175	215.00	215.00
4	—	502	201.00	201.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	518	225.00	225.00
2	—	460	225.00	225.00
1	—	270	259.00	259.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
30	—	418	200.00–251.00	225.26
18	—	372	213.00–234.00	225.76
25	—	516	201.00–220.00	208.38
1	—	205	229.00	229.00
27	—	735	184.50	184.50
36	—	475	205.00–235.00	222.81
41	—	565	191.00–222.00	214.94
1	—	265	223.00	223.00
5	—	635	188.00–196.00	190.36
10	—	307	223.00–250.00	241.14
Heifers — Medium 1$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	466	218.00	218.00
6	—	396	211.00	211.00
1	—	620	203.00	203.00
Heifers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	390	211.00	211.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	766	141.00–151.00	146.92
5	—	706	144.00–154.00	149.37
1	—	830	161.00	161.00
1	—	675	143.00	143.00
2	—	233	182.50–185.00	183.79
1	—	935	135.00	135.00
1	—	620	148.00	148.00
3	—	372	163.00–174.00	169.48
3	—	591	166.00	166.00
3	—	540	151.00	151.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	410	127.50	127.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	508	170.00–187.00	178.37
2	—	810	171.00	171.00
13	—	712	167.00–174.00	169.66
15	—	677	171.00–186.00	181.61
1	—	645	176.00	176.00
1	—	865	162.00	162.00
2	—	410	195.00–201.00	198.07
3	—	788	174.00	174.00
4	—	481	186.00–193.00	189.77
5	—	326	191.00–209.00	200.48
6	—	380	187.00–215.00	197.83
3	—	273	201.00–225.00	214.81
1	—	235	216.00	216.00
25	—	571	169.00–197.00	181.67
Heifers — Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	515	189.00	189.00
Heifers — Medium 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	375	191.00	191.00
3	—	205	209.00	209.00
3	—	265	214.00	214.00
Heifers — Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	920	142.00	142.00
4	—	772	150.00	150.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	797	198.00	198.00
3	—	442	202.00–215.00	206.37
4	—	620	192.00–219.00	198.86
6	—	712	177.00–194.00	188.47
7	—	475	202.00–221.00	212.67
5	—	375	212.00–223.00	218.54
21	—	528	184.00–220.00	209.35
15	—	588	190.00–221.00	212.73
1	—	215	235.00	235.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	728	155.00–171.00	163.25
5	—	608	157.00–187.00	173.02
7	—	679	171.00–175.00	174.44
1	—	325	159.00	159.00
1	—	450	175.00	175.00
2	—	773	151.00–163.00	156.94
3	—	808	164.00	164.00
3	—	883	144.00–152.00	149.39
1	—	510	151.00	151.00
2	—	265	180.00	180.00
2	—	573	155.00–171.00	162.97
Steers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
11	—	557	229.00	229.00
1	—	695	195.00	195.00
5	—	873	176.00	176.00
6	—	400	220.00	220.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
56	—	574	226.00–243.00	233.84
36	—	728	211.00–220.00	217.69
3	—	288	265.00–266.00	265.34
32	—	429	220.00–277.50	254.11
197	—	781	212.00–218.00	213.99
188	—	813	215.00–216.00	215.31
61	—	531	223.00–284.00	251.31
12	—	372	233.00–286.00	265.02
19	—	477	229.00–261.00	244.25
14	—	611	214.00–235.00	225.86
11	—	664	213.00–225.00	220.92
8	—	325	236.00–277.00	248.79

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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