Name: Fairview Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2025-02-27
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-02-27

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Today at Fairview, as compared to a light offering of one week ago. Feeder steers 400-500lbs traded higher 11.00 with 600-700lb steer calves trading higher 13.00. Steers over 800lbs higher 11.00. Feeder heifers 400-500lbs traded higher 8.00 with 600-700 heifers trading higher 12.00. Active trade with good demand. Very good demand on feeder heifers under 700lbs. Good quality on a mostly long timed weaned, multiple vaccinated offering.

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $337.39/cwt on 135 head. That ranks 1 of 14 comparable sales and sits −128.97 against this barn's trailing median of $466.36.

Average price

$337.39

135 head · 556 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,875

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$731

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

$116.40/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+0.00

vs IL average

−10.85 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	561	358.43	2,011	71
Medium and Large 1-2	544	326.56	1,778	44
Medium and Large 2	567	294.43	1,668	17thin
Medium and Large 3	529	242.03	1,280	3thin

One grade step is worth $116.40/cwt here — about $731 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 sale135 hd

337.39

—

IL average1 barns · 135 hd

337.39

+0.00

National average180 barns · 14,929 hd

348.24

−10.85

This barn, trailing median14 sales

466.36

−128.97

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

119 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	300–350	320	290.00/cwt	290.00–290.00	928	1
Heifers	Large 3	700–750	705	187.50/cwt	187.50–187.50	1,322	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	388	276.52/cwt	273.00–280.00	1,073	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	800–850	835	197.50/cwt	197.50–197.50	1,649	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	600–650	620	227.00/cwt	227.00–227.00	1,407	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	900–950	945	219.00/cwt	219.00–219.00	2,070	1
Heifers	Large 2	550–600	570	242.00/cwt	242.00–242.00	1,379	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	532	262.40/cwt	245.00–271.00	1,396	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	580	240.72/cwt	225.00–255.00	1,396	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	676	235.39/cwt	221.00–242.00	1,591	11
Heifers	Medium 3	250–300	280	210.00/cwt	210.00–210.00	588	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	720	239.14/cwt	230.00–245.00	1,722	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	570	273.26/cwt	231.00–281.00	1,558	19
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	775	227.00/cwt	227.00–227.00	1,759	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	372	330.61/cwt	305.00–355.00	1,230	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	522	284.72/cwt	269.00–312.50	1,486	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	419	307.85/cwt	290.00–320.00	1,290	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	850–900	857	211.00/cwt	211.00–211.00	1,808	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	250–300	286	345.00/cwt	345.00–345.00	987	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	300–350	322	346.64/cwt	342.50–355.00	1,116	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	800–850	818	217.48/cwt	216.00–225.00	1,779	6
Heifers	Large 1-2	950–1000	970	209.00/cwt	209.00–209.00	2,027	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	700–750	710	210.00/cwt	210.00–210.00	1,491	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	623	271.33/cwt	247.50–293.00	1,690	46
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	810	224.00/cwt	224.00–224.00	1,814	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	475	305.47/cwt	290.00–315.00	1,451	11
Heifers	Large 1-2	700–750	730	245.00/cwt	245.00–245.00	1,789	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	570	310.39/cwt	290.00–325.00	1,769	59
Heifers	Large 1-2	750–800	790	223.00/cwt	223.00–223.00	1,762	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	900–950	930	211.00/cwt	211.00–211.00	1,962	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	760	251.99/cwt	251.00–253.00	1,915	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	950–1000	985	212.00/cwt	212.00–212.00	2,088	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	877	229.17/cwt	219.00–232.00	2,010	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	479	334.79/cwt	317.50–352.50	1,604	46
