Name: Fairview Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2024-02-29
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-02-29

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Today at Fairview, a moderate offering of well conditioned feeders drove good overall demand. Feeder steers 400-600lbs traded mostly steady with a higher undertone, 600-800lb steer calves trading higher 10.00. Good to very good demand on feeder heifers drove trade higher 15.00 on 400-600lbs heifers with 600-700 heifer calves higher 9.00-11.00.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb steers averaged $275.69/cwt on 504 head.

Average price

$275.69

504 head · 576 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,589

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$671

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

$87.52/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+31.05

vs IL average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	569	292.48	1,665	322
Medium and Large 1-2	601	251.06	1,510	162
Medium and Large 2	485	204.96	994	20

One grade step is worth $87.52/cwt here — about $671 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 sale504 hd

275.69

—

IL average4 barns · 751 hd

244.64

+31.05

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

85 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	—	328	330.88/cwt	305.00–352.50	1,085	19
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	619	254.41/cwt	223.00–271.00	1,575	29
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	789	246.00/cwt	246.00–246.00	1,941	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	684	240.91/cwt	230.00–252.00	1,648	34
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	475	305.78/cwt	287.00–335.00	1,452	37
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	835	234.40/cwt	232.00–235.00	1,957	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	577	294.95/cwt	267.00–327.00	1,702	76
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	665	269.66/cwt	251.00–275.50	1,793	22
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	720	177.00/cwt	177.00–177.00	1,274	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	285	340.00/cwt	340.00–340.00	969	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	460	222.00/cwt	222.00–222.00	1,021	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	875	175.00/cwt	175.00–175.00	1,531	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	327	185.00/cwt	185.00–185.00	605	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	715	253.82/cwt	236.00–265.50	1,815	45
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	745	227.00/cwt	227.00–227.00	1,691	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	626	279.70/cwt	262.00–288.00	1,751	31
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	480	200.00/cwt	200.00–200.00	960	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	433	185.00/cwt	185.00–185.00	801	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	255	170.00/cwt	170.00–170.00	434	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	614	225.35/cwt	209.00–231.00	1,384	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	539	253.00/cwt	253.00–253.00	1,364	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	—	510	330.00/cwt	330.00–330.00	1,683	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	268	246.19/cwt	235.00–269.00	660	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	315	251.00/cwt	251.00–251.00	791	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	374	260.56/cwt	255.00–265.00	974	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	370	195.00/cwt	195.00–195.00	722	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	692	220.55/cwt	211.00–227.00	1,526	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	585	142.50/cwt	142.50–142.50	834	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	423	315.61/cwt	283.00–333.00	1,335	17
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	850	228.00/cwt	228.00–228.00	1,938	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	729	242.80/cwt	220.00–260.00	1,770	15
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	533	318.25/cwt	265.00–337.00	1,696	45
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	515	250.07/cwt	239.00–270.00	1,288	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	477	252.46/cwt	235.00–277.50	1,204	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	585	242.33/cwt	223.00–255.00	1,418	13
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	773	226.57/cwt	220.00–230.00	1,751	5
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	810	198.00/cwt	198.00–198.00	1,604	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	366	331.09/cwt	300.00–347.50	1,212	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	379	281.81/cwt	263.00–297.00	1,068	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	890	201.00/cwt	201.00–201.00	1,789	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	327	280.77/cwt	260.00–305.00	918	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	424	260.38/cwt	235.00–275.00	1,104	8
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	221	218.13/cwt	195.00–232.00	482	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	816	244.92/cwt	209.00–247.50	1,999	15
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	625	191.74/cwt	181.00–203.00	1,198	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	700	183.00/cwt	183.00–183.00	1,281	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	580	216.73/cwt	207.50–222.00	1,257	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	785	202.00/cwt	202.00–202.00	1,586	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	523	217.39/cwt	215.00–220.00	1,137	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	277	274.18/cwt	259.00–301.00	759	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	279	190.00/cwt	190.00–190.00	530	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	720	173.00/cwt	173.00–173.00	1,246	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	522	264.05/cwt	252.00–272.50	1,378	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	626	242.03/cwt	222.50–252.00	1,515	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	575	243.00/cwt	243.00–243.00	1,397	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	646	237.00/cwt	237.00–237.00	1,531	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	480	265.00/cwt	265.00–265.00	1,272	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	772	241.00/cwt	241.00–241.00	1,861	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	305	282.09/cwt	257.50–307.50	860	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	880	176.46/cwt	174.00–182.00	1,553	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	400	275.00/cwt	275.00–275.00	1,100	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	784	247.00/cwt	247.00–247.00	1,936	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	250	227.50/cwt	220.00–235.00	569	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	805	231.00/cwt	231.00–231.00	1,860	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	—	668	239.00/cwt	239.00–239.00	1,597	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	—	535	289.00/cwt	289.00–289.00	1,546	18
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	705	243.00/cwt	243.00–243.00	1,713	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	530	281.32/cwt	271.00–285.00	1,491	25
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	460	227.50/cwt	227.50–227.50	1,047	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	374	284.71/cwt	279.00–289.00	1,065	15
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	424	264.86/cwt	245.00–285.00	1,123	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	714	236.68/cwt	235.00–242.50	1,690	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	344	272.06/cwt	257.00–307.50	936	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	488	244.06/cwt	221.00–251.00	1,191	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	955	160.00/cwt	160.00–160.00	1,528	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	666	238.94/cwt	233.00–242.50	1,591	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	612	243.86/cwt	242.50–245.00	1,492	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	273	296.48/cwt	292.50–301.00	809	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	562	273.92/cwt	241.00–283.00	1,539	77
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,011	182.50/cwt	182.50–182.50	1,845	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	480	289.01/cwt	255.00–299.00	1,387	18
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	554	231.87/cwt	230.00–232.50	1,285	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	413	254.96/cwt	253.00–257.00	1,053	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	820	204.00/cwt	204.00–204.00	1,673	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	777	213.35/cwt	197.00–219.00	1,658	13

