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Fairview Livestock Auction

Name: Fairview Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2024-05-23
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-05-23

Feeder Cattle · Fairview, Illinois · Thu, May 23

● Final71 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2048

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Receipts

950 head

▲ 100 vs last sale 850▼ 158 vs year ago 1,108 · −14.3%

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, 400-500 feeder steers lower 8.00, 600-700lbs higher 15.00 with steers 800-900lbs higher 12.00. Feeder heifers 400lbs higher 10.00, 500lb heifers steady with 600lbs heifers higher 15.00. 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

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $318.95/cwt on 77 head. That ranks 1 of 11 comparable sales and sits −140.49 against this barn's trailing median of $459.44.

Average price

$318.95

77 head · 544 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,734

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$249

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

$68.77/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+0.00

vs IL average

+4.85 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	537	328.20	1,762	63
Medium and Large 1-2	573	282.23	1,616	11thin
Medium and Large 2	583	259.43	1,512	3thin

One grade step is worth $68.77/cwt here — about $249 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 sale77 hd

318.95

—

IL average1 barns · 77 hd

318.95

+0.00

National average158 barns · 11,390 hd

314.10

+4.85

This barn, trailing median11 sales

459.44

−140.49

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

71 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 · Steers32 lots · lightest first
Steers	300–350	Medium and Large 1	325	400.00/cwt	400.00–400.00	1,300	1
Steers	350–400	Medium and Large 1	375	359.58/cwt	329.00–375.00	1,348	10
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 1-2	415	259.00/cwt	259.00–259.00	1,075	1
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	424	342.12/cwt	312.50–359.00	1,451	13
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1-2	468	293.68/cwt	282.00–305.00	1,374	2
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	472	341.25/cwt	320.00–370.00	1,611	53
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2	520	281.00/cwt	281.00–281.00	1,461	1
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	527	330.85/cwt	307.00–355.00	1,744	49
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	571	318.93/cwt	301.00–326.00	1,821	14
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2	578	282.35/cwt	271.00–300.00	1,632	10
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 2	583	259.43/cwt	252.00–269.00	1,512	3
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1Fancy	615	324.00/cwt	324.00–324.00	1,993	7
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1-2	622	255.84/cwt	231.00–285.00	1,591	3
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	631	311.52/cwt	289.00–321.00	1,966	37
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy	650	232.50/cwt	232.50–232.50	1,511	1
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	656	310.66/cwt	285.00–318.00	2,038	20
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1-2	671	259.33/cwt	247.00–278.00	1,740	9
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 1-2	705	235.00/cwt	235.00–235.00	1,657	1
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 1	707	277.00/cwt	277.00–277.00	1,958	2
Steers	750–800	Medium and Large 1	771	258.09/cwt	251.00–263.00	1,990	19
Steers	750–800	Medium and Large 1-2	774	241.07/cwt	208.00–249.00	1,866	13
Steers	800–850	Medium and Large 1-2	825	225.24/cwt	218.00–234.00	1,858	3
Steers	800–850	Medium and Large 1	829	248.77/cwt	244.00–252.00	2,062	8
Steers	850–900	Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy	880	225.50/cwt	214.00–237.00	1,984	2
Steers	850–900	Medium and Large 2	880	191.00/cwt	191.00–191.00	1,681	6
Steers	850–900	Medium and Large 1	882	259.42/cwt	243.00–260.75	2,288	190
Steers	850–900	Medium and Large 1-2	882	233.69/cwt	231.00–235.00	2,061	3
Steers	900–950	Medium and Large 1	903	253.34/cwt	231.00–253.75	2,288	57
Steers	900–950	Medium and Large 2	918	186.97/cwt	183.00–191.00	1,716	2
Steers	950–1000	Medium and Large 1	967	242.56/cwt	239.75–245.50	2,346	110
Steers	950–1000	Large 1-2	995	209.00/cwt	209.00–209.00	2,080	1
Steers	1150–1200	Medium and Large 1-2	1,165	171.00/cwt	171.00–171.00	1,992	1
Feeder Cattle · Heifers33 lots · lightest first
Heifers	250–300	Medium and Large 1	255	390.00/cwt	390.00–390.00	995	2
Heifers	250–300	Medium 1-2	275	297.50/cwt	297.50–297.50	818	1
Heifers	250–300	Medium and Large 1-2	280	331.00/cwt	331.00–331.00	927	1
Heifers	300–350	Medium and Large 1-2	318	274.38/cwt	260.00–282.50	873	3
Heifers	300–350	Medium and Large 1	335	347.00/cwt	347.00–347.00	1,162	1
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 1	362	326.69/cwt	305.00–331.00	1,183	10
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 1-2	380	265.49/cwt	241.00–285.00	1,009	4
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1-2	427	274.89/cwt	270.00–282.00	1,174	4
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	431	314.56/cwt	305.00–330.00	1,356	18
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1-2	472	263.83/cwt	247.00–273.00	1,245	9
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	478	317.00/cwt	291.00–324.00	1,515	47
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	518	312.92/cwt	285.00–324.00	1,621	51
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2	525	276.93/cwt	259.00–285.00	1,454	6
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2	561	263.61/cwt	242.50–273.00	1,479	4
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	580	298.88/cwt	292.00–309.00	1,734	14
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1-2	605	284.00/cwt	284.00–284.00	1,718	2
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	611	279.03/cwt	251.00–289.00	1,705	27
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	669	239.68/cwt	235.00–251.00	1,603	9
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy	670	227.50/cwt	227.50–227.50	1,524	1
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1-2	678	250.69/cwt	243.00–258.00	1,700	2
Heifers	700–750	Large 1	710	235.00/cwt	235.00–235.00	1,669	2
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 1	726	242.57/cwt	231.00–251.00	1,761	10
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 1-2	728	219.36/cwt	207.00–231.00	1,597	5
Heifers	750–800	Medium and Large 1-2	765	213.59/cwt	200.00–223.00	1,634	5
Heifers	800–850	Medium and Large 2	825	155.00/cwt	155.00–155.00	1,279	1
Heifers	800–850	Medium and Large 1	837	219.25/cwt	219.00–220.00	1,835	4
Heifers	850–900	Medium and Large 1	860	218.00/cwt	218.00–218.00	1,875	1
Heifers	850–900	Medium and Large 1-2	880	211.74/cwt	203.00–216.00	1,863	3
Heifers	900–950	Medium and Large 1	915	211.00/cwt	211.00–211.00	1,931	2
Heifers	900–950	Medium and Large 2	925	162.00/cwt	162.00–162.00	1,499	1
Heifers	950–1000	Medium and Large 2	950	167.00/cwt	167.00–167.00	1,587	3
Heifers	950–1000	Medium and Large 1-2	985	189.00/cwt	189.00–189.00	1,862	1
Heifers	1000–1050	Medium and Large 2	1,000	162.00/cwt	162.00–162.00	1,620	1
Feeder Cattle · Bulls6 lots · lightest first
Bulls	250–300	Medium and Large 1-2	260	385.00/cwt	385.00–385.00	1,001	1
Bulls	300–350	Medium and Large 1	320	392.50/cwt	392.50–392.50	1,256	1
Bulls	350–400	Medium and Large 1-2	350	337.50/cwt	337.50–337.50	1,181	1
Bulls	400–450	Medium and Large 1-2	415	301.00/cwt	301.00–301.00	1,249	1
Bulls	450–500	Medium and Large 1-2	460	315.17/cwt	292.50–327.50	1,450	7
Bulls	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2	508	284.81/cwt	272.50–297.00	1,447	2