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	376	359.31/cwt	347.50–370.00	1,351	27
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	250–300	268	372.50/cwt	372.50–372.50	998	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	320	362.98/cwt	352.50–367.50	1,162	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	433	350.28/cwt	322.50–370.00	1,517	38
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	517	321.89/cwt	300.00–335.00	1,664	43
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	400–450	410	392.50/cwt	392.50–392.50	1,609	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	721	259.12/cwt	242.00–264.00	1,868	47
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	450–500	454	360.00/cwt	360.00–360.00	1,634	21
Heifers	Medium and Large 2Fleshy	700–750	745	200.00/cwt	200.00–200.00	1,490	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy	800–850	810	217.00/cwt	217.00–217.00	1,758	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy	650–700	657	232.50/cwt	232.50–232.50	1,528	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	350–400	382	362.10/cwt	350.00–385.00	1,383	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	659	264.10/cwt	244.00–272.00	1,740	46
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	400–450	415	315.00/cwt	315.00–315.00	1,307	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	439	341.27/cwt	335.00–360.00	1,498	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	700–750	717	255.00/cwt	255.00–255.00	1,828	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	650–700	655	280.00/cwt	280.00–280.00	1,834	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	300–350	345	395.00/cwt	395.00–395.00	1,363	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	550–600	575	319.37/cwt	319.00–320.00	1,836	24
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	460	308.75/cwt	302.50–315.00	1,420	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	550–600	570	347.50/cwt	347.50–347.50	1,981	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	600–650	643	290.00/cwt	290.00–290.00	1,865	14
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	605	282.50/cwt	282.50–282.50	1,709	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	520	290.00/cwt	290.00–290.00	1,508	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	550–600	563	267.47/cwt	265.00–270.00	1,506	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	450–500	489	303.41/cwt	301.00–305.00	1,484	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	600–650	633	255.00/cwt	255.00–255.00	1,614	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	200–250	240	390.00/cwt	390.00–390.00	936	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	500–550	547	290.00/cwt	290.00–290.00	1,586	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	750–800	770	191.10/cwt	183.00–199.00	1,471	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	950–1000	955	155.00/cwt	155.00–155.00	1,480	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	408	302.40/cwt	290.00–305.00	1,234	6
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	400–450	445	230.00/cwt	230.00–230.00	1,024	1
Steers	Medium 3	700–750	730	180.00/cwt	180.00–180.00	1,314	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	800–850	800	241.00/cwt	241.00–241.00	1,928	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	700–750	710	227.52/cwt	213.00–232.50	1,615	4
Steers	Medium and Large 2	650–700	668	238.51/cwt	237.00–240.00	1,593	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	850–900	880	238.00/cwt	238.00–238.00	2,094	1
Steers	Medium and Large 3	550–600	550	251.00/cwt	251.00–251.00	1,381	1
Steers	Medium and Large 3	500–550	518	237.54/cwt	230.00–245.00	1,230	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	629	289.29/cwt	276.00–303.00	1,820	40
Steers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	535	306.32/cwt	295.00–310.00	1,639	4
Steers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	470	293.38/cwt	275.00–302.00	1,379	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	600–650	630	261.41/cwt	252.00–271.00	1,647	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	750–800	778	231.67/cwt	212.50–250.00	1,802	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	767	263.26/cwt	253.00–272.00	2,019	16
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	524	332.10/cwt	310.00–345.00	1,740	26
