Name: Fairview Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2024-01-04
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-01-04

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Today at Fairview, 400-600lb feeder steers traded higher 11.00 - 15.00 with feeder heifers of the same weight trading higher 8.00 as compared to three weeks ago. Good demand and active trade for first the feeder auction of 2024. Long timed weaned and multi vaccinated calves continue to drive trade higher, with noticable discounts for non weaned and non vaccinated feeder calves.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb steers averaged $243.29/cwt on 365 head.

Average price

$243.29

365 head · 589 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,434

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$606

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

$108.29/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+27.04

vs IL average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	544	267.48	1,455	236
Medium and Large 1-2	669	215.19	1,439	74
Medium and Large 2	717	182.37	1,308	43
Medium and Large 2-3	533	159.19	848	12thin

One grade step is worth $108.29/cwt here — about $606 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 sale365 hd

243.29

—

IL average4 barns · 578 hd

216.26

+27.04

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

105 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 2	—	678	169.00/cwt	169.00–169.00	1,146	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	377	220.31/cwt	219.00–221.00	831	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	800	204.00/cwt	204.00–204.00	1,632	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	617	249.24/cwt	236.00–264.00	1,538	62
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	611	187.36/cwt	171.00–199.00	1,145	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	631	222.24/cwt	202.00–229.00	1,402	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	576	228.59/cwt	213.00–235.00	1,317	14
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3Unweaned	—	496	171.00/cwt	171.00–171.00	848	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	769	204.79/cwt	201.00–207.00	1,575	27
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	517	231.02/cwt	225.00–233.00	1,194	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	661	235.26/cwt	221.00–242.00	1,555	17
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	1,150	161.00/cwt	161.00–161.00	1,852	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	359	273.01/cwt	249.00–290.00	980	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	650	142.00/cwt	142.00–142.00	923	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	823	131.49/cwt	131.00–132.00	1,082	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	682	179.81/cwt	176.00–186.00	1,226	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	557	272.52/cwt	237.00–290.00	1,518	26
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	760	220.00/cwt	220.00–220.00	1,672	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	385	200.00/cwt	200.00–200.00	770	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	628	137.37/cwt	131.00–144.00	863	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	330	165.00/cwt	165.00–165.00	545	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	326	188.48/cwt	180.00–201.00	614	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	671	211.28/cwt	200.00–219.00	1,418	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	527	270.46/cwt	239.00–300.00	1,425	41
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	825	200.00/cwt	200.00–200.00	1,650	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	786	179.70/cwt	177.00–181.00	1,412	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	768	175.97/cwt	173.00–179.00	1,351	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	385	177.50/cwt	177.50–177.50	683	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	413	302.07/cwt	260.00–315.00	1,248	15
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	486	265.79/cwt	257.00–295.00	1,292	34
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	331	268.03/cwt	252.50–295.00	887	4
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	470	155.00/cwt	155.00–155.00	729	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	734	180.81/cwt	171.00–191.00	1,327	7
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	950	167.00/cwt	167.00–167.00	1,587	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	806	184.50/cwt	181.00–188.00	1,487	4
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	913	171.03/cwt	159.00–179.00	1,562	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	719	212.40/cwt	204.00–216.00	1,527	8
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	554	190.49/cwt	171.00–199.00	1,055	4
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	418	200.48/cwt	200.00–201.00	838	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	318	191.08/cwt	180.00–201.00	608	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	920	145.00/cwt	145.00–145.00	1,334	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	243	152.63/cwt	140.00–165.00	371	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	884	178.59/cwt	171.00–181.00	1,579	8
