Sale reports / Illinois / Fairview Livestock Auction / 2024-12-12

Fairview Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Fairview, Illinois · Thu, Dec 12
● Final117 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2048
Receipts
2,189 head
▲ 2,189 vs last sale 0▼ 317 vs year ago 2,506 · −12.6%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Today at Fairview, a quality offering of mostly long timed weaned and multiple vaccinated feeder cattle was met with good to excellent demand. As compared to the last feeder special of three weeks ago, feeder steers 400-600 traded higher 14.00 with 700-800lbs yearling steers, higher 12.00. Light weight feeder calves under 400lbs in high demand as with 600-700lb steers. Heifer calves 400-600lbs traded higher 10.00 with 700-800lbs heifers higher 6.00 on a well attended auction.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb steers averaged $317.00/cwt on 280 head. That ranks 1 of 11 comparable sales and sits −142.45 against this barn's trailing median of $459.44.
Average price
$317.00
280 head · 552 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,751
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$623
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 2-3
$110.48/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+2.68
vs IL average
−7.35 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1555326.731,812225
Large 1510300.001,5301thin
Medium and Large 1-2543286.541,55731
Large 1-2547275.981,5119thin
Large 2500270.001,3501thin
Medium and Large 2544261.411,42311thin
Medium and Large 2-3550216.251,1892thin
One grade step is worth $110.48/cwt here — about $623 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 sale280 hd
317.00
—
IL average2 barns · 358 hd
314.31
+2.68
National average185 barns · 29,268 hd
324.35
−7.35
This barn, trailing median11 sales
459.44
−142.45
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

