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Fairview Livestock Auction

Name: Fairview Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2026-08-18
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2026-08-18

Slaughter Cattle · Fairview, Illinois · Tue, Aug 18

● Final21 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2049

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Receipts

219 head

▼ 4 vs last sale 223▼ 49 vs year ago 268 · −18.3%

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Today at Fairview, slaughter steers and heifers traded lower 14.00. Slaughter cows on mixed trading, breaker/boners lower 7.00 with leans higher 5.00 on a light supply. Slaughter bulls traded lower 6.00. Demand was moderate on mostly active trading.

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	—	Low	1,523	205.42	3,129	21
Cows	Premium White 65-75%	Average	1,623	191.00	3,100	2thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,542	177.30	2,734	17
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,331	167.00	2,224	9thin
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Low	1,123	149.83	1,682	14
Dairy Cows	Lean 85-90%	Low	1,690	120.00	2,028	2thin
Heifers	Choice	Average	1,366	218.95	2,991	33
Heifers	Select and Choice	Average	1,110	200.00	2,220	1thin
Heifers	Select	Average	1,438	174.15	2,504	3thin
Steers	Choice	Average	1,462	218.59	3,196	100
Steers	Select and Choice	Average	1,172	194.00	2,273	3thin

Every lot

21 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 and ChoiceReturn to Feed	1,070	193.00/cwt	192.00–194.00	2,065	2
Steers	—	Select and Choice	1,375	196.00/cwt	196.00–196.00	2,695	1
Steers	—	Choice	1,458	218.84/cwt	213.50–226.50	3,191	97
Steers	—	Choice	1,601	210.40/cwt	209.00–211.00	3,369	3
Slaughter Cattle · Heifers3 lots · lightest first
Heifers	—	Select and Choice	1,110	200.00/cwt	200.00–200.00	2,220	1
Heifers	—	Choice	1,366	218.95/cwt	212.50–225.00	2,991	33
Heifers	—	Select	1,438	174.15/cwt	171.00–177.50	2,504	3
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls4 lots · lightest first
Bulls	—	—Return to Feed	733	183.81/cwt	147.50–217.50	1,347	2
Bulls	—	—Return to Feed	935	205.82/cwt	187.50–232.50	1,924	3
Bulls	—	—	1,525	180.11/cwt	175.00–192.50	2,747	3
Bulls	—	—	1,780	214.50/cwt	190.00–242.50	3,818	13
Slaughter Cattle · Cows8 lots · lightest first
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,042	133.42/cwt	130.00–137.50	1,390	3
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,138	161.96/cwt	161.00–163.00	1,843	2
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,146	152.60/cwt	142.50–163.00	1,749	9
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,255	170.00/cwt	170.00–170.00	2,134	1
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,341	166.63/cwt	163.00–172.00	2,235	8
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,475	166.00/cwt	166.00–166.00	2,449	1
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,546	178.01/cwt	166.00–187.00	2,752	16
Cows	—	Premium White 65-75%	1,623	191.00/cwt	191.00–191.00	3,100	2
Slaughter Cattle · Dairy Cows2 lots · lightest first
Dairy Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,675	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	2,345	1
Dairy Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,705	100.00/cwt	100.00–100.00	1,705	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 Aug 18, 2026

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

Receipts 219Last week 223Year ago 268

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
97	—	1,458	213.50–226.50	218.84
3	—	1,601	209.00–211.00	210.40

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,375	196.00	196.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Select and Choice · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,070	192.00–194.00	193.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,110	200.00	200.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
33	—	1,366	212.50–225.00	218.95

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Select$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,438	171.00–177.50	174.15

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
16	—	1,546	166.00–187.00	178.01
1	—	1,475	166.00	166.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Premium White 65-75%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,623	191.00	191.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	1,341	163.00–172.00	166.63
1	—	1,255	170.00	170.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,042	130.00–137.50	133.42
2	—	1,138	161.00–163.00	161.96
9	—	1,146	142.50–163.00	152.60

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	733	147.50–217.50	183.81
3	—	935	187.50–232.50	205.82

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,525	175.00–192.50	180.11
13	—	1,780	190.00–242.50	214.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Dairy Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,705	100.00	100.00
1	—	1,675	140.00	140.00

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.