Sale reports / Illinois / Fairview Livestock Auction / 2025-04-03

Fairview Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Fairview, Illinois · Thu, Apr 3
● Final123 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2048
Receipts
1,600 head
▲ 1,600 vs last sale 0▲ 1,600 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Today at Fairview, the strong feeder cattle market continues with price increases across most classes. Feeder steers 400-600lbs traded higher 17.00, with 600-700 calves higher 10.00. 800lbs steers traded 14.00 higher as compared to two weeks ago. Feeder heifers 400-600lbs traded higher 10.00 with feeder heifers over 600lbs trading higher 12.00. Several lot loads of 800lb steers trading at record levels. Good quality, grass ready offering with good to excellent demand on strong trade.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb steers averaged $352.47/cwt on 134 head. That ranks 1 of 11 comparable sales and sits −106.97 against this barn's trailing median of $459.44.
Average price
$352.47
134 head · 565 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,991
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$882
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 3
$165.18/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+0.00
vs IL average
−16.54 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1565375.182,12161
Medium and Large 1-2561354.221,98747
Medium and Large 2570299.471,70625
Medium and Large 3590210.001,2391thin
One grade step is worth $165.18/cwt here — about $882 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 sale134 hd
352.47
—
IL average1 barns · 134 hd
352.47
+0.00
National average168 barns · 11,835 hd
369.01
−16.54
This barn, trailing median11 sales
459.44
−106.97
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

