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Fairview Livestock Auction

Name: Fairview Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2026-04-02
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2026-04-02

Feeder Cattle · Fairview, Illinois · Thu, Apr 2

● Final91 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2048

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Receipts

1,465 head

▲ 157 vs last sale 1,308▼ 135 vs year ago 1,600 · −8.4%

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Today at Fairview, a well conditioned, pasture ready offering was met with active trade on very good demand.

Weight class — the figures below change to match

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $482.87/cwt on 152 head, up $18.57 from the prior sale. That ranks 10 of 11 comparable sales and sits +23.42 against this barn's trailing median of $459.44.

Average price

$482.87

▲ 18.57 vs prior sale

152 head · 558 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,692

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$1,147

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

$211.66/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+4.50

vs IL average

−0.31 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	557	498.35	2,775	126
Medium and Large 1-2	562	437.04	2,455	16thin
Medium and Large 2	555	392.89	2,181	7thin
Medium and Large 3	568	286.69	1,628	3thin

One grade step is worth $211.66/cwt here — about $1,147 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 400–500 lb. USDA reports each grade on its own line and never publishes the spread.

How it compared 500–600 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only

This sale152 hd

482.87

—

IL average2 barns · 163 hd

478.36

+4.50

National average169 barns · 10,003 hd

483.18

−0.31

This barn, trailing median11 sales

459.44

+23.42

A barn can sit above the state average at one weight and below it at another — check the class you actually sell.

This barn's trailing prices 500–600 lb

11 sales

Steers 500–600 lb: high $492.86, low $357.89, median $459.44 across 11 sales. Sales under 10 head in this class are excluded, so a thin day cannot swing the median or the ranking.

Every lot

91 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. Grouped by class and set lightest first; USDA files them in sale-ring order.

