Name: Fairview Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2024-12-12
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-12-12

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Today at Fairview, a quality offering of mostly long timed weaned and multiple vaccinated feeder cattle was met with good to excellent demand. As compared to the last feeder special of three weeks ago, feeder steers 400-600 traded higher 14.00 with 700-800lbs yearling steers, higher 12.00. Light weight feeder calves under 400lbs in high demand as with 600-700lb steers. Heifer calves 400-600lbs traded higher 10.00 with 700-800lbs heifers higher 6.00 on a well attended auction.

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $317.00/cwt on 280 head. That ranks 1 of 15 comparable sales and sits −147.30 against this barn's trailing median of $464.30.

Average price

$317.00

280 head · 552 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,751

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$623

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

$110.48/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+2.68

vs IL average

−7.35 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	555	326.73	1,812	225
Large 1	510	300.00	1,530	1thin
Medium and Large 1-2	543	286.54	1,557	31
Large 1-2	547	275.98	1,511	9thin
Large 2	500	270.00	1,350	1thin
Medium and Large 2	544	261.41	1,423	11thin
Medium and Large 2-3	550	216.25	1,189	2thin

One grade step is worth $110.48/cwt here — about $623 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 sale280 hd

317.00

—

IL average2 barns · 358 hd

314.31

+2.68

National average185 barns · 29,268 hd

324.35

−7.35

This barn, trailing median15 sales

464.30

−147.30

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

117 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	400–450	420	362.28/cwt	333.00–385.00	1,522	8
Steers	Large 2	500–550	500	270.00/cwt	270.00–270.00	1,350	1
Steers	Large 2	800–850	815	181.00/cwt	181.00–181.00	1,475	1
Steers	Large 2	600–650	603	242.00/cwt	242.00–242.00	1,459	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	381	356.92/cwt	325.00–370.00	1,360	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1	950–1000	993	254.00/cwt	254.00–254.00	2,522	55
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	625	305.90/cwt	293.00–316.00	1,912	89
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	572	279.53/cwt	264.00–296.00	1,599	16
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	800–850	814	243.08/cwt	224.00–253.00	1,979	22
Steers	Medium and Large 2	650–700	669	234.85/cwt	231.00–241.00	1,571	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	465	312.74/cwt	287.50–328.00	1,454	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	766	261.21/cwt	232.00–269.00	2,001	13
Steers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	772	274.22/cwt	261.00–278.00	2,117	39
Steers	Large 1-2	650–700	678	258.67/cwt	241.00–277.00	1,754	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	900–950	905	217.00/cwt	217.00–217.00	1,964	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	950–1000	990	206.00/cwt	206.00–206.00	2,039	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	525	335.67/cwt	305.00–352.00	1,762	104
Steers	Large 1-2	800–850	837	211.00/cwt	211.00–211.00	1,766	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	616	280.40/cwt	261.00–293.00	1,727	33
Steers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	883	260.89/cwt	253.00–264.00	2,304	206
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	513	294.02/cwt	280.00–303.00	1,508	15
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	580	319.05/cwt	305.00–334.00	1,850	121
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy	650–700	680	259.40/cwt	255.00–264.00	1,764	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	900–950	913	236.00/cwt	236.00–236.00	2,155	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	668	295.26/cwt	285.00–310.00	1,972	95
