Fairview Sale Barn Cattle Special Market Report

Fairview, Illinois · USDA-reported Auction Livestock (Special)

Sale of Thursday, April 3, 2025

1,517 head sold ·Official USDA report

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light 8-weight M&L 1 steers $302.69/cwt ≈ $2,464/hd at 814 lb · 191 head

heavy 6-weight M&L 1 heifers $294.02/cwt ≈ $1,947/hd at 662 lb · 103 head

heavy 6-weight M&L 1 steers $330.68/cwt ≈ $2,268/hd at 686 lb · 89 head

Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Head itemized in priced lots	1,517	—	—

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Feeder Steers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
305–343	333	9	450.00–495.00	$470.49	$1,567	—
356–395	365	9	440.00–447.50	$444.25	$1,622	—
425 fancy	425	8	490.00	$490.00	$2,082	—
415–433	426	7	420.00–447.50	$439.27	$1,871	—
456 fancy	456	21	482.50	$482.50	$2,200	—
498	498	3	432.50	$432.50	$2,154	—
507–521	513	12	390.00–415.00	$402.58	$2,065	—
550–595	578	49	352.50–385.00	$368.47	$2,130	—
605–630	621	42	322.50–352.00	$345.63	$2,146	—
665–697	686	89	326.00–334.00	$330.68	$2,268	—
731	731	53	324.00	$324.00	$2,368	—
778–799	790	58	303.00–308.00	$305.21	$2,411	—
810–818	814	191	300.00–304.50	$302.69	$2,464	—
875	875	59	284.00	$284.00	$2,485	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
215	215	1	450.00	$450.00	$968	—
285	285	2	410.00	$410.00	$1,168	—
300–335	324	4	360.00–400.00	$378.20	$1,225	—
360–395	377	12	350.00–405.00	$381.76	$1,439	—
400–448	432	30	335.00–405.00	$373.92	$1,615	—
450–497	478	29	335.00–405.00	$378.45	$1,809	—
502–530	512	11	330.00–362.50	$356.76	$1,827	—
550–592	576	36	335.00–380.00	$353.44	$2,036	—
600–645	621	16	275.00–319.00	$310.56	$1,929	—
654–695	678	29	292.00–318.50	$309.62	$2,099	—
740–742	742	9	291.00–297.00	$291.67	$2,164	—
761–790	776	29	283.00–296.00	$290.51	$2,254	—
810–840	825	2	247.00–287.00	$266.64	$2,200	—
855–880	868	2	242.50–268.00	$255.43	$2,217	—
925–940	933	2	249.00–255.00	$251.98	$2,351	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
235–240	238	3	340.00–390.00	$373.57	$889	—
285–290	288	2	335.00–345.00	$339.96	$979	—
350	350	1	340.00	$340.00	$1,190	—
405–445	432	8	307.50–355.00	$321.01	$1,387	—
460–480	469	6	285.00–325.00	$309.07	$1,450	—
500–547	529	5	265.00–315.00	$294.81	$1,560	—
560–591	580	20	270.00–327.00	$300.63	$1,744	—
600–615	608	2	235.00–265.00	$249.81	$1,519	—
655	655	1	272.50	$272.50	$1,785	—
715	715	1	237.50	$237.50	$1,698	—
880	880	2	227.00	$227.00	$1,998	—
945	945	1	215.00	$215.00	$2,032	—

Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
725–740	730	3	270.00–274.00	$272.32	$1,988	—
765–785	775	2	265.00–268.00	$266.48	$2,065	—
800	800	9	287.00	$287.00	$2,296	—
915	915	15	238.00	$238.00	$2,178	—

Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
802–810	805	8	256.00–278.00	$269.70	$2,171	—

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
277–295	282	4	240.00–305.00	$283.06	$798	—
330	330	1	255.00	$255.00	$842	—
450	450	1	255.00	$255.00	$1,148	—
590	590	1	210.00	$210.00	$1,239	—
660	660	1	205.00	$205.00	$1,353	—

Medium and Large 2-3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
310	310	2	275.00	$275.00	$852	—
390	390	1	275.00	$275.00	$1,072	—
405	405	1	210.00	$210.00	$850	—

