Name: Fairview Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2025-01-23
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-01-23

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Today at Fairview, as compared to one week ago, good to very good demand with active trade. Quality offering, mostly attractive, well conditioned. Feeder calves 400-600lbs higher 14.00, with 600-700 weights higher 3.00. Yearling steers 800-900lbs higher 16.00. Feeder heifers 400-600lbs higher 6.00 with 600-700 weight heifers higher 5,00. Heifers above 700lbs higher 3.00-8.00 with spots higher 10.00.

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $339.64/cwt on 141 head. That ranks 1 of 15 comparable sales and sits −124.66 against this barn's trailing median of $464.30.

Average price

$339.64

141 head · 557 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,893

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$688

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

$134.89/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+2.61

vs IL average

−1.30 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	546	362.39	1,979	85
Medium and Large 1-2	582	315.75	1,837	44
Medium 1-2	532	295.00	1,569	2thin
Medium and Large 2	544	268.44	1,460	8thin
Medium and Large 3	568	227.50	1,291	2thin

One grade step is worth $134.89/cwt here — about $688 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

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 sale141 hd

339.64

—

IL average2 barns · 276 hd

337.02

+2.61

National average147 barns · 15,667 hd

340.94

−1.30

This barn, trailing median15 sales

464.30

−124.66

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

97 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	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	729	233.91/cwt	228.00–247.50	1,705	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	430	311.91/cwt	302.50–315.00	1,341	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	350–400	375	235.00/cwt	235.00–235.00	881	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	250–300	285	361.72/cwt	355.00–365.00	1,031	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	490	391.64/cwt	357.50–400.00	1,919	36
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	900–950	938	216.72/cwt	206.00–227.50	2,033	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	838	277.50/cwt	277.50–277.50	2,325	62
Steers	Large 1-2	600–650	642	288.00/cwt	288.00–288.00	1,849	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	538	317.50/cwt	317.50–317.50	1,708	3
Steers	Medium 1-2	500–550	532	295.00/cwt	295.00–295.00	1,569	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	419	388.68/cwt	370.00–400.00	1,629	14
Steers	Large 1-2	1000–1050	1,000	222.00/cwt	222.00–222.00	2,220	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	531	355.67/cwt	332.50–375.00	1,889	34
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	564	359.77/cwt	334.00–377.00	2,029	42
Steers	Medium and Large 1	250–300	295	465.00/cwt	465.00–465.00	1,372	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	900–950	903	275.26/cwt	231.00–276.00	2,486	62
Steers	Medium and Large 2Fleshy	550–600	570	275.00/cwt	275.00–275.00	1,568	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	768	282.20/cwt	262.00–293.50	2,167	17
Steers	Large 1	400–450	410	345.00/cwt	345.00–345.00	1,415	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	715	284.80/cwt	274.00–299.00	2,036	88
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	634	315.76/cwt	298.00–328.00	2,002	114
Steers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	307	450.03/cwt	445.00–455.00	1,382	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2Unweaned	500–550	518	258.26/cwt	230.00–267.50	1,338	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	874	257.21/cwt	252.00–261.00	2,248	59
Heifers	Medium and Large 2Unweaned	550–600	562	240.00/cwt	240.00–240.00	1,349	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	500–550	520	400.00/cwt	400.00–400.00	2,080	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	600–650	615	331.32/cwt	330.00–333.00	2,038	24
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	450–500	483	407.29/cwt	405.00–407.50	1,967	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	590	212.50/cwt	212.50–212.50	1,254	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	680	303.47/cwt	291.00–311.50	2,064	62
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	525	270.52/cwt	270.00–271.00	1,420	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	250–300	255	295.00/cwt	295.00–295.00	752	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	429	267.03/cwt	255.00–273.00	1,146	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	450–500	490	205.00/cwt	205.00–205.00	1,005	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	250–300	295	420.00/cwt	420.00–420.00	1,239	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	585	315.62/cwt	293.00–327.50	1,846	41
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	613	265.79/cwt	254.00–285.00	1,629	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	457	351.00/cwt	351.00–351.00	1,604	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	850–900	863	247.00/cwt	247.00–247.00	2,132	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	770	260.82/cwt	252.00–266.00	2,008	32