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

Receipts 897Last week 1,800Year ago 366

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
19	—	328	305.00–352.50	330.88
7	—	789	246.00	246.00
37	—	475	287.00–335.00	305.78
5	—	835	232.00–235.00	234.40
76	—	577	267.00–327.00	294.95
22	—	665	251.00–275.50	269.66
1	—	285	340.00	340.00
45	—	715	236.00–265.50	253.82
31	—	626	262.00–288.00	279.70
17	—	423	283.00–333.00	315.61
4	—	850	228.00	228.00
45	—	533	265.00–337.00	318.25
12	—	366	300.00–347.50	331.09
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
29	—	619	223.00–271.00	254.41
34	—	684	230.00–252.00	240.91
15	—	729	220.00–260.00	242.80
10	—	515	239.00–270.00	250.07
9	—	477	235.00–277.50	252.46
13	—	585	223.00–255.00	242.33
5	—	773	220.00–230.00	226.57
9	—	379	263.00–297.00	281.81
1	—	890	201.00	201.00
11	—	327	260.00–305.00	280.77
8	—	424	235.00–275.00	260.38
15	—	816	209.00–247.50	244.92
3	—	277	259.00–301.00	274.18
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	460	222.00	222.00
1	—	875	175.00	175.00
2	—	327	185.00	185.00
1	—	810	198.00	198.00
5	—	221	195.00–232.00	218.13
2	—	625	181.00–203.00	191.74
1	—	700	183.00	183.00
3	—	580	207.50–222.00	216.73
1	—	785	202.00	202.00
2	—	523	215.00–220.00	217.39
1	—	279	190.00	190.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	510	330.00	330.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	720	177.00	177.00
2	—	480	200.00	200.00
5	—	433	185.00	185.00
1	—	255	170.00	170.00
4	—	370	195.00	195.00
1	—	585	142.50	142.50
2	—	955	160.00	160.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	745	227.00	227.00
4	—	614	209.00–231.00	225.35
5	—	539	253.00	253.00
3	—	268	235.00–269.00	246.19
1	—	315	251.00	251.00
7	—	374	255.00–265.00	260.56
5	—	692	211.00–227.00	220.55
9	—	488	221.00–251.00	244.06
5	—	1,011	182.50	182.50
4	—	554	230.00–232.50	231.87
2	—	413	253.00–257.00	254.96
1	—	820	204.00	204.00
13	—	777	197.00–219.00	213.35
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	784	247.00	247.00
2	—	805	231.00	231.00
25	—	530	271.00–285.00	281.32
15	—	374	279.00–289.00	284.71
5	—	424	245.00–285.00	264.86
13	—	714	235.00–242.50	236.68
9	—	344	257.00–307.50	272.06
5	—	666	233.00–242.50	238.94
4	—	612	242.50–245.00	243.86
2	—	273	292.50–301.00	296.48
77	—	562	241.00–283.00	273.92
18	—	480	255.00–299.00	289.01
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
12	—	668	239.00	239.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
18	—	535	289.00	289.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	720	173.00	173.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	522	252.00–272.50	264.05
3	—	626	222.50–252.00	242.03
2	—	575	243.00	243.00
2	—	772	241.00	241.00
2	—	305	257.50–307.50	282.09
7	—	880	174.00–182.00	176.46
1	—	400	275.00	275.00
2	—	250	220.00–235.00	227.50
1	—	705	243.00	243.00
1	—	460	227.50	227.50
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	646	237.00	237.00
1	—	480	265.00	265.00

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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