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Fairview Livestock Auction

Name: Fairview Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2019-10-31
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2019-10-31

Feeder Cattle · Fairview, Illinois · Thu, Oct 31

● Final78 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2048

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Receipts

1,226 head

▼ 657 vs last sale 1,883▲ 1,226 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago

Also sold hereSlaughter/Replacement CattleTue Nov 3, 2026 Replacement Cattle Special

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Special unrestricted feeder cattle sale of which most all were weaned with at least one round of shots. Trade was active with good demand.

Weight class — the figures below change to match

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb steers averaged $152.65/cwt on 756 head.

Average price

$152.65

756 head · 624 lb average

Value per head Derived

$953

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$329

per head · Large 1-2 over Medium and Large 2

$29.86/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+11.50

vs IL average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Large 1-2	630	153.86	969	721
Large 1	577	129.67	748	12thin
Large 2	477	127.30	607	20
Medium and Large 2	516	124.00	640	3thin

One grade step is worth $29.86/cwt here — about $329 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 0–100 lb. USDA reports each grade on its own line and never publishes the spread.

How it compared 0–100 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only

This sale756 hd

152.65

—

IL average3 barns · 1,007 hd

141.15

+11.50

A barn can sit above the state average at one weight and below it at another — check the class you actually sell.

Every lot

78 lots · USDA AMS · Fairview Sale Barn Cattle Special - 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
Feeder Cattle · Steers32 lots · lightest first
Steers	—	Large 1-2	258	156.94/cwt	150.00–160.00	405	7
Steers	—	Large 2	275	104.87/cwt	101.00–112.00	288	3
Steers	—	Large 1-2	316	180.11/cwt	155.00–189.00	569	17
Steers	—	Large 2	330	141.89/cwt	133.00–150.00	468	2
Steers	—	Large 1-2	372	167.81/cwt	151.00–172.00	624	39
Steers	—	Large 1	390	131.00/cwt	131.00–131.00	511	1
Steers	—	Large 1	410	132.00/cwt	132.00–132.00	541	1
Steers	—	Large 2	418	139.02/cwt	133.00–140.00	581	7
Steers	—	Large 1-2	423	164.39/cwt	155.00–170.00	695	30
Steers	—	Large 1-2	474	164.33/cwt	152.00–173.50	779	68
Steers	—	Large 2	475	133.19/cwt	120.00–140.00	633	3
Steers	—	Large 1	490	136.56/cwt	131.00–142.00	669	2
Steers	—	Large 1	505	136.00/cwt	136.00–136.00	687	1
Steers	—	Large 2	505	126.00/cwt	121.00–131.00	636	2
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2	516	124.00/cwt	124.00–124.00	640	3
Steers	—	Large 1-2	526	154.87/cwt	140.00–163.50	815	65
Steers	—	Large 1-2	572	149.10/cwt	141.00–156.00	853	83
Steers	—	Large 1	585	132.95/cwt	131.00–139.00	778	4
Steers	—	Large 1-2	639	155.48/cwt	134.00–159.50	994	134
Steers	—	Large 1-2	681	144.64/cwt	135.00–156.00	985	45
Steers	—	Large 1	708	121.06/cwt	115.00–127.00	857	2
Steers	—	Large 1-2	725	147.52/cwt	129.00–152.00	1,070	60
Steers	—	Large 1-2	794	150.58/cwt	123.00–152.50	1,196	76