Steers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	576	293.75/cwt	252.50–312.50	1,692	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	366	371.97/cwt	345.00–395.00	1,361	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	1000–1050	1,010	223.00/cwt	223.00–223.00	2,252	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	250–300	295	410.00/cwt	410.00–410.00	1,210	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	800–850	821	253.75/cwt	246.00–264.00	2,083	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	250–300	291	425.00/cwt	425.00–425.00	1,237	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	467	327.48/cwt	315.00–355.00	1,529	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	382	444.13/cwt	405.00–450.00	1,697	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	669	271.19/cwt	265.00–281.00	1,814	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	574	318.55/cwt	300.00–349.00	1,828	18
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	422	335.73/cwt	305.00–367.00	1,417	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	719	302.70/cwt	281.00–311.00	2,176	66
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	850–900	891	242.67/cwt	233.00–243.00	2,162	30
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	471	378.35/cwt	370.00–390.00	1,782	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	517	370.46/cwt	363.00–382.50	1,915	18
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	431	394.17/cwt	377.50–417.50	1,699	23
Steers	Medium 1-2	400–450	425	345.00/cwt	345.00–345.00	1,466	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2Fleshy	600–650	610	252.50/cwt	252.50–252.50	1,540	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	730	271.01/cwt	261.00–277.50	1,978	33
Steers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	781	270.83/cwt	251.00–287.00	2,115	46
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	632	321.05/cwt	297.00–331.00	2,029	38
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	676	313.55/cwt	293.00–321.00	2,120	49
Steers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	864	279.00/cwt	279.00–279.00	2,411	60
Steers	Large 2Fleshy	850–900	870	195.00/cwt	195.00–195.00	1,697	1
Steers	Large 1-2	850–900	885	242.00/cwt	242.00–242.00	2,142	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	900–950	922	258.32/cwt	246.00–261.00	2,382	74
Steers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	331	418.16/cwt	400.00–435.00	1,384	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	576	354.34/cwt	340.00–362.50	2,041	53
Steers	Medium and Large 2Fleshy	750–800	770	237.00/cwt	237.00–237.00	1,825	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	250–300	270	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	810	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	835	265.00/cwt	265.00–265.00	2,213	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	500–550	540	207.50/cwt	207.50–207.50	1,121	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	600–650	603	349.00/cwt	349.00–349.00	2,104	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	400–450	421	427.29/cwt	420.00–445.00	1,799	7
Steers	Medium and Large 2Fleshy	550–600	580	255.00/cwt	255.00–255.00	1,479	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	481	286.50/cwt	285.00–287.50	1,378	4
Steers	Large 1	600–650	607	323.00/cwt	323.00–323.00	1,961	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	200–250	215	280.00/cwt	280.00–280.00	602	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 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	200–250	215	280.00	280.00
2	250–300	270	300.00	300.00
1	300–350	320	290.00	290.00
2	350–400	388	273.00–280.00	276.52
4	450–500	481	285.00–287.50	286.50
5	500–550	532	245.00–271.00	262.40
5	550–600	580	225.00–255.00	240.72
1	700–750	710	210.00	210.00
1	800–850	835	197.50	197.50
Heifers — Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	700–750	705	187.50	187.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
1	600–650	620	227.00	227.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	250–300	286	345.00	345.00
5	300–350	322	342.50–355.00	346.64
5	350–400	372	305.00–355.00	330.61
5	400–450	419	290.00–320.00	307.85
11	450–500	475	290.00–315.00	305.47
14	500–550	522	269.00–312.50	284.72
19	550–600	570	231.00–281.00	273.26
11	650–700	676	221.00–242.00	235.39
8	700–750	720	230.00–245.00	239.14
1	750–800	775	227.00	227.00
6	800–850	818	216.00–225.00	217.48
2	850–900	857	211.00	211.00
1	900–950	945	219.00	219.00
Heifers — Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	550–600	570	242.00	242.00
Heifers — Medium 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	250–300	280	210.00	210.00
