Name: Fairview Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2026-06-18
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2026-06-18

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Today at Fairview, quality early summer offering highlighted by several loads of locally produced yearling steers. Trade was active, reflective of current market trends with demand remaining good to very good.

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $476.73/cwt on 48 head, up $17.29 from the prior sale. That ranks 11 of 15 comparable sales and sits +12.44 against this barn's trailing median of $464.30.

Average price

$476.73

▲ 17.29 vs prior sale

48 head · 553 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,638

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$768

per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 2-3

$140.62/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+0.00

vs IL average

+17.68 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	552	500.62	2,766	25
Medium and Large 1-2	556	464.54	2,581	17thin
Medium and Large 2	549	422.13	2,317	5thin
Medium and Large 2-3	555	360.00	1,998	1thin

One grade step is worth $140.62/cwt here — about $768 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 sale48 hd

476.73

—

IL average1 barns · 48 hd

476.73

+0.00

National average161 barns · 9,107 hd

459.05

+17.68

This barn, trailing median15 sales

464.30

+12.44

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

79 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
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	812	329.33/cwt	327.00–340.00	2,674	22
Steers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	807	380.43/cwt	360.00–381.00	3,070	37
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	653	445.48/cwt	430.00–447.50	2,909	21
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	637	442.55/cwt	430.00–470.00	2,819	11
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	451	440.00/cwt	440.00–440.00	1,984	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	701	347.00/cwt	347.00–347.00	2,432	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	250–300	280	570.00/cwt	570.00–570.00	1,596	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	616	414.29/cwt	400.00–427.50	2,552	23
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	250–300	250	565.00/cwt	565.00–565.00	1,413	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	950–1000	978	310.73/cwt	309.00–312.50	3,039	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	764	368.61/cwt	362.50–374.00	2,816	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	381	531.85/cwt	525.00–550.00	2,026	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	1000–1050	1,005	292.50/cwt	292.50–292.50	2,940	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	658	385.00/cwt	385.00–385.00	2,533	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	378	560.00/cwt	560.00–560.00	2,117	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	850–900	872	340.23/cwt	328.00–352.50	2,967	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	533	470.25/cwt	445.00–485.00	2,506	9
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	592	390.00/cwt	390.00–390.00	2,309	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	440	484.01/cwt	475.00–490.00	2,130	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	581	458.11/cwt	430.00–480.00	2,662	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	463	486.56/cwt	475.00–495.00	2,253	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	300–350	331	580.47/cwt	570.00–585.00	1,921	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	530	422.66/cwt	405.00–430.00	2,240	22
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	800–850	837	335.83/cwt	330.00–342.50	2,811	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	629	413.83/cwt	395.00–427.50	2,603	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	483	432.19/cwt	420.00–440.00	2,087	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	688	365.00/cwt	365.00–365.00	2,511	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	850–900	865	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	2,595	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	300–350	337	484.43/cwt	445.00–520.00	1,633	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	675	399.61/cwt	380.00–415.00	2,697	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	950–1000	980	285.00/cwt	285.00–285.00	2,793	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	800–850	815	322.50/cwt	322.50–322.50	2,628	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	585	409.41/cwt	390.00–430.00	2,395	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	760	318.77/cwt	315.00–322.50	2,423	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	350–400	370	535.00/cwt	535.00–535.00	1,980	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	616	392.53/cwt	385.00–397.50	2,418	5
Steers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	583	412.45/cwt	410.00–415.00	2,405	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	300–350	345	405.00/cwt	405.00–405.00	1,397	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	650–700	675	358.88/cwt	350.00–367.50	2,422	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	665	362.50/cwt	362.50–362.50	2,411	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	422	487.95/cwt	480.00–510.00	2,059	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	300	600.00/cwt	600.00–600.00	1,800	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	579	416.58/cwt	411.00–425.00	2,412	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	876	321.00/cwt	321.00–321.00	2,812	3
Heifers	Medium 1-2	500–550	505	327.50/cwt	327.50–327.50	1,654	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	950–1000	971	345.56/cwt	334.50–356.00	3,355	117
Steers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	867	370.11/cwt	369.25–371.00	3,209	124
Steers	Medium and Large 1	900–950	925	356.00/cwt	356.00–356.00	3,293	63
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	707	410.23/cwt	404.00–416.00	2,900	27
