Name: Fairview Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2024-08-15
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-08-15

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Today at Fairview, an overall attractive offering was met with good demand and active trade. 400-600lb steer calves traded with a noticeable higher undertone, while 700-950lb yearling steers traded comparably lower to early summer trends. Heifer calves and yearlings traded mostly higher as compared to trends of the same time frame.

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $282.93/cwt on 69 head. That ranks 1 of 15 comparable sales and sits −181.37 against this barn's trailing median of $464.30.

Average price

$282.93

69 head · 553 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,565

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$743

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

$111.91/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+0.00

vs IL average

+2.59 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	558	314.91	1,758	24
Medium and Large 1-2	551	267.30	1,474	44
Medium and Large 2-3	500	203.00	1,015	1thin

One grade step is worth $111.91/cwt here — about $743 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 400–500 lb. USDA reports each grade on its own line and never publishes the spread.

This barn's trailing prices 500–600 lb

15 sales

Steers 500–600 lb: high $492.86, low $382.70, median $464.30 across 15 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 sale69 hd

282.93

—

IL average1 barns · 69 hd

282.93

+0.00

National average153 barns · 6,707 hd

280.34

+2.59

This barn, trailing median15 sales

464.30

−181.37

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

97 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	400–450	434	277.41/cwt	271.00–283.00	1,204	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	473	326.97/cwt	313.00–341.00	1,547	18
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	800–850	830	233.00/cwt	233.00–233.00	1,934	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	713	280.29/cwt	254.00–282.00	1,998	17
Steers	Medium and Large 1	950–1000	952	234.33/cwt	231.00–237.50	2,231	113
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	390	305.19/cwt	290.00–320.00	1,190	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	573	298.04/cwt	285.00–308.00	1,708	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	531	308.60/cwt	287.50–317.50	1,639	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	472	262.79/cwt	245.00–277.50	1,240	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	889	244.60/cwt	238.75–249.50	2,174	242
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	627	296.20/cwt	284.00–303.00	1,857	27
Steers	Medium and Large 1	900–950	919	250.13/cwt	238.00–259.00	2,299	103
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	653	275.36/cwt	273.00–280.00	1,798	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	550–600	556	331.00/cwt	331.00–331.00	1,840	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	426	325.99/cwt	322.50–335.00	1,389	7
Steers	Large 1	850–900	891	238.00/cwt	238.00–238.00	2,121	5
Steers	Large 1	700–750	707	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	1,768	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	1050–1100	1,090	214.00/cwt	214.00–214.00	2,333	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	837	259.17/cwt	245.00–265.00	2,169	132
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	300–350	335	181.00/cwt	181.00–181.00	606	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	1000–1050	1,038	223.00/cwt	223.00–223.00	2,315	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	650–700	680	205.00/cwt	205.00–205.00	1,394	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	800–850	815	207.00/cwt	207.00–207.00	1,687	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	495	255.00/cwt	255.00–255.00	1,262	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	300–350	338	325.77/cwt	325.00–328.00	1,101	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	680	262.89/cwt	243.00–272.00	1,788	30
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	850–900	877	227.19/cwt	225.00–237.00	1,992	6
Steers	Medium and Large 2	600–650	645	220.00/cwt	220.00–220.00	1,419	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	950–1000	985	210.00/cwt	210.00–210.00	2,069	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	534	263.87/cwt	249.00–285.00	1,409	20
Steers	Medium and Large 2	700–750	743	215.50/cwt	215.00–216.00	1,601	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	735	242.18/cwt	237.00–246.00	1,780	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	789	238.46/cwt	222.00–245.00	1,881	28
Dairy Steers	Medium and Large 3	600–650	605	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	847	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	566	270.16/cwt	246.00–281.00	1,529	24
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	450–500	485	200.00/cwt	200.00–200.00	970	1
Steers	Medium 2	400–450	405	260.00/cwt	260.00–260.00	1,053	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	500–550	500	203.00/cwt	203.00–203.00	1,015	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	628	260.35/cwt	235.00–271.00	1,635	19
