Name: Fairview Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2025-07-17
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-07-17

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Today at Fairview, No price comparison as the last feeder special was 3 weeks ago. Most weights trading noticeably higher on good to very good demand with active trade.

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $411.30/cwt on 60 head. That ranks 3 of 15 comparable sales and sits −53.00 against this barn's trailing median of $464.30.

Average price

$411.30

60 head · 543 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,233

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$1,472

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

$275.11/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+0.00

vs IL average

+38.87 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	535	485.11	2,595	12thin
Medium and Large 1-2	541	406.06	2,195	38
Large 1-2	560	365.00	2,044	1thin
Medium and Large 2	565	356.42	2,013	8thin
Medium and Large 3	535	210.00	1,124	1thin

One grade step is worth $275.11/cwt here — about $1,472 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 sale60 hd

411.30

—

IL average1 barns · 60 hd

411.30

+0.00

National average147 barns · 7,194 hd

372.43

+38.87

This barn, trailing median15 sales

464.30

−53.00

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

64 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
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	535	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	1,873	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	673	275.40/cwt	265.00–285.00	1,853	8
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	470	345.00/cwt	345.00–345.00	1,622	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2Fleshy	500–550	500	280.00/cwt	280.00–280.00	1,400	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	1000–1050	1,030	161.00/cwt	161.00–161.00	1,658	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	485	305.00/cwt	305.00–305.00	1,479	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	535	485.11/cwt	475.00–495.00	2,595	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	668	361.39/cwt	350.00–373.00	2,414	18
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	950–1000	992	280.00/cwt	280.00–280.00	2,778	6
Steers	Large 1-2	550–600	560	365.00/cwt	365.00–365.00	2,044	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	738	313.00/cwt	313.00–313.00	2,310	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	469	452.06/cwt	430.00–460.00	2,120	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	613	282.47/cwt	280.00–285.00	1,732	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	577	361.82/cwt	345.00–365.00	2,088	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	713	344.00/cwt	344.00–344.00	2,453	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1	250–300	250	540.00/cwt	540.00–540.00	1,350	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	300–350	340	365.00/cwt	365.00–365.00	1,241	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	782	296.61/cwt	279.00–301.00	2,319	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	900–950	940	262.50/cwt	262.50–262.50	2,468	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	528	340.21/cwt	325.00–355.00	1,796	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	850–900	875	271.00/cwt	271.00–271.00	2,371	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	521	411.33/cwt	400.00–420.00	2,143	24
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	574	397.02/cwt	382.50–405.00	2,279	14
Steers	Large 1-2	1000–1050	1,000	224.00/cwt	224.00–224.00	2,240	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	836	334.06/cwt	334.00–335.00	2,793	134
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	665	287.50/cwt	287.50–287.50	1,912	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	485	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	1,552	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	482	402.02/cwt	385.00–415.00	1,938	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	407	457.84/cwt	445.00–460.00	1,863	7
Steers	Medium and Large 3	500–550	535	210.00/cwt	210.00–210.00	1,124	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	439	420.45/cwt	400.00–450.00	1,846	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	726	302.17/cwt	291.00–327.00	2,194	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	850–900	850	260.00/cwt	260.00–260.00	2,210	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	610	290.00/cwt	290.00–290.00	1,769	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	750–800	780	255.00/cwt	255.00–255.00	1,989	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	530	235.00/cwt	235.00–235.00	1,246	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	650	295.00/cwt	295.00–295.00	1,918	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	569	304.93/cwt	300.00–315.00	1,735	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	773	273.11/cwt	260.00–280.00	2,111	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	525	335.10/cwt	325.00–345.00	1,759	2
Heifers	Large 2-3	550–600	590	215.00/cwt	215.00–215.00	1,269	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	730	282.30/cwt	270.00–292.50	2,061	10
Heifers	Large 1-2	900–950	905	226.03/cwt	223.00–235.00	2,046	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	900–950	912	249.70/cwt	240.00–257.00	2,277	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	806	268.40/cwt	266.00–272.50	2,163	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	331	446.78/cwt	440.00–450.00	1,479	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	459	369.69/cwt	320.00–390.00	1,697	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	365	335.00/cwt	335.00–335.00	1,223	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	660	340.00/cwt	335.00–345.00	2,244	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	577	368.82/cwt	345.00–374.00	2,128	23
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	636	361.29/cwt	355.00–397.50	2,298	24
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	300–350	345	505.00/cwt	505.00–505.00	1,742	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	435	390.00/cwt	390.00–390.00	1,697	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	385	400.00/cwt	400.00–400.00	1,540	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	474	421.73/cwt	415.00–425.00	1,999	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	629	343.91/cwt	307.50–377.50	2,163	26
Steers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	319	461.04/cwt	460.00–465.00	1,471	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	375	437.60/cwt	430.00–440.00	1,641	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	527	399.45/cwt	395.00–402.50	2,105	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	384	460.00/cwt	460.00–460.00	1,766	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	788	343.00/cwt	343.00–343.00	2,703	64
Steers	Medium and Large 1	900–950	903	324.60/cwt	301.00–325.00	2,931	63
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	250–300	260	470.00/cwt	470.00–470.00	1,222	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	750–800	768	257.57/cwt	250.00–265.00	1,978	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 →

