Sale reports / Illinois / Fairview Livestock Auction / 2025-05-13

Fairview Livestock Auction

Slaughter Cattle · Fairview, Illinois · Tue, May 13
● Final22 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2049
Receipts
415 head
▼ 46 vs last sale 461▼ 4 vs year ago 419 · −1.0%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week, slaughter steers and heifers sold 6.00 higher. Slaughter cows sold 2.00 to 7.00 higher. Slaughter bulls sold 4.00 lower. No test to last week for slaughter dairy steers. Trade was active with good to very good demand.

Slaughter cattle

By class and quality grade · $/cwt
Cull cows and bulls are graded, not weight-classed — grade is what moves the money here.
ClassGradeDressingAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Bullocks—High1,305200.002,6101thin
Bulls—Low1,704176.613,01025
CowsPremium White 65-75%Average1,535159.952,4554thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%Low1,530153.222,34483
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,230149.241,83642
CowsLean 85-90%High1,000129.581,29510
Dairy SteersChoiceAverage1,655186.503,0879thin
HeifersChoiceAverage1,299229.482,98286
HeifersSelect and ChoiceAverage1,088205.262,2333thin
HeifersSelectAverage995197.501,9651thin
SteersChoiceAverage1,456228.113,322133
SteersSelect and ChoiceAverage1,113211.002,3482thin

Every lot

22 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.
ClassWeightGrade / descriptionAvg wtPriceRangePer headHead
Slaughter Cattle · Steers3 lots · lightest first
Steers—Select and Choice1,113211.00/cwt210.00–212.002,3482
Steers—Choice1,451230.66/cwt222.00–239.003,347124
Steers—Choice1,532192.93/cwt165.00–220.002,9569
Slaughter Cattle · Heifers4 lots · lightest first
Heifers—SelectReturn to Feed995197.50/cwt197.50–197.501,9651
Heifers—Select and Choice1,088205.26/cwt192.50–216.002,2333
Heifers—Choice1,296230.72/cwt220.00–236.502,99081
Heifers—Choice1,356209.41/cwt182.50–218.002,8405
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls3 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,540157.47/cwt142.50–167.502,42511
Bulls——1,705182.43/cwt172.50–195.003,11010
Bulls——2,153214.71/cwt211.00–218.004,6234
Slaughter Cattle · Cows10 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%938123.61/cwt117.50–127.501,1595
Cows—Lean 85-90%Return to Feed965137.83/cwt132.00–150.001,3303
Cows—Boner 80-85%Return to Feed1,129167.02/cwt154.00–215.001,88613
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,205132.13/cwt130.00–135.001,5922
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,254146.43/cwt140.00–153.001,83619
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,316131.48/cwt122.50–139.001,73010
Cows—Premium White 65-75%1,475132.50/cwt132.50–132.501,9541
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,516157.95/cwt151.00–165.002,39561
Cows—Premium White 65-75%1,555169.10/cwt167.00–172.502,6303
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,568140.11/cwt112.50–150.002,19722
Slaughter Cattle · Bullocks1 lot · lightest first
Bullocks——1,305200.00/cwt200.00–200.002,6101
Slaughter Cattle · Dairy Steers1 lot · lightest first
Dairy Steers—Choice1,655186.50/cwt186.50–186.503,0879

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.