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Fairview Livestock Auction

Name: Fairview Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2024-04-11
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-04-11

Feeder Cattle · Fairview, Illinois · Thu, Apr 11

● Final85 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2048

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Receipts

879 head

▲ 879 vs last sale 0▼ 277 vs year ago 1,156 · −24.0%

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Today at Fairview, 400-600lb feeder steers traded lower 8.00-12.00 with steers over 600lbs trading mostly steady with a lower undertone. Feeder heifers 400-600lbs traded lower 8.00-10.00 with feeder heifers above 700lbs higher 6.00. Good demand with active trade on a mostly attractive offering.

Weight class — the figures below change to match

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb heifers averaged $265.91/cwt on 102 head. That ranks 1 of 11 comparable sales and sits −134.15 against this barn's trailing median of $400.07.

Average price

$265.91

102 head · 536 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,426

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$548

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

$110.28/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−14.92

vs IL average

+1.95 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	528	287.78	1,519	64
Medium and Large 1-2	552	235.58	1,301	30
Medium and Large 2	540	213.85	1,155	6thin
Medium and Large 2-3	548	177.50	972	2thin

One grade step is worth $110.28/cwt here — about $548 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 sale102 hd

265.91

—

IL average2 barns · 239 hd

280.83

−14.92

National average181 barns · 13,137 hd

263.96

+1.95

This barn, trailing median11 sales

400.07

−134.15

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

Heifers 500–600 lb: high $431.27, low $332.59, median $400.07 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

