Name: Fairview Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2025-08-14
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-08-14

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Today at Fairview: No price comparison as the last feeder cattle special was more than three weeks ago. A solid offering was met with good to very good demand with active trade. 600-900lb yearlings continue to trade at market highs with several load lots trading noticeably higher as compared to early summer highs. Steer and heifer calves also following the same trend higher across most weights.

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $409.45/cwt on 47 head. That ranks 2 of 14 comparable sales and sits −56.92 against this barn's trailing median of $466.36.

Average price

$409.45

47 head · 554 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,267

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$716

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

$102.70/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+0.00

vs IL average

+21.96 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	556	422.70	2,348	35
Medium and Large 1-2	556	380.94	2,118	10thin
Medium and Large 2-3	510	320.00	1,632	2thin

One grade step is worth $102.70/cwt here — about $716 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

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 sale47 hd

409.45

—

IL average1 barns · 47 hd

409.45

+0.00

National average151 barns · 7,160 hd

387.49

+21.96

This barn, trailing median14 sales

466.36

−56.92

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

61 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	550–600	581	363.82/cwt	355.00–385.00	2,114	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	675	293.96/cwt	282.50–302.50	1,984	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	800–850	835	292.00/cwt	292.00–292.00	2,438	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	589	371.15/cwt	357.50–381.00	2,186	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	757	307.00/cwt	307.00–307.00	2,324	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	473	394.40/cwt	382.50–407.50	1,866	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	900–950	929	294.60/cwt	294.00–296.00	2,737	33
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	534	387.47/cwt	375.00–395.00	2,069	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	370	375.00/cwt	375.00–375.00	1,388	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	394	418.86/cwt	385.00–430.00	1,650	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	800–850	826	303.09/cwt	295.00–322.50	2,504	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	688	326.51/cwt	302.50–350.00	2,246	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	635	322.50/cwt	322.50–322.50	2,048	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	1000–1050	1,020	232.50/cwt	232.50–232.50	2,372	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	506	374.34/cwt	370.00–375.00	1,894	8
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	700–750	725	310.00/cwt	310.00–310.00	2,248	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	632	302.50/cwt	302.50–302.50	1,912	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	600–650	615	282.50/cwt	282.50–282.50	1,737	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	450–500	492	360.00/cwt	360.00–360.00	1,771	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	200–250	233	352.58/cwt	310.00–400.00	822	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	500–550	500	302.50/cwt	300.00–305.00	1,513	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	500–550	510	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	1,632	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	413	382.52/cwt	380.00–385.00	1,580	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	450–500	490	220.00/cwt	220.00–220.00	1,078	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	200–250	225	505.00/cwt	465.00–545.00	1,136	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	600–650	639	406.00/cwt	406.00–406.00	2,594	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	500–550	510	429.45/cwt	429.00–430.00	2,190	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	400–450	445	440.00/cwt	440.00–440.00	1,958	3
Steers	Large 1	400–450	445	405.00/cwt	405.00–405.00	1,802	1
Steers	Large 1	600–650	623	372.00/cwt	372.00–372.00	2,318	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	250–300	280	395.00/cwt	395.00–395.00	1,106	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	352	401.45/cwt	395.00–415.00	1,413	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	625	357.41/cwt	337.50–367.50	2,234	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	783	323.88/cwt	320.00–324.00	2,536	34
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	631	394.97/cwt	391.00–405.00	2,492	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	200–250	230	535.00/cwt	535.00–535.00	1,231	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	535	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	1,873	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	560	397.09/cwt	392.00–420.00	2,224	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	300–350	300	430.00/cwt	430.00–430.00	1,290	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	593	428.83/cwt	402.50–432.50	2,543	16
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	475	403.26/cwt	387.50–421.00	1,915	14
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	737	346.03/cwt	341.00–350.50	2,550	22
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	673	353.63/cwt	337.00–367.00	2,380	71
Steers	Medium and Large 1	250–300	270	489.81/cwt	485.00–500.00	1,322	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	400–450	424	425.00/cwt	425.00–425.00	1,802	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	833	355.60/cwt	332.50–359.00	2,962	265
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	714	353.51/cwt	328.00–359.50	2,524	106
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	470	443.76/cwt	442.50–445.00	2,086	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	379	489.92/cwt	478.00–510.00	1,857	13
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	411	459.30/cwt	430.00–465.00	1,888	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	804	307.44/cwt	302.50–311.00	2,472	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1	900–950	919	331.50/cwt	331.50–331.50	3,046	63
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	682	365.19/cwt	355.00–389.00	2,491	15
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	524	417.54/cwt	402.50–432.50	2,188	19
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	533	399.75/cwt	380.00–415.00	2,131	17
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	605	376.96/cwt	365.00–387.50	2,281	15
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	430	392.76/cwt	390.00–405.00	1,689	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	853	316.00/cwt	316.00–316.00	2,695	43
Steers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	777	354.83/cwt	341.00–359.00	2,757	28
Steers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	879	340.26/cwt	339.00–342.25	2,991	190
Steers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	328	489.47/cwt	482.50–505.00	1,605	4

