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Fairview Livestock Auction

Name: Fairview Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2025-10-09
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-10-09

Feeder Cattle · Fairview, Illinois · Thu, Oct 9

● Final97 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2048

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Receipts

892 head

▼ 741 vs last sale 1,633▲ 219 vs year ago 673 · +32.5%

Also sold hereSlaughter/Replacement CattleTue Nov 3, 2026 Replacement Cattle Special

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Today at Fairview, overall solid offering was meet with good demand and active trade. Due to stressed pasture conditions good numbers of cattle coming to auction early. Prices continue to reflect high trends in the feeder market.

Weight class — the figures below change to match

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $400.51/cwt on 160 head. That ranks 3 of 11 comparable sales and sits −58.94 against this barn's trailing median of $459.44.

Average price

$400.51

160 head · 562 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,250

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$1,168

per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium 3

$199.60/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+0.00

vs IL average

−45.34 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	566	429.60	2,433	84
Medium and Large 1-2	557	387.11	2,158	47
Medium 1-2	550	355.00	1,953	1thin
Medium and Large 2	556	343.85	1,910	26
Medium and Large 3	575	275.00	1,581	1thin
Medium 3	550	230.00	1,265	1thin

One grade step is worth $199.60/cwt here — about $1,168 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 sale160 hd

400.51

—

IL average1 barns · 160 hd

400.51

+0.00

National average181 barns · 23,254 hd

445.85

−45.34

This barn, trailing median11 sales

459.44

−58.94

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

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

97 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.