85 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 · Steers40 lots · lightest first
Steers	200–250	Medium and Large 1-2	230	335.00/cwt	335.00–335.00	771	1
Steers	200–250	Medium and Large 2	235	233.09/cwt	205.00–260.00	548	2
Steers	300–350	Medium and Large 1Fancy	302	362.50/cwt	362.50–362.50	1,095	2
Steers	300–350	Medium and Large 1	315	336.07/cwt	332.50–340.00	1,059	2
Steers	300–350	Medium and Large 1-2	321	316.57/cwt	300.00–320.00	1,016	6
Steers	300–350	Medium and Large 2	325	245.00/cwt	245.00–245.00	796	1
Steers	350–400	Medium and Large 1	355	335.00/cwt	335.00–335.00	1,189	1
Steers	350–400	Medium and Large 2	375	233.50/cwt	210.00–257.00	876	2
Steers	350–400	Medium and Large 1-2	383	311.41/cwt	287.50–319.00	1,193	14
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	424	315.20/cwt	305.00–324.00	1,336	17
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 1-2	426	276.24/cwt	263.00–289.00	1,177	10
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 1Fancy	441	331.00/cwt	331.00–331.00	1,460	4
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	478	311.41/cwt	295.00–320.00	1,489	26
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 2	480	228.23/cwt	227.50–229.00	1,096	2
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1-2	483	268.13/cwt	233.00–289.00	1,295	16
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1Fancy	511	311.00/cwt	311.00–311.00	1,589	9
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	514	300.55/cwt	285.00–307.00	1,545	17
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 2	516	202.07/cwt	190.00–219.00	1,043	4
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2	530	255.01/cwt	231.00–277.00	1,352	17
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	567	294.01/cwt	282.00–305.00	1,667	37
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2	568	271.04/cwt	235.00–284.00	1,540	50
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1-2	619	240.72/cwt	220.00–249.00	1,490	16
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	630	272.81/cwt	251.00–287.00	1,719	45
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 2	635	210.01/cwt	209.00–211.00	1,334	2
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	671	271.46/cwt	254.00–278.00	1,821	26
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1-2	682	230.56/cwt	207.00–245.00	1,572	5
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 1-2	705	222.93/cwt	209.00–231.00	1,572	7
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 1	722	253.45/cwt	235.00–265.00	1,830	22
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 2-3	745	161.00/cwt	161.00–161.00	1,199	1
Steers	750–800	Medium and Large 2	750	209.00/cwt	209.00–209.00	1,568	1
Steers	750–800	Medium and Large 1	782	241.00/cwt	241.00–241.00	1,885	2
Steers	750–800	Medium and Large 1-2	786	224.91/cwt	219.00–226.00	1,768	7
Steers	800–850	Medium and Large 2	823	190.49/cwt	190.00–191.00	1,568	2
Steers	800–850	Medium and Large 1-2	840	207.00/cwt	207.00–207.00	1,739	2
Steers	850–900	Medium and Large 1	855	220.00/cwt	220.00–220.00	1,881	7
Steers	850–900	Medium and Large 1-2	870	210.41/cwt	191.00–217.00	1,831	8
Steers	850–900	Medium and Large 2	875	122.00/cwt	122.00–122.00	1,068	1
Steers	900–950	Medium and Large 1-2	920	203.00/cwt	203.00–203.00	1,868	1
Steers	900–950	Medium and Large 1	936	209.00/cwt	209.00–209.00	1,956	3
Steers	950–1000	Medium and Large 1-2	975	190.00/cwt	190.00–190.00	1,853	1
Feeder Cattle · Heifers38 lots · lightest first
Heifers	250–300	Medium and Large 2	260	270.00/cwt	270.00–270.00	702	1
Heifers	250–300	Medium and Large 1	280	337.50/cwt	337.50–337.50	945	2
Heifers	250–300	Medium and Large 1-2	283	289.06/cwt	259.00–310.00	818	4
Heifers	300–350	Medium and Large 1-2	334	262.61/cwt	257.00–275.00	877	4
Heifers	300–350	Medium and Large 1	337	287.07/cwt	280.00–303.00	967	4
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 1Fancy	351	309.00/cwt	309.00–309.00	1,085	3
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 1-2	373	268.06/cwt	245.00–283.00	1,000	6
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 2	390	201.44/cwt	187.50–215.00	786	3
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 2	410	220.16/cwt	213.00–227.50	903	2
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	413	286.41/cwt	279.00–295.00	1,183	22
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1-2	435	273.20/cwt	243.00–283.00	1,188	22
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1-2	474	250.19/cwt	241.00–257.00	1,186	7
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	477	295.17/cwt	285.00–303.00	1,408	37
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 2	480	211.08/cwt	207.00–215.00	1,013	2
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1Fancy	501	305.00/cwt	305.00–305.00	1,528	9
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 2-3	520	185.00/cwt	185.00–185.00	962	1
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	521	292.15/cwt	265.00–297.00	1,522	44
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 2	523	217.96/cwt	217.00–221.00	1,140	4
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2	534	235.62/cwt	227.00–255.00	1,258	17
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 2	575	205.62/cwt	201.00–210.00	1,182	2
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 2-3	575	170.00/cwt	170.00–170.00	978	1
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2	576	235.52/cwt	225.00–247.00	1,357	13
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	578	256.21/cwt	250.00–261.00	1,481	11
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1-2	611	225.06/cwt	209.00–236.00	1,375	7
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	628	241.62/cwt	232.00–248.00	1,517	25
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 2	630	184.56/cwt	177.00–192.00	1,163	2
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy	640	214.00/cwt	214.00–214.00	1,370	1
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	665	237.75/cwt	221.00–247.00	1,581	46
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 2	666	205.68/cwt	187.00–217.00	1,370	5
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1-2	675	208.00/cwt	194.00–223.00	1,404	8
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 2-3	695	151.00/cwt	151.00–151.00	1,049	1
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 2	705	185.00/cwt	185.00–185.00	1,304	1
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 1-2	725	213.59/cwt	195.00–221.00	1,549	11
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 1	727	226.67/cwt	221.00–230.00	1,648	10
Heifers	750–800	Medium and Large 1	775	231.62/cwt	201.00–235.00	1,795	90
Heifers	800–850	Medium and Large 2	835	186.00/cwt	186.00–186.00	1,553	1
Heifers	850–900	Medium and Large 1-2	864	197.76/cwt	197.00–200.00	1,709	4
Heifers	850–900	Medium and Large 1	885	205.00/cwt	205.00–205.00	1,814	1
Feeder Cattle · Bulls7 lots · lightest first
Bulls	450–500	Medium and Large 1-2	480	265.00/cwt	265.00–265.00	1,272	1
Bulls	550–600	Medium and Large 2	570	195.00/cwt	195.00–195.00	1,112	2
Bulls	650–700	Medium and Large 2	690	198.04/cwt	185.00–203.00	1,366	4
Bulls	700–750	Medium and Large 2	720	162.50/cwt	162.50–162.50	1,170	1
Bulls	750–800	Medium and Large 2	760	160.00/cwt	160.00–160.00	1,216	1
Bulls	850–900	Medium and Large 2-3	870	137.00/cwt	137.00–137.00	1,192	1
Bulls	950–1000	Medium and Large 2	985	141.00/cwt	141.00–141.00	1,389	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 Apr 11, 2024

