Sale reports / Illinois / Fairview Livestock Auction / 2022-09-15

Fairview Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Fairview, Illinois · Thu, Sep 15
● Final54 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2048
Receipts
1,610 head
▲ 1,610 vs last sale 0▲ 1,610 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

At Fairview today a quality offering of locally produced feeder cattle was met with strong demand and prices tending higher for most weights. Light weight steers and heifers under 400lbs sold noticeably higher while steers and heifers over 600lbs sold steady to firm with a higher undertone.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb steers averaged $186.04/cwt on 912 head.
Average price
$186.04
912 head · 733 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,363
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$165
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 1-2
$16.05/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+6.50
vs IL average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1737188.481,389773
Medium and Large 1-2710172.441,224139
One grade step is worth $16.05/cwt here — about $165 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 sale912 hd
186.04
—
IL average5 barns · 1,735 hd
179.54
+6.50
A barn can sit above the state average at one weight and below it at another — check the class you actually sell.

Every lot

54 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 · Steers29 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 1207222.45/cwt215.00–230.004602
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2240150.00/cwt150.00–150.003601
Steers—Medium and Large 1295232.50/cwt232.50–232.506861
Steers—Medium and Large 1313237.84/cwt223.00–241.0074410
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2331140.88/cwt131.00–151.004664
Steers—Medium and Large 1378224.96/cwt196.00–233.0085023
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2384160.68/cwt153.00–175.006175
Steers—Medium and Large 1430216.78/cwt215.00–217.0093218
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2443156.47/cwt151.00–162.006932
Steers—Medium and Large 1488213.32/cwt188.00–219.001,04152
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2489173.90/cwt152.00–181.0085016
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2524160.82/cwt131.00–172.508436
Steers—Medium and Large 1540192.41/cwt190.00–199.501,03923
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2568173.72/cwt151.00–182.0098710
Steers—Medium and Large 1570197.46/cwt191.50–204.501,12632
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2615176.96/cwt151.00–185.001,08815
Steers—Medium and Large 1626199.94/cwt199.00–201.001,25244
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2663166.42/cwt162.00–171.001,1032
Steers—Medium and Large 1672192.30/cwt182.50–197.001,29248
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2705182.00/cwt182.00–182.001,2833
Steers—Medium and Large 1728186.50/cwt186.50–186.501,35862
Steers—Medium and Large 1755182.50/cwt182.50–182.501,37821
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2782172.44/cwt163.00–173.001,34818
Steers—Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed811187.00/cwt187.00–187.001,51765
Steers—Medium and Large 1822180.32/cwt179.50–181.501,482191
Steers—Medium and Large 1853180.00/cwt180.00–180.001,53565
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2892176.00/cwt176.00–176.001,57056
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2920161.00/cwt161.00–161.001,4811
Steers—Medium and Large 1926172.49/cwt172.00–173.001,597116
Feeder Cattle · Heifers18 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2240167.50/cwt167.50–167.504021
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2280162.50/cwt162.50–162.504551
Heifers—Medium and Large 1295190.00/cwt190.00–190.005611
Heifers—Medium and Large 1339209.74/cwt204.00–211.0071112
Heifers—Medium and Large 1376211.00/cwt211.00–211.0079314
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2385161.00/cwt161.00–161.006201
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed410152.00/cwt152.00–152.006231
Heifers—Medium and Large 1429201.52/cwt197.00–213.0086531
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2434175.92/cwt151.00–185.007634
Heifers—Medium and Large 1486189.17/cwt186.50–190.0091941
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2491172.49/cwt167.00–181.008479
Heifers—Medium and Large 1516185.00/cwt185.00–185.009559
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2538167.59/cwt149.00–180.0090212
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2572171.90/cwt152.00–174.0098330
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2639173.59/cwt160.00–174.251,10938
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2665167.00/cwt167.00–167.001,1114
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2718159.00/cwt159.00–159.001,14215
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2783148.48/cwt147.00–150.001,1632
Feeder Cattle · Bulls7 lots · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2210150.00/cwt150.00–150.003151
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2295151.00/cwt151.00–151.004452
Bulls—Medium and Large 1325233.00/cwt233.00–233.007571
Bulls—Medium and Large 1390199.00/cwt199.00–199.007761
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2515153.00/cwt127.00–179.007882
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2688123.02/cwt121.00–125.008462
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2700128.00/cwt128.00–128.008961

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.