Name: Fairview Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2025-04-03
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-04-03

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Today at Fairview, the strong feeder cattle market continues with price increases across most classes. Feeder steers 400-600lbs traded higher 17.00, with 600-700 calves higher 10.00. 800lbs steers traded 14.00 higher as compared to two weeks ago. Feeder heifers 400-600lbs traded higher 10.00 with feeder heifers over 600lbs trading higher 12.00. Several lot loads of 800lb steers trading at record levels. Good quality, grass ready offering with good to excellent demand on strong trade.

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $352.47/cwt on 134 head. That ranks 1 of 15 comparable sales and sits −111.83 against this barn's trailing median of $464.30.

Average price

$352.47

134 head · 565 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,991

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$882

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

$165.18/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+0.00

vs IL average

−16.54 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	565	375.18	2,121	61
Medium and Large 1-2	561	354.22	1,987	47
Medium and Large 2	570	299.47	1,706	25
Medium and Large 3	590	210.00	1,239	1thin

One grade step is worth $165.18/cwt here — about $882 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 sale134 hd

352.47

—

IL average1 barns · 134 hd

352.47

+0.00

National average168 barns · 11,835 hd

369.01

−16.54

This barn, trailing median15 sales

464.30

−111.83

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

123 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	600–650	621	310.56/cwt	275.00–319.00	1,929	16
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	686	330.68/cwt	326.00–334.00	2,268	89
Steers	Medium and Large 2	850–900	880	227.00/cwt	227.00–227.00	1,998	2
Steers	Medium and Large 3	550–600	590	210.00/cwt	210.00–210.00	1,239	1
Steers	Medium and Large 3	650–700	660	205.00/cwt	205.00–205.00	1,353	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	850–900	868	255.43/cwt	242.50–268.00	2,217	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	742	291.67/cwt	291.00–297.00	2,164	9
Steers	Medium 1-2	450–500	482	345.00/cwt	345.00–345.00	1,663	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	350–400	390	275.00/cwt	275.00–275.00	1,073	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	650–700	655	272.50/cwt	272.50–272.50	1,785	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	529	294.81/cwt	265.00–315.00	1,560	5
Steers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	432	321.01/cwt	307.50–355.00	1,387	8
Steers	Medium and Large 3	250–300	282	283.06/cwt	240.00–305.00	798	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	776	290.51/cwt	283.00–296.00	2,254	29
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	315	390.49/cwt	365.00–400.00	1,230	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	400–450	425	490.00/cwt	490.00–490.00	2,083	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	450–500	456	482.50/cwt	482.50–482.50	2,200	21
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	478	378.45/cwt	335.00–405.00	1,809	29
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	300–350	310	275.00/cwt	275.00–275.00	853	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	580	300.63/cwt	270.00–327.00	1,744	20
Heifers	Medium 1	400–450	420	355.00/cwt	355.00–355.00	1,491	1
Heifers	Medium 1	600–650	610	240.00/cwt	240.00–240.00	1,464	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	581	318.37/cwt	304.00–330.00	1,850	68
Steers	Medium and Large 2	250–300	288	339.96/cwt	335.00–345.00	979	2
Steers	Medium and Large 3	300–350	330	255.00/cwt	255.00–255.00	842	1
Steers	Medium and Large 3	450–500	450	255.00/cwt	255.00–255.00	1,148	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	530	306.08/cwt	287.50–312.50	1,622	24
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	573	301.85/cwt	275.00–312.00	1,730	31
