Name: Fairview Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2025-01-09
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-01-09

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Today at Fairview, a mostly long timed weaned and mulitple vaccinated offering was met with good to excellent demand on a well attended auction.

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $321.80/cwt on 247 head. That ranks 1 of 15 comparable sales and sits −142.49 against this barn's trailing median of $464.30.

Average price

$321.80

247 head · 567 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,825

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$754

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

$130.92/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+0.00

vs IL average

−20.28 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	551	340.92	1,878	91
Medium and Large 1-2	580	317.91	1,844	133
Medium and Large 2	559	271.30	1,516	22
Medium and Large 3	535	210.00	1,124	1thin

One grade step is worth $130.92/cwt here — about $754 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 200–300 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 sale247 hd

321.80

—

IL average1 barns · 247 hd

321.80

+0.00

National average155 barns · 22,672 hd

342.08

−20.28

This barn, trailing median15 sales

464.30

−142.49

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

107 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	428	372.21/cwt	355.00–385.00	1,593	24
Steers	Medium and Large 1	900–950	918	246.24/cwt	239.00–249.50	2,260	45
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	483	326.26/cwt	302.50–345.00	1,576	17
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	535	344.15/cwt	334.00–359.00	1,841	61
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	529	322.19/cwt	307.00–328.00	1,704	12
Steers	Large 1-2	700–750	700	255.00/cwt	255.00–255.00	1,785	1
Steers	Large 1-2	600–650	645	277.00/cwt	277.00–277.00	1,787	1
Steers	Medium 1-2	250–300	250	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	800	1
Steers	Large 1-2	750–800	783	259.10/cwt	251.00–266.00	2,029	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	433	328.96/cwt	300.00–352.50	1,424	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	850–900	895	238.95/cwt	230.00–247.00	2,139	24
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	676	274.09/cwt	245.00–283.00	1,853	26
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	585	317.49/cwt	291.00–326.00	1,857	121
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	900–950	910	242.00/cwt	242.00–242.00	2,202	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	719	288.63/cwt	276.00–300.00	2,075	91
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	300–350	310	395.00/cwt	395.00–395.00	1,225	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	360	420.00/cwt	420.00–420.00	1,512	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	250–300	283	439.78/cwt	435.00–445.00	1,245	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	810	271.56/cwt	268.00–274.00	2,200	63
Steers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	331	428.05/cwt	420.00–445.00	1,417	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	674	302.26/cwt	291.00–313.00	2,037	90
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	475	367.03/cwt	350.00–377.50	1,743	21
Steers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	870	269.46/cwt	252.00–271.50	2,344	129
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	583	334.36/cwt	330.00–343.00	1,949	30
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	650–700	660	330.00/cwt	330.00–330.00	2,178	32
Steers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	773	277.74/cwt	242.00–283.50	2,147	82
Steers	Large 1	850–900	895	247.00/cwt	247.00–247.00	2,211	1
Steers	Large 1	800–850	827	236.00/cwt	236.00–236.00	1,952	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	631	311.47/cwt	297.00–322.00	1,965	61
Steers	Medium and Large 3	750–800	775	170.00/cwt	170.00–170.00	1,318	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	400–450	415	245.00/cwt	245.00–245.00	1,017	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	950–1000	955	245.44/cwt	238.00–248.50	2,344	82
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	550–600	590	171.00/cwt	171.00–171.00	1,009	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	710	249.65/cwt	242.00–262.00	1,773	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	369	378.14/cwt	375.00–385.00	1,395	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	761	256.74/cwt	246.00–268.00	1,954	26
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	800–850	822	236.73/cwt	221.00–251.00	1,946	9
Steers	Medium and Large 2	600–650	610	226.00/cwt	226.00–226.00	1,379	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	622	276.10/cwt	260.00–287.00	1,717	16
Steers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	573	271.44/cwt	261.00–285.00	1,555	16
Steers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	521	270.92/cwt	261.00–277.50	1,411	6
Steers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	440	245.00/cwt	245.00–245.00	1,078	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	850–900	885	202.46/cwt	191.00–205.00	1,792	9
Steers	Medium and Large 2	650–700	681	227.25/cwt	222.50–233.00	1,548	5
Steers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	391	307.83/cwt	303.00–317.50	1,204	7
Steers	Medium and Large 2	750–800	779	208.48/cwt	195.00–221.00	1,624	8
