Sale reports / Illinois / Fairview Livestock Auction / 2026-02-12

Fairview Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Fairview, Illinois · Thu, Feb 12
● Final76 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2048
Receipts
1,615 head
▲ 1,615 vs last sale 0▲ 1,615 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Today at Fairview as compared to two weeks ago, feeder steers 400-600lbs traded higher 25.00. Steers 600-700lbs finished the day higher 4.00 with 700-800lb calves trading higher 16.00. 3 loads of well conditioned yearling steers, 850-950lbs at 355.00. Feeder heifers 400-600lbs traded higher 31.00. Heifers above 600lbs traded higher 19.00. Today's offering, well conditioned, mostly long timed weaned and multiple vaccinated. Trade was active, demand was very good.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb steers averaged $482.40/cwt on 208 head. That ranks 9 of 11 comparable sales and sits +22.96 against this barn's trailing median of $459.44.
Average price
$482.40
208 head · 551 lb average
Value per head Derived
$2,657
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$1,272
per head · Medium 1 over Medium 3
$245.00/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+0.00
vs IL average
+4.01 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium 1512495.002,5341thin
Medium and Large 1551488.352,692189
Medium and Large 1-2553432.662,39316thin
Medium and Large 2540375.002,0251thin
Medium 3505250.001,2631thin
One grade step is worth $245.00/cwt here — about $1,272 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 sale208 hd
482.40
—
IL average1 barns · 208 hd
482.40
+0.00
National average184 barns · 16,706 hd
478.39
+4.01
This barn, trailing median11 sales
459.44
+22.96
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

76 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 · Steers39 lots · lightest first
Steers200–250Medium and Large 1245530.00/cwt530.00–530.001,2991
Steers250–300Medium and Large 1-2255510.00/cwt510.00–510.001,3011
Steers300–350Medium and Large 1-2330460.00/cwt460.00–460.001,5181
Steers350–400Medium and Large 1-2369459.92/cwt435.00–495.001,6974
Steers350–400Medium and Large 1371555.03/cwt525.00–575.002,0597
Steers350–400Medium and Large 1Fancy389592.50/cwt592.50–592.502,3055
Steers350–400Medium and Large 2390305.00/cwt305.00–305.001,1901
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1412561.47/cwt510.00–587.502,31313
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1-2442477.47/cwt475.00–480.002,1104
Steers450–500Small and Medium 1-2450490.00/cwt490.00–490.002,2051
Steers450–500Medium and Large 2460365.00/cwt365.00–365.001,6791
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1469540.09/cwt500.00–563.002,53323
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1-2493477.46/cwt430.00–490.002,35414
Steers500–550Medium 3505250.00/cwt250.00–250.001,2631
Steers500–550Medium 1512495.00/cwt495.00–495.002,5341
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1526502.19/cwt460.00–532.502,642104
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1-2532452.17/cwt435.00–455.002,4068
Steers500–550Medium and Large 2540375.00/cwt375.00–375.002,0251
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1-2574413.15/cwt400.00–425.002,3718
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1582471.41/cwt450.00–482.002,74485
Steers600–650Large 1-2605345.00/cwt345.00–345.002,0871
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1622447.77/cwt435.00–469.002,78584
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1-2634396.33/cwt360.00–412.502,51316
Steers650–700Large 1-2673390.78/cwt382.50–395.002,6306
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1-2678388.16/cwt340.00–406.002,63239
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1689407.48/cwt404.50–411.002,80886
Steers700–750Large 1719364.00/cwt364.00–364.002,61722
Steers700–750Medium and Large 1722394.90/cwt374.00–409.502,85157
Steers700–750Medium and Large 2725320.03/cwt315.00–325.002,3202
Steers700–750Medium and Large 1-2727363.51/cwt360.00–367.502,6438
Steers750–800Medium and Large 1-2768354.17/cwt344.00–361.002,7206
Steers750–800Large 1-2771365.00/cwt365.00–365.002,8143
Steers750–800Medium and Large 1772376.88/cwt372.50–381.002,91025
Steers800–850Medium and Large 1820363.05/cwt340.00–368.502,97766
Steers850–900Large 1-2850332.50/cwt332.50–332.502,8261
Steers850–900Medium and Large 1-2879322.24/cwt317.50–327.002,8324
Steers850–900Medium and Large 1885352.58/cwt336.50–355.753,120149
Steers900–950Medium and Large 1912355.00/cwt355.00–355.003,23860
Steers900–950Medium and Large 1-2913314.98/cwt310.00–320.002,8763
Feeder Cattle · Heifers37 lots · lightest first
Heifers200–250Medium and Large 1237520.00/cwt520.00–520.001,2322
Heifers250–300Medium and Large 1-2285440.00/cwt440.00–440.001,2542
Heifers250–300Medium and Large 1290470.00/cwt470.00–470.001,3631
Heifers250–300Medium and Large 2295370.00/cwt370.00–370.001,0921
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 2330310.00/cwt310.00–310.001,0231
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 1-2335357.39/cwt350.00–365.001,1972
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 1341540.00/cwt540.00–540.001,8414
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 2-3345305.00/cwt305.00–305.001,0521
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 1Fancy349547.50/cwt547.50–547.501,9115
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 2360395.00/cwt395.00–395.001,4221
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1377504.39/cwt475.00–525.001,90215
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1Fancy386551.55/cwt540.00–555.002,1294
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1-2395435.00/cwt435.00–435.001,7181
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1418487.59/cwt455.00–510.002,03821
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1-2424423.23/cwt385.00–445.001,7946
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 3440225.00/cwt225.00–225.009901
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 2462353.00/cwt353.00–353.001,6312
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1-2476425.42/cwt380.00–450.002,02516
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1481466.85/cwt455.00–472.502,24632
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1521440.73/cwt392.50–470.002,29688
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1-2525376.27/cwt362.50–405.001,9753
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 2525335.00/cwt335.00–335.001,7591
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 3570200.00/cwt200.00–200.001,1401
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1577421.12/cwt397.00–460.002,43093
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1-2579375.63/cwt365.00–387.502,17512
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1Fancy604408.00/cwt408.00–408.002,46415
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1621389.91/cwt365.00–404.002,42180
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1-2625350.00/cwt350.00–350.002,1881
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 2-3640342.52/cwt340.00–345.002,1922
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1-2674344.39/cwt342.50–345.002,3214
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1678365.53/cwt351.00–384.002,47886
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 1-2721349.29/cwt345.00–350.002,5187
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 1729355.59/cwt345.00–360.002,59214
Heifers750–800Medium and Large 1765356.69/cwt340.00–367.502,72929
Heifers800–850Medium and Large 1827332.42/cwt326.00–340.002,74988
Heifers850–900Medium and Large 1872320.96/cwt305.00–331.002,7999
Heifers850–900Medium and Large 1-2885290.00/cwt290.00–290.002,5671

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.