Name: Fairview Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2025-06-26
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-06-26

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Today at Fairview, a quality overall offering on a hot and humid, early summer feeder special. Good to very good demand on active trade. Solid yearling steer and heifer offering was met with excellent demand.

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $344.38/cwt on 78 head. That ranks 1 of 14 comparable sales and sits −121.98 against this barn's trailing median of $466.36.

Average price

$344.38

78 head · 557 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,919

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$898

per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 2-3

$157.40/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−0.00

vs IL average

−25.20 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	564	385.65	2,176	33
Medium and Large 1-2	554	332.22	1,841	29
Large 1-2	546	321.00	1,753	4thin
Medium and Large 2	546	281.37	1,537	9thin
Medium and Large 2-3	560	228.25	1,278	3thin

One grade step is worth $157.40/cwt here — about $898 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 600–700 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 sale78 hd

344.38

—

IL average1 barns · 78 hd

344.38

−0.00

National average140 barns · 6,212 hd

369.58

−25.20

This barn, trailing median14 sales

466.36

−121.98

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

88 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 1-2	1050–1100	1,063	228.50/cwt	228.00–229.00	2,429	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	564	328.45/cwt	315.00–350.00	1,852	18
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	1000–1050	1,034	259.00/cwt	259.00–259.00	2,678	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	495	325.00/cwt	325.00–325.00	1,609	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	418	278.95/cwt	255.00–305.00	1,166	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	700–750	715	219.90/cwt	205.00–235.00	1,572	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	300–350	311	357.28/cwt	350.00–365.00	1,111	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	725	320.77/cwt	312.00–332.00	2,326	26
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	250–300	293	395.09/cwt	385.00–405.00	1,158	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	950–1000	980	248.00/cwt	248.00–248.00	2,430	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	750–800	785	284.36/cwt	275.00–289.00	2,232	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	478	265.13/cwt	260.00–270.00	1,267	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	650–700	655	255.00/cwt	255.00–255.00	1,670	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	422	336.58/cwt	325.00–355.00	1,420	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	950–1000	985	285.00/cwt	285.00–285.00	2,807	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	575	302.43/cwt	295.00–310.00	1,739	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	650–700	665	267.55/cwt	225.00–295.00	1,779	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	365	317.77/cwt	300.00–330.00	1,160	4
Steers	Medium and Large 2	850–900	860	260.00/cwt	260.00–260.00	2,236	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	700–750	724	250.02/cwt	247.00–251.00	1,810	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	800–850	830	232.00/cwt	232.00–232.00	1,926	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	800–850	835	252.00/cwt	252.00–252.00	2,104	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	700–750	743	268.00/cwt	268.00–268.00	1,991	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	569	265.89/cwt	245.00–285.00	1,513	9
Steers	Medium and Large 2	600–650	616	278.67/cwt	261.00–297.50	1,717	7
Steers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	538	275.35/cwt	270.00–290.00	1,481	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	508	258.66/cwt	252.50–265.00	1,314	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	900–950	923	266.84/cwt	252.00–274.00	2,463	5
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	550–600	580	237.37/cwt	230.00–245.00	1,377	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	850–900	855	175.00/cwt	175.00–175.00	1,496	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	750–800	770	239.05/cwt	237.50–242.00	1,841	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	471	340.00/cwt	340.00–340.00	1,601	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	650–700	650	225.00/cwt	225.00–225.00	1,463	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	388	308.69/cwt	270.00–350.00	1,198	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	650–700	671	270.42/cwt	270.00–271.00	1,815	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	600–650	625	261.98/cwt	261.00–263.00	1,637	2
Steers	Medium and Large 3	650–700	660	190.00/cwt	190.00–190.00	1,254	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	500–550	520	210.00/cwt	210.00–210.00	1,092	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	950–1000	955	240.50/cwt	240.50–240.50	2,297	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	360	365.00/cwt	365.00–365.00	1,314	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	350–400	383	395.00/cwt	395.00–395.00	1,513	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	500–550	520	400.00/cwt	400.00–400.00	2,080	7
Heifers	Medium 2	700–750	740	177.50/cwt	177.50–177.50	1,314	1
Steers	Large 1-2	500–550	546	321.00/cwt	321.00–321.00	1,753	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	558	342.50/cwt	342.50–342.50	1,911	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	724	342.00/cwt	342.00–342.00	2,476	16
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	531	328.74/cwt	325.00–342.50	1,746	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	380	404.74/cwt	395.00–415.00	1,538	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	900–950	904	245.00/cwt	245.00–245.00	2,215	42
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	418	350.79/cwt	335.00–360.00	1,466	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy	350–400	395	385.00/cwt	385.00–385.00	1,521	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	900–950	914	290.00/cwt	290.00–290.00	2,651	21
Steers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	831	312.64/cwt	311.00–315.50	2,598	96
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	582	383.02/cwt	372.50–395.00	2,229	22