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Receipts 879Last week 0Year ago 1,156

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	450–500	480	265.00	265.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	850–900	870	137.00	137.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	550–600	570	195.00	195.00
4	650–700	690	185.00–203.00	198.04
1	700–750	720	162.50	162.50
1	750–800	760	160.00	160.00
1	950–1000	985	141.00	141.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	250–300	283	259.00–310.00	289.06
4	300–350	334	257.00–275.00	262.61
6	350–400	373	245.00–283.00	268.06
22	400–450	435	243.00–283.00	273.20
7	450–500	474	241.00–257.00	250.19
17	500–550	534	227.00–255.00	235.62
13	550–600	576	225.00–247.00	235.52
7	600–650	611	209.00–236.00	225.06
8	650–700	675	194.00–223.00	208.00
11	700–750	725	195.00–221.00	213.59
4	850–900	864	197.00–200.00	197.76

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
1	600–650	640	214.00	214.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	250–300	280	337.50	337.50
4	300–350	337	280.00–303.00	287.07
22	400–450	413	279.00–295.00	286.41
37	450–500	477	285.00–303.00	295.17
44	500–550	521	265.00–297.00	292.15
11	550–600	578	250.00–261.00	256.21
25	600–650	628	232.00–248.00	241.62
46	650–700	665	221.00–247.00	237.75
10	700–750	727	221.00–230.00	226.67
90	750–800	775	201.00–235.00	231.62
1	850–900	885	205.00	205.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
3	350–400	351	309.00	309.00
9	500–550	501	305.00	305.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	250–300	260	270.00	270.00
3	350–400	390	187.50–215.00	201.44
2	400–450	410	213.00–227.50	220.16
2	450–500	480	207.00–215.00	211.08
4	500–550	523	217.00–221.00	217.96
2	550–600	575	201.00–210.00	205.62
2	600–650	630	177.00–192.00	184.56
5	650–700	666	187.00–217.00	205.68
1	700–750	705	185.00	185.00
1	800–850	835	186.00	186.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	500–550	520	185.00	185.00
1	550–600	575	170.00	170.00
1	650–700	695	151.00	151.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	200–250	230	335.00	335.00
6	300–350	321	300.00–320.00	316.57
14	350–400	383	287.50–319.00	311.41
10	400–450	426	263.00–289.00	276.24
16	450–500	483	233.00–289.00	268.13
17	500–550	530	231.00–277.00	255.01
50	550–600	568	235.00–284.00	271.04
16	600–650	619	220.00–249.00	240.72
5	650–700	682	207.00–245.00	230.56
7	700–750	705	209.00–231.00	222.93
7	750–800	786	219.00–226.00	224.91
2	800–850	840	207.00	207.00
8	850–900	870	191.00–217.00	210.41
1	900–950	920	203.00	203.00
1	950–1000	975	190.00	190.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	300–350	315	332.50–340.00	336.07
1	350–400	355	335.00	335.00
17	400–450	424	305.00–324.00	315.20
26	450–500	478	295.00–320.00	311.41
17	500–550	514	285.00–307.00	300.55
37	550–600	567	282.00–305.00	294.01
45	600–650	630	251.00–287.00	272.81
26	650–700	671	254.00–278.00	271.46
22	700–750	722	235.00–265.00	253.45
2	750–800	782	241.00	241.00
7	850–900	855	220.00	220.00
3	900–950	936	209.00	209.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
2	300–350	302	362.50	362.50
4	400–450	441	331.00	331.00
9	500–550	511	311.00	311.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	700–750	745	161.00	161.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	200–250	235	205.00–260.00	233.09
1	300–350	325	245.00	245.00
2	350–400	375	210.00–257.00	233.50
2	450–500	480	227.50–229.00	228.23
4	500–550	516	190.00–219.00	202.07
2	600–650	635	209.00–211.00	210.01
1	750–800	750	209.00	209.00
2	800–850	823	190.00–191.00	190.49
1	850–900	875	122.00	122.00

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.