Name: Fairview Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2025-02-06
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-02-06

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Today at Fairview, no price comparison to one week ago due to today's light offering. Today's trade was active, with moderate to good demand.

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $326.17/cwt on 49 head. That ranks 1 of 15 comparable sales and sits −138.12 against this barn's trailing median of $464.30.

Average price

$326.17

49 head · 562 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,832

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$551

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

$127.91/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+0.00

vs IL average

−16.21 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	528	355.41	1,875	20
Medium and Large 1-2	588	322.91	1,899	19thin
Medium and Large 2	579	285.50	1,653	8thin
Medium and Large 3	582	227.50	1,324	2thin

One grade step is worth $127.91/cwt here — about $551 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 sale49 hd

326.17

—

IL average1 barns · 49 hd

326.17

+0.00

National average187 barns · 18,766 hd

342.38

−16.21

This barn, trailing median15 sales

464.30

−138.12

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

60 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	600–650	619	311.87/cwt	294.00–320.00	1,930	56
Steers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	786	269.34/cwt	269.00–271.00	2,117	62
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	800–850	825	226.00/cwt	226.00–226.00	1,865	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	559	256.06/cwt	252.50–257.00	1,431	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	700–750	705	215.00/cwt	215.00–215.00	1,516	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	445	305.00/cwt	305.00–305.00	1,357	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	950–1000	955	226.00/cwt	226.00–226.00	2,158	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	557	344.00/cwt	344.00–344.00	1,916	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	820	245.00/cwt	245.00–245.00	2,009	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	680	294.86/cwt	293.00–300.00	2,005	29
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	730	284.64/cwt	270.00–295.00	2,078	26
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	666	276.54/cwt	275.00–281.00	1,842	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	730	258.50/cwt	255.00–262.00	1,887	2
Steers	Large 1-2	350–400	387	370.00/cwt	370.00–370.00	1,432	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	300–350	326	400.00/cwt	400.00–400.00	1,304	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	900–950	906	253.00/cwt	253.00–253.00	2,292	64
Steers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	891	253.73/cwt	243.00–255.00	2,261	85
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	496	375.64/cwt	373.00–380.00	1,863	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	376	432.50/cwt	432.50–432.50	1,626	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	515	360.30/cwt	347.50–370.00	1,856	14
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	448	400.00/cwt	400.00–400.00	1,792	17
Heifers	Medium 3	600–650	620	217.00/cwt	217.00–217.00	1,345	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 3Unweaned	450–500	465	205.00/cwt	205.00–205.00	953	1
Steers	Large 1	450–500	497	360.00/cwt	360.00–360.00	1,789	2
Steers	Large 1	700–750	725	267.00/cwt	267.00–267.00	1,936	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	850–900	890	241.00/cwt	241.00–241.00	2,145	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	483	337.83/cwt	336.00–345.00	1,632	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	426	346.03/cwt	342.50–360.00	1,474	5
Steers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	435	330.00/cwt	330.00–330.00	1,436	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	900–950	915	217.00/cwt	217.00–217.00	1,986	1
Steers	Medium 2	600–650	615	241.00/cwt	241.00–241.00	1,482	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	620	284.00/cwt	284.00–284.00	1,761	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	588	322.91/cwt	310.00–333.00	1,899	19
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	786	249.44/cwt	245.00–254.00	1,961	10
Steers	Medium and Large 2	800–850	805	223.00/cwt	223.00–223.00	1,795	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	510	295.00/cwt	295.00–295.00	1,505	1
Steers	Medium and Large 3	550–600	582	227.50/cwt	227.50–227.50	1,324	2
Steers	Medium and Large 3	400–450	440	215.00/cwt	215.00–215.00	946	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	589	284.14/cwt	278.00–286.00	1,674	7
Steers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	478	311.95/cwt	297.50–327.50	1,491	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	561	297.85/cwt	292.00–299.00	1,671	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	800–850	840	201.00/cwt	201.00–201.00	1,688	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	300–350	325	311.23/cwt	310.00–312.50	1,011	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	517	248.45/cwt	242.00–253.00	1,284	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	385	330.00/cwt	330.00–330.00	1,271	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	477	309.00/cwt	309.00–309.00	1,474	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	250–300	288	341.02/cwt	340.00–344.00	982	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	530	281.18/cwt	268.00–286.00	1,490	34
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	675	244.86/cwt	236.00–255.00	1,653	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	750	233.00/cwt	233.00–233.00	1,748	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	471	322.87/cwt	315.00–330.00	1,521	22
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	685	251.62/cwt	245.00–261.00	1,724	25
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	628	267.14/cwt	250.00–285.00	1,678	34
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	1000–1050	1,020	222.00/cwt	222.00–222.00	2,264	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	427	325.00/cwt	325.00–325.00	1,388	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	588	268.97/cwt	260.00–271.00	1,582	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	830	224.00/cwt	224.00–224.00	1,859	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	534	306.77/cwt	295.00–310.00	1,638	17
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	723	253.98/cwt	245.00–257.00	1,836	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	500–550	501	332.00/cwt	332.00–332.00	1,663	5