123 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 · Steers56 lots · lightest first
Steers200–250Medium and Large 1-2215450.00/cwt450.00–450.009681
Steers200–250Medium and Large 2238373.57/cwt340.00–390.008893
Steers250–300Medium and Large 3282283.06/cwt240.00–305.007984
Steers250–300Medium and Large 1-2285410.00/cwt410.00–410.001,1692
Steers250–300Medium and Large 2288339.96/cwt335.00–345.009792
Steers300–350Medium and Large 2-3310275.00/cwt275.00–275.008532
Steers300–350Medium and Large 1-2324378.20/cwt360.00–400.001,2254
Steers300–350Medium and Large 3330255.00/cwt255.00–255.008421
Steers300–350Medium and Large 1333470.49/cwt450.00–495.001,5679
Steers350–400Medium and Large 2350340.00/cwt340.00–340.001,1901
Steers350–400Medium and Large 1365444.25/cwt440.00–447.501,6229
Steers350–400Medium and Large 1-2377381.76/cwt350.00–405.001,43912
Steers350–400Medium and Large 2-3390275.00/cwt275.00–275.001,0731
Steers400–450Medium 1405430.00/cwt430.00–430.001,7421
Steers400–450Medium and Large 2-3405210.00/cwt210.00–210.008511
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1Fancy425490.00/cwt490.00–490.002,0838
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1426439.27/cwt420.00–447.501,8717
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1-2432373.92/cwt335.00–405.001,61530
Steers400–450Medium and Large 2432321.01/cwt307.50–355.001,3878
Steers450–500Medium and Large 3450255.00/cwt255.00–255.001,1481
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1Fancy456482.50/cwt482.50–482.502,20021
Steers450–500Medium and Large 2469309.07/cwt285.00–325.001,4506
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1-2478378.45/cwt335.00–405.001,80929
Steers450–500Medium 1-2482345.00/cwt345.00–345.001,6632
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1498432.50/cwt432.50–432.502,1543
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1-2512356.76/cwt330.00–362.501,82711
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1513402.58/cwt390.00–415.002,06512
Steers500–550Medium and Large 2529294.81/cwt265.00–315.001,5605
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1-2576353.44/cwt335.00–380.002,03636
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1578368.47/cwt352.50–385.002,13049
Steers550–600Medium and Large 2580300.63/cwt270.00–327.001,74420
Steers550–600Medium and Large 3590210.00/cwt210.00–210.001,2391
Steers600–650Medium and Large 2608249.81/cwt235.00–265.001,5192
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1621345.63/cwt322.50–352.002,14642
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1-2621310.56/cwt275.00–319.001,92916
Steers650–700Medium and Large 2655272.50/cwt272.50–272.501,7851
Steers650–700Medium and Large 3660205.00/cwt205.00–205.001,3531
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1-2678309.62/cwt292.00–318.502,09929
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1686330.68/cwt326.00–334.002,26889
Steers700–750Medium and Large 2715237.50/cwt237.50–237.501,6981
Steers700–750Large 1-2730272.32/cwt270.00–274.001,9883
Steers700–750Medium and Large 1731324.00/cwt324.00–324.002,36853
Steers700–750Medium and Large 1-2742291.67/cwt291.00–297.002,1649
Steers750–800Large 1-2775266.48/cwt265.00–268.002,0652
Steers750–800Medium and Large 1-2776290.51/cwt283.00–296.002,25429
Steers750–800Medium and Large 1790305.21/cwt303.00–308.002,41158
Steers800–850Large 1-2800287.00/cwt287.00–287.002,2969
Steers800–850Large 1805269.70/cwt256.00–278.002,1718
Steers800–850Medium and Large 1814302.69/cwt300.00–304.502,464191
Steers800–850Medium and Large 1-2825266.64/cwt247.00–287.002,2002
Steers850–900Medium and Large 1-2868255.43/cwt242.50–268.002,2172
Steers850–900Medium and Large 1875284.00/cwt284.00–284.002,48559
Steers850–900Medium and Large 2880227.00/cwt227.00–227.001,9982
Steers900–950Large 1-2915238.00/cwt238.00–238.002,17815
Steers900–950Medium and Large 1-2933251.98/cwt249.00–255.002,3512
Steers900–950Medium and Large 2945215.00/cwt215.00–215.002,0321
Feeder Cattle · Heifers59 lots · lightest first
Heifers200–250Medium and Large 2215350.00/cwt350.00–350.007531
Heifers200–250Medium and Large 3230270.00/cwt270.00–270.006212
Heifers200–250Medium and Large 1-2245380.00/cwt380.00–380.009312
Heifers250–300Medium and Large 3250240.00/cwt240.00–240.006001
Heifers250–300Medium and Large 1-2275348.32/cwt325.00–370.009582
Heifers250–300Medium and Large 2-3275240.00/cwt240.00–240.006601
Heifers250–300Large 1297375.00/cwt375.00–375.001,1142
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 1315390.49/cwt365.00–400.001,2306
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 2323297.84/cwt285.00–315.009626
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 1-2326364.59/cwt345.00–385.001,1896
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 2350305.00/cwt300.00–310.001,0682
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 3355265.00/cwt265.00–265.009411
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 2-3356238.78/cwt220.00–275.008503
Heifers350–400Medium 2375255.00/cwt255.00–255.009561
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1381391.98/cwt360.00–410.001,49331
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1-2387337.60/cwt312.50–360.001,3073
Heifers400–450Medium 1420355.00/cwt355.00–355.001,4911
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1-2420329.94/cwt325.00–335.001,3862
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 2425275.24/cwt265.00–285.001,1702
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1435367.55/cwt335.00–400.001,59924
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1466346.53/cwt330.00–360.001,61523
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 2468277.81/cwt250.00–290.001,3009
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1-2477308.50/cwt301.00–317.501,47218
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 2-3500220.00/cwt220.00–220.001,1001
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 2513263.59/cwt252.50–275.001,3522
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 3520241.80/cwt212.50–270.001,2572
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1522326.48/cwt320.00–337.501,70438
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1-2530306.08/cwt287.50–312.501,62224
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 2Fleshy530235.00/cwt235.00–235.001,2461
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 2-3550205.00/cwt205.00–205.001,1281
Heifers550–600Large 1560303.00/cwt303.00–303.001,6977
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 3-4565180.00/cwt180.00–180.001,0171
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1-2573301.85/cwt275.00–312.001,73031
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 2579253.12/cwt237.50–270.001,4666
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1581318.37/cwt304.00–330.001,85068
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 3-4600160.00/cwt160.00–160.009601
Heifers600–650Large 1-2602291.00/cwt291.00–291.001,7522
Heifers600–650Medium 1610240.00/cwt240.00–240.001,4641
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1621300.75/cwt282.00–313.001,86836
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1-2625272.67/cwt268.00–277.501,7042
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 2625210.00/cwt210.00–210.001,3131
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 3630195.00/cwt195.00–195.001,2291
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1661293.94/cwt263.00–303.501,94395
Heifers650–700Large 1-2665247.00/cwt247.00–247.001,6431
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 2665230.00/cwt230.00–230.001,5301
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1Guaranteed Open676295.00/cwt295.00–295.001,9948
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1-2683250.47/cwt232.50–259.001,7113
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 1-2705245.00/cwt245.00–245.001,7271
Heifers700–750Large 1-2715275.00/cwt275.00–275.001,9662
Heifers700–750Large 1Guaranteed Open717268.00/cwt268.00–268.001,92210
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 1726281.22/cwt272.50–285.002,04267
Heifers750–800Medium and Large 1Guaranteed Open775275.00/cwt275.00–275.002,1311
Heifers750–800Large 1-2785264.00/cwt264.00–264.002,0721
Heifers800–850Medium and Large 1-2845231.00/cwt231.00–231.001,9521
Heifers850–900Medium and Large 2Fleshy860205.00/cwt205.00–205.001,7631
Heifers850–900Medium and Large 1Guaranteed Open867261.00/cwt261.00–261.002,2634
Heifers950–1000Large 2950200.00/cwt200.00–200.001,9001
Heifers950–1000Medium and Large 1955225.00/cwt225.00–225.002,1491
Heifers1150–1200Medium and Large 2Fleshy1,170185.00/cwt185.00–185.002,1651
Feeder Cattle · Bulls8 lots · lightest first
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 1-2352355.00/cwt355.00–355.001,2502
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 2385340.00/cwt340.00–340.001,3091
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 2465275.00/cwt275.00–275.001,2791
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 2530275.00/cwt275.00–275.001,4581
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 2573279.35/cwt277.00–282.501,6016
Bulls600–650Medium and Large 2630235.00/cwt235.00–235.001,4812
Bulls650–700Medium and Large 2-3690205.00/cwt205.00–205.001,4151
Bulls750–800Medium and Large 2785205.00/cwt205.00–205.001,6091

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.