Name: Fairview Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2026-01-15
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2026-01-15

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Today at Fairview, feeder steers 400-500lbs traded higher 20.00 on a good supply, 600lb steers traded steady with calves over 700lbs lower 10.00. Feeder heifers following the same trend, 400-500lbs heifers higher 20.00, 600lb heifers mostly steady with heifers over 700lbs lower 4.00. Price comparison to one week ago. A mostly long timed weaned and multiple vaccinated offering was met with good demand on active trade.

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $468.43/cwt on 187 head, up $26.70 from the prior sale. That ranks 9 of 15 comparable sales and sits +4.14 against this barn's trailing median of $464.30.

Average price

$468.43

▲ 26.70 vs prior sale

187 head · 545 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,555

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$610

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

$122.44/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+0.00

vs IL average

−3.55 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	537	487.44	2,619	140
Medium and Large 1-2	571	415.01	2,370	44
Medium and Large 2	550	365.00	2,009	3thin

One grade step is worth $122.44/cwt here — about $610 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 sale187 hd

468.43

—

IL average1 barns · 187 hd

468.43

+0.00

National average187 barns · 29,067 hd

471.98

−3.55

This barn, trailing median15 sales

464.30

+4.14

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

72 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 2	700–750	735	230.00/cwt	230.00–230.00	1,691	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	800–850	830	313.75/cwt	305.00–322.50	2,604	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	300–350	310	400.00/cwt	400.00–400.00	1,240	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	668	350.00/cwt	320.00–380.00	2,338	27
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	564	363.94/cwt	320.00–373.00	2,053	28
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	530	365.39/cwt	332.50–380.00	1,937	21
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	570	287.70/cwt	265.00–310.00	1,640	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	678	322.48/cwt	315.00–330.00	2,186	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	640	363.47/cwt	325.00–390.00	2,326	21
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	900–950	905	202.50/cwt	202.50–202.50	1,833	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	500	305.00/cwt	305.00–305.00	1,525	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	375	305.00/cwt	305.00–305.00	1,144	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	355	356.67/cwt	350.00–360.00	1,266	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2Guaranteed Open	800–850	840	272.50/cwt	272.50–272.50	2,289	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	850–900	855	285.00/cwt	285.00–285.00	2,437	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	573	360.00/cwt	360.00–360.00	2,063	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	250–300	275	375.27/cwt	360.00–390.00	1,032	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	950–1000	975	290.00/cwt	290.00–290.00	2,828	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	505	375.00/cwt	375.00–375.00	1,894	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	415	330.00/cwt	330.00–330.00	1,370	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	600–650	605	289.48/cwt	285.00–292.50	1,751	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	250–300	280	357.00/cwt	330.00–390.00	1,000	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	650–700	684	276.83/cwt	240.00–292.50	1,894	4
Steers	Medium and Large 2	650–700	677	308.42/cwt	290.00–317.50	2,088	3
Cows	Small and Medium 1-2	450–500	495	390.00/cwt	390.00–390.00	1,931	1
Steers	Medium and Large 3	300–350	345	305.00/cwt	305.00–305.00	1,052	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	450–500	497	291.00/cwt	291.00–291.00	1,446	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	550–600	585	200.00/cwt	200.00–200.00	1,170	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	250–300	270	265.00/cwt	265.00–265.00	716	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	600–650	630	307.50/cwt	307.50–307.50	1,937	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	450–500	471	587.86/cwt	557.50–602.50	2,769	27
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	500–550	502	560.00/cwt	560.00–560.00	2,811	2
Steers	Medium 1-2	400–450	410	380.00/cwt	380.00–380.00	1,558	1
Steers	Medium 1-2	450–500	470	402.50/cwt	402.50–402.50	1,892	1
Heifers	Large 1	600–650	622	337.50/cwt	337.50–337.50	2,099	4
Steers	Large 2	900–950	910	270.00/cwt	270.00–270.00	2,457	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	490	495.09/cwt	485.00–545.00	2,426	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	806	292.50/cwt	292.50–292.50	2,358	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	758	335.00/cwt	335.00–335.00	2,539	28
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	489	419.47/cwt	390.00–445.00	2,051	20
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	709	334.15/cwt	307.50–340.00	2,369	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	360	459.40/cwt	450.00–490.00	1,654	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	629	363.47/cwt	305.00–377.50	2,286	120
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	330	465.00/cwt	465.00–465.00	1,535	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	670	400.83/cwt	386.00–422.00	2,686	152
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	629	429.59/cwt	413.00–442.50	2,702	137
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	719	380.37/cwt	350.00–392.50	2,735	51
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	557	462.97/cwt	435.00–515.00	2,579	40
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	406	370.00/cwt	370.00–370.00	1,502	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	784	355.19/cwt	335.00–361.00	2,785	118
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	530	495.95/cwt	452.50–538.00	2,629	98
Steers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	823	352.09/cwt	344.00–357.00	2,898	85
Steers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	337	517.17/cwt	495.00–535.00	1,743	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	420	539.09/cwt	525.00–580.00	2,264	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	760	335.99/cwt	332.00–337.00	2,554	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	682	348.18/cwt	325.00–365.00	2,375	108
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	577	373.44/cwt	360.00–380.50	2,155	99
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	515	408.65/cwt	377.50–430.00	2,105	71
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	427	436.17/cwt	395.00–457.50	1,862	32
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	486	358.08/cwt	340.00–372.50	1,740	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	379	455.84/cwt	415.00–470.00	1,728	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	735	322.47/cwt	317.50–325.00	2,370	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	300–350	338	385.10/cwt	380.00–395.00	1,302	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	452	395.00/cwt	395.00–395.00	1,785	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	428	450.75/cwt	440.00–455.00	1,929	23
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	850–900	871	322.89/cwt	297.50–327.00	2,812	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	382	386.34/cwt	375.00–390.00	1,476	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	481	465.27/cwt	445.00–470.00	2,238	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	1000–1050	1,010	280.00/cwt	280.00–280.00	2,828	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	582	419.61/cwt	385.00–435.00	2,442	34
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	534	399.35/cwt	392.50–415.00	2,133	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	717	338.65/cwt	325.00–342.50	2,428	9

