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Fairview Livestock Auction

Name: Fairview Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2024-09-26
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-09-26

Feeder Cattle · Fairview, Illinois · Thu, Sep 26

● Final80 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2048

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Receipts

952 head

▼ 441 vs last sale 1,393▼ 459 vs year ago 1,411 · −32.5%

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

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Today at Fairview, a solid offering of feeder calves and yearlings was met with good demand on active trade. Demand for mid weight feeder heifers was good to excellent.

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 $285.09/cwt on 129 head. That ranks 1 of 11 comparable sales and sits −174.35 against this barn's trailing median of $459.44.

Average price

$285.09

129 head · 557 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,587

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$517

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

$90.94/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−0.00

vs IL average

+10.80 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	552	301.13	1,662	66
Medium and Large 1-2	563	272.23	1,532	59
Medium and Large 2	545	210.19	1,145	4thin

One grade step is worth $90.94/cwt here — about $517 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 sale129 hd

285.09

—

IL average1 barns · 129 hd

285.09

−0.00

National average169 barns · 10,664 hd

274.29

+10.80

This barn, trailing median11 sales

459.44

−174.35

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

80 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 · Steers33 lots · lightest first
Steers	250–300	Medium and Large 1	273	342.71/cwt	335.00–350.00	936	2
Steers	250–300	Medium 1	290	380.00/cwt	380.00–380.00	1,102	1
Steers	350–400	Medium and Large 1	368	371.29/cwt	370.00–372.50	1,366	2
Steers	350–400	Medium and Large 1-2	380	317.50/cwt	317.50–317.50	1,207	1
Steers	350–400	Medium 1-2	385	285.00/cwt	285.00–285.00	1,097	1
Steers	350–400	Medium and Large 2	395	212.50/cwt	212.50–212.50	839	2
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	417	312.89/cwt	305.00–323.00	1,305	26
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 1-2	429	283.01/cwt	281.00–285.00	1,214	4
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1Fancy	450	325.00/cwt	325.00–325.00	1,463	2
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 2-3	450	205.00/cwt	205.00–205.00	923	1
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 2	460	251.00/cwt	251.00–251.00	1,155	1
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1-2	484	283.32/cwt	267.00–293.00	1,371	28
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	489	311.96/cwt	299.00–320.00	1,525	40
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	537	290.45/cwt	283.00–297.00	1,560	28
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2	542	272.48/cwt	243.00–279.00	1,477	12
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 2	543	213.25/cwt	200.00–240.00	1,158	3
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 2	550	201.00/cwt	201.00–201.00	1,106	1
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	563	309.00/cwt	309.00–309.00	1,740	38
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2	568	272.17/cwt	249.00–281.00	1,546	47
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	617	281.77/cwt	271.00–295.00	1,739	43
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1-2	621	262.09/cwt	257.00–265.00	1,628	4
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 2	623	211.92/cwt	197.50–226.00	1,320	2
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 2	650	221.00/cwt	221.00–221.00	1,437	2
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	682	271.80/cwt	270.00–272.00	1,854	19
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1-2	682	251.81/cwt	231.00–264.00	1,717	24
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 1	701	255.48/cwt	242.00–258.00	1,791	24
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 1-2	730	239.00/cwt	239.00–239.00	1,745	1
Steers	750–800	Medium and Large 1-2	770	241.00/cwt	241.00–241.00	1,856	1
Steers	750–800	Medium and Large 1	782	246.00/cwt	246.00–246.00	1,924	6
