Name: Fairview Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2025-09-11
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-09-11

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Today at Fairview, an overall quality offering was met with good to very good demand on active trade. Feeder steers and heifers continue to follow higher trends across all weight classes, with several load lots of 800 yearling steers trading above 360.00.

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $440.29/cwt on 175 head. That ranks 3 of 15 comparable sales and sits −24.01 against this barn's trailing median of $464.30.

Average price

$440.29

175 head · 550 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,420

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$576

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

$114.82/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−7.23

vs IL average

+26.77 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	546	468.98	2,561	110
Medium and Large 1-2	554	408.44	2,263	45
Medium and Large 2	561	354.16	1,985	20

One grade step is worth $114.82/cwt here — about $576 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 sale175 hd

440.29

—

IL average2 barns · 244 hd

447.52

−7.23

National average170 barns · 13,807 hd

413.52

+26.77

This barn, trailing median15 sales

464.30

−24.01

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

102 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	450–500	467	462.97/cwt	430.00–475.00	2,162	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	950–1000	990	282.50/cwt	282.50–282.50	2,797	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	736	347.50/cwt	340.00–370.00	2,558	14
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	431	454.13/cwt	420.00–470.00	1,957	15
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	518	422.65/cwt	390.00–435.00	2,189	15
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	620	386.79/cwt	360.00–400.00	2,398	16
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	572	401.33/cwt	392.50–430.00	2,296	30
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	900–950	915	319.00/cwt	319.00–319.00	2,919	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	480	418.24/cwt	400.00–450.00	2,008	8
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	384	462.48/cwt	435.00–472.00	1,776	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	250–300	290	410.00/cwt	410.00–410.00	1,189	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	300–350	323	465.12/cwt	450.00–480.00	1,502	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	582	360.00/cwt	360.00–360.00	2,095	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	675	362.61/cwt	340.00–377.50	2,448	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	200–250	200	535.00/cwt	535.00–535.00	1,070	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	330	525.00/cwt	525.00–525.00	1,733	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	250–300	268	490.00/cwt	490.00–490.00	1,313	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	838	310.57/cwt	306.00–312.50	2,603	8
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	539	365.72/cwt	350.00–390.00	1,971	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	386	500.19/cwt	485.00–510.00	1,931	17
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	426	441.50/cwt	410.00–475.00	1,881	23
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	770	331.41/cwt	312.50–340.00	2,552	24
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	725	349.45/cwt	340.00–355.00	2,534	25
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	577	394.49/cwt	382.50–400.00	2,276	32
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	615	381.46/cwt	352.50–395.00	2,346	65
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	533	425.45/cwt	420.00–450.00	2,268	71
Steers	Medium and Large 1	900–950	920	349.00/cwt	349.00–349.00	3,211	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	762	354.74/cwt	350.00–358.00	2,703	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	325	560.00/cwt	560.00–560.00	1,820	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	674	345.40/cwt	322.50–357.50	2,328	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	659	427.34/cwt	400.00–440.00	2,816	44
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	540	478.24/cwt	452.50–487.00	2,582	71
Steers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	832	359.31/cwt	345.00–366.50	2,989	171
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	365	527.50/cwt	515.00–540.00	1,925	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	445	520.00/cwt	510.00–525.00	2,314	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	474	440.40/cwt	440.00–445.00	2,087	37
Steers	Medium and Large 1	250–300	274	574.24/cwt	570.00–580.00	1,573	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	729	384.91/cwt	372.50–404.00	2,806	26
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	627	456.98/cwt	412.50–465.00	2,865	35
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	557	452.12/cwt	443.00–465.00	2,518	39
