Name: Fairview Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2024-11-21
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-11-21

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Today at Fairview, as compared to two weeks ago, 300lb steer calves traded higher 9.00 on a light test, 400lb feeder steers traded higher 14.00, with 500lbs calves trading mostly steady with a higher undertone. Yearling steers at 600lbs traded higher 6.00 with 700-900lb yearling steers higher 14.00. Heifer calves at 300lbs on a light test traded higher 12.00. Heifer calves at 400lbs, traded higher 12.00 with spots higher 18.00. Feeder heifers 500-600lbs mostly steady, with yearling heifers over 700lbs trading higher 14.00. Noticeable price reduction on fleshy cattle. Overall, a well conditioned, mostly attractive offering, met with good demand on attractive trade.

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $294.89/cwt on 119 head. That ranks 1 of 15 comparable sales and sits −169.41 against this barn's trailing median of $464.30.

Average price

$294.89

119 head · 542 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,598

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$488

per head · Medium and Large 1 over Large 2

$88.04/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+4.91

vs IL average

−14.37 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	526	320.04	1,683	43
Medium and Large 1-2	548	288.21	1,580	63
Medium and Large 2	569	245.10	1,395	12thin
Large 2	515	232.00	1,195	1thin

One grade step is worth $88.04/cwt here — about $488 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 300–400 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 sale119 hd

294.89

—

IL average2 barns · 163 hd

289.98

+4.91

National average182 barns · 24,645 hd

309.26

−14.37

This barn, trailing median15 sales

464.30

−169.41

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 1-2	700–750	720	240.03/cwt	231.00–246.00	1,728	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	770	249.22/cwt	243.00–260.00	1,919	37
Steers	Medium and Large 1	900–950	919	238.70/cwt	234.00–240.00	2,194	77
Steers	Medium and Large 1	950–1000	968	222.50/cwt	222.50–222.50	2,154	55
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	517	324.28/cwt	303.00–332.50	1,677	34
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	468	353.38/cwt	351.00–359.00	1,654	18
Steers	Large 2	500–550	515	232.00/cwt	232.00–232.00	1,195	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	559	304.01/cwt	302.00–308.00	1,699	9
Steers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	577	241.86/cwt	233.00–261.00	1,396	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	773	237.32/cwt	236.00–238.00	1,834	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	665	260.29/cwt	247.00–276.00	1,731	17
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	636	245.00/cwt	245.00–245.00	1,558	18
Steers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	527	253.00/cwt	253.00–253.00	1,333	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	427	303.34/cwt	285.00–315.00	1,295	9
Steers	Medium and Large 2	800–850	815	205.00/cwt	205.00–205.00	1,671	1
Steers	Large 2	850–900	850	206.00/cwt	206.00–206.00	1,751	1
Steers	Medium 2	350–400	395	225.00/cwt	225.00–225.00	889	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	527	288.41/cwt	267.50–295.00	1,520	35
Steers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	490	245.00/cwt	245.00–245.00	1,201	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	600–650	610	242.51/cwt	231.00–253.00	1,479	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	486	307.75/cwt	299.00–313.00	1,496	9
Steers	Medium and Large 2Unweaned	550–600	578	246.00/cwt	246.00–246.00	1,422	4
Steers	Medium and Large 2	650–700	685	246.00/cwt	246.00–246.00	1,685	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	700–750	735	221.00/cwt	221.00–221.00	1,624	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	575	287.95/cwt	267.50–299.00	1,656	28
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	300–350	337	382.50/cwt	382.50–382.50	1,289	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	600–650	611	251.00/cwt	251.00–251.00	1,534	4
Steers	Medium and Large 2Unweaned	300–350	300	235.00/cwt	235.00–235.00	705	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2Unweaned	450–500	465	254.00/cwt	254.00–254.00	1,181	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	428	327.80/cwt	327.50–329.00	1,403	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	655	250.98/cwt	245.00–265.00	1,644	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 2Fleshy	800–850	810	174.00/cwt	174.00–174.00	1,409	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	650–700	695	205.00/cwt	205.00–205.00	1,425	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	500–550	500	249.00/cwt	249.00–249.00	1,245	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	550–600	590	192.50/cwt	192.50–192.50	1,136	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	628	260.57/cwt	250.00–265.00	1,636	29
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	854	230.00/cwt	230.00–230.00	1,964	57
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	468	312.78/cwt	300.00–315.00	1,464	22
Heifers	Large 1-2	600–650	640	232.00/cwt	232.00–232.00	1,485	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	325	332.50/cwt	332.50–332.50	1,081	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	375	322.50/cwt	322.50–322.50	1,209	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	570	257.76/cwt	254.00–262.00	1,469	14
Heifers	Large 1	650–700	670	236.00/cwt	236.00–236.00	1,581	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	718	238.60/cwt	226.00–252.00	1,713	15
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	608	232.00/cwt	232.00–232.00	1,411	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	519	280.39/cwt	262.50–291.00	1,455	42
Heifers	Large 1-2	350–400	365	260.00/cwt	260.00–260.00	949	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	472	231.00/cwt	231.00–231.00	1,090	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	755	221.00/cwt	221.00–221.00	1,669	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	250–300	262	281.84/cwt	280.00–282.50	738	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	795	222.00/cwt	222.00–222.00	1,765	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	728	215.00/cwt	215.00–215.00	1,565	11
Heifers	Large 1-2	900–950	943	200.00/cwt	200.00–200.00	1,886	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	350–400	365	402.50/cwt	402.50–402.50	1,469	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	580	263.36/cwt	258.00–266.00	1,527	36
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	390	242.40/cwt	235.00–250.00	945	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2Unweaned	550–600	567	221.00/cwt	221.00–221.00	1,253	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	700–750	710	211.00/cwt	211.00–211.00	1,498	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	681	234.00/cwt	234.00–234.00	1,594	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	431	345.33/cwt	320.00–350.00	1,488	19
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	531	255.49/cwt	242.00–265.00	1,357	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	630	289.85/cwt	285.00–294.50	1,826	69
Steers	Large 1	700–750	740	221.00/cwt	221.00–221.00	1,635	1
Steers	Large 1	450–500	460	317.50/cwt	317.50–317.50	1,461	1
Steers	Large 1	1000–1050	1,005	217.00/cwt	217.00–217.00	2,181	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	838	244.58/cwt	231.00–249.00	2,050	60
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	400–450	413	363.51/cwt	360.00–365.00	1,501	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	333	375.00/cwt	375.00–375.00	1,249	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	365	340.00/cwt	340.00–340.00	1,241	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	719	262.75/cwt	253.00–269.00	1,889	108
Steers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	882	249.49/cwt	233.00–256.00	2,201	246

