Name: Fairview Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2024-06-06
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-06-06

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Today at Fairview, as compared to two weeks ago. 400lb steer calves traded higher 13.00, no comparison at 500lbs, with 600-700lb feeder steers trading mostly steady. Six load lots of 800lb steers traded higher 14.00 on good to very good demand. Heifer calves, 400-500lbs higher 4.00. 600lb heifers lightly tested traded mostly steady to higher 2.00 with 700lb heifers lower 3.00. Overall good demand with mostly active trade.

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $324.90/cwt on 61 head. That ranks 1 of 14 comparable sales and sits −141.47 against this barn's trailing median of $466.36.

Average price

$324.90

61 head · 555 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,802

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$567

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

$90.81/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+0.00

vs IL average

+15.74 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	552	335.81	1,854	50
Medium and Large 1-2	572	278.33	1,591	10thin
Medium and Large 2	525	245.00	1,286	1thin

One grade step is worth $90.81/cwt here — about $567 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 sale61 hd

324.90

—

IL average1 barns · 61 hd

324.90

+0.00

National average164 barns · 13,053 hd

309.16

+15.74

This barn, trailing median14 sales

466.36

−141.47

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

73 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 1-2	600–650	613	271.35/cwt	264.00–279.00	1,663	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	800–850	834	233.24/cwt	231.00–241.00	1,945	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy	900–950	900	185.00/cwt	185.00–185.00	1,665	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	550	280.00/cwt	280.00–280.00	1,540	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	540	280.00/cwt	280.00–280.00	1,512	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	515	312.44/cwt	290.00–326.00	1,609	32
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	535	305.80/cwt	305.00–307.50	1,636	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	330	397.50/cwt	397.50–397.50	1,312	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	618	311.41/cwt	304.00–314.00	1,925	15
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	460	287.50/cwt	287.50–287.50	1,323	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	669	254.50/cwt	235.00–267.00	1,703	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1	950–1000	967	214.00/cwt	214.00–214.00	2,069	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	812	266.50/cwt	266.50–266.50	2,164	61
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	483	307.08/cwt	292.50–315.00	1,483	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	583	317.27/cwt	291.00–327.00	1,850	23
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	395	353.00/cwt	353.00–353.00	1,394	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	423	341.13/cwt	305.00–357.50	1,443	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	335	339.94/cwt	305.00–355.00	1,139	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	374	315.00/cwt	315.00–315.00	1,178	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	827	235.50/cwt	235.50–235.50	1,948	64
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	250–300	250	348.00/cwt	348.00–348.00	870	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	672	280.00/cwt	280.00–280.00	1,882	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	426	336.87/cwt	319.00–343.00	1,435	26
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Guaranteed Open	1000–1050	1,000	201.00/cwt	201.00–201.00	2,010	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	750	231.00/cwt	231.00–231.00	1,733	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	851	219.70/cwt	211.00–220.00	1,870	31
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	674	249.85/cwt	244.00–257.00	1,684	21
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	627	246.09/cwt	244.00–247.50	1,543	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	719	239.58/cwt	235.00–243.00	1,723	15
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	563	289.99/cwt	285.00–306.00	1,633	34
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	550–600	565	330.00/cwt	330.00–330.00	1,865	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	500–550	504	371.00/cwt	371.00–371.00	1,870	16
Heifers	Medium 1	250–300	275	330.00/cwt	330.00–330.00	908	1
Bulls	Large 2	850–900	870	199.00/cwt	199.00–199.00	1,731	2
Steers	Large 2	750–800	775	205.00/cwt	205.00–205.00	1,589	2
Steers	Large 2	950–1000	995	160.00/cwt	160.00–160.00	1,592	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	250–300	290	280.00/cwt	280.00–280.00	812	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	600–650	635	212.50/cwt	212.50–212.50	1,349	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	714	272.00/cwt	272.00–272.00	1,942	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	870	264.19/cwt	261.50–268.50	2,298	301
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	479	355.83/cwt	330.00–370.00	1,704	24
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	450–500	474	337.00/cwt	337.00–337.00	1,597	15
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	850–900	865	192.50/cwt	192.50–192.50	1,665	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	550–600	595	220.00/cwt	220.00–220.00	1,309	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	700–750	720	231.00/cwt	231.00–231.00	1,663	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	375	275.00/cwt	275.00–275.00	1,031	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	650–700	655	215.00/cwt	215.00–215.00	1,408	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	850–900	865	170.00/cwt	170.00–170.00	1,471	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	700–750	710	201.00/cwt	201.00–201.00	1,427	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	900–950	910	167.00/cwt	167.00–167.00	1,520	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2Fleshy	500–550	515	240.00/cwt	240.00–240.00	1,236	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2Fleshy	900–950	905	161.00/cwt	161.00–161.00	1,457	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	950–1000	990	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	1,485	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	530	246.31/cwt	240.00–252.50	1,305	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	533	265.12/cwt	260.00–275.00	1,413	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	712	256.51/cwt	231.00–261.00	1,826	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	374	325.16/cwt	307.50–331.00	1,216	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	716	225.75/cwt	220.00–229.00	1,616	4
Steers	Medium and Large 2	800–850	840	185.00/cwt	185.00–185.00	1,554	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	525	245.00/cwt	245.00–245.00	1,286	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	300–350	340	287.50/cwt	287.50–287.50	978	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	779	212.14/cwt	201.00–224.00	1,653	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	423	287.36/cwt	282.50–292.50	1,216	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	763	231.11/cwt	220.00–242.00	1,763	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	535	285.00/cwt	285.00–285.00	1,525	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	250–300	285	340.00/cwt	340.00–340.00	969	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	480	292.75/cwt	292.50–293.00	1,405	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	850–900	855	203.50/cwt	201.00–206.00	1,740	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	690	234.00/cwt	234.00–234.00	1,615	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	574	273.81/cwt	265.00–279.00	1,572	30
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	373	300.86/cwt	295.00–305.00	1,122	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	483	259.69/cwt	247.50–272.00	1,254	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	581	276.66/cwt	260.00–287.00	1,607	8

