Name: Fairview Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2025-03-06
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-03-06

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Today at Fairview, feeder steers 400-600lbs traded mostly steady to 2.00 higher. Steer calves over 600lbs traded higher 7.00 with spots higher 14.00. Feeder heifers higher 4.00-6.00 across most weights with 600lb heifer calves higher 12.00. Quality good with active trade on excellent demand.

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $350.88/cwt on 77 head. That ranks 1 of 15 comparable sales and sits −113.42 against this barn's trailing median of $464.30.

Average price

$350.88

77 head · 555 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,948

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$508

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

$100.40/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+14.02

vs IL average

+1.60 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	556	362.40	2,014	56
Medium and Large 1-2	545	337.47	1,840	14thin
Medium and Large 2	570	289.40	1,650	6thin
Medium and Large 3	575	262.00	1,507	1thin

One grade step is worth $100.40/cwt here — about $508 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 sale77 hd

350.88

—

IL average2 barns · 192 hd

336.86

+14.02

National average172 barns · 12,998 hd

349.28

+1.60

This barn, trailing median15 sales

464.30

−113.42

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

47 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 1-2	500–550	511	337.41/cwt	325.00–345.00	1,724	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	900–950	915	235.00/cwt	235.00–235.00	2,150	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	631	321.20/cwt	305.00–327.50	2,027	28
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	465	331.42/cwt	325.00–341.00	1,541	16
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	600–650	620	301.00/cwt	301.00–301.00	1,866	31
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	618	288.88/cwt	260.00–294.00	1,785	30
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	672	261.37/cwt	258.00–262.00	1,756	30
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	385	355.73/cwt	350.00–365.00	1,370	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	738	262.36/cwt	261.00–264.00	1,936	11
Steers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	590	295.82/cwt	283.00–300.00	1,745	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	1050–1100	1,065	205.00/cwt	205.00–205.00	2,183	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	250–300	290	347.50/cwt	347.50–347.50	1,008	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	475	301.00/cwt	301.00–301.00	1,430	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	417	350.22/cwt	337.50–372.50	1,460	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	650–700	650	237.50/cwt	237.50–237.50	1,544	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	800–850	835	246.31/cwt	231.00–250.00	2,057	5
Steers	Medium and Large 3	550–600	575	262.00/cwt	262.00–262.00	1,507	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	530	276.56/cwt	270.00–283.00	1,466	2
Steers	Medium 1-2	450–500	450	342.50/cwt	342.50–342.50	1,541	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	687	261.00/cwt	261.00–261.00	1,793	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	725	270.00/cwt	270.00–270.00	1,958	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	816	266.00/cwt	266.00–266.00	2,171	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	385	368.25/cwt	357.50–381.00	1,418	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	571	337.52/cwt	319.00–347.00	1,927	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	571	362.92/cwt	358.00–364.00	2,072	39
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	640	241.00/cwt	241.00–241.00	1,542	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	785	249.00/cwt	249.00–249.00	1,955	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	468	395.42/cwt	360.00–405.00	1,851	20
Steers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	790	270.26/cwt	264.00–271.00	2,135	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	874	267.00/cwt	267.00–267.00	2,334	13
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	410	365.00/cwt	365.00–365.00	1,497	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	679	315.32/cwt	294.00–320.00	2,141	50
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	521	361.22/cwt	351.00–383.00	1,882	17
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	595	222.00/cwt	222.00–222.00	1,321	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	361	417.52/cwt	400.00–425.00	1,507	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	389	329.52/cwt	325.00–332.50	1,282	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	579	280.18/cwt	251.00–290.00	1,622	20
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	523	284.03/cwt	281.00–287.00	1,485	8
Heifers	Medium 2	250–300	255	290.00/cwt	290.00–290.00	740	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	430	347.82/cwt	325.00–357.00	1,496	16
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	729	269.68/cwt	264.00–280.00	1,966	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	485	301.88/cwt	281.00–312.00	1,464	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	650–700	690	202.50/cwt	202.50–202.50	1,397	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	827	221.00/cwt	221.00–221.00	1,828	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	620	232.48/cwt	232.00–233.00	1,441	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	521	325.18/cwt	303.00–348.00	1,694	48
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	668	232.82/cwt	226.00–240.00	1,555	2

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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Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
6	350–400	385	357.50–381.00	368.25
3	400–450	417	337.50–372.50	350.22
6	500–550	511	325.00–345.00	337.41
8	550–600	571	319.00–347.00	337.52
1	600–650	640	241.00	241.00
2	650–700	687	261.00	261.00
1	700–750	725	270.00	270.00
1	750–800	785	249.00	249.00
5	800–850	835	231.00–250.00	246.31
1	1050–1100	1,065	205.00	205.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
11	350–400	361	400.00–425.00	417.52
1	400–450	410	365.00	365.00
20	450–500	468	360.00–405.00	395.42
17	500–550	521	351.00–383.00	361.22
39	550–600	571	358.00–364.00	362.92
28	600–650	631	305.00–327.50	321.20
50	650–700	679	294.00–320.00	315.32
9	700–750	729	264.00–280.00	269.68
9	750–800	790	264.00–271.00	270.26
4	800–850	816	266.00	266.00
13	850–900	874	267.00	267.00
1	900–950	915	235.00	235.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	250–300	290	347.50	347.50
1	450–500	475	301.00	301.00
2	500–550	530	270.00–283.00	276.56
4	550–600	590	283.00–300.00	295.82
1	650–700	650	237.50	237.50
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	550–600	575	262.00	262.00
Steers — Medium 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	450–500	450	342.50	342.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
7	350–400	385	350.00–365.00	355.73
16	400–450	430	325.00–357.00	347.82
16	450–500	465	325.00–341.00	331.42
48	500–550	521	303.00–348.00	325.18
30	600–650	618	260.00–294.00	288.88
30	650–700	672	258.00–262.00	261.37
11	700–750	738	261.00–264.00	262.36
4	800–850	827	221.00	221.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
31	600–650	620	301.00	301.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	550–600	595	222.00	222.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
6	350–400	389	325.00–332.50	329.52
3	450–500	485	281.00–312.00	301.88
8	500–550	523	281.00–287.00	284.03
20	550–600	579	251.00–290.00	280.18
2	600–650	620	232.00–233.00	232.48
2	650–700	668	226.00–240.00	232.82
Heifers — Medium 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	250–300	255	290.00	290.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	650–700	690	202.50	202.50

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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