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Fairview Livestock Auction

Name: Fairview Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2020-05-14
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2020-05-14

Feeder Cattle · Fairview, Illinois · Thu, May 14

● Final80 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2048

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Receipts

1,486 head

▲ 1,486 vs last sale 0▲ 1,486 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 very good demand on a high quality offering.

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 $141.52/cwt on 1,003 head.

Average price

$141.52

1,003 head · 722 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,021

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$335

per head · Large 1-2 over Large 2

$22.47/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+7.58

vs IL average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Large 1-2	727	142.26	1,035	959
Medium and Large 1-2	574	131.60	755	5thin
Large 1	616	130.72	805	17thin
Large 2	585	119.79	700	22

One grade step is worth $22.47/cwt here — about $335 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 sale1,003 hd

141.52

—

IL average4 barns · 1,345 hd

133.94

+7.58

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

Every lot

80 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	227	205.00/cwt	205.00–205.00	465	3
Steers	—	Large 2	340	142.00/cwt	140.00–144.00	483	2
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	345	123.00/cwt	123.00–123.00	424	1
Steers	—	Large 1-2	370	172.65/cwt	162.00–185.00	639	4
Steers	—	Large 1	370	143.00/cwt	143.00–143.00	529	1
Steers	—	Large 2	378	125.89/cwt	111.00–136.00	476	3
Steers	—	Large 1-2Fancy	379	189.60/cwt	189.00–190.00	719	10
Steers	—	Large 2	405	145.93/cwt	140.00–152.00	591	2
Steers	—	Large 1-2Fancy	409	192.00/cwt	192.00–192.00	785	10
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	425	151.00/cwt	151.00–151.00	642	1
Steers	—	Large 1-2	428	178.10/cwt	156.00–183.00	762	12
Steers	—	Large 1	450	150.50/cwt	150.00–151.00	677	2
Steers	—	Large 2	470	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	564	1
Steers	—	Large 1-2	481	173.52/cwt	157.00–181.00	835	45
Steers	—	Large 1-2	524	164.17/cwt	147.00–171.00	860	51
Steers	—	Large 1-2Fancy	544	177.00/cwt	177.00–177.00	963	13
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	545	153.00/cwt	153.00–153.00	834	1
Steers	—	Large 2	552	122.00/cwt	122.00–122.00	673	2
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	575	136.00/cwt	136.00–136.00	782	1
Steers	—	Large 1-2	579	161.21/cwt	145.00–166.00	933	53
Steers	—	Large 1-2Fancy	608	160.29/cwt	160.00–160.50	975	7
Steers	—	Large 2	623	123.99/cwt	121.00–128.00	772	3
Steers	—	Large 1-2	626	146.51/cwt	130.00–158.00	917	99
Steers	—	Large 1	637	136.04/cwt	130.00–137.00	867	7
Steers	—	Large 1	662	118.60/cwt	116.00–121.00	785	5
Steers	—	Large 2	665	123.98/cwt	123.00–126.00	824	3
Steers	—	Large 1-2	667	143.85/cwt	132.00–155.00	959	81
Steers	—	Large 1-2Fancy	698	151.50/cwt	151.50–151.50	1,057	5
Steers	—	Large 2	710	117.00/cwt	117.00–117.00	831	1
Steers	—	Large 1	718	116.51/cwt	116.00–117.00	837	2
Steers	—	Large 1-2	736	141.85/cwt	125.00–147.00	1,044	113
Steers	—	Large 1-2	780	140.69/cwt	125.00–144.00	1,097	232
Steers	—	Large 2	795	90.00/cwt	90.00–90.00	716	3
Steers	—	Large 1-2	804	126.45/cwt	121.00–127.00	1,017	55
Steers	—	Large 2	830	106.00/cwt	106.00–106.00	880	1
Steers	—	Large 1-2	865	119.26/cwt	114.50–125.00	1,032	19
Steers	—	Large 2	875	81.00/cwt	81.00–81.00	709	1
Steers	—	Large 1-2	906	104.00/cwt	104.00–104.00	942	3
Steers	—	Large 1-2	959	111.31/cwt	101.00–112.00	1,067	32
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	980	95.00/cwt	95.00–95.00	931	1
Steers	—	Large 1-2	1,017	110.49/cwt	108.25–112.75	1,124	110
Steers	—	Large 1-2	1,252	95.50/cwt	95.50–95.50	1,196	2
Feeder Cattle · Heifers31 lots · lightest first
Heifers	—	Large 1-2	285	161.00/cwt	161.00–161.00	459	1
Heifers	—	Large 1-2	329	150.46/cwt	148.00–152.00	495	9
Heifers	—	Large 1	340	143.00/cwt	143.00–143.00	486	1
Heifers	—	Large 1-2	357	155.56/cwt	150.00–160.00	555	3
Heifers	—	Large 2	369	136.57/cwt	131.00–142.00	504	4
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	390	146.11/cwt	140.00–149.00	570	3
Heifers	—	Large 2	417	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	584	2
Heifers	—	Large 1-2	428	151.98/cwt	136.00–162.00	650	30
Heifers	—	Large 1	433	147.98/cwt	146.00–149.00	641	3
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	445	144.00/cwt	144.00–144.00	641	1
Heifers	—	Large 2	468	131.57/cwt	131.00–135.00	616	7
Heifers	—	Large 1-2	469	154.62/cwt	144.00–164.00	725	46
Heifers	—	Large 1	475	132.00/cwt	132.00–132.00	627	2
Heifers	—	Large 1-2Fancy	505	164.00/cwt	164.00–164.00	828	5
Heifers	—	Large 2	525	129.31/cwt	124.00–132.00	679	3
Heifers	—	Large 1-2	526	154.71/cwt	141.00–164.00	814	54
Heifers	—	Large 1	540	132.40/cwt	126.00–145.00	715	3
Heifers	—	Large 1-2Fancy	575	164.12/cwt	161.00–165.50	944	21
Heifers	—	Large 1	575	135.00/cwt	135.00–135.00	776	3
Heifers	—	Large 1-2	579	146.98/cwt	127.00–153.00	851	81
Heifers	—	Large 2	580	124.65/cwt	122.00–132.00	723	4
Heifers	—	Large 1-2Fancy	612	154.32/cwt	150.00–161.00	944	10
Heifers	—	Large 2	613	112.41/cwt	105.00–120.00	689	2
Heifers	—	Large 1	623	123.40/cwt	120.00–127.00	769	2
Heifers	—	Large 1-2	630	131.41/cwt	123.00–139.00	828	55
Heifers	—	Large 2	659	113.82/cwt	103.00–119.00	750	5
Heifers	—	Large 1-2	677	120.86/cwt	110.00–132.00	818	27
Heifers	—	Large 1	685	120.76/cwt	119.00–126.00	827	4
Heifers	—	Large 1-2	721	124.61/cwt	106.00–127.00	898	46
Heifers	—	Large 1	755	104.00/cwt	104.00–104.00	785	1
Heifers	—	Large 1-2	775	112.11/cwt	109.00–121.00	869	12
Feeder Cattle · Bulls7 lots · lightest first
Bulls	—	Large 1-2	335	151.00/cwt	151.00–151.00	506	2
Bulls	—	Large 1-2	423	155.30/cwt	150.00–164.00	657	5
Bulls	—	Large 1-2	455	149.00/cwt	149.00–149.00	678	2
Bulls	—	Large 1-2	520	158.50/cwt	158.50–158.50	824	5
Bulls	—	Large 1-2	586	122.00/cwt	122.00–122.00	715	8
Bulls	—	Large 1-2	621	128.60/cwt	108.00–134.00	799	5
Bulls	—	Large 1-2	805	86.00/cwt	86.00–86.00	692	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 May 14, 2020

