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Fairview Livestock Auction

Name: Fairview Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2026-01-08
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2026-01-08

Feeder Cattle · Fairview, Illinois · Thu, Jan 8

● Final106 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2048

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Receipts

1,938 head

▲ 1,938 vs last sale 0▼ 89 vs year ago 2,027 · −4.4%

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

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Today at Fairview for the first feeder cattle special of 2026, most classes of feeder steers and heifers traded noticeably higher as compared to the last feeder special. Yearling steers and heifers 600-900lbs posted impressive gains as compared to mid December. Good to very good demand on a mostly long timed weaned and multi vaccinated offering.

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 $441.74/cwt on 225 head. That ranks 6 of 11 comparable sales and sits −17.70 against this barn's trailing median of $459.44.

Average price

$441.74

225 head · 548 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,420

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$1,495

per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium 3

$264.16/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+0.00

vs IL average

−24.59 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	548	459.16	2,518	172
Medium and Large 1-2	544	393.29	2,141	48
Medium and Large 2	560	349.17	1,955	3thin
Medium 2	595	295.00	1,755	1thin
Medium 3	525	195.00	1,024	1thin

One grade step is worth $264.16/cwt here — about $1,495 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 sale225 hd

441.74

—

IL average1 barns · 225 hd

441.74

+0.00

National average195 barns · 28,890 hd

466.33

−24.59

This barn, trailing median11 sales

459.44

−17.70

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

106 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 · Steers48 lots · lightest first
Steers	300–350	Medium and Large 1	336	493.34/cwt	475.00–505.00	1,658	6
Steers	350–400	Medium and Large 1-2	370	421.40/cwt	405.00–450.00	1,559	3
Steers	350–400	Medium 1	372	430.00/cwt	430.00–430.00	1,600	4
Steers	350–400	Medium and Large 1	378	471.19/cwt	465.00–480.00	1,781	8
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 1-2	425	425.00/cwt	425.00–425.00	1,806	2
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	428	481.78/cwt	472.50–500.00	2,062	12
Steers	400–450	Medium 1-2	435	390.00/cwt	390.00–390.00	1,697	1
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 1Fancy	443	510.00/cwt	510.00–510.00	2,259	5
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 2	445	310.00/cwt	310.00–310.00	1,380	1
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 3	455	275.00/cwt	275.00–275.00	1,251	3
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	471	462.90/cwt	430.00–495.00	2,180	29
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1-2	472	411.24/cwt	375.00–420.00	1,941	9
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1Fancy	495	507.50/cwt	507.50–507.50	2,512	7
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 2	500	340.00/cwt	340.00–340.00	1,700	1
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	520	455.74/cwt	430.00–491.00	2,370	76
Steers	500–550	Medium 3	525	195.00/cwt	195.00–195.00	1,024	1
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2	527	401.41/cwt	375.00–415.00	2,115	29
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	571	461.87/cwt	421.00–483.00	2,637	96
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2	571	380.90/cwt	370.00–400.00	2,175	19
