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Fairview Livestock Auction

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

Feeder Cattle · Fairview, Illinois · Thu, Aug 20

● Final67 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2048

← Jul 16Aug 20Sep 3 →

Receipts

1,167 head

▲ 380 vs last sale 787▲ 1,167 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago

Also sold hereSlaughter/Replacement CattleTue Oct 27, 2026 Replacement Cattle Special

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

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

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 $382.70/cwt on 92 head, down $19.48 from the prior sale. That ranks 2 of 11 comparable sales and sits −76.75 against this barn's trailing median of $459.44.

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

−14.08 vs national

Price by quality 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.

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 average147 barns · 5,729 hd

396.78

−14.08

This barn, trailing median11 sales

459.44

−76.75

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

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. 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 · Steers32 lots · lightest first
Steers	300–350	Medium and Large 1	332	555.00/cwt	555.00–555.00	1,843	2
Steers	350–400	Medium and Large 1-2	370	360.00/cwt	360.00–360.00	1,332	1
Steers	350–400	Medium and Large 1	379	453.82/cwt	432.50–462.50	1,720	4
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 1Fancy	413	507.45/cwt	500.00–510.00	2,096	4
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	415	447.36/cwt	410.00–475.00	1,857	6
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 1-2	442	356.83/cwt	322.00–367.50	1,577	5
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	472	435.54/cwt	420.00–485.00	2,056	19
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 2	490	320.90/cwt	312.50–347.50	1,572	4
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	516	421.77/cwt	387.50–440.00	2,176	19
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2	532	357.79/cwt	330.00–385.00	1,903	22
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 3	570	240.00/cwt	240.00–240.00	1,368	1
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 2	575	307.54/cwt	305.00–310.00	1,768	2
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2	584	366.63/cwt	332.50–381.00	2,141	29
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	586	412.40/cwt	393.00–435.00	2,417	19
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 2	605	275.00/cwt	275.00–275.00	1,664	1
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1-2	625	339.69/cwt	325.00–355.00	2,123	8
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	629	387.11/cwt	365.00–407.50	2,435	46
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1-2	653	340.36/cwt	312.50–346.00	2,223	25
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 2-3	655	212.50/cwt	212.50–212.50	1,392	1
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	693	371.73/cwt	352.00–379.00	2,576	35
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 2	717	296.83/cwt	282.50–305.00	2,128	3
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 1-2	719	324.24/cwt	322.50–335.00	2,331	7
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 1	731	371.36/cwt	355.00–374.00	2,715	17
Steers	750–800	Medium and Large 1-2	769	323.53/cwt	322.00–325.00	2,488	4
Steers	750–800	Medium and Large 1	787	336.00/cwt	336.00–336.00	2,644	2
Steers	800–850	Medium and Large 1	837	346.20/cwt	328.00–350.00	2,898	85
Steers	800–850	Medium and Large 1-2	838	320.22/cwt	305.00–335.00	2,683	22
Steers	850–900	Medium and Large 1-2	860	310.00/cwt	310.00–310.00	2,666	1
Steers	850–900	Medium and Large 1	885	325.13/cwt	320.00–335.50	2,877	233
Steers	850–900	Medium and Large 2	885	295.00/cwt	295.00–295.00	2,611	1
Steers	900–950	Medium and Large 1	915	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	2,928	55
Steers	1000–1050	Large 1-2	1,033	280.00/cwt	280.00–280.00	2,892	3
Feeder Cattle · Heifers28 lots · lightest first
Heifers	300–350	Medium and Large 1	335	419.85/cwt	417.50–425.00	1,406	3
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 1-2	353	377.49/cwt	375.00–380.00	1,333	3
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 1	373	413.21/cwt	405.00–420.00	1,541	6
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 2	378	334.16/cwt	325.00–342.50	1,263	2
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	426	387.32/cwt	372.50–390.00	1,650	9
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1-2	440	347.93/cwt	345.00–360.00	1,531	5
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	470	410.73/cwt	402.50–417.50	1,930	20
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1-2	481	348.93/cwt	340.00–362.50	1,678	15
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	520	376.43/cwt	357.50–385.00	1,957	11
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2	524	359.10/cwt	350.00–370.00	1,882	10
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 2	530	317.50/cwt	317.50–317.50	1,683	1
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 2	565	312.50/cwt	312.50–312.50	1,766	1
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2	573	344.53/cwt	335.00–352.50	1,974	6
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	583	372.52/cwt	370.00–387.50	2,172	36
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	623	339.90/cwt	322.50–342.00	2,118	13
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1-2	635	322.50/cwt	322.50–322.50	2,048	1
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	668	335.52/cwt	327.50–352.50	2,241	71
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1-2	668	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	2,138	7
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 1-2	704	307.52/cwt	302.50–312.50	2,165	4
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 1	714	332.50/cwt	332.50–332.50	2,374	10
Heifers	750–800	Medium and Large 1	771	315.48/cwt	308.00–322.50	2,432	44
Heifers	750–800	Medium and Large 1-2	780	307.50/cwt	307.50–307.50	2,399	1
Heifers	750–800	Medium and Large 2	785	290.00/cwt	290.00–290.00	2,277	1
Heifers	800–850	Medium and Large 2	815	295.00/cwt	295.00–295.00	2,404	1
Heifers	800–850	Medium and Large 1	834	320.50/cwt	320.50–320.50	2,673	59
Heifers	850–900	Large 1-2	851	275.00/cwt	275.00–275.00	2,340	3
Heifers	850–900	Medium and Large 2	889	252.50/cwt	252.50–252.50	2,245	6
Heifers	900–950	Medium and Large 1-2	911	283.44/cwt	275.00–285.00	2,582	13
Feeder Cattle · Bulls7 lots · lightest first
Bulls	300–350	Medium and Large 1-2	342	395.00/cwt	395.00–395.00	1,351	2
Bulls	350–400	Medium and Large 1-2	385	425.00/cwt	425.00–425.00	1,636	1
Bulls	450–500	Medium and Large 1-2	467	365.00/cwt	365.00–365.00	1,705	5
Bulls	550–600	Medium and Large 2	580	267.50/cwt	267.50–267.50	1,552	1
Bulls	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2	590	315.00/cwt	315.00–315.00	1,859	1
Bulls	650–700	Medium and Large 2	682	265.00/cwt	265.00–265.00	1,807	2
Bulls	700–750	Medium and Large 2	703	267.50/cwt	267.50–267.50	1,881	3

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 Aug 20, 2026

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

Receipts 1,167Last week 787Year ago 0

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

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	1000–1050	1,033	280.00	280.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
4	400–450	413	500.00–510.00	507.45

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
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

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	550–600	570	240.00	240.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	650–700	655	212.50	212.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
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

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
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

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	850–900	851	275.00	275.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
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

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
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

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
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

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
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

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.