Steers	800–850	Medium and Large 1-2	835	205.00/cwt	205.00–205.00	1,712	1
Steers	850–900	Medium and Large 1	883	243.00/cwt	243.00–243.00	2,146	60
Steers	850–900	Medium and Large 1-2	885	220.97/cwt	216.00–226.00	1,956	2
Steers	950–1000	Medium and Large 1	951	232.00/cwt	232.00–232.00	2,206	55
Feeder Cattle · Heifers33 lots · lightest first
Heifers	250–300	Medium and Large 1	280	312.50/cwt	312.50–312.50	875	1
Heifers	300–350	Medium and Large 1-2	322	264.58/cwt	263.00–267.00	852	5
Heifers	300–350	Medium and Large 1	325	315.00/cwt	315.00–315.00	1,024	1
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 1	385	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	1,155	2
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 1-2	385	274.00/cwt	274.00–274.00	1,055	1
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	412	281.85/cwt	271.00–290.00	1,161	11
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1-2	418	268.45/cwt	265.00–271.00	1,122	7
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1Fancy	434	303.55/cwt	303.00–305.00	1,317	7
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	468	286.10/cwt	270.00–295.00	1,339	23
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 2	470	227.00/cwt	227.00–227.00	1,067	1
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1-2	475	260.06/cwt	254.00–269.00	1,235	16
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 2-3	505	151.00/cwt	151.00–151.00	763	1
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 2	510	213.34/cwt	213.00–214.00	1,088	3
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2	515	240.88/cwt	233.00–249.00	1,241	4
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	529	267.51/cwt	252.50–276.00	1,415	44
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 2	565	217.86/cwt	203.00–225.00	1,231	3
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	571	263.38/cwt	250.00–267.00	1,504	21
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2	575	244.26/cwt	231.00–247.00	1,404	6
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1-2	617	232.54/cwt	225.00–241.00	1,435	5
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	618	267.07/cwt	248.00–267.50	1,650	44
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 2	628	207.12/cwt	197.00–217.00	1,301	2
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	657	251.00/cwt	251.00–251.00	1,649	11
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 2	695	187.00/cwt	187.00–187.00	1,300	1
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 1	704	245.00/cwt	245.00–245.00	1,725	76
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 1-2	719	223.49/cwt	201.00–231.00	1,607	7
Heifers	700–750	Large 2	730	199.00/cwt	199.00–199.00	1,453	1
Heifers	750–800	Medium and Large 1	771	239.15/cwt	232.00–240.50	1,844	78
Heifers	750–800	Large 2-3	775	170.00/cwt	170.00–170.00	1,318	1
Heifers	750–800	Medium and Large 1-2	790	206.00/cwt	206.00–206.00	1,627	1
Heifers	800–850	Medium and Large 1	805	231.50/cwt	231.50–231.50	1,864	3
Heifers	850–900	Medium and Large 1-2	850	202.00/cwt	202.00–202.00	1,717	1
Heifers	950–1000	Medium and Large 1	956	197.50/cwt	197.00–198.00	1,888	6
Heifers	1000–1050	Medium and Large 2	1,025	156.16/cwt	148.00–164.00	1,601	2
Feeder Cattle · Bulls14 lots · lightest first
Bulls	300–350	Medium and Large 1	328	353.51/cwt	322.50–385.00	1,160	2
Bulls	300–350	Medium and Large 1-2	335	292.50/cwt	292.50–292.50	980	2
Bulls	350–400	Medium and Large 1-2	382	292.50/cwt	292.50–292.50	1,117	2
Bulls	400–450	Medium and Large 1-2	423	275.28/cwt	242.00–293.00	1,164	7
Bulls	450–500	Medium and Large 1-2	475	273.00/cwt	273.00–273.00	1,297	1
Bulls	450–500	Medium and Large 2	475	225.00/cwt	225.00–225.00	1,069	1
Bulls	550–600	Medium and Large 2	555	203.00/cwt	203.00–203.00	1,127	1
Bulls	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2	583	229.48/cwt	229.00–231.00	1,338	4
Bulls	600–650	Medium and Large 1-2	607	219.18/cwt	217.50–220.00	1,330	3
Bulls	600–650	Medium and Large 2	620	199.06/cwt	197.00–201.00	1,234	2
Bulls	750–800	Medium and Large 1-2	789	199.00/cwt	199.00–199.00	1,570	5
Bulls	800–850	Medium and Large 2	800	193.00/cwt	193.00–193.00	1,544	3
Bulls	850–900	Medium and Large 2	875	178.26/cwt	176.00–179.00	1,560	4
Bulls	1300–1350	Medium and Large 2	1,330	132.00/cwt	132.00–132.00	1,756	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 Sep 26, 2024

