Sale reports / Illinois / Fairview Livestock Auction / 2022-02-17

Fairview Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Fairview, Illinois · Thu, Feb 17
● Final51 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2048
Receipts
790 head
▲ 790 vs last sale 0▲ 57 vs year ago 733 · +7.8%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to the last reported Fairview Feeder special on 1/20/2022, feeder steers sold mostly 6.00 to 12.00 higher, with the exception of 4 wt. steers selling for 18.00 higher. Feeder heifers sold mostly 5.00 to 15.00 higher. All of the offering were weaned with most with two rounds of shots. 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 $181.26/cwt on 473 head.
Average price
$181.26
473 head · 585 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,060
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$89
per head · Large 1-2 over Large 1
$33.27/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+11.82
vs IL average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Large 1-2584183.261,071443
Medium and Large 1-2507152.867767thin
Large 2591152.1689915thin
Large 1654149.999818thin
One grade step is worth $33.27/cwt here — about $89 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 sale473 hd
181.26
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IL average3 barns · 677 hd
169.44
+11.82
A barn can sit above the state average at one weight and below it at another — check the class you actually sell.

Every lot

51 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 · Steers28 lots · lightest first
Steers—Large 1-2340187.68/cwt182.00–191.0063812
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2375163.00/cwt163.00–163.006111
Steers—Large 1-2383201.38/cwt181.00–210.0077122
Steers—Large 1395178.00/cwt178.00–178.007031
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2430141.00/cwt141.00–141.006061
Steers—Large 1-2438213.82/cwt208.00–217.0093718
Steers—Large 2462156.12/cwt151.00–161.007214
Steers—Large 1-2475206.60/cwt186.00–224.7598145
Steers—Large 1485162.00/cwt162.00–162.007861
Steers—Large 1-2527195.18/cwt176.50–211.251,02996
Steers—Large 2527160.65/cwt156.00–163.008473
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2543154.00/cwt154.00–154.008364
Steers—Large 2555172.00/cwt172.00–172.009551
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2575150.00/cwt150.00–150.008631
Steers—Large 1-2583188.81/cwt181.00–190.501,10151
Steers—Large 1620158.45/cwt152.00–165.009822
Steers—Large 1-2625175.81/cwt153.00–183.751,09972
Steers—Large 1-2Fancy664175.00/cwt175.00–175.001,1627
Steers—Large 1665143.49/cwt142.00–145.009542
Steers—Large 1-2675164.21/cwt157.00–170.001,10862
Steers—Large 2683148.00/cwt148.00–148.001,0116
Steers—Large 1-2736158.82/cwt153.00–159.501,16923
Steers—Large 2785116.00/cwt116.00–116.009111
Steers—Large 1-2787152.50/cwt141.00–155.001,20022
Steers—Large 1-2833148.79/cwt142.00–152.001,23912
Steers—Large 1835128.00/cwt128.00–128.001,0691
Steers—Large 1950128.00/cwt128.00–128.001,2161
Steers—Large 1-21,010131.00/cwt131.00–131.001,3231
Feeder Cattle · Heifers21 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Large 2230146.00/cwt146.00–146.003361
Heifers—Large 1-2275153.00/cwt153.00–153.004211
Heifers—Large 1-2340163.00/cwt163.00–163.005541
Heifers—Large 2355141.00/cwt141.00–141.005011
Heifers—Large 1-2387166.59/cwt166.50–167.0064511
Heifers—Large 1-2429167.89/cwt160.00–172.007209
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2433139.00/cwt139.00–139.006022
Heifers—Large 2479142.30/cwt134.00–145.006824
Heifers—Large 1-2485170.43/cwt158.00–174.0082721
Heifers—Large 1510154.00/cwt154.00–154.007851
Heifers—Large 1-2511169.06/cwt150.00–175.5086453
Heifers—Large 1-2569158.53/cwt147.00–166.0090286
Heifers—Large 1588149.50/cwt149.50–149.508792
Heifers—Large 2592129.63/cwt128.00–133.007673
Heifers—Large 1-2620149.55/cwt140.00–156.0092749
Heifers—Large 1-2665136.28/cwt127.00–146.0090617
Heifers—Large 1675135.03/cwt133.00–137.009112
Heifers—Large 1-2708150.21/cwt135.00–152.001,06323
Heifers—Large 1730133.00/cwt133.00–133.009711
Heifers—Large 1-2773140.16/cwt128.00–147.501,08318
Heifers—Large 1-2880122.00/cwt122.00–122.001,0741
Feeder Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls—Large 1-2520154.00/cwt154.00–154.008011
Bulls—Large 1-2651148.00/cwt148.00–148.009634

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.