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Fairview Livestock Auction

Name: Fairview Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2020-04-02
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2020-04-02

Feeder Cattle · Fairview, Illinois · Thu, Apr 2

● Final86 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2048

← Mar 19Apr 2Apr 7 →

Receipts

1,479 head

▲ 952 vs last sale 527▲ 1,479 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

Compared to two weeks ago, feeder steers sold from 5.00 to 15.00 lower with the lighter weight steers taking the larger loss. Feeder heifers sold from 4.00 to 8.00 lower with the lighter weight heifers also taking the larger loss. Trade was active with moderate to good demand at this point in time.

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 $144.10/cwt on 763 head.

Average price

$144.10

763 head · 631 lb average

Value per head Derived

$909

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$181

per head · Large 1-2 over Large 1

$27.92/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+8.30

vs IL average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Large 1-2	638	145.78	931	696
Medium and Large 1-2	511	132.58	678	12thin
Large 2	528	128.19	676	40
Large 1	636	117.86	750	15thin

One grade step is worth $27.92/cwt here — about $181 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 sale763 hd

144.10

—

IL average3 barns · 1,001 hd

135.80

+8.30

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

Every lot

86 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 · Steers42 lots · lightest first
Steers	—	Large 1-2	175	143.00/cwt	143.00–143.00	250	1
Steers	—	Large 1-2	230	132.50/cwt	132.50–132.50	305	1
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed	270	155.00/cwt	155.00–155.00	419	1
Steers	—	Large 1-2	295	165.00/cwt	165.00–165.00	487	1
Steers	—	Large 1-2	338	157.49/cwt	152.50–160.00	532	3
Steers	—	Large 1-2Unweaned	340	135.00/cwt	135.00–135.00	459	1
Steers	—	Large 2	345	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	483	1
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	355	131.00/cwt	131.00–131.00	465	1
Steers	—	Large 1-2	361	156.02/cwt	147.00–161.00	563	12
Steers	—	Large 2	369	133.43/cwt	132.00–135.00	492	4
Steers	—	Large 1	395	134.00/cwt	134.00–134.00	529	1
Steers	—	Large 2	427	140.80/cwt	120.00–146.00	601	6
Steers	—	Large 1-2	435	159.34/cwt	151.00–173.00	693	21
Steers	—	Large 1	460	129.68/cwt	127.00–131.00	597	3
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	473	123.00/cwt	123.00–123.00	582	3
Steers	—	Large 2	474	132.25/cwt	123.00–144.00	627	7
Steers	—	Large 1-2	475	159.35/cwt	146.00–168.00	757	32
Steers	—	Large 1-2Fancy	477	182.25/cwt	181.50–184.00	869	13
Steers	—	Large 1	505	129.00/cwt	129.00–129.00	651	1
Steers	—	Large 2	523	131.48/cwt	121.00–143.00	688	5
Steers	—	Large 1-2	524	156.94/cwt	140.00–167.00	822	49
Steers	—	Large 1-2Fancy	531	171.33/cwt	171.00–172.00	910	18
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	535	108.00/cwt	108.00–108.00	578	1
Steers	—	Large 1-2Fancy	562	171.00/cwt	171.00–171.00	961	21
Steers	—	Large 2	573	126.66/cwt	113.00–140.00	726	8
Steers	—	Large 1-2	574	154.98/cwt	143.00–165.00	890	78
Steers	—	Large 1	583	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	758	3
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	593	138.00/cwt	138.00–138.00	818	6
Steers	—	Large 2	610	111.44/cwt	101.00–115.00	680	4
