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Fairview Livestock Auction

Name: Fairview Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2026-06-18
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2026-06-18

Feeder Cattle · Fairview, Illinois · Thu, Jun 18

● Final79 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2048

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Receipts

881 head

▼ 224 vs last sale 1,105▲ 881 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Today at Fairview, quality early summer offering highlighted by several loads of locally produced yearling steers. Trade was active, reflective of current market trends with demand remaining good to very good.

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 $476.73/cwt on 48 head, up $17.29 from the prior sale. That ranks 8 of 11 comparable sales and sits +17.29 against this barn's trailing median of $459.44.

Average price

$476.73

▲ 17.29 vs prior sale

48 head · 553 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,638

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$768

per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 2-3

$140.62/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+0.00

vs IL average

+17.68 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	552	500.62	2,766	25
Medium and Large 1-2	556	464.54	2,581	17thin
Medium and Large 2	549	422.13	2,317	5thin
Medium and Large 2-3	555	360.00	1,998	1thin

One grade step is worth $140.62/cwt here — about $768 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 sale48 hd

476.73

—

IL average1 barns · 48 hd

476.73

+0.00

National average161 barns · 9,107 hd

459.05

+17.68

This barn, trailing median11 sales

459.44

+17.29

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

79 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 · Steers43 lots · lightest first
Steers	250–300	Medium and Large 1	285	635.00/cwt	635.00–635.00	1,810	1
Steers	300–350	Medium and Large 2	320	455.16/cwt	450.00–460.00	1,457	2
Steers	300–350	Medium and Large 1-2	331	580.47/cwt	570.00–585.00	1,921	3
Steers	300–350	Medium and Large 1	333	632.22/cwt	620.00–645.00	2,105	2
Steers	300–350	Medium and Large 2-3	345	335.00/cwt	335.00–335.00	1,156	1
Steers	350–400	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	370	535.00/cwt	535.00–535.00	1,980	1
Steers	350–400	Medium and Large 1-2	378	560.00/cwt	560.00–560.00	2,117	3
Steers	350–400	Medium and Large 2	380	470.00/cwt	470.00–470.00	1,786	1
Steers	350–400	Medium and Large 2-3	395	380.00/cwt	380.00–380.00	1,501	3
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	416	539.97/cwt	520.00–550.00	2,246	14
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 1-2	440	484.01/cwt	475.00–490.00	2,130	5
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 2	460	407.50/cwt	407.50–407.50	1,875	1
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1-2	463	486.56/cwt	475.00–495.00	2,253	3
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	472	522.02/cwt	500.00–527.50	2,464	5
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 2	526	428.58/cwt	405.00–440.00	2,254	3
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2	533	470.25/cwt	445.00–485.00	2,506	9
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	534	509.55/cwt	496.00–570.00	2,721	11
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 2-3	555	360.00/cwt	360.00–360.00	1,998	1
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	567	493.60/cwt	492.50–495.00	2,799	14
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2	581	458.11/cwt	430.00–480.00	2,662	8
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 2	583	412.45/cwt	410.00–415.00	2,405	2
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 2	600	345.00/cwt	345.00–345.00	2,070	1
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1-2	629	413.83/cwt	395.00–427.50	2,603	9
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	637	442.55/cwt	430.00–470.00	2,819	11
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	653	445.48/cwt	430.00–447.50	2,909	21
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1-2	675	399.61/cwt	380.00–415.00	2,697	6
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 2	675	358.88/cwt	350.00–367.50	2,422	2
