Name: Fairview Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2023-12-07
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2023-12-07

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Today at Fairview, as compared to the last regular feeder cattle auction three weeks ago, steer calves 400-600lbs traded higher 3.00. Heifer calves of the same weights trading lower 8.00 on a light run. Long timed weaned and multiple vaccinated feeders continue to bring higher reciepts. Today's offering was met with active trade, with good demand for a light offering.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb steers averaged $227.29/cwt on 213 head.

Average price

$227.29

213 head · 585 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,329

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$563

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

$90.28/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+11.55

vs IL average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	553	248.29	1,374	127
Medium and Large 1-2	590	213.91	1,263	41
Large 1-2	638	203.60	1,298	10thin
Large 2	820	181.00	1,484	1thin
Medium and Large 2	706	176.56	1,247	28
Medium and Large 2-3	513	158.01	810	6thin

One grade step is worth $90.28/cwt here — about $563 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 sale213 hd

227.29

—

IL average5 barns · 856 hd

215.73

+11.55

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 1-2Fleshy	—	573	212.83/cwt	200.00–226.00	1,220	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2Unweaned	—	610	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	915	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	572	228.50/cwt	228.50–228.50	1,307	12
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	350	167.50/cwt	167.50–167.50	586	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	575	209.53/cwt	208.00–213.00	1,205	12
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	865	171.12/cwt	151.00–181.00	1,480	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	570	160.00/cwt	160.00–160.00	912	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	464	254.43/cwt	231.00–262.50	1,181	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	325	269.53/cwt	269.00–270.00	876	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	528	181.51/cwt	181.00–182.00	958	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	433	162.28/cwt	155.00–170.00	703	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	255	190.00/cwt	190.00–190.00	485	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	395	202.50/cwt	202.50–202.50	800	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	956	162.00/cwt	162.00–162.00	1,549	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	695	185.00/cwt	185.00–185.00	1,286	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	1,250	156.00/cwt	156.00–156.00	1,950	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	645	148.00/cwt	145.00–151.00	955	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	736	168.61/cwt	154.00–176.00	1,241	5
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	569	185.40/cwt	170.00–191.00	1,055	7
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	840	182.00/cwt	182.00–182.00	1,529	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	610	180.00/cwt	180.00–180.00	1,098	1
Steers	Large 1-2	—	645	191.00/cwt	191.00–191.00	1,232	1
Steers	Large 2	—	820	181.00/cwt	181.00–181.00	1,484	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	629	201.98/cwt	196.00–211.00	1,270	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	323	240.78/cwt	232.50–250.00	778	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	655	215.00/cwt	215.00–215.00	1,408	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	285	277.50/cwt	277.50–277.50	791	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	745	192.00/cwt	192.00–192.00	1,430	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	767	199.50/cwt	199.00–200.00	1,530	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	365	242.50/cwt	242.50–242.50	885	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	580	211.39/cwt	200.00–234.00	1,226	10
Steers	Large 1-2	—	731	191.00/cwt	191.00–191.00	1,396	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	477	225.81/cwt	220.00–230.00	1,077	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	658	225.03/cwt	220.00–227.00	1,481	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	513	227.48/cwt	224.00–231.00	1,167	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	423	260.12/cwt	235.00–271.00	1,100	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	587	251.94/cwt	230.00–252.50	1,479	38
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	622	230.04/cwt	220.00–241.00	1,431	24
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	440	237.50/cwt	237.50–237.50	1,045	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	522	253.66/cwt	240.00–261.00	1,324	33
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	—	716	201.00/cwt	201.00–201.00	1,439	7
Steers	Large 1-2	—	568	216.00/cwt	216.00–216.00	1,227	4
Steers	Large 1-2	—	755	188.00/cwt	188.00–188.00	1,419	1
Steers	Large 1-2	—	510	220.00/cwt	220.00–220.00	1,122	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	767	162.50/cwt	162.50–162.50	1,246	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	—	507	211.00/cwt	211.00–211.00	1,070	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2Fleshy	—	706	171.00/cwt	171.00–171.00	1,207	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2Fleshy	—	820	152.00/cwt	152.00–152.00	1,246	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2Fleshy	—	680	171.00/cwt	171.00–171.00	1,163	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy	—	585	201.00/cwt	201.00–201.00	1,176	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	860	141.00/cwt	141.00–141.00	1,213	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	520	180.00/cwt	180.00–180.00	936	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	580	165.00/cwt	165.00–165.00	957	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	483	203.36/cwt	200.00–205.00	982	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	377	217.50/cwt	217.50–217.50	820	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	478	189.92/cwt	185.00–195.00	908	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	420	233.75/cwt	222.50–240.00	982	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	663	158.38/cwt	152.00–165.00	1,050	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	315	263.95/cwt	257.50–270.00	831	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	559	189.58/cwt	184.00–200.00	1,060	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	360	255.04/cwt	230.00–265.00	918	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	630	176.63/cwt	175.00–180.00	1,113	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	410	240.00/cwt	240.00–240.00	984	11
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	785	172.50/cwt	172.50–172.50	1,354	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	—	550	196.00/cwt	196.00–196.00	1,078	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2Unweaned	—	538	182.00/cwt	181.00–183.00	979	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	—	645	185.00/cwt	185.00–185.00	1,193	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	700	152.50/cwt	152.50–152.50	1,068	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	572	176.06/cwt	170.00–181.00	1,007	5
Bulls	Medium 2	—	275	145.00/cwt	145.00–145.00	399	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	1,185	121.00/cwt	121.00–121.00	1,434	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	390	248.00/cwt	248.00–248.00	967	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	475	181.33/cwt	181.00–182.00	861	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	525	227.27/cwt	221.00–231.00	1,193	17
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	606	179.48/cwt	177.50–182.00	1,088	4
Steers	Medium and Large 2Full	—	855	160.00/cwt	160.00–160.00	1,368	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	690	189.00/cwt	189.00–189.00	1,304	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	374	282.33/cwt	260.00–292.00	1,056	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	472	208.58/cwt	191.00–216.00	984	18
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	676	159.08/cwt	140.00–181.00	1,075	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	380	231.27/cwt	230.00–232.50	879	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	612	198.96/cwt	197.00–205.00	1,218	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	870	156.00/cwt	156.00–156.00	1,357	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	481	233.47/cwt	230.00–236.00	1,123	8
Heifers	Large 2	—	665	172.00/cwt	172.00–172.00	1,144	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	310	200.00/cwt	200.00–200.00	620	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	427	214.82/cwt	200.00–225.00	917	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	521	203.15/cwt	190.00–213.00	1,058	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	365	167.50/cwt	167.50–167.50	611	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	249	215.00/cwt	215.00–215.00	535	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	720	167.00/cwt	167.00–167.00	1,202	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	1,039	141.49/cwt	141.00–149.00	1,470	16
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	392	177.50/cwt	177.50–177.50	696	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	297	195.00/cwt	195.00–195.00	579	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	320	185.91/cwt	160.00–192.50	595	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	518	172.51/cwt	170.00–177.50	894	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	830	147.00/cwt	147.00–147.00	1,220	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	240	190.00/cwt	190.00–190.00	456	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	780	180.05/cwt	176.00–184.00	1,404	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	430	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	645	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2Unweaned	—	585	181.00/cwt	181.00–181.00	1,059	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.

