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Fairview Livestock Auction

Name: Fairview Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2024-03-28
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-03-28

Feeder Cattle · Fairview, Illinois · Thu, Mar 28

● Final114 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2048

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Receipts

1,789 head

▲ 559 vs last sale 1,230▼ 104 vs year ago 1,893 · −5.5%

Also sold hereSlaughter/Replacement CattleTue Nov 3, 2026 Replacement Cattle Special

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Today at Fairview, as compared to two weeks ago, feeder steers 400-600lbs traded higher 13.00, with 700lb calves mostly steady. Several load lots of steer calves over 800lbs traded higher 15.00. Feeder heifers 400-600lbs mostly steady to higher 4.00. Heifer calves 600-800lbs higher 11.00 on a solid offering. Active trade with moderate to good demand.

Weight class — the figures below change to match

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $307.91/cwt on 186 head. That ranks 1 of 11 comparable sales and sits −151.54 against this barn's trailing median of $459.44.

Average price

$307.91

186 head · 549 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,691

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$898

per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 2-3

$168.39/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−0.00

vs IL average

−2.35 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	544	324.39	1,763	130
Medium and Large 1-2	560	277.63	1,555	49
Large 1-2	598	242.00	1,447	3thin
Medium and Large 2	560	228.75	1,281	2thin
Medium and Large 2-3	555	156.00	866	2thin

One grade step is worth $168.39/cwt here — about $898 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 500–600 lb. USDA reports each grade on its own line and never publishes the spread.

How it compared 500–600 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only

This sale186 hd

307.91

—

IL average1 barns · 186 hd

307.91

−0.00

National average156 barns · 8,291 hd

310.26

−2.35

This barn, trailing median11 sales

459.44

−151.54

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

This barn's trailing prices 500–600 lb

11 sales

Steers 500–600 lb: high $492.86, low $357.89, median $459.44 across 11 sales. Sales under 10 head in this class are excluded, so a thin day cannot swing the median or the ranking.

