Name: Fairview Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2026-09-03
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2026-09-03

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Today at Fairview, excessive heat drove a light offering. Demand was good, trade was active.

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $357.89/cwt on 20 head, down $24.80 from the prior sale. That ranks 2 of 13 comparable sales and sits −106.41 against this barn's trailing median of $464.30.

Average price

$357.89

▼ 24.80 vs prior sale

20 head · 567 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,030

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$243

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

$59.97/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+0.00

vs IL average

−13.50 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	553	384.97	2,128	7thin
Medium and Large 1-2	575	344.84	1,981	12thin
Medium and Large 2	580	325.00	1,885	1thin

One grade step is worth $59.97/cwt here — about $243 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

13 sales

Steers 500–600 lb: high $492.86, low $357.89, median $464.30 across 13 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 sale20 hd

357.89

—

IL average1 barns · 20 hd

357.89

+0.00

National average157 barns · 5,984 hd

371.39

−13.50

This barn, trailing median13 sales

464.30

−106.41

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

50 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	300–350	340	390.00/cwt	390.00–390.00	1,326	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	426	375.52/cwt	370.00–380.00	1,600	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	747	319.25/cwt	305.00–321.00	2,385	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	639	315.00/cwt	315.00–315.00	2,013	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	679	328.49/cwt	325.00–335.00	2,230	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	750	312.50/cwt	312.50–312.50	2,344	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	950–1000	980	275.00/cwt	275.00–275.00	2,695	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	700–750	745	255.00/cwt	255.00–255.00	1,900	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	528	319.00/cwt	310.00–325.00	1,684	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	250–300	295	440.00/cwt	440.00–440.00	1,298	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	700–750	705	230.00/cwt	230.00–230.00	1,622	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	350–400	375	285.00/cwt	285.00–285.00	1,069	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	575	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	1,840	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	800–850	805	288.75/cwt	285.00–292.50	2,324	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	525	345.00/cwt	345.00–345.00	1,811	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	492	355.00/cwt	355.00–355.00	1,747	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	850–900	890	285.00/cwt	285.00–285.00	2,537	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	580	325.00/cwt	325.00–325.00	1,885	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	758	310.00/cwt	310.00–310.00	2,350	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	477	345.03/cwt	330.00–355.00	1,646	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	636	340.70/cwt	330.00–350.00	2,167	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	724	316.21/cwt	315.00–320.00	2,289	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	600–650	630	295.00/cwt	295.00–295.00	1,859	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	900–950	910	252.50/cwt	252.50–252.50	2,298	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	776	316.16/cwt	300.00–317.50	2,453	13
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	250–300	270	475.00/cwt	475.00–475.00	1,283	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	350	445.00/cwt	445.00–445.00	1,558	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	627	331.65/cwt	325.00–335.00	2,079	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	598	327.50/cwt	327.50–327.50	1,958	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	600	321.00/cwt	321.00–321.00	1,926	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	360	375.00/cwt	375.00–375.00	1,350	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	685	317.50/cwt	317.50–317.50	2,175	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	531	359.70/cwt	335.00–367.50	1,910	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	484	353.54/cwt	330.00–365.00	1,711	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	698	327.00/cwt	327.00–327.00	2,282	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	579	344.82/cwt	330.00–355.00	1,997	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	403	469.97/cwt	465.00–475.00	1,894	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	250–300	285	485.00/cwt	485.00–485.00	1,382	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	806	311.50/cwt	305.00–318.00	2,511	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	510	365.00/cwt	365.00–365.00	1,862	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	416	423.11/cwt	390.00–450.00	1,760	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	482	400.60/cwt	375.00–415.00	1,931	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	763	335.00/cwt	335.00–335.00	2,556	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	388	385.00/cwt	385.00–385.00	1,494	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	660	352.50/cwt	352.50–352.50	2,327	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	560	388.30/cwt	380.00–392.50	2,174	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	636	346.88/cwt	335.00–352.50	2,206	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	335	470.00/cwt	470.00–470.00	1,575	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	477	453.00/cwt	453.00–453.00	2,161	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	711	346.42/cwt	320.00–352.50	2,463	10

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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Fairview Sale Barn Cattle Special - Fairview, IL

Thu Sep 3, 2026

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Today at Fairview, excessive heat drove a light offering. Demand was good, trade was active.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	300–350	340	390.00	390.00
4	350–400	388	385.00	385.00
7	400–450	426	370.00–380.00	375.52
3	450–500	484	330.00–365.00	353.54
4	500–550	531	335.00–367.50	359.70
4	600–650	639	315.00	315.00
4	650–700	679	325.00–335.00	328.49
9	700–750	747	305.00–321.00	319.25
1	750–800	750	312.50	312.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	550–600	575	320.00	320.00
1	600–650	630	295.00	295.00
2	800–850	805	285.00–292.50	288.75
1	900–950	910	252.50	252.50
2	950–1000	980	275.00	275.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	250–300	295	440.00	440.00
2	350–400	360	375.00	375.00
5	450–500	477	330.00–355.00	345.03
5	500–550	528	310.00–325.00	319.00
3	550–600	598	327.50	327.50
1	600–650	600	321.00	321.00
2	650–700	698	327.00	327.00
1	750–800	758	310.00	310.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	700–750	705	230.00	230.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	550–600	580	325.00	325.00
1	700–750	745	255.00	255.00
1	850–900	890	285.00	285.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	350–400	375	285.00	285.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	250–300	270	475.00	475.00
3	450–500	492	355.00	355.00
1	500–550	525	345.00	345.00
11	550–600	579	330.00–355.00	344.82
6	600–650	636	330.00–350.00	340.70
1	650–700	685	317.50	317.50
4	700–750	724	315.00–320.00	316.21
13	750–800	776	300.00–317.50	316.16
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	300–350	335	470.00	470.00
2	400–450	403	465.00–475.00	469.97
8	450–500	477	453.00	453.00
1	500–550	510	365.00	365.00
6	550–600	560	380.00–392.50	388.30
8	600–650	636	335.00–352.50	346.88
4	650–700	660	352.50	352.50
10	700–750	711	320.00–352.50	346.42
2	750–800	763	335.00	335.00
10	800–850	806	305.00–318.00	311.50
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	250–300	285	485.00	485.00
1	350–400	350	445.00	445.00
4	400–450	416	390.00–450.00	423.11
12	450–500	482	375.00–415.00	400.60
3	600–650	627	325.00–335.00	331.65

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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