Class	Weight	Grade / description	Avg wt	Price	Range	Per head	Head
Feeder Cattle · Steers45 lots · lightest first
Steers	200–250	Medium and Large 1-2	220	470.00/cwt	470.00–470.00	1,034	1
Steers	200–250	Medium and Large 1	245	540.00/cwt	540.00–540.00	1,323	1
Steers	250–300	Medium and Large 1	283	593.18/cwt	580.00–600.00	1,679	3
Steers	300–350	Medium 1-2	300	440.00/cwt	440.00–440.00	1,320	1
Steers	300–350	Medium and Large 3	305	240.00/cwt	240.00–240.00	732	1
Steers	300–350	Medium and Large 1	330	551.14/cwt	550.00–555.00	1,819	4
Steers	300–350	Medium and Large 1-2	340	460.00/cwt	460.00–460.00	1,564	1
Steers	350–400	Medium and Large 1	358	493.67/cwt	470.00–520.00	1,767	16
Steers	350–400	Medium and Large 2	360	385.00/cwt	385.00–385.00	1,386	1
Steers	350–400	Medium and Large 2-3	370	305.00/cwt	305.00–305.00	1,129	1
Steers	350–400	Medium and Large 1-2	373	420.42/cwt	405.00–455.00	1,568	5
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 1-2	425	400.15/cwt	395.00–420.00	1,701	6
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 2	433	349.44/cwt	335.00–385.00	1,513	7
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	438	467.13/cwt	445.00–490.00	2,046	9
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	467	460.11/cwt	425.00–480.00	2,149	22
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 2	469	343.85/cwt	320.00–365.00	1,613	4
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1-2	481	408.73/cwt	400.00–412.50	1,966	20
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2	521	384.41/cwt	375.00–410.00	2,003	19
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 2	530	338.27/cwt	305.00–360.00	1,793	9
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	537	434.96/cwt	420.00–457.50	2,336	24
Steers	550–600	Medium 1-2	550	355.00/cwt	355.00–355.00	1,953	1
Steers	550–600	Medium 3	550	230.00/cwt	230.00–230.00	1,265	1
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 2	569	346.80/cwt	300.00–355.00	1,973	17
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 3	575	275.00/cwt	275.00–275.00	1,581	1
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	578	427.46/cwt	415.00–440.00	2,471	60
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2	582	388.95/cwt	370.00–410.00	2,264	28
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 2-3	620	275.00/cwt	275.00–275.00	1,705	1
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1-2	621	348.81/cwt	330.00–360.00	2,166	15
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	637	390.82/cwt	380.00–393.00	2,490	12
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1Fancy	661	415.97/cwt	413.00–419.00	2,750	32
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	675	385.46/cwt	370.00–400.00	2,602	31
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1-2	676	340.63/cwt	320.00–365.00	2,303	12
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 2	694	312.35/cwt	290.00–315.00	2,168	15
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 1	715	354.11/cwt	350.00–360.00	2,532	11
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 1-2	723	333.38/cwt	305.00–347.50	2,410	9
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 2	730	257.50/cwt	257.50–257.50	1,880	1
Steers	750–800	Medium and Large 1	762	376.56/cwt	365.00–385.00	2,869	20
Steers	750–800	Medium and Large 1-2	763	330.16/cwt	320.00–340.00	2,519	2
Steers	800–850	Medium and Large 2	822	260.00/cwt	260.00–260.00	2,137	2
Steers	800–850	Medium and Large 1	825	349.01/cwt	335.00–360.00	2,879	16
Steers	800–850	Medium and Large 1-2	844	303.72/cwt	302.50–310.00	2,563	6
Steers	850–900	Medium and Large 2	850	267.50/cwt	267.50–267.50	2,274	2
Steers	850–900	Medium and Large 2Fleshy	890	247.50/cwt	247.50–247.50	2,203	1
Steers	900–950	Medium and Large 1	940	330.00/cwt	330.00–330.00	3,102	3
Steers	1000–1050	Medium and Large 2	1,010	267.50/cwt	267.50–267.50	2,702	1
Feeder Cattle · Heifers44 lots · lightest first
Heifers	200–250	Medium and Large 1	247	510.00/cwt	510.00–510.00	1,260	2
Heifers	250–300	Medium and Large 2	295	390.00/cwt	390.00–390.00	1,151	1
Heifers	300–350	Medium and Large 2	318	362.32/cwt	355.00–370.00	1,152	2
Heifers	300–350	Medium and Large 1-2	340	380.00/cwt	380.00–380.00	1,292	1
Heifers	300–350	Medium and Large 1	342	455.58/cwt	420.00–460.00	1,558	9
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 1-2	368	389.92/cwt	380.00–405.00	1,435	5
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 1	377	423.47/cwt	405.00–460.00	1,596	14
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 3	400	270.00/cwt	270.00–270.00	1,080	3
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1-2	430	371.20/cwt	360.00–375.00	1,596	4
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	434	429.19/cwt	417.50–445.00	1,863	19
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 2	440	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	1,540	1
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	468	417.07/cwt	397.50–435.00	1,952	27
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1-2	477	375.54/cwt	360.00–395.00	1,791	24
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 2	485	340.00/cwt	340.00–340.00	1,649	1
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 2-3	495	305.00/cwt	305.00–305.00	1,510	1
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 2-3	519	295.13/cwt	275.00–300.00	1,532	5
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2	523	358.13/cwt	335.00–375.00	1,873	9
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 2	528	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	1,584	2
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	529	409.27/cwt	360.00–425.00	2,165	5
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 3	540	275.00/cwt	275.00–275.00	1,485	1
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	552	400.00/cwt	400.00–400.00	2,208	8
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 2	555	310.00/cwt	310.00–310.00	1,721	1
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2	565	350.34/cwt	310.00–357.50	1,979	11
Heifers	550–600	Large 3	570	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	1,425	1
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 3	575	215.00/cwt	215.00–215.00	1,236	1
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 2-3	595	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	1,785	1
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 2-3	605	265.00/cwt	265.00–265.00	1,603	1
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1-2	623	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	1,869	3
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 2	624	281.39/cwt	265.00–295.00	1,756	9
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	641	346.62/cwt	327.50–350.00	2,222	23
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 2	663	265.19/cwt	255.00–275.00	1,758	2
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	665	379.50/cwt	379.50–379.50	2,524	43
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1-2	669	309.08/cwt	305.00–317.50	2,068	6
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 2-3	680	260.00/cwt	260.00–260.00	1,768	1
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 2	718	274.90/cwt	265.00–285.00	1,974	2
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 1-2	735	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	2,205	1
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 1	740	357.00/cwt	327.50–360.00	2,642	78
Heifers	750–800	Medium and Large 2-3	770	240.00/cwt	240.00–240.00	1,848	1
Heifers	750–800	Medium and Large 1-2	788	307.42/cwt	282.50–332.50	2,422	2
Heifers	800–850	Medium and Large 2	804	267.47/cwt	255.00–270.00	2,150	6
Heifers	800–850	Medium and Large 2Fleshy	837	242.50/cwt	242.50–242.50	2,030	4
Heifers	850–900	Medium and Large 1	850	318.00/cwt	318.00–318.00	2,703	4
Heifers	850–900	Medium and Large 2	855	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	2,138	1
Heifers	950–1000	Medium and Large 2	950	257.50/cwt	257.50–257.50	2,446	1
Feeder Cattle · Bulls8 lots · lightest first
Bulls	250–300	Medium and Large 3	270	260.00/cwt	260.00–260.00	702	1
Bulls	400–450	Medium and Large 1-2	420	380.00/cwt	380.00–380.00	1,596	3
Bulls	450–500	Medium and Large 3	470	244.79/cwt	235.00–250.00	1,151	3
Bulls	450–500	Medium and Large 1-2	490	375.00/cwt	375.00–375.00	1,838	1
Bulls	500–550	Medium and Large 2	540	275.00/cwt	275.00–275.00	1,485	1
Bulls	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2	583	330.00/cwt	330.00–330.00	1,924	4
Bulls	700–750	Medium and Large 2	705	251.95/cwt	245.00–280.00	1,776	5
Bulls	750–800	Medium and Large 2	775	260.00/cwt	260.00–260.00	2,015	1

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.

