Sale reports / Illinois / Fairview Livestock Auction / 2025-02-06

Fairview Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Fairview, Illinois · Thu, Feb 6
● Final60 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2048
Receipts
668 head
▲ 668 vs last sale 0▲ 257 vs year ago 411 · +62.5%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Today at Fairview, no price comparison to one week ago due to today's light offering. Today's trade was active, with moderate to good demand.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb steers averaged $326.17/cwt on 49 head. That ranks 1 of 11 comparable sales and sits −133.27 against this barn's trailing median of $459.44.
Average price
$326.17
49 head · 562 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,832
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$551
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 3
$127.91/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+0.00
vs IL average
−16.21 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1528355.411,87520
Medium and Large 1-2588322.911,89919thin
Medium and Large 2579285.501,6538thin
Medium and Large 3582227.501,3242thin
One grade step is worth $127.91/cwt here — about $551 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 sale49 hd
326.17
—
IL average1 barns · 49 hd
326.17
+0.00
National average187 barns · 18,766 hd
342.38
−16.21
This barn, trailing median11 sales
459.44
−133.27
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

60 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 · Steers34 lots · lightest first
Steers300–350Medium and Large 1-2326400.00/cwt400.00–400.001,3045
Steers350–400Medium and Large 1376432.50/cwt432.50–432.501,62610
Steers350–400Large 1-2387370.00/cwt370.00–370.001,4322
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1-2426346.03/cwt342.50–360.001,4745
Steers400–450Medium and Large 2435330.00/cwt330.00–330.001,4361
Steers400–450Medium and Large 3440215.00/cwt215.00–215.009461
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1448400.00/cwt400.00–400.001,79217
Steers450–500Medium and Large 2478311.95/cwt297.50–327.501,4912
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1-2483337.83/cwt336.00–345.001,6325
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1496375.64/cwt373.00–380.001,8638
Steers450–500Large 1497360.00/cwt360.00–360.001,7892
Steers500–550Medium and Large 2510295.00/cwt295.00–295.001,5051
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1515360.30/cwt347.50–370.001,85614
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1557344.00/cwt344.00–344.001,9166
Steers550–600Medium and Large 3582227.50/cwt227.50–227.501,3242
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1-2588322.91/cwt310.00–333.001,89919
Steers550–600Medium and Large 2589284.14/cwt278.00–286.001,6747
Steers600–650Medium 2615241.00/cwt241.00–241.001,4821
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1619311.87/cwt294.00–320.001,93056
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1-2620284.00/cwt284.00–284.001,7611
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1-2666276.54/cwt275.00–281.001,8428
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1680294.86/cwt293.00–300.002,00529
Steers700–750Large 1725267.00/cwt267.00–267.001,9362
Steers700–750Medium and Large 1730284.64/cwt270.00–295.002,07826
Steers700–750Medium and Large 1-2730258.50/cwt255.00–262.001,8872
Steers750–800Medium and Large 1786269.34/cwt269.00–271.002,11762
Steers750–800Medium and Large 1-2786249.44/cwt245.00–254.001,96110
Steers800–850Medium and Large 2805223.00/cwt223.00–223.001,7951
Steers800–850Medium and Large 1820245.00/cwt245.00–245.002,0091
Steers850–900Medium and Large 1-2890241.00/cwt241.00–241.002,1451
Steers850–900Medium and Large 1891253.73/cwt243.00–255.002,26185
Steers900–950Medium and Large 1906253.00/cwt253.00–253.002,29264
Steers900–950Medium and Large 2915217.00/cwt217.00–217.001,9861
Steers950–1000Medium and Large 1-2955226.00/cwt226.00–226.002,1582
Feeder Cattle · Heifers26 lots · lightest first
Heifers250–300Medium and Large 1-2288341.02/cwt340.00–344.009824
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 1-2325311.23/cwt310.00–312.501,0112
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1-2385330.00/cwt330.00–330.001,2711
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1427325.00/cwt325.00–325.001,3882
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1-2445305.00/cwt305.00–305.001,3571
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 3Unweaned465205.00/cwt205.00–205.009531
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1471322.87/cwt315.00–330.001,52122
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1-2477309.00/cwt309.00–309.001,4742
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1Fancy501332.00/cwt332.00–332.001,6635
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 2517248.45/cwt242.00–253.001,2843
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1-2530281.18/cwt268.00–286.001,49034
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1534306.77/cwt295.00–310.001,63817
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 2559256.06/cwt252.50–257.001,4315
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1561297.85/cwt292.00–299.001,6716
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1-2588268.97/cwt260.00–271.001,58210
Heifers600–650Medium 3620217.00/cwt217.00–217.001,3452
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1628267.14/cwt250.00–285.001,67834
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1-2675244.86/cwt236.00–255.001,6539
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1685251.62/cwt245.00–261.001,72425
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 2705215.00/cwt215.00–215.001,5161
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 1723253.98/cwt245.00–257.001,83612
Heifers750–800Medium and Large 1-2750233.00/cwt233.00–233.001,7482
Heifers800–850Medium and Large 1-2825226.00/cwt226.00–226.001,8652
Heifers800–850Medium and Large 1830224.00/cwt224.00–224.001,8591
Heifers800–850Medium and Large 2840201.00/cwt201.00–201.001,6881
Heifers1000–1050Medium and Large 11,020222.00/cwt222.00–222.002,2641

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.