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, no price comparison to one week ago due to today's light offering. Today's trade was active, with moderate to good demand.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
10	350–400	376	432.50	432.50
17	400–450	448	400.00	400.00
8	450–500	496	373.00–380.00	375.64
14	500–550	515	347.50–370.00	360.30
6	550–600	557	344.00	344.00
56	600–650	619	294.00–320.00	311.87
29	650–700	680	293.00–300.00	294.86
26	700–750	730	270.00–295.00	284.64
62	750–800	786	269.00–271.00	269.34
1	800–850	820	245.00	245.00
85	850–900	891	243.00–255.00	253.73
64	900–950	906	253.00	253.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	300–350	326	400.00	400.00
5	400–450	426	342.50–360.00	346.03
5	450–500	483	336.00–345.00	337.83
19	550–600	588	310.00–333.00	322.91
1	600–650	620	284.00	284.00
8	650–700	666	275.00–281.00	276.54
2	700–750	730	255.00–262.00	258.50
10	750–800	786	245.00–254.00	249.44
1	850–900	890	241.00	241.00
2	950–1000	955	226.00	226.00
Steers — Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	350–400	387	370.00	370.00
Steers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	450–500	497	360.00	360.00
2	700–750	725	267.00	267.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	400–450	435	330.00	330.00
2	450–500	478	297.50–327.50	311.95
1	500–550	510	295.00	295.00
7	550–600	589	278.00–286.00	284.14
1	800–850	805	223.00	223.00
1	900–950	915	217.00	217.00
Steers — Medium 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	600–650	615	241.00	241.00
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	400–450	440	215.00	215.00
2	550–600	582	227.50	227.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	250–300	288	340.00–344.00	341.02
2	300–350	325	310.00–312.50	311.23
1	350–400	385	330.00	330.00
1	400–450	445	305.00	305.00
2	450–500	477	309.00	309.00
34	500–550	530	268.00–286.00	281.18
10	550–600	588	260.00–271.00	268.97
9	650–700	675	236.00–255.00	244.86
2	750–800	750	233.00	233.00
2	800–850	825	226.00	226.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	500–550	517	242.00–253.00	248.45
5	550–600	559	252.50–257.00	256.06
1	700–750	705	215.00	215.00
1	800–850	840	201.00	201.00
Heifers — Medium 3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	600–650	620	217.00	217.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 3 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
1	450–500	465	205.00	205.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	400–450	427	325.00	325.00
22	450–500	471	315.00–330.00	322.87
17	500–550	534	295.00–310.00	306.77
6	550–600	561	292.00–299.00	297.85
34	600–650	628	250.00–285.00	267.14
25	650–700	685	245.00–261.00	251.62
12	700–750	723	245.00–257.00	253.98
1	800–850	830	224.00	224.00
1	1000–1050	1,020	222.00	222.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
5	500–550	501	332.00	332.00

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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