Sale reports / Illinois / Fairview Livestock Auction / 2021-02-18

Fairview Livestock Auction

Name: Fairview Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2021-02-18
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2021-02-18

Feeder Cattle · Fairview, Illinois · Thu, Feb 18

● Final48 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2048

← Feb 4Feb 18Mar 2 →

Receipts

733 head

▲ 78 vs last sale 655▲ 733 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 the Fairview special here two weeks ago, light wt. steers under 500# sold 4.00 to 10.00 lower. Steers over 500# sold 4.00 to 10.00 higher. Heifers sold mostly 3.00 to 6.00 higher. All feeders were weaned with one to four rounds of shots. Trade was active with good demand.

Weight class — the figures below change to match

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb heifers averaged $133.81/cwt on 369 head.

Average price

$133.81

369 head · 587 lb average

Value per head Derived

$786

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$202

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

$23.90/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+2.25

vs IL average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Large 1-2	587	134.90	792	349
Large 1	625	117.51	735	10thin
Large 2	610	112.90	689	5thin
Medium and Large 1	531	111.00	589	5thin

One grade step is worth $23.90/cwt here — about $202 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 sale369 hd

133.81

—

IL average2 barns · 426 hd

131.55

+2.25

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

Every lot

48 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 · Steers24 lots · lightest first
Steers	—	Large 1	315	141.00/cwt	141.00–141.00	444	1
Steers	—	Large 1-2	345	164.00/cwt	164.00–164.00	566	1
Steers	—	Large 2	410	142.00/cwt	142.00–142.00	582	1
Steers	—	Large 1-2	431	164.93/cwt	151.00–172.00	711	15
Steers	—	Large 1-2	467	175.62/cwt	174.00–178.00	820	12
Steers	—	Large 2	485	152.00/cwt	152.00–152.00	737	1
Steers	—	Large 2	520	142.00/cwt	142.00–142.00	738	2
Steers	—	Large 1-2	521	166.00/cwt	155.00–180.00	865	32
Steers	—	Large 1	521	143.93/cwt	140.00–153.00	750	8
Steers	—	Large 2	563	130.15/cwt	121.00–134.00	733	5
Steers	—	Large 1-2	574	156.49/cwt	139.00–167.00	898	82
Steers	—	Large 1	580	141.00/cwt	141.00–141.00	818	1
Steers	—	Large 1	615	126.00/cwt	126.00–126.00	775	1
Steers	—	Large 1-2	640	141.29/cwt	139.00–144.00	904	31
Steers	—	Large 1-2	669	139.66/cwt	125.00–145.50	934	69
Steers	—	Large 1	702	126.50/cwt	126.50–126.50	888	2
Steers	—	Large 1-2	716	137.40/cwt	126.00–146.00	984	20
Steers	—	Large 1-2	768	130.15/cwt	126.00–134.50	1,000	34
Steers	—	Large 1	770	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	963	2
Steers	—	Large 1-2	802	127.49/cwt	124.00–133.00	1,022	26
Steers	—	Large 2	825	106.00/cwt	106.00–106.00	875	1
Steers	—	Large 1-2	855	116.00/cwt	116.00–116.00	992	1
Steers	—	Large 1	915	118.50/cwt	118.50–118.50	1,084	2
Steers	—	Large 1-2	946	114.50/cwt	114.50–114.50	1,083	4
Feeder Cattle · Heifers22 lots · lightest first
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	330	102.00/cwt	102.00–102.00	337	1
Heifers	—	Large 1-2	381	154.90/cwt	148.00–159.00	590	10
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	390	100.00/cwt	100.00–100.00	390	1
Heifers	—	Large 1-2	423	153.96/cwt	135.00–159.00	651	13
Heifers	—	Large 2	473	119.26/cwt	113.00–126.00	564	2
Heifers	—	Large 1-2	480	146.11/cwt	132.00–153.00	701	42
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	485	131.00/cwt	131.00–131.00	635	1
Heifers	—	Large 1	512	139.38/cwt	132.00–143.00	714	3
Heifers	—	Large 1-2	528	142.80/cwt	126.00–153.00	754	69
Heifers	—	Large 1-2	574	135.91/cwt	122.00–148.00	780	71
Heifers	—	Large 2	615	112.00/cwt	112.00–112.00	689	1
Heifers	—	Large 1	623	112.70/cwt	111.00–116.00	702	3
Heifers	—	Large 1-2	633	128.62/cwt	120.50–137.00	814	53
Heifers	—	Large 1-2	664	124.37/cwt	115.00–130.00	826	48
Heifers	—	Large 1	673	108.45/cwt	106.00–111.00	730	2
Heifers	—	Large 1-2	714	117.62/cwt	116.00–118.00	840	11
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	725	111.00/cwt	111.00–111.00	805	2
Heifers	—	Large 1	735	102.00/cwt	102.00–102.00	750	1
Heifers	—	Large 2	745	107.00/cwt	107.00–107.00	797	2
Heifers	—	Large 1-2	760	119.92/cwt	112.00–126.00	911	21
Heifers	—	Large 1	765	100.00/cwt	100.00–100.00	765	1
Heifers	—	Large 1-2	809	117.36/cwt	116.00–117.50	949	11
Feeder Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls	—	Large 1-2	525	141.00/cwt	141.00–141.00	740	1
Bulls	—	Large 1-2	783	101.00/cwt	101.00–101.00	791	4

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 Feb 18, 2021

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

Receipts 733Last week 655Year ago 0

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	735	102.00	102.00
1	—	765	100.00	100.00
2	—	673	106.00–111.00	108.45
3	—	512	132.00–143.00	139.38
3	—	623	111.00–116.00	112.70

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	330	102.00	102.00
1	—	390	100.00	100.00
1	—	485	131.00	131.00
2	—	725	111.00	111.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
69	—	528	126.00–153.00	142.80
71	—	574	122.00–148.00	135.91
10	—	381	148.00–159.00	154.90
53	—	633	120.50–137.00	128.62
42	—	480	132.00–153.00	146.11
48	—	664	115.00–130.00	124.37
11	—	714	116.00–118.00	117.62
11	—	809	116.00–117.50	117.36
13	—	423	135.00–159.00	153.96
21	—	760	112.00–126.00	119.92

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	615	112.00	112.00
2	—	473	113.00–126.00	119.26
2	—	745	107.00	107.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	915	118.50	118.50
2	—	702	126.50	126.50
2	—	770	125.00	125.00
8	—	521	140.00–153.00	143.93
1	—	315	141.00	141.00
1	—	580	141.00	141.00
1	—	615	126.00	126.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
26	—	802	124.00–133.00	127.49
1	—	345	164.00	164.00
82	—	574	139.00–167.00	156.49
1	—	855	116.00	116.00
4	—	946	114.50	114.50
12	—	467	174.00–178.00	175.62
15	—	431	151.00–172.00	164.93
20	—	716	126.00–146.00	137.40
31	—	640	139.00–144.00	141.29
32	—	521	155.00–180.00	166.00
34	—	768	126.00–134.50	130.15
69	—	669	125.00–145.50	139.66

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	825	106.00	106.00
2	—	520	142.00	142.00
5	—	563	121.00–134.00	130.15
1	—	410	142.00	142.00
1	—	485	152.00	152.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	525	141.00	141.00
4	—	783	101.00	101.00

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.