Name: Fairview Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2023-05-25
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2023-05-25

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Today at Fairview, the second feeder special of May saw 400-600lb feeder steers trading higher 5.00 - 9.00 with several load lots of 800lb steers trading higher 12.00 - 16.00. Feeder Heifers, 400-600lb continued strong trade, higher 8.00. A well conditioned, mostly vaccinated offering was met with strong demand as feeder cattle trade remains strong maintaining a continued upward trend across most weight classes.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb steers averaged $229.42/cwt on 530 head.

Average price

$229.42

530 head · 700 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,606

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$152

per head · Large 1 over Medium and Large 2-3

$83.00/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+14.99

vs IL average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Large 1	495	245.00	1,213	1thin
Medium and Large 1	699	237.32	1,658	430
Large 1-2	690	208.72	1,440	11thin
Medium and Large 1-2	719	201.45	1,448	62
Medium and Large 2	702	177.33	1,244	18thin
Medium 1-2	510	172.50	880	1thin
Medium 2	655	170.00	1,114	1thin
Large 2	875	169.00	1,479	1thin
Medium and Large 2-3	655	162.00	1,060	5thin

One grade step is worth $83.00/cwt here — about $152 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 sale530 hd

229.42

—

IL average3 barns · 721 hd

214.43

+14.99

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

101 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	Medium and Large 2Fleshy	—	965	174.00/cwt	174.00–174.00	1,679	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2Thin Fleshed	—	470	170.00/cwt	170.00–170.00	799	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed	—	400	211.00/cwt	211.00–211.00	844	1
Steers	Large 1	—	495	245.00/cwt	245.00–245.00	1,213	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	698	191.00/cwt	191.00–191.00	1,333	4
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	390	151.00/cwt	151.00–151.00	589	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	330	258.09/cwt	247.50–269.00	852	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	923	210.13/cwt	204.00–212.75	1,939	142
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	479	273.54/cwt	255.00–281.00	1,310	74
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	783	172.33/cwt	169.00–175.00	1,349	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2Fleshy	—	690	163.00/cwt	163.00–163.00	1,125	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	450	170.00/cwt	170.00–170.00	765	1
Steers	Large 1-2	—	788	188.59/cwt	188.00–191.00	1,486	5
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	225	220.00/cwt	220.00–220.00	495	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	508	175.42/cwt	170.00–181.00	891	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	383	287.51/cwt	251.00–295.00	1,101	22
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	620	179.00/cwt	179.00–179.00	1,110	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	811	163.00/cwt	163.00–163.00	1,322	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	368	232.23/cwt	211.00–247.50	855	6
Steers	Large 2	—	875	169.00/cwt	169.00–169.00	1,479	1
Steers	Medium 2	—	655	170.00/cwt	170.00–170.00	1,114	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	445	210.00/cwt	210.00–210.00	935	1
Steers	Medium 1-2	—	510	172.50/cwt	172.50–172.50	880	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	882	169.65/cwt	163.00–173.00	1,496	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	618	212.45/cwt	201.00–215.00	1,313	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	527	219.01/cwt	215.00–223.00	1,154	5
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	680	175.51/cwt	174.00–177.00	1,193	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	722	178.69/cwt	174.00–181.00	1,290	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	514	264.42/cwt	231.00–272.00	1,359	35
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	937	183.95/cwt	181.00–194.00	1,724	17
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	450	249.00/cwt	249.00–249.00	1,121	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	735	207.00/cwt	207.00–207.00	1,521	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	823	193.00/cwt	193.00–193.00	1,588	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	675	203.33/cwt	189.00–211.00	1,372	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	865	194.00/cwt	194.00–194.00	1,678	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	612	231.75/cwt	230.00–235.00	1,418	18
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	567	214.64/cwt	201.00–229.00	1,217	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	423	272.60/cwt	251.00–295.00	1,153	13
Steers	Large 1-2	—	586	226.00/cwt	226.00–226.00	1,324	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	737	194.59/cwt	191.00–196.00	1,434	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	830	220.14/cwt	212.50–220.50	1,827	68
