Name: Fairview Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2026-05-07
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2026-05-07

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Today at Fairview: No price comparison as the last feeder sale was more than twenty days ago. Nice offering of pasture ready calves found new homes on active trade and good demand.

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $487.02/cwt on 50 head, down $5.84 from the prior sale. That ranks 15 of 15 comparable sales and sits +22.72 against this barn's trailing median of $464.30.

Average price

$487.02

▼ 5.84 vs prior sale

50 head · 536 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,610

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$691

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

$148.94/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+0.00

vs IL average

−0.53 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	533	517.55	2,759	30
Medium and Large 1-2	535	459.37	2,459	16thin
Medium and Large 2	561	368.61	2,068	4thin

One grade step is worth $148.94/cwt here — about $691 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

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 sale50 hd

487.02

—

IL average1 barns · 50 hd

487.02

+0.00

National average180 barns · 14,267 hd

487.55

−0.53

This barn, trailing median15 sales

464.30

+22.72

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

81 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 1-2	350–400	385	480.26/cwt	460.00–500.00	1,849	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	876	358.69/cwt	342.50–359.50	3,142	63
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	827	342.02/cwt	320.00–343.50	2,829	68
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	578	400.41/cwt	397.50–405.00	2,314	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	611	459.67/cwt	437.50–490.00	2,809	34
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	478	531.19/cwt	515.00–555.00	2,539	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	429	531.68/cwt	525.00–542.50	2,281	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	693	360.00/cwt	360.00–360.00	2,495	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	950–1000	971	245.00/cwt	245.00–245.00	2,379	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	657	388.10/cwt	345.00–393.00	2,550	10
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	615	390.00/cwt	390.00–390.00	2,399	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Guaranteed Open	650–700	650	375.00/cwt	375.00–375.00	2,438	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	720	373.10/cwt	355.00–390.00	2,686	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	450–500	461	510.00/cwt	510.00–510.00	2,351	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	500–550	540	440.00/cwt	440.00–440.00	2,376	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	527	463.76/cwt	440.00–482.50	2,444	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	383	535.16/cwt	530.00–540.00	2,050	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	567	448.29/cwt	445.00–455.00	2,542	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	1000–1050	1,025	277.50/cwt	277.50–277.50	2,844	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	850–900	850	342.50/cwt	342.50–342.50	2,911	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	672	400.30/cwt	380.00–412.50	2,690	30
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	735	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	2,573	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	300–350	340	380.00/cwt	380.00–380.00	1,292	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	787	366.74/cwt	360.00–375.00	2,886	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	360	450.00/cwt	450.00–450.00	1,620	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	250–300	285	500.00/cwt	500.00–500.00	1,425	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	623	371.04/cwt	365.00–372.50	2,312	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	350–400	361	515.00/cwt	515.00–515.00	1,859	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	800–850	838	329.32/cwt	321.00–337.50	2,760	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	250–300	295	565.00/cwt	565.00–565.00	1,667	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	450–500	460	390.00/cwt	390.00–390.00	1,794	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	400	375.00/cwt	375.00–375.00	1,500	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	360	355.00/cwt	355.00–355.00	1,278	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	731	345.78/cwt	307.50–360.00	2,528	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	488	499.03/cwt	440.00–507.50	2,435	16
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	620	401.96/cwt	365.00–420.00	2,492	12
Steers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	481	434.61/cwt	410.00–460.00	2,090	4
Steers	Medium and Large 2	300–350	335	400.90/cwt	370.00–430.00	1,343	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	250–300	295	400.00/cwt	400.00–400.00	1,180	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	425	414.13/cwt	400.00–435.00	1,760	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	400	495.00/cwt	495.00–495.00	1,980	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	950–1000	965	330.00/cwt	330.00–330.00	3,185	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	450–500	470	260.00/cwt	260.00–260.00	1,222	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	583	379.94/cwt	365.00–395.00	2,215	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	250–300	295	410.00/cwt	410.00–410.00	1,210	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	300–350	315	380.00/cwt	380.00–380.00	1,197	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	521	407.25/cwt	395.00–417.50	2,122	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	479	402.25/cwt	390.00–425.00	1,927	4
Steers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	561	368.61/cwt	355.00–385.00	2,068	4
Steers	Medium and Large 2	650–700	665	345.00/cwt	345.00–345.00	2,294	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	360	435.00/cwt	435.00–435.00	1,566	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	500–550	515	445.00/cwt	445.00–445.00	2,292	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	400–450	400	490.00/cwt	490.00–490.00	1,960	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	576	401.63/cwt	400.00–405.00	2,313	25
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	732	356.31/cwt	352.50–367.50	2,608	23
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	450–500	462	525.00/cwt	525.00–525.00	2,426	2
Heifers	Large 1-2	450–500	480	360.00/cwt	360.00–360.00	1,728	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	300–350	325	535.00/cwt	535.00–535.00	1,739	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	400–450	435	590.00/cwt	590.00–590.00	2,567	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	390	578.25/cwt	545.00–595.00	2,255	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	780	337.50/cwt	337.50–337.50	2,633	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	338	509.74/cwt	475.00–545.00	1,723	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	492	405.00/cwt	405.00–405.00	1,993	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	539	428.62/cwt	425.00–440.00	2,310	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	865	337.08/cwt	310.00–342.50	2,916	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	365	507.83/cwt	470.00–525.00	1,854	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	608	401.76/cwt	382.50–412.50	2,443	21
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	533	443.96/cwt	425.00–492.50	2,366	29
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	300–350	339	623.43/cwt	620.00–625.00	2,113	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	350–400	365	625.00/cwt	625.00–625.00	2,281	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	444	493.23/cwt	445.00–502.50	2,190	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	533	517.55/cwt	490.00–530.00	2,759	30
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	688	422.15/cwt	421.00–440.00	2,904	31
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	672	378.34/cwt	360.00–391.00	2,542	37
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	350–400	365	490.00/cwt	490.00–490.00	1,789	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	900–950	925	347.25/cwt	338.00–355.00	3,212	113
Steers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	830	365.80/cwt	360.00–369.00	3,036	53
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	300–350	335	525.00/cwt	525.00–525.00	1,759	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	464	465.29/cwt	432.50–480.00	2,159	35
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	715	407.73/cwt	395.00–411.00	2,915	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	323	612.33/cwt	605.00–620.00	1,978	2