117 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 · Steers64 lots · lightest first
Steers200–250Medium and Large 2-3240290.00/cwt290.00–290.006961
Steers250–300Medium and Large 2-3280265.00/cwt265.00–265.007421
Steers250–300Medium and Large 1288392.57/cwt385.00–400.001,1312
Steers300–350Medium and Large 1-2330353.51/cwt351.00–370.001,1679
Steers350–400Medium and Large 1-2381356.92/cwt325.00–370.001,36010
Steers350–400Medium and Large 1384391.68/cwt385.00–402.001,50415
Steers350–400Medium and Large 3390165.00/cwt165.00–165.006441
Steers350–400Medium and Large 2395250.00/cwt250.00–250.009881
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1420362.28/cwt333.00–385.001,5228
Steers400–450Medium and Large 2423262.57/cwt260.00–265.001,1112
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed425377.50/cwt377.50–377.501,6042
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1Fancy431392.09/cwt390.00–400.001,69012
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1-2438322.53/cwt310.00–327.501,4135
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1-2465312.74/cwt287.50–328.001,45412
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1476342.65/cwt330.00–375.001,63142
Steers450–500Medium and Large 2478263.68/cwt242.50–277.501,2604
Steers500–550Large 2500270.00/cwt270.00–270.001,3501
Steers500–550Large 1510300.00/cwt300.00–300.001,5301
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1-2513294.02/cwt280.00–303.001,50815
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1525335.67/cwt305.00–352.001,762104
Steers500–550Medium and Large 2-3535205.00/cwt205.00–205.001,0971
Steers500–550Medium and Large 2536261.75/cwt242.50–277.501,4037
Steers500–550Large 1-2538272.50/cwt272.50–272.501,4664
Steers550–600Large 1-2555278.76/cwt262.50–291.001,5475
Steers550–600Medium and Large 2559260.81/cwt245.00–272.501,4584
Steers550–600Medium and Large 2-3565227.50/cwt227.50–227.501,2851
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1-2572279.53/cwt264.00–296.001,59916
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1580319.05/cwt305.00–334.001,850121
Steers600–650Large 2603242.00/cwt242.00–242.001,4593
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1Fancy613318.41/cwt318.00–319.001,95217
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1-2616280.40/cwt261.00–293.001,72733
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1625305.90/cwt293.00–316.001,91289
Steers600–650Medium and Large 2631245.64/cwt231.00–257.001,5507
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1668295.26/cwt285.00–310.001,97295
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1-2669271.82/cwt249.00–283.001,81825
Steers650–700Medium and Large 2669234.85/cwt231.00–241.001,5718
Steers650–700Large 1-2678258.67/cwt241.00–277.001,7542
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy680259.40/cwt255.00–264.001,7642
Steers650–700Large 2688223.37/cwt215.00–229.001,5375
Steers700–750Large 1-2715231.00/cwt231.00–231.001,6526
Steers700–750Medium and Large 1718284.98/cwt275.00–300.002,046120
Steers700–750Medium and Large 1-2729252.80/cwt231.00–277.001,84349
Steers750–800Medium and Large 1-2766261.21/cwt232.00–269.002,00113
Steers750–800Large 1-2770241.00/cwt241.00–241.001,8561
Steers750–800Medium and Large 1772274.22/cwt261.00–278.002,11739
Steers750–800Medium and Large 2773228.00/cwt228.00–228.001,7629
Steers800–850Large 1800260.00/cwt260.00–260.002,0808
Steers800–850Medium and Large 1-2814243.08/cwt224.00–253.001,97922
Steers800–850Large 2815181.00/cwt181.00–181.001,4751
Steers800–850Medium and Large 2816223.00/cwt223.00–223.001,8203
Steers800–850Medium and Large 2Fleshy820201.00/cwt201.00–201.001,6481
Steers800–850Medium and Large 1824272.38/cwt254.00–278.252,244117
Steers800–850Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy830221.00/cwt221.00–221.001,8341
Steers800–850Large 1-2837211.00/cwt211.00–211.001,7662
Steers800–850Large 1-2Full840221.00/cwt221.00–221.001,8561
Steers850–900Medium and Large 1-2855231.00/cwt231.00–231.001,9751
Steers850–900Medium and Large 2870224.00/cwt224.00–224.001,9491
Steers850–900Medium and Large 1883260.89/cwt253.00–264.002,304206
Steers900–950Medium and Large 1901252.00/cwt252.00–252.002,27165
Steers900–950Medium and Large 1-2905217.00/cwt217.00–217.001,9641
Steers900–950Medium and Large 1Fleshy913236.00/cwt236.00–236.002,1553
Steers950–1000Medium and Large 2990206.00/cwt206.00–206.002,0393
Steers950–1000Medium and Large 1993254.00/cwt254.00–254.002,52255
Steers1000–1050Medium and Large 21,005181.00/cwt181.00–181.001,8191
Feeder Cattle · Heifers48 lots · lightest first
Heifers200–250Medium and Large 2220285.00/cwt285.00–285.006271
Heifers200–250Medium and Large 2-3240250.00/cwt250.00–250.006002
Heifers250–300Medium and Large 2280280.00/cwt280.00–280.007841
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 2-3320235.00/cwt235.00–235.007521
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 1-2329318.79/cwt301.00–330.001,04921
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 1335321.00/cwt321.00–321.001,0751
Heifers300–350Medium 2335251.00/cwt251.00–251.008411
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 2340275.00/cwt275.00–275.009351
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1-2372298.61/cwt275.00–312.501,1117
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 2377272.10/cwt267.00–285.001,0265
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 2-3385214.87/cwt205.00–225.008272
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1390319.44/cwt317.00–327.501,2468
Heifers350–400Medium 2390251.00/cwt251.00–251.009791
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 2406259.26/cwt255.00–261.001,0534
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1-2419276.77/cwt265.00–297.501,16014
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1428311.76/cwt301.00–325.001,33431
Heifers450–500Medium 2460219.01/cwt218.00–220.001,0072
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 2-3470205.00/cwt205.00–205.009641
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1473311.07/cwt295.00–329.001,47125
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1-2473287.86/cwt251.00–296.001,36214
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1Fancy483331.00/cwt331.00–331.001,59928
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 2486249.58/cwt231.00–295.001,21312
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 2516231.31/cwt223.00–241.001,1946
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1531300.11/cwt281.00–314.001,594106
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1-2532272.82/cwt250.00–289.001,45116
Heifers500–550Medium 2535222.00/cwt222.00–222.001,1881
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1566286.09/cwt270.00–303.001,619139
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 2571224.02/cwt221.00–225.001,2794
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1-2573261.12/cwt243.00–281.001,49643
Heifers550–600Large 1590265.00/cwt265.00–265.001,5641
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1620270.13/cwt237.00–287.501,67581
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1-2630238.49/cwt231.00–243.001,5028
Heifers600–650Medium 3640210.00/cwt210.00–210.001,3441
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1663259.31/cwt245.00–283.001,71962
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 2665207.50/cwt207.50–207.501,3801
Heifers650–700Large 1667246.00/cwt246.00–246.001,6419
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 2Fleshy670212.50/cwt212.50–212.501,4241
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1-2681231.67/cwt211.00–247.001,57819
Heifers650–700Large 2690226.00/cwt226.00–226.001,5591
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 1722235.37/cwt230.00–246.001,69914
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 1-2746226.00/cwt226.00–226.001,6864
Heifers750–800Large 1-2750221.00/cwt221.00–221.001,6581
Heifers750–800Medium and Large 2775202.00/cwt202.00–202.001,5661
Heifers750–800Medium and Large 1790232.00/cwt232.00–232.001,8331
Heifers800–850Medium and Large 1-2824215.96/cwt201.00–221.001,7808
Heifers800–850Medium and Large 1838233.43/cwt233.00–243.001,95623
Heifers950–1000Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy975201.00/cwt201.00–201.001,9601
Heifers950–1000Large 2-3975171.00/cwt171.00–171.001,6671
Feeder Cattle · Bulls5 lots · lightest first
Bulls250–300Medium and Large 1-2250330.00/cwt330.00–330.008251
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 1-2386299.00/cwt299.00–299.001,1543
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 1-2466252.00/cwt252.00–252.001,1743
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 1-2558245.00/cwt245.00–245.001,3674
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 2585235.00/cwt235.00–235.001,3751

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.