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	438	322.53/cwt	310.00–327.50	1,413	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	250–300	288	392.57/cwt	385.00–400.00	1,131	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	476	342.65/cwt	330.00–375.00	1,631	42
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	600–650	613	318.41/cwt	318.00–319.00	1,952	17
Steers	Medium and Large 1	900–950	901	252.00/cwt	252.00–252.00	2,271	65
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	669	271.82/cwt	249.00–283.00	1,818	25
Steers	Medium and Large 2	800–850	816	223.00/cwt	223.00–223.00	1,820	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	423	262.57/cwt	260.00–265.00	1,111	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	750–800	773	228.00/cwt	228.00–228.00	1,762	9
Steers	Large 1-2	750–800	770	241.00/cwt	241.00–241.00	1,856	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	1000–1050	1,005	181.00/cwt	181.00–181.00	1,819	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	559	260.81/cwt	245.00–272.50	1,458	4
Steers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	395	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	988	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	200–250	240	290.00/cwt	290.00–290.00	696	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	600–650	631	245.64/cwt	231.00–257.00	1,550	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	300–350	330	353.51/cwt	351.00–370.00	1,167	9
Steers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	478	263.68/cwt	242.50–277.50	1,260	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	850–900	855	231.00/cwt	231.00–231.00	1,975	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	400–450	425	377.50/cwt	377.50–377.50	1,604	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	850–900	870	224.00/cwt	224.00–224.00	1,949	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	550–600	565	227.50/cwt	227.50–227.50	1,285	1
Steers	Large 1-2	500–550	538	272.50/cwt	272.50–272.50	1,466	4
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	250–300	280	265.00/cwt	265.00–265.00	742	1
Steers	Large 2	650–700	688	223.37/cwt	215.00–229.00	1,537	5
Steers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	536	261.75/cwt	242.50–277.50	1,403	7
Steers	Medium and Large 3	350–400	390	165.00/cwt	165.00–165.00	644	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	500–550	535	205.00/cwt	205.00–205.00	1,097	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	450–500	483	331.00/cwt	331.00–331.00	1,599	28
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	466	252.00/cwt	252.00–252.00	1,174	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	386	299.00/cwt	299.00–299.00	1,154	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	558	245.00/cwt	245.00–245.00	1,367	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	250–300	250	330.00/cwt	330.00–330.00	825	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	550–600	585	235.00/cwt	235.00–235.00	1,375	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	800–850	824	215.96/cwt	201.00–221.00	1,780	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	838	233.43/cwt	233.00–243.00	1,956	23
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	620	270.13/cwt	237.00–287.50	1,675	81
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	473	311.07/cwt	295.00–329.00	1,471	25
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	390	319.44/cwt	317.00–327.50	1,246	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	663	259.31/cwt	245.00–283.00	1,719	62
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	428	311.76/cwt	301.00–325.00	1,334	31
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	372	298.61/cwt	275.00–312.50	1,111	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	532	272.82/cwt	250.00–289.00	1,451	16
Heifers	Large 1	550–600	590	265.00/cwt	265.00–265.00	1,564	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy	950–1000	975	201.00/cwt	201.00–201.00	1,960	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2Fleshy	650–700	670	212.50/cwt	212.50–212.50	1,424	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	335	321.00/cwt	321.00–321.00	1,075	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	531	300.11/cwt	281.00–314.00	1,594	106