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	567	493.60/cwt	492.50–495.00	2,799	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	765	351.26/cwt	347.50–355.00	2,687	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	534	509.55/cwt	496.00–570.00	2,721	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	333	632.22/cwt	620.00–645.00	2,105	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	472	522.02/cwt	500.00–527.50	2,464	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	250–300	285	635.00/cwt	635.00–635.00	1,810	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	508	493.36/cwt	440.00–502.50	2,506	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	416	539.97/cwt	520.00–550.00	2,246	14
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	1050–1100	1,051	270.00/cwt	270.00–270.00	2,838	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	800–850	820	205.00/cwt	205.00–205.00	1,681	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	385	487.50/cwt	487.50–487.50	1,877	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	600–650	600	345.00/cwt	345.00–345.00	2,070	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	380	470.00/cwt	470.00–470.00	1,786	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	460	407.50/cwt	407.50–407.50	1,875	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	950–1000	988	290.84/cwt	287.50–297.50	2,873	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	1050–1100	1,095	275.00/cwt	275.00–275.00	3,011	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	440	452.48/cwt	420.00–530.00	1,991	15
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	300–350	345	335.00/cwt	335.00–335.00	1,156	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	526	428.58/cwt	405.00–440.00	2,254	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	800–850	825	317.50/cwt	317.50–317.50	2,619	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	300–350	320	455.16/cwt	450.00–460.00	1,457	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	550–600	555	360.00/cwt	360.00–360.00	1,998	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	850–900	860	272.50/cwt	272.50–272.50	2,344	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	350–400	395	380.00/cwt	380.00–380.00	1,501	3
Steers	Large 1	800–850	805	360.00/cwt	360.00–360.00	2,898	2
Heifers	Large 1-2	950–1000	980	282.50/cwt	282.50–282.50	2,769	1
Steers	Large 1-2	800–850	805	355.00/cwt	355.00–355.00	2,858	1
Steers	Large 1-2	750–800	780	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	2,730	1
Steers	Large 1-2	850–900	870	330.00/cwt	330.00–330.00	2,871	1
Heifers	Large 2-3	700–750	705	302.50/cwt	302.50–302.50	2,133	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
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	250–300	280	570.00	570.00
1	300–350	300	600.00	600.00
5	350–400	381	525.00–550.00	531.85
6	400–450	422	480.00–510.00	487.95
7	500–550	508	440.00–502.50	493.36
9	550–600	579	411.00–425.00	416.58
23	600–650	616	400.00–427.50	414.29
2	650–700	665	362.50	362.50
4	700–750	701	347.00	347.00
8	750–800	765	347.50–355.00	351.26
22	800–850	812	327.00–340.00	329.33
3	850–900	876	321.00	321.00
2	950–1000	978	309.00–312.50	310.73
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
1	250–300	250	565.00	565.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	300–350	337	445.00–520.00	484.43
2	350–400	385	487.50	487.50
15	400–450	440	420.00–530.00	452.48
5	450–500	483	420.00–440.00	432.19
22	500–550	530	405.00–430.00	422.66
13	550–600	585	390.00–430.00	409.41
5	600–650	616	385.00–397.50	392.53
5	650–700	688	365.00	365.00
2	750–800	760	315.00–322.50	318.77
1	800–850	815	322.50	322.50
2	850–900	865	300.00	300.00
1	950–1000	980	285.00	285.00
1	1000–1050	1,005	292.50	292.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	300–350	345	405.00	405.00
Heifers — Medium 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	500–550	505	327.50	327.50
Heifers — Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	950–1000	980	282.50	282.50
Heifers — Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	700–750	705	302.50	302.50
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	250–300	285	635.00	635.00
2	300–350	333	620.00–645.00	632.22
14	400–450	416	520.00–550.00	539.97
5	450–500	472	500.00–527.50	522.02
11	500–550	534	496.00–570.00	509.55
14	550–600	567	492.50–495.00	493.60
11	600–650	637	430.00–470.00	442.55
21	650–700	653	430.00–447.50	445.48
27	700–750	707	404.00–416.00	410.23
37	800–850	807	360.00–381.00	380.43
124	850–900	867	369.25–371.00	370.11
63	900–950	925	356.00	356.00
117	950–1000	971	334.50–356.00	345.56
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	300–350	331	570.00–585.00	580.47
3	350–400	378	560.00	560.00
5	400–450	440	475.00–490.00	484.01
3	450–500	463	475.00–495.00	486.56
9	500–550	533	445.00–485.00	470.25
8	550–600	581	430.00–480.00	458.11
9	600–650	629	395.00–427.50	413.83
6	650–700	675	380.00–415.00	399.61
5	750–800	764	362.50–374.00	368.61
3	800–850	837	330.00–342.50	335.83
11	850–900	872	328.00–352.50	340.23
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
1	350–400	370	535.00	535.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	300–350	320	450.00–460.00	455.16
1	350–400	380	470.00	470.00
1	450–500	460	407.50	407.50
3	500–550	526	405.00–440.00	428.58
2	550–600	583	410.00–415.00	412.45
1	600–650	600	345.00	345.00
2	650–700	675	350.00–367.50	358.88
1	800–850	825	317.50	317.50
1	850–900	860	272.50	272.50
3	950–1000	988	287.50–297.50	290.84
1	1050–1100	1,095	275.00	275.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	300–350	345	335.00	335.00
3	350–400	395	380.00	380.00
1	550–600	555	360.00	360.00
Steers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	800–850	805	360.00	360.00
Steers — Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	750–800	780	350.00	350.00
1	800–850	805	355.00	355.00
1	850–900	870	330.00	330.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	450–500	451	440.00	440.00
2	550–600	592	390.00	390.00
3	650–700	658	385.00	385.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	800–850	820	205.00	205.00
4	1050–1100	1,051	270.00	270.00

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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