Every lot

114 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 · Steers54 lots · lightest first
Steers	250–300	Medium and Large 1	275	345.12/cwt	330.00–365.00	949	3
Steers	250–300	Medium and Large 2Unweaned	277	255.00/cwt	255.00–255.00	706	2
Steers	250–300	Medium and Large 1-2	287	306.63/cwt	295.00–317.50	880	4
Steers	250–300	Medium and Large 2	290	290.00/cwt	290.00–290.00	841	1
Steers	300–350	Medium and Large 1	322	366.27/cwt	362.50–372.50	1,179	8
Steers	300–350	Medium and Large 2-3	345	215.00/cwt	215.00–215.00	742	1
Steers	350–400	Medium and Large 1	371	346.48/cwt	340.00–375.00	1,285	19
Steers	350–400	Medium and Large 1-2	386	304.69/cwt	271.00–322.50	1,176	20
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 2	423	222.20/cwt	212.50–232.50	940	2
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	425	329.99/cwt	307.50–352.50	1,402	16
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 1-2	438	283.71/cwt	262.50–293.00	1,243	11
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 1Fancy	445	357.50/cwt	357.50–357.50	1,591	1
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 2	465	252.50/cwt	252.50–252.50	1,174	1
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1-2	474	281.11/cwt	261.00–291.00	1,332	16
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	477	326.21/cwt	300.00–350.00	1,556	36
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 2	525	230.00/cwt	230.00–230.00	1,208	1
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2	526	272.45/cwt	251.00–291.00	1,433	12
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	528	329.18/cwt	293.00–339.00	1,738	78
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1Fancy	535	345.00/cwt	345.00–345.00	1,846	7
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 2-3	545	145.00/cwt	145.00–145.00	790	1
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 2-3	565	167.00/cwt	167.00–167.00	944	1
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2	571	279.31/cwt	245.00–293.00	1,595	37
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	572	312.89/cwt	293.00–338.00	1,790	45
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 2	595	227.50/cwt	227.50–227.50	1,354	1
Steers	550–600	Large 1-2	598	242.00/cwt	242.00–242.00	1,447	3
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 2	605	222.50/cwt	222.50–222.50	1,346	1
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	625	300.32/cwt	270.00–307.00	1,877	61
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1-2	626	252.55/cwt	232.50–269.00	1,581	9
Steers	650–700	Large 1	653	245.00/cwt	245.00–245.00	1,600	5
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	669	285.59/cwt	265.00–293.50	1,911	66
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1-2	674	259.13/cwt	231.00–277.00	1,747	27
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 2	675	220.00/cwt	220.00–220.00	1,485	1
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy	700	225.00/cwt	225.00–225.00	1,575	1
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 1-2	718	239.76/cwt	220.00–252.00	1,721	17
Steers	700–750	Large 1-2	730	241.00/cwt	241.00–241.00	1,759	3
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 1	733	260.12/cwt	258.00–270.00	1,907	17
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 2	748	211.00/cwt	211.00–211.00	1,578	4
Steers	750–800	Medium and Large 2	765	198.50/cwt	192.00–205.00	1,519	2
Steers	750–800	Medium and Large 1	770	255.29/cwt	250.00–261.00	1,966	70
Steers	750–800	Large 1-2	770	224.00/cwt	224.00–224.00	1,725	2
Steers	750–800	Medium and Large 1-2	780	227.00/cwt	210.00–246.00	1,771	21
Steers	750–800	Medium and Large 2-3	785	160.00/cwt	160.00–160.00	1,256	1
Steers	800–850	Large 1-2	806	222.78/cwt	221.00–223.00	1,796	9
Steers	800–850	Medium and Large 1	816	255.78/cwt	239.00–260.00	2,087	188
Steers	800–850	Medium and Large 1-2	825	223.31/cwt	210.00–233.00	1,842	15
Steers	800–850	Medium and Large 2	830	197.00/cwt	197.00–197.00	1,635	1
Steers	850–900	Medium and Large 2	865	197.50/cwt	197.50–197.50	1,708	1
Steers	850–900	Medium and Large 2Fleshy	870	182.00/cwt	182.00–182.00	1,583	1
Steers	850–900	Medium and Large 1-2	878	216.50/cwt	216.00–217.00	1,901	2
Steers	850–900	Medium and Large 1	889	242.33/cwt	242.00–243.00	2,154	188
Steers	900–950	Medium and Large 1-2	919	217.00/cwt	217.00–217.00	1,994	8
Steers	900–950	Large 1-2	930	187.00/cwt	187.00–187.00	1,739	1
Steers	1000–1050	Medium and Large 2	1,010	152.00/cwt	152.00–152.00	1,535	1
Steers	1100–1150	Medium and Large 3	1,115	179.00/cwt	179.00–179.00	1,996	1
Feeder Cattle · Heifers56 lots · lightest first
Heifers	200–250	Medium and Large 2	228	256.96/cwt	240.00–265.00	586	3
Heifers	250–300	Medium and Large 1-2	280	302.50/cwt	295.00–310.00	847	2
Heifers	250–300	Medium and Large 2	281	265.21/cwt	240.00–273.00	745	4
Heifers	250–300	Medium and Large 1	285	349.18/cwt	304.00–375.00	995	4
Heifers	300–350	Medium and Large 1	330	318.95/cwt	315.00–322.50	1,053	9
Heifers	300–350	Medium and Large 2	330	235.00/cwt	235.00–235.00	776	1
Heifers	300–350	Medium and Large 1-2	341	273.72/cwt	262.50–282.50	933	6
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 2	370	212.50/cwt	212.50–212.50	786	1
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 1-2	374	280.49/cwt	245.00–299.00	1,049	10
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 1	387	332.42/cwt	301.00–347.00	1,286	31
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	423	295.77/cwt	280.00–317.00	1,251	13
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1-2	429	268.26/cwt	247.50–273.00	1,151	11
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 2	437	232.50/cwt	232.50–232.50	1,016	2
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	469	281.72/cwt	269.00–293.00	1,321	15
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1-2	478	257.07/cwt	237.50–275.00	1,229	28
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 2	495	216.88/cwt	210.00–237.50	1,074	4
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	518	290.52/cwt	271.00–307.00	1,505	39
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2	519	252.88/cwt	232.00–269.00	1,312	19
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 2	521	203.85/cwt	182.50–221.00	1,062	4
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1Fancy	530	314.40/cwt	310.00–317.00	1,666	38
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 2-3	540	135.00/cwt	135.00–135.00	729	1
Heifers	550–600	Large 1-2	565	247.50/cwt	247.50–247.50	1,398	1
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 2	565	212.50/cwt	212.50–212.50	1,201	1
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	579	275.12/cwt	269.00–285.00	1,593	81
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2	579	258.39/cwt	239.00–270.00	1,496	26
Heifers	550–600	Large 1	585	261.00/cwt	261.00–261.00	1,527	1
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	600	247.50/cwt	247.50–247.50	1,485	1
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	616	269.06/cwt	241.00–278.00	1,657	72
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1-2	619	239.00/cwt	210.00–257.00	1,479	10
Heifers	650–700	Large 1-2	680	243.00/cwt	243.00–243.00	1,652	1
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1-2	686	231.91/cwt	224.00–247.00	1,591	43
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	687	244.07/cwt	237.00–257.00	1,677	50
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy	687	234.00/cwt	234.00–234.00	1,608	2
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 2	693	193.74/cwt	190.00–197.50	1,343	2
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 1-2	715	221.17/cwt	207.00–227.50	1,581	10
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 2-3	715	204.00/cwt	204.00–204.00	1,459	1
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 2	720	199.72/cwt	185.00–212.50	1,438	3
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 1	721	235.82/cwt	225.00–256.00	1,700	57
Heifers	700–750	Large 1-2	745	226.00/cwt	226.00–226.00	1,684	1
Heifers	750–800	Large 1-2	755	221.00/cwt	221.00–221.00	1,669	1
Heifers	750–800	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	758	222.00/cwt	222.00–222.00	1,683	3
Heifers	750–800	Medium and Large 2	760	215.00/cwt	215.00–215.00	1,634	1
Heifers	750–800	Medium and Large 1-2	775	217.00/cwt	217.00–217.00	1,682	1
Heifers	750–800	Large 2	775	192.00/cwt	192.00–192.00	1,488	2
Heifers	750–800	Medium and Large 1	777	231.40/cwt	214.00–237.00	1,798	16
Heifers	800–850	Medium and Large 1	826	220.56/cwt	211.00–226.00	1,822	4
Heifers	800–850	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	826	215.00/cwt	215.00–215.00	1,776	6
Heifers	800–850	Medium and Large 1-2	826	208.55/cwt	202.00–210.00	1,723	26
Heifers	850–900	Medium and Large 1-2	852	212.00/cwt	212.00–212.00	1,806	2
Heifers	850–900	Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy	865	206.00/cwt	206.00–206.00	1,782	1
Heifers	850–900	Medium and Large 1	865	202.05/cwt	192.00–214.00	1,748	8
Heifers	850–900	Medium and Large 2	865	181.00/cwt	181.00–181.00	1,566	1
Heifers	900–950	Medium and Large 1-2	945	199.00/cwt	199.00–199.00	1,881	1
Heifers	950–1000	Medium and Large 1-2	950	193.00/cwt	193.00–193.00	1,834	1
Heifers	1000–1050	Medium and Large 1Guaranteed Open	1,034	192.49/cwt	192.00–193.50	1,990	12
Heifers	1200–1250	Medium and Large 2	1,245	129.00/cwt	129.00–129.00	1,606	1
Feeder Cattle · Bulls4 lots · lightest first
Bulls	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2	533	251.20/cwt	247.50–255.00	1,339	6
Bulls	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2	585	232.50/cwt	232.50–232.50	1,360	1
Bulls	650–700	Medium and Large 1-2	675	222.50/cwt	222.50–222.50	1,502	1
Bulls	650–700	Medium and Large 2	682	203.69/cwt	185.00–212.50	1,389	3