Heifers	Medium 2	350–400	390	251.00/cwt	251.00–251.00	979	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	722	235.37/cwt	230.00–246.00	1,699	14
Heifers	Large 1	650–700	667	246.00/cwt	246.00–246.00	1,641	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	790	232.00/cwt	232.00–232.00	1,833	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	650–700	665	207.50/cwt	207.50–207.50	1,380	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	419	276.77/cwt	265.00–297.50	1,160	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	746	226.00/cwt	226.00–226.00	1,686	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	473	287.86/cwt	251.00–296.00	1,362	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	573	261.12/cwt	243.00–281.00	1,496	43
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	300–350	329	318.79/cwt	301.00–330.00	1,049	21
Heifers	Large 2-3	950–1000	975	171.00/cwt	171.00–171.00	1,667	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	250–300	280	280.00/cwt	280.00–280.00	784	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	630	238.49/cwt	231.00–243.00	1,502	8
Heifers	Medium 2	300–350	335	251.00/cwt	251.00–251.00	841	1
Heifers	Large 2	650–700	690	226.00/cwt	226.00–226.00	1,559	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2Fleshy	800–850	820	201.00/cwt	201.00–201.00	1,648	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy	800–850	830	221.00/cwt	221.00–221.00	1,834	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	729	252.80/cwt	231.00–277.00	1,843	49
Steers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	824	272.38/cwt	254.00–278.25	2,244	117
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	718	284.98/cwt	275.00–300.00	2,046	120
Heifers	Medium 2	450–500	460	219.01/cwt	218.00–220.00	1,007	2
Heifers	Medium 2	500–550	535	222.00/cwt	222.00–222.00	1,188	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	350–400	385	214.87/cwt	205.00–225.00	827	2
Steers	Large 1-2	550–600	555	278.76/cwt	262.50–291.00	1,547	5
Steers	Large 1-2	700–750	715	231.00/cwt	231.00–231.00	1,652	6
Steers	Large 1	800–850	800	260.00/cwt	260.00–260.00	2,080	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	300–350	340	275.00/cwt	275.00–275.00	935	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	200–250	240	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	600	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	450–500	470	205.00/cwt	205.00–205.00	964	1
Steers	Large 1-2Full	800–850	840	221.00/cwt	221.00–221.00	1,856	1
Steers	Large 1	500–550	510	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	1,530	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	384	391.68/cwt	385.00–402.00	1,504	15
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	516	231.31/cwt	223.00–241.00	1,194	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	750–800	775	202.00/cwt	202.00–202.00	1,566	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	681	231.67/cwt	211.00–247.00	1,578	19
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	300–350	320	235.00/cwt	235.00–235.00	752	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	486	249.58/cwt	231.00–295.00	1,213	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	400–450	431	392.09/cwt	390.00–400.00	1,690	12
Heifers	Large 1-2	750–800	750	221.00/cwt	221.00–221.00	1,658	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	406	259.26/cwt	255.00–261.00	1,053	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	571	224.02/cwt	221.00–225.00	1,279	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	200–250	220	285.00/cwt	285.00–285.00	627	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	377	272.10/cwt	267.00–285.00	1,026	5
Heifers	Medium 3	600–650	640	210.00/cwt	210.00–210.00	1,344	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	566	286.09/cwt	270.00–303.00	1,619	139

