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Fairview Livestock Auction

Name: Fairview Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2024-04-25
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-04-25

Feeder Cattle · Fairview, Illinois · Thu, Apr 25

● Final88 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2048

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Receipts

890 head

▲ 11 vs last sale 879▼ 170 vs year ago 1,060 · −16.0%

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 400-500lbs traded higher 8.00 with 600-700lbs steers mostly steady. Several load lots of 800-980lb steers traded strong at 223.00 -248.50 with no comparison on a light offering from two weeks ago.. Feeder heifers 400-600lbs traded higher 2.00 with 600-700lbs heifers higher 5.00 with heifers above 700lbs higher 4.00. Active trade with good demand on a moderate offering.

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 $278.79/cwt on 53 head. That ranks 1 of 11 comparable sales and sits −180.65 against this barn's trailing median of $459.44.

Average price

$278.79

53 head · 542 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,512

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$470

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

$91.29/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+0.00

vs IL average

−30.76 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	532	301.58	1,605	29
Medium and Large 1-2	559	262.03	1,464	19thin
Medium and Large 2	540	210.29	1,136	5thin

One grade step is worth $91.29/cwt here — about $470 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 300–400 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 sale53 hd

278.79

—

IL average1 barns · 53 hd

278.79

+0.00

National average173 barns · 10,802 hd

309.55

−30.76

This barn, trailing median11 sales

459.44

−180.65

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

88 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 · Steers38 lots · lightest first
Steers	250–300	Medium and Large 1-2	290	245.00/cwt	245.00–245.00	711	1
Steers	300–350	Medium and Large 2	320	231.16/cwt	220.00–241.00	740	2
Steers	300–350	Medium and Large 1-2	323	310.27/cwt	307.50–313.00	1,002	2
Steers	300–350	Medium and Large 2-3	323	175.35/cwt	170.00–180.00	566	2
Steers	350–400	Medium and Large 1	374	329.18/cwt	317.00–335.00	1,231	13
Steers	350–400	Medium and Large 1-2	383	278.85/cwt	262.00–301.00	1,068	7
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	426	317.86/cwt	297.50–326.00	1,354	12
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 1-2	429	257.39/cwt	249.00–267.00	1,104	4
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1-2	476	273.59/cwt	250.00–287.50	1,302	9
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1Fancy	479	343.00/cwt	343.00–343.00	1,643	5
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	480	317.16/cwt	273.00–330.00	1,522	18
Steers	450–500	Medium 1-2	488	270.00/cwt	270.00–270.00	1,318	2
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	514	300.01/cwt	287.50–311.00	1,542	17
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1Fancy	518	334.00/cwt	334.00–334.00	1,730	5
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 2	518	217.64/cwt	215.00–221.00	1,127	3
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2	528	273.75/cwt	262.00–283.00	1,445	6
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2	569	258.74/cwt	232.00–273.00	1,472	10
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 2	573	199.27/cwt	192.00–207.00	1,142	2
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy	585	249.54/cwt	235.00–257.00	1,460	3
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	587	282.23/cwt	280.00–287.50	1,657	7
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 2	603	211.51/cwt	210.00–213.00	1,275	2
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	614	266.49/cwt	257.00–290.00	1,636	14
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1-2	637	238.58/cwt	232.00–251.00	1,520	3
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 2	655	212.50/cwt	212.50–212.50	1,392	1
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	660	252.33/cwt	251.00–257.00	1,665	9
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1-2	670	231.72/cwt	222.00–242.00	1,553	7
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 1-2	710	226.82/cwt	220.00–236.00	1,610	5
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 1	731	251.87/cwt	242.50–259.00	1,841	43
Steers	750–800	Medium and Large 1	756	231.00/cwt	231.00–231.00	1,746	6
Steers	750–800	Large 1-2	765	209.31/cwt	205.00–218.00	1,601	3
Steers	750–800	Medium and Large 1-2	769	223.71/cwt	212.00–227.00	1,720	11
Steers	800–850	Medium and Large 1	824	246.11/cwt	242.50–248.50	2,028	176