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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Receipts 1,555Last week 1,938Year ago 1,207

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	700–750	735	230.00	230.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	450–500	452	395.00	395.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	300–350	310	400.00	400.00
4	350–400	379	415.00–470.00	455.84
23	400–450	428	440.00–455.00	450.75
5	450–500	481	445.00–470.00	465.27
10	500–550	534	392.50–415.00	399.35
34	550–600	582	385.00–435.00	419.61
21	600–650	640	325.00–390.00	363.47
27	650–700	668	320.00–380.00	350.00
9	700–750	717	325.00–342.50	338.65
5	750–800	760	332.00–337.00	335.99
2	800–850	830	305.00–322.50	313.75
7	850–900	871	297.50–327.00	322.89
1	1000–1050	1,010	280.00	280.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	250–300	275	360.00–390.00	375.27
3	350–400	355	350.00–360.00	356.67
1	400–450	415	330.00	330.00
1	500–550	505	375.00	375.00
2	550–600	573	360.00	360.00
1	600–650	630	307.50	307.50
3	650–700	677	290.00–317.50	308.42
2	850–900	855	285.00	285.00
1	950–1000	975	290.00	290.00
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	300–350	345	305.00	305.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
27	450–500	471	557.50–602.50	587.86
2	500–550	502	560.00	560.00
Steers — Medium 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	400–450	410	380.00	380.00
1	450–500	470	402.50	402.50
Steers — Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	900–950	910	270.00	270.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
9	300–350	337	495.00–535.00	517.17
4	400–450	420	525.00–580.00	539.09
13	450–500	490	485.00–545.00	495.09
98	500–550	530	452.50–538.00	495.95
40	550–600	557	435.00–515.00	462.97
137	600–650	629	413.00–442.50	429.59
152	650–700	670	386.00–422.00	400.83
51	700–750	719	350.00–392.50	380.37
118	750–800	784	335.00–361.00	355.19
85	800–850	823	344.00–357.00	352.09
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	300–350	338	380.00–395.00	385.10
12	350–400	382	375.00–390.00	386.34
4	400–450	406	370.00	370.00
5	450–500	486	340.00–372.50	358.08
21	500–550	530	332.50–380.00	365.39
28	550–600	564	320.00–373.00	363.94
7	650–700	678	315.00–330.00	322.48
3	700–750	735	317.50–325.00	322.47
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	250–300	280	330.00–390.00	357.00
1	350–400	375	305.00	305.00
1	500–550	500	305.00	305.00
2	550–600	570	265.00–310.00	287.70
5	600–650	605	285.00–292.50	289.48
4	650–700	684	240.00–292.50	276.83
1	900–950	905	202.50	202.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 2 · Guaranteed Open$ per cwt · actual wt
2	800–850	840	272.50	272.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	250–300	270	265.00	265.00
2	450–500	497	291.00	291.00
1	550–600	585	200.00	200.00
Heifers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
4	600–650	622	337.50	337.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	300–350	330	465.00	465.00
7	350–400	360	450.00–490.00	459.40
32	400–450	427	395.00–457.50	436.17
20	450–500	489	390.00–445.00	419.47
71	500–550	515	377.50–430.00	408.65
99	550–600	577	360.00–380.50	373.44
120	600–650	629	305.00–377.50	363.47
108	650–700	682	325.00–365.00	348.18
11	700–750	709	307.50–340.00	334.15
28	750–800	758	335.00	335.00
5	800–850	806	292.50	292.50
Cows — Small and Medium 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	450–500	495	390.00	390.00

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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