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	288	385.00–400.00	392.57
15	350–400	384	385.00–402.00	391.68
8	400–450	420	333.00–385.00	362.28
42	450–500	476	330.00–375.00	342.65
104	500–550	525	305.00–352.00	335.67
121	550–600	580	305.00–334.00	319.05
89	600–650	625	293.00–316.00	305.90
95	650–700	668	285.00–310.00	295.26
120	700–750	718	275.00–300.00	284.98
39	750–800	772	261.00–278.00	274.22
117	800–850	824	254.00–278.25	272.38
206	850–900	883	253.00–264.00	260.89
65	900–950	901	252.00	252.00
55	950–1000	993	254.00	254.00
Steers — Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	500–550	500	270.00	270.00
3	600–650	603	242.00	242.00
5	650–700	688	215.00–229.00	223.37
1	800–850	815	181.00	181.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
9	300–350	330	351.00–370.00	353.51
10	350–400	381	325.00–370.00	356.92
5	400–450	438	310.00–327.50	322.53
12	450–500	465	287.50–328.00	312.74
15	500–550	513	280.00–303.00	294.02
16	550–600	572	264.00–296.00	279.53
33	600–650	616	261.00–293.00	280.40
25	650–700	669	249.00–283.00	271.82
49	700–750	729	231.00–277.00	252.80
13	750–800	766	232.00–269.00	261.21
22	800–850	814	224.00–253.00	243.08
1	850–900	855	231.00	231.00
1	900–950	905	217.00	217.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	350–400	395	250.00	250.00
2	400–450	423	260.00–265.00	262.57
4	450–500	478	242.50–277.50	263.68
7	500–550	536	242.50–277.50	261.75
4	550–600	559	245.00–272.50	260.81
7	600–650	631	231.00–257.00	245.64
8	650–700	669	231.00–241.00	234.85
9	750–800	773	228.00	228.00
3	800–850	816	223.00	223.00
1	850–900	870	224.00	224.00
3	950–1000	990	206.00	206.00
1	1000–1050	1,005	181.00	181.00
Steers — Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	500–550	538	272.50	272.50
5	550–600	555	262.50–291.00	278.76
2	650–700	678	241.00–277.00	258.67
6	700–750	715	231.00	231.00
1	750–800	770	241.00	241.00
2	800–850	837	211.00	211.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
2	650–700	680	255.00–264.00	259.40
1	800–850	830	221.00	221.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
3	900–950	913	236.00	236.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
12	400–450	431	390.00–400.00	392.09
17	600–650	613	318.00–319.00	318.41
Steers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	200–250	240	290.00	290.00
1	250–300	280	265.00	265.00
1	500–550	535	205.00	205.00
1	550–600	565	227.50	227.50
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
2	400–450	425	377.50	377.50
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	350–400	390	165.00	165.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
1	800–850	820	201.00	201.00
Steers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	500–550	510	300.00	300.00
8	800–850	800	260.00	260.00
Steers — Large 1-2 · Full$ per cwt · actual wt
1	800–850	840	221.00	221.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
28	450–500	483	331.00	331.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
21	300–350	329	301.00–330.00	318.79
7	350–400	372	275.00–312.50	298.61
14	400–450	419	265.00–297.50	276.77
14	450–500	473	251.00–296.00	287.86
16	500–550	532	250.00–289.00	272.82
43	550–600	573	243.00–281.00	261.12
8	600–650	630	231.00–243.00	238.49
19	650–700	681	211.00–247.00	231.67
4	700–750	746	226.00	226.00
8	800–850	824	201.00–221.00	215.96
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	300–350	335	321.00	321.00
8	350–400	390	317.00–327.50	319.44
31	400–450	428	301.00–325.00	311.76
25	450–500	473	295.00–329.00	311.07
106	500–550	531	281.00–314.00	300.11
139	550–600	566	270.00–303.00	286.09
81	600–650	620	237.00–287.50	270.13
62	650–700	663	245.00–283.00	259.31
14	700–750	722	230.00–246.00	235.37
1	750–800	790	232.00	232.00
23	800–850	838	233.00–243.00	233.43
Heifers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	550–600	590	265.00	265.00
9	650–700	667	246.00	246.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
1	950–1000	975	201.00	201.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
1	650–700	670	212.50	212.50
Heifers — Medium 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	300–350	335	251.00	251.00
1	350–400	390	251.00	251.00
2	450–500	460	218.00–220.00	219.01
1	500–550	535	222.00	222.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	200–250	220	285.00	285.00
1	250–300	280	280.00	280.00
1	300–350	340	275.00	275.00
5	350–400	377	267.00–285.00	272.10
4	400–450	406	255.00–261.00	259.26
12	450–500	486	231.00–295.00	249.58
6	500–550	516	223.00–241.00	231.31
4	550–600	571	221.00–225.00	224.02
1	650–700	665	207.50	207.50
1	750–800	775	202.00	202.00
Heifers — Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	950–1000	975	171.00	171.00
Heifers — Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	650–700	690	226.00	226.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	200–250	240	250.00	250.00
1	300–350	320	235.00	235.00
2	350–400	385	205.00–225.00	214.87
1	450–500	470	205.00	205.00
Heifers — Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	750–800	750	221.00	221.00
Heifers — Medium 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	600–650	640	210.00	210.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	250–300	250	330.00	330.00
3	350–400	386	299.00	299.00
3	450–500	466	252.00	252.00
4	550–600	558	245.00	245.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	550–600	585	235.00	235.00

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.

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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

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Fairview Livestock Auction