Sale reports / Illinois / Fairview Livestock Auction / 2025-10-30

Fairview Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Fairview, Illinois · Thu, Oct 30
● Final91 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2048
Receipts
1,420 head
▲ 528 vs last sale 892▲ 49 vs year ago 1,371 · +3.6%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Today at Fairview, a good fall run of good quality feeder cattle and yearlings. Mostly good demand on feeder calves with yearlings met with very good demand. Notable lower undertone across most weight classes, reflective of recent down trends on the futures market. Demand remains good to very good on active trade.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb steers averaged $387.18/cwt on 187 head. That ranks 3 of 11 comparable sales and sits −72.26 against this barn's trailing median of $459.44.
Average price
$387.18
187 head · 557 lb average
Value per head Derived
$2,158
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$1,157
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 3
$198.72/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+0.00
vs IL average
−42.54 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1558403.722,254135
Medium and Large 1-2553358.321,98036
Medium and Large 2561326.971,83513thin
Medium and Large 2-3570272.501,5532thin
Medium and Large 3535205.001,0971thin
One grade step is worth $198.72/cwt here — about $1,157 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 500–600 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 sale187 hd
387.18
—
IL average1 barns · 187 hd
387.18
+0.00
National average179 barns · 33,800 hd
429.72
−42.54
This barn, trailing median11 sales
459.44
−72.26
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

