Sale reports / Illinois / Fairview Livestock Auction / 2025-01-16

Fairview Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Fairview, Illinois · Thu, Jan 16
● Final56 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2048
Receipts
1,207 head
▼ 820 vs last sale 2,027▼ 253 vs year ago 1,460 · −17.3%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Today at Fairview, good demand, active trade on a well conditioned offering. Feeder steers 400-600lbs higher 9.00 with 600-800lbs steers mostly steady to lower 2.00. Feeder heifers 400-600lbs higher 11.00 with spots higher 15.00. 600-700 feeder heifers mostly steady to higher 1.00.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb steers averaged $330.24/cwt on 106 head. That ranks 1 of 11 comparable sales and sits −129.20 against this barn's trailing median of $459.44.
Average price
$330.24
106 head · 568 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,875
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$158
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 1-2
$22.44/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−0.00
vs IL average
−12.21 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1570334.901,90884
Medium and Large 1-2560312.461,75122
One grade step is worth $22.44/cwt here — about $158 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 sale106 hd
330.24
—
IL average1 barns · 106 hd
330.24
−0.00
National average190 barns · 32,836 hd
342.45
−12.21
This barn, trailing median11 sales
459.44
−129.20
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

56 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 · Steers26 lots · lightest first
Steers250–300Medium and Large 1295455.00/cwt455.00–455.001,3421
Steers300–350Medium and Large 1318425.00/cwt425.00–425.001,3523
Steers350–400Medium and Large 1-2371390.00/cwt390.00–390.001,4474
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1425372.53/cwt355.00–385.001,58316
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1-2435333.00/cwt333.00–333.001,4491
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1-2455328.36/cwt327.00–331.001,4943
Steers450–500Medium and Large 3455210.00/cwt210.00–210.009562
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1475378.00/cwt357.50–395.001,79639
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1527343.11/cwt335.00–357.501,80812
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1-2532317.56/cwt307.50–322.501,6899
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1577333.53/cwt328.00–350.001,92472
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1-2580308.93/cwt300.00–320.001,79213
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1627313.35/cwt291.00–319.001,96585
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1-2629277.53/cwt271.00–281.001,74610
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1665300.98/cwt291.00–312.002,002106
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1-2679274.52/cwt260.00–286.001,86433
Steers650–700Medium and Large 2697239.00/cwt239.00–239.001,6662
Steers700–750Medium and Large 1722292.06/cwt281.00–300.002,109121
Steers700–750Medium and Large 1-2723273.60/cwt257.00–279.001,9787
Steers750–800Medium and Large 1775267.22/cwt256.00–273.002,071135
Steers750–800Medium and Large 1-2779242.43/cwt232.00–246.001,8894
Steers800–850Medium and Large 1822262.05/cwt252.00–269.002,15411
Steers800–850Medium and Large 1-2828232.21/cwt231.00–237.001,9235
Steers800–850Medium and Large 2845205.00/cwt205.00–205.001,7321
Steers850–900Medium and Large 1869265.00/cwt265.00–265.002,30365
Steers850–900Medium and Large 1-2873232.72/cwt231.00–237.002,03210
Feeder Cattle · Heifers25 lots · lightest first
Heifers250–300Medium and Large 2265300.00/cwt300.00–300.007951
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 1320376.28/cwt370.00–382.001,2042
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 2365270.00/cwt270.00–270.009862
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1375362.50/cwt362.50–362.501,3592
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1-2380325.00/cwt325.00–325.001,2351
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1420332.28/cwt315.00–345.001,39610
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1Fancy427351.00/cwt351.00–351.001,4999
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1465337.41/cwt317.50–341.001,56955
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1-2476301.40/cwt291.00–305.001,4354
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1-2508275.03/cwt263.00–277.501,3976
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1530305.58/cwt290.00–316.001,62027
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1561305.51/cwt289.00–311.001,71461
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1-2583264.16/cwt251.00–279.001,5406
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 2584243.43/cwt235.00–245.001,4226
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1623277.66/cwt249.00–284.001,73042
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1668259.26/cwt241.00–277.001,732121
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1-2678230.07/cwt220.00–232.001,5607
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 1731254.85/cwt243.00–261.001,86344
Heifers750–800Medium and Large 1760241.00/cwt241.00–241.001,83218
Heifers750–800Medium and Large 1-2775219.00/cwt219.00–219.001,6971
Heifers750–800Large 1-2785235.00/cwt235.00–235.001,8451
Heifers800–850Medium and Large 1811231.00/cwt231.00–231.001,8736
Heifers800–850Medium and Large 1-2820231.00/cwt231.00–231.001,8941
Heifers850–900Medium and Large 1-2860210.00/cwt210.00–210.001,8061
Heifers950–1000Medium and Large 1965213.00/cwt213.00–213.002,0551
Feeder Cattle · Bulls5 lots · lightest first
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 1405335.00/cwt335.00–335.001,3571
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 1-2520270.00/cwt270.00–270.001,4041
Bulls600–650Medium and Large 1-2635252.50/cwt252.50–252.501,6031
Bulls700–750Medium and Large 1-2723235.00/cwt235.00–235.001,6994
Bulls750–800Medium and Large 1-2760220.00/cwt220.00–220.001,6721

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.