Name: Fairview Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2024-12-19
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-12-19

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Today at Fairview as compared to one week ago, feeder calves 400-600lbs traded higher 14.00 with 700lb plus,steers calves mostly steady with a higher undertone. Feeder heifers 400-600lbs traded higher 13.00, heifer calves above 700lbs following the same mostly steady trend with higher undertones. Good to excellent demand on active trade on an quality offering.

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $325.69/cwt on 153 head. That ranks 1 of 14 comparable sales and sits −140.67 against this barn's trailing median of $466.36.

Average price

$325.69

153 head · 549 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,788

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$626

per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium 2

$118.28/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+15.54

vs IL average

−0.94 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	542	348.28	1,887	81
Medium and Large 1-2	553	317.73	1,758	48
Medium and Large 2	567	270.46	1,534	21
Medium 2	548	230.00	1,260	3thin

One grade step is worth $118.28/cwt here — about $626 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

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 sale153 hd

325.69

—

IL average3 barns · 280 hd

310.15

+15.54

National average173 barns · 17,754 hd

326.63

−0.94

This barn, trailing median14 sales

466.36

−140.67

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

121 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 1Fancy	450–500	460	375.00/cwt	375.00–375.00	1,725	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	580	235.00/cwt	235.00–235.00	1,363	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	500–550	525	200.00/cwt	200.00–200.00	1,050	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	563	334.71/cwt	325.00–345.00	1,884	29
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	471	265.91/cwt	240.00–280.00	1,252	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	517	326.28/cwt	305.00–340.00	1,687	19
Steers	Medium and Large 1	900–950	937	245.00/cwt	245.00–245.00	2,296	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	424	378.43/cwt	360.00–392.50	1,605	45
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	531	356.40/cwt	325.00–367.50	1,892	50
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	484	330.74/cwt	320.00–352.50	1,601	10
Steers	Medium and Large 2Full	550–600	575	235.00/cwt	235.00–235.00	1,351	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	850–900	860	237.33/cwt	220.00–245.00	2,041	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	200–250	233	453.40/cwt	445.00–470.00	1,056	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	250–300	275	415.62/cwt	400.00–432.50	1,143	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	481	359.80/cwt	325.00–367.50	1,731	35
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	620	277.69/cwt	252.50–287.00	1,722	21
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	368	401.64/cwt	397.50–407.50	1,478	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	200–250	220	380.00/cwt	380.00–380.00	836	2
Steers	Large 1-2	650–700	660	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	1,650	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	628	297.86/cwt	289.00–304.00	1,871	42
Steers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	833	260.38/cwt	250.00–267.00	2,169	24
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	405	340.03/cwt	335.00–342.50	1,377	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	334	423.55/cwt	400.00–432.00	1,415	30
Steers	Large 1-2	600–650	625	275.00/cwt	275.00–275.00	1,719	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	770	257.08/cwt	240.00–283.00	1,980	18
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	800–850	810	241.00/cwt	241.00–241.00	1,952	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	300–350	320	371.78/cwt	365.00–385.00	1,190	4