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	427	398.07/cwt	390.00–420.00	1,700	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	616	356.59/cwt	343.00–374.00	2,197	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	429	348.49/cwt	330.00–365.00	1,495	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	610	284.88/cwt	270.00–300.00	1,738	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	459	389.37/cwt	385.00–390.00	1,787	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	545	375.00/cwt	375.00–375.00	2,044	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	763	337.00/cwt	337.00–337.00	2,571	25
Steers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	883	303.25/cwt	303.25–303.25	2,678	61
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	538	338.38/cwt	327.50–347.50	1,820	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	653	328.27/cwt	303.00–335.00	2,144	20
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	624	307.29/cwt	287.50–317.50	1,917	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	337	370.00/cwt	370.00–370.00	1,247	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	835	294.00/cwt	294.00–294.00	2,455	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	453	370.00/cwt	370.00–370.00	1,676	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	950–1000	977	261.00/cwt	261.00–261.00	2,550	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	900–950	939	260.12/cwt	260.00–261.00	2,443	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	650	251.00/cwt	251.00–251.00	1,632	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	580	340.00/cwt	340.00–340.00	1,972	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	535	312.50/cwt	312.50–312.50	1,672	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	250–300	295	370.00/cwt	370.00–370.00	1,092	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	850–900	863	296.00/cwt	296.00–296.00	2,554	25
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	742	255.00/cwt	255.00–255.00	1,892	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	800–850	817	281.00/cwt	281.00–281.00	2,296	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	631	335.27/cwt	310.00–345.00	2,116	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	300–350	335	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	1,173	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	470	361.36/cwt	310.00–367.50	1,698	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	537	313.92/cwt	310.00–320.00	1,686	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	571	308.12/cwt	290.00–317.50	1,759	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	754	322.80/cwt	302.00–327.00	2,434	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	358	362.34/cwt	355.00–370.00	1,297	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	765	297.00/cwt	297.00–297.00	2,272	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	440	345.00/cwt	345.00–345.00	1,518	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	750–800	763	266.73/cwt	261.00–272.50	2,035	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	1050–1100	1,085	232.00/cwt	232.00–232.00	2,517	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 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	300–350	311	350.00–365.00	357.28
3	400–450	422	325.00–355.00	336.58
1	450–500	495	325.00	325.00
5	500–550	537	310.00–320.00	313.92
4	550–600	571	290.00–317.50	308.12
2	600–650	610	270.00–300.00	284.88
1	650–700	650	251.00	251.00
11	700–750	742	255.00	255.00
2	950–1000	985	285.00	285.00
2	1050–1100	1,063	228.00–229.00	228.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	350–400	365	300.00–330.00	317.77
3	450–500	471	340.00	340.00
2	500–550	508	252.50–265.00	258.66
9	550–600	569	245.00–285.00	265.89
2	600–650	625	261.00–263.00	261.98
7	650–700	671	270.00–271.00	270.42
10	700–750	743	268.00	268.00
3	750–800	770	237.50–242.00	239.05
1	800–850	830	232.00	232.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	650–700	650	225.00	225.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	300–350	337	370.00	370.00
1	350–400	360	365.00	365.00
6	400–450	418	335.00–360.00	350.79
5	450–500	453	370.00	370.00
9	500–550	531	325.00–342.50	328.74
4	550–600	558	342.50	342.50
10	600–650	624	287.50–317.50	307.29
7	800–850	835	294.00	294.00
42	900–950	904	245.00	245.00
14	950–1000	955	240.50	240.50
Heifers — Medium 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	700–750	740	177.50	177.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
1	350–400	395	385.00	385.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	250–300	293	385.00–405.00	395.09
1	300–350	335	350.00	350.00
2	350–400	358	355.00–370.00	362.34
8	400–450	429	330.00–365.00	348.49
14	450–500	470	310.00–367.50	361.36
11	500–550	538	327.50–347.50	338.38
18	550–600	564	315.00–350.00	328.45
7	600–650	631	310.00–345.00	335.27
20	650–700	653	303.00–335.00	328.27
26	700–750	725	312.00–332.00	320.77
6	750–800	754	302.00–327.00	322.80
7	800–850	817	281.00	281.00
25	850–900	863	296.00	296.00
8	900–950	939	260.00–261.00	260.12
9	950–1000	977	261.00	261.00
9	1000–1050	1,034	259.00	259.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	350–400	388	270.00–350.00	308.69
2	400–450	418	255.00–305.00	278.95
2	450–500	478	260.00–270.00	265.13
7	500–550	538	270.00–290.00	275.35
2	550–600	575	295.00–310.00	302.43
7	600–650	616	261.00–297.50	278.67
5	650–700	665	225.00–295.00	267.55
2	700–750	715	205.00–235.00	219.90
3	750–800	785	275.00–289.00	284.36
1	800–850	835	252.00	252.00
1	850–900	860	260.00	260.00
5	900–950	923	252.00–274.00	266.84
Steers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	500–550	520	210.00	210.00
2	550–600	580	230.00–245.00	237.37
1	850–900	855	175.00	175.00
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	650–700	660	190.00	190.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
7	500–550	520	400.00	400.00
Steers — Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	500–550	546	321.00	321.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	350–400	380	395.00–415.00	404.74
9	400–450	427	390.00–420.00	398.07
8	450–500	459	385.00–390.00	389.37
4	500–550	545	375.00	375.00
22	550–600	582	372.50–395.00	383.02
5	600–650	616	343.00–374.00	356.59
16	700–750	724	342.00	342.00
25	750–800	763	337.00	337.00
96	800–850	831	311.00–315.50	312.64
61	850–900	883	303.25	303.25
21	900–950	914	290.00	290.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	650–700	655	255.00	255.00
4	700–750	724	247.00–251.00	250.02
2	750–800	763	261.00–272.50	266.73
1	950–1000	980	248.00	248.00
1	1050–1100	1,085	232.00	232.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	350–400	383	395.00	395.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	250–300	295	370.00	370.00
1	400–450	440	345.00	345.00
1	500–550	535	312.50	312.50
1	550–600	580	340.00	340.00
1	750–800	765	297.00	297.00

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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