Steers	Medium 2	200–250	240	200.00/cwt	200.00–200.00	480	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	1050–1100	1,055	202.50/cwt	202.50–202.50	2,136	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	900–950	900	202.00/cwt	202.00–202.00	1,818	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	700–750	730	232.00/cwt	232.00–232.00	1,694	6
Steers	Large 1-2	850–900	870	245.00/cwt	245.00–245.00	2,132	1
Steers	Medium and Large 3	400–450	445	237.50/cwt	237.50–237.50	1,057	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	650–700	655	212.50/cwt	212.50–212.50	1,392	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	490	245.00/cwt	245.00–245.00	1,201	1
Steers	Medium and Large 3	650–700	690	175.00/cwt	175.00–175.00	1,208	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	300–350	345	245.00/cwt	245.00–245.00	845	1
Steers	Medium and Large 3	500–550	535	210.00/cwt	210.00–210.00	1,124	1
Steers	Medium and Large 3	350–400	395	240.00/cwt	240.00–240.00	948	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	450–500	468	244.81/cwt	240.00–250.00	1,146	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	350–400	365	260.00/cwt	260.00–260.00	949	1
Heifers	Large 1	500–550	525	305.00/cwt	305.00–305.00	1,601	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	500–550	525	330.00/cwt	330.00–330.00	1,733	10
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	400–450	420	365.00/cwt	365.00–365.00	1,533	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	550–600	550	280.00/cwt	280.00–280.00	1,540	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	950–1000	967	138.00/cwt	138.00–138.00	1,334	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	600–650	630	242.50/cwt	242.50–242.50	1,528	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	630	271.04/cwt	254.00–282.00	1,708	127
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	721	255.76/cwt	241.00–263.00	1,844	39
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	250–300	295	370.00/cwt	370.00–370.00	1,092	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	879	237.50/cwt	237.50–237.50	2,088	56
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	572	290.07/cwt	280.00–309.00	1,659	63
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	430	336.53/cwt	315.00–347.00	1,447	24
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	479	322.39/cwt	317.00–327.00	1,544	52
Heifers	Large 1	700–750	715	237.00/cwt	237.00–237.00	1,695	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	379	316.97/cwt	307.00–327.00	1,201	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	323	353.04/cwt	345.00–360.00	1,140	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	521	310.62/cwt	291.00–325.00	1,618	78
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	666	263.06/cwt	244.00–276.00	1,752	35
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	628	238.19/cwt	232.00–243.00	1,496	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	785	241.44/cwt	239.00–242.00	1,895	74
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	850–900	850	225.00/cwt	225.00–225.00	1,913	2
Heifers	Large 1-2	550–600	573	251.00/cwt	251.00–251.00	1,438	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	592	274.15/cwt	253.00–284.00	1,623	70
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	529	274.26/cwt	253.00–294.00	1,451	24
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	700–750	735	206.00/cwt	206.00–206.00	1,514	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	371	333.79/cwt	333.00–335.00	1,238	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	430	290.73/cwt	271.00–305.00	1,250	4
Heifers	Large 1-2	650–700	670	244.00/cwt	244.00–244.00	1,635	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	674	236.42/cwt	219.00–244.00	1,593	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	479	281.17/cwt	255.00–303.00	1,347	15
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	300–350	335	287.43/cwt	285.00–290.00	963	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	300–350	335	326.12/cwt	317.50–345.00	1,093	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	850–900	880	191.00/cwt	191.00–191.00	1,681	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	650–700	663	202.81/cwt	191.00–216.00	1,345	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	472	238.11/cwt	225.00–255.00	1,124	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	800–850	813	191.48/cwt	186.00–197.00	1,557	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	410	242.00/cwt	242.00–242.00	992	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	732	234.52/cwt	222.00–252.00	1,717	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	200–250	225	295.00/cwt	295.00–295.00	664	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	561	239.02/cwt	233.00–243.00	1,341	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	375	233.00/cwt	233.00–233.00	874	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	600–650	630	209.00/cwt	209.00–209.00	1,317	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	400–450	446	399.00/cwt	399.00–399.00	1,780	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	250–300	265	316.37/cwt	310.00–322.50	838	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	600–650	620	333.46/cwt	323.00–337.00	2,067	23
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	533	243.17/cwt	231.00–255.00	1,296	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	400–450	432	210.00/cwt	210.00–210.00	907	2

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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Today at Fairview, a mostly long timed weaned and mulitple vaccinated offering was met with good to excellent demand on a well attended auction.