Illinois feeder prices, every weight →Every state and region →

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Receipts 892Last week 1,633Year ago 673

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	200–250	220	470.00	470.00
1	300–350	340	460.00	460.00
5	350–400	373	405.00–455.00	420.42
6	400–450	425	395.00–420.00	400.15
20	450–500	481	400.00–412.50	408.73
19	500–550	521	375.00–410.00	384.41
28	550–600	582	370.00–410.00	388.95
15	600–650	621	330.00–360.00	348.81
12	650–700	676	320.00–365.00	340.63
9	700–750	723	305.00–347.50	333.38
2	750–800	763	320.00–340.00	330.16
6	800–850	844	302.50–310.00	303.72

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	350–400	360	385.00	385.00
7	400–450	433	335.00–385.00	349.44
4	450–500	469	320.00–365.00	343.85
9	500–550	530	305.00–360.00	338.27
17	550–600	569	300.00–355.00	346.80
15	650–700	694	290.00–315.00	312.35
1	700–750	730	257.50	257.50
2	800–850	822	260.00	260.00
2	850–900	850	267.50	267.50
1	1000–1050	1,010	267.50	267.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	200–250	245	540.00	540.00
3	250–300	283	580.00–600.00	593.18
4	300–350	330	550.00–555.00	551.14
16	350–400	358	470.00–520.00	493.67
9	400–450	438	445.00–490.00	467.13
22	450–500	467	425.00–480.00	460.11
24	500–550	537	420.00–457.50	434.96
60	550–600	578	415.00–440.00	427.46
12	600–650	637	380.00–393.00	390.82
31	650–700	675	370.00–400.00	385.46
11	700–750	715	350.00–360.00	354.11
20	750–800	762	365.00–385.00	376.56
16	800–850	825	335.00–360.00	349.01
3	900–950	940	330.00	330.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
1	850–900	890	247.50	247.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	350–400	370	305.00	305.00
1	600–650	620	275.00	275.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	300–350	305	240.00	240.00
1	550–600	575	275.00	275.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
32	650–700	661	413.00–419.00	415.97

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	300–350	300	440.00	440.00
1	550–600	550	355.00	355.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	550–600	550	230.00	230.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	500–550	540	275.00	275.00
5	700–750	705	245.00–280.00	251.95
1	750–800	775	260.00	260.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	400–450	420	380.00	380.00
1	450–500	490	375.00	375.00
4	550–600	583	330.00	330.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	250–300	270	260.00	260.00
3	450–500	470	235.00–250.00	244.79

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	250–300	295	390.00	390.00
2	300–350	318	355.00–370.00	362.32
1	400–450	440	350.00	350.00
1	450–500	485	340.00	340.00
2	500–550	528	300.00	300.00
1	550–600	555	310.00	310.00
9	600–650	624	265.00–295.00	281.39
2	650–700	663	255.00–275.00	265.19
2	700–750	718	265.00–285.00	274.90
6	800–850	804	255.00–270.00	267.47
1	850–900	855	250.00	250.00
1	950–1000	950	257.50	257.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	300–350	340	380.00	380.00
5	350–400	368	380.00–405.00	389.92
4	400–450	430	360.00–375.00	371.20
24	450–500	477	360.00–395.00	375.54
9	500–550	523	335.00–375.00	358.13
11	550–600	565	310.00–357.50	350.34
3	600–650	623	300.00	300.00
6	650–700	669	305.00–317.50	309.08
1	700–750	735	300.00	300.00
2	750–800	788	282.50–332.50	307.42

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
4	800–850	837	242.50	242.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	200–250	247	510.00	510.00
9	300–350	342	420.00–460.00	455.58
14	350–400	377	405.00–460.00	423.47
19	400–450	434	417.50–445.00	429.19
27	450–500	468	397.50–435.00	417.07
5	500–550	529	360.00–425.00	409.27
8	550–600	552	400.00	400.00
23	600–650	641	327.50–350.00	346.62
43	650–700	665	379.50	379.50
78	700–750	740	327.50–360.00	357.00
4	850–900	850	318.00	318.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	450–500	495	305.00	305.00
5	500–550	519	275.00–300.00	295.13
1	550–600	595	300.00	300.00
1	600–650	605	265.00	265.00
1	650–700	680	260.00	260.00
1	750–800	770	240.00	240.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
3	400–450	400	270.00	270.00
1	500–550	540	275.00	275.00
1	550–600	575	215.00	215.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	550–600	570	250.00	250.00

Head, weight ranges, average weights and price ranges are exactly as USDA AMS filed them — nothing recomputed, nothing rounded — in USDA's own reporting structure. This is RaisedBeef's rendering of that data, not a copy of USDA's document.