Name: Fairview Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2024-05-23
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-05-23

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Today at Fairview, as compared to two weeks ago, 400-500 feeder steers lower 8.00, 600-700lbs higher 15.00 with steers 800-900lbs higher 12.00. Feeder heifers 400lbs higher 10.00, 500lb heifers steady with 600lbs heifers higher 15.00. Good demand with active trade on a mostly attractive offering.

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $318.95/cwt on 77 head. That ranks 1 of 14 comparable sales and sits −147.41 against this barn's trailing median of $466.36.

Average price

$318.95

77 head · 544 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,734

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$249

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

$68.77/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+0.00

vs IL average

+4.85 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	537	328.20	1,762	63
Medium and Large 1-2	573	282.23	1,616	11thin
Medium and Large 2	583	259.43	1,512	3thin

One grade step is worth $68.77/cwt here — about $249 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 500–600 lb. USDA reports each grade on its own line and never publishes the spread.

This barn's trailing prices 500–600 lb

14 sales

Steers 500–600 lb: high $492.86, low $402.17, median $466.36 across 14 sales. Sales under 10 head in this class are excluded, so a thin day cannot swing the median or the ranking.

How it compared 500–600 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only

This sale77 hd

318.95

—

IL average1 barns · 77 hd

318.95

+0.00

National average158 barns · 11,390 hd

314.10

+4.85

This barn, trailing median14 sales

466.36

−147.41

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

71 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	350–400	375	359.58/cwt	329.00–375.00	1,348	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	765	213.59/cwt	200.00–223.00	1,634	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	350	337.50/cwt	337.50–337.50	1,181	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	656	310.66/cwt	285.00–318.00	2,038	20
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	520	281.00/cwt	281.00–281.00	1,461	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	460	315.17/cwt	292.50–327.50	1,450	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1	950–1000	967	242.56/cwt	239.75–245.50	2,346	110
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy	650–700	670	227.50/cwt	227.50–227.50	1,524	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy	650–700	650	232.50/cwt	232.50–232.50	1,511	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	631	311.52/cwt	289.00–321.00	1,966	37
Steers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	771	258.09/cwt	251.00–263.00	1,990	19
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	571	318.93/cwt	301.00–326.00	1,821	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	900–950	915	211.00/cwt	211.00–211.00	1,931	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	882	259.42/cwt	243.00–260.75	2,288	190
Steers	Medium and Large 1	900–950	903	253.34/cwt	231.00–253.75	2,288	57
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	424	342.12/cwt	312.50–359.00	1,451	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	518	312.92/cwt	285.00–324.00	1,621	51
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	611	279.03/cwt	251.00–289.00	1,705	27
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	580	298.88/cwt	292.00–309.00	1,734	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	431	314.56/cwt	305.00–330.00	1,356	18
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	478	317.00/cwt	291.00–324.00	1,515	47
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	300–350	320	392.50/cwt	392.50–392.50	1,256	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	362	326.69/cwt	305.00–331.00	1,183	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	837	219.25/cwt	219.00–220.00	1,835	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	335	347.00/cwt	347.00–347.00	1,162	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	726	242.57/cwt	231.00–251.00	1,761	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	669	239.68/cwt	235.00–251.00	1,603	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	250–300	255	390.00/cwt	390.00–390.00	995	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	860	218.00/cwt	218.00–218.00	1,875	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	325	400.00/cwt	400.00–400.00	1,300	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	472	341.25/cwt	320.00–370.00	1,611	53
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	600–650	615	324.00/cwt	324.00–324.00	1,993	7
Heifers	Medium 1-2	250–300	275	297.50/cwt	297.50–297.50	818	1
Steers	Large 1-2	950–1000	995	209.00/cwt	209.00–209.00	2,080	1
Heifers	Large 1	700–750	710	235.00/cwt	235.00–235.00	1,669	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	850–900	880	191.00/cwt	191.00–191.00	1,681	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	415	259.00/cwt	259.00–259.00	1,075	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	950–1000	950	167.00/cwt	167.00–167.00	1,587	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	527	330.85/cwt	307.00–355.00	1,744	49
Steers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	829	248.77/cwt	244.00–252.00	2,062	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	707	277.00/cwt	277.00–277.00	1,958	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	578	282.35/cwt	271.00–300.00	1,632	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	900–950	925	162.00/cwt	162.00–162.00	1,499	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	800–850	825	155.00/cwt	155.00–155.00	1,279	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	1000–1050	1,000	162.00/cwt	162.00–162.00	1,620	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	900–950	918	186.97/cwt	183.00–191.00	1,716	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	525	276.93/cwt	259.00–285.00	1,454	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	774	241.07/cwt	208.00–249.00	1,866	13
Steers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	583	259.43/cwt	252.00–269.00	1,512	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	800–850	825	225.24/cwt	218.00–234.00	1,858	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	622	255.84/cwt	231.00–285.00	1,591	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	1150–1200	1,165	171.00/cwt	171.00–171.00	1,992	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	728	219.36/cwt	207.00–231.00	1,597	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	850–900	880	211.74/cwt	203.00–216.00	1,863	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	850–900	882	233.69/cwt	231.00–235.00	2,061	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	671	259.33/cwt	247.00–278.00	1,740	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	950–1000	985	189.00/cwt	189.00–189.00	1,862	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	705	235.00/cwt	235.00–235.00	1,657	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	380	265.49/cwt	241.00–285.00	1,009	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	508	284.81/cwt	272.50–297.00	1,447	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	472	263.83/cwt	247.00–273.00	1,245	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	250–300	280	331.00/cwt	331.00–331.00	927	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	468	293.68/cwt	282.00–305.00	1,374	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	250–300	260	385.00/cwt	385.00–385.00	1,001	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	427	274.89/cwt	270.00–282.00	1,174	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	415	301.00/cwt	301.00–301.00	1,249	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	678	250.69/cwt	243.00–258.00	1,700	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	561	263.61/cwt	242.50–273.00	1,479	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy	850–900	880	225.50/cwt	214.00–237.00	1,984	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	300–350	318	274.38/cwt	260.00–282.50	873	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	605	284.00/cwt	284.00–284.00	1,718	2

