Name: Fairview Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2024-11-07
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-11-07

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Today at Fairview as compared to one week ago, feeder steers 400-600lbs traded lower 6.00-10.00. Feeder heifers 400-600lbs traded higher 3.00, with 600-700lbs heifers higher 9.00. Light market test for both steers and heifers over 700lbs. Trade was active with good demand.

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $290.66/cwt on 159 head. That ranks 1 of 14 comparable sales and sits −175.70 against this barn's trailing median of $466.36.

Average price

$290.66

159 head · 544 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,581

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$793

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

$169.22/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−0.81

vs IL average

−11.19 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	524	329.22	1,726	43
Medium and Large 1-2	550	281.22	1,545	108
Medium and Large 2	570	241.36	1,375	5thin
Medium and Large 3	583	160.00	933	3thin

One grade step is worth $169.22/cwt here — about $793 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 sale159 hd

290.66

—

IL average2 barns · 411 hd

291.47

−0.81

National average187 barns · 26,509 hd

301.85

−11.19

This barn, trailing median14 sales

466.36

−175.70

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	300–350	340	340.00/cwt	340.00–340.00	1,156	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	900–950	909	230.00/cwt	230.00–230.00	2,091	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	375	331.61/cwt	322.50–351.00	1,244	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	768	241.99/cwt	234.00–246.00	1,858	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	300–350	330	271.00/cwt	271.00–271.00	894	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	531	288.69/cwt	271.00–299.00	1,533	58
Steers	Medium and Large 1	1050–1100	1,098	201.00/cwt	201.00–201.00	2,207	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	758	248.83/cwt	246.00–251.00	1,886	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	431	338.14/cwt	321.00–347.00	1,457	19
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	723	260.49/cwt	255.00–269.00	1,883	31
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	800–850	808	230.91/cwt	221.00–241.00	1,866	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	571	272.56/cwt	263.00–287.00	1,556	50
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	612	283.72/cwt	279.00–287.00	1,736	33
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	675	260.47/cwt	244.00–270.00	1,758	47
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	457	323.82/cwt	301.00–339.00	1,480	32
Steers	Large 2	700–750	720	193.00/cwt	193.00–193.00	1,390	1
Steers	Large 1-2	650–700	667	239.00/cwt	239.00–239.00	1,594	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	850–900	876	234.71/cwt	233.00–236.00	2,056	10
Steers	Large 2	900–950	905	166.00/cwt	166.00–166.00	1,502	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	614	272.96/cwt	252.00–284.00	1,676	64
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	456	286.37/cwt	266.00–291.00	1,306	9
Steers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	510	237.50/cwt	237.50–237.50	1,211	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	719	243.43/cwt	238.00–258.00	1,750	19
Steers	Medium and Large 2	650–700	674	235.64/cwt	227.00–241.00	1,588	9
Steers	Medium and Large 2	900–950	925	201.00/cwt	201.00–201.00	1,859	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	445	247.00/cwt	247.00–247.00	1,099	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	600–650	631	242.47/cwt	220.00–248.00	1,530	10
Steers	Medium and Large 2	700–750	705	211.99/cwt	211.00–214.00	1,495	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	850–900	870	226.00/cwt	226.00–226.00	1,966	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	450	253.00/cwt	253.00–253.00	1,139	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	385	255.00/cwt	255.00–255.00	982	1
Steers	Medium and Large 3	250–300	270	215.00/cwt	215.00–215.00	581	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	583	244.43/cwt	231.00–251.00	1,425	3
Steers	Medium and Large 3	550–600	583	160.00/cwt	160.00–160.00	933	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	355	271.00/cwt	271.00–271.00	962	1
Steers	Medium and Large 3	200–250	230	240.00/cwt	240.00–240.00	552	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2Fleshy	850–900	885	197.00/cwt	197.00–197.00	1,743	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	350–400	360	327.00/cwt	327.00–327.00	1,177	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	558	256.83/cwt	256.00–260.00	1,433	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	480	273.00/cwt	273.00–273.00	1,310	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	530	259.00/cwt	259.00–259.00	1,373	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	385	291.00/cwt	291.00–291.00	1,120	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy	600–650	605	221.00/cwt	221.00–221.00	1,337	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	900–950	943	202.00/cwt	202.00–202.00	1,905	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	893	216.00/cwt	216.00–216.00	1,929	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2Fleshy	650–700	692	216.00/cwt	216.00–216.00	1,495	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	593	267.00/cwt	267.00–267.00	1,583	23
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	613	257.03/cwt	243.00–264.00	1,576	66
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	663	231.26/cwt	229.00–236.00	1,533	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	517	279.91/cwt	266.00–293.00	1,447	41
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	477	298.18/cwt	295.00–301.00	1,422	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	712	232.30/cwt	221.00–236.00	1,654	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	575	244.93/cwt	234.00–257.00	1,408	36
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	320	325.58/cwt	317.00–335.00	1,042	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	672	253.21/cwt	248.00–257.00	1,702	35
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	900–950	910	207.00/cwt	207.00–207.00	1,884	1
Heifers	Large 1-2	550–600	597	245.00/cwt	245.00–245.00	1,463	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	785	226.00/cwt	226.00–226.00	1,774	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	366	303.41/cwt	291.00–311.00	1,110	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	481	267.59/cwt	243.00–281.00	1,287	33
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	300–350	315	285.00/cwt	285.00–285.00	898	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	800–850	830	212.00/cwt	212.00–212.00	1,760	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	436	298.88/cwt	287.00–305.00	1,303	20
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	530	247.74/cwt	234.00–255.00	1,313	18
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	569	233.45/cwt	226.00–236.00	1,328	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	386	273.05/cwt	265.00–286.00	1,054	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	1000–1050	1,044	186.00/cwt	186.00–186.00	1,942	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	850–900	850	202.00/cwt	202.00–202.00	1,717	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	750–800	775	181.00/cwt	181.00–181.00	1,403	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	250–300	273	283.72/cwt	277.00–297.00	775	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	500–550	527	340.00/cwt	340.00–340.00	1,792	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	421	246.90/cwt	245.00–251.00	1,039	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	200–250	200	201.00/cwt	201.00–201.00	402	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	950–1000	965	180.66/cwt	179.00–181.00	1,743	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	600–650	604	222.03/cwt	203.00–226.00	1,341	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	523	235.46/cwt	228.00–243.00	1,231	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy	700–750	700	233.00/cwt	233.00–233.00	1,631	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	635	233.00/cwt	233.00–233.00	1,480	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	250–300	262	381.00/cwt	381.00–381.00	998	2
Steers	Large 2Fleshy	900–950	930	170.00/cwt	170.00–170.00	1,581	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2Fleshy	750–800	797	217.00/cwt	217.00–217.00	1,729	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2Fleshy	550–600	590	236.00/cwt	236.00–236.00	1,392	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	400–450	430	242.00/cwt	242.00–242.00	1,041	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	700–750	700	193.00/cwt	193.00–193.00	1,351	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	523	324.55/cwt	302.00–339.00	1,697	30