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 May 23, 2024

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

Receipts 950Last week 850Year ago 1,108

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	300–350	325	400.00	400.00
10	350–400	375	329.00–375.00	359.58
13	400–450	424	312.50–359.00	342.12
53	450–500	472	320.00–370.00	341.25
49	500–550	527	307.00–355.00	330.85
14	550–600	571	301.00–326.00	318.93
37	600–650	631	289.00–321.00	311.52
20	650–700	656	285.00–318.00	310.66
2	700–750	707	277.00	277.00
19	750–800	771	251.00–263.00	258.09
8	800–850	829	244.00–252.00	248.77
190	850–900	882	243.00–260.75	259.42
57	900–950	903	231.00–253.75	253.34
110	950–1000	967	239.75–245.50	242.56

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	400–450	415	259.00	259.00
2	450–500	468	282.00–305.00	293.68
1	500–550	520	281.00	281.00
10	550–600	578	271.00–300.00	282.35
3	600–650	622	231.00–285.00	255.84
9	650–700	671	247.00–278.00	259.33
1	700–750	705	235.00	235.00
13	750–800	774	208.00–249.00	241.07
3	800–850	825	218.00–234.00	225.24
3	850–900	882	231.00–235.00	233.69
1	1150–1200	1,165	171.00	171.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
1	650–700	650	232.50	232.50
2	850–900	880	214.00–237.00	225.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
7	600–650	615	324.00	324.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	950–1000	995	209.00	209.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	550–600	583	252.00–269.00	259.43
6	850–900	880	191.00	191.00
2	900–950	918	183.00–191.00	186.97

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	250–300	280	331.00	331.00
3	300–350	318	260.00–282.50	274.38
4	350–400	380	241.00–285.00	265.49
4	400–450	427	270.00–282.00	274.89
9	450–500	472	247.00–273.00	263.83
6	500–550	525	259.00–285.00	276.93
4	550–600	561	242.50–273.00	263.61
2	600–650	605	284.00	284.00
2	650–700	678	243.00–258.00	250.69
5	700–750	728	207.00–231.00	219.36
5	750–800	765	200.00–223.00	213.59
3	850–900	880	203.00–216.00	211.74
1	950–1000	985	189.00	189.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
1	650–700	670	227.50	227.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	250–300	255	390.00	390.00
1	300–350	335	347.00	347.00
10	350–400	362	305.00–331.00	326.69
18	400–450	431	305.00–330.00	314.56
47	450–500	478	291.00–324.00	317.00
51	500–550	518	285.00–324.00	312.92
14	550–600	580	292.00–309.00	298.88
27	600–650	611	251.00–289.00	279.03
9	650–700	669	235.00–251.00	239.68
10	700–750	726	231.00–251.00	242.57
4	800–850	837	219.00–220.00	219.25
1	850–900	860	218.00	218.00
2	900–950	915	211.00	211.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	250–300	275	297.50	297.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	700–750	710	235.00	235.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	800–850	825	155.00	155.00
1	900–950	925	162.00	162.00
3	950–1000	950	167.00	167.00
1	1000–1050	1,000	162.00	162.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	250–300	260	385.00	385.00
1	350–400	350	337.50	337.50
1	400–450	415	301.00	301.00
7	450–500	460	292.50–327.50	315.17
2	500–550	508	272.50–297.00	284.81

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	300–350	320	392.50	392.50

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.