Name: Fairview Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2025-01-30
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-01-30

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Today at Fairview, feeder steers 400lbs traded higher 2.00 with 500lb calves lower 8.00. Feeder steers 600-700lbs higher 2.00. Feeder heifers traded higher across most weights, 400-500lb feeder heifers higher 8.00 with 600lb heifers trading steady. Heifers over 700lbs traded higher 10.00. Another week of active trade and strong demand.

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $345.50/cwt on 127 head. That ranks 1 of 15 comparable sales and sits −118.79 against this barn's trailing median of $464.30.

Average price

$345.50

127 head · 555 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,918

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$890

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

$150.40/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+0.00

vs IL average

−3.16 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	553	355.40	1,966	99
Medium and Large 1-2	562	320.36	1,799	25
Medium and Large 2	582	240.00	1,397	2thin
Medium and Large 3	525	205.00	1,076	1thin

One grade step is worth $150.40/cwt here — about $890 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 500–600 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 sale127 hd

345.50

—

IL average1 barns · 127 hd

345.50

+0.00

National average177 barns · 23,098 hd

348.66

−3.16

This barn, trailing median15 sales

464.30

−118.79

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

84 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 2	450–500	495	255.00/cwt	255.00–255.00	1,262	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	370	315.00/cwt	315.00–315.00	1,166	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	350–400	396	325.00/cwt	325.00–325.00	1,287	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	450–500	495	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	1,485	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	550–600	581	284.17/cwt	270.00–287.00	1,651	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 2Unweaned	250–300	290	315.00/cwt	315.00–315.00	914	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3Unweaned	200–250	220	275.00/cwt	275.00–275.00	605	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	300–350	331	292.00/cwt	292.00–292.00	967	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	732	288.13/cwt	280.00–303.50	2,109	56
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	534	362.37/cwt	345.00–399.00	1,935	56
Steers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	779	270.29/cwt	266.00–277.00	2,106	15
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	623	320.98/cwt	301.00–331.00	2,000	108
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	400–450	432	418.00/cwt	418.00–418.00	1,806	15
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	400–450	440	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	1,320	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	578	346.33/cwt	336.00–362.50	2,002	43
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	479	382.59/cwt	369.00–400.00	1,833	27
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	421	400.60/cwt	390.00–410.00	1,687	20
Steers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	861	269.30/cwt	253.00–271.00	2,319	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	810	256.75/cwt	255.00–263.00	2,080	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	676	307.60/cwt	291.00–316.50	2,079	90
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	676	281.21/cwt	251.00–289.00	1,901	58
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	621	285.56/cwt	251.00–299.00	1,773	28
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	575	319.87/cwt	303.00–327.50	1,839	17
Steers	Medium and Large 1	900–950	928	251.00/cwt	251.00–251.00	2,329	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	350	440.00/cwt	440.00–440.00	1,540	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	330	425.00/cwt	425.00–425.00	1,403	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	533	321.40/cwt	300.00–332.50	1,713	8
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	950–1000	960	159.00/cwt	159.00–159.00	1,526	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	200–250	200	370.00/cwt	370.00–370.00	740	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	300–350	330	305.00/cwt	305.00–305.00	1,007	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	535	332.57/cwt	320.00–345.00	1,779	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	600–650	625	305.00/cwt	305.00–305.00	1,906	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	500–550	507	339.00/cwt	339.00–339.00	1,719	12
Steers	Medium and Large 3	500–550	525	205.00/cwt	205.00–205.00	1,076	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	465	310.00/cwt	310.00–310.00	1,442	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	600–650	645	205.00/cwt	205.00–205.00	1,322	1
Steers	Medium and Large 3Unweaned	250–300	270	230.00/cwt	230.00–230.00	621	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2Unweaned	300–350	300	330.00/cwt	330.00–330.00	990	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2Unweaned	350–400	360	345.00/cwt	345.00–345.00	1,242	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	412	275.00/cwt	275.00–275.00	1,133	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	582	240.00/cwt	240.00–240.00	1,397	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	650–700	693	228.01/cwt	225.00–231.00	1,580	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	700–750	723	223.09/cwt	220.00–226.00	1,613	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	369	324.00/cwt	305.00–345.00	1,196	4
Steers	Medium and Large 3	250–300	285	240.00/cwt	240.00–240.00	684	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	1150–1200	1,150	193.00/cwt	193.00–193.00	2,220	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	371	411.66/cwt	410.00–415.00	1,527	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	800–850	801	240.49/cwt	237.00–247.50	1,926	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	300–350	320	370.00/cwt	370.00–370.00	1,184	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	750–800	773	231.81/cwt	205.00–236.00	1,792	10
Steers	Medium and Large 2	300–350	315	330.79/cwt	302.50–360.00	1,042	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	850–900	870	238.90/cwt	222.00–247.50	2,078	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	733	249.83/cwt	237.50–264.00	1,831	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	758	254.16/cwt	235.00–262.00	1,927	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	461	357.63/cwt	350.00–365.00	1,649	17
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	425	351.07/cwt	347.00–355.00	1,492	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	650–700	677	155.00/cwt	155.00–155.00	1,049	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	300–350	305	270.00/cwt	270.00–270.00	824	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	480	331.95/cwt	320.00–335.00	1,593	28
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	825	237.00/cwt	237.00–237.00	1,955	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	755	255.00/cwt	255.00–255.00	1,925	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	395	362.50/cwt	362.50–362.50	1,432	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	250–300	285	331.67/cwt	330.00–335.00	945	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	950–1000	985	210.00/cwt	210.00–210.00	2,069	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	800–850	835	216.00/cwt	216.00–216.00	1,804	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	631	293.16/cwt	260.00–303.00	1,850	67
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	566	312.43/cwt	299.00–323.00	1,768	62
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	533	322.59/cwt	297.00–335.00	1,719	53
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	585	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	1,463	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	470	315.00/cwt	315.00–315.00	1,481	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	676	254.80/cwt	252.00–255.00	1,722	15
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	427	352.67/cwt	325.00–365.00	1,506	43
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	721	257.25/cwt	245.00–263.00	1,855	33
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	667	264.13/cwt	253.00–267.00	1,762	29
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	600–650	602	210.00/cwt	210.00–210.00	1,264	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	250–300	280	332.50/cwt	332.50–332.50	931	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	300–350	338	324.72/cwt	312.50–335.00	1,098	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	528	271.50/cwt	265.00–289.00	1,434	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	417	295.11/cwt	292.50–307.50	1,231	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	643	253.35/cwt	250.00–255.00	1,629	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	750–800	795	197.50/cwt	197.50–197.50	1,570	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	200–250	230	235.00/cwt	235.00–235.00	541	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	385	359.20/cwt	347.50–365.00	1,383	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	779	228.44/cwt	226.00–237.00	1,780	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 1,125Last week 0Year ago 1,687