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 2	590	353.75/cwt	350.00–357.50	2,087	2
Steers	550–600	Medium 2	595	295.00/cwt	295.00–295.00	1,755	1
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 3	600	285.00/cwt	285.00–285.00	1,710	1
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	617	433.99/cwt	405.00–457.00	2,678	102
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1-2	619	374.88/cwt	340.00–395.00	2,321	50
Steers	600–650	Large 1	640	365.00/cwt	365.00–365.00	2,336	1
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 2	660	307.50/cwt	307.50–307.50	2,030	1
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1-2	669	367.80/cwt	330.00–390.00	2,461	59
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	683	402.96/cwt	395.00–415.00	2,752	86
Steers	700–750	Large 1	710	338.00/cwt	338.00–338.00	2,400	1
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 1-2	715	349.62/cwt	320.00–367.50	2,500	17
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 1	718	407.05/cwt	382.50–418.00	2,923	76
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 2	730	282.50/cwt	282.50–282.50	2,062	1
Steers	750–800	Medium and Large 1	761	384.05/cwt	354.00–397.50	2,923	36
Steers	750–800	Medium and Large 1-2	769	335.02/cwt	315.00–340.00	2,576	35
Steers	750–800	Large 1	773	332.50/cwt	332.50–332.50	2,570	3
Steers	750–800	Medium and Large 2	795	275.00/cwt	275.00–275.00	2,186	1
Steers	800–850	Large 2	802	290.00/cwt	290.00–290.00	2,326	4
Steers	800–850	Medium and Large 1-2	812	322.08/cwt	305.00–332.50	2,615	5
Steers	800–850	Medium and Large 1	839	350.17/cwt	341.00–355.00	2,938	100
Steers	850–900	Medium and Large 1-2	868	322.50/cwt	322.50–322.50	2,799	8
Steers	850–900	Medium and Large 1	870	351.99/cwt	346.00–361.50	3,062	283
Steers	850–900	Medium and Large 2	885	252.50/cwt	252.50–252.50	2,235	2
Steers	850–900	Large 1-2	895	282.50/cwt	282.50–282.50	2,528	1
Steers	900–950	Medium and Large 1	925	297.50/cwt	297.50–297.50	2,752	5
Steers	900–950	Medium and Large 1-2	936	276.00/cwt	275.00–285.00	2,583	10
Steers	1000–1050	Medium and Large 1-2	1,045	230.00/cwt	230.00–230.00	2,404	1
Steers	1050–1100	Large 2	1,080	180.00/cwt	180.00–180.00	1,944	1
Steers	1100–1150	Medium and Large 1	1,105	242.50/cwt	242.50–242.50	2,680	1
Feeder Cattle · Heifers44 lots · lightest first
Heifers	200–250	Medium 2	215	435.00/cwt	435.00–435.00	935	1
Heifers	200–250	Medium and Large 1-2	245	530.00/cwt	530.00–530.00	1,299	1
Heifers	200–250	Medium 1	245	530.00/cwt	530.00–530.00	1,299	1
Heifers	250–300	Medium and Large 1	282	503.85/cwt	450.00–550.00	1,421	3
Heifers	250–300	Medium 1	290	510.00/cwt	510.00–510.00	1,479	1
Heifers	300–350	Medium and Large 1-2	320	395.00/cwt	395.00–395.00	1,264	1
Heifers	300–350	Medium and Large 1	328	490.31/cwt	475.00–500.00	1,608	4
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 1-2	350	380.00/cwt	380.00–380.00	1,330	1
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 1	379	441.81/cwt	425.00–460.00	1,674	18
Heifers	350–400	Medium 1	385	445.00/cwt	445.00–445.00	1,713	1
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 2	420	325.00/cwt	325.00–325.00	1,365	1
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	427	415.26/cwt	400.00–435.00	1,773	28
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1-2	431	372.83/cwt	370.00–380.00	1,607	7
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 2-3	460	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	1,380	1
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	464	411.86/cwt	395.00–435.00	1,911	34
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 3	467	249.00/cwt	235.00–275.00	1,163	3
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 2	470	380.00/cwt	380.00–380.00	1,786	3