Steers	—	Large 1-2	831	146.85/cwt	130.00–149.50	1,220	32
Steers	—	Large 1-2	860	123.00/cwt	120.00–126.00	1,058	2
Steers	—	Large 1	880	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	968	1
Steers	—	Large 2	897	111.00/cwt	111.00–111.00	996	2
Steers	—	Large 2	900	101.00/cwt	101.00–101.00	909	1
Steers	—	Large 1-2	903	146.00/cwt	146.00–146.00	1,318	60
Steers	—	Large 1-2	960	115.00/cwt	115.00–115.00	1,104	1
Steers	—	Large 1-2	1,020	115.00/cwt	115.00–115.00	1,173	1
Steers	—	Large 1-2	1,070	105.00/cwt	105.00–105.00	1,124	1
Feeder Cattle · Heifers35 lots · lightest first
Heifers	—	Large 2	225	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	248	1
Heifers	—	Medium 1-2	240	30.00/cwt	30.00–30.00	72	1
Heifers	—	Medium 1-2	255	51.00/cwt	51.00–51.00	130	1
Heifers	—	Large 2	270	121.49/cwt	121.00–122.00	328	2
Heifers	—	Large 1-2	285	127.18/cwt	122.00–132.00	362	2
Heifers	—	Large 1-2	315	128.00/cwt	125.00–131.00	403	2
Heifers	—	Large 2	315	100.00/cwt	100.00–100.00	315	1
Heifers	—	Large 1-2Fancy	322	167.50/cwt	167.50–167.50	539	15
Heifers	—	Large 1-2	374	138.35/cwt	131.00–151.00	517	21
Heifers	—	Large 2	385	111.00/cwt	111.00–111.00	427	1
Heifers	—	Large 1	426	121.85/cwt	116.00–130.00	519	4
Heifers	—	Large 1-2	428	140.22/cwt	122.00–146.00	600	61
Heifers	—	Large 2	440	111.00/cwt	111.00–111.00	488	2
Heifers	—	Large 1	458	123.97/cwt	122.00–125.00	568	3
Heifers	—	Large 2	470	104.15/cwt	100.00–111.00	490	3
Heifers	—	Large 1-2	480	141.27/cwt	126.00–151.00	678	32
Heifers	—	Medium 1-2	490	100.00/cwt	100.00–100.00	490	1
Heifers	—	Large 1-2Unweaned	515	114.00/cwt	114.00–114.00	587	3
Heifers	—	Large 1	515	111.00/cwt	111.00–111.00	572	1
Heifers	—	Large 1-2	523	138.44/cwt	126.00–149.00	724	82
Heifers	—	Large 2	533	114.68/cwt	106.00–125.00	611	4
Heifers	—	Large 1-2	568	137.73/cwt	125.00–147.00	782	33
Heifers	—	Large 1	571	119.43/cwt	115.00–132.00	682	6
Heifers	—	Large 1-2	635	135.20/cwt	124.00–138.00	859	26
Heifers	—	Large 2	650	116.00/cwt	116.00–116.00	754	1
Heifers	—	Large 1-2	685	140.00/cwt	121.00–143.75	959	49
Heifers	—	Large 1	691	121.00/cwt	121.00–121.00	836	6
Heifers	—	Large 1-2	737	119.49/cwt	116.00–121.00	881	4
Heifers	—	Large 1-2	758	135.60/cwt	105.00–138.75	1,028	38
Heifers	—	Medium 1-2	760	121.00/cwt	121.00–121.00	920	1
Heifers	—	Large 1-2	808	117.86/cwt	111.00–120.00	952	8
Heifers	—	Large 1	890	111.00/cwt	111.00–111.00	988	1
Heifers	—	Large 1-2	945	107.00/cwt	107.00–107.00	1,011	5
Heifers	—	Medium 1-2Fleshy	945	82.00/cwt	82.00–82.00	775	1
Heifers	—	Large 1-2	1,002	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	1,102	2
Feeder Cattle · Bulls8 lots · lightest first
Bulls	—	Large 1-2	320	121.00/cwt	121.00–121.00	387	1
Bulls	—	Large 1-2	356	139.00/cwt	139.00–139.00	495	3
Bulls	—	Large 1-2	413	145.09/cwt	140.00–150.00	599	2
Bulls	—	Large 1-2	495	129.00/cwt	129.00–129.00	639	1
Bulls	—	Large 1-2	523	140.83/cwt	137.00–145.00	737	4
Bulls	—	Large 1-2	680	116.00/cwt	116.00–116.00	789	1
Bulls	—	Large 1-2	860	92.00/cwt	92.00–92.00	791	1
Bulls	—	Large 1-2	1,090	80.00/cwt	80.00–80.00	872	4
Feeder Cattle · Dairy Steers3 lots · lightest first
Dairy Steers	—	Medium 3	325	31.00/cwt	31.00–31.00	101	1
Dairy Steers	—	Large 3	495	56.00/cwt	56.00–56.00	277	1
Dairy Steers	—	Large 3	655	61.00/cwt	61.00–61.00	400	5