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	420	340.29/cwt	322.50–355.00	1,429	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	300–350	340	380.00/cwt	380.00–380.00	1,292	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	677	271.81/cwt	247.50–285.00	1,840	17
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	714	261.65/cwt	253.00–273.00	1,868	13
Steers	Medium and Large 3	500–550	545	210.00/cwt	210.00–210.00	1,145	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	800–850	844	244.30/cwt	243.00–251.00	2,062	6
Steers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	568	270.53/cwt	262.00–280.00	1,537	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	300–350	300	315.00/cwt	315.00–315.00	945	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	750–800	772	229.85/cwt	220.00–235.00	1,774	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	600–650	645	270.00/cwt	270.00–270.00	1,742	1
Steers	Medium and Large 3	600–650	645	200.00/cwt	200.00–200.00	1,290	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	380	410.00/cwt	410.00–410.00	1,558	1
Steers	Medium and Large 3	550–600	590	245.00/cwt	245.00–245.00	1,446	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	445	267.50/cwt	267.50–267.50	1,190	1
Steers	Medium and Large 3	400–450	440	235.00/cwt	235.00–235.00	1,034	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	519	265.23/cwt	255.00–280.00	1,377	4
Steers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	477	293.05/cwt	277.50–303.00	1,398	8
Steers	Medium and Large 3	450–500	465	225.00/cwt	225.00–225.00	1,046	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	200–250	231	366.17/cwt	340.00–380.00	846	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	650–700	667	220.00/cwt	220.00–220.00	1,467	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	700–750	710	227.39/cwt	220.00–235.00	1,614	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	550–600	563	267.50/cwt	267.50–267.50	1,506	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	500–550	515	259.00/cwt	259.00–259.00	1,334	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	600–650	606	259.00/cwt	259.00–259.00	1,570	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	450–500	451	290.00/cwt	290.00–290.00	1,308	4
Heifers	Large 1	400–450	415	395.00/cwt	395.00–395.00	1,639	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	308	381.00/cwt	381.00–381.00	1,173	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	700–750	720	245.74/cwt	243.00–251.00	1,769	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy	800–850	835	222.00/cwt	222.00–222.00	1,854	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	527	308.85/cwt	291.00–325.00	1,628	52
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	612	255.37/cwt	235.00–261.00	1,563	14
Heifers	Medium 1-2	350–400	370	310.00/cwt	310.00–310.00	1,147	1
Heifers	Large 1-2	500–550	517	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	1,293	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	620	285.88/cwt	260.00–297.00	1,772	62
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	786	243.70/cwt	242.00–246.00	1,915	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	800–850	800	208.00/cwt	208.00–208.00	1,664	1
Heifers	Large 1	500–550	524	317.50/cwt	317.50–317.50	1,664	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	468	303.55/cwt	284.00–315.00	1,421	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	712	258.96/cwt	245.00–270.00	1,844	93
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	686	255.43/cwt	241.00–259.00	1,752	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	567	308.98/cwt	295.00–321.00	1,752	165
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	385	334.96/cwt	330.00–340.00	1,290	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	824	265.50/cwt	265.50–265.50	2,188	25
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	467	327.80/cwt	320.00–335.00	1,531	27
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	760	236.31/cwt	233.00–243.00	1,796	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	431	345.40/cwt	325.00–360.00	1,489	17
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	573	267.19/cwt	247.00–285.00	1,531	21
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	540	257.98/cwt	255.00–260.00	1,393	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	678	262.95/cwt	256.00–279.00	1,783	51
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	300–350	340	346.12/cwt	337.50–355.00	1,177	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	900–950	910	220.00/cwt	220.00–220.00	2,002	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	300–350	315	259.50/cwt	249.00–265.00	817	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	850–900	860	221.00/cwt	221.00–221.00	1,901	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	470	269.61/cwt	260.00–279.00	1,267	9
Heifers	Medium 2	650–700	655	205.00/cwt	205.00–205.00	1,343	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	600–650	645	245.00/cwt	245.00–245.00	1,580	1
Heifers	Medium 2	450–500	495	265.00/cwt	265.00–265.00	1,312	1

