Sale reports / Illinois / Fairview Livestock Auction / 2019-12-05

Fairview Livestock Auction

Name: Fairview Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2019-12-05
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2019-12-05

Feeder Cattle · Fairview, Illinois · Thu, Dec 5

● Final89 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2048

← Dec 3Dec 5Dec 19 →

Receipts

1,260 head

▼ 298 vs last sale 1,558▲ 1,260 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

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 $146.59/cwt on 580 head.

Average price

$146.59

580 head · 599 lb average

Value per head Derived

$878

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$158

per head · Large 1-2 over Large 1

$25.09/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+13.71

vs IL average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Large 1-2	604	147.50	890	552
Large 2	486	129.93	631	23
Large 1	598	122.41	732	5thin

One grade step is worth $25.09/cwt here — about $158 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 sale580 hd

146.59

—

IL average3 barns · 992 hd

132.88

+13.71

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

Every lot

89 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 · Steers37 lots · lightest first
Steers	—	Large 1-2	235	135.00/cwt	135.00–135.00	317	1
Steers	—	Large 1-2	285	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	399	1
Steers	—	Large 1-2Fancy	305	190.00/cwt	190.00–190.00	580	2
Steers	—	Large 2	310	136.29/cwt	135.00–137.50	422	2
Steers	—	Large 1-2	318	167.63/cwt	162.50–177.50	533	5
Steers	—	Large 2	361	137.35/cwt	136.00–141.00	496	4
Steers	—	Large 1-2	374	162.25/cwt	145.00–167.00	607	18
Steers	—	Large 1-2Fancy	385	177.00/cwt	177.00–177.00	681	11
Steers	—	Large 1	385	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	539	1
Steers	—	Large 1-2Unweaned	391	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	587	3
Steers	—	Large 1-2Unweaned	405	131.00/cwt	131.00–131.00	531	1
Steers	—	Large 1-2	415	161.14/cwt	151.00–170.00	669	17
Steers	—	Large 2	426	133.44/cwt	125.00–136.00	568	6
Steers	—	Large 1-2Fancy	452	171.74/cwt	170.00–172.00	776	16
Steers	—	Large 2	470	133.94/cwt	132.00–136.00	630	2
Steers	—	Large 1-2Unweaned	475	132.22/cwt	126.00–140.00	628	3
Steers	—	Large 1	475	123.02/cwt	121.00–125.00	584	2
Steers	—	Large 1-2	478	155.57/cwt	140.00–167.00	744	55
Steers	—	Large 2Unweaned	500	111.00/cwt	111.00–111.00	555	1
Steers	—	Large 1-2	525	154.14/cwt	140.00–164.00	809	75
Steers	—	Large 1-2Full	540	100.00/cwt	100.00–100.00	540	1
Steers	—	Large 2	544	131.25/cwt	131.00–132.00	714	4
Steers	—	Large 1-2	574	147.25/cwt	130.00–153.00	845	80
Steers	—	Large 1-2Unweaned	584	129.95/cwt	125.00–131.50	759	29
Steers	—	Large 2	612	121.00/cwt	121.00–121.00	741	2
Steers	—	Large 1-2	621	143.56/cwt	126.00–153.00	892	60
Steers	—	Large 1-2	673	140.69/cwt	120.00–149.00	947	25
Steers	—	Large 1-2Unweaned	677	125.09/cwt	125.00–126.00	847	31
Steers	—	Large 1-2	724	139.05/cwt	120.00–145.00	1,007	42
Steers	—	Large 2	760	119.00/cwt	119.00–119.00	904	1
Steers	—	Large 1-2	762	131.95/cwt	127.00–136.00	1,005	11
Steers	—	Large 1	770	115.00/cwt	115.00–115.00	886	1
Steers	—	Large 1-2	814	122.14/cwt	114.00–130.00	994	6
Steers	—	Large 1-2	875	129.00/cwt	129.00–129.00	1,129	1
Steers	—	Large 1	885	111.00/cwt	111.00–111.00	982	1