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.

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Receipts 1,789Last week 1,230Year ago 1,893

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	250–300	280	295.00–310.00	302.50
6	300–350	341	262.50–282.50	273.72
10	350–400	374	245.00–299.00	280.49
11	400–450	429	247.50–273.00	268.26
28	450–500	478	237.50–275.00	257.07
19	500–550	519	232.00–269.00	252.88
26	550–600	579	239.00–270.00	258.39
10	600–650	619	210.00–257.00	239.00
43	650–700	686	224.00–247.00	231.91
10	700–750	715	207.00–227.50	221.17
1	750–800	775	217.00	217.00
26	800–850	826	202.00–210.00	208.55
2	850–900	852	212.00	212.00
1	900–950	945	199.00	199.00
1	950–1000	950	193.00	193.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
2	650–700	687	234.00	234.00
1	850–900	865	206.00	206.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
4	250–300	285	304.00–375.00	349.18
9	300–350	330	315.00–322.50	318.95
31	350–400	387	301.00–347.00	332.42
13	400–450	423	280.00–317.00	295.77
15	450–500	469	269.00–293.00	281.72
39	500–550	518	271.00–307.00	290.52
81	550–600	579	269.00–285.00	275.12
72	600–650	616	241.00–278.00	269.06
50	650–700	687	237.00–257.00	244.07
57	700–750	721	225.00–256.00	235.82
16	750–800	777	214.00–237.00	231.40
4	800–850	826	211.00–226.00	220.56
8	850–900	865	192.00–214.00	202.05