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	683	250.47/cwt	232.50–259.00	1,711	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	400–450	405	210.00/cwt	210.00–210.00	851	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	814	302.69/cwt	300.00–304.50	2,464	191
Steers	Medium and Large 2	900–950	945	215.00/cwt	215.00–215.00	2,032	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	466	346.53/cwt	330.00–360.00	1,615	23
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	435	367.55/cwt	335.00–400.00	1,599	24
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	200–250	215	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	753	1
Heifers	Large 1-2	700–750	715	275.00/cwt	275.00–275.00	1,966	2
Heifers	Large 1-2	650–700	665	247.00/cwt	247.00–247.00	1,643	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	576	353.44/cwt	335.00–380.00	2,036	36
Steers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	469	309.07/cwt	285.00–325.00	1,450	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	512	356.76/cwt	330.00–362.50	1,827	11
Steers	Medium and Large 2	600–650	608	249.81/cwt	235.00–265.00	1,519	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	300–350	324	378.20/cwt	360.00–400.00	1,225	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	900–950	933	251.98/cwt	249.00–255.00	2,351	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	875	284.00/cwt	284.00–284.00	2,485	59
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	800–850	825	266.64/cwt	247.00–287.00	2,200	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	700–750	715	237.50/cwt	237.50–237.50	1,698	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	432	373.92/cwt	335.00–405.00	1,615	30
Steers	Large 1-2	800–850	800	287.00/cwt	287.00–287.00	2,296	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	426	439.27/cwt	420.00–447.50	1,871	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	498	432.50/cwt	432.50–432.50	2,154	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	678	309.62/cwt	292.00–318.50	2,099	29
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	200–250	215	450.00/cwt	450.00–450.00	968	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	377	381.76/cwt	350.00–405.00	1,439	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	365	444.25/cwt	440.00–447.50	1,622	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	731	324.00/cwt	324.00–324.00	2,368	53
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	578	368.47/cwt	352.50–385.00	2,130	49
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	250–300	285	410.00/cwt	410.00–410.00	1,169	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	350	340.00/cwt	340.00–340.00	1,190	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	200–250	238	373.57/cwt	340.00–390.00	889	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	621	345.63/cwt	322.50–352.00	2,146	42
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	513	402.58/cwt	390.00–415.00	2,065	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	333	470.49/cwt	450.00–495.00	1,567	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	790	305.21/cwt	303.00–308.00	2,411	58
Steers	Large 1-2	700–750	730	272.32/cwt	270.00–274.00	1,988	3
Steers	Large 1-2	750–800	775	266.48/cwt	265.00–268.00	2,065	2
Steers	Large 1	800–850	805	269.70/cwt	256.00–278.00	2,171	8
Steers	Medium 1	400–450	405	430.00/cwt	430.00–430.00	1,742	1
Steers	Large 1-2	900–950	915	238.00/cwt	238.00–238.00	2,178	15
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	600–650	630	235.00/cwt	235.00–235.00	1,481	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	750–800	785	205.00/cwt	205.00–205.00	1,609	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	352	355.00/cwt	355.00–355.00	1,250	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	450–500	465	275.00/cwt	275.00–275.00	1,279	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	350–400	385	340.00/cwt	340.00–340.00	1,309	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	550–600	573	279.35/cwt	277.00–282.50	1,601	6
Heifers	Large 1	550–600	560	303.00/cwt	303.00–303.00	1,697	7
Heifers	Large 1	250–300	297	375.00/cwt	375.00–375.00	1,114	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Guaranteed Open	750–800	775	275.00/cwt	275.00–275.00	2,131	1
