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Fairview Livestock Auction

Name: Fairview Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2020-10-29
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2020-10-29

Feeder Cattle · Fairview, Illinois · Thu, Oct 29

● Final87 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2048

← Oct 8Oct 29Nov 12 →

Receipts

754 head

▼ 926 vs last sale 1,680▼ 472 vs year ago 1,226 · −38.5%

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

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to the last reported Fairview feeder special, feeder steers under 600 lbs sold 8.00 to 15.00 lower. Feeder steers over 600 lbs sold 10.00 to 20.00 lower. Feeder heifers sold 10.00 to 20.00 lower. Trade was active with moderate 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 $137.00/cwt on 381 head.

Average price

$137.00

381 head · 592 lb average

Value per head Derived

$812

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$212

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

$18.05/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+11.86

vs IL average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Large 1-2	599	139.56	836	317
Medium 1-2	638	129.00	822	4thin
Large 1	602	126.82	764	25
Large 2	525	122.29	642	23
Medium and Large 1-2	513	121.51	623	12thin

One grade step is worth $18.05/cwt here — about $212 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 sale381 hd

137.00

—

IL average3 barns · 579 hd

125.14

+11.86

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

Every lot

87 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 · Steers44 lots · lightest first
Steers	—	Large 2	295	137.50/cwt	137.50–137.50	406	1
Steers	—	Large 1	320	119.00/cwt	119.00–119.00	381	1
Steers	—	Large 1-2	325	163.04/cwt	161.00–170.00	530	6
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	355	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	444	1
Steers	—	Large 2	365	121.00/cwt	121.00–121.00	442	1
Steers	—	Large 1-2	390	167.78/cwt	161.00–169.00	654	13
Steers	—	Medium 1-2	390	157.00/cwt	157.00–157.00	612	1
Steers	—	Large 1-2	416	156.00/cwt	152.00–158.00	649	13
Steers	—	Large 1-2Full	425	126.00/cwt	126.00–126.00	536	1
Steers	—	Large 2	448	124.00/cwt	124.00–124.00	556	4
Steers	—	Large 1	460	125.83/cwt	117.00–141.00	579	3
Steers	—	Large 1-2	475	144.53/cwt	141.00–150.00	687	11
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	484	119.30/cwt	108.00–141.00	577	7
Steers	—	Large 2	488	133.91/cwt	118.00–137.00	653	6
Steers	—	Large 2	513	120.50/cwt	117.00–123.00	618	4
Steers	—	Large 1-2	525	149.63/cwt	139.00–159.00	786	34
Steers	—	Large 1	537	136.47/cwt	136.00–138.00	733	4
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	537	136.00/cwt	136.00–136.00	730	2
Steers	—	Large 1-2	569	137.50/cwt	126.00–144.00	782	64
Steers	—	Large 2	571	117.45/cwt	107.00–121.00	671	4
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	575	121.00/cwt	121.00–121.00	696	1
Steers	—	Large 1-2Unweaned	580	104.00/cwt	104.00–104.00	603	1
Steers	—	Large 1	582	134.92/cwt	117.00–137.50	785	8
Steers	—	Large 1-2	622	132.34/cwt	118.50–138.00	823	54
Steers	—	Large 1	635	127.61/cwt	121.00–131.00	810	3
Steers	—	Medium 1-2	645	128.00/cwt	128.00–128.00	826	1
Steers	—	Large 1	655	122.00/cwt	122.00–122.00	799	1
Steers	—	Large 1-2Fancy	663	145.00/cwt	145.00–145.00	961	28
Steers	—	Large 1-2	670	132.94/cwt	121.50–144.50	891	50
Steers	—	Medium 1-2	680	117.00/cwt	117.00–117.00	796	1
