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Fairview Livestock Auction

Name: Fairview Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2025-04-01
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-04-01

Slaughter Cattle · Fairview, Illinois · Tue, Apr 1

● Final31 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2049

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Receipts

471 head

▲ 162 vs last sale 309▲ 88 vs year ago 383 · +23.0%

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week, Slaughter steers traded steady. Slaughter heifers sold 4.00 higher. Slaughter cows sold 2.00 to 7.00 higher with Breakers making the larger gains. Slaughter bulls sold 1.00 to 2.00 higher. Trade was active with good demand.

Slaughter cattle

By class and quality grade · $/cwt

Cull cows and bulls are graded, not weight-classed — grade is what moves the money here.

Class	Grade	Dressing	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Bulls	—	Average	1,474	166.88	2,461	34
Cows	Premium White 65-75%	Average	1,580	161.91	2,559	15
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,538	139.13	2,140	74
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,295	137.75	1,784	66
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,040	117.93	1,227	29
Dairy Cows	Lean 85-90%	Low	1,248	110.00	1,372	2thin
Heifers	Choice	Average	1,372	212.28	2,912	84
Heifers	Select	Average	939	188.00	1,765	6thin
Heifers	Select and Choice	Average	1,106	180.12	1,991	10
Steers	Choice	Average	1,485	214.08	3,179	121
Steers	Select	Average	1,127	210.00	2,367	2thin
Steers	Select and Choice	Average	1,347	201.62	2,716	3thin

Every lot

31 lots · USDA AMS · Fairview Sale Barn Slaughter Cattle - 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
Slaughter Cattle · Steers6 lots · lightest first
Steers	—	SelectReturn to Feed	1,127	210.00/cwt	210.00–210.00	2,367	2
Steers	—	Choice	1,346	207.36/cwt	205.00–208.00	2,791	5
Steers	—	Select and Choice	1,347	201.62/cwt	201.00–203.00	2,716	3
Steers	—	Choice	1,483	214.37/cwt	209.00–221.00	3,179	110
Steers	—	Choice	1,532	223.50/cwt	223.50–223.50	3,424	4
Steers	—	ChoiceHeavy Weight	1,853	195.99/cwt	193.00–199.00	3,632	2
Slaughter Cattle · Heifers7 lots · lightest first
Heifers	—	SelectReturn to Feed	859	210.81/cwt	195.00–223.00	1,811	4
Heifers	—	ChoiceLight Weight	985	195.00/cwt	195.00–195.00	1,921	1
Heifers	—	Select and ChoiceReturn to Feed	1,068	187.89/cwt	186.00–190.00	2,007	2
Heifers	—	Select	1,098	142.38/cwt	140.00–145.00	1,563	2
Heifers	—	Select and Choice	1,115	178.18/cwt	170.00–201.00	1,987	8
Heifers	—	Choice	1,337	195.73/cwt	183.00–208.00	2,617	12
Heifers	—	Choice	1,383	215.32/cwt	210.00–220.50	2,978	71
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls4 lots · lightest first
Bulls	—	—Return to Feed	980	176.49/cwt	169.00–182.00	1,730	3
Bulls	—	—	1,398	153.09/cwt	121.00–169.00	2,140	17
Bulls	—	—	1,549	174.04/cwt	170.50–183.00	2,696	8
Bulls	—	—	1,839	191.62/cwt	185.00–196.00	3,524	6
Slaughter Cattle · Cows12 lots · lightest first
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%Return to Feed	885	140.19/cwt	131.00–151.00	1,241	4
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,019	102.47/cwt	91.00–109.00	1,044	7
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,072	117.73/cwt	112.00–123.00	1,262	15
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,138	125.34/cwt	125.00–126.00	1,426	3
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%Return to Feed	1,164	161.53/cwt	150.00–180.00	1,880	10
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,290	136.10/cwt	131.00–143.00	1,756	30
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,336	146.72/cwt	144.00–150.00	1,960	8
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,359	123.30/cwt	107.00–130.00	1,676	18
Cows	—	Premium White 65-75%	1,460	174.14/cwt	173.00–175.00	2,542	2
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,487	148.65/cwt	142.00–156.00	2,210	29
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,571	132.99/cwt	121.00–141.00	2,089	45
Cows	—	Premium White 65-75%	1,599	160.03/cwt	157.00–168.00	2,559	13
Slaughter Cattle · Dairy Cows2 lots · lightest first
Dairy Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,080	109.00/cwt	109.00–109.00	1,177	1
Dairy Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,415	111.00/cwt	111.00–111.00	1,571	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.

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Fairview Sale Barn Slaughter Cattle - Fairview, IL

Tue Apr 1, 2025

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

Receipts 471Last week 309Year ago 383

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
29	—	1,487	142.00–156.00	148.65
45	—	1,571	121.00–141.00	132.99

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90% · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	885	131.00–151.00	140.19

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85% · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	1,164	150.00–180.00	161.53

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
18	—	1,359	107.00–130.00	123.30
30	—	1,290	131.00–143.00	136.10
8	—	1,336	144.00–150.00	146.72

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
15	—	1,072	112.00–123.00	117.73
3	—	1,138	125.00–126.00	125.34
7	—	1,019	91.00–109.00	102.47

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Premium White 65-75%$ per cwt · actual wt
13	—	1,599	157.00–168.00	160.03
2	—	1,460	173.00–175.00	174.14

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Choice · Light Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	985	195.00	195.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Select$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,098	140.00–145.00	142.38

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
71	—	1,383	210.00–220.50	215.32
12	—	1,337	183.00–208.00	195.73

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Select · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	859	195.00–223.00	210.81

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Select and Choice · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,068	186.00–190.00	187.89

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	1,115	170.00–201.00	178.18

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Select · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,127	210.00	210.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Choice · Heavy Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,853	193.00–199.00	195.99

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,346	205.00–208.00	207.36
110	—	1,483	209.00–221.00	214.37
4	—	1,532	223.50	223.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,347	201.00–203.00	201.62

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Dairy Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,080	109.00	109.00
1	—	1,415	111.00	111.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	1,549	170.50–183.00	174.04
6	—	1,839	185.00–196.00	191.62
17	—	1,398	121.00–169.00	153.09

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	980	169.00–182.00	176.49

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.