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Fairview Livestock Auction

Name: Fairview Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2024-06-20
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-06-20

Feeder Cattle · Fairview, Illinois · Thu, Jun 20

● Final68 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2048

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Receipts

285 head

▼ 637 vs last sale 922▼ 1,355 vs year ago 1,640 · −82.6%

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

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Today at Fairview, excessive heat and humidity drove a light offering this week. Demand was moderate.

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 $294.54/cwt on 10 head. That ranks 1 of 11 comparable sales and sits −164.90 against this barn's trailing median of $459.44.

Average price

$294.54

10 head · 532 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,567

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$291

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

$44.72/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+0.00

vs IL average

−6.12 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	543	321.38	1,743	4thin
Medium and Large 1-2	525	276.66	1,452	6thin

One grade step is worth $44.72/cwt here — about $291 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 400–500 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 sale10 hd

294.54

—

IL average1 barns · 10 hd

294.54

+0.00

National average144 barns · 7,865 hd

300.66

−6.12

This barn, trailing median11 sales

459.44

−164.90

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

68 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 · Steers29 lots · lightest first
Steers	200–250	Medium and Large 2	215	275.00/cwt	275.00–275.00	591	1
Steers	200–250	Medium and Large 1-2	240	325.00/cwt	325.00–325.00	780	1
Steers	300–350	Medium and Large 1	305	376.25/cwt	365.00–387.50	1,148	2
Steers	300–350	Medium and Large 2	335	240.00/cwt	240.00–240.00	804	1
Steers	350–400	Medium and Large 1-2	385	330.96/cwt	327.50–342.50	1,274	4
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	406	356.51/cwt	345.00–360.00	1,447	9
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 1-2	430	285.00/cwt	285.00–285.00	1,226	2
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1-2	460	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	1,380	1
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 2-3	460	222.50/cwt	222.50–222.50	1,024	1
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	470	362.50/cwt	362.50–362.50	1,704	13
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2	518	276.49/cwt	270.00–282.50	1,432	5
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	530	332.50/cwt	332.50–332.50	1,762	3
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2	560	277.50/cwt	277.50–277.50	1,554	1
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	580	288.00/cwt	288.00–288.00	1,670	1
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1Fancy	608	329.00/cwt	329.00–329.00	2,000	2
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1Value Added	616	327.00/cwt	327.00–327.00	2,014	5
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	629	272.64/cwt	266.00–282.00	1,715	7
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1-2	635	242.45/cwt	237.50–252.50	1,540	4
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1Value Added	658	292.00/cwt	292.00–292.00	1,921	12
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1-2	665	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	1,663	2
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	680	287.80/cwt	262.50–299.00	1,957	30
Steers	650–700	Large 1-2	690	270.00/cwt	270.00–270.00	1,863	1
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 1-2	740	230.00/cwt	230.00–230.00	1,702	1
Steers	750–800	Medium and Large 1-2	768	247.34/cwt	232.50–255.00	1,900	3
Steers	750–800	Medium and Large 1	774	262.00/cwt	262.00–262.00	2,028	5
Steers	800–850	Medium and Large 2	815	195.00/cwt	195.00–195.00	1,589	1
Steers	800–850	Medium and Large 1	837	248.84/cwt	245.00–251.00	2,083	14
Steers	800–850	Medium and Large 1-2	840	241.00/cwt	241.00–241.00	2,024	1
Steers	900–950	Medium and Large 1	912	239.00/cwt	239.00–239.00	2,180	5
Feeder Cattle · Heifers30 lots · lightest first
Heifers	250–300	Medium and Large 1-2	285	322.50/cwt	322.50–322.50	919	1
Heifers	300–350	Medium and Large 1	315	307.50/cwt	307.50–307.50	969	1
Heifers	300–350	Medium and Large 1-2	315	280.00/cwt	280.00–280.00	882	1
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 1	383	321.35/cwt	300.00–340.00	1,231	14
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1-2	425	266.90/cwt	252.50–280.00	1,134	2
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	436	312.87/cwt	300.00–322.50	1,364	7
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	455	299.09/cwt	292.50–302.50	1,361	3
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1-2	470	254.35/cwt	235.00–272.50	1,195	2
Heifers	450–500	Large 1-2	495	232.50/cwt	232.50–232.50	1,151	1
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2	518	256.38/cwt	252.50–260.00	1,328	2
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	528	305.00/cwt	305.00–305.00	1,610	4
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	567	286.47/cwt	285.00–290.00	1,624	12
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2	588	261.55/cwt	250.00–262.50	1,538	13
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1-2	615	237.50/cwt	237.50–237.50	1,461	1
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	619	255.05/cwt	250.00–260.00	1,579	8
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1-2	665	242.50/cwt	242.50–242.50	1,613	2
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	697	262.00/cwt	262.00–262.00	1,826	5
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 1-2	708	215.00/cwt	215.00–215.00	1,522	2
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 1Fancy	710	264.00/cwt	264.00–264.00	1,874	5
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 1	725	232.50/cwt	232.50–232.50	1,686	1
Heifers	700–750	Large 1-2	730	180.00/cwt	180.00–180.00	1,314	1
Heifers	750–800	Medium and Large 1	789	232.06/cwt	221.00–239.00	1,831	19
Heifers	800–850	Medium and Large 1	818	220.00/cwt	220.00–220.00	1,800	2
Heifers	850–900	Medium and Large 1-2	890	195.00/cwt	195.00–195.00	1,736	1
Heifers	900–950	Large 1	902	210.00/cwt	210.00–210.00	1,894	3
Heifers	900–950	Medium and Large 1	926	188.26/cwt	187.00–192.00	1,743	4
Heifers	950–1000	Medium and Large 1-2	973	185.00/cwt	185.00–185.00	1,800	2
Heifers	950–1000	Medium and Large 1	975	193.00/cwt	193.00–193.00	1,882	1
Heifers	1050–1100	Large 1-2	1,050	177.50/cwt	177.50–177.50	1,864	1
Heifers	1100–1150	Medium and Large 1-2	1,130	170.00/cwt	170.00–170.00	1,921	1
Feeder Cattle · Bulls9 lots · lightest first
Bulls	300–350	Medium and Large 1	320	395.00/cwt	395.00–395.00	1,264	1
Bulls	450–500	Medium and Large 1-2	475	290.00/cwt	290.00–290.00	1,378	1
Bulls	500–550	Medium and Large 2	530	210.00/cwt	210.00–210.00	1,113	1
Bulls	550–600	Medium and Large 2	595	190.00/cwt	190.00–190.00	1,131	1
Bulls	650–700	Medium and Large 1-2	670	255.00/cwt	255.00–255.00	1,709	2
Bulls	700–750	Medium and Large 1-2	710	240.00/cwt	240.00–240.00	1,704	1
Bulls	750–800	Medium and Large 2	755	212.50/cwt	212.50–212.50	1,604	1
Bulls	750–800	Large 2-3	780	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	1,170	1
Bulls	800–850	Medium and Large 2	808	167.50/cwt	167.50–167.50	1,353	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.