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 Cattle Special - Fairview, IL

Thu Oct 31, 2019

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

Receipts 1,226Last week 1,883Year ago 0

Special unrestricted feeder cattle sale of which most all were weaned with at least one round of shots. Trade was active with good demand.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
45	—	681	135.00–156.00	144.64
39	—	372	151.00–172.00	167.81
32	—	831	130.00–149.50	146.85
30	—	423	155.00–170.00	164.39
17	—	316	155.00–189.00	180.11
7	—	258	150.00–160.00	156.94
2	—	860	120.00–126.00	123.00
1	—	1,070	105.00	105.00
1	—	1,020	115.00	115.00
1	—	960	115.00	115.00
68	—	474	152.00–173.50	164.33
65	—	526	140.00–163.50	154.87
60	—	903	146.00	146.00
60	—	725	129.00–152.00	147.52
134	—	639	134.00–159.50	155.48
83	—	572	141.00–156.00	149.10
76	—	794	123.00–152.50	150.58

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	585	131.00–139.00	132.95
2	—	708	115.00–127.00	121.06
2	—	490	131.00–142.00	136.56
1	—	880	110.00	110.00
1	—	390	131.00	131.00
1	—	410	132.00	132.00
1	—	505	136.00	136.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	897	111.00	111.00
2	—	505	121.00–131.00	126.00
2	—	330	133.00–150.00	141.89
1	—	900	101.00	101.00
3	—	275	101.00–112.00	104.87
3	—	475	120.00–140.00	133.19
7	—	418	133.00–140.00	139.02

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	516	124.00	124.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
61	—	428	122.00–146.00	140.22
49	—	685	121.00–143.75	140.00
38	—	758	105.00–138.75	135.60
33	—	568	125.00–147.00	137.73
32	—	480	126.00–151.00	141.27
26	—	635	124.00–138.00	135.20
21	—	374	131.00–151.00	138.35
8	—	808	111.00–120.00	117.86
5	—	945	107.00	107.00
82	—	523	126.00–149.00	138.44
2	—	285	122.00–132.00	127.18
2	—	315	125.00–131.00	128.00
2	—	1,002	110.00	110.00
4	—	737	116.00–121.00	119.49

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	515	114.00	114.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	225	110.00	110.00
1	—	315	100.00	100.00
1	—	385	111.00	111.00
1	—	650	116.00	116.00
2	—	270	121.00–122.00	121.49
2	—	440	111.00	111.00
3	—	470	100.00–111.00	104.15
4	—	533	106.00–125.00	114.68

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium 1-2 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	945	82.00	82.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	240	30.00	30.00
1	—	255	51.00	51.00
1	—	490	100.00	100.00
1	—	760	121.00	121.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	515	111.00	111.00
1	—	890	111.00	111.00
3	—	458	122.00–125.00	123.97
4	—	426	116.00–130.00	121.85
6	—	571	115.00–132.00	119.43
6	—	691	121.00	121.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Large 1-2 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
15	—	322	167.50	167.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Dairy Steers — Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	495	56.00	56.00
5	—	655	61.00	61.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Dairy Steers — Medium 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	325	31.00	31.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	320	121.00	121.00
1	—	495	129.00	129.00
1	—	680	116.00	116.00
1	—	860	92.00	92.00
2	—	413	140.00–150.00	145.09
3	—	356	139.00	139.00
4	—	523	137.00–145.00	140.83
4	—	1,090	80.00	80.00

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.