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 1	707	410.23/cwt	404.00–416.00	2,900	27
Steers	750–800	Medium and Large 1-2	764	368.61/cwt	362.50–374.00	2,816	5
Steers	750–800	Large 1-2	780	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	2,730	1
Steers	800–850	Large 1	805	360.00/cwt	360.00–360.00	2,898	2
Steers	800–850	Large 1-2	805	355.00/cwt	355.00–355.00	2,858	1
Steers	800–850	Medium and Large 1	807	380.43/cwt	360.00–381.00	3,070	37
Steers	800–850	Medium and Large 2	825	317.50/cwt	317.50–317.50	2,619	1
Steers	800–850	Medium and Large 1-2	837	335.83/cwt	330.00–342.50	2,811	3
Steers	850–900	Medium and Large 2	860	272.50/cwt	272.50–272.50	2,344	1
Steers	850–900	Medium and Large 1	867	370.11/cwt	369.25–371.00	3,209	124
Steers	850–900	Large 1-2	870	330.00/cwt	330.00–330.00	2,871	1
Steers	850–900	Medium and Large 1-2	872	340.23/cwt	328.00–352.50	2,967	11
Steers	900–950	Medium and Large 1	925	356.00/cwt	356.00–356.00	3,293	63
Steers	950–1000	Medium and Large 1	971	345.56/cwt	334.50–356.00	3,355	117
Steers	950–1000	Medium and Large 2	988	290.84/cwt	287.50–297.50	2,873	3
Steers	1050–1100	Medium and Large 2	1,095	275.00/cwt	275.00–275.00	3,011	1
Feeder Cattle · Heifers31 lots · lightest first
Heifers	250–300	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	250	565.00/cwt	565.00–565.00	1,413	1
Heifers	250–300	Medium and Large 1	280	570.00/cwt	570.00–570.00	1,596	1
Heifers	300–350	Medium and Large 1	300	600.00/cwt	600.00–600.00	1,800	1
Heifers	300–350	Medium and Large 1-2	337	484.43/cwt	445.00–520.00	1,633	3
Heifers	300–350	Medium and Large 2	345	405.00/cwt	405.00–405.00	1,397	1
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 1	381	531.85/cwt	525.00–550.00	2,026	5
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 1-2	385	487.50/cwt	487.50–487.50	1,877	2
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	422	487.95/cwt	480.00–510.00	2,059	6
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1-2	440	452.48/cwt	420.00–530.00	1,991	15
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1-2	483	432.19/cwt	420.00–440.00	2,087	5
Heifers	500–550	Medium 1-2	505	327.50/cwt	327.50–327.50	1,654	3
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	508	493.36/cwt	440.00–502.50	2,506	7
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2	530	422.66/cwt	405.00–430.00	2,240	22
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	579	416.58/cwt	411.00–425.00	2,412	9
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2	585	409.41/cwt	390.00–430.00	2,395	13
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	616	414.29/cwt	400.00–427.50	2,552	23
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1-2	616	392.53/cwt	385.00–397.50	2,418	5
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	665	362.50/cwt	362.50–362.50	2,411	2
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1-2	688	365.00/cwt	365.00–365.00	2,511	5
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 1	701	347.00/cwt	347.00–347.00	2,432	4
Heifers	700–750	Large 2-3	705	302.50/cwt	302.50–302.50	2,133	1
Heifers	750–800	Medium and Large 1-2	760	318.77/cwt	315.00–322.50	2,423	2
Heifers	750–800	Medium and Large 1	765	351.26/cwt	347.50–355.00	2,687	8
Heifers	800–850	Medium and Large 1	812	329.33/cwt	327.00–340.00	2,674	22
Heifers	800–850	Medium and Large 1-2	815	322.50/cwt	322.50–322.50	2,628	1
Heifers	850–900	Medium and Large 1-2	865	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	2,595	2
Heifers	850–900	Medium and Large 1	876	321.00/cwt	321.00–321.00	2,812	3
Heifers	950–1000	Medium and Large 1	978	310.73/cwt	309.00–312.50	3,039	2
Heifers	950–1000	Medium and Large 1-2	980	285.00/cwt	285.00–285.00	2,793	1
Heifers	950–1000	Large 1-2	980	282.50/cwt	282.50–282.50	2,769	1
Heifers	1000–1050	Medium and Large 1-2	1,005	292.50/cwt	292.50–292.50	2,940	1
Feeder Cattle · Bulls5 lots · lightest first
Bulls	450–500	Medium and Large 1-2	451	440.00/cwt	440.00–440.00	1,984	3
Bulls	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2	592	390.00/cwt	390.00–390.00	2,309	2
Bulls	650–700	Medium and Large 1-2	658	385.00/cwt	385.00–385.00	2,533	3
Bulls	800–850	Medium and Large 2	820	205.00/cwt	205.00–205.00	1,681	1
Bulls	1050–1100	Medium and Large 2	1,051	270.00/cwt	270.00–270.00	2,838	4