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$ per cwt · actual wt
1	250–300	285	340.00	340.00
5	350–400	374	307.50–331.00	325.16
2	450–500	460	287.50	287.50
2	500–550	535	285.00	285.00
8	550–600	581	260.00–287.00	276.66
2	600–650	613	264.00–279.00	271.35
7	650–700	669	235.00–267.00	254.50
7	700–750	712	231.00–261.00	256.51
2	750–800	763	220.00–242.00	231.11
7	800–850	834	231.00–241.00	233.24
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	300–350	330	397.50	397.50
9	350–400	395	353.00	353.00
13	400–450	423	305.00–357.50	341.13
24	450–500	479	330.00–370.00	355.83
3	500–550	535	305.00–307.50	305.80
23	550–600	583	291.00–327.00	317.27
15	600–650	618	304.00–314.00	311.41
5	650–700	672	280.00	280.00
9	700–750	714	272.00	272.00
61	800–850	812	266.50	266.50
301	850–900	870	261.50–268.50	264.19
2	950–1000	967	214.00	214.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
16	500–550	504	371.00	371.00
8	550–600	565	330.00	330.00
Steers — Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	750–800	775	205.00	205.00
1	950–1000	995	160.00	160.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	250–300	290	280.00	280.00
1	500–550	525	245.00	245.00
1	700–750	710	201.00	201.00
1	800–850	840	185.00	185.00
1	850–900	865	170.00	170.00
1	900–950	910	167.00	167.00
1	950–1000	990	150.00	150.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	650–700	655	215.00	215.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
1	900–950	905	161.00	161.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
1	900–950	900	185.00	185.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	250–300	250	348.00	348.00
12	300–350	335	305.00–355.00	339.94
4	350–400	374	315.00	315.00
26	400–450	426	319.00–343.00	336.87
11	450–500	483	292.50–315.00	307.08
32	500–550	515	290.00–326.00	312.44
34	550–600	563	285.00–306.00	289.99
5	600–650	627	244.00–247.50	246.09
21	650–700	674	244.00–257.00	249.85
15	700–750	719	235.00–243.00	239.58
1	750–800	750	231.00	231.00
64	800–850	827	235.50	235.50
31	850–900	851	211.00–220.00	219.70
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Guaranteed Open$ per cwt · actual wt
1	1000–1050	1,000	201.00	201.00
Heifers — Medium 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	250–300	275	330.00	330.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	600–650	635	212.50	212.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
15	450–500	474	337.00	337.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	350–400	375	275.00	275.00
2	500–550	530	240.00–252.50	246.31
Heifers — Medium and Large 2 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
1	500–550	515	240.00	240.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	300–350	340	287.50	287.50
5	350–400	373	295.00–305.00	300.86
3	400–450	423	282.50–292.50	287.36
2	450–500	483	247.50–272.00	259.69
12	500–550	533	260.00–275.00	265.12
30	550–600	574	265.00–279.00	273.81
1	650–700	690	234.00	234.00
4	700–750	716	220.00–229.00	225.75
4	750–800	779	201.00–224.00	212.14
2	850–900	855	201.00–206.00	203.50
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	450–500	480	292.50–293.00	292.75
1	500–550	540	280.00	280.00
2	550–600	550	280.00	280.00
Bulls — Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	850–900	870	199.00	199.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	550–600	595	220.00	220.00
1	700–750	720	231.00	231.00
1	850–900	865	192.50	192.50

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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