Name: Fairview Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2026-08-20
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2026-08-20

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Today at Fairview, a quality 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 $382.70/cwt on 92 head, down $19.48 from the prior sale. That ranks 2 of 15 comparable sales and sits −81.60 against this barn's trailing median of $464.30.

Average price

$382.70

▼ 19.48 vs prior sale

92 head · 558 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,134

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$930

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

$177.08/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+0.00

vs IL average

−5.71 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	551	417.09	2,298	38
Medium and Large 1-2	562	362.82	2,037	51
Medium and Large 2	575	307.54	1,768	2thin
Medium and Large 3	570	240.00	1,368	1thin

One grade step is worth $177.08/cwt here — about $930 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 500–600 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 sale92 hd

382.70

—

IL average1 barns · 92 hd

382.70

+0.00

National average109 barns · 4,104 hd

388.41

−5.71

This barn, trailing median15 sales

464.30

−81.60

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

67 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	650–700	693	371.73/cwt	352.00–379.00	2,576	35
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	629	387.11/cwt	365.00–407.50	2,435	46
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	379	453.82/cwt	432.50–462.50	1,720	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	415	447.36/cwt	410.00–475.00	1,857	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	714	332.50/cwt	332.50–332.50	2,374	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	335	419.85/cwt	417.50–425.00	1,406	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	731	371.36/cwt	355.00–374.00	2,715	17
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	586	412.40/cwt	393.00–435.00	2,417	19
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	472	435.54/cwt	420.00–485.00	2,056	19
Steers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	787	336.00/cwt	336.00–336.00	2,644	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	668	335.52/cwt	327.50–352.50	2,241	71
Steers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	332	555.00/cwt	555.00–555.00	1,843	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	771	315.48/cwt	308.00–322.50	2,432	44
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	470	410.73/cwt	402.50–417.50	1,930	20
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	520	376.43/cwt	357.50–385.00	1,957	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	426	387.32/cwt	372.50–390.00	1,650	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	373	413.21/cwt	405.00–420.00	1,541	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	516	421.77/cwt	387.50–440.00	2,176	19
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	440	347.93/cwt	345.00–360.00	1,531	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	467	365.00/cwt	365.00–365.00	1,705	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	300–350	342	395.00/cwt	395.00–395.00	1,351	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	590	315.00/cwt	315.00–315.00	1,859	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	385	425.00/cwt	425.00–425.00	1,636	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	885	325.13/cwt	320.00–335.50	2,877	233
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	625	339.69/cwt	325.00–355.00	2,123	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	532	357.79/cwt	330.00–385.00	1,903	22
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	719	324.24/cwt	322.50–335.00	2,331	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	584	366.63/cwt	332.50–381.00	2,141	29
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	800–850	838	320.22/cwt	305.00–335.00	2,683	22
Steers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	837	346.20/cwt	328.00–350.00	2,898	85
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	668	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	2,138	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	704	307.52/cwt	302.50–312.50	2,165	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	780	307.50/cwt	307.50–307.50	2,399	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	442	356.83/cwt	322.00–367.50	1,577	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	769	323.53/cwt	322.00–325.00	2,488	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	900–950	915	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	2,928	55
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	524	359.10/cwt	350.00–370.00	1,882	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	573	344.53/cwt	335.00–352.50	1,974	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	353	377.49/cwt	375.00–380.00	1,333	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	653	340.36/cwt	312.50–346.00	2,223	25
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	370	360.00/cwt	360.00–360.00	1,332	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	635	322.50/cwt	322.50–322.50	2,048	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	700–750	703	267.50/cwt	267.50–267.50	1,881	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	530	317.50/cwt	317.50–317.50	1,683	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	550–600	580	267.50/cwt	267.50–267.50	1,552	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	900–950	911	283.44/cwt	275.00–285.00	2,582	13
Steers	Medium and Large 2	850–900	885	295.00/cwt	295.00–295.00	2,611	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	850–900	860	310.00/cwt	310.00–310.00	2,666	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	650–700	682	265.00/cwt	265.00–265.00	1,807	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	378	334.16/cwt	325.00–342.50	1,263	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	490	320.90/cwt	312.50–347.50	1,572	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	800–850	815	295.00/cwt	295.00–295.00	2,404	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	650–700	655	212.50/cwt	212.50–212.50	1,392	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	481	348.93/cwt	340.00–362.50	1,678	15
Steers	Medium and Large 2	600–650	605	275.00/cwt	275.00–275.00	1,664	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	850–900	889	252.50/cwt	252.50–252.50	2,245	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	750–800	785	290.00/cwt	290.00–290.00	2,277	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	565	312.50/cwt	312.50–312.50	1,766	1
Steers	Medium and Large 3	550–600	570	240.00/cwt	240.00–240.00	1,368	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	700–750	717	296.83/cwt	282.50–305.00	2,128	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	575	307.54/cwt	305.00–310.00	1,768	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	834	320.50/cwt	320.50–320.50	2,673	59
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	583	372.52/cwt	370.00–387.50	2,172	36
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	623	339.90/cwt	322.50–342.00	2,118	13
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	400–450	413	507.45/cwt	500.00–510.00	2,096	4
Steers	Large 1-2	1000–1050	1,033	280.00/cwt	280.00–280.00	2,892	3
Heifers	Large 1-2	850–900	851	275.00/cwt	275.00–275.00	2,340	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.