Fairview Sale Barn Cattle Special - Fairview, IL

Thu Jul 17, 2025

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Today at Fairview, No price comparison as the last feeder special was 3 weeks ago. Most weights trading noticeably higher on good to very good demand with active trade.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	450–500	470	345.00	345.00
1	500–550	535	350.00	350.00
8	650–700	673	265.00–285.00	275.40
Heifers — Medium and Large 2 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
1	500–550	500	280.00	280.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	1000–1050	1,030	161.00	161.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	350–400	365	335.00	335.00
1	450–500	485	305.00	305.00
1	500–550	530	235.00	235.00
4	550–600	569	300.00–315.00	304.93
1	750–800	780	255.00	255.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	300–350	331	440.00–450.00	446.78
7	350–400	384	460.00	460.00
12	400–450	439	400.00–450.00	420.45
6	450–500	474	415.00–425.00	421.73
10	500–550	527	395.00–402.50	399.45
23	550–600	577	345.00–374.00	368.82
26	600–650	629	307.50–377.50	343.91
2	650–700	660	335.00–345.00	340.00
13	700–750	726	291.00–327.00	302.17
4	800–850	806	266.00–272.50	268.40
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	350–400	385	400.00	400.00
1	400–450	435	390.00	390.00
13	450–500	459	320.00–390.00	369.69
2	500–550	525	325.00–345.00	335.10
1	600–650	610	290.00	290.00
1	650–700	650	295.00	295.00
10	700–750	730	270.00–292.50	282.30
4	750–800	773	260.00–280.00	273.11
1	850–900	850	260.00	260.00
4	900–950	912	240.00–257.00	249.70
Heifers — Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	550–600	590	215.00	215.00
Heifers — Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	900–950	905	223.00–235.00	226.03
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	250–300	250	540.00	540.00
5	300–350	319	460.00–465.00	461.04
7	400–450	407	445.00–460.00	457.84
10	450–500	469	430.00–460.00	452.06
12	500–550	535	475.00–495.00	485.11
24	600–650	636	355.00–397.50	361.29
18	650–700	668	350.00–373.00	361.39
10	700–750	713	344.00	344.00
64	750–800	788	343.00	343.00
134	800–850	836	334.00–335.00	334.06
63	900–950	903	301.00–325.00	324.60
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	250–300	260	470.00	470.00
1	300–350	340	365.00	365.00
4	350–400	375	430.00–440.00	437.60
3	450–500	482	385.00–415.00	402.02
24	500–550	521	400.00–420.00	411.33
14	550–600	574	382.50–405.00	397.02
2	600–650	613	280.00–285.00	282.47
1	650–700	665	287.50	287.50
4	700–750	738	313.00	313.00
5	750–800	782	279.00–301.00	296.61
2	850–900	875	271.00	271.00
1	900–950	940	262.50	262.50
6	950–1000	992	280.00	280.00
Steers — Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	550–600	560	365.00	365.00
1	1000–1050	1,000	224.00	224.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	450–500	485	320.00	320.00
2	500–550	528	325.00–355.00	340.21
6	550–600	577	345.00–365.00	361.82
2	750–800	768	250.00–265.00	257.57
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	500–550	535	210.00	210.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
1	300–350	345	505.00	505.00

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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