Class	Weight	Grade / description	Avg wt	Price	Range	Per head	Head
Feeder Cattle · Steers48 lots · lightest first
Steers	250–300	Medium and Large 1	265	650.00/cwt	650.00–650.00	1,723	1
Steers	250–300	Medium and Large 1-2	278	504.59/cwt	490.00–520.00	1,403	2
Steers	300–350	Medium and Large 3	300	355.00/cwt	355.00–355.00	1,065	1
Steers	300–350	Medium and Large 1Fancy	317	630.00/cwt	630.00–630.00	1,997	2
Steers	300–350	Medium and Large 1	335	545.00/cwt	545.00–545.00	1,826	4
Steers	350–400	Medium and Large 1-2	365	469.20/cwt	457.50–480.00	1,713	6
Steers	350–400	Medium and Large 1	371	532.21/cwt	525.00–550.00	1,974	7
Steers	350–400	Medium and Large 2	385	382.50/cwt	382.50–382.50	1,473	1
Steers	350–400	Medium and Large 1Fancy	390	625.00/cwt	625.00–625.00	2,438	2
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 3	410	352.50/cwt	352.50–352.50	1,445	1
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 1Fancy	415	620.69/cwt	620.00–625.00	2,576	14
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 1-2	427	485.05/cwt	430.00–505.00	2,071	11
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	433	554.86/cwt	550.00–560.00	2,403	4
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 2	435	355.00/cwt	355.00–355.00	1,544	1
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 3	460	325.00/cwt	325.00–325.00	1,495	1
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 2	467	325.00/cwt	325.00–325.00	1,518	2
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1-2	479	444.79/cwt	387.50–482.50	2,131	15
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	480	546.87/cwt	535.00–550.00	2,625	18
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2	517	443.66/cwt	435.00–455.00	2,294	3
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	523	505.39/cwt	465.00–524.00	2,643	29
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 2	531	385.02/cwt	370.00–395.00	2,044	3
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	567	496.25/cwt	472.00–511.00	2,814	97
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 3	568	286.69/cwt	285.00–290.00	1,628	3
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2	572	435.51/cwt	410.00–460.00	2,491	13
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 2	573	398.80/cwt	380.00–410.00	2,285	4
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 2	615	290.00/cwt	290.00–290.00	1,784	1
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	629	450.23/cwt	415.00–458.00	2,832	56
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1-2	630	398.83/cwt	393.00–410.00	2,513	8
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1Fancy	634	473.00/cwt	473.00–473.00	2,999	22
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 3	660	235.00/cwt	235.00–235.00	1,551	1
Steers	650–700	Large 1-2	677	358.53/cwt	355.00–375.00	2,427	10
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1-2	685	387.75/cwt	387.50–388.00	2,656	6
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	689	411.78/cwt	411.00–412.00	2,837	35
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 1-2	729	364.28/cwt	332.50–372.50	2,656	20
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 1	731	386.34/cwt	384.00–393.00	2,824	59
Steers	750–800	Medium and Large 1	758	386.00/cwt	386.00–386.00	2,926	35
Steers	750–800	Medium and Large 1-2	760	354.12/cwt	342.50–360.00	2,691	16
Steers	750–800	Large 1-2	775	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	2,713	1
Steers	800–850	Medium and Large 1-2	812	329.18/cwt	320.00–342.50	2,673	3
Steers	800–850	Medium and Large 1	821	363.63/cwt	350.00–377.00	2,985	76
Steers	800–850	Large 1-2	830	295.00/cwt	295.00–295.00	2,449	1
Steers	850–900	Medium and Large 1-2	873	332.35/cwt	325.00–340.00	2,901	2
Steers	850–900	Medium and Large 1	877	352.08/cwt	335.00–362.50	3,088	220
Steers	850–900	Large 1-2	885	317.50/cwt	317.50–317.50	2,810	3
Steers	900–950	Medium and Large 1	907	351.13/cwt	345.00–354.50	3,185	94
Steers	900–950	Medium and Large 1-2	913	315.84/cwt	309.00–322.50	2,884	2
Steers	950–1000	Medium and Large 1-2	997	290.00/cwt	290.00–290.00	2,891	2
Steers	1050–1100	Medium and Large 1	1,050	321.00/cwt	321.00–321.00	3,371	1
Feeder Cattle · Heifers38 lots · lightest first
Heifers	0–50	Medium and Large 2	40	370.00/cwt	370.00–370.00	148	1
Heifers	200–250	Medium and Large 1-2	220	590.00/cwt	590.00–590.00	1,298	1
Heifers	200–250	Medium and Large 1	225	613.89/cwt	560.00–640.00	1,381	3
Heifers	250–300	Medium and Large 1-2	280	500.00/cwt	500.00–500.00	1,400	2
Heifers	300–350	Medium and Large 1-2	305	460.00/cwt	460.00–460.00	1,403	1
Heifers	300–350	Medium and Large 1	309	525.00/cwt	525.00–525.00	1,622	5
Heifers	300–350	Medium and Large 3	313	311.20/cwt	280.00–345.00	974	2
Heifers	300–350	Medium and Large 2	341	374.94/cwt	360.00–405.00	1,279	3
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 1-2	369	427.68/cwt	395.00–455.00	1,578	4
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 1	374	497.50/cwt	497.50–497.50	1,861	15
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 3	375	316.17/cwt	310.00–322.50	1,186	2
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	415	478.92/cwt	407.50–490.00	1,988	11
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 2	422	364.51/cwt	350.00–385.00	1,538	6
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1-2	425	418.33/cwt	400.00–430.00	1,778	20
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1-2	466	417.07/cwt	380.00–440.00	1,944	6
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 2	486	355.73/cwt	325.00–375.00	1,729	4
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	492	432.50/cwt	432.50–432.50	2,128	5
Heifers	500–550	Large 2	515	305.00/cwt	305.00–305.00	1,571	1
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	517	435.00/cwt	435.00–435.00	2,249	5
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2	521	401.72/cwt	390.00–417.50	2,093	7
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 2	526	348.92/cwt	305.00–370.00	1,835	5
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	555	425.13/cwt	422.50–430.00	2,359	23
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2	565	403.80/cwt	385.00–415.00	2,281	6
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 2	575	375.74/cwt	345.00–385.00	2,161	16
Heifers	550–600	Large 2	580	355.00/cwt	355.00–355.00	2,059	1
Heifers	600–650	Large 1	620	397.50/cwt	397.50–397.50	2,465	1
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	630	391.90/cwt	367.50–408.00	2,469	82
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	661	367.73/cwt	342.50–383.00	2,431	12
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1-2	681	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	2,384	12
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 1-2	722	352.69/cwt	335.00–363.00	2,546	4
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 1	723	371.93/cwt	355.00–399.00	2,689	62
Heifers	700–750	Large 1	728	370.00/cwt	370.00–370.00	2,694	4
Heifers	750–800	Large 1	750	345.00/cwt	345.00–345.00	2,588	1
Heifers	750–800	Medium and Large 1	759	356.52/cwt	345.00–360.00	2,706	5
Heifers	750–800	Medium and Large 1-2	770	327.50/cwt	327.50–327.50	2,522	1
Heifers	800–850	Medium and Large 1	828	349.95/cwt	341.00–369.00	2,898	82
Heifers	850–900	Medium and Large 1-2	885	330.00/cwt	330.00–330.00	2,921	1
Heifers	950–1000	Medium and Large 2	980	265.00/cwt	265.00–265.00	2,597	2
Feeder Cattle · Bulls4 lots · lightest first
Bulls	250–300	Medium and Large 2	270	352.50/cwt	352.50–352.50	952	2
Bulls	350–400	Medium and Large 2	370	397.50/cwt	397.50–397.50	1,471	1
Bulls	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2	508	417.50/cwt	417.50–417.50	2,121	3
Bulls	800–850	Medium and Large 2	810	272.50/cwt	272.50–272.50	2,207	1
Feeder Cattle · Cows1 lot · lightest first
Cows	450–500	Small and Medium 1-2	460	510.00/cwt	510.00–510.00	2,346	1

