Name: Fairview Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2026-02-26
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2026-02-26

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Today at Fairview as compared to the last feeder special of two weeks ago, feeder steers 400-700lbs traded higher 20.00-24.00. Feeder heifers 400-700lbs traded higher 26.00 with spots higher 35.00. Trade continues active, demand remains good to very good. Heifers traded noticeably higher on very good demand.

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $477.08/cwt on 118 head, down $5.33 from the prior sale. That ranks 12 of 15 comparable sales and sits +12.78 against this barn's trailing median of $464.30.

Average price

$477.08

▼ 5.33 vs prior sale

118 head · 556 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,654

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$524

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

$102.53/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+0.00

vs IL average

−9.94 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	555	491.56	2,731	97
Large 1-2	585	435.00	2,545	1thin
Medium and Large 1-2	552	425.23	2,348	11thin
Medium and Large 2	567	389.03	2,207	9thin

One grade step is worth $102.53/cwt here — about $524 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 200–300 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 sale118 hd

477.08

—

IL average1 barns · 118 hd

477.08

+0.00

National average172 barns · 11,832 hd

487.02

−9.94

This barn, trailing median15 sales

464.30

+12.78

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

74 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	800–850	808	343.50/cwt	342.50–344.00	2,775	3
Heifers	Large 1	900–950	922	295.00/cwt	295.00–295.00	2,720	2
Heifers	Large 1	600–650	620	415.00/cwt	415.00–415.00	2,573	4
Steers	Large 2	950–1000	965	290.00/cwt	290.00–290.00	2,799	1
Steers	Large 1-2	650–700	650	375.00/cwt	375.00–375.00	2,438	1
Steers	Large 1-2	700–750	715	377.50/cwt	377.50–377.50	2,699	1
Steers	Large 1-2	550–600	585	435.00/cwt	435.00–435.00	2,545	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	1050–1100	1,060	267.50/cwt	267.50–267.50	2,836	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	250–300	270	435.00/cwt	435.00–435.00	1,175	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	533	370.47/cwt	350.00–390.00	1,975	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	300–350	313	432.60/cwt	430.00–435.00	1,354	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	650–700	665	329.85/cwt	320.00–340.00	2,194	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	577	394.33/cwt	380.00–405.00	2,275	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	600–650	645	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	2,064	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	1000–1050	1,000	277.50/cwt	277.50–277.50	2,775	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	492	370.00/cwt	370.00–370.00	1,820	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	300–350	325	515.08/cwt	505.00–530.00	1,674	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	575	322.80/cwt	305.00–340.00	1,856	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	250–300	290	450.00/cwt	450.00–450.00	1,305	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	950–1000	990	275.00/cwt	275.00–275.00	2,723	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	473	397.70/cwt	390.00–405.00	1,881	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	528	420.92/cwt	395.00–445.00	2,222	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	384	496.03/cwt	470.00–520.00	1,905	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	900–950	938	286.00/cwt	286.00–286.00	2,683	21
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	745	337.50/cwt	337.50–337.50	2,514	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	360	375.00/cwt	375.00–375.00	1,350	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	530	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	1,855	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	790	335.00/cwt	335.00–335.00	2,647	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	538	418.90/cwt	400.00–440.00	2,254	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	683	345.00/cwt	345.00–345.00	2,356	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	490	430.07/cwt	405.00–450.00	2,107	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	574	402.88/cwt	382.50–416.00	2,313	20
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	615	392.86/cwt	370.00–405.00	2,416	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	335	480.00/cwt	480.00–480.00	1,608	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	787	332.02/cwt	327.00–362.50	2,613	41
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	783	348.60/cwt	342.50–362.50	2,730	16
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	711	397.39/cwt	355.00–407.00	2,825	21
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	550–600	582	490.00/cwt	490.00–490.00	2,852	12
Steers	Large 1	700–750	700	382.50/cwt	382.50–382.50	2,678	1
Steers	Large 1-2	950–1000	975	325.00/cwt	325.00–325.00	3,169	2
Steers	Large 1-2	450–500	457	410.00/cwt	410.00–410.00	1,874	2
Heifers	Large 1-2	850–900	885	305.00/cwt	305.00–305.00	2,699	1
Steers	Large 1-2	600–650	620	365.00/cwt	365.00–365.00	2,263	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	766	383.71/cwt	370.00–391.00	2,939	64
Steers	Medium and Large 2	850–900	875	290.00/cwt	290.00–290.00	2,538	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	800–850	835	319.00/cwt	319.00–319.00	2,664	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	467	491.68/cwt	475.00–530.00	2,296	27
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	619	406.59/cwt	355.00–420.00	2,517	38
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	830	322.68/cwt	320.00–337.50	2,678	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	526	507.00/cwt	470.00–535.00	2,667	42
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	369	523.94/cwt	485.00–540.00	1,933	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	419	525.29/cwt	475.00–545.00	2,201	24
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	626	451.86/cwt	412.50–505.00	2,829	77
Steers	Medium and Large 1	250–300	280	585.00/cwt	585.00–585.00	1,638	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	476	542.75/cwt	515.00–565.00	2,583	29
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	574	438.20/cwt	395.00–455.00	2,515	80
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	532	451.52/cwt	425.00–490.00	2,402	49
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	679	371.30/cwt	344.00–400.00	2,521	66
Steers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	825	344.69/cwt	342.50–357.50	2,844	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	431	553.01/cwt	530.00–575.00	2,383	22
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	725	397.33/cwt	385.00–445.00	2,881	105
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	582	437.50/cwt	437.50–437.50	2,546	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	725	340.00/cwt	340.00–340.00	2,465	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	530	420.00/cwt	420.00–420.00	2,226	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	724	360.62/cwt	350.00–372.50	2,611	39
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	668	428.66/cwt	405.00–447.50	2,863	61
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	578	479.77/cwt	455.00–510.00	2,773	55
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	667	395.68/cwt	355.00–405.00	2,639	15
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	479	501.47/cwt	470.00–505.00	2,402	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	566	427.70/cwt	410.00–465.00	2,421	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	395	470.00/cwt	470.00–470.00	1,857	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	370	556.13/cwt	540.00–570.00	2,058	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	872	356.43/cwt	342.50–357.50	3,108	46
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	438	503.73/cwt	460.00–525.00	2,206	3