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

Receipts 1,486Last week 0Year ago 0

Trade was active with very good demand on a high quality offering.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
51	—	524	147.00–171.00	164.17
19	—	865	114.50–125.00	119.26
3	—	906	104.00	104.00
55	—	804	121.00–127.00	126.45
110	—	1,017	108.25–112.75	110.49
113	—	736	125.00–147.00	141.85
81	—	667	132.00–155.00	143.85
2	—	1,252	95.50	95.50
4	—	370	162.00–185.00	172.65
32	—	959	101.00–112.00	111.31
53	—	579	145.00–166.00	161.21
99	—	626	130.00–158.00	146.51
232	—	780	125.00–144.00	140.69
3	—	227	205.00	205.00
12	—	428	156.00–183.00	178.10
45	—	481	157.00–181.00	173.52

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Large 1-2 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
13	—	544	177.00	177.00
7	—	608	160.00–160.50	160.29
10	—	379	189.00–190.00	189.60
5	—	698	151.50	151.50
10	—	409	192.00	192.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	662	116.00–121.00	118.60
1	—	370	143.00	143.00
2	—	450	150.00–151.00	150.50
7	—	637	130.00–137.00	136.04
2	—	718	116.00–117.00	116.51

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	470	120.00	120.00
1	—	875	81.00	81.00
2	—	552	122.00	122.00
3	—	665	123.00–126.00	123.98
1	—	830	106.00	106.00
1	—	710	117.00	117.00
2	—	340	140.00–144.00	142.00
3	—	378	111.00–136.00	125.89
3	—	795	90.00	90.00
2	—	405	140.00–152.00	145.93
3	—	623	121.00–128.00	123.99

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	425	151.00	151.00
1	—	980	95.00	95.00
1	—	545	153.00	153.00
1	—	345	123.00	123.00
1	—	575	136.00	136.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	659	103.00–119.00	113.82
2	—	417	140.00	140.00
4	—	369	131.00–142.00	136.57
7	—	468	131.00–135.00	131.57
3	—	525	124.00–132.00	129.31
2	—	613	105.00–120.00	112.41
4	—	580	122.00–132.00	124.65

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	390	140.00–149.00	146.11
1	—	445	144.00	144.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	755	104.00	104.00
3	—	433	146.00–149.00	147.98
4	—	685	119.00–126.00	120.76
1	—	340	143.00	143.00
2	—	623	120.00–127.00	123.40
3	—	575	135.00	135.00
2	—	475	132.00	132.00
3	—	540	126.00–145.00	132.40

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Large 1-2 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
21	—	575	161.00–165.50	164.12
10	—	612	150.00–161.00	154.32
5	—	505	164.00	164.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	329	148.00–152.00	150.46
30	—	428	136.00–162.00	151.98
54	—	526	141.00–164.00	154.71
3	—	357	150.00–160.00	155.56
27	—	677	110.00–132.00	120.86
46	—	721	106.00–127.00	124.61
81	—	579	127.00–153.00	146.98
1	—	285	161.00	161.00
12	—	775	109.00–121.00	112.11
46	—	469	144.00–164.00	154.62
55	—	630	123.00–139.00	131.41

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	455	149.00	149.00
5	—	621	108.00–134.00	128.60
2	—	335	151.00	151.00
5	—	520	158.50	158.50
1	—	805	86.00	86.00
5	—	423	150.00–164.00	155.30
8	—	586	122.00	122.00

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.