Steers	—	Large 1-2	922	149.44/cwt	132.00–152.00	1,378	58
Steers	—	Large 2	955	101.00/cwt	101.00–101.00	965	1
Feeder Cattle · Heifers39 lots · lightest first
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	200	95.00/cwt	95.00–95.00	190	1
Heifers	—	Large 2	210	100.00/cwt	100.00–100.00	210	1
Heifers	—	Large 1-2	274	138.32/cwt	120.00–145.00	379	8
Heifers	—	Large 1-2	332	137.66/cwt	131.00–146.00	457	8
Heifers	—	Large 2	335	120.74/cwt	110.00–126.00	404	3
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	345	121.00/cwt	121.00–121.00	417	1
Heifers	—	Large 1-2Unweaned	345	121.00/cwt	121.00–121.00	417	1
Heifers	—	Large 1	355	131.00/cwt	131.00–131.00	465	1
Heifers	—	Large 1-2Unweaned	370	122.00/cwt	122.00–122.00	451	1
Heifers	—	Large 1-2	377	137.32/cwt	131.00–145.00	518	22
Heifers	—	Large 2	388	118.39/cwt	113.00–125.00	459	3
Heifers	—	Large 2Unweaned	395	106.00/cwt	106.00–106.00	419	1
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	397	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	437	2
Heifers	—	Large 2	419	115.04/cwt	103.00–121.00	482	5
Heifers	—	Large 1-2	429	133.80/cwt	120.00–141.00	574	42
Heifers	—	Large 2	459	119.39/cwt	101.00–126.00	548	4
Heifers	—	Large 1-2Unweaned	471	113.39/cwt	111.00–121.00	534	4
Heifers	—	Large 1-2	476	136.03/cwt	130.00–143.00	648	45
Heifers	—	Large 2	513	115.33/cwt	115.00–116.00	592	3
Heifers	—	Large 2Unweaned	520	100.00/cwt	100.00–100.00	520	1
Heifers	—	Large 1-2	532	133.78/cwt	121.00–145.00	712	69
Heifers	—	Large 1	545	115.00/cwt	115.00–115.00	627	1
Heifers	—	Large 1-2	573	129.47/cwt	113.00–134.00	742	58
Heifers	—	Large 1	586	122.39/cwt	121.00–124.00	717	5
Heifers	—	Large 1-2Unweaned	591	122.80/cwt	115.00–124.00	726	14
Heifers	—	Large 1	610	111.00/cwt	111.00–111.00	677	1
Heifers	—	Large 1-2	622	128.43/cwt	124.00–131.50	799	34
Heifers	—	Large 1	655	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	786	1
Heifers	—	Large 1-2	661	124.00/cwt	121.00–125.00	820	10
Heifers	—	Large 2	690	111.50/cwt	107.00–116.00	769	2
Heifers	—	Large 2	720	112.75/cwt	105.00–122.00	812	3
Heifers	—	Large 1-2	728	118.11/cwt	114.00–125.00	860	11
Heifers	—	Large 1	750	101.00/cwt	101.00–101.00	758	1
Heifers	—	Large 2	790	111.00/cwt	111.00–111.00	877	1
Heifers	—	Large 1-2	831	124.00/cwt	124.00–124.00	1,030	10
Heifers	—	Large 1	855	90.00/cwt	90.00–90.00	770	1
Heifers	—	Large 1-2	965	97.00/cwt	97.00–97.00	936	1
Heifers	—	Large 1-2	1,045	101.00/cwt	101.00–101.00	1,055	1
Heifers	—	Large 1-2	1,160	71.00/cwt	71.00–71.00	824	1
Feeder Cattle · Bulls13 lots · lightest first
Bulls	—	Large 1-2	283	146.75/cwt	135.00–153.00	415	3
Bulls	—	Large 1-2	318	124.88/cwt	110.00–140.00	397	2
Bulls	—	Large 1-2	372	139.32/cwt	130.00–143.00	518	5
Bulls	—	Large 1-2Unweaned	420	122.00/cwt	122.00–122.00	512	1
Bulls	—	Large 1-2	432	128.68/cwt	122.00–141.00	556	15
Bulls	—	Large 1-2	458	134.45/cwt	126.00–143.00	616	2
Bulls	—	Large 1-2	517	121.09/cwt	111.00–133.00	626	5
Bulls	—	Large 1-2	589	117.24/cwt	108.00–121.00	691	7
Bulls	—	Large 1-2Unweaned	595	107.00/cwt	107.00–107.00	637	1
Bulls	—	Large 1-2	662	112.00/cwt	112.00–112.00	741	7
Bulls	—	Large 1-2Unweaned	665	82.00/cwt	82.00–82.00	545	1
Bulls	—	Large 1-2	772	107.31/cwt	98.00–112.00	828	3
Bulls	—	Large 1-2Unweaned	790	75.00/cwt	75.00–75.00	593	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.