Steers	—	Large 2	695	111.00/cwt	111.00–111.00	771	1
Steers	—	Large 1-2Fancy	704	137.50/cwt	137.50–137.50	968	16
Steers	—	Large 1-2	731	131.06/cwt	115.00–137.00	958	16
Steers	—	Large 2	735	111.00/cwt	111.00–111.00	816	1
Steers	—	Large 1	740	121.00/cwt	121.00–121.00	895	1
Steers	—	Large 1-2	765	128.31/cwt	126.00–129.50	982	3
Steers	—	Large 1	765	115.45/cwt	113.00–118.00	883	2
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	765	105.00/cwt	105.00–105.00	803	1
Steers	—	Large 1-2	828	121.27/cwt	119.00–122.00	1,004	4
Steers	—	Medium 1-2	835	114.00/cwt	114.00–114.00	952	1
Steers	—	Large 1	863	96.00/cwt	96.00–96.00	828	2
Steers	—	Large 1-2	892	106.00/cwt	106.00–106.00	946	2
Steers	—	Large 1-2	915	114.00/cwt	114.00–114.00	1,043	1
Steers	—	Large 2	930	81.00/cwt	81.00–81.00	753	1
Feeder Cattle · Heifers32 lots · lightest first
Heifers	—	Large 1-2	281	130.16/cwt	128.00–135.00	366	3
Heifers	—	Large 1-2	302	135.00/cwt	135.00–135.00	408	2
Heifers	—	Large 2	375	122.37/cwt	121.00–125.00	459	3
Heifers	—	Large 1-2	384	134.97/cwt	126.00–143.00	518	19
Heifers	—	Large 1	400	133.00/cwt	133.00–133.00	532	1
Heifers	—	Large 2	414	113.03/cwt	111.00–119.00	468	4
Heifers	—	Large 1-2	427	128.82/cwt	120.00–135.00	550	21
Heifers	—	Large 2	459	111.88/cwt	109.00–121.00	514	5
Heifers	—	Large 1-2Unweaned	470	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	517	1
Heifers	—	Large 1-2	483	126.49/cwt	120.00–134.00	611	28
Heifers	—	Large 2	518	112.52/cwt	109.00–116.00	583	2
Heifers	—	Large 1-2	521	129.42/cwt	117.00–139.00	674	39
Heifers	—	Large 1-2Unweaned	525	111.79/cwt	111.00–115.00	587	5
Heifers	—	Large 1-2	561	127.69/cwt	119.00–133.50	716	32
Heifers	—	Large 2	585	112.00/cwt	112.00–112.00	655	2
Heifers	—	Large 1	593	114.33/cwt	111.00–116.00	678	3
Heifers	—	Large 2	615	102.00/cwt	102.00–102.00	627	1
Heifers	—	Large 1	625	111.00/cwt	111.00–111.00	694	1
Heifers	—	Large 1-2	638	116.87/cwt	106.00–122.00	746	32
Heifers	—	Large 1	660	102.00/cwt	102.00–102.00	673	1
Heifers	—	Large 1-2	661	124.84/cwt	114.00–131.50	825	33
Heifers	—	Large 2	670	106.00/cwt	106.00–106.00	710	1
Heifers	—	Large 2	717	100.00/cwt	100.00–100.00	717	4
Heifers	—	Large 1-2	719	125.76/cwt	112.00–130.50	904	15
Heifers	—	Large 1	740	111.00/cwt	111.00–111.00	821	1
Heifers	—	Large 1-2	781	121.08/cwt	109.00–126.00	946	14
Heifers	—	Large 1-2	823	104.35/cwt	102.00–106.50	859	5
Heifers	—	Large 1-2	883	115.58/cwt	91.00–119.50	1,021	43
Heifers	—	Large 1-2	919	95.15/cwt	90.00–106.00	874	7
Heifers	—	Large 1-2	950	91.00/cwt	91.00–91.00	865	1
Heifers	—	Large 1-2Full	1,004	86.00/cwt	86.00–86.00	863	6
Heifers	—	Large 1	1,140	81.00/cwt	81.00–81.00	923	1
Feeder Cattle · Bulls3 lots · lightest first
Bulls	—	Large 1-2	271	152.00/cwt	152.00–152.00	412	3
Bulls	—	Large 1-2	371	126.00/cwt	126.00–126.00	467	1
Bulls	—	Large 1-2	681	116.00/cwt	116.00–116.00	790	4
Feeder Cattle · Dairy Heifers3 lots · lightest first
Dairy Heifers	—	Large 3	190	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	266	2
Dairy Heifers	—	Large 3	220	55.00/cwt	55.00–55.00	121	2
Dairy Heifers	—	Large 3	340	53.00/cwt	53.00–53.00	180	1
Feeder Cattle · Dairy Steers5 lots · lightest first
Dairy Steers	—	Large 3	220	47.00/cwt	47.00–47.00	103	2
Dairy Steers	—	Large 3	265	99.00/cwt	99.00–99.00	262	1
Dairy Steers	—	Large 3	367	61.82/cwt	41.00–85.00	227	3
Dairy Steers	—	Large 3	410	41.00/cwt	41.00–41.00	168	1
Dairy Steers	—	Large 3	650	50.00/cwt	50.00–50.00	325	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 Oct 29, 2020

