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Fairview Livestock Auction

Name: Fairview Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2026-07-21
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2026-07-21

Slaughter Cattle · Fairview, Illinois · Tue, Jul 21

● Final19 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2049

← Jul 14Jul 21Aug 4 →

Receipts

255 head

▼ 115 vs last sale 370▼ 242 vs year ago 497 · −48.7%

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week, slaughter steers and heifers sold 7.00 to 8.00 lower. Slaughter cows sold 4.00 to 8.00 higher. A light number of average dressing bulls while a large number of the slaughter bulls offered were high dressing made it hard to call the market. Trade was active with low demand on slaughter steers and heifers, but good on slaughter cows.

Most of the cows had been fed.

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
Beef/Dairy Steers	Choice	Average	1,487	233.61	3,474	15
Bulls	—	High	1,848	237.13	4,382	11
Cows	Premium White 65-75%	Average	1,504	199.02	2,993	8thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,582	181.27	2,868	14
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,283	181.18	2,324	11
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,070	178.72	1,912	4thin
Dairy Cows	Premium White 65-75%	Average	1,360	206.00	2,802	2thin
Heifers	Choice	Average	1,414	231.58	3,274	44
Steers	Choice	Low	1,464	235.70	3,452	125
Steers	Select and Choice	Average	1,210	223.09	2,699	3thin
Steers	Select	Average	1,115	185.00	2,063	1thin

Every lot

19 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 · Steers4 lots · lightest first
Steers	—	Select	1,115	185.00/cwt	185.00–185.00	2,063	1
Steers	—	Select and Choice	1,210	223.09/cwt	214.00–229.00	2,699	3
Steers	—	Choice	1,403	221.60/cwt	210.00–228.00	3,109	5
Steers	—	Choice	1,467	236.29/cwt	230.00–239.50	3,466	120
Slaughter Cattle · Heifers2 lots · lightest first
Heifers	—	Choice	1,344	217.24/cwt	207.50–221.00	2,920	7
Heifers	—	Choice	1,427	234.29/cwt	228.50–238.50	3,343	37
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls3 lots · lightest first
Bulls	—	—	1,558	213.16/cwt	202.50–222.50	3,321	2
Bulls	—	—	1,593	211.68/cwt	210.00–212.50	3,372	3
Bulls	—	—	2,072	257.85/cwt	240.00–265.00	5,343	6
Slaughter Cattle · Cows8 lots · lightest first
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%Return to Feed	975	189.96/cwt	161.00–211.00	1,852	3
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%Return to Feed	1,260	191.59/cwt	189.00–194.00	2,414	2
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,266	177.11/cwt	170.00–180.00	2,242	7
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,355	145.00/cwt	145.00–145.00	1,965	1
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,365	185.00/cwt	185.00–185.00	2,525	2
Cows	—	Premium White 65-75%	1,504	199.02/cwt	192.00–204.00	2,993	8
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,581	185.36/cwt	180.00–189.00	2,931	10
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,585	171.06/cwt	162.00–177.00	2,711	4
Slaughter Cattle · Beef/Dairy Steers1 lot · lightest first
Beef/Dairy Steers	—	Choice	1,487	233.61/cwt	232.50–234.50	3,474	15
Slaughter Cattle · Dairy Cows1 lot · lightest first
Dairy Cows	—	Premium White 65-75%	1,360	206.00/cwt	206.00–206.00	2,802	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.

Illinois feeder prices, every weight →Every state and region →

Fairview Sale Barn Slaughter Cattle - Fairview, IL

Tue Jul 21, 2026

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

Receipts 255Last week 370Year ago 497

Most of the cows had been fed.

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Beef/Dairy Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
15	—	1,487	232.50–234.50	233.61

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	1,581	180.00–189.00	185.36
4	—	1,585	162.00–177.00	171.06

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Premium White 65-75%$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	1,504	192.00–204.00	199.02

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85% · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,260	189.00–194.00	191.59

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,365	185.00	185.00
7	—	1,266	170.00–180.00	177.11

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,355	145.00	145.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90% · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	975	161.00–211.00	189.96

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
37	—	1,427	228.50–238.50	234.29
7	—	1,344	207.50–221.00	217.24

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Dairy Cows — Premium White 65-75%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,360	206.00	206.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,403	210.00–228.00	221.60
120	—	1,467	230.00–239.50	236.29

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,210	214.00–229.00	223.09

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Select$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,115	185.00	185.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	2,072	240.00–265.00	257.85
3	—	1,593	210.00–212.50	211.68
2	—	1,558	202.50–222.50	213.16

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.