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	658	220.00/cwt	220.00–220.00	1,448	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	278	293.78/cwt	275.00–303.00	817	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	781	201.00/cwt	201.00–201.00	1,570	9
Steers	Large 1-2	—	630	225.00/cwt	225.00–225.00	1,418	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	565	215.00/cwt	215.00–215.00	1,215	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	360	227.50/cwt	227.50–227.50	819	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	320	263.00/cwt	263.00–263.00	842	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	445	237.00/cwt	237.00–237.00	1,055	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	435	262.50/cwt	262.50–262.50	1,142	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy	—	530	228.00/cwt	228.00–228.00	1,208	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	700	168.00/cwt	168.00–168.00	1,176	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	628	171.96/cwt	169.00–175.00	1,080	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	895	145.00/cwt	145.00–145.00	1,298	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	657	163.00/cwt	163.00–163.00	1,071	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	657	187.00/cwt	187.00–187.00	1,229	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	622	178.60/cwt	170.00–187.00	1,111	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	340	153.00/cwt	153.00–153.00	520	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	595	142.00/cwt	142.00–142.00	845	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	1,260	144.00/cwt	144.00–144.00	1,814	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2Fleshy	—	845	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	1,183	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2Fleshy	—	990	152.00/cwt	152.00–152.00	1,505	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	965	170.00/cwt	170.00–170.00	1,641	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	420	171.00/cwt	171.00–171.00	718	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	920	177.00/cwt	177.00–177.00	1,628	1
Heifers	Large 2-3	—	480	167.00/cwt	167.00–167.00	802	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	468	181.92/cwt	179.00–185.00	851	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	335	192.50/cwt	192.50–192.50	645	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	380	225.59/cwt	225.00–229.00	857	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	520	131.00/cwt	131.00–131.00	681	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	535	181.33/cwt	172.50–199.00	970	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	338	228.01/cwt	207.00–235.00	771	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	705	171.00/cwt	171.00–171.00	1,206	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	578	171.88/cwt	161.00–187.00	993	3
Heifers	Large 1-2	—	512	225.00/cwt	225.00–225.00	1,152	4
Steers	Medium and Large 2Fleshy	—	590	192.00/cwt	192.00–192.00	1,133	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	858	192.32/cwt	191.75–192.75	1,650	183
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	573	242.99/cwt	231.00–251.00	1,392	36
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	526	240.55/cwt	221.00–246.00	1,265	57
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	645	194.00/cwt	194.00–194.00	1,251	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	320	257.74/cwt	232.00–285.00	825	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	378	246.25/cwt	245.00–249.00	931	18
Heifers	Large 1-2	—	697	179.00/cwt	179.00–179.00	1,248	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	429	238.46/cwt	221.00–253.00	1,023	37
Heifers	Medium 1-2	—	395	185.00/cwt	185.00–185.00	731	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	795	181.00/cwt	181.00–181.00	1,439	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	474	241.93/cwt	221.00–247.00	1,147	53
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	717	190.00/cwt	190.00–190.00	1,362	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	836	174.06/cwt	168.00–176.00	1,455	4
Heifers	Medium 1-2	—	460	201.00/cwt	201.00–201.00	925	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	995	166.00/cwt	166.00–166.00	1,652	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	614	211.27/cwt	193.00–219.00	1,297	24
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	583	215.56/cwt	213.00–221.00	1,257	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	430	201.94/cwt	197.00–207.00	868	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	491	208.75/cwt	203.00–221.00	1,025	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	878	173.59/cwt	161.00–180.00	1,524	18
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	589	210.05/cwt	198.00–216.00	1,237	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,073	165.00/cwt	165.00–165.00	1,770	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	530	225.66/cwt	225.00–229.00	1,196	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	664	185.85/cwt	181.00–192.00	1,234	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	400	175.00/cwt	175.00–175.00	700	1

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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Receipts 1,108Last week 1,270Year ago 1,626