Steers	800–850	Medium and Large 1-2	830	216.72/cwt	210.00–231.00	1,799	6
Steers	850–900	Medium and Large 1	859	242.50/cwt	242.50–242.50	2,083	64
Steers	850–900	Medium and Large 1-2	870	216.00/cwt	216.00–216.00	1,879	3
Steers	900–950	Medium and Large 1-2	910	205.59/cwt	198.00–212.00	1,871	5
Steers	900–950	Large 1-2	935	204.00/cwt	204.00–204.00	1,907	1
Steers	950–1000	Medium and Large 1	968	223.61/cwt	223.25–224.00	2,165	117
Feeder Cattle · Heifers41 lots · lightest first
Heifers	200–250	Medium and Large 2	205	265.00/cwt	265.00–265.00	543	1
Heifers	200–250	Medium and Large 2-3	230	215.00/cwt	215.00–215.00	495	1
Heifers	250–300	Medium and Large 1-2	255	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	765	1
Heifers	250–300	Medium and Large 2-3	270	220.00/cwt	220.00–220.00	594	1
Heifers	250–300	Medium and Large 1	285	308.00/cwt	308.00–308.00	878	3
Heifers	300–350	Medium and Large 1-2	321	254.50/cwt	239.00–277.00	817	6
Heifers	300–350	Medium and Large 2	330	222.39/cwt	215.00–230.00	734	3
Heifers	300–350	Medium and Large 1	340	317.50/cwt	317.50–317.50	1,080	1
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 1-2	364	261.57/cwt	245.00–269.00	952	8
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 1	380	303.53/cwt	299.00–311.00	1,153	12
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 2	390	245.00/cwt	245.00–245.00	956	1
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1Fancy	401	325.00/cwt	325.00–325.00	1,303	3
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 2	410	215.00/cwt	215.00–215.00	882	1
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	425	289.77/cwt	273.00–303.00	1,232	16
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1-2	426	256.72/cwt	235.00–265.00	1,094	4
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 2-3	445	175.00/cwt	175.00–175.00	779	1
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	467	274.84/cwt	271.00–281.00	1,284	8
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1-2	478	250.25/cwt	220.00–267.50	1,196	13
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 2	480	217.00/cwt	217.00–217.00	1,042	1
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2	516	238.43/cwt	221.00–255.00	1,230	9
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	525	266.97/cwt	259.00–281.00	1,402	9
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	563	281.00/cwt	281.00–281.00	1,582	5
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 2-3	570	142.50/cwt	142.50–142.50	812	1
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2	574	236.54/cwt	221.00–251.00	1,358	15
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 2	575	204.46/cwt	197.00–211.00	1,176	3
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	613	243.26/cwt	231.00–263.00	1,491	11
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1-2	624	219.98/cwt	207.50–225.00	1,373	5
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 2-3	625	155.00/cwt	155.00–155.00	969	1
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1-2	663	221.58/cwt	213.00–227.00	1,469	10
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	683	224.45/cwt	220.00–228.00	1,533	13
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 1-2	718	210.74/cwt	201.00–215.00	1,513	7
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 1	725	222.49/cwt	221.00–225.00	1,613	13
Heifers	750–800	Medium and Large 1	765	220.00/cwt	220.00–220.00	1,683	1
Heifers	750–800	Medium and Large 1-2	798	210.00/cwt	210.00–210.00	1,676	3
Heifers	800–850	Medium and Large 1	815	214.00/cwt	214.00–214.00	1,744	2
Heifers	850–900	Medium and Large 2	850	165.00/cwt	165.00–165.00	1,403	2
Heifers	850–900	Medium and Large 1	870	210.00/cwt	210.00–210.00	1,827	8
Heifers	950–1000	Medium and Large 2Fleshy	965	167.50/cwt	167.50–167.50	1,616	1
Heifers	950–1000	Medium and Large 2	980	168.00/cwt	168.00–168.00	1,646	1
Heifers	1000–1050	Medium and Large 1-2	1,020	179.00/cwt	179.00–179.00	1,826	1
Heifers	1150–1200	Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy	1,150	168.00/cwt	168.00–168.00	1,932	1
Feeder Cattle · Bulls9 lots · lightest first
Bulls	300–350	Medium and Large 1-2	320	292.50/cwt	292.50–292.50	936	1
Bulls	350–400	Medium and Large 1-2	395	257.50/cwt	257.50–257.50	1,017	1
Bulls	400–450	Medium and Large 1-2	420	267.50/cwt	260.00–275.00	1,124	2
Bulls	450–500	Medium and Large 1-2	462	280.00/cwt	280.00–280.00	1,294	2
Bulls	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2	505	267.00/cwt	267.00–267.00	1,348	1
Bulls	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2	580	241.00/cwt	241.00–241.00	1,398	1
Bulls	600–650	Medium and Large 2	601	221.00/cwt	221.00–221.00	1,328	6
Bulls	600–650	Medium and Large 1-2	640	223.00/cwt	223.00–223.00	1,427	1
Bulls	650–700	Medium and Large 2	694	204.24/cwt	193.00–208.00	1,417	4

