Sale reports / Illinois / Fairview Livestock Auction / 2025-02-20

Fairview Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Fairview, Illinois · Thu, Feb 20
● Final79 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2048
Receipts
564 head
▼ 104 vs last sale 668▲ 564 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Today at Fairview, feeder steers 400-600lbs traded lower 6.00, with steer calves over 600lbs trading higher 5.00. Feeder heifers 400-600lbs traded higher 5.00, with heifer calves over 600lbs trading mostly steady with spots higher 4.00. Good demand on active trade on a lighter offering.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb heifers averaged $292.54/cwt on 66 head. That ranks 1 of 11 comparable sales and sits −107.52 against this barn's trailing median of $400.07.
Average price
$292.54
66 head · 557 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,630
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$232
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 2
$57.50/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+1.34
vs IL average
−5.29 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1549308.421,69434
Medium and Large 1-2563279.221,57328
Medium and Large 2583250.921,4634thin
One grade step is worth $57.50/cwt here — about $232 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 sale66 hd
292.54
—
IL average2 barns · 119 hd
291.21
+1.34
National average119 barns · 5,510 hd
297.83
−5.29
This barn, trailing median11 sales
400.07
−107.52
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
445403361319median 400.0703/1204/1606/1809/0310/29
Heifers 500–600 lb: high $431.27, low $332.59, median $400.07 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

79 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 · Steers36 lots · lightest first
Steers300–350Medium and Large 2330320.00/cwt320.00–320.001,0561
Steers300–350Small and Medium 3345165.00/cwt165.00–165.005691
Steers350–400Medium and Large 1352400.00/cwt400.00–400.001,4086
Steers350–400Medium and Large 1-2378363.82/cwt360.00–367.501,3752
Steers400–450Medium and Large 2415277.90/cwt269.00–305.001,1534
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1417403.33/cwt400.00–407.001,68213
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1-2437310.00/cwt310.00–310.001,3552
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1-2469329.59/cwt320.00–340.001,5464
Steers450–500Medium and Large 2480265.05/cwt251.00–280.001,2722
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1487360.41/cwt351.00–372.501,7556
Steers450–500Medium 3490180.00/cwt180.00–180.008821
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1-2514318.87/cwt300.00–331.001,6399
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1529358.67/cwt351.00–371.001,89726
Steers500–550Medium and Large 2531275.00/cwt275.00–275.001,4603
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1572337.57/cwt330.00–351.001,93111
Steers550–600Medium and Large 2588294.75/cwt253.00–302.501,7339
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1-2589321.65/cwt305.00–327.001,89522
Steers600–650Medium and Large 2621251.15/cwt235.00–259.001,5603
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1628311.58/cwt308.00–315.001,95734
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1-2637284.32/cwt277.00–289.001,8118
Steers600–650Medium 3640165.00/cwt165.00–165.001,0561
Steers650–700Large 1-2655263.00/cwt263.00–263.001,7231
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1671284.00/cwt284.00–284.001,9065
Steers650–700Medium and Large 2673232.99/cwt231.00–235.001,5682
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1-2679268.21/cwt266.00–270.001,8215
Steers700–750Medium and Large 2705243.00/cwt243.00–243.001,7131
Steers700–750Medium and Large 1724287.05/cwt273.00–291.002,07826
Steers700–750Medium and Large 1-2737260.45/cwt242.00–265.001,9206
Steers750–800Medium and Large 1-2783239.99/cwt239.00–241.001,8792
Steers800–850Medium and Large 1822254.06/cwt248.00–261.002,08823
Steers800–850Medium and Large 1-2823231.98/cwt231.00–233.001,9092
Steers850–900Medium and Large 1855246.00/cwt246.00–246.002,1033
Steers850–900Medium 3855171.00/cwt171.00–171.001,4622
Steers850–900Medium and Large 1-2860231.49/cwt231.00–232.001,9912
Steers900–950Medium and Large 1-2905221.00/cwt221.00–221.002,0001
Steers1000–1050Medium and Large 1-21,010201.00/cwt201.00–201.002,0301
Feeder Cattle · Heifers31 lots · lightest first
Heifers250–300Medium and Large 2280285.00/cwt285.00–285.007981
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 1-2325327.58/cwt322.50–332.501,0653
Heifers300–350Small and Medium 3326135.00/cwt135.00–135.004406
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 2345272.50/cwt272.50–272.509401
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1-2370303.90/cwt292.50–315.001,1242
Heifers350–400Small and Medium 3372150.00/cwt150.00–150.005582
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1-2411313.00/cwt313.00–313.001,2863
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1419340.01/cwt317.50–347.501,42510
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 2445287.80/cwt281.00–290.001,2814
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1476330.57/cwt330.00–331.001,57414
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1-2477295.59/cwt283.00–315.001,41011
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1-2533282.36/cwt272.50–285.001,50510
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1542310.74/cwt299.00–313.001,68420
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1560305.10/cwt286.00–310.001,70914
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1-2580277.47/cwt263.00–281.001,60918
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 2583250.92/cwt237.00–257.001,4634
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 2600227.00/cwt227.00–227.001,3623
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1626271.46/cwt241.00–285.001,69947
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1-2635237.00/cwt237.00–237.001,5051
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1-2671233.65/cwt231.00–239.001,5689
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1679249.67/cwt239.00–261.001,69528
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 1703247.85/cwt245.00–250.001,7427
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 1-2733228.58/cwt211.00–239.001,6755
Heifers750–800Medium and Large 1-2750221.00/cwt221.00–221.001,6581
Heifers750–800Medium and Large 1759251.82/cwt245.00–254.001,91115
Heifers750–800Large 1765243.00/cwt243.00–243.001,8593
Heifers750–800Medium and Large 2785201.00/cwt201.00–201.001,5781
Heifers800–850Medium and Large 1808241.00/cwt241.00–241.001,9473
Heifers850–900Medium and Large 1-2858211.00/cwt211.00–211.001,8103
Heifers900–950Medium and Large 1900219.00/cwt219.00–219.001,9711
Heifers950–1000Large 2991186.34/cwt169.00–195.001,8473
Feeder Cattle · Bulls12 lots · lightest first
Bulls300–350Medium and Large 2310275.00/cwt275.00–275.008531
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 1-2390330.00/cwt330.00–330.001,2871
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 1-2415332.50/cwt332.50–332.501,3801
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 2415247.50/cwt247.50–247.501,0271
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 1-2474316.60/cwt297.00–325.001,5017
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 2523271.00/cwt271.00–271.001,4174
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 1-2525292.50/cwt292.50–292.501,5361
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 2583270.25/cwt260.00–281.001,57611
Bulls650–700Medium and Large 2655240.00/cwt240.00–240.001,5724
Bulls700–750Medium and Large 2721228.76/cwt222.00–233.001,64911
Bulls750–800Medium and Large 2758219.48/cwt202.00–222.001,6648
Bulls900–950Medium and Large 2938172.94/cwt165.00–181.001,6222

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.