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
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	250–300	285	355.00–365.00	361.72
2	300–350	340	337.50–355.00	346.12
3	350–400	385	330.00–340.00	334.96
4	400–450	430	302.50–315.00	311.91
9	450–500	468	284.00–315.00	303.55
9	500–550	540	255.00–260.00	257.98
21	550–600	573	247.00–285.00	267.19
14	600–650	612	235.00–261.00	255.37
5	650–700	686	241.00–259.00	255.43
10	700–750	729	228.00–247.50	233.91
3	750–800	760	233.00–243.00	236.31
1	800–850	800	208.00	208.00
1	850–900	860	221.00	221.00
1	900–950	910	220.00	220.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	350–400	375	235.00	235.00
1	450–500	490	205.00	205.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
4	500–550	518	230.00–267.50	258.26
2	550–600	562	240.00	240.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	250–300	255	295.00	295.00
3	300–350	315	249.00–265.00	259.50
4	400–450	429	255.00–273.00	267.03
9	450–500	470	260.00–279.00	269.61
2	500–550	525	270.00–271.00	270.52
1	550–600	590	212.50	212.50
1	600–650	645	245.00	245.00
Heifers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	400–450	415	395.00	395.00
5	500–550	524	317.50	317.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	300–350	308	381.00	381.00
17	400–450	431	325.00–360.00	345.40
27	450–500	467	320.00–335.00	327.80
52	500–550	527	291.00–325.00	308.85
165	550–600	567	295.00–321.00	308.98
62	600–650	620	260.00–297.00	285.88
51	650–700	678	256.00–279.00	262.95
93	700–750	712	245.00–270.00	258.96
13	750–800	786	242.00–246.00	243.70
25	800–850	824	265.50	265.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
3	700–750	720	243.00–251.00	245.74
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
2	800–850	835	222.00	222.00
Heifers — Medium 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	350–400	370	310.00	310.00
Heifers — Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	500–550	517	250.00	250.00
Heifers — Medium 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	450–500	495	265.00	265.00
1	650–700	655	205.00	205.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	250–300	295	465.00	465.00
3	300–350	307	445.00–455.00	450.03
14	400–450	419	370.00–400.00	388.68
36	450–500	490	357.50–400.00	391.64
34	500–550	531	332.50–375.00	355.67
42	550–600	564	334.00–377.00	359.77
114	600–650	634	298.00–328.00	315.76
62	650–700	680	291.00–311.50	303.47
88	700–750	715	274.00–299.00	284.80
17	750–800	768	262.00–293.50	282.20
62	800–850	838	277.50	277.50
59	850–900	874	252.00–261.00	257.21
62	900–950	903	231.00–276.00	275.26
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	250–300	295	420.00	420.00
1	300–350	340	380.00	380.00
1	350–400	380	410.00	410.00
6	400–450	420	322.50–355.00	340.29
2	450–500	457	351.00	351.00
3	500–550	538	317.50	317.50
41	550–600	585	293.00–327.50	315.62
9	600–650	613	254.00–285.00	265.79
17	650–700	677	247.50–285.00	271.81
13	700–750	714	253.00–273.00	261.65
32	750–800	770	252.00–266.00	260.82
6	800–850	844	243.00–251.00	244.30
3	850–900	863	247.00	247.00
2	900–950	938	206.00–227.50	216.72
Steers — Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	600–650	642	288.00	288.00
1	1000–1050	1,000	222.00	222.00
Steers — Medium 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	500–550	532	295.00	295.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
1	550–600	570	275.00	275.00
Steers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	400–450	410	345.00	345.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
11	450–500	483	405.00–407.50	407.29
9	500–550	520	400.00	400.00
24	600–650	615	330.00–333.00	331.32
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	400–450	440	235.00	235.00
1	450–500	465	225.00	225.00
1	500–550	545	210.00	210.00
1	550–600	590	245.00	245.00
1	600–650	645	200.00	200.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	200–250	231	340.00–380.00	366.17
1	300–350	300	315.00	315.00
1	400–450	445	267.50	267.50
8	450–500	477	277.50–303.00	293.05
4	500–550	519	255.00–280.00	265.23
3	550–600	568	262.00–280.00	270.53
1	600–650	645	270.00	270.00
3	750–800	772	220.00–235.00	229.85
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	450–500	451	290.00	290.00
4	500–550	515	259.00	259.00
3	550–600	563	267.50	267.50
5	600–650	606	259.00	259.00
2	650–700	667	220.00	220.00
2	700–750	710	220.00–235.00	227.39

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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