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 →

Fairview Sale Barn Cattle Special - Fairview, IL

Thu Jun 18, 2026

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Receipts 881Last week 1,105Year ago 0

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	250–300	280	570.00	570.00
1	300–350	300	600.00	600.00
5	350–400	381	525.00–550.00	531.85
6	400–450	422	480.00–510.00	487.95
7	500–550	508	440.00–502.50	493.36
9	550–600	579	411.00–425.00	416.58
23	600–650	616	400.00–427.50	414.29
2	650–700	665	362.50	362.50
4	700–750	701	347.00	347.00
8	750–800	765	347.50–355.00	351.26
22	800–850	812	327.00–340.00	329.33
3	850–900	876	321.00	321.00
2	950–1000	978	309.00–312.50	310.73

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
1	250–300	250	565.00	565.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	300–350	337	445.00–520.00	484.43
2	350–400	385	487.50	487.50
15	400–450	440	420.00–530.00	452.48
5	450–500	483	420.00–440.00	432.19
22	500–550	530	405.00–430.00	422.66
13	550–600	585	390.00–430.00	409.41
5	600–650	616	385.00–397.50	392.53
5	650–700	688	365.00	365.00
2	750–800	760	315.00–322.50	318.77
1	800–850	815	322.50	322.50
2	850–900	865	300.00	300.00
1	950–1000	980	285.00	285.00
1	1000–1050	1,005	292.50	292.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	300–350	345	405.00	405.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	500–550	505	327.50	327.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	950–1000	980	282.50	282.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	700–750	705	302.50	302.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	250–300	285	635.00	635.00
2	300–350	333	620.00–645.00	632.22
14	400–450	416	520.00–550.00	539.97
5	450–500	472	500.00–527.50	522.02
11	500–550	534	496.00–570.00	509.55
14	550–600	567	492.50–495.00	493.60
11	600–650	637	430.00–470.00	442.55
21	650–700	653	430.00–447.50	445.48
27	700–750	707	404.00–416.00	410.23
37	800–850	807	360.00–381.00	380.43
124	850–900	867	369.25–371.00	370.11
63	900–950	925	356.00	356.00
117	950–1000	971	334.50–356.00	345.56

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	300–350	331	570.00–585.00	580.47
3	350–400	378	560.00	560.00
5	400–450	440	475.00–490.00	484.01
3	450–500	463	475.00–495.00	486.56
9	500–550	533	445.00–485.00	470.25
8	550–600	581	430.00–480.00	458.11
9	600–650	629	395.00–427.50	413.83
6	650–700	675	380.00–415.00	399.61
5	750–800	764	362.50–374.00	368.61
3	800–850	837	330.00–342.50	335.83
11	850–900	872	328.00–352.50	340.23

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
1	350–400	370	535.00	535.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	300–350	320	450.00–460.00	455.16
1	350–400	380	470.00	470.00
1	450–500	460	407.50	407.50
3	500–550	526	405.00–440.00	428.58
2	550–600	583	410.00–415.00	412.45
1	600–650	600	345.00	345.00
2	650–700	675	350.00–367.50	358.88
1	800–850	825	317.50	317.50
1	850–900	860	272.50	272.50
3	950–1000	988	287.50–297.50	290.84
1	1050–1100	1,095	275.00	275.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	300–350	345	335.00	335.00
3	350–400	395	380.00	380.00
1	550–600	555	360.00	360.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	800–850	805	360.00	360.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	750–800	780	350.00	350.00
1	800–850	805	355.00	355.00
1	850–900	870	330.00	330.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	450–500	451	440.00	440.00
2	550–600	592	390.00	390.00
3	650–700	658	385.00	385.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	800–850	820	205.00	205.00
4	1050–1100	1,051	270.00	270.00

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.