Heifers	Large 1Guaranteed Open	700–750	717	268.00/cwt	268.00–268.00	1,922	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 2Fleshy	500–550	530	235.00/cwt	235.00–235.00	1,246	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2Fleshy	1150–1200	1,170	185.00/cwt	185.00–185.00	2,165	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	250–300	275	240.00/cwt	240.00–240.00	660	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	300–350	323	297.84/cwt	285.00–315.00	962	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	250–300	250	240.00/cwt	240.00–240.00	600	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2Fleshy	850–900	860	205.00/cwt	205.00–205.00	1,763	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	500–550	530	275.00/cwt	275.00–275.00	1,458	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	650–700	690	205.00/cwt	205.00–205.00	1,415	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	600–650	630	195.00/cwt	195.00–195.00	1,229	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	350–400	355	265.00/cwt	265.00–265.00	941	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	600–650	625	210.00/cwt	210.00–210.00	1,313	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Guaranteed Open	650–700	676	295.00/cwt	295.00–295.00	1,994	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Guaranteed Open	850–900	867	261.00/cwt	261.00–261.00	2,263	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	381	391.98/cwt	360.00–410.00	1,493	31
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	650–700	665	230.00/cwt	230.00–230.00	1,530	1
Heifers	Medium 2	350–400	375	255.00/cwt	255.00–255.00	956	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3-4	600–650	600	160.00/cwt	160.00–160.00	960	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	522	326.48/cwt	320.00–337.50	1,704	38
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	621	300.75/cwt	282.00–313.00	1,868	36
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	550–600	550	205.00/cwt	205.00–205.00	1,128	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	513	263.59/cwt	252.50–275.00	1,352	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	350–400	356	238.78/cwt	220.00–275.00	850	3
Heifers	Large 1-2	600–650	602	291.00/cwt	291.00–291.00	1,752	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 3-4	550–600	565	180.00/cwt	180.00–180.00	1,017	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	500–550	520	241.80/cwt	212.50–270.00	1,257	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	500–550	500	220.00/cwt	220.00–220.00	1,100	1
Heifers	Large 2	950–1000	950	200.00/cwt	200.00–200.00	1,900	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	800–850	845	231.00/cwt	231.00–231.00	1,952	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	625	272.67/cwt	268.00–277.50	1,704	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	468	277.81/cwt	250.00–290.00	1,300	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	579	253.12/cwt	237.50–270.00	1,466	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	425	275.24/cwt	265.00–285.00	1,170	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	705	245.00/cwt	245.00–245.00	1,727	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	350	305.00/cwt	300.00–310.00	1,068	2
Heifers	Large 1-2	750–800	785	264.00/cwt	264.00–264.00	2,072	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	387	337.60/cwt	312.50–360.00	1,307	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	200–250	230	270.00/cwt	270.00–270.00	621	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	477	308.50/cwt	301.00–317.50	1,472	18
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	200–250	245	380.00/cwt	380.00–380.00	931	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	250–300	275	348.32/cwt	325.00–370.00	958	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	300–350	326	364.59/cwt	345.00–385.00	1,189	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	420	329.94/cwt	325.00–335.00	1,386	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	726	281.22/cwt	272.50–285.00	2,042	67
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	950–1000	955	225.00/cwt	225.00–225.00	2,149	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	661	293.94/cwt	263.00–303.50	1,943	95