Beef/Dairy Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	375	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	1,125	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	410	202.00/cwt	202.00–202.00	828	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	375	255.00/cwt	255.00–255.00	956	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	650	233.00/cwt	233.00–233.00	1,515	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	1100–1150	1,135	151.00/cwt	151.00–151.00	1,714	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	450–500	482	274.90/cwt	251.00–281.00	1,325	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	700–750	725	217.00/cwt	217.00–217.00	1,573	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	600–650	605	249.00/cwt	249.00–249.00	1,506	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	500–550	535	241.00/cwt	241.00–241.00	1,289	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2Fleshy	950–1000	967	166.00/cwt	166.00–166.00	1,605	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	400–450	420	310.00/cwt	310.00–310.00	1,302	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	300–350	325	344.38/cwt	325.00–365.00	1,119	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	515	270.00/cwt	270.00–270.00	1,391	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Guaranteed Open	800–850	837	237.00/cwt	237.00–237.00	1,984	65
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	1050–1100	1,065	202.00/cwt	202.00–202.00	2,151	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	716	246.96/cwt	226.00–257.00	1,768	36
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	586	275.84/cwt	259.00–286.00	1,616	27
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	477	287.83/cwt	275.00–292.50	1,373	9
Heifers	Large 1	650–700	650	253.00/cwt	253.00–253.00	1,645	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	829	239.31/cwt	226.00–249.00	1,984	91
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy	450–500	490	257.50/cwt	257.50–257.50	1,262	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	760	250.43/cwt	235.00–252.00	1,903	11
Heifers	Large 1	500–550	527	277.50/cwt	277.50–277.50	1,462	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	617	270.06/cwt	260.00–278.00	1,666	15
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	858	232.00/cwt	232.00–232.00	1,991	3
Heifers	Large 1	700–750	737	240.60/cwt	240.00–243.00	1,773	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Guaranteed Open	950–1000	976	210.00/cwt	210.00–210.00	2,050	16
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	433	292.73/cwt	285.00–305.00	1,268	8
Heifers	Large 1	600–650	642	234.00/cwt	234.00–234.00	1,502	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	1050–1100	1,057	209.00/cwt	209.00–209.00	2,209	2
Heifers	Medium 1-2	550–600	564	253.00/cwt	253.00–253.00	1,427	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	900–950	915	218.97/cwt	209.00–224.00	2,004	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	527	276.19/cwt	251.00–285.00	1,456	36
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	450–500	490	331.00/cwt	331.00–331.00	1,622	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	900–950	935	193.00/cwt	193.00–193.00	1,805	1
Steers	Large 1	900–950	920	231.00/cwt	231.00–231.00	2,125	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	350	270.00/cwt	270.00–270.00	945	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	250–300	280	269.00/cwt	269.00–269.00	753	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	600–650	635	210.00/cwt	210.00–210.00	1,334	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	750–800	785	219.00/cwt	219.00–219.00	1,719	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	519	259.54/cwt	239.00–267.00	1,347	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	578	230.47/cwt	224.00–237.00	1,332	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	645	225.00/cwt	225.00–225.00	1,451	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	800–850	818	220.01/cwt	216.00–224.00	1,800	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	300–350	318	263.24/cwt	253.00–273.00	837	2
Heifers	Medium 2	450–500	457	225.00/cwt	225.00–225.00	1,028	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	250–300	280	255.00/cwt	255.00–255.00	714	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	200–250	210	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	630	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	385	303.00/cwt	303.00–303.00	1,167	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	765	202.00/cwt	202.00–202.00	1,545	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	395	271.67/cwt	269.00–273.00	1,073	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	578	238.64/cwt	232.00–245.00	1,379	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	483	256.56/cwt	243.00–270.00	1,239	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	663	241.11/cwt	235.00–247.00	1,599	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	428	272.49/cwt	255.00–279.00	1,166	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	677	262.58/cwt	247.00–270.00	1,778	29
Heifers	Large 1-2	750–800	770	216.00/cwt	216.00–216.00	1,663	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	300–350	323	283.76/cwt	280.00–290.00	917	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.