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

Receipts 952Last week 1,393Year ago 1,411

Today at Fairview, a solid offering of feeder calves and yearlings was met with good demand on active trade. Demand for mid weight feeder heifers was good to excellent.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	450–500	470	227.00	227.00
3	500–550	510	213.00–214.00	213.34
3	550–600	565	203.00–225.00	217.86
2	600–650	628	197.00–217.00	207.12
1	650–700	695	187.00	187.00
2	1000–1050	1,025	148.00–164.00	156.16

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	300–350	322	263.00–267.00	264.58
1	350–400	385	274.00	274.00
7	400–450	418	265.00–271.00	268.45
16	450–500	475	254.00–269.00	260.06
4	500–550	515	233.00–249.00	240.88
6	550–600	575	231.00–247.00	244.26
5	600–650	617	225.00–241.00	232.54
7	700–750	719	201.00–231.00	223.49
1	750–800	790	206.00	206.00
1	850–900	850	202.00	202.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	700–750	730	199.00	199.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	250–300	280	312.50	312.50
1	300–350	325	315.00	315.00
2	350–400	385	300.00	300.00
11	400–450	412	271.00–290.00	281.85
23	450–500	468	270.00–295.00	286.10
44	500–550	529	252.50–276.00	267.51
21	550–600	571	250.00–267.00	263.38
44	600–650	618	248.00–267.50	267.07
11	650–700	657	251.00	251.00
76	700–750	704	245.00	245.00
78	750–800	771	232.00–240.50	239.15
3	800–850	805	231.50	231.50
6	950–1000	956	197.00–198.00	197.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
7	400–450	434	303.00–305.00	303.55

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	500–550	505	151.00	151.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	750–800	775	170.00	170.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	250–300	273	335.00–350.00	342.71
2	350–400	368	370.00–372.50	371.29
26	400–450	417	305.00–323.00	312.89
40	450–500	489	299.00–320.00	311.96
28	500–550	537	283.00–297.00	290.45
38	550–600	563	309.00	309.00
43	600–650	617	271.00–295.00	281.77
19	650–700	682	270.00–272.00	271.80
24	700–750	701	242.00–258.00	255.48
6	750–800	782	246.00	246.00
60	850–900	883	243.00	243.00
55	950–1000	951	232.00	232.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	250–300	290	380.00	380.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	350–400	380	317.50	317.50
4	400–450	429	281.00–285.00	283.01
28	450–500	484	267.00–293.00	283.32
12	500–550	542	243.00–279.00	272.48
47	550–600	568	249.00–281.00	272.17
4	600–650	621	257.00–265.00	262.09
24	650–700	682	231.00–264.00	251.81
1	700–750	730	239.00	239.00
1	750–800	770	241.00	241.00
1	800–850	835	205.00	205.00
2	850–900	885	216.00–226.00	220.97

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	350–400	395	212.50	212.50
1	450–500	460	251.00	251.00
3	500–550	543	200.00–240.00	213.25
1	550–600	550	201.00	201.00
2	600–650	623	197.50–226.00	211.92
2	650–700	650	221.00	221.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	350–400	385	285.00	285.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	450–500	450	205.00	205.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
2	450–500	450	325.00	325.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	300–350	335	292.50	292.50
2	350–400	382	292.50	292.50
7	400–450	423	242.00–293.00	275.28
1	450–500	475	273.00	273.00
4	550–600	583	229.00–231.00	229.48
3	600–650	607	217.50–220.00	219.18
5	750–800	789	199.00	199.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	450–500	475	225.00	225.00
1	550–600	555	203.00	203.00
2	600–650	620	197.00–201.00	199.06
3	800–850	800	193.00	193.00
4	850–900	875	176.00–179.00	178.26
2	1300–1350	1,330	132.00	132.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	300–350	328	322.50–385.00	353.51

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.