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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Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	300–350	325	400.00	400.00
10	350–400	375	329.00–375.00	359.58
13	400–450	424	312.50–359.00	342.12
53	450–500	472	320.00–370.00	341.25
49	500–550	527	307.00–355.00	330.85
14	550–600	571	301.00–326.00	318.93
37	600–650	631	289.00–321.00	311.52
20	650–700	656	285.00–318.00	310.66
2	700–750	707	277.00	277.00
19	750–800	771	251.00–263.00	258.09
8	800–850	829	244.00–252.00	248.77
190	850–900	882	243.00–260.75	259.42
57	900–950	903	231.00–253.75	253.34
110	950–1000	967	239.75–245.50	242.56
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	400–450	415	259.00	259.00
2	450–500	468	282.00–305.00	293.68
1	500–550	520	281.00	281.00
10	550–600	578	271.00–300.00	282.35
3	600–650	622	231.00–285.00	255.84
9	650–700	671	247.00–278.00	259.33
1	700–750	705	235.00	235.00
13	750–800	774	208.00–249.00	241.07
3	800–850	825	218.00–234.00	225.24
3	850–900	882	231.00–235.00	233.69
1	1150–1200	1,165	171.00	171.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
1	650–700	650	232.50	232.50
2	850–900	880	214.00–237.00	225.50
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
7	600–650	615	324.00	324.00
Steers — Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	950–1000	995	209.00	209.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	550–600	583	252.00–269.00	259.43
6	850–900	880	191.00	191.00
2	900–950	918	183.00–191.00	186.97
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	250–300	280	331.00	331.00
3	300–350	318	260.00–282.50	274.38
4	350–400	380	241.00–285.00	265.49
4	400–450	427	270.00–282.00	274.89
9	450–500	472	247.00–273.00	263.83
6	500–550	525	259.00–285.00	276.93
4	550–600	561	242.50–273.00	263.61
2	600–650	605	284.00	284.00
2	650–700	678	243.00–258.00	250.69
5	700–750	728	207.00–231.00	219.36
5	750–800	765	200.00–223.00	213.59
3	850–900	880	203.00–216.00	211.74
1	950–1000	985	189.00	189.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
1	650–700	670	227.50	227.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	250–300	255	390.00	390.00
1	300–350	335	347.00	347.00
10	350–400	362	305.00–331.00	326.69
18	400–450	431	305.00–330.00	314.56
47	450–500	478	291.00–324.00	317.00
51	500–550	518	285.00–324.00	312.92
14	550–600	580	292.00–309.00	298.88
27	600–650	611	251.00–289.00	279.03
9	650–700	669	235.00–251.00	239.68
10	700–750	726	231.00–251.00	242.57
4	800–850	837	219.00–220.00	219.25
1	850–900	860	218.00	218.00
2	900–950	915	211.00	211.00
Heifers — Medium 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	250–300	275	297.50	297.50
Heifers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	700–750	710	235.00	235.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	800–850	825	155.00	155.00
1	900–950	925	162.00	162.00
3	950–1000	950	167.00	167.00
1	1000–1050	1,000	162.00	162.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	250–300	260	385.00	385.00
1	350–400	350	337.50	337.50
1	400–450	415	301.00	301.00
7	450–500	460	292.50–327.50	315.17
2	500–550	508	272.50–297.00	284.81
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	300–350	320	392.50	392.50

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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