Steers	Large 1-2	700–750	718	268.99/cwt	268.00–270.00	1,931	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	577	312.13/cwt	300.00–317.00	1,801	29
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	713	269.42/cwt	257.00–275.00	1,921	16
Steers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	530	281.14/cwt	270.00–295.00	1,490	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	669	270.75/cwt	257.00–282.00	1,811	40
Steers	Large 2	700–750	700	247.50/cwt	247.50–247.50	1,733	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	950–1000	965	180.00/cwt	180.00–180.00	1,737	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	373	373.87/cwt	340.00–392.50	1,395	11
Steers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	579	269.26/cwt	250.00–282.50	1,559	15
Steers	Medium and Large 2	750–800	763	222.03/cwt	200.00–240.00	1,694	4
Steers	Medium and Large 2	650–700	655	237.50/cwt	237.50–237.50	1,556	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	1100–1150	1,120	135.00/cwt	135.00–135.00	1,512	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	350–400	388	270.06/cwt	260.00–280.00	1,048	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	900–950	910	230.00/cwt	230.00–230.00	2,093	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	300–350	335	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	1,072	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	431	285.73/cwt	270.00–302.50	1,231	9
Steers	Medium 2	250–300	295	303.00/cwt	303.00–303.00	894	1
Steers	Medium 2	500–550	548	230.00/cwt	230.00–230.00	1,260	3
Steers	Medium and Large 3	350–400	375	205.00/cwt	205.00–205.00	769	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	600–650	635	230.00/cwt	230.00–230.00	1,461	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	450–500	457	239.57/cwt	232.50–260.00	1,095	4
Steers	Medium and Large 3	250–300	260	270.00/cwt	270.00–270.00	702	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	469	287.08/cwt	277.50–300.00	1,346	6
Steers	Medium and Large 3	400–450	425	236.00/cwt	236.00–236.00	1,003	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	400–450	445	267.50/cwt	267.50–267.50	1,190	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	378	314.53/cwt	282.50–332.50	1,189	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	500–550	501	342.00/cwt	342.00–342.00	1,713	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	550–600	582	255.00/cwt	255.00–255.00	1,484	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	600–650	645	241.64/cwt	237.50–250.00	1,559	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	850–900	855	180.00/cwt	180.00–180.00	1,539	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2Unweaned	550–600	572	272.50/cwt	272.50–272.50	1,559	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	350–400	360	220.00/cwt	220.00–220.00	792	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	900–950	920	115.00/cwt	115.00–115.00	1,058	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	526	313.12/cwt	310.00–322.50	1,647	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	584	277.45/cwt	257.50–282.00	1,620	11
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	630	264.16/cwt	262.50–265.00	1,664	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	385	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	1,348	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2Fleshy	450–500	490	205.00/cwt	205.00–205.00	1,005	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	700–750	731	222.01/cwt	207.50–231.00	1,623	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	950–1000	963	157.48/cwt	150.00–165.00	1,517	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	500–550	540	235.00/cwt	235.00–235.00	1,269	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	200–250	240	310.00/cwt	310.00–310.00	744	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	400–450	415	235.00/cwt	235.00–235.00	975	1
Heifers	Large 1	700–750	723	247.80/cwt	247.00–248.00	1,792	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	400–450	421	325.00/cwt	325.00–325.00	1,368	2
Heifers	Medium 1	300–350	340	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	1,190	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	531	301.21/cwt	285.00–319.00	1,599	61
