Sale reports / Illinois / Fairview Livestock Auction / 2024-10-31

Fairview Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Fairview, Illinois · Thu, Oct 31
● Final83 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2048
Receipts
1,371 head
▲ 698 vs last sale 673▲ 1,156 vs year ago 215 · +537.7%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Today at Fairview, with harvest over 86% complete, local producers offered a well conditioned, mostly attractive offering of feeder cattle. Condition, quality and numbers not usually offered until later in the sale season. Good to to excellent demand on a well attended auction. Most classes of feeder steers and heifers higher 12.00-15.00. Several load lots of 800-900lb plus steers higher 20.00 as compared to three weeks ago.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb steers averaged $310.31/cwt on 240 head. That ranks 1 of 11 comparable sales and sits −149.13 against this barn's trailing median of $459.44.
Average price
$310.31
240 head · 549 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,705
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$669
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 2-3
$117.75/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+0.00
vs IL average
+9.62 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1540337.231,822134
Medium and Large 1-2559300.871,68237
Medium and Large 2566267.241,51263
Medium and Large 2-3525219.481,1536thin
One grade step is worth $117.75/cwt here — about $669 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 sale240 hd
310.31
—
IL average1 barns · 240 hd
310.31
+0.00
National average185 barns · 40,108 hd
300.69
+9.62
This barn, trailing median11 sales
459.44
−149.13
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
507453398344median 459.4403/1204/1606/1809/0310/29
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

83 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.
ClassWeightGrade / descriptionAvg wtPriceRangePer headHead
Feeder Cattle · Steers45 lots · lightest first
Steers250–300Medium and Large 1290349.00/cwt349.00–349.001,0121
Steers300–350Medium and Large 1-2315302.50/cwt302.50–302.509531
Steers300–350Medium and Large 2328266.11/cwt261.00–271.008732
Steers300–350Medium and Large 1330358.34/cwt351.00–377.501,1834
Steers350–400Medium and Large 1361360.34/cwt343.00–375.001,30113
Steers350–400Medium and Large 2374280.92/cwt273.00–293.001,0515
Steers350–400Medium and Large 1-2375314.03/cwt301.00–335.001,1787
Steers400–450Medium and Large 2-3418234.53/cwt230.00–239.009802
Steers400–450Medium and Large 2434262.94/cwt241.00–281.001,1418
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1436336.94/cwt323.00–346.001,46913
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1-2437310.81/cwt310.00–316.001,3587
Steers450–500Medium and Large 2472261.88/cwt241.00–281.001,2369
Steers450–500Medium and Large 2-3473221.33/cwt211.00–232.001,0472
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1-2477302.48/cwt289.00–317.001,44329
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1479333.01/cwt325.00–345.001,5958
Steers500–550Medium and Large 2-3504216.71/cwt200.00–231.001,0924
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1520338.45/cwt320.00–344.001,76084
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1-2524298.49/cwt290.00–311.001,56411
Steers500–550Medium and Large 2531268.21/cwt242.00–287.001,42421
Steers550–600Medium and Large 2-3568225.03/cwt218.00–232.001,2782
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1574335.18/cwt330.00–341.001,92450
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1-2574301.88/cwt290.00–317.501,73326
Steers550–600Medium and Large 2583266.75/cwt243.00–279.001,55542
Steers600–650Medium and Large 2626240.42/cwt237.00–247.001,5058
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1-2627275.46/cwt266.00–281.001,72721
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1629301.06/cwt291.00–318.001,89449
Steers650–700Medium and Large 2673237.79/cwt231.00–251.001,6003
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1-2674262.28/cwt261.00–268.001,76813
Steers700–750Medium and Large 1708257.93/cwt248.00–269.001,82615
Steers700–750Medium and Large 1-2730236.80/cwt226.00–246.001,7299
Steers750–800Medium and Large 1-2768235.28/cwt231.00–241.001,80721
Steers750–800Medium and Large 1780261.00/cwt261.00–261.002,03616
Steers800–850Medium and Large 2825210.00/cwt210.00–210.001,7331
Steers800–850Medium and Large 1-2830229.48/cwt228.00–231.001,9052
Steers800–850Medium and Large 1845264.50/cwt264.50–264.502,23560
Steers850–900Medium and Large 2865204.00/cwt204.00–204.001,7651
Steers850–900Medium and Large 1876260.49/cwt259.25–261.752,282127
Steers850–900Medium and Large 1-2880227.20/cwt211.00–235.001,99937
Steers850–900Medium and Large 2-3880173.00/cwt173.00–173.001,5221
Steers900–950Medium and Large 2-3900171.00/cwt171.00–171.001,5391
Steers900–950Medium and Large 1918254.44/cwt252.25–256.252,336238
Steers900–950Medium and Large 1-2934216.78/cwt210.00–221.002,0254
Steers950–1000Medium and Large 1-2968209.38/cwt203.00–216.002,0272
Steers950–1000Medium and Large 1982248.75/cwt248.75–248.752,44357
Steers1000–1050Medium and Large 1-21,035207.00/cwt207.00–207.002,1421
Feeder Cattle · Heifers36 lots · lightest first
Heifers200–250Medium and Large 1230311.00/cwt311.00–311.007152
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 1Fancy320333.00/cwt333.00–333.001,0661
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 2320227.19/cwt215.00–236.007273
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 1326297.07/cwt293.00–299.009683
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 2357247.44/cwt231.00–260.008833
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1369291.34/cwt285.00–295.001,0755
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1-2382273.79/cwt271.00–285.001,0465
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 2-3387221.00/cwt221.00–221.008552
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1Fancy407313.00/cwt313.00–313.001,27412
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1408295.02/cwt285.00–299.001,20413
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1-2431256.84/cwt240.00–273.001,10718
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 2435231.00/cwt231.00–231.001,0051
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 2471234.80/cwt221.00–239.001,1066
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1481280.74/cwt277.00–282.001,3504
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1-2484260.19/cwt245.00–272.001,25928
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1Fancy490301.00/cwt301.00–301.001,4753
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1Fancy506301.00/cwt301.00–301.001,5239
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1-2526257.00/cwt231.00–264.001,35226
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1528284.80/cwt268.00–299.001,50464
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1550281.00/cwt281.00–281.001,5461
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1-2575255.87/cwt233.00–272.001,47125
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 2583204.71/cwt201.00–212.001,1933
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1615243.43/cwt238.00–247.001,49721
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1-2635221.00/cwt221.00–221.001,4031
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1-2655228.00/cwt228.00–228.001,4931
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1675239.00/cwt239.00–239.001,6131
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 1720226.50/cwt226.00–227.001,6312
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 1-2730210.87/cwt203.00–219.001,5398
Heifers750–800Medium and Large 1756229.81/cwt220.00–245.001,73717
Heifers750–800Medium and Large 2-3780163.00/cwt163.00–163.001,2712
Heifers750–800Medium and Large 1-2790203.00/cwt203.00–203.001,6041
Heifers800–850Medium and Large 1800217.00/cwt217.00–217.001,7362
Heifers800–850Medium and Large 1-2845198.00/cwt198.00–198.001,6731
Heifers850–900Medium and Large 1-2870207.39/cwt201.00–214.001,8042
Heifers850–900Medium and Large 1874217.00/cwt217.00–217.001,8979
Heifers900–950Medium and Large 1920200.00/cwt200.00–200.001,8404
Feeder Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls250–300Medium and Large 2250250.00/cwt250.00–250.006251
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 1-2510237.00/cwt237.00–237.001,2091

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.