Heifers — Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	700–750	730	245.00	245.00
2	750–800	790	223.00	223.00
1	950–1000	970	209.00	209.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	250–300	268	372.50	372.50
4	300–350	320	352.50–367.50	362.98
27	350–400	376	347.50–370.00	359.31
38	400–450	433	322.50–370.00	350.28
46	450–500	479	317.50–352.50	334.79
43	500–550	517	300.00–335.00	321.89
59	550–600	570	290.00–325.00	310.39
46	600–650	623	247.50–293.00	271.33
46	650–700	659	244.00–272.00	264.10
47	700–750	721	242.00–264.00	259.12
2	750–800	760	251.00–253.00	251.99
1	800–850	810	224.00	224.00
9	850–900	877	219.00–232.00	229.17
1	900–950	930	211.00	211.00
13	950–1000	985	212.00	212.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
21	450–500	454	360.00	360.00
5	550–600	570	347.50	347.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 2 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
1	700–750	745	200.00	200.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
2	650–700	657	232.50	232.50
1	800–850	810	217.00	217.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	500–550	540	207.50	207.50
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	300–350	345	395.00	395.00
7	350–400	382	350.00–385.00	362.10
2	400–450	410	392.50	392.50
24	550–600	575	319.00–320.00	319.37
14	600–650	643	290.00	290.00
6	650–700	655	280.00	280.00
6	700–750	717	255.00	255.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	200–250	240	390.00	390.00
1	400–450	415	315.00	315.00
5	450–500	489	301.00–305.00	303.41
4	500–550	547	290.00	290.00
2	550–600	563	265.00–270.00	267.47
3	600–650	633	255.00	255.00
2	750–800	770	183.00–199.00	191.10
1	950–1000	955	155.00	155.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	400–450	439	335.00–360.00	341.27
2	450–500	460	302.50–315.00	308.75
1	500–550	520	290.00	290.00
2	600–650	605	282.50	282.50
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
6	400–450	408	290.00–305.00	302.40
3	450–500	470	275.00–302.00	293.38
4	500–550	535	295.00–310.00	306.32
12	550–600	576	252.50–312.50	293.75
3	600–650	630	252.00–271.00	261.41
2	650–700	668	237.00–240.00	238.51
4	700–750	710	213.00–232.50	227.52
2	750–800	778	212.50–250.00	231.67
1	800–850	800	241.00	241.00
1	850–900	880	238.00	238.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	400–450	445	230.00	230.00
Steers — Medium 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	700–750	730	180.00	180.00
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	500–550	518	230.00–245.00	237.54
1	550–600	550	251.00	251.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	250–300	295	410.00	410.00
4	350–400	366	345.00–395.00	371.97
10	400–450	422	305.00–367.00	335.73
10	450–500	467	315.00–355.00	327.48
26	500–550	524	310.00–345.00	332.10
18	550–600	574	300.00–349.00	318.55
40	600–650	629	276.00–303.00	289.29
5	650–700	669	265.00–281.00	271.19
33	700–750	730	261.00–277.50	271.01
16	750–800	767	253.00–272.00	263.26
5	800–850	821	246.00–264.00	253.75
30	850–900	891	233.00–243.00	242.67
1	1000–1050	1,010	223.00	223.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	250–300	291	425.00	425.00
5	300–350	331	400.00–435.00	418.16
12	350–400	382	405.00–450.00	444.13
23	400–450	431	377.50–417.50	394.17
9	450–500	471	370.00–390.00	378.35
18	500–550	517	363.00–382.50	370.46
53	550–600	576	340.00–362.50	354.34
38	600–650	632	297.00–331.00	321.05
49	650–700	676	293.00–321.00	313.55
66	700–750	719	281.00–311.00	302.70
46	750–800	781	251.00–287.00	270.83
12	800–850	835	265.00	265.00
60	850–900	864	279.00	279.00
74	900–950	922	246.00–261.00	258.32
Steers — Medium 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	400–450	425	345.00	345.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
1	550–600	580	255.00	255.00
1	600–650	610	252.50	252.50
1	750–800	770	237.00	237.00
Steers — Large 2 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
1	850–900	870	195.00	195.00
Steers — Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	850–900	885	242.00	242.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
7	400–450	421	420.00–445.00	427.29
10	600–650	603	349.00	349.00
Steers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
5	600–650	607	323.00	323.00

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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Fed Cattle — the cash market and what quality pays

Beef & Retail — from the box to the grocery shelf

Feed & Hay — the cost side, cash not futures

Cows & Bred Stock — the rebuild market

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