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Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	573	200.00–226.00	212.83
Steers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	350	167.50	167.50
1	—	570	160.00	160.00
2	—	433	155.00–170.00	162.28
2	—	645	145.00–151.00	148.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	865	151.00–181.00	171.12
2	—	528	181.00–182.00	181.51
1	—	255	190.00	190.00
1	—	395	202.50	202.50
3	—	956	162.00	162.00
2	—	695	185.00	185.00
1	—	1,250	156.00	156.00
5	—	736	154.00–176.00	168.61
7	—	569	170.00–191.00	185.40
1	—	840	182.00	182.00
1	—	610	180.00	180.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	464	231.00–262.50	254.43
2	—	325	269.00–270.00	269.53
11	—	658	220.00–227.00	225.03
9	—	423	235.00–271.00	260.12
38	—	587	230.00–252.50	251.94
24	—	622	220.00–241.00	230.04
33	—	522	240.00–261.00	253.66
6	—	374	260.00–292.00	282.33
Steers — Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	645	191.00	191.00
3	—	731	191.00	191.00
4	—	568	216.00	216.00
1	—	755	188.00	188.00
1	—	510	220.00	220.00
Steers — Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	820	181.00	181.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	629	196.00–211.00	201.98
2	—	323	232.50–250.00	240.78
1	—	655	215.00	215.00
1	—	285	277.50	277.50
1	—	745	192.00	192.00
4	—	767	199.00–200.00	199.50
1	—	365	242.50	242.50
10	—	580	200.00–234.00	211.39
3	—	477	220.00–230.00	225.81
2	—	513	224.00–231.00	227.48
2	—	440	237.50	237.50
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	716	201.00	201.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2 · Full$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	855	160.00	160.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	610	150.00	150.00
2	—	538	181.00–183.00	182.00
1	—	585	181.00	181.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
12	—	572	228.50	228.50
11	—	410	240.00	240.00
2	—	390	248.00	248.00
17	—	525	221.00–231.00	227.27
8	—	481	230.00–236.00	233.47
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
12	—	575	208.00–213.00	209.53
1	—	690	189.00	189.00
18	—	472	191.00–216.00	208.58
2	—	380	230.00–232.50	231.27
4	—	612	197.00–205.00	198.96
1	—	310	200.00	200.00
3	—	427	200.00–225.00	214.82
9	—	521	190.00–213.00	203.15
5	—	249	215.00	215.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	550	196.00	196.00
4	—	645	185.00	185.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	572	170.00–181.00	176.06
1	—	1,185	121.00	121.00
3	—	475	181.00–182.00	181.33
4	—	606	177.50–182.00	179.48
7	—	676	140.00–181.00	159.08
2	—	870	156.00	156.00
1	—	720	167.00	167.00
16	—	1,039	141.00–149.00	141.49
2	—	392	177.50	177.50
2	—	297	195.00	195.00
6	—	320	160.00–192.50	185.91
3	—	518	170.00–177.50	172.51
1	—	830	147.00	147.00
2	—	240	190.00	190.00
2	—	780	176.00–184.00	180.05
1	—	430	150.00	150.00
Heifers — Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	665	172.00	172.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	365	167.50	167.50
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	767	162.50	162.50
3	—	483	200.00–205.00	203.36
6	—	420	222.50–240.00	233.75
2	—	315	257.50–270.00	263.95
6	—	559	184.00–200.00	189.58
5	—	360	230.00–265.00	255.04
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	507	211.00	211.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	706	171.00	171.00
1	—	820	152.00	152.00
1	—	680	171.00	171.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	585	201.00	201.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	860	141.00	141.00
1	—	520	180.00	180.00
1	—	580	165.00	165.00
5	—	377	217.50	217.50
2	—	478	185.00–195.00	189.92
2	—	663	152.00–165.00	158.38
3	—	630	175.00–180.00	176.63
2	—	785	172.50	172.50
1	—	700	152.50	152.50
Bulls — Medium 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	275	145.00	145.00

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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