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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Today at Fairview: No price comparison as the last feeder sale was more than twenty days ago. Nice offering of pasture ready calves found new homes on active trade and good demand.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	350–400	385	460.00–500.00	480.26
2	450–500	492	405.00	405.00
4	500–550	539	425.00–440.00	428.62
1	600–650	615	390.00	390.00
10	650–700	657	345.00–393.00	388.10
10	700–750	731	307.50–360.00	345.78
5	950–1000	971	245.00	245.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	450–500	460	390.00	390.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	450–500	462	525.00	525.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	300–350	323	605.00–620.00	612.33
14	350–400	390	545.00–595.00	578.25
7	400–450	429	525.00–542.50	531.68
9	450–500	478	515.00–555.00	531.19
30	500–550	533	490.00–530.00	517.55
34	600–650	611	437.50–490.00	459.67
31	650–700	688	421.00–440.00	422.15
5	700–750	715	395.00–411.00	407.73
53	800–850	830	360.00–369.00	365.80
63	850–900	876	342.50–359.50	358.69
113	900–950	925	338.00–355.00	347.25
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	250–300	295	565.00	565.00
1	300–350	325	535.00	535.00
2	350–400	383	530.00–540.00	535.16
2	400–450	400	495.00	495.00
16	450–500	488	440.00–507.50	499.03
12	500–550	527	440.00–482.50	463.76
3	550–600	567	445.00–455.00	448.29
12	600–650	620	365.00–420.00	401.96
30	650–700	672	380.00–412.50	400.30
8	700–750	720	355.00–390.00	373.10
11	750–800	787	360.00–375.00	366.74
2	800–850	838	321.00–337.50	329.32
5	850–900	850	342.50	342.50
1	950–1000	965	330.00	330.00
1	1000–1050	1,025	277.50	277.50
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
3	450–500	461	510.00	510.00
1	500–550	540	440.00	440.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	250–300	295	400.00	400.00
2	300–350	335	370.00–430.00	400.90
1	350–400	360	435.00	435.00
4	450–500	481	410.00–460.00	434.61
4	550–600	561	355.00–385.00	368.61
1	650–700	665	345.00	345.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
9	300–350	339	620.00–625.00	623.43
1	350–400	365	625.00	625.00
7	400–450	435	590.00	590.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	300–350	338	475.00–545.00	509.74
8	350–400	365	470.00–525.00	507.83
11	400–450	444	445.00–502.50	493.23
35	450–500	464	432.50–480.00	465.29
29	500–550	533	425.00–492.50	443.96
25	550–600	576	400.00–405.00	401.63
21	600–650	608	382.50–412.50	401.76
37	650–700	672	360.00–391.00	378.34
23	700–750	732	352.50–367.50	356.31
1	750–800	780	337.50	337.50
68	800–850	827	320.00–343.50	342.02
6	850–900	865	310.00–342.50	337.08
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	250–300	285	500.00	500.00
1	300–350	340	380.00	380.00
2	350–400	360	450.00	450.00
5	400–450	425	400.00–435.00	414.13
4	450–500	479	390.00–425.00	402.25
4	500–550	521	395.00–417.50	407.25
6	550–600	578	397.50–405.00	400.41
5	600–650	623	365.00–372.50	371.04
4	650–700	693	360.00	360.00
1	700–750	735	350.00	350.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Guaranteed Open$ per cwt · actual wt
8	650–700	650	375.00	375.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
4	350–400	361	515.00	515.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	250–300	295	410.00	410.00
1	300–350	315	380.00	380.00
1	350–400	360	355.00	355.00
1	400–450	400	375.00	375.00
2	550–600	583	365.00–395.00	379.94
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	450–500	470	260.00	260.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
3	300–350	335	525.00	525.00
1	350–400	365	490.00	490.00
1	400–450	400	490.00	490.00
1	500–550	515	445.00	445.00
Heifers — Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	450–500	480	360.00	360.00

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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