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy	550–600	561	263.11/cwt	250.00–270.00	1,476	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy	600–650	600	220.00/cwt	220.00–220.00	1,320	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	200–250	230	425.00/cwt	425.00–425.00	978	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	450	305.00/cwt	305.00–305.00	1,373	1
Heifers	Large 1-2	500–550	505	255.00/cwt	255.00–255.00	1,288	1
Heifers	Large 1	650–700	665	235.00/cwt	235.00–235.00	1,563	1
Heifers	Large 1	600–650	640	254.00/cwt	254.00–254.00	1,626	1
Heifers	Large 1	550–600	570	262.50/cwt	262.50–262.50	1,496	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	680	249.67/cwt	245.00–255.00	1,698	30
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	468	333.82/cwt	326.00–367.50	1,562	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	250–300	277	415.00/cwt	415.00–415.00	1,150	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	324	363.56/cwt	332.50–375.00	1,178	19
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	750	237.00/cwt	237.00–237.00	1,778	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	900–950	917	216.00/cwt	216.00–216.00	1,981	5
Heifers	Large 1-2	750–800	778	212.50/cwt	212.50–212.50	1,653	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	636	265.99/cwt	237.50–280.00	1,692	13
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	300–350	337	451.57/cwt	447.00–470.00	1,522	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	427	259.91/cwt	230.00–275.00	1,110	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	665	291.00/cwt	291.00–291.00	1,935	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	800–850	805	210.00/cwt	210.00–210.00	1,691	1
Heifers	Medium 3	400–450	437	170.00/cwt	170.00–170.00	743	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	700–750	710	212.50/cwt	212.50–212.50	1,509	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	536	232.73/cwt	210.00–242.50	1,247	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	774	218.62/cwt	212.50–219.00	1,692	17
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	500–550	500	252.50/cwt	252.50–252.50	1,263	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	681	229.70/cwt	228.00–235.00	1,564	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	300–350	322	278.55/cwt	255.00–302.50	897	8
Heifers	Medium 2	350–400	395	280.00/cwt	280.00–280.00	1,106	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	376	301.04/cwt	275.00–310.00	1,132	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	800–850	817	216.84/cwt	215.00–220.00	1,772	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	390	252.50/cwt	252.50–252.50	985	1
Heifers	Medium 2	500–550	510	210.00/cwt	210.00–210.00	1,071	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	300–350	317	303.73/cwt	285.00–315.00	963	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	250–300	255	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	765	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	487	306.27/cwt	252.50–315.00	1,492	32
Heifers	Large 1-2	700–750	737	234.00/cwt	234.00–234.00	1,725	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	715	225.24/cwt	220.00–233.00	1,610	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	250–300	271	380.00/cwt	380.00–380.00	1,030	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	569	276.87/cwt	247.50–288.00	1,575	37
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	430	297.24/cwt	265.00–317.50	1,278	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	517	294.57/cwt	247.50–315.00	1,523	19
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	707	243.78/cwt	239.00–245.00	1,724	17
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	850–900	857	210.00/cwt	210.00–210.00	1,800	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	364	368.57/cwt	330.00–384.00	1,342	31
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	426	341.46/cwt	320.00–367.50	1,455	63
Heifers	Large 1-2	400–450	440	280.00/cwt	280.00–280.00	1,232	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	586	276.38/cwt	267.50–282.00	1,620	24