91 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 · Steers41 lots · lightest first
Steers300–350Medium and Large 1-2315365.48/cwt355.00–375.001,1512
Steers300–350Medium and Large 1325454.69/cwt440.00–470.001,4783
Steers300–350Medium and Large 2330338.13/cwt325.00–352.501,1162
Steers350–400Medium and Large 1-2388393.27/cwt370.00–405.001,5263
Steers350–400Medium and Large 1390480.00/cwt480.00–480.001,8721
Steers400–450Medium and Large 2406305.00/cwt305.00–305.001,2383
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1Fancy411464.61/cwt450.00–472.501,9108
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1-2433369.88/cwt340.00–390.001,6023
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1435444.89/cwt427.50–467.501,9354
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1-2450370.00/cwt370.00–370.001,6651
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1Fancy462472.50/cwt472.50–472.502,1832
Steers450–500Medium and Large 3475265.00/cwt265.00–265.001,2591
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1482426.17/cwt407.50–465.002,05421
Steers450–500Medium and Large 2-3485315.00/cwt315.00–315.001,5281
Steers450–500Medium and Large 2490292.63/cwt280.00–305.001,4342
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1526409.22/cwt390.00–440.002,15248
Steers500–550Medium and Large 2530325.57/cwt305.00–345.001,7262
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1-2534357.03/cwt345.00–385.001,90720
Steers500–550Medium and Large 3535205.00/cwt205.00–205.001,0971
Steers500–550Medium and Large 2-3545285.00/cwt285.00–285.001,5531
Steers550–600Medium and Large 2567327.22/cwt302.50–340.001,85511
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1576400.69/cwt390.00–416.002,30887
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1-2576359.94/cwt335.00–380.002,07316
Steers550–600Medium and Large 2-3595260.00/cwt260.00–260.001,5471
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1-2619348.73/cwt320.00–365.002,15923
Steers600–650Medium and Large 2620295.89/cwt285.00–307.501,8352
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1622394.70/cwt370.00–404.002,455116
Steers600–650Medium and Large 2-3640265.00/cwt265.00–265.001,6961
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1667382.05/cwt375.00–420.002,54826
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1-2671344.62/cwt315.00–365.002,31264
Steers650–700Medium and Large 2683307.45/cwt305.00–310.002,1002
Steers700–750Medium and Large 1-2707335.00/cwt335.00–335.002,3686
Steers700–750Medium and Large 1710363.62/cwt350.00–372.002,58267
Steers750–800Medium and Large 1-2757327.50/cwt327.50–327.502,4792
Steers750–800Medium and Large 2775265.00/cwt265.00–265.002,0541
Steers800–850Medium and Large 1-2827290.00/cwt290.00–290.002,3982
Steers800–850Medium and Large 1829328.10/cwt322.50–332.502,7209
Steers850–900Medium and Large 2888228.82/cwt220.00–237.502,0322
Steers850–900Medium and Large 1889341.89/cwt332.00–346.003,039280
Steers950–1000Medium and Large 2950262.00/cwt262.00–262.002,4892
Steers950–1000Medium and Large 1976322.77/cwt300.00–323.503,15056
Feeder Cattle · Heifers35 lots · lightest first
Heifers250–300Medium and Large 1-2290382.50/cwt382.50–382.501,1091
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 2-3310270.00/cwt270.00–270.008371
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 1-2327356.07/cwt335.00–380.001,1646
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 1335406.87/cwt355.00–420.001,36311
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 2380274.07/cwt270.00–277.501,0413
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1382399.85/cwt390.00–415.001,5276
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1-2382357.75/cwt340.00–380.001,3674
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1-2422331.47/cwt320.00–342.501,3995
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1430377.65/cwt352.50–395.001,62426
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 2433315.32/cwt305.00–320.001,3653
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 2458295.07/cwt275.00–305.001,3513
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1470379.70/cwt372.00–390.001,78517
Heifers450–500Medium 2470325.00/cwt325.00–325.001,5281
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1-2475350.73/cwt330.00–369.001,6665
Heifers500–550Medium 1-2500352.50/cwt352.50–352.501,7633
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1525376.94/cwt342.50–395.001,97933
Heifers500–550Medium 1532347.50/cwt347.50–347.501,8492
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 2532317.50/cwt317.50–317.501,6892
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1-2536343.92/cwt320.00–352.501,8437
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1560350.00/cwt350.00–350.001,9601
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 2565283.48/cwt237.50–305.001,60220
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1-2568339.06/cwt307.50–345.001,92640
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1618338.50/cwt322.50–355.002,09242
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1-2627322.01/cwt302.50–340.002,0198
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 2632252.50/cwt252.50–252.501,5962
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1-2650312.50/cwt312.50–312.502,0312
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1683334.88/cwt322.50–339.002,28730
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 1-2723313.46/cwt302.50–322.502,2663
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 1727326.46/cwt320.00–332.502,37329
Heifers750–800Medium and Large 2785267.50/cwt267.50–267.502,1001
Heifers800–850Medium and Large 1803307.99/cwt300.00–310.002,4735
Heifers800–850Medium and Large 2835265.00/cwt265.00–265.002,2131
Heifers850–900Medium and Large 1-2885295.00/cwt295.00–295.002,6112
Heifers900–950Medium and Large 2915261.31/cwt250.00–272.502,3912
Heifers950–1000Large 2980205.00/cwt205.00–205.002,0091
Feeder Cattle · Bulls15 lots · lightest first
Bulls300–350Medium and Large 2315272.50/cwt272.50–272.508581
Bulls300–350Medium and Large 1-2320321.13/cwt310.00–325.001,0284
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 1-2385345.00/cwt345.00–345.001,3281
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 1-2420351.43/cwt320.00–380.001,4762
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 2468290.86/cwt290.00–295.001,3616
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 1-2470275.00/cwt275.00–275.001,2931
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 1-2523335.00/cwt335.00–335.001,7522
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 2587250.00/cwt250.00–250.001,4682
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 1-2595305.00/cwt305.00–305.001,8152
Bulls600–650Medium and Large 2623255.18/cwt240.00–270.001,5902
Bulls600–650Medium and Large 1-2630310.00/cwt300.00–320.001,9532
Bulls700–750Medium and Large 2710255.00/cwt255.00–255.001,8111
Bulls800–850Medium and Large 2830215.00/cwt215.00–215.001,7851
Bulls850–900Medium and Large 2895275.00/cwt275.00–275.002,4611
Bulls900–950Medium and Large 2945215.00/cwt215.00–215.002,0321

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.