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

Receipts 754Last week 1,680Year ago 1,226

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
13	—	390	161.00–169.00	167.78
54	—	622	118.50–138.00	132.34
6	—	325	161.00–170.00	163.04
64	—	569	126.00–144.00	137.50
34	—	525	139.00–159.00	149.63
16	—	731	115.00–137.00	131.06
13	—	416	152.00–158.00	156.00
1	—	915	114.00	114.00
50	—	670	121.50–144.50	132.94
11	—	475	141.00–150.00	144.53
3	—	765	126.00–129.50	128.31
2	—	892	106.00	106.00
4	—	828	119.00–122.00	121.27

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	460	117.00–141.00	125.83
8	—	582	117.00–137.50	134.92
4	—	537	136.00–138.00	136.47
3	—	635	121.00–131.00	127.61
2	—	863	96.00	96.00
1	—	320	119.00	119.00
2	—	765	113.00–118.00	115.45
1	—	740	121.00	121.00
1	—	655	122.00	122.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Large 1-2 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
16	—	704	137.50	137.50
28	—	663	145.00	145.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Large 1-2 · Full$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	425	126.00	126.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	355	125.00	125.00
1	—	575	121.00	121.00
2	—	537	136.00	136.00
7	—	484	108.00–141.00	119.30
1	—	765	105.00	105.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	390	157.00	157.00
1	—	645	128.00	128.00
1	—	835	114.00	114.00
1	—	680	117.00	117.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	571	107.00–121.00	117.45
4	—	513	117.00–123.00	120.50
1	—	930	81.00	81.00
6	—	488	118.00–137.00	133.91
1	—	735	111.00	111.00
1	—	695	111.00	111.00
4	—	448	124.00	124.00
1	—	365	121.00	121.00
1	—	295	137.50	137.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	580	104.00	104.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	470	110.00	110.00
5	—	525	111.00–115.00	111.79

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
21	—	427	120.00–135.00	128.82
15	—	719	112.00–130.50	125.76
5	—	823	102.00–106.50	104.35
14	—	781	109.00–126.00	121.08
3	—	281	128.00–135.00	130.16
19	—	384	126.00–143.00	134.97
28	—	483	120.00–134.00	126.49
43	—	883	91.00–119.50	115.58
39	—	521	117.00–139.00	129.42
2	—	302	135.00	135.00
7	—	919	90.00–106.00	95.15
1	—	950	91.00	91.00
33	—	661	114.00–131.50	124.84
32	—	561	119.00–133.50	127.69
32	—	638	106.00–122.00	116.87

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,140	81.00	81.00
3	—	593	111.00–116.00	114.33
1	—	625	111.00	111.00
1	—	400	133.00	133.00
1	—	660	102.00	102.00
1	—	740	111.00	111.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Large 1-2 · Full$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	1,004	86.00	86.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	615	102.00	102.00
1	—	670	106.00	106.00
4	—	414	111.00–119.00	113.03
3	—	375	121.00–125.00	122.37
2	—	585	112.00	112.00
4	—	717	100.00	100.00
2	—	518	109.00–116.00	112.52
5	—	459	109.00–121.00	111.88

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	271	152.00	152.00
1	—	371	126.00	126.00
4	—	681	116.00	116.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Dairy Heifers — Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	190	140.00	140.00
1	—	340	53.00	53.00
2	—	220	55.00	55.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Dairy Steers — Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	367	41.00–85.00	61.82
2	—	220	47.00	47.00
1	—	650	50.00	50.00
1	—	410	41.00	41.00
1	—	265	99.00	99.00

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.