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	283	435.00–445.00	439.78
3	300–350	331	420.00–445.00	428.05
2	350–400	360	420.00	420.00
24	400–450	428	355.00–385.00	372.21
21	450–500	475	350.00–377.50	367.03
61	500–550	535	334.00–359.00	344.15
30	550–600	583	330.00–343.00	334.36
61	600–650	631	297.00–322.00	311.47
90	650–700	674	291.00–313.00	302.26
91	700–750	719	276.00–300.00	288.63
82	750–800	773	242.00–283.50	277.74
63	800–850	810	268.00–274.00	271.56
129	850–900	870	252.00–271.50	269.46
45	900–950	918	239.00–249.50	246.24
82	950–1000	955	238.00–248.50	245.44
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	300–350	310	395.00	395.00
8	350–400	369	375.00–385.00	378.14
10	400–450	433	300.00–352.50	328.96
17	450–500	483	302.50–345.00	326.26
12	500–550	529	307.00–328.00	322.19
121	550–600	585	291.00–326.00	317.49
16	600–650	622	260.00–287.00	276.10
26	650–700	676	245.00–283.00	274.09
9	700–750	710	242.00–262.00	249.65
26	750–800	761	246.00–268.00	256.74
9	800–850	822	221.00–251.00	236.73
24	850–900	895	230.00–247.00	238.95
1	900–950	910	242.00	242.00
Steers — Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	600–650	645	277.00	277.00
1	700–750	700	255.00	255.00
6	750–800	783	251.00–266.00	259.10
1	850–900	870	245.00	245.00
Steers — Medium 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	250–300	250	320.00	320.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
7	400–450	446	399.00	399.00
23	600–650	620	323.00–337.00	333.46
32	650–700	660	330.00	330.00
Steers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	800–850	827	236.00	236.00
1	850–900	895	247.00	247.00
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	350–400	395	240.00	240.00
2	400–450	445	237.50	237.50
1	500–550	535	210.00	210.00
1	650–700	690	175.00	175.00
1	750–800	775	170.00	170.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	300–350	345	245.00	245.00
7	350–400	391	303.00–317.50	307.83
1	400–450	440	245.00	245.00
1	450–500	490	245.00	245.00
6	500–550	521	261.00–277.50	270.92
16	550–600	573	261.00–285.00	271.44
1	600–650	610	226.00	226.00
5	650–700	681	222.50–233.00	227.25
6	700–750	730	232.00	232.00
8	750–800	779	195.00–221.00	208.48
9	850–900	885	191.00–205.00	202.46
1	900–950	900	202.00	202.00
1	1050–1100	1,055	202.50	202.50
Steers — Medium 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	200–250	240	200.00	200.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	350–400	365	260.00	260.00
2	450–500	468	240.00–250.00	244.81
1	650–700	655	212.50	212.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	400–450	415	245.00	245.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	400–450	432	210.00	210.00
1	550–600	590	171.00	171.00
Heifers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	500–550	525	305.00	305.00
1	700–750	715	237.00	237.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
10	500–550	525	330.00	330.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	250–300	295	370.00	370.00
3	300–350	323	345.00–360.00	353.04
5	350–400	371	333.00–335.00	333.79
24	400–450	430	315.00–347.00	336.53
52	450–500	479	317.00–327.00	322.39
78	500–550	521	291.00–325.00	310.62
63	550–600	572	280.00–309.00	290.07
127	600–650	630	254.00–282.00	271.04
35	650–700	666	244.00–276.00	263.06
39	700–750	721	241.00–263.00	255.76
74	750–800	785	239.00–242.00	241.44
56	850–900	879	237.50	237.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	300–350	335	317.50–345.00	326.12
8	350–400	379	307.00–327.00	316.97
4	400–450	430	271.00–305.00	290.73
15	450–500	479	255.00–303.00	281.17
24	500–550	529	253.00–294.00	274.26
70	550–600	592	253.00–284.00	274.15
10	600–650	628	232.00–243.00	238.19
11	650–700	674	219.00–244.00	236.42
11	700–750	732	222.00–252.00	234.52
2	850–900	850	225.00	225.00
Heifers — Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	550–600	573	251.00	251.00
1	650–700	670	244.00	244.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	200–250	225	295.00	295.00
2	250–300	265	310.00–322.50	316.37
2	300–350	335	285.00–290.00	287.43
1	350–400	375	233.00	233.00
1	400–450	410	242.00	242.00
3	450–500	472	225.00–255.00	238.11
2	500–550	533	231.00–255.00	243.17
13	550–600	561	233.00–243.00	239.02
3	600–650	630	209.00	209.00
7	650–700	663	191.00–216.00	202.81
2	700–750	735	206.00	206.00
2	800–850	813	186.00–197.00	191.48
1	850–900	880	191.00	191.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	400–450	420	365.00	365.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	550–600	550	280.00	280.00
1	600–650	630	242.50	242.50
Bulls — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
4	950–1000	967	138.00	138.00

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