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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Receipts 1,261Last week 932Year ago 310

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
9	400–450	427	285.00–315.00	303.34
9	450–500	486	299.00–313.00	307.75
35	500–550	527	267.50–295.00	288.41
28	550–600	575	267.50–299.00	287.95
18	600–650	636	245.00	245.00
17	650–700	665	247.00–276.00	260.29
7	700–750	720	231.00–246.00	240.03
3	750–800	773	236.00–238.00	237.32
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
7	300–350	333	375.00	375.00
1	350–400	365	340.00	340.00
19	400–450	431	320.00–350.00	345.33
18	450–500	468	351.00–359.00	353.38
34	500–550	517	303.00–332.50	324.28
9	550–600	559	302.00–308.00	304.01
69	600–650	630	285.00–294.50	289.85
108	700–750	719	253.00–269.00	262.75
37	750–800	770	243.00–260.00	249.22
60	800–850	838	231.00–249.00	244.58
246	850–900	882	233.00–256.00	249.49
77	900–950	919	234.00–240.00	238.70
55	950–1000	968	222.50	222.50
Steers — Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	500–550	515	232.00	232.00
1	850–900	850	206.00	206.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	450–500	490	245.00	245.00
2	500–550	527	253.00	253.00
6	550–600	577	233.00–261.00	241.86
3	600–650	610	231.00–253.00	242.51
2	650–700	685	246.00	246.00
1	700–750	735	221.00	221.00
1	800–850	815	205.00	205.00
Steers — Medium 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	350–400	395	225.00	225.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
1	300–350	300	235.00	235.00
1	450–500	465	254.00	254.00
4	550–600	578	246.00	246.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
2	300–350	337	382.50	382.50
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
4	600–650	611	251.00	251.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
1	350–400	365	402.50	402.50
4	400–450	413	360.00–365.00	363.51
Steers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	450–500	460	317.50	317.50
1	700–750	740	221.00	221.00
1	1000–1050	1,005	217.00	217.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
12	300–350	325	332.50	332.50
1	350–400	375	322.50	322.50
14	400–450	428	327.50–329.00	327.80
22	450–500	468	300.00–315.00	312.78
42	500–550	519	262.50–291.00	280.39
36	550–600	580	258.00–266.00	263.36
29	600–650	628	250.00–265.00	260.57
13	650–700	655	245.00–265.00	250.98
15	700–750	718	226.00–252.00	238.60
1	750–800	755	221.00	221.00
57	850–900	854	230.00	230.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
1	800–850	810	174.00	174.00
Heifers — Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	350–400	365	260.00	260.00
1	600–650	640	232.00	232.00
4	900–950	943	200.00	200.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
11	500–550	531	242.00–265.00	255.49
14	550–600	570	254.00–262.00	257.76
3	600–650	608	232.00	232.00
3	650–700	681	234.00	234.00
11	700–750	728	215.00	215.00
1	750–800	795	222.00	222.00
Heifers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	650–700	670	236.00	236.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	250–300	262	280.00–282.50	281.84
2	350–400	390	235.00–250.00	242.40
3	450–500	472	231.00	231.00
1	700–750	710	211.00	211.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
2	550–600	567	221.00	221.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	500–550	500	249.00	249.00
1	650–700	695	205.00	205.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	550–600	590	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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