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$ per cwt · actual wt
2	250–300	262	381.00	381.00
2	300–350	340	340.00	340.00
5	350–400	375	322.50–351.00	331.61
19	400–450	431	321.00–347.00	338.14
32	450–500	457	301.00–339.00	323.82
30	500–550	523	302.00–339.00	324.55
33	600–650	612	279.00–287.00	283.72
31	700–750	723	255.00–269.00	260.49
6	750–800	758	246.00–251.00	248.83
8	900–950	909	230.00	230.00
3	1050–1100	1,098	201.00	201.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	300–350	330	271.00	271.00
1	350–400	355	271.00	271.00
9	450–500	456	266.00–291.00	286.37
58	500–550	531	271.00–299.00	288.69
50	550–600	571	263.00–287.00	272.56
64	600–650	614	252.00–284.00	272.96
47	650–700	675	244.00–270.00	260.47
19	700–750	719	238.00–258.00	243.43
3	750–800	768	234.00–246.00	241.99
2	800–850	808	221.00–241.00	230.91
10	850–900	876	233.00–236.00	234.71
Steers — Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	700–750	720	193.00	193.00
1	900–950	905	166.00	166.00
Steers — Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	650–700	667	239.00	239.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	350–400	385	255.00	255.00
1	400–450	445	247.00	247.00
1	450–500	450	253.00	253.00
1	500–550	510	237.50	237.50
3	550–600	583	231.00–251.00	244.43
10	600–650	631	220.00–248.00	242.47
9	650–700	674	227.00–241.00	235.64
3	700–750	705	211.00–214.00	211.99
1	850–900	870	226.00	226.00
1	900–950	925	201.00	201.00
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	200–250	230	240.00	240.00
1	250–300	270	215.00	215.00
3	550–600	583	160.00	160.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
13	500–550	527	340.00	340.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
1	700–750	700	233.00	233.00
Steers — Large 2 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
1	900–950	930	170.00	170.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
1	550–600	590	236.00	236.00
2	750–800	797	217.00	217.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	400–450	430	242.00	242.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
2	650–700	692	216.00	216.00
1	850–900	885	197.00	197.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
1	600–650	605	221.00	221.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	300–350	320	317.00–335.00	325.58
12	350–400	366	291.00–311.00	303.41
20	400–450	436	287.00–305.00	298.88
11	450–500	477	295.00–301.00	298.18
41	500–550	517	266.00–293.00	279.91
23	550–600	593	267.00	267.00
66	600–650	613	243.00–264.00	257.03
35	650–700	672	248.00–257.00	253.21
7	700–750	712	221.00–236.00	232.30
1	750–800	785	226.00	226.00
4	850–900	893	216.00	216.00
4	900–950	943	202.00	202.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	250–300	273	277.00–297.00	283.72
1	300–350	315	285.00	285.00
9	350–400	386	265.00–286.00	273.05
3	400–450	421	245.00–251.00	246.90
33	450–500	481	243.00–281.00	267.59
18	500–550	530	234.00–255.00	247.74
36	550–600	575	234.00–257.00	244.93
1	600–650	635	233.00	233.00
11	650–700	663	229.00–236.00	231.26
1	800–850	830	212.00	212.00
2	850–900	850	202.00	202.00
1	900–950	910	207.00	207.00
5	1000–1050	1,044	186.00	186.00
Heifers — Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	550–600	597	245.00	245.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	500–550	523	228.00–243.00	235.46
4	550–600	569	226.00–236.00	233.45
6	600–650	604	203.00–226.00	222.03
1	700–750	700	193.00	193.00
1	750–800	775	181.00	181.00
6	950–1000	965	179.00–181.00	180.66
Heifers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	200–250	200	201.00	201.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	350–400	360	327.00	327.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	350–400	385	291.00	291.00
1	450–500	480	273.00	273.00
2	500–550	530	259.00	259.00
5	550–600	558	256.00–260.00	256.83

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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