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	470	215.00/cwt	215.00–215.00	1,011	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	505	167.50/cwt	167.50–167.50	846	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	1,200	137.00/cwt	137.00–137.00	1,644	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2Unweaned	—	586	197.00/cwt	197.00–197.00	1,154	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	1,065	102.00/cwt	102.00–102.00	1,086	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	—	375	259.00/cwt	259.00–259.00	971	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	—	475	223.00/cwt	223.00–223.00	1,059	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	567	237.00/cwt	237.00–237.00	1,344	8
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	470	285.00/cwt	285.00–285.00	1,340	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	720	161.00/cwt	161.00–161.00	1,159	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	835	128.97/cwt	123.00–141.00	1,077	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	569	216.99/cwt	209.00–225.00	1,235	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	315	169.00/cwt	169.00–169.00	532	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	355	212.28/cwt	211.00–217.50	754	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	414	233.66/cwt	205.00–243.00	967	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	569	239.34/cwt	228.00–241.00	1,362	37
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	312	235.00/cwt	235.00–235.00	733	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	270	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	675	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	523	211.70/cwt	205.00–219.00	1,107	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	317	264.11/cwt	252.50–270.00	837	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	654	196.00/cwt	196.00–196.00	1,282	19
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	472	216.78/cwt	205.00–221.00	1,023	24
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	520	247.03/cwt	221.00–267.00	1,285	46
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	476	237.97/cwt	231.00–251.00	1,133	16
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	493	224.59/cwt	223.00–233.00	1,107	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	675	151.00/cwt	151.00–151.00	1,019	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	480	187.00/cwt	187.00–187.00	898	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	415	183.00/cwt	183.00–183.00	759	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	242	187.50/cwt	187.50–187.50	454	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	574	194.64/cwt	174.00–202.00	1,117	9
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	520	141.00/cwt	141.00–141.00	733	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	757	162.00/cwt	162.00–162.00	1,226	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	623	159.31/cwt	150.00–169.00	993	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	580	218.32/cwt	214.00–221.00	1,266	15
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	427	210.73/cwt	202.00–217.00	900	12
Heifers	Medium 2-3	—	300	131.00/cwt	131.00–131.00	393	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	372	164.34/cwt	160.00–167.50	611	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	719	176.93/cwt	171.00–181.00	1,272	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	—	482	317.00/cwt	317.00–317.00	1,528	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	—	520	311.00/cwt	311.00–311.00	1,617	19
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	510	223.00/cwt	223.00–223.00	1,137	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	990	146.00/cwt	146.00–146.00	1,445	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	280	157.50/cwt	157.50–157.50	441	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	423	160.15/cwt	157.50–165.00	677	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	468	194.89/cwt	181.00–201.00	912	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	528	188.64/cwt	171.00–203.00	996	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	724	190.00/cwt	190.00–190.00	1,376	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	371	191.56/cwt	175.00–201.00	711	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	883	159.76/cwt	149.00–169.00	1,411	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	275	228.54/cwt	203.00–240.00	628	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	560	152.65/cwt	152.00–153.00	855	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	532	156.02/cwt	153.00–165.00	830	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	630	203.67/cwt	201.00–209.00	1,283	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	326	217.86/cwt	209.00–223.00	710	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	424	241.52/cwt	232.00–247.00	1,024	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	640	161.00/cwt	161.00–161.00	1,030	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	670	199.71/cwt	192.00–205.00	1,338	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	371	211.93/cwt	209.00–225.00	786	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	815	174.00/cwt	174.00–174.00	1,418	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	371	240.97/cwt	231.00–251.00	894	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	825	180.05/cwt	180.00–181.00	1,485	19
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	1,018	141.00/cwt	141.00–141.00	1,435	3