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
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	200–250	215	450.00	450.00
2	250–300	285	410.00	410.00
4	300–350	324	360.00–400.00	378.20
12	350–400	377	350.00–405.00	381.76
30	400–450	432	335.00–405.00	373.92
29	450–500	478	335.00–405.00	378.45
11	500–550	512	330.00–362.50	356.76
36	550–600	576	335.00–380.00	353.44
16	600–650	621	275.00–319.00	310.56
29	650–700	678	292.00–318.50	309.62
9	700–750	742	291.00–297.00	291.67
29	750–800	776	283.00–296.00	290.51
2	800–850	825	247.00–287.00	266.64
2	850–900	868	242.50–268.00	255.43
2	900–950	933	249.00–255.00	251.98
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
9	300–350	333	450.00–495.00	470.49
9	350–400	365	440.00–447.50	444.25
7	400–450	426	420.00–447.50	439.27
3	450–500	498	432.50	432.50
12	500–550	513	390.00–415.00	402.58
49	550–600	578	352.50–385.00	368.47
42	600–650	621	322.50–352.00	345.63
89	650–700	686	326.00–334.00	330.68
53	700–750	731	324.00	324.00
58	750–800	790	303.00–308.00	305.21
191	800–850	814	300.00–304.50	302.69
59	850–900	875	284.00	284.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	200–250	238	340.00–390.00	373.57
2	250–300	288	335.00–345.00	339.96
1	350–400	350	340.00	340.00
8	400–450	432	307.50–355.00	321.01
6	450–500	469	285.00–325.00	309.07
5	500–550	529	265.00–315.00	294.81
20	550–600	580	270.00–327.00	300.63
2	600–650	608	235.00–265.00	249.81
1	650–700	655	272.50	272.50
1	700–750	715	237.50	237.50
2	850–900	880	227.00	227.00
1	900–950	945	215.00	215.00
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
4	250–300	282	240.00–305.00	283.06
1	300–350	330	255.00	255.00
1	450–500	450	255.00	255.00
1	550–600	590	210.00	210.00
1	650–700	660	205.00	205.00
Steers — Medium 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	450–500	482	345.00	345.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	300–350	310	275.00	275.00
1	350–400	390	275.00	275.00
1	400–450	405	210.00	210.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
8	400–450	425	490.00	490.00
21	450–500	456	482.50	482.50
Steers — Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	700–750	730	270.00–274.00	272.32
2	750–800	775	265.00–268.00	266.48
9	800–850	800	287.00	287.00
15	900–950	915	238.00	238.00
Steers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
8	800–850	805	256.00–278.00	269.70
Steers — Medium 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	400–450	405	430.00	430.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
6	300–350	315	365.00–400.00	390.49
31	350–400	381	360.00–410.00	391.98
24	400–450	435	335.00–400.00	367.55
23	450–500	466	330.00–360.00	346.53
38	500–550	522	320.00–337.50	326.48
68	550–600	581	304.00–330.00	318.37
36	600–650	621	282.00–313.00	300.75
95	650–700	661	263.00–303.50	293.94
67	700–750	726	272.50–285.00	281.22
1	950–1000	955	225.00	225.00
Heifers — Medium 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	400–450	420	355.00	355.00
1	600–650	610	240.00	240.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	200–250	245	380.00	380.00
2	250–300	275	325.00–370.00	348.32
6	300–350	326	345.00–385.00	364.59
3	350–400	387	312.50–360.00	337.60
2	400–450	420	325.00–335.00	329.94
18	450–500	477	301.00–317.50	308.50
24	500–550	530	287.50–312.50	306.08
31	550–600	573	275.00–312.00	301.85
2	600–650	625	268.00–277.50	272.67
3	650–700	683	232.50–259.00	250.47
1	700–750	705	245.00	245.00
1	800–850	845	231.00	231.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	200–250	215	350.00	350.00
6	300–350	323	285.00–315.00	297.84
2	350–400	350	300.00–310.00	305.00
2	400–450	425	265.00–285.00	275.24
9	450–500	468	250.00–290.00	277.81
2	500–550	513	252.50–275.00	263.59
6	550–600	579	237.50–270.00	253.12
1	600–650	625	210.00	210.00
1	650–700	665	230.00	230.00
Heifers — Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	600–650	602	291.00	291.00
1	650–700	665	247.00	247.00
2	700–750	715	275.00	275.00
1	750–800	785	264.00	264.00
Heifers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	250–300	297	375.00	375.00
7	550–600	560	303.00	303.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Guaranteed Open$ per cwt · actual wt
8	650–700	676	295.00	295.00
1	750–800	775	275.00	275.00
4	850–900	867	261.00	261.00
Heifers — Large 1 · Guaranteed Open$ per cwt · actual wt
10	700–750	717	268.00	268.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
1	500–550	530	235.00	235.00
1	850–900	860	205.00	205.00
1	1150–1200	1,170	185.00	185.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	250–300	275	240.00	240.00
3	350–400	356	220.00–275.00	238.78
1	500–550	500	220.00	220.00
1	550–600	550	205.00	205.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	200–250	230	270.00	270.00
1	250–300	250	240.00	240.00
1	350–400	355	265.00	265.00
2	500–550	520	212.50–270.00	241.80
1	600–650	630	195.00	195.00
Heifers — Medium 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	350–400	375	255.00	255.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 3-4$ per cwt · actual wt
1	550–600	565	180.00	180.00
1	600–650	600	160.00	160.00
Heifers — Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	950–1000	950	200.00	200.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	350–400	385	340.00	340.00
1	450–500	465	275.00	275.00
1	500–550	530	275.00	275.00
6	550–600	573	277.00–282.50	279.35
2	600–650	630	235.00	235.00
1	750–800	785	205.00	205.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	350–400	352	355.00	355.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	650–700	690	205.00	205.00

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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