Steers	—	Large 1-2	631	152.90/cwt	129.00–157.50	965	117
Steers	—	Large 1	645	109.00/cwt	109.00–109.00	703	1
Steers	—	Large 1-2	686	139.95/cwt	128.00–154.00	960	131
Steers	—	Large 2	690	111.00/cwt	106.00–116.00	766	2
Steers	—	Large 1-2	735	127.26/cwt	122.00–140.00	935	78
Steers	—	Large 1-2	771	132.35/cwt	124.00–135.75	1,020	95
Steers	—	Large 1	774	103.38/cwt	93.00–111.00	800	5
Steers	—	Large 2	795	115.00/cwt	115.00–115.00	914	3
Steers	—	Large 1-2	828	109.91/cwt	101.00–111.00	910	9
Steers	—	Large 1-2	870	117.59/cwt	111.00–121.00	1,023	3
Steers	—	Large 1-2	934	101.79/cwt	101.00–105.00	951	10
Steers	—	Large 1-2	968	96.01/cwt	95.00–97.00	929	2
Steers	—	Large 1	1,000	100.00/cwt	100.00–100.00	1,000	1
Feeder Cattle · Heifers41 lots · lightest first
Heifers	—	Large 2	220	132.50/cwt	132.50–132.50	292	1
Heifers	—	Large 1-2Unweaned	230	145.00/cwt	145.00–145.00	334	1
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	268	134.07/cwt	133.00–135.00	359	2
Heifers	—	Large 1-2	295	112.50/cwt	112.50–112.50	332	1
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	326	129.86/cwt	110.00–137.00	423	4
Heifers	—	Large 1-2	335	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	469	1
Heifers	—	Large 1	360	121.00/cwt	121.00–121.00	436	1
Heifers	—	Large 2	363	124.54/cwt	111.00–133.00	452	5
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	380	121.00/cwt	121.00–121.00	460	1
Heifers	—	Large 1-2Unweaned	380	117.00/cwt	117.00–117.00	445	1
Heifers	—	Large 1-2	388	149.89/cwt	134.00–163.00	582	11
Heifers	—	Large 2	413	121.66/cwt	105.00–131.00	502	8
Heifers	—	Large 1	423	135.69/cwt	131.00–140.00	574	2
Heifers	—	Large 1-2	424	139.32/cwt	129.00–146.00	591	23
Heifers	—	Large 1-2Fancy	447	159.63/cwt	159.00–160.00	714	8
Heifers	—	Large 1-2	476	149.83/cwt	129.00–157.00	713	62
Heifers	—	Large 1-2Fancy	477	159.45/cwt	159.00–160.00	761	9
Heifers	—	Large 2	486	134.67/cwt	123.00–139.00	654	9
Heifers	—	Large 2	516	117.01/cwt	104.00–121.00	604	6
Heifers	—	Large 1	520	125.96/cwt	118.00–131.00	655	7
Heifers	—	Large 1-2	526	144.78/cwt	126.00–154.00	762	96
Heifers	—	Large 1-2	567	139.69/cwt	122.00–150.00	792	112
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	568	101.51/cwt	90.00–107.00	577	3
Heifers	—	Large 2	574	110.86/cwt	107.00–114.00	636	9
Heifers	—	Large 1	600	115.00/cwt	115.00–115.00	690	1
Heifers	—	Large 1-2	619	132.11/cwt	123.00–137.00	818	72
Heifers	—	Large 2	626	101.55/cwt	96.00–108.00	636	7
Heifers	—	Large 1-2	671	121.75/cwt	110.00–130.00	817	36
Heifers	—	Large 2	672	100.13/cwt	91.00–104.00	673	8
Heifers	—	Large 1-2	712	115.27/cwt	105.00–127.00	821	25
Heifers	—	Large 2	731	99.98/cwt	94.00–109.00	731	6
Heifers	—	Large 2	752	95.00/cwt	95.00–95.00	714	2
Heifers	—	Large 1-2	760	104.47/cwt	95.00–115.50	794	21
Heifers	—	Large 1	760	100.00/cwt	100.00–100.00	760	1
Heifers	—	Large 1-2Fleshy	780	70.00/cwt	70.00–70.00	546	1
Heifers	—	Large 2	813	92.00/cwt	92.00–92.00	748	3
Heifers	—	Large 1-2	821	93.33/cwt	93.00–94.00	766	3
Heifers	—	Large 2	850	93.00/cwt	93.00–93.00	791	1
Heifers	—	Large 1-2	861	92.50/cwt	92.50–92.50	796	3
Heifers	—	Large 1-2	906	92.00/cwt	92.00–92.00	834	4
Heifers	—	Large 1-2	985	85.00/cwt	85.00–85.00	837	1
Feeder Cattle · Bulls3 lots · lightest first
Bulls	—	Large 1-2	222	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	289	2
Bulls	—	Large 1-2	525	119.89/cwt	114.00–123.00	629	3
Bulls	—	Large 1-2	610	116.00/cwt	116.00–116.00	708	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 Cattle Special - Fairview, IL