Illinois feeder prices, every weight →Every state and region →

Fairview Sale Barn Cattle Special - Fairview, IL

Thu Aug 15, 2024

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

Receipts 1,393Last week 518Year ago 945

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	300–350	338	325.00–328.00	325.77
3	350–400	390	290.00–320.00	305.19
4	400–450	434	271.00–283.00	277.41
3	450–500	472	245.00–277.50	262.79
20	500–550	534	249.00–285.00	263.87
24	550–600	566	246.00–281.00	270.16
19	600–650	628	235.00–271.00	260.35
30	650–700	680	243.00–272.00	262.89
5	700–750	735	237.00–246.00	242.18
28	750–800	789	222.00–245.00	238.46
1	800–850	830	233.00	233.00
6	850–900	877	225.00–237.00	227.19
1	950–1000	985	210.00	210.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
7	400–450	426	322.50–335.00	325.99
18	450–500	473	313.00–341.00	326.97
4	500–550	531	287.50–317.50	308.60
9	550–600	573	285.00–308.00	298.04
27	600–650	627	284.00–303.00	296.20
3	650–700	653	273.00–280.00	275.36
17	700–750	713	254.00–282.00	280.29
132	800–850	837	245.00–265.00	259.17
242	850–900	889	238.75–249.50	244.60
103	900–950	919	238.00–259.00	250.13
113	950–1000	952	231.00–237.50	234.33
6	1000–1050	1,038	223.00	223.00
1	1050–1100	1,090	214.00	214.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
4	450–500	490	331.00	331.00
11	550–600	556	331.00	331.00
Steers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	700–750	707	250.00	250.00
5	850–900	891	238.00	238.00
3	900–950	920	231.00	231.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	350–400	375	255.00	255.00
1	400–450	410	202.00	202.00
1	600–650	645	220.00	220.00
2	700–750	743	215.00–216.00	215.50
Steers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	450–500	485	200.00	200.00
1	500–550	500	203.00	203.00
Steers — Medium 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	400–450	405	260.00	260.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	300–350	335	181.00	181.00
1	650–700	680	205.00	205.00
1	750–800	785	219.00	219.00
1	800–850	815	207.00	207.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	200–250	210	300.00	300.00
1	250–300	280	269.00	269.00
2	300–350	318	253.00–273.00	263.24
1	350–400	350	270.00	270.00
1	450–500	495	255.00	255.00
2	550–600	578	224.00–237.00	230.47
1	600–650	635	210.00	210.00
1	900–950	935	193.00	193.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
2	950–1000	967	166.00	166.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
1	400–450	420	310.00	310.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Guaranteed Open$ per cwt · actual wt
65	800–850	837	237.00	237.00
16	950–1000	976	210.00	210.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
1	1050–1100	1,065	202.00	202.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	350–400	385	303.00	303.00
8	400–450	433	285.00–305.00	292.73
9	450–500	477	275.00–292.50	287.83
36	500–550	527	251.00–285.00	276.19
27	550–600	586	259.00–286.00	275.84
15	600–650	617	260.00–278.00	270.06
29	650–700	677	247.00–270.00	262.58
36	700–750	716	226.00–257.00	246.96
11	750–800	760	235.00–252.00	250.43
91	800–850	829	226.00–249.00	239.31
3	850–900	858	232.00	232.00
3	900–950	915	209.00–224.00	218.97
2	1050–1100	1,057	209.00	209.00
Heifers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	500–550	527	277.50	277.50
2	600–650	642	234.00	234.00
1	650–700	650	253.00	253.00
5	700–750	737	240.00–243.00	240.60
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
1	450–500	490	257.50	257.50
Heifers — Medium 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
7	550–600	564	253.00	253.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	250–300	280	255.00	255.00
3	300–350	323	280.00–290.00	283.76
3	350–400	395	269.00–273.00	271.67
6	400–450	428	255.00–279.00	272.49
6	450–500	483	243.00–270.00	256.56
7	500–550	519	239.00–267.00	259.54
3	550–600	578	232.00–245.00	238.64
1	600–650	645	225.00	225.00
2	650–700	663	235.00–247.00	241.11
1	750–800	765	202.00	202.00
2	800–850	818	216.00–224.00	220.01
Heifers — Medium 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	450–500	457	225.00	225.00
Heifers — Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	750–800	770	216.00	216.00
Dairy Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	600–650	605	140.00	140.00
Beef/Dairy Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	350–400	375	300.00	300.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	300–350	325	325.00–365.00	344.38
1	500–550	515	270.00	270.00
1	650–700	650	233.00	233.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	450–500	482	251.00–281.00	274.90
1	500–550	535	241.00	241.00
3	600–650	605	249.00	249.00
1	700–750	725	217.00	217.00
1	1100–1150	1,135	151.00	151.00

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.

Feeder Cattle — prices, barns, and planning

Fed Cattle — the cash market and what quality pays

Beef & Retail — from the box to the grocery shelf

Feed & Hay — the cost side, cash not futures

Cows & Bred Stock — the rebuild market

More

Fairview Livestock Auction