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	250–300	280	332.50	332.50
4	300–350	331	292.00	292.00
1	350–400	370	315.00	315.00
1	450–500	495	255.00	255.00
1	600–650	602	210.00	210.00
1	750–800	795	197.50	197.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
4	350–400	396	325.00	325.00
4	400–450	440	300.00	300.00
3	450–500	495	300.00	300.00
6	550–600	581	270.00–287.00	284.17
Heifers — Medium and Large 2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
1	250–300	290	315.00	315.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 3 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
1	200–250	220	275.00	275.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
12	500–550	507	339.00	339.00
10	600–650	625	305.00	305.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	200–250	230	235.00	235.00
1	300–350	305	270.00	270.00
2	650–700	677	155.00	155.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	350–400	395	362.50	362.50
43	400–450	427	325.00–365.00	352.67
28	450–500	480	320.00–335.00	331.95
53	500–550	533	297.00–335.00	322.59
62	550–600	566	299.00–323.00	312.43
67	600–650	631	260.00–303.00	293.16
29	650–700	667	253.00–267.00	264.13
33	700–750	721	245.00–263.00	257.25
2	750–800	755	255.00	255.00
2	800–850	825	237.00	237.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	250–300	285	330.00–335.00	331.67
11	300–350	338	312.50–335.00	324.72
9	350–400	385	347.50–365.00	359.20
6	400–450	417	292.50–307.50	295.11
1	450–500	470	315.00	315.00
6	500–550	528	265.00–289.00	271.50
1	550–600	585	250.00	250.00
3	600–650	643	250.00–255.00	253.35
15	650–700	676	252.00–255.00	254.80
6	750–800	779	226.00–237.00	228.44
1	800–850	835	216.00	216.00
1	950–1000	985	210.00	210.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	300–350	330	425.00	425.00
3	350–400	350	440.00	440.00
20	400–450	421	390.00–410.00	400.60
27	450–500	479	369.00–400.00	382.59
56	500–550	534	345.00–399.00	362.37
43	550–600	578	336.00–362.50	346.33
108	600–650	623	301.00–331.00	320.98
90	650–700	676	291.00–316.50	307.60
56	700–750	732	280.00–303.50	288.13
15	750–800	779	266.00–277.00	270.29
8	800–850	810	255.00–263.00	256.75
11	850–900	861	253.00–271.00	269.30
4	900–950	928	251.00	251.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
15	400–450	432	418.00	418.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	300–350	320	370.00	370.00
3	350–400	371	410.00–415.00	411.66
4	400–450	425	347.00–355.00	351.07
17	450–500	461	350.00–365.00	357.63
8	500–550	533	300.00–332.50	321.40
17	550–600	575	303.00–327.50	319.87
28	600–650	621	251.00–299.00	285.56
58	650–700	676	251.00–289.00	281.21
12	700–750	733	237.50–264.00	249.83
12	750–800	758	235.00–262.00	254.16
3	800–850	801	237.00–247.50	240.49
3	850–900	870	222.00–247.50	238.90
1	1150–1200	1,150	193.00	193.00
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	250–300	285	240.00	240.00
1	500–550	525	205.00	205.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	300–350	315	302.50–360.00	330.79
4	350–400	369	305.00–345.00	324.00
2	400–450	412	275.00	275.00
1	450–500	465	310.00	310.00
2	550–600	582	240.00	240.00
1	600–650	645	205.00	205.00
2	650–700	693	225.00–231.00	228.01
2	700–750	723	220.00–226.00	223.09
10	750–800	773	205.00–236.00	231.81
Steers — Medium and Large 3 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
1	250–300	270	230.00	230.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
1	300–350	300	330.00	330.00
1	350–400	360	345.00	345.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	200–250	200	370.00	370.00
1	300–350	330	305.00	305.00
2	950–1000	960	159.00	159.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
8	500–550	535	320.00–345.00	332.57

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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