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 2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	678	169.00	169.00
4	—	611	171.00–199.00	187.36
1	—	1,150	161.00	161.00
1	—	385	200.00	200.00
2	—	768	173.00–179.00	175.97
7	—	734	171.00–191.00	180.81
1	—	950	167.00	167.00
4	—	806	181.00–188.00	184.50
3	—	913	159.00–179.00	171.03
4	—	554	171.00–199.00	190.49
2	—	418	200.00–201.00	200.48
2	—	318	180.00–201.00	191.08
8	—	884	171.00–181.00	178.59
1	—	470	215.00	215.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	377	219.00–221.00	220.31
9	—	631	202.00–229.00	222.24
14	—	576	213.00–235.00	228.59
27	—	769	201.00–207.00	204.79
5	—	517	225.00–233.00	231.02
7	—	671	200.00–219.00	211.28
1	—	825	200.00	200.00
8	—	719	204.00–216.00	212.40
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	800	204.00	204.00
62	—	617	236.00–264.00	249.24
17	—	661	221.00–242.00	235.26
8	—	359	249.00–290.00	273.01
26	—	557	237.00–290.00	272.52
3	—	760	220.00	220.00
41	—	527	239.00–300.00	270.46
15	—	413	260.00–315.00	302.07
34	—	486	257.00–295.00	265.79
4	—	331	252.50–295.00	268.03
Steers — Medium and Large 2-3 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	496	171.00	171.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	385	177.50	177.50
3	—	470	155.00	155.00
1	—	920	145.00	145.00
2	—	243	140.00–165.00	152.63
1	—	505	167.50	167.50
1	—	1,200	137.00	137.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	482	317.00	317.00
19	—	520	311.00	311.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	650	142.00	142.00
2	—	823	131.00–132.00	131.49
2	—	628	131.00–144.00	137.37
1	—	330	165.00	165.00
4	—	372	160.00–167.50	164.34
4	—	423	157.50–165.00	160.15
3	—	560	152.00–153.00	152.65
4	—	532	153.00–165.00	156.02
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	682	176.00–186.00	179.81
6	—	326	180.00–201.00	188.48
3	—	786	177.00–181.00	179.70
2	—	415	183.00	183.00
2	—	242	187.50	187.50
9	—	574	174.00–202.00	194.64
5	—	719	171.00–181.00	176.93
1	—	990	146.00	146.00
1	—	280	157.50	157.50
7	—	468	181.00–201.00	194.89
7	—	528	171.00–203.00	188.64
8	—	371	175.00–201.00	191.56
3	—	883	149.00–169.00	159.76
1	—	640	161.00	161.00
6	—	815	174.00	174.00
3	—	1,018	141.00	141.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
37	—	569	228.00–241.00	239.34
2	—	312	235.00	235.00
46	—	520	221.00–267.00	247.03
16	—	476	231.00–251.00	237.97
9	—	424	232.00–247.00	241.52
8	—	371	231.00–251.00	240.97
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
24	—	472	205.00–221.00	216.78
15	—	580	214.00–221.00	218.32
12	—	427	202.00–217.00	210.73
1	—	510	223.00	223.00
11	—	724	190.00	190.00
5	—	275	203.00–240.00	228.54
3	—	630	201.00–209.00	203.67
4	—	326	209.00–223.00	217.86
11	—	670	192.00–205.00	199.71
6	—	371	209.00–225.00	211.93
19	—	825	180.00–181.00	180.05
Heifers — Medium 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	300	131.00	131.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	586	197.00	197.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,065	102.00	102.00
1	—	720	161.00	161.00
3	—	835	123.00–141.00	128.97
1	—	315	169.00	169.00
1	—	675	151.00	151.00
1	—	480	187.00	187.00
2	—	757	162.00	162.00
2	—	623	150.00–169.00	159.31
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	375	259.00	259.00
5	—	475	223.00	223.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	567	237.00	237.00
6	—	470	285.00	285.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	569	209.00–225.00	216.99
5	—	355	211.00–217.50	212.28
6	—	414	205.00–243.00	233.66
1	—	270	250.00	250.00
4	—	523	205.00–219.00	211.70
3	—	317	252.50–270.00	264.11
19	—	654	196.00	196.00
6	—	493	223.00–233.00	224.59
Bulls — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	520	141.00	141.00

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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