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	965	174.00	174.00
1	—	690	163.00	163.00
1	—	590	192.00	192.00
Steers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	495	245.00	245.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	390	151.00	151.00
1	—	450	170.00	170.00
3	—	811	163.00	163.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	330	247.50–269.00	258.09
142	—	923	204.00–212.75	210.13
74	—	479	255.00–281.00	273.54
22	—	383	251.00–295.00	287.51
35	—	514	231.00–272.00	264.42
1	—	735	207.00	207.00
18	—	612	230.00–235.00	231.75
13	—	423	251.00–295.00	272.60
68	—	830	212.50–220.50	220.14
7	—	658	220.00	220.00
3	—	278	275.00–303.00	293.78
9	—	781	201.00	201.00
36	—	573	231.00–251.00	242.99
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	783	169.00–175.00	172.33
1	—	225	220.00	220.00
2	—	508	170.00–181.00	175.42
1	—	620	179.00	179.00
3	—	882	163.00–173.00	169.65
2	—	680	174.00–177.00	175.51
3	—	722	174.00–181.00	178.69
Steers — Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	788	188.00–191.00	188.59
3	—	586	226.00	226.00
3	—	630	225.00	225.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	368	211.00–247.50	232.23
1	—	445	210.00	210.00
8	—	618	201.00–215.00	212.45
5	—	527	215.00–223.00	219.01
17	—	937	181.00–194.00	183.95
9	—	823	193.00	193.00
4	—	675	189.00–211.00	203.33
1	—	865	194.00	194.00
4	—	567	201.00–229.00	214.64
7	—	737	191.00–196.00	194.59
Steers — Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	875	169.00	169.00
Steers — Medium 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	655	170.00	170.00
Steers — Medium 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	510	172.50	172.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 2 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	470	170.00	170.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	400	211.00	211.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	698	191.00	191.00
183	—	858	191.75–192.75	192.32
57	—	526	221.00–246.00	240.55
4	—	645	194.00	194.00
7	—	320	232.00–285.00	257.74
18	—	378	245.00–249.00	246.25
37	—	429	221.00–253.00	238.46
53	—	474	221.00–247.00	241.93
7	—	717	190.00	190.00
3	—	583	213.00–221.00	215.56
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	530	228.00	228.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	622	170.00–187.00	178.60
2	—	1,260	144.00	144.00
1	—	965	170.00	170.00
1	—	920	177.00	177.00
2	—	468	179.00–185.00	181.92
1	—	335	192.50	192.50
3	—	535	172.50–199.00	181.33
1	—	705	171.00	171.00
3	—	578	161.00–187.00	171.88
1	—	400	175.00	175.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	595	142.00	142.00
1	—	520	131.00	131.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	845	140.00	140.00
1	—	990	152.00	152.00
Heifers — Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	480	167.00	167.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	380	225.00–229.00	225.59
7	—	338	207.00–235.00	228.01
1	—	795	181.00	181.00
4	—	836	168.00–176.00	174.06
6	—	995	166.00	166.00
24	—	614	193.00–219.00	211.27
2	—	430	197.00–207.00	201.94
7	—	491	203.00–221.00	208.75
18	—	878	161.00–180.00	173.59
13	—	589	198.00–216.00	210.05
3	—	1,073	165.00	165.00
6	—	530	225.00–229.00	225.66
9	—	664	181.00–192.00	185.85
Heifers — Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	512	225.00	225.00
4	—	697	179.00	179.00
Heifers — Medium 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	395	185.00	185.00
2	—	460	201.00	201.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	450	249.00	249.00
1	—	320	263.00	263.00
3	—	435	262.50	262.50
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	565	215.00	215.00
1	—	360	227.50	227.50
1	—	445	237.00	237.00
2	—	657	187.00	187.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	700	168.00	168.00
2	—	628	169.00–175.00	171.96
1	—	895	145.00	145.00
2	—	657	163.00	163.00
1	—	420	171.00	171.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	340	153.00	153.00

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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