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Guaranteed Open$ per cwt · actual wt
12	1000–1050	1,034	192.00–193.50	192.49

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
1	600–650	600	247.50	247.50
3	750–800	758	222.00	222.00
6	800–850	826	215.00	215.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	550–600	565	247.50	247.50
1	650–700	680	243.00	243.00
1	700–750	745	226.00	226.00
1	750–800	755	221.00	221.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	550–600	585	261.00	261.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	750–800	775	192.00	192.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
38	500–550	530	310.00–317.00	314.40

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	500–550	540	135.00	135.00
1	700–750	715	204.00	204.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	200–250	228	240.00–265.00	256.96
4	250–300	281	240.00–273.00	265.21
1	300–350	330	235.00	235.00
1	350–400	370	212.50	212.50
2	400–450	437	232.50	232.50
4	450–500	495	210.00–237.50	216.88
4	500–550	521	182.50–221.00	203.85
1	550–600	565	212.50	212.50
2	650–700	693	190.00–197.50	193.74
3	700–750	720	185.00–212.50	199.72
1	750–800	760	215.00	215.00
1	850–900	865	181.00	181.00
1	1200–1250	1,245	129.00	129.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	250–300	287	295.00–317.50	306.63
20	350–400	386	271.00–322.50	304.69
11	400–450	438	262.50–293.00	283.71
16	450–500	474	261.00–291.00	281.11
12	500–550	526	251.00–291.00	272.45
37	550–600	571	245.00–293.00	279.31
9	600–650	626	232.50–269.00	252.55
27	650–700	674	231.00–277.00	259.13
17	700–750	718	220.00–252.00	239.76
21	750–800	780	210.00–246.00	227.00
15	800–850	825	210.00–233.00	223.31
2	850–900	878	216.00–217.00	216.50
8	900–950	919	217.00	217.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
1	850–900	870	182.00	182.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	250–300	290	290.00	290.00
2	400–450	423	212.50–232.50	222.20
1	450–500	465	252.50	252.50
1	500–550	525	230.00	230.00
1	550–600	595	227.50	227.50
1	600–650	605	222.50	222.50
1	650–700	675	220.00	220.00
4	700–750	748	211.00	211.00
2	750–800	765	192.00–205.00	198.50
1	800–850	830	197.00	197.00
1	850–900	865	197.50	197.50
1	1000–1050	1,010	152.00	152.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
1	700–750	700	225.00	225.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	250–300	275	330.00–365.00	345.12
8	300–350	322	362.50–372.50	366.27
19	350–400	371	340.00–375.00	346.48
16	400–450	425	307.50–352.50	329.99
36	450–500	477	300.00–350.00	326.21
78	500–550	528	293.00–339.00	329.18
45	550–600	572	293.00–338.00	312.89
61	600–650	625	270.00–307.00	300.32
66	650–700	669	265.00–293.50	285.59
17	700–750	733	258.00–270.00	260.12
70	750–800	770	250.00–261.00	255.29
188	800–850	816	239.00–260.00	255.78
188	850–900	889	242.00–243.00	242.33

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
5	650–700	653	245.00	245.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	550–600	598	242.00	242.00
3	700–750	730	241.00	241.00
2	750–800	770	224.00	224.00
9	800–850	806	221.00–223.00	222.78
1	900–950	930	187.00	187.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
1	400–450	445	357.50	357.50
7	500–550	535	345.00	345.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	1100–1150	1,115	179.00	179.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	300–350	345	215.00	215.00
1	500–550	545	145.00	145.00
1	550–600	565	167.00	167.00
1	750–800	785	160.00	160.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
2	250–300	277	255.00	255.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
6	500–550	533	247.50–255.00	251.20
1	550–600	585	232.50	232.50
1	650–700	675	222.50	222.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	650–700	682	185.00–212.50	203.69

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.