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1-2	482	375.90/cwt	367.50–390.00	1,812	14
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2	527	358.77/cwt	330.00–380.00	1,891	26
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 2	527	316.25/cwt	310.00–322.50	1,667	4
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	528	402.84/cwt	375.00–433.00	2,127	70
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 2-3	528	315.00/cwt	315.00–315.00	1,663	3
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 3	533	232.04/cwt	200.00–265.00	1,237	2
Heifers	500–550	Medium 2	535	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	1,605	1
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	561	376.97/cwt	350.00–400.00	2,115	60
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 2-3	570	265.00/cwt	265.00–265.00	1,511	1
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2	571	361.22/cwt	337.50–375.00	2,063	32
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 2	572	304.92/cwt	275.00–312.50	1,744	6
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 2	600	305.00/cwt	305.00–305.00	1,830	1
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	621	367.37/cwt	340.00–375.00	2,281	95
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1-2	643	341.26/cwt	337.50–345.00	2,194	2
Heifers	650–700	Large 1	673	332.50/cwt	332.50–332.50	2,238	3
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	677	353.61/cwt	332.50–367.50	2,394	93
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1-2	680	317.50/cwt	317.50–317.50	2,159	1
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 2	681	304.60/cwt	287.50–315.00	2,074	4
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 2Unweaned	690	275.00/cwt	275.00–275.00	1,898	4
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 1-2	705	310.00/cwt	310.00–310.00	2,186	1
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 1	721	332.23/cwt	330.00–335.00	2,395	23
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 2Unweaned	725	280.00/cwt	280.00–280.00	2,030	2
Heifers	750–800	Medium and Large 1	764	325.00/cwt	302.50–330.00	2,483	23
Heifers	800–850	Medium and Large 1	814	308.85/cwt	302.50–317.50	2,514	11
Heifers	850–900	Medium and Large 1	865	291.24/cwt	290.00–292.50	2,519	4
Heifers	950–1000	Medium and Large 1-2	985	255.00/cwt	255.00–255.00	2,512	1
Heifers	950–1000	Large 2	990	225.00/cwt	225.00–225.00	2,228	3
Feeder Cattle · Bulls14 lots · lightest first
Bulls	300–350	Medium and Large 1	345	420.00/cwt	420.00–420.00	1,449	2
Bulls	350–400	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	365	460.00/cwt	460.00–460.00	1,679	1
Bulls	450–500	Medium and Large 1-2	451	365.00/cwt	365.00–365.00	1,646	3
Bulls	450–500	Medium and Large 1	465	400.00/cwt	400.00–400.00	1,860	2
Bulls	450–500	Medium and Large 2	465	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	1,488	1
Bulls	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	502	390.00/cwt	390.00–390.00	1,958	2
Bulls	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2	530	340.00/cwt	340.00–340.00	1,802	1
Bulls	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2	573	372.12/cwt	355.00–390.00	2,132	2
Bulls	600–650	Medium and Large 1-2	628	352.42/cwt	330.00–360.00	2,213	4
Bulls	600–650	Medium and Large 2	638	265.18/cwt	250.00–280.00	1,692	2
Bulls	650–700	Medium and Large 2	690	293.78/cwt	290.00–297.50	2,027	2
Bulls	700–750	Medium and Large 2	710	298.32/cwt	297.50–300.00	2,118	3
Bulls	750–800	Medium and Large 2Unweaned	782	270.00/cwt	270.00–270.00	2,111	2
Bulls	850–900	Medium and Large 2	855	242.50/cwt	242.50–242.50	2,073	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.