Illinois feeder prices, every weight →Every state and region →

Fairview Sale Barn Cattle Special - Fairview, IL

Thu Jun 20, 2024

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

Receipts 285Last week 922Year ago 1,640

Today at Fairview, excessive heat and humidity drove a light offering this week. Demand was moderate.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	300–350	305	365.00–387.50	376.25
9	400–450	406	345.00–360.00	356.51
13	450–500	470	362.50	362.50
3	500–550	530	332.50	332.50
1	550–600	580	288.00	288.00
7	600–650	629	266.00–282.00	272.64
30	650–700	680	262.50–299.00	287.80
5	750–800	774	262.00	262.00
14	800–850	837	245.00–251.00	248.84
5	900–950	912	239.00	239.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	200–250	240	325.00	325.00
4	350–400	385	327.50–342.50	330.96
2	400–450	430	285.00	285.00
1	450–500	460	300.00	300.00
5	500–550	518	270.00–282.50	276.49
1	550–600	560	277.50	277.50
4	600–650	635	237.50–252.50	242.45
2	650–700	665	250.00	250.00
1	700–750	740	230.00	230.00
3	750–800	768	232.50–255.00	247.34
1	800–850	840	241.00	241.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	650–700	690	270.00	270.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
5	600–650	616	327.00	327.00
12	650–700	658	292.00	292.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
2	600–650	608	329.00	329.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	450–500	460	222.50	222.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	200–250	215	275.00	275.00
1	300–350	335	240.00	240.00
1	800–850	815	195.00	195.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	300–350	315	307.50	307.50
14	350–400	383	300.00–340.00	321.35
7	400–450	436	300.00–322.50	312.87
3	450–500	455	292.50–302.50	299.09
4	500–550	528	305.00	305.00
12	550–600	567	285.00–290.00	286.47
8	600–650	619	250.00–260.00	255.05
5	650–700	697	262.00	262.00
1	700–750	725	232.50	232.50
19	750–800	789	221.00–239.00	232.06
2	800–850	818	220.00	220.00
4	900–950	926	187.00–192.00	188.26
1	950–1000	975	193.00	193.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	250–300	285	322.50	322.50
1	300–350	315	280.00	280.00
2	400–450	425	252.50–280.00	266.90
2	450–500	470	235.00–272.50	254.35
2	500–550	518	252.50–260.00	256.38
13	550–600	588	250.00–262.50	261.55
1	600–650	615	237.50	237.50
2	650–700	665	242.50	242.50
2	700–750	708	215.00	215.00
1	850–900	890	195.00	195.00
2	950–1000	973	185.00	185.00
1	1100–1150	1,130	170.00	170.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	450–500	495	232.50	232.50
1	700–750	730	180.00	180.00
1	1050–1100	1,050	177.50	177.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	900–950	902	210.00	210.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
5	700–750	710	264.00	264.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	300–350	320	395.00	395.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	450–500	475	290.00	290.00
2	650–700	670	255.00	255.00
1	700–750	710	240.00	240.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	750–800	780	150.00	150.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	500–550	530	210.00	210.00
1	550–600	595	190.00	190.00
1	750–800	755	212.50	212.50
3	800–850	808	167.50	167.50

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.