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Fairview Livestock Auction

Name: Fairview Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2022-10-06
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2022-10-06

Feeder Cattle · Fairview, Illinois · Thu, Oct 6

● Final43 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2048

← Sep 29Oct 6Oct 27 →

Receipts

556 head

▼ 771 vs last sale 1,327▲ 556 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

Harvest in west central Illinois resulted in a light run of feeder cattle and limited attendance. Most weight classes of steers and heifers traded steady, steers 500-700lbs traded $3-4 higher. Heifers 300-700lbs traded $4-6 higher.

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 $169.68/cwt on 281 head.

Average price

$169.68

281 head · 655 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,112

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

−$254

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

$53.36/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+7.02

vs IL average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	310	187.00	580	2thin
Medium and Large 1-2	659	171.31	1,130	266
Medium and Large 2	624	133.64	834	13thin

One grade step is worth $53.36/cwt here — about −$254 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 sale281 hd

169.68

—

IL average4 barns · 426 hd

162.66

+7.02

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

Every lot

43 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	—	Medium and Large 1	230	187.00/cwt	187.00–187.00	430	1
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	285	199.00/cwt	199.00–199.00	567	1
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	318	196.45/cwt	185.00–210.00	625	6
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	365	156.00/cwt	156.00–156.00	569	1
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2	390	139.99/cwt	139.00–141.00	546	2
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	391	187.01/cwt	183.00–191.00	731	3
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	423	167.54/cwt	149.00–172.00	709	5
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	440	185.53/cwt	184.00–186.00	816	4
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	482	172.47/cwt	164.00–176.00	831	9
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2	485	129.00/cwt	129.00–129.00	626	1
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	488	184.84/cwt	182.00–187.00	902	7
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2	523	136.63/cwt	131.00–142.00	715	2
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	530	198.00/cwt	198.00–198.00	1,049	1
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	531	168.66/cwt	160.00–178.00	896	39
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	567	165.42/cwt	138.00–173.00	938	28
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2	587	139.58/cwt	131.00–147.00	819	3
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	623	163.46/cwt	131.00–173.00	1,018	41
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	670	157.58/cwt	131.00–162.00	1,056	11
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2	740	133.00/cwt	133.00–133.00	984	1
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2	755	130.50/cwt	130.00–131.00	985	2
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	805	181.25/cwt	181.25–181.25	1,459	59
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	820	163.04/cwt	151.00–166.00	1,337	5
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	885	144.00/cwt	144.00–144.00	1,274	1
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	900	141.00/cwt	141.00–141.00	1,269	1
Feeder Cattle · Heifers18 lots · lightest first
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	250	187.00/cwt	187.00–187.00	468	1
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	270	174.00/cwt	174.00–174.00	470	1
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	370	187.00/cwt	187.00–187.00	692	1
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	390	173.00/cwt	173.00–173.00	675	1
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	395	131.00/cwt	131.00–131.00	517	1
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	428	171.83/cwt	146.00–177.00	735	8
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	478	165.68/cwt	152.50–171.00	792	7
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	480	125.64/cwt	121.00–130.00	603	2
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	519	164.81/cwt	144.00–171.00	855	18
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	580	132.00/cwt	132.00–132.00	766	4
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	588	159.18/cwt	139.00–161.00	936	20
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	614	171.51/cwt	156.00–176.00	1,053	55
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	615	141.00/cwt	141.00–141.00	867	1
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	687	172.49/cwt	141.00–174.00	1,185	79
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	706	138.00/cwt	138.00–138.00	974	3
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	722	155.21/cwt	143.00–161.00	1,121	7
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	768	177.00/cwt	177.00–177.00	1,359	70
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	852	136.00/cwt	136.00–136.00	1,159	2
Feeder Cattle · Bulls1 lot · lightest first
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	590	124.00/cwt	124.00–124.00	732	1

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 Oct 6, 2022

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

Receipts 556Last week 1,327Year ago 0

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	590	124.00	124.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	250	187.00	187.00
1	—	370	187.00	187.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	852	136.00	136.00
1	—	395	131.00	131.00
3	—	706	138.00	138.00
1	—	615	141.00	141.00
4	—	580	132.00	132.00
2	—	480	121.00–130.00	125.64

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	722	143.00–161.00	155.21
7	—	478	152.50–171.00	165.68
8	—	428	146.00–177.00	171.83
1	—	390	173.00	173.00
70	—	768	177.00	177.00
1	—	270	174.00	174.00
18	—	519	144.00–171.00	164.81
55	—	614	156.00–176.00	171.51
79	—	687	141.00–174.00	172.49
20	—	588	139.00–161.00	159.18

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	230	187.00	187.00
7	—	488	182.00–187.00	184.84
1	—	530	198.00	198.00
4	—	440	184.00–186.00	185.53
6	—	318	185.00–210.00	196.45
59	—	805	181.25	181.25
1	—	285	199.00	199.00
3	—	391	183.00–191.00	187.01

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	482	164.00–176.00	172.47
28	—	567	138.00–173.00	165.42
11	—	670	131.00–162.00	157.58
1	—	365	156.00	156.00
5	—	820	151.00–166.00	163.04
1	—	900	141.00	141.00
41	—	623	131.00–173.00	163.46
5	—	423	149.00–172.00	167.54
39	—	531	160.00–178.00	168.66
1	—	885	144.00	144.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	587	131.00–147.00	139.58
2	—	390	139.00–141.00	139.99
2	—	523	131.00–142.00	136.63
1	—	485	129.00	129.00
1	—	740	133.00	133.00
2	—	755	130.00–131.00	130.50

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.