Steers	Large 2	400–450	435	332.60/cwt	332.60–332.60	1,447	1
Steers	Large 2	950–1000	985	294.00/cwt	294.00–294.00	2,896	2
Steers	Large 2	900–950	930	281.00/cwt	281.00–281.00	2,613	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	900–950	923	241.89/cwt	205.00–270.00	2,233	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	450–500	495	310.00/cwt	310.00–310.00	1,535	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	475	347.82/cwt	320.00–362.50	1,652	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	650–700	680	252.50/cwt	252.50–252.50	1,717	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	800–850	845	222.50/cwt	222.50–222.50	1,880	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	370	387.03/cwt	370.00–405.00	1,432	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	600–650	629	328.09/cwt	310.00–342.50	2,064	4
Steers	Medium and Large 2	650–700	682	341.87/cwt	340.00–342.50	2,332	4
Steers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	532	367.30/cwt	335.00–385.00	1,954	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	393	353.16/cwt	345.00–370.00	1,388	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	400–450	430	380.00/cwt	380.00–380.00	1,634	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	500–550	545	377.50/cwt	377.50–377.50	2,057	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	700–750	725	235.00/cwt	235.00–235.00	1,704	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	468	415.00/cwt	415.00–415.00	1,942	6
Steers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	570	349.78/cwt	335.00–375.00	1,994	15
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	750–800	785	270.00/cwt	270.00–270.00	2,120	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	565	355.61/cwt	331.00–372.50	2,009	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	300–350	317	362.52/cwt	315.00–397.50	1,149	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	547	365.02/cwt	320.00–370.00	1,997	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	200–250	225	430.00/cwt	430.00–430.00	968	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	411	384.48/cwt	350.00–410.00	1,580	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	417	458.76/cwt	445.00–485.00	1,913	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	371	415.51/cwt	390.00–440.00	1,542	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	566	371.74/cwt	332.50–377.50	2,104	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	250–300	286	448.60/cwt	405.00–470.00	1,283	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	420	379.84/cwt	360.00–400.00	1,595	10
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	450–500	480	356.80/cwt	335.00–380.00	1,713	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	480	393.25/cwt	365.00–405.00	1,888	36
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	730	307.50/cwt	307.50–307.50	2,245	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	200–250	205	510.26/cwt	500.00–530.00	1,046	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	300–350	325	415.00/cwt	410.00–420.00	1,349	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	665	322.50/cwt	312.50–332.50	2,145	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	797	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	2,391	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	540	393.86/cwt	360.00–398.00	2,127	13
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	800–850	845	328.00/cwt	328.00–328.00	2,772	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	300–350	338	421.63/cwt	400.00–435.00	1,425	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	767	346.73/cwt	331.00–367.50	2,659	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	372	463.20/cwt	435.00–480.00	1,723	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	600–650	608	517.00/cwt	517.00–517.00	3,143	25
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	400–450	410	500.00/cwt	500.00–500.00	2,050	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	300–350	319	554.79/cwt	550.00–570.00	1,770	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	850–900	857	217.50/cwt	217.50–217.50	1,864	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	875	357.08/cwt	335.00–365.50	3,124	339
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	454	532.62/cwt	520.00–535.00	2,418	25
Steers	Medium 2	350–400	355	362.50/cwt	362.50–362.50	1,287	2
Heifers	Medium 1-2	350–400	350	455.00/cwt	455.00–455.00	1,593	1
Heifers	Medium 1-2	300–350	337	460.00/cwt	460.00–460.00	1,550	2
Steers	Medium 1-2	350–400	375	482.32/cwt	425.00–495.00	1,809	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	400–450	402	500.00/cwt	500.00–500.00	2,010	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	400–450	409	540.00/cwt	540.00–540.00	2,209	5
Heifers	Large 1-2	400–450	405	420.00/cwt	420.00–420.00	1,701	1
Steers	Large 1-2	400–450	445	480.00/cwt	480.00–480.00	2,136	4
Heifers	Large 1	500–550	510	410.00/cwt	410.00–410.00	2,091	11
Heifers	Large 1	450–500	478	417.50/cwt	417.50–417.50	1,996	5
