Name: Fairview Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2025-01-16
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-01-16

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Today at Fairview, good demand, active trade on a well conditioned offering. Feeder steers 400-600lbs higher 9.00 with 600-800lbs steers mostly steady to lower 2.00. Feeder heifers 400-600lbs higher 11.00 with spots higher 15.00. 600-700 feeder heifers mostly steady to higher 1.00.

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $330.24/cwt on 106 head. That ranks 1 of 14 comparable sales and sits −136.12 against this barn's trailing median of $466.36.

Average price

$330.24

106 head · 568 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,875

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$158

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

$22.44/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−0.00

vs IL average

−12.21 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	570	334.90	1,908	84
Medium and Large 1-2	560	312.46	1,751	22

One grade step is worth $22.44/cwt here — about $158 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 400–500 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 sale106 hd

330.24

—

IL average1 barns · 106 hd

330.24

−0.00

National average190 barns · 32,836 hd

342.45

−12.21

This barn, trailing median14 sales

466.36

−136.12

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

56 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
Heifers	Large 1-2	750–800	785	235.00/cwt	235.00–235.00	1,845	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	375	362.50/cwt	362.50–362.50	1,359	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	775	219.00/cwt	219.00–219.00	1,697	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	508	275.03/cwt	263.00–277.50	1,397	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	665	300.98/cwt	291.00–312.00	2,002	106
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	627	313.35/cwt	291.00–319.00	1,965	85
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	850–900	860	210.00/cwt	210.00–210.00	1,806	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	678	230.07/cwt	220.00–232.00	1,560	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	722	292.06/cwt	281.00–300.00	2,109	121
Steers	Medium and Large 3	450–500	455	210.00/cwt	210.00–210.00	956	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	577	333.53/cwt	328.00–350.00	1,924	72
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	475	378.00/cwt	357.50–395.00	1,796	39
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	365	270.00/cwt	270.00–270.00	986	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	800–850	820	231.00/cwt	231.00–231.00	1,894	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	527	343.11/cwt	335.00–357.50	1,808	12
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	400–450	405	335.00/cwt	335.00–335.00	1,357	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	520	270.00/cwt	270.00–270.00	1,404	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	723	235.00/cwt	235.00–235.00	1,699	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	760	220.00/cwt	220.00–220.00	1,672	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	635	252.50/cwt	252.50–252.50	1,603	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	400–450	427	351.00/cwt	351.00–351.00	1,499	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	371	390.00/cwt	390.00–390.00	1,447	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	779	242.43/cwt	232.00–246.00	1,889	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	800–850	828	232.21/cwt	231.00–237.00	1,923	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	723	273.60/cwt	257.00–279.00	1,978	7
Steers	Medium and Large 2	650–700	697	239.00/cwt	239.00–239.00	1,666	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	850–900	873	232.72/cwt	231.00–237.00	2,032	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	435	333.00/cwt	333.00–333.00	1,449	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	455	328.36/cwt	327.00–331.00	1,494	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	318	425.00/cwt	425.00–425.00	1,352	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	425	372.53/cwt	355.00–385.00	1,583	16
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	580	308.93/cwt	300.00–320.00	1,792	13
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	679	274.52/cwt	260.00–286.00	1,864	33
Steers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	822	262.05/cwt	252.00–269.00	2,154	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1	250–300	295	455.00/cwt	455.00–455.00	1,342	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	775	267.22/cwt	256.00–273.00	2,071	135
Steers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	869	265.00/cwt	265.00–265.00	2,303	65
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	532	317.56/cwt	307.50–322.50	1,689	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	629	277.53/cwt	271.00–281.00	1,746	10
Steers	Medium and Large 2	800–850	845	205.00/cwt	205.00–205.00	1,732	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	250–300	265	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	795	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	380	325.00/cwt	325.00–325.00	1,235	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	465	337.41/cwt	317.50–341.00	1,569	55
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	561	305.51/cwt	289.00–311.00	1,714	61
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	420	332.28/cwt	315.00–345.00	1,396	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	760	241.00/cwt	241.00–241.00	1,832	18
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	584	243.43/cwt	235.00–245.00	1,422	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	476	301.40/cwt	291.00–305.00	1,435	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	668	259.26/cwt	241.00–277.00	1,732	121
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	320	376.28/cwt	370.00–382.00	1,204	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	623	277.66/cwt	249.00–284.00	1,730	42
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	530	305.58/cwt	290.00–316.00	1,620	27
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	731	254.85/cwt	243.00–261.00	1,863	44
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	583	264.16/cwt	251.00–279.00	1,540	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	950–1000	965	213.00/cwt	213.00–213.00	2,055	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	811	231.00/cwt	231.00–231.00	1,873	6

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.

Illinois feeder prices, every weight →Every state and region →

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Receipts 1,207Last week 2,027Year ago 1,460

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	750–800	785	235.00	235.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	300–350	320	370.00–382.00	376.28
2	350–400	375	362.50	362.50
10	400–450	420	315.00–345.00	332.28
55	450–500	465	317.50–341.00	337.41
27	500–550	530	290.00–316.00	305.58
61	550–600	561	289.00–311.00	305.51
42	600–650	623	249.00–284.00	277.66
121	650–700	668	241.00–277.00	259.26
44	700–750	731	243.00–261.00	254.85
18	750–800	760	241.00	241.00
6	800–850	811	231.00	231.00
1	950–1000	965	213.00	213.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	350–400	380	325.00	325.00
4	450–500	476	291.00–305.00	301.40
6	500–550	508	263.00–277.50	275.03
6	550–600	583	251.00–279.00	264.16
7	650–700	678	220.00–232.00	230.07
1	750–800	775	219.00	219.00
1	800–850	820	231.00	231.00
1	850–900	860	210.00	210.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	250–300	265	300.00	300.00
2	350–400	365	270.00	270.00
6	550–600	584	235.00–245.00	243.43
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
9	400–450	427	351.00	351.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	250–300	295	455.00	455.00
3	300–350	318	425.00	425.00
16	400–450	425	355.00–385.00	372.53
39	450–500	475	357.50–395.00	378.00
12	500–550	527	335.00–357.50	343.11
72	550–600	577	328.00–350.00	333.53
85	600–650	627	291.00–319.00	313.35
106	650–700	665	291.00–312.00	300.98
121	700–750	722	281.00–300.00	292.06
135	750–800	775	256.00–273.00	267.22
11	800–850	822	252.00–269.00	262.05
65	850–900	869	265.00	265.00
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	450–500	455	210.00	210.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	350–400	371	390.00	390.00
1	400–450	435	333.00	333.00
3	450–500	455	327.00–331.00	328.36
9	500–550	532	307.50–322.50	317.56
13	550–600	580	300.00–320.00	308.93
10	600–650	629	271.00–281.00	277.53
33	650–700	679	260.00–286.00	274.52
7	700–750	723	257.00–279.00	273.60
4	750–800	779	232.00–246.00	242.43
5	800–850	828	231.00–237.00	232.21
10	850–900	873	231.00–237.00	232.72
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	650–700	697	239.00	239.00
1	800–850	845	205.00	205.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	400–450	405	335.00	335.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	500–550	520	270.00	270.00
1	600–650	635	252.50	252.50
4	700–750	723	235.00	235.00
1	750–800	760	220.00	220.00

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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