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 →

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Thu Feb 26, 2026

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Receipts 1,211Last week 1,615Year ago 1,387

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	325	505.00–530.00	515.08
5	350–400	384	470.00–520.00	496.03
3	400–450	438	460.00–525.00	503.73
11	450–500	479	470.00–505.00	501.47
4	500–550	528	395.00–445.00	420.92
7	550–600	566	410.00–465.00	427.70
3	600–650	615	370.00–405.00	392.86
15	650–700	667	355.00–405.00	395.68
21	700–750	711	355.00–407.00	397.39
16	750–800	783	342.50–362.50	348.60
3	800–850	808	342.50–344.00	343.50
Steers — Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	950–1000	965	290.00	290.00
Steers — Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	450–500	457	410.00	410.00
1	550–600	585	435.00	435.00
1	600–650	620	365.00	365.00
1	650–700	650	375.00	375.00
1	700–750	715	377.50	377.50
2	950–1000	975	325.00	325.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	250–300	270	435.00	435.00
2	450–500	473	390.00–405.00	397.70
2	500–550	533	350.00–390.00	370.47
7	550–600	577	380.00–405.00	394.33
2	650–700	665	320.00–340.00	329.85
1	800–850	835	319.00	319.00
1	850–900	875	290.00	290.00
1	950–1000	990	275.00	275.00
1	1000–1050	1,000	277.50	277.50
1	1050–1100	1,060	267.50	267.50
Steers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	700–750	700	382.50	382.50
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	250–300	280	585.00	585.00
6	350–400	370	540.00–570.00	556.13
22	400–450	431	530.00–575.00	553.01
29	450–500	476	515.00–565.00	542.75
42	500–550	526	470.00–535.00	507.00
55	550–600	578	455.00–510.00	479.77
77	600–650	626	412.50–505.00	451.86
61	650–700	668	405.00–447.50	428.66
105	700–750	725	385.00–445.00	397.33
64	750–800	766	370.00–391.00	383.71
9	800–850	825	342.50–357.50	344.69
46	850–900	872	342.50–357.50	356.43
Heifers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
4	600–650	620	415.00	415.00
2	900–950	922	295.00	295.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	300–350	313	430.00–435.00	432.60
1	350–400	395	470.00	470.00
12	450–500	490	405.00–450.00	430.07
9	500–550	538	400.00–440.00	418.90
20	550–600	574	382.50–416.00	402.88
2	650–700	683	345.00	345.00
1	700–750	745	337.50	337.50
2	750–800	790	335.00	335.00
21	900–950	938	286.00	286.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	250–300	290	450.00	450.00
1	350–400	360	375.00	375.00
2	450–500	492	370.00	370.00
1	500–550	530	350.00	350.00
2	550–600	575	305.00–340.00	322.80
1	600–650	645	320.00	320.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	300–350	335	480.00	480.00
11	350–400	369	485.00–540.00	523.94
24	400–450	419	475.00–545.00	525.29
27	450–500	467	475.00–530.00	491.68
49	500–550	532	425.00–490.00	451.52
80	550–600	574	395.00–455.00	438.20
38	600–650	619	355.00–420.00	406.59
66	650–700	679	344.00–400.00	371.30
39	700–750	724	350.00–372.50	360.62
41	750–800	787	327.00–362.50	332.02
11	800–850	830	320.00–337.50	322.68
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
12	550–600	582	490.00	490.00
Heifers — Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	850–900	885	305.00	305.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	500–550	530	420.00	420.00
2	550–600	582	437.50	437.50
1	700–750	725	340.00	340.00

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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