Heifers	Medium 2-3	350–400	365	240.00/cwt	240.00–240.00	876	1
Heifers	Medium 2	250–300	260	325.00/cwt	325.00–325.00	845	1
Heifers	Large 2-3	850–900	864	247.50/cwt	247.50–247.50	2,138	5
Heifers	Large 2-3	950–1000	973	245.00/cwt	245.00–245.00	2,384	3
Heifers	Large 1	600–650	640	342.50/cwt	342.50–342.50	2,192	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
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	300–350	338	400.00–435.00	421.63
5	350–400	372	435.00–480.00	463.20
15	400–450	431	420.00–470.00	454.13
9	450–500	467	430.00–475.00	462.97
15	500–550	518	390.00–435.00	422.65
30	550–600	572	392.50–430.00	401.33
16	600–650	620	360.00–400.00	386.79
10	650–700	675	340.00–377.50	362.61
14	700–750	736	340.00–370.00	347.50
3	750–800	767	331.00–367.50	346.73
2	800–850	845	328.00	328.00
1	900–950	915	319.00	319.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
5	250–300	274	570.00–580.00	574.24
9	300–350	325	560.00	560.00
2	350–400	365	515.00–540.00	527.50
3	400–450	445	510.00–525.00	520.00
25	450–500	454	520.00–535.00	532.62
71	500–550	540	452.50–487.00	478.24
39	550–600	557	443.00–465.00	452.12
35	600–650	627	412.50–465.00	456.98
44	650–700	659	400.00–440.00	427.34
26	700–750	729	372.50–404.00	384.91
5	750–800	762	350.00–358.00	354.74
171	800–850	832	345.00–366.50	359.31
339	850–900	875	335.00–365.50	357.08
1	900–950	920	349.00	349.00
Steers — Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	400–450	435	332.60	332.60
5	900–950	930	281.00	281.00
2	950–1000	985	294.00	294.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	450–500	495	310.00	310.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	350–400	370	370.00–405.00	387.03
6	400–450	411	350.00–410.00	384.48
6	450–500	468	415.00	415.00
5	500–550	532	335.00–385.00	367.30
15	550–600	570	335.00–375.00	349.78
4	600–650	629	310.00–342.50	328.09
4	650–700	682	340.00–342.50	341.87
1	800–850	845	222.50	222.50
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
5	400–450	409	540.00	540.00
25	600–650	608	517.00	517.00
Steers — Medium 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	350–400	355	362.50	362.50
Steers — Medium 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
8	350–400	375	425.00–495.00	482.32
Steers — Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	400–450	445	480.00	480.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
9	250–300	286	405.00–470.00	448.60
2	300–350	325	410.00–420.00	415.00
4	350–400	371	390.00–440.00	415.51
10	400–450	420	360.00–400.00	379.84
36	450–500	480	365.00–405.00	393.25
13	500–550	540	360.00–398.00	393.86
8	550–600	566	332.50–377.50	371.74
2	650–700	665	312.50–332.50	322.50
1	700–750	730	307.50	307.50
2	750–800	797	300.00	300.00
1	950–1000	990	282.50	282.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	200–250	200	535.00	535.00
3	250–300	268	490.00	490.00
2	300–350	330	525.00	525.00
17	350–400	386	485.00–510.00	500.19
23	400–450	426	410.00–475.00	441.50
37	450–500	474	440.00–445.00	440.40
71	500–550	533	420.00–450.00	425.45
32	550–600	577	382.50–400.00	394.49
65	600–650	615	352.50–395.00	381.46
10	650–700	674	322.50–357.50	345.40
25	700–750	725	340.00–355.00	349.45
24	750–800	770	312.50–340.00	331.41
8	800–850	838	306.00–312.50	310.57
Heifers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	650–700	680	252.50	252.50
2	850–900	857	217.50	217.50
3	900–950	923	205.00–270.00	241.89
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	200–250	225	430.00	430.00
6	300–350	317	315.00–397.50	362.52
3	350–400	393	345.00–370.00	353.16
3	450–500	475	320.00–362.50	347.82
10	500–550	547	320.00–370.00	365.02
5	550–600	565	331.00–372.50	355.61
Heifers — Medium 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	300–350	337	460.00	460.00
1	350–400	350	455.00	455.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
7	400–450	402	500.00	500.00
Heifers — Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	400–450	405	420.00	420.00
Heifers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
5	450–500	478	417.50	417.50
11	500–550	510	410.00	410.00
1	600–650	640	342.50	342.50
Heifers — Medium 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	350–400	365	240.00	240.00
Heifers — Medium 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	250–300	260	325.00	325.00
Heifers — Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
5	850–900	864	247.50	247.50
3	950–1000	973	245.00	245.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	200–250	205	500.00–530.00	510.26
1	250–300	290	410.00	410.00
2	300–350	323	450.00–480.00	465.12
4	350–400	384	435.00–472.00	462.48
3	400–450	417	445.00–485.00	458.76
8	450–500	480	400.00–450.00	418.24
6	500–550	539	350.00–390.00	365.72
2	550–600	582	360.00	360.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	400–450	430	380.00	380.00
2	450–500	480	335.00–380.00	356.80
1	500–550	545	377.50	377.50
1	700–750	725	235.00	235.00
1	750–800	785	270.00	270.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
4	300–350	319	550.00–570.00	554.79
1	400–450	410	500.00	500.00

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