Name: Fairview Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2025-11-20
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-11-20

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Today at Fairview, a good fall run of good quality feeder cattle and yearlings. Mostly good demand met with yearlings and very good demand with feeder calves. Demand remains good to very good on active trade.

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $401.43/cwt on 116 head. That ranks 1 of 14 comparable sales and sits −64.94 against this barn's trailing median of $466.36.

Average price

$401.43

116 head · 545 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,188

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$379

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

$101.62/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+0.00

vs IL average

−8.65 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	534	431.91	2,307	69
Medium and Large 1-2	559	359.83	2,010	42
Medium and Large 2	584	330.29	1,929	5thin

One grade step is worth $101.62/cwt here — about $379 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 300–400 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 sale116 hd

401.43

—

IL average1 barns · 116 hd

401.43

+0.00

National average185 barns · 23,076 hd

410.08

−8.65

This barn, trailing median14 sales

466.36

−64.94

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

59 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 1Fancy	450–500	479	560.00/cwt	560.00–560.00	2,682	11
Steers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	584	330.29/cwt	310.00–335.00	1,929	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	600–650	615	230.00/cwt	230.00–230.00	1,415	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	750–800	795	275.00/cwt	275.00–275.00	2,186	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	453	356.26/cwt	355.00–357.50	1,614	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	410	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	1,312	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	850–900	890	275.00/cwt	275.00–275.00	2,448	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	535	351.48/cwt	340.00–390.00	1,880	21
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	750–800	780	185.00/cwt	185.00–185.00	1,443	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	562	426.67/cwt	405.00–430.00	2,398	24
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	385	465.98/cwt	455.00–475.00	1,794	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	319	392.19/cwt	380.00–420.00	1,251	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	715	340.00/cwt	340.00–340.00	2,431	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	655	347.00/cwt	347.00–347.00	2,273	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	390	435.00/cwt	435.00–435.00	1,697	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	950–1000	996	310.00/cwt	310.00–310.00	3,088	60
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	300–350	322	412.50/cwt	412.50–412.50	1,328	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	717	353.03/cwt	347.00–357.00	2,531	50
Steers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	755	359.00/cwt	359.00–359.00	2,710	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	624	382.39/cwt	369.00–392.50	2,386	74
Steers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	340	450.00/cwt	450.00–450.00	1,530	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	579	347.33/cwt	325.00–360.00	2,011	54
Steers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	858	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	3,003	65
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	530	370.95/cwt	347.50–385.00	1,966	55
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	523	426.36/cwt	392.50–450.00	2,230	38
Steers	Medium and Large 1	900–950	922	321.50/cwt	321.50–321.50	2,964	62
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	772	322.50/cwt	322.50–322.50	2,490	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	484	337.70/cwt	310.00–365.00	1,634	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	479	376.77/cwt	365.00–400.00	1,805	51
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	485	450.02/cwt	395.00–485.00	2,183	39
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	436	408.23/cwt	390.00–432.50	1,780	19
Steers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	815	322.17/cwt	300.00–336.00	2,626	31
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	423	496.06/cwt	450.00–510.00	2,098	18
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	770	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	2,464	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	617	352.41/cwt	330.00–377.50	2,174	53
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	395	365.00/cwt	365.00–365.00	1,442	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	787	271.09/cwt	252.50–277.00	2,133	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	578	308.31/cwt	275.00–335.00	1,782	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	522	335.85/cwt	332.50–350.00	1,753	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	300–350	330	344.85/cwt	340.00–350.00	1,138	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	690	317.50/cwt	317.50–317.50	2,191	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	850–900	892	323.07/cwt	311.00–327.00	2,882	81
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	631	353.82/cwt	330.00–365.00	2,233	17
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	582	368.17/cwt	355.00–390.00	2,143	21
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	470	392.47/cwt	342.50–415.00	1,845	13
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	800–850	847	313.28/cwt	270.00–317.00	2,653	25
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	673	349.16/cwt	320.00–362.50	2,350	48
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	434	372.68/cwt	370.00–385.00	1,617	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	900–950	935	283.00/cwt	283.00–283.00	2,646	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	720	342.41/cwt	327.50–352.00	2,465	29
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	1000–1050	1,000	291.00/cwt	291.00–291.00	2,910	32
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	380	401.67/cwt	395.00–415.00	1,526	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	628	332.93/cwt	315.00–340.00	2,091	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	850–900	892	222.50/cwt	222.50–222.50	1,985	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	500–550	500	480.00/cwt	480.00–480.00	2,400	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	400–450	420	522.59/cwt	520.00–525.00	2,195	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	350–400	372	503.72/cwt	500.00–510.00	1,874	19
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	850–900	890	400.00/cwt	400.00–400.00	3,560	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	400–450	445	470.00/cwt	470.00–470.00	2,092	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.

