Sale reports / Illinois / Fairview Livestock Auction / 2021-08-19

Fairview Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Fairview, Illinois · Thu, Aug 19
● Final61 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2048
Receipts
1,202 head
▲ 561 vs last sale 641▲ 1,202 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to the last Fairview feeder special, on 7/22/2021, feeder steers sold mostly 10.00 to 15.00 higher. Feeder heifers sold 4.00 to 10.00 higher. Trade was active with very 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 $158.74/cwt on 813 head.
Average price
$158.74
813 head · 779 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,237
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$307
per head · Large 1-2 over Large 2
$27.35/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+8.77
vs IL average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Large 1-2784159.601,251778
Large 1640149.2795613thin
Medium and Large 1-2566141.007984thin
Large 2714132.2594418thin
One grade step is worth $27.35/cwt here — about $307 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 sale813 hd
158.74
—
IL average3 barns · 1,097 hd
149.97
+8.77
A barn can sit above the state average at one weight and below it at another — check the class you actually sell.

Every lot

61 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 · Steers32 lots · lightest first
Steers—Large 1-2235160.00/cwt160.00–160.003761
Steers—Large 1-2321176.39/cwt174.00–181.005663
Steers—Large 2340145.00/cwt145.00–145.004931
Steers—Large 1-2368168.82/cwt161.00–173.006213
Steers—Large 1-2425173.32/cwt164.00–182.007372
Steers—Large 2465154.00/cwt154.00–154.007161
Steers—Large 1-2480165.00/cwt165.00–165.007929
Steers—Large 1480145.00/cwt145.00–145.006961
Steers—Large 1505152.00/cwt152.00–152.007681
Steers—Large 1-2515171.28/cwt164.00–177.008827
Steers—Large 2535147.11/cwt141.00–153.007872
Steers—Large 1560165.56/cwt159.00–170.009275
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2566141.00/cwt141.00–141.007984
Steers—Large 1-2579166.00/cwt155.00–172.0096132
Steers—Large 2617127.92/cwt121.00–142.007893
Steers—Large 1-2621162.04/cwt146.00–167.001,00658
Steers—Large 1632146.59/cwt132.00–155.009263
Steers—Large 1-2676159.73/cwt141.00–165.001,08064
Steers—Large 1-2726153.27/cwt141.00–159.001,11313
Steers—Large 1-2779164.44/cwt142.00–166.501,281173
Steers—Large 2792121.00/cwt121.00–121.009582
Steers—Large 2826131.64/cwt127.00–133.501,0877
Steers—Large 1830133.00/cwt133.00–133.001,1041
Steers—Large 1-2842157.94/cwt135.00–159.001,33066
Steers—Large 1-2861157.96/cwt144.00–160.751,360311
Steers—Large 2880120.00/cwt119.00–121.001,0562
Steers—Large 1890119.00/cwt119.00–119.001,0591
Steers—Large 1-2907144.61/cwt127.00–147.501,31228
Steers—Large 1925124.00/cwt124.00–124.001,1471
Steers—Large 1-2968120.27/cwt117.00–127.001,1643
Steers—Large 1-21,013122.00/cwt122.00–122.001,2364
Steers—Large 1-21,080120.00/cwt120.00–120.001,2961
Feeder Cattle · Heifers23 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Large 1-2235131.00/cwt131.00–131.003082
Heifers—Large 1-2375161.37/cwt156.00–164.006053
Heifers—Large 2405135.00/cwt135.00–135.005471
Heifers—Large 1-2430163.28/cwt155.00–164.0070213
Heifers—Large 2455142.00/cwt142.00–142.006461
Heifers—Large 1-2484164.48/cwt160.00–165.5079611
Heifers—Large 2523133.95/cwt120.00–147.007012
Heifers—Large 1-2530159.42/cwt151.00–162.0084536
Heifers—Large 2585143.35/cwt120.00–149.008396
Heifers—Large 1-2594152.66/cwt145.50–155.0090725
Heifers—Large 1-2629148.68/cwt131.00–151.5093531
Heifers—Large 1-2670143.35/cwt137.00–146.0096010
Heifers—Large 2687114.64/cwt102.00–121.007883
Heifers—Large 1-2719145.22/cwt131.00–149.001,04443
Heifers—Large 1760132.00/cwt132.00–132.001,0031
Heifers—Large 1-2780144.96/cwt130.50–147.001,13154
Heifers—Large 2790111.00/cwt111.00–111.008771
Heifers—Large 1-2819134.01/cwt131.00–136.001,0986
Heifers—Large 1835131.00/cwt131.00–131.001,0941
Heifers—Large 1-2855142.50/cwt142.50–142.501,21858
Heifers—Large 1-2935111.00/cwt111.00–111.001,0381
Heifers—Large 1-2985120.50/cwt120.50–120.501,1879
Heifers—Large 21,05795.00/cwt95.00–95.001,0042
Feeder Cattle · Bulls6 lots · lightest first
Bulls—Large 1-2390180.00/cwt180.00–180.007023
Bulls—Large 1-2473157.00/cwt157.00–157.007433
Bulls—Large 1-2535144.00/cwt144.00–144.007701
Bulls—Large 1-2552138.00/cwt138.00–138.007622
Bulls—Large 1-2665117.00/cwt117.00–117.007781
Bulls—Large 1-284096.00/cwt96.00–96.008061

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.