This sale against other markets

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 →

Fairview Sale Barn Cattle Special - Fairview, IL

Thu Apr 2, 2026

USDA Livestock, Poultry & Grain Market News · Federal-State Market News Service, Springfield, IL (LS-GX)

Receipts 1,465Last week 1,308Year ago 1,600

Today at Fairview, a well conditioned, pasture ready offering was met with active trade on very good demand.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	350–400	385	382.50	382.50
1	400–450	435	355.00	355.00
2	450–500	467	325.00	325.00
3	500–550	531	370.00–395.00	385.02
4	550–600	573	380.00–410.00	398.80
1	600–650	615	290.00	290.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	250–300	278	490.00–520.00	504.59
6	350–400	365	457.50–480.00	469.20
11	400–450	427	430.00–505.00	485.05
15	450–500	479	387.50–482.50	444.79
3	500–550	517	435.00–455.00	443.66
13	550–600	572	410.00–460.00	435.51
8	600–650	630	393.00–410.00	398.83
6	650–700	685	387.50–388.00	387.75
20	700–750	729	332.50–372.50	364.28
16	750–800	760	342.50–360.00	354.12
3	800–850	812	320.00–342.50	329.18
2	850–900	873	325.00–340.00	332.35
2	900–950	913	309.00–322.50	315.84
2	950–1000	997	290.00	290.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	300–350	300	355.00	355.00
1	400–450	410	352.50	352.50
1	450–500	460	325.00	325.00
3	550–600	568	285.00–290.00	286.69
1	650–700	660	235.00	235.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
10	650–700	677	355.00–375.00	358.53
1	750–800	775	350.00	350.00
1	800–850	830	295.00	295.00
3	850–900	885	317.50	317.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
2	300–350	317	630.00	630.00
2	350–400	390	625.00	625.00
14	400–450	415	620.00–625.00	620.69
22	600–650	634	473.00	473.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	250–300	265	650.00	650.00
4	300–350	335	545.00	545.00
7	350–400	371	525.00–550.00	532.21
4	400–450	433	550.00–560.00	554.86
18	450–500	480	535.00–550.00	546.87
29	500–550	523	465.00–524.00	505.39
97	550–600	567	472.00–511.00	496.25
56	600–650	629	415.00–458.00	450.23
35	650–700	689	411.00–412.00	411.78
59	700–750	731	384.00–393.00	386.34
35	750–800	758	386.00	386.00
76	800–850	821	350.00–377.00	363.63
220	850–900	877	335.00–362.50	352.08
94	900–950	907	345.00–354.50	351.13
1	1050–1100	1,050	321.00	321.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	250–300	270	352.50	352.50
1	350–400	370	397.50	397.50
1	800–850	810	272.50	272.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	500–550	508	417.50	417.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	0–50	40	370.00	370.00
3	300–350	341	360.00–405.00	374.94
6	400–450	422	350.00–385.00	364.51
4	450–500	486	325.00–375.00	355.73
5	500–550	526	305.00–370.00	348.92
16	550–600	575	345.00–385.00	375.74
2	950–1000	980	265.00	265.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	200–250	220	590.00	590.00
2	250–300	280	500.00	500.00
1	300–350	305	460.00	460.00
4	350–400	369	395.00–455.00	427.68
20	400–450	425	400.00–430.00	418.33
6	450–500	466	380.00–440.00	417.07
7	500–550	521	390.00–417.50	401.72
6	550–600	565	385.00–415.00	403.80
12	650–700	681	350.00	350.00
4	700–750	722	335.00–363.00	352.69
1	750–800	770	327.50	327.50
1	850–900	885	330.00	330.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	300–350	313	280.00–345.00	311.20
2	350–400	375	310.00–322.50	316.17

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	500–550	515	305.00	305.00
1	550–600	580	355.00	355.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	600–650	620	397.50	397.50
4	700–750	728	370.00	370.00
1	750–800	750	345.00	345.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	200–250	225	560.00–640.00	613.89
5	300–350	309	525.00	525.00
15	350–400	374	497.50	497.50
11	400–450	415	407.50–490.00	478.92
5	450–500	492	432.50	432.50
5	500–550	517	435.00	435.00
23	550–600	555	422.50–430.00	425.13
82	600–650	630	367.50–408.00	391.90
12	650–700	661	342.50–383.00	367.73
62	700–750	723	355.00–399.00	371.93
5	750–800	759	345.00–360.00	356.52
82	800–850	828	341.00–369.00	349.95

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Small and Medium 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	450–500	460	510.00	510.00

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.