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Today at Fairview, a quality offering was met with good demand on active trade.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	300–350	332	555.00	555.00
4	350–400	379	432.50–462.50	453.82
6	400–450	415	410.00–475.00	447.36
19	450–500	472	420.00–485.00	435.54
19	500–550	516	387.50–440.00	421.77
19	550–600	586	393.00–435.00	412.40
46	600–650	629	365.00–407.50	387.11
35	650–700	693	352.00–379.00	371.73
17	700–750	731	355.00–374.00	371.36
2	750–800	787	336.00	336.00
85	800–850	837	328.00–350.00	346.20
233	850–900	885	320.00–335.50	325.13
55	900–950	915	320.00	320.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	350–400	370	360.00	360.00
5	400–450	442	322.00–367.50	356.83
22	500–550	532	330.00–385.00	357.79
29	550–600	584	332.50–381.00	366.63
8	600–650	625	325.00–355.00	339.69
25	650–700	653	312.50–346.00	340.36
7	700–750	719	322.50–335.00	324.24
4	750–800	769	322.00–325.00	323.53
22	800–850	838	305.00–335.00	320.22
1	850–900	860	310.00	310.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	450–500	490	312.50–347.50	320.90
2	550–600	575	305.00–310.00	307.54
1	600–650	605	275.00	275.00
3	700–750	717	282.50–305.00	296.83
1	850–900	885	295.00	295.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	650–700	655	212.50	212.50
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	550–600	570	240.00	240.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
4	400–450	413	500.00–510.00	507.45
Steers — Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	1000–1050	1,033	280.00	280.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	300–350	335	417.50–425.00	419.85
6	350–400	373	405.00–420.00	413.21
9	400–450	426	372.50–390.00	387.32
20	450–500	470	402.50–417.50	410.73
11	500–550	520	357.50–385.00	376.43
36	550–600	583	370.00–387.50	372.52
13	600–650	623	322.50–342.00	339.90
71	650–700	668	327.50–352.50	335.52
10	700–750	714	332.50	332.50
44	750–800	771	308.00–322.50	315.48
59	800–850	834	320.50	320.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	350–400	353	375.00–380.00	377.49
5	400–450	440	345.00–360.00	347.93
15	450–500	481	340.00–362.50	348.93
10	500–550	524	350.00–370.00	359.10
6	550–600	573	335.00–352.50	344.53
1	600–650	635	322.50	322.50
7	650–700	668	320.00	320.00
4	700–750	704	302.50–312.50	307.52
1	750–800	780	307.50	307.50
13	900–950	911	275.00–285.00	283.44
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	350–400	378	325.00–342.50	334.16
1	500–550	530	317.50	317.50
1	550–600	565	312.50	312.50
1	750–800	785	290.00	290.00
1	800–850	815	295.00	295.00
6	850–900	889	252.50	252.50
Heifers — Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	850–900	851	275.00	275.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	300–350	342	395.00	395.00
1	350–400	385	425.00	425.00
5	450–500	467	365.00	365.00
1	550–600	590	315.00	315.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	550–600	580	267.50	267.50
2	650–700	682	265.00	265.00
3	700–750	703	267.50	267.50

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