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Receipts 1,938Last week 0Year ago 2,027

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	250–300	282	450.00–550.00	503.85
4	300–350	328	475.00–500.00	490.31
18	350–400	379	425.00–460.00	441.81
28	400–450	427	400.00–435.00	415.26
34	450–500	464	395.00–435.00	411.86
70	500–550	528	375.00–433.00	402.84
60	550–600	561	350.00–400.00	376.97
95	600–650	621	340.00–375.00	367.37
93	650–700	677	332.50–367.50	353.61
23	700–750	721	330.00–335.00	332.23
23	750–800	764	302.50–330.00	325.00
11	800–850	814	302.50–317.50	308.85
4	850–900	865	290.00–292.50	291.24

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	200–250	245	530.00	530.00
1	300–350	320	395.00	395.00
1	350–400	350	380.00	380.00
7	400–450	431	370.00–380.00	372.83
14	450–500	482	367.50–390.00	375.90
26	500–550	527	330.00–380.00	358.77
32	550–600	571	337.50–375.00	361.22
2	600–650	643	337.50–345.00	341.26
1	650–700	680	317.50	317.50
1	700–750	705	310.00	310.00
1	950–1000	985	255.00	255.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	450–500	460	300.00	300.00
3	500–550	528	315.00	315.00
1	550–600	570	265.00	265.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	200–250	215	435.00	435.00
1	500–550	535	300.00	300.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
4	650–700	690	275.00	275.00
2	700–750	725	280.00	280.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	400–450	420	325.00	325.00
3	450–500	470	380.00	380.00
4	500–550	527	310.00–322.50	316.25
6	550–600	572	275.00–312.50	304.92
1	600–650	600	305.00	305.00
4	650–700	681	287.50–315.00	304.60

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
3	450–500	467	235.00–275.00	249.00
2	500–550	533	200.00–265.00	232.04

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	950–1000	990	225.00	225.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	650–700	673	332.50	332.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	200–250	245	530.00	530.00
1	250–300	290	510.00	510.00
1	350–400	385	445.00	445.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
6	300–350	336	475.00–505.00	493.34
8	350–400	378	465.00–480.00	471.19
12	400–450	428	472.50–500.00	481.78
29	450–500	471	430.00–495.00	462.90
76	500–550	520	430.00–491.00	455.74
96	550–600	571	421.00–483.00	461.87
102	600–650	617	405.00–457.00	433.99
86	650–700	683	395.00–415.00	402.96
76	700–750	718	382.50–418.00	407.05
36	750–800	761	354.00–397.50	384.05
100	800–850	839	341.00–355.00	350.17
283	850–900	870	346.00–361.50	351.99
5	900–950	925	297.50	297.50
1	1100–1150	1,105	242.50	242.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	400–450	445	310.00	310.00
1	500–550	500	340.00	340.00
2	550–600	590	350.00–357.50	353.75
1	650–700	660	307.50	307.50
1	700–750	730	282.50	282.50
1	750–800	795	275.00	275.00
2	850–900	885	252.50	252.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	350–400	370	405.00–450.00	421.40
2	400–450	425	425.00	425.00
9	450–500	472	375.00–420.00	411.24
29	500–550	527	375.00–415.00	401.41
19	550–600	571	370.00–400.00	380.90
50	600–650	619	340.00–395.00	374.88
59	650–700	669	330.00–390.00	367.80
17	700–750	715	320.00–367.50	349.62
35	750–800	769	315.00–340.00	335.02
5	800–850	812	305.00–332.50	322.08
8	850–900	868	322.50	322.50
10	900–950	936	275.00–285.00	276.00
1	1000–1050	1,045	230.00	230.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
3	450–500	455	275.00	275.00
1	600–650	600	285.00	285.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	600–650	640	365.00	365.00
1	700–750	710	338.00	338.00
3	750–800	773	332.50	332.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	850–900	895	282.50	282.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	800–850	802	290.00	290.00
1	1050–1100	1,080	180.00	180.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	550–600	595	295.00	295.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	500–550	525	195.00	195.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
5	400–450	443	510.00	510.00
7	450–500	495	507.50	507.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium 1$ per cwt · actual wt
4	350–400	372	430.00	430.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	400–450	435	390.00	390.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	450–500	451	365.00	365.00
1	500–550	530	340.00	340.00
2	550–600	573	355.00–390.00	372.12
4	600–650	628	330.00–360.00	352.42

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	450–500	465	320.00	320.00
2	600–650	638	250.00–280.00	265.18
2	650–700	690	290.00–297.50	293.78
3	700–750	710	297.50–300.00	298.32
1	850–900	855	242.50	242.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
2	750–800	782	270.00	270.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	300–350	345	420.00	420.00
2	450–500	465	400.00	400.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
1	350–400	365	460.00	460.00
2	500–550	502	390.00	390.00

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.