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 →

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Receipts 890Last week 879Year ago 1,060

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	250–300	255	300.00	300.00
6	300–350	321	239.00–277.00	254.50
8	350–400	364	245.00–269.00	261.57
4	400–450	426	235.00–265.00	256.72
13	450–500	478	220.00–267.50	250.25
9	500–550	516	221.00–255.00	238.43
15	550–600	574	221.00–251.00	236.54
5	600–650	624	207.50–225.00	219.98
10	650–700	663	213.00–227.00	221.58
7	700–750	718	201.00–215.00	210.74
3	750–800	798	210.00	210.00
1	1000–1050	1,020	179.00	179.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
1	1150–1200	1,150	168.00	168.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	250–300	285	308.00	308.00
1	300–350	340	317.50	317.50
12	350–400	380	299.00–311.00	303.53
16	400–450	425	273.00–303.00	289.77
8	450–500	467	271.00–281.00	274.84
9	500–550	525	259.00–281.00	266.97
5	550–600	563	281.00	281.00
11	600–650	613	231.00–263.00	243.26
13	650–700	683	220.00–228.00	224.45
13	700–750	725	221.00–225.00	222.49
1	750–800	765	220.00	220.00
2	800–850	815	214.00	214.00
8	850–900	870	210.00	210.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
3	400–450	401	325.00	325.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	200–250	230	215.00	215.00
1	250–300	270	220.00	220.00
1	400–450	445	175.00	175.00
1	550–600	570	142.50	142.50
1	600–650	625	155.00	155.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	200–250	205	265.00	265.00
3	300–350	330	215.00–230.00	222.39
1	350–400	390	245.00	245.00
1	400–450	410	215.00	215.00
1	450–500	480	217.00	217.00
3	550–600	575	197.00–211.00	204.46
2	850–900	850	165.00	165.00
1	950–1000	980	168.00	168.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
1	950–1000	965	167.50	167.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	300–350	320	292.50	292.50
1	350–400	395	257.50	257.50
2	400–450	420	260.00–275.00	267.50
2	450–500	462	280.00	280.00
1	500–550	505	267.00	267.00
1	550–600	580	241.00	241.00
1	600–650	640	223.00	223.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
6	600–650	601	221.00	221.00
4	650–700	694	193.00–208.00	204.24

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	250–300	290	245.00	245.00
2	300–350	323	307.50–313.00	310.27
7	350–400	383	262.00–301.00	278.85
4	400–450	429	249.00–267.00	257.39
9	450–500	476	250.00–287.50	273.59
6	500–550	528	262.00–283.00	273.75
10	550–600	569	232.00–273.00	258.74
3	600–650	637	232.00–251.00	238.58
7	650–700	670	222.00–242.00	231.72
5	700–750	710	220.00–236.00	226.82
11	750–800	769	212.00–227.00	223.71
6	800–850	830	210.00–231.00	216.72
3	850–900	870	216.00	216.00
5	900–950	910	198.00–212.00	205.59

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
3	550–600	585	235.00–257.00	249.54

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
13	350–400	374	317.00–335.00	329.18
12	400–450	426	297.50–326.00	317.86
18	450–500	480	273.00–330.00	317.16
17	500–550	514	287.50–311.00	300.01
7	550–600	587	280.00–287.50	282.23
14	600–650	614	257.00–290.00	266.49
9	650–700	660	251.00–257.00	252.33
43	700–750	731	242.50–259.00	251.87
6	750–800	756	231.00	231.00
176	800–850	824	242.50–248.50	246.11
64	850–900	859	242.50	242.50
117	950–1000	968	223.25–224.00	223.61

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
5	450–500	479	343.00	343.00
5	500–550	518	334.00	334.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	450–500	488	270.00	270.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	750–800	765	205.00–218.00	209.31
1	900–950	935	204.00	204.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	300–350	320	220.00–241.00	231.16
3	500–550	518	215.00–221.00	217.64
2	550–600	573	192.00–207.00	199.27
2	600–650	603	210.00–213.00	211.51
1	650–700	655	212.50	212.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	300–350	323	170.00–180.00	175.35

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.