Illinois feeder prices, every weight →Every state and region →

Fairview Sale Barn Cattle Special - Fairview, IL

Thu Nov 20, 2025

USDA Livestock, Poultry & Grain Market News · Federal-State Market News Service, Springfield, IL (LS-GX)

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Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
2	400–450	420	520.00–525.00	522.59
11	450–500	479	560.00	560.00
7	500–550	500	480.00	480.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	550–600	584	310.00–335.00	330.29
1	750–800	795	275.00	275.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	300–350	330	340.00–350.00	344.85
9	400–450	434	370.00–385.00	372.68
13	450–500	470	342.50–415.00	392.47
21	500–550	535	340.00–390.00	351.48
21	550–600	582	355.00–390.00	368.17
17	600–650	631	330.00–365.00	353.82
48	650–700	673	320.00–362.50	349.16
29	700–750	720	327.50–352.00	342.41
1	750–800	770	320.00	320.00
25	800–850	847	270.00–317.00	313.28
81	850–900	892	311.00–327.00	323.07
1	900–950	935	283.00	283.00
32	1000–1050	1,000	291.00	291.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	300–350	340	450.00	450.00
6	350–400	385	455.00–475.00	465.98
18	400–450	423	450.00–510.00	496.06
39	450–500	485	395.00–485.00	450.02
38	500–550	523	392.50–450.00	426.36
24	550–600	562	405.00–430.00	426.67
74	600–650	624	369.00–392.50	382.39
50	700–750	717	347.00–357.00	353.03
6	750–800	755	359.00	359.00
31	800–850	815	300.00–336.00	322.17
65	850–900	858	350.00	350.00
62	900–950	922	321.50	321.50
60	950–1000	996	310.00	310.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	350–400	380	395.00–415.00	401.67
2	450–500	453	355.00–357.50	356.26
1	600–650	615	230.00	230.00
1	750–800	780	185.00	185.00
4	850–900	892	222.50	222.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	350–400	395	365.00	365.00
1	400–450	410	320.00	320.00
4	450–500	484	310.00–365.00	337.70
6	500–550	522	332.50–350.00	335.85
9	550–600	578	275.00–335.00	308.31
7	600–650	628	315.00–340.00	332.93
1	650–700	690	317.50	317.50
4	750–800	787	252.50–277.00	271.09
1	850–900	890	275.00	275.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
6	300–350	319	380.00–420.00	392.19
1	350–400	390	435.00	435.00
19	400–450	436	390.00–432.50	408.23
51	450–500	479	365.00–400.00	376.77
55	500–550	530	347.50–385.00	370.95
54	550–600	579	325.00–360.00	347.33
53	600–650	617	330.00–377.50	352.41
1	650–700	655	347.00	347.00
1	700–750	715	340.00	340.00
2	750–800	772	322.50	322.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
19	350–400	372	500.00–510.00	503.72
1	400–450	445	470.00	470.00
2	850–900	890	400.00	400.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	300–350	322	412.50	412.50

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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