Sale reports / Illinois / Fairview Livestock Auction / 2021-04-15

Fairview Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Fairview, Illinois · Thu, Apr 15
● Final82 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2048
Receipts
1,343 head
▲ 1,343 vs last sale 0▲ 524 vs year ago 819 · +64.0%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to the last reported Fairview feeder special on 4/1/2021, feeder steers 300 to 400 lbs sold 10.00 to 19.00 higher. Steers over 500 lbs sold mostly 3.00 to 9.00 higher. Feeder heifers 300 to 400 lbs sold 16.00 to 20.00 higher. Heifers over 500 lbs sold 3.00 higher. Trade was active with very good demand.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $145.55/cwt on 498 head.
Average price
$145.55
498 head · 586 lb average
Value per head Derived
$854
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$153
per head · Large 1-2 over Medium and Large 1-2
$34.21/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+4.21
vs IL average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Large 1-2592147.84876438
Large 2507133.2667540
Large 1603124.2975012thin
Medium and Large 1-2636113.637238thin
One grade step is worth $34.21/cwt here — about $153 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 sale498 hd
145.55
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IL average4 barns · 1,105 hd
141.34
+4.21
A barn can sit above the state average at one weight and below it at another — check the class you actually sell.

Every lot

82 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 · Steers27 lots · lightest first
Steers—Large 1-2165191.44/cwt175.00–210.003162
Steers—Large 1-2271202.33/cwt195.00–210.005484
Steers—Large 1-2332204.72/cwt200.00–213.006808
Steers—Large 1-2375196.52/cwt183.00–214.0073719
Steers—Large 1-2418193.59/cwt175.00–202.0080917
Steers—Large 2420145.63/cwt140.00–151.006122
Steers—Large 1-2475184.79/cwt170.00–198.0087851
Steers—Large 1478163.39/cwt159.00–166.007813
Steers—Large 2Unweaned485101.00/cwt101.00–101.004901
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2490141.00/cwt141.00–141.006911
Steers—Large 1527155.38/cwt150.00–161.008193
Steers—Large 2530146.87/cwt142.00–152.007786
Steers—Large 1-2532170.85/cwt160.00–182.0090931
Steers—Large 2560147.51/cwt136.00–154.008264
Steers—Large 1568134.99/cwt131.00–140.007673
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2575132.00/cwt132.00–132.007591
Steers—Large 1-2578163.23/cwt151.00–171.0094368
Steers—Large 1610127.52/cwt125.00–130.007782
Steers—Large 1-2615155.38/cwt136.00–161.5095667
Steers—Large 2615130.64/cwt125.00–135.008038
Steers—Large 1-2Unweaned632121.24/cwt116.00–123.007664
Steers—Large 1670118.04/cwt116.00–120.007912
Steers—Large 1-2692153.04/cwt136.50–157.251,05977
Steers—Large 1-2723139.68/cwt132.00–146.001,01027
Steers—Large 1-2785134.75/cwt134.00–135.001,0584
Steers—Large 1-2835133.05/cwt126.00–135.001,11118
Steers—Large 1-2863116.50/cwt116.00–117.001,0052
Feeder Cattle · Heifers38 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Large 2220152.50/cwt152.50–152.503361
Heifers—Large 1-2230175.00/cwt175.00–175.004031
Heifers—Large 1-2285177.00/cwt177.00–177.005042
Heifers—Large 2315151.52/cwt150.00–153.004772
Heifers—Large 1-2327183.13/cwt165.00–192.5059920
Heifers—Large 1-2367181.55/cwt167.00–190.0066610
Heifers—Large 1-2424170.89/cwt158.00–181.0072530
Heifers—Large 2438136.59/cwt130.00–149.0059812
Heifers—Large 1465119.00/cwt119.00–119.005531
Heifers—Large 1-2471169.10/cwt150.00–175.0079630
Heifers—Large 2482141.01/cwt139.00–145.006807
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2490127.00/cwt127.00–127.006221
Heifers—Large 1-2Unweaned493127.00/cwt127.00–127.006265
Heifers—Large 1513124.12/cwt116.00–132.006372
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2525140.00/cwt140.00–140.007351
Heifers—Large 1-2532150.55/cwt146.00–160.0080124
Heifers—Large 2535134.31/cwt131.00–140.007199
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned537120.00/cwt120.00–120.006442
Heifers—Large 1570132.20/cwt130.00–138.007546
Heifers—Large 1-2579146.66/cwt131.00–155.0084993
Heifers—Large 2595116.98/cwt115.00–121.006963
Heifers—Large 1-2632144.95/cwt125.00–151.7591695
Heifers—Large 1-2Unweaned641115.00/cwt115.00–115.007373
Heifers—Large 2645120.67/cwt120.00–121.007783
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2658101.00/cwt101.00–101.006653
Heifers—Large 1-2671139.34/cwt134.00–143.0093537
Heifers—Large 2685106.00/cwt106.00–106.007261
Heifers—Large 1713115.00/cwt115.00–115.008202
Heifers—Large 1-2716133.41/cwt126.00–136.7595561
Heifers—Large 2745118.00/cwt118.00–118.008791
Heifers—Large 1-2771130.65/cwt114.00–136.001,00710
Heifers—Large 1-2817121.50/cwt121.50–121.509935
Heifers—Large 2830103.00/cwt103.00–103.008551
Heifers—Large 1-2Fleshy84090.00/cwt90.00–90.007561
Heifers—Large 1-2851115.50/cwt115.50–115.5098310
Heifers—Large 1-2Fleshy88590.00/cwt90.00–90.007971
Heifers—Large 1Fleshy900101.00/cwt101.00–101.009091
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-21,02599.00/cwt99.00–99.001,0151
Feeder Cattle · Bulls15 lots · lightest first
Bulls—Large 1-2320179.00/cwt179.00–179.005731
Bulls—Large 2Thin Fleshed350110.00/cwt110.00–110.003851
Bulls—Large 1-2390156.00/cwt156.00–156.006081
Bulls—Large 2415110.00/cwt110.00–110.004571
Bulls—Large 1-2431144.00/cwt144.00–144.006213
Bulls—Large 1-2477151.87/cwt140.00–158.007246
Bulls—Large 1-2535127.03/cwt124.00–130.006802
Bulls—Large 1-2581124.00/cwt122.00–128.0072015
Bulls—Large 1-2626132.40/cwt131.00–138.008295
Bulls—Large 1-2670111.00/cwt111.00–111.007441
Bulls—Large 1-2725110.00/cwt110.00–110.007987
Bulls—Large 1745100.00/cwt100.00–100.007452
Bulls—Large 1-276090.00/cwt90.00–90.006841
Bulls—Large 1841101.00/cwt101.00–101.008496
Bulls—Large 1-284596.00/cwt96.00–96.008111
Feeder Cattle · Dairy Steers2 lots · lightest first
Dairy Steers—Large 347788.00/cwt88.00–88.004202
Dairy Steers—Large 354178.00/cwt78.00–78.004223

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.