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 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
5	300–350	337	447.00–470.00	451.57
2	450–500	460	375.00	375.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	200–250	233	445.00–470.00	453.40
7	250–300	275	400.00–432.50	415.62
30	300–350	334	400.00–432.00	423.55
3	350–400	368	397.50–407.50	401.64
45	400–450	424	360.00–392.50	378.43
35	450–500	481	325.00–367.50	359.80
50	500–550	531	325.00–367.50	356.40
29	550–600	563	325.00–345.00	334.71
42	600–650	628	289.00–304.00	297.86
8	650–700	665	291.00	291.00
24	800–850	833	250.00–267.00	260.38
2	900–950	937	245.00	245.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	200–250	220	380.00	380.00
4	300–350	320	365.00–385.00	371.78
11	350–400	373	340.00–392.50	373.87
3	400–450	405	335.00–342.50	340.03
10	450–500	484	320.00–352.50	330.74
19	500–550	517	305.00–340.00	326.28
29	550–600	577	300.00–317.00	312.13
21	600–650	620	252.50–287.00	277.69
40	650–700	669	257.00–282.00	270.75
16	700–750	713	257.00–275.00	269.42
18	750–800	770	240.00–283.00	257.08
4	800–850	810	241.00	241.00
6	850–900	860	220.00–245.00	237.33
2	900–950	910	230.00	230.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2 · Full$ per cwt · actual wt
1	550–600	575	235.00	235.00
Steers — Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	600–650	625	275.00	275.00
1	650–700	660	250.00	250.00
2	700–750	718	268.00–270.00	268.99
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	300–350	335	320.00	320.00
3	350–400	378	282.50–332.50	314.53
9	400–450	431	270.00–302.50	285.73
6	450–500	469	277.50–300.00	287.08
5	500–550	530	270.00–295.00	281.14
15	550–600	579	250.00–282.50	269.26
1	600–650	635	230.00	230.00
1	650–700	655	237.50	237.50
4	750–800	763	200.00–240.00	222.03
1	950–1000	965	180.00	180.00
1	1100–1150	1,120	135.00	135.00
Steers — Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	700–750	700	247.50	247.50
Steers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	350–400	388	260.00–280.00	270.06
1	400–450	445	267.50	267.50
4	450–500	457	232.50–260.00	239.57
Steers — Medium 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	250–300	295	303.00	303.00
3	500–550	548	230.00	230.00
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	250–300	260	270.00	270.00
1	350–400	375	205.00	205.00
1	400–450	425	236.00	236.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
2	500–550	501	342.00	342.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	250–300	255	300.00	300.00
8	300–350	322	255.00–302.50	278.55
1	350–400	390	252.50	252.50
6	400–450	427	230.00–275.00	259.91
10	450–500	471	240.00–280.00	265.91
4	500–550	536	210.00–242.50	232.73
2	550–600	580	235.00	235.00
1	700–750	710	212.50	212.50
1	800–850	805	210.00	210.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	500–550	525	200.00	200.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
2	450–500	490	205.00	205.00
Heifers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	550–600	570	262.50	262.50
1	600–650	640	254.00	254.00
1	650–700	665	235.00	235.00
5	700–750	723	247.00–248.00	247.80
Heifers — Medium 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	300–350	340	350.00	350.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
4	200–250	230	425.00	425.00
4	250–300	277	415.00	415.00
19	300–350	324	332.50–375.00	363.56
31	350–400	364	330.00–384.00	368.57
63	400–450	426	320.00–367.50	341.46
11	450–500	468	326.00–367.50	333.82
61	500–550	531	285.00–319.00	301.21
37	550–600	569	247.50–288.00	276.87
13	600–650	636	237.50–280.00	265.99
30	650–700	680	245.00–255.00	249.67
17	700–750	707	239.00–245.00	243.78
1	750–800	750	237.00	237.00
5	900–950	917	216.00	216.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
3	550–600	561	250.00–270.00	263.11
2	600–650	600	220.00	220.00
Heifers — Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	400–450	440	280.00	280.00
1	500–550	505	255.00	255.00
2	700–750	737	234.00	234.00
3	750–800	778	212.50	212.50
Heifers — Medium 3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	400–450	437	170.00	170.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	250–300	271	380.00	380.00
8	300–350	317	285.00–315.00	303.73
4	350–400	376	275.00–310.00	301.04
11	400–450	430	265.00–317.50	297.24
32	450–500	487	252.50–315.00	306.27
19	500–550	517	247.50–315.00	294.57
24	550–600	586	267.50–282.00	276.38
8	650–700	681	228.00–235.00	229.70
5	700–750	715	220.00–233.00	225.24
17	750–800	774	212.50–219.00	218.62
8	800–850	817	215.00–220.00	216.84
2	850–900	857	210.00	210.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
2	500–550	500	252.50	252.50
Heifers — Medium 2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	350–400	395	280.00	280.00
1	500–550	510	210.00	210.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	200–250	240	310.00	310.00
1	400–450	415	235.00	235.00
1	500–550	540	235.00	235.00
2	550–600	582	255.00	255.00
3	600–650	645	237.50–250.00	241.64
4	700–750	731	207.50–231.00	222.01
2	950–1000	963	150.00–165.00	157.48
Bulls — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	850–900	855	180.00	180.00
1	900–950	920	115.00	115.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
5	550–600	572	272.50	272.50
Bulls — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	350–400	360	220.00	220.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	350–400	385	350.00	350.00
1	450–500	450	305.00	305.00
4	500–550	526	310.00–322.50	313.12
11	550–600	584	257.50–282.00	277.45
3	600–650	630	262.50–265.00	264.16
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	400–450	421	325.00	325.00

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