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

Fairview Sale Barn Cattle Special - Fairview, IL

Thu Dec 5, 2019

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

Receipts 1,260Last week 1,558Year ago 0

Trade was active with good demand.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	475	121.00–125.00	123.02
1	—	885	111.00	111.00
1	—	770	115.00	115.00
1	—	385	140.00	140.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
17	—	415	151.00–170.00	161.14
11	—	762	127.00–136.00	131.95
6	—	814	114.00–130.00	122.14
5	—	318	162.50–177.50	167.63
1	—	875	129.00	129.00
1	—	285	140.00	140.00
1	—	235	135.00	135.00
18	—	374	145.00–167.00	162.25
25	—	673	120.00–149.00	140.69
42	—	724	120.00–145.00	139.05
55	—	478	140.00–167.00	155.57
58	—	922	132.00–152.00	149.44
60	—	621	126.00–153.00	143.56
75	—	525	140.00–164.00	154.14
80	—	574	130.00–153.00	147.25

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Large 1-2 · Full$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	540	100.00	100.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Large 1-2 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
16	—	452	170.00–172.00	171.74
11	—	385	177.00	177.00
2	—	305	190.00	190.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	405	131.00	131.00
3	—	391	150.00	150.00
3	—	475	126.00–140.00	132.22
29	—	584	125.00–131.50	129.95
31	—	677	125.00–126.00	125.09

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	760	119.00	119.00
1	—	955	101.00	101.00
2	—	310	135.00–137.50	136.29
2	—	470	132.00–136.00	133.94
2	—	612	121.00	121.00
4	—	361	136.00–141.00	137.35
4	—	544	131.00–132.00	131.25
6	—	426	125.00–136.00	133.44

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Large 2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	500	111.00	111.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	397	110.00	110.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	345	121.00	121.00
1	—	200	95.00	95.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Large 2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	520	100.00	100.00
1	—	395	106.00	106.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	419	103.00–121.00	115.04
4	—	459	101.00–126.00	119.39
1	—	210	100.00	100.00
1	—	790	111.00	111.00
2	—	690	107.00–116.00	111.50
3	—	335	110.00–126.00	120.74
3	—	388	113.00–125.00	118.39
3	—	513	115.00–116.00	115.33
3	—	720	105.00–122.00	112.75

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	750	101.00	101.00
1	—	655	120.00	120.00
1	—	610	111.00	111.00
1	—	545	115.00	115.00
1	—	355	131.00	131.00
1	—	855	90.00	90.00
5	—	586	121.00–124.00	122.39

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	965	97.00	97.00
1	—	1,045	101.00	101.00
1	—	1,160	71.00	71.00
8	—	274	120.00–145.00	138.32
8	—	332	131.00–146.00	137.66
10	—	661	121.00–125.00	124.00
10	—	831	124.00	124.00
11	—	728	114.00–125.00	118.11
22	—	377	131.00–145.00	137.32
34	—	622	124.00–131.50	128.43
42	—	429	120.00–141.00	133.80
45	—	476	130.00–143.00	136.03
58	—	573	113.00–134.00	129.47
69	—	532	121.00–145.00	133.78

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	345	121.00	121.00
1	—	370	122.00	122.00
4	—	471	111.00–121.00	113.39
14	—	591	115.00–124.00	122.80

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	790	75.00	75.00
1	—	665	82.00	82.00
1	—	595	107.00	107.00
1	—	420	122.00	122.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
15	—	432	122.00–141.00	128.68
7	—	662	112.00	112.00
7	—	589	108.00–121.00	117.24
5	—	517	111.00–133.00	121.09
5	—	372	130.00–143.00	139.32
3	—	772	98.00–112.00	107.31
3	—	283	135.00–153.00	146.75
2	—	458	126.00–143.00	134.45
2	—	318	110.00–140.00	124.88

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.