Sale reports / Illinois / Fairview Livestock Auction / 2021-02-04

Fairview Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Fairview, Illinois · Thu, Feb 4
● Final59 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2048
Receipts
655 head
▲ 655 vs last sale 0▲ 655 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to the last reported Fairview feeder cattle special on 1/14/2021, steers traded unevenly steady. Feeder heifers sold mostly 3.00 to 6.00 higher. Trade was active with good demand.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb steers averaged $139.92/cwt on 367 head.
Average price
$139.92
367 head · 686 lb average
Value per head Derived
$959
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$108
per head · Large 1-2 over Large 1
$16.50/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+14.96
vs IL average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Large 1-2688140.65968347
Large 2517135.046986thin
Large 1693124.1586014thin
One grade step is worth $16.50/cwt here — about $108 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 sale367 hd
139.92
—
IL average3 barns · 746 hd
124.97
+14.96
A barn can sit above the state average at one weight and below it at another — check the class you actually sell.

Every lot

59 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.
ClassWeightGrade / descriptionAvg wtPriceRangePer headHead
Feeder Cattle · Steers30 lots · lightest first
Steers—Large 1-2308172.32/cwt171.00–173.005313
Steers—Large 2323146.12/cwt141.00–151.004722
Steers—Large 1-2379178.05/cwt173.00–181.006757
Steers—Large 2390156.00/cwt156.00–156.006081
Steers—Large 1-2Fancy400180.00/cwt180.00–180.007201
Steers—Large 2405147.00/cwt147.00–147.005951
Steers—Large 1425134.00/cwt134.00–134.005701
Steers—Large 1-2427173.81/cwt167.00–176.007424
Steers—Large 1-2477172.41/cwt154.00–180.2582218
Steers—Large 1-2Full495131.00/cwt131.00–131.006481
Steers—Large 1-2523146.76/cwt138.50–166.0076823
Steers—Large 1543130.04/cwt121.00–139.007062
Steers—Large 1-2567151.98/cwt132.00–158.0086252
Steers—Large 1583132.31/cwt121.00–138.007713
Steers—Large 1-2627139.77/cwt130.00–145.5087651
Steers—Large 1640111.00/cwt111.00–111.007101
Steers—Large 2660119.00/cwt119.00–119.007851
Steers—Large 1-2681139.19/cwt124.00–143.2594864
Steers—Large 1-2Full685120.00/cwt120.00–120.008221
Steers—Large 1-2722133.53/cwt124.00–137.2596423
Steers—Large 1-2788129.13/cwt120.00–132.251,01829
Steers—Large 1791126.13/cwt125.00–126.509984
Steers—Large 1805116.50/cwt116.50–116.509381
Steers—Large 1850113.00/cwt113.00–113.009611
Steers—Large 1-2874113.63/cwt101.00–117.509939
Steers—Large 1-2940107.00/cwt107.00–107.001,0061
Steers—Large 1-2966126.25/cwt126.25–126.251,22059
Steers—Large 1980102.00/cwt102.00–102.001,0001
Steers—Large 21,00096.00/cwt96.00–96.009601
Steers—Large 1-21,030102.00/cwt102.00–102.001,0511
Feeder Cattle · Heifers23 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Large 1295121.00/cwt121.00–121.003571
Heifers—Large 2355137.00/cwt137.00–137.004861
Heifers—Large 1-2382149.09/cwt144.00–155.0057013
Heifers—Large 1385125.00/cwt125.00–125.004811
Heifers—Large 2409123.45/cwt122.00–126.005055
Heifers—Large 1-2425152.70/cwt140.00–158.006498
Heifers—Large 1460141.00/cwt141.00–141.006491
Heifers—Large 1-2467141.36/cwt131.00–148.0066020
Heifers—Large 2470125.49/cwt123.00–127.005904
Heifers—Large 1513117.32/cwt116.00–118.006023
Heifers—Large 1-2518138.32/cwt122.00–145.0071636
Heifers—Large 2519114.87/cwt101.00–121.005966
Heifers—Large 1568123.91/cwt117.00–130.007047
Heifers—Large 1-2578133.32/cwt117.00–144.0077149
Heifers—Large 2585113.49/cwt111.00–115.006644
Heifers—Large 2630109.50/cwt103.00–116.006902
Heifers—Large 1-2637125.01/cwt116.00–130.0079645
Heifers—Large 1641114.00/cwt114.00–114.007313
Heifers—Large 2672113.25/cwt102.00–116.007615
Heifers—Large 1-2676119.15/cwt115.00–122.5080541
Heifers—Large 1-2711119.74/cwt106.00–124.008517
Heifers—Large 1-2803116.22/cwt106.00–117.509339
Heifers—Large 1-298092.00/cwt92.00–92.009021
Feeder Cattle · Bulls6 lots · lightest first
Bulls—Large 1-2325111.00/cwt111.00–111.003611
Bulls—Large 1-2385147.00/cwt147.00–147.005661
Bulls—Large 1-2430137.00/cwt137.00–137.005891
Bulls—Large 1-2505135.00/cwt135.00–135.006822
Bulls—Large 1-2590116.00/cwt116.00–116.006842
Bulls—Large 1-2700100.00/cwt100.00–100.007001

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.