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 Aug 14, 2025

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Receipts 1,380Last week 689Year ago 1,393

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	300–350	300	430.00	430.00
5	350–400	370	375.00	375.00
2	400–450	413	380.00–385.00	382.52
8	500–550	506	370.00–375.00	374.34
5	550–600	581	355.00–385.00	363.82
1	600–650	635	322.50	322.50
4	650–700	675	282.50–302.50	293.96
2	750–800	757	307.00	307.00
1	800–850	835	292.00	292.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	200–250	233	310.00–400.00	352.58
Heifers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	450–500	490	220.00	220.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
3	400–450	445	440.00	440.00
11	500–550	510	429.00–430.00	429.45
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	200–250	230	535.00	535.00
7	350–400	352	395.00–415.00	401.45
13	400–450	430	390.00–405.00	392.76
14	450–500	475	387.50–421.00	403.26
17	500–550	533	380.00–415.00	399.75
12	550–600	560	392.00–420.00	397.09
15	600–650	605	365.00–387.50	376.96
71	650–700	673	337.00–367.00	353.63
106	700–750	714	328.00–359.50	353.51
34	750–800	783	320.00–324.00	323.88
12	800–850	804	302.50–311.00	307.44
43	850–900	853	316.00	316.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	250–300	280	395.00	395.00
4	350–400	394	385.00–430.00	418.86
2	450–500	473	382.50–407.50	394.40
6	500–550	534	375.00–395.00	387.47
4	550–600	589	357.50–381.00	371.15
3	600–650	625	337.50–367.50	357.41
2	650–700	688	302.50–350.00	326.51
10	800–850	826	295.00–322.50	303.09
33	900–950	929	294.00–296.00	294.60
1	1000–1050	1,020	232.50	232.50
Steers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	500–550	510	320.00	320.00
1	700–750	725	310.00	310.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
9	600–650	639	406.00	406.00
Steers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	400–450	445	405.00	405.00
4	600–650	623	372.00	372.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	250–300	270	485.00–500.00	489.81
4	300–350	328	482.50–505.00	489.47
13	350–400	379	478.00–510.00	489.92
10	400–450	411	430.00–465.00	459.30
2	450–500	470	442.50–445.00	443.76
19	500–550	524	402.50–432.50	417.54
16	550–600	593	402.50–432.50	428.83
5	600–650	631	391.00–405.00	394.97
15	650–700	682	355.00–389.00	365.19
22	700–750	737	341.00–350.50	346.03
28	750–800	777	341.00–359.00	354.83
265	800–850	833	332.50–359.00	355.60
190	850–900	879	339.00–342.25	340.26
63	900–950	919	331.50	331.50
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	500–550	535	350.00	350.00
2	600–650	632	302.50	302.50
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	450–500	492	360.00	360.00
2	500–550	500	300.00–305.00	302.50
1	600–650	615	282.50	282.50
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	200–250	225	465.00–545.00	505.00
6	400–450	424	425.00	425.00

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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