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Fairview Livestock Auction

Name: Fairview Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2025-12-02
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-12-02

Slaughter Cattle · Fairview, Illinois · Tue, Dec 2

● Final20 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2049

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Receipts

218 head

▼ 89 vs last sale 307▼ 222 vs year ago 440 · −50.5%

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Today at Fairview, slaughter steers and heifers traded higher 11.00. Slaughter cows traded higher 8.00-10.00 with slaughter bulls trading lower 5.00 on a limited run. Winter weather in western Illinois drove a light offering. Active trade on 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	1,849	180.87	3,344	12
Cows	Premium White 65-75%	High	1,358	185.10	2,513	18
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	High	1,504	170.17	2,560	39
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Low	1,382	151.86	2,098	47
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,214	128.19	1,556	19
Dairy Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,493	121.41	1,813	2thin
Heifers	Choice	Low	1,431	221.68	3,173	22
Steers	Choice	Low	1,554	221.19	3,437	54

Every lot

20 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 · Steers2 lots · lightest first
Steers	—	Choice	1,235	205.32/cwt	200.00–211.00	2,536	2
Steers	—	Choice	1,566	221.80/cwt	215.00–227.00	3,473	52
Slaughter Cattle · Heifers2 lots · lightest first
Heifers	—	Choice	1,225	210.00/cwt	210.00–210.00	2,573	1
Heifers	—	Choice	1,441	222.24/cwt	216.00–228.00	3,202	21
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls3 lots · lightest first
Bulls	—	—	1,623	168.70/cwt	167.50–170.00	2,738	2
Bulls	—	—	1,867	188.12/cwt	170.00–200.00	3,512	9
Bulls	—	—	2,140	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	2,996	1
Slaughter Cattle · Cows12 lots · lightest first
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%Return to Feed	865	112.50/cwt	112.50–112.50	973	1
Cows	—	Premium White 65-75%Return to Feed	955	189.00/cwt	189.00–189.00	1,805	1
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,135	153.00/cwt	153.00–153.00	1,737	1
Cows	—	Premium White 65-75%	1,213	194.66/cwt	181.00–202.00	2,361	4
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,231	134.86/cwt	112.50–147.00	1,660	13
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,266	104.25/cwt	90.00–115.00	1,320	4
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,350	171.00/cwt	171.00–171.00	2,309	1
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,377	153.26/cwt	139.00–164.00	2,110	44
Cows	—	Premium White 65-75%	1,433	181.86/cwt	173.00–197.00	2,606	13
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,448	131.26/cwt	120.00–145.00	1,901	3
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,500	170.34/cwt	155.00–178.00	2,555	37
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%Heavy Weight	1,825	163.00/cwt	163.00–163.00	2,975	1
Slaughter Cattle · Dairy Cows1 lot · lightest first
Dairy Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,493	121.41/cwt	112.50–130.00	1,813	2

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 Dec 2, 2025

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

Receipts 218Last week 307Year ago 440

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,350	171.00	171.00
37	—	1,500	155.00–178.00	170.34

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Premium White 65-75% · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	955	189.00	189.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Premium White 65-75%$ per cwt · actual wt
13	—	1,433	173.00–197.00	181.86
4	—	1,213	181.00–202.00	194.66

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Breaker 75-80% · Heavy Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,825	163.00	163.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90% · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	865	112.50	112.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,448	120.00–145.00	131.26
44	—	1,377	139.00–164.00	153.26

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,135	153.00	153.00
4	—	1,266	90.00–115.00	104.25
13	—	1,231	112.50–147.00	134.86

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	1,867	170.00–200.00	188.12
1	—	2,140	140.00	140.00
2	—	1,623	167.50–170.00	168.70

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Dairy Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,493	112.50–130.00	121.41

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,235	200.00–211.00	205.32
52	—	1,566	215.00–227.00	221.80

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,225	210.00	210.00
21	—	1,441	216.00–228.00	222.24

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.