Thu Apr 2, 2020

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

Receipts 1,479Last week 527Year ago 0

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
95	—	771	124.00–135.75	132.35
117	—	631	129.00–157.50	152.90
131	—	686	128.00–154.00	139.95
1	—	175	143.00	143.00
1	—	230	132.50	132.50
1	—	295	165.00	165.00
2	—	968	95.00–97.00	96.01
3	—	338	152.50–160.00	157.49
3	—	870	111.00–121.00	117.59
9	—	828	101.00–111.00	109.91
10	—	934	101.00–105.00	101.79
12	—	361	147.00–161.00	156.02
21	—	435	151.00–173.00	159.34
32	—	475	146.00–168.00	159.35
49	—	524	140.00–167.00	156.94
78	—	574	143.00–165.00	154.98
78	—	735	122.00–140.00	127.26

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	340	135.00	135.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	345	140.00	140.00
8	—	573	113.00–140.00	126.66
7	—	474	123.00–144.00	132.25
6	—	427	120.00–146.00	140.80
5	—	523	121.00–143.00	131.48
4	—	610	101.00–115.00	111.44
4	—	369	132.00–135.00	133.43
3	—	795	115.00	115.00
2	—	690	106.00–116.00	111.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	270	155.00	155.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	593	138.00	138.00
3	—	473	123.00	123.00
1	—	535	108.00	108.00
1	—	355	131.00	131.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	395	134.00	134.00
1	—	505	129.00	129.00
1	—	645	109.00	109.00
1	—	1,000	100.00	100.00
3	—	460	127.00–131.00	129.68
3	—	583	130.00	130.00
5	—	774	93.00–111.00	103.38

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Large 1-2 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
13	—	477	181.50–184.00	182.25
18	—	531	171.00–172.00	171.33
21	—	562	171.00	171.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	672	91.00–104.00	100.13
8	—	413	105.00–131.00	121.66
7	—	626	96.00–108.00	101.55
6	—	731	94.00–109.00	99.98
6	—	516	104.00–121.00	117.01
5	—	363	111.00–133.00	124.54
3	—	813	92.00	92.00
2	—	752	95.00	95.00
1	—	850	93.00	93.00
1	—	220	132.50	132.50
9	—	486	123.00–139.00	134.67
9	—	574	107.00–114.00	110.86

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	380	121.00	121.00
2	—	268	133.00–135.00	134.07
3	—	568	90.00–107.00	101.51
4	—	326	110.00–137.00	129.86

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	360	121.00	121.00
1	—	600	115.00	115.00
1	—	760	100.00	100.00
2	—	423	131.00–140.00	135.69
7	—	520	118.00–131.00	125.96

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Large 1-2 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	447	159.00–160.00	159.63
9	—	477	159.00–160.00	159.45

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Large 1-2 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	780	70.00	70.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	295	112.50	112.50
1	—	335	140.00	140.00
1	—	985	85.00	85.00
3	—	821	93.00–94.00	93.33
3	—	861	92.50	92.50
4	—	906	92.00	92.00
11	—	388	134.00–163.00	149.89
21	—	760	95.00–115.50	104.47
23	—	424	129.00–146.00	139.32
25	—	712	105.00–127.00	115.27
36	—	671	110.00–130.00	121.75
62	—	476	129.00–157.00	149.83
72	—	619	123.00–137.00	132.11
96	—	526	126.00–154.00	144.78
112	—	567	122.00–150.00	139.69

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	230	145.00	145.00
1	—	380	117.00	117.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	222	130.00	130.00
2	—	610	116.00	116.00
3	—	525	114.00–123.00	119.89

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.