Medium 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
482	482	2	345.00	$345.00	$1,663	—

Medium 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
405	405	1	430.00	$430.00	$1,742	—

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Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
301–335	315	6	365.00–400.00	$390.49	$1,230	—
363–395	381	31	360.00–410.00	$391.98	$1,493	—
405–445	435	24	335.00–400.00	$367.55	$1,599	—
450–491	466	23	330.00–360.00	$346.53	$1,615	—
500–543	522	38	320.00–337.50	$326.48	$1,704	—
560–599	581	68	304.00–330.00	$318.37	$1,850	—
605–630	621	36	282.00–313.00	$300.75	$1,868	—
650–690	661	95	263.00–303.50	$293.94	$1,943	—
676	676	8	295.00	$295.00	$1,994	—
701–740	726	67	272.50–285.00	$281.22	$2,042	—
775	775	1	275.00	$275.00	$2,131	—
867	867	4	261.00	$261.00	$2,263	—
955	955	1	225.00	$225.00	$2,149	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
245	245	2	380.00	$380.00	$931	—
265–285	275	2	325.00–370.00	$348.32	$958	—
300–340	326	6	345.00–385.00	$364.59	$1,189	—
385–390	387	3	312.50–360.00	$337.60	$1,307	—
415–425	420	2	325.00–335.00	$329.94	$1,386	—
450–498	477	18	301.00–317.50	$308.50	$1,472	—
505–547	530	24	287.50–312.50	$306.08	$1,622	—
550–586	573	31	275.00–312.00	$301.85	$1,730	—
615–635	625	2	268.00–277.50	$272.67	$1,704	—
660–695	683	3	232.50–259.00	$250.47	$1,711	—
705	705	1	245.00	$245.00	$1,727	—
845	845	1	231.00	$231.00	$1,952	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
215	215	1	350.00	$350.00	$752	—
305–340	323	6	285.00–315.00	$297.84	$962	—
350	350	2	300.00–310.00	$305.00	$1,068	—
415–435	425	2	265.00–285.00	$275.24	$1,170	—
450–480	468	9	250.00–290.00	$277.81	$1,300	—
505–520	513	2	252.50–275.00	$263.59	$1,352	—
530	530	1	235.00	$235.00	$1,246	—
565–590	579	6	237.50–270.00	$253.12	$1,466	—
625	625	1	210.00	$210.00	$1,312	—
665	665	1	230.00	$230.00	$1,530	—
860	860	1	205.00	$205.00	$1,763	—
1170	1170	1	185.00	$185.00	$2,164	—

Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
297	297	2	375.00	$375.00	$1,114	—
560	560	7	303.00	$303.00	$1,697	—
717	717	10	268.00	$268.00	$1,922	—

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
230	230	2	270.00	$270.00	$621	—
250	250	1	240.00	$240.00	$600	—
355	355	1	265.00	$265.00	$941	—
510–530	520	2	212.50–270.00	$241.80	$1,257	—
630	630	1	195.00	$195.00	$1,228	—

Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
602	602	2	291.00	$291.00	$1,752	—
665	665	1	247.00	$247.00	$1,643	—
715	715	2	275.00	$275.00	$1,966	—
785	785	1	264.00	$264.00	$2,072	—

Medium and Large 2-3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
275	275	1	240.00	$240.00	$660	—
352–365	356	3	220.00–275.00	$238.78	$850	—
500	500	1	220.00	$220.00	$1,100	—
550	550	1	205.00	$205.00	$1,128	—

Medium 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
420	420	1	355.00	$355.00	$1,491	—
610	610	1	240.00	$240.00	$1,464	—

Medium and Large 3-4 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
565	565	1	180.00	$180.00	$1,017	—
600	600	1	160.00	$160.00	$960	—

Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
950	950	1	200.00	$200.00	$1,900	—

Medium 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
375	375	1	255.00	$255.00	$956	—

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Feeder Bulls

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
385	385	1	340.00	$340.00	$1,309	—
465	465	1	275.00	$275.00	$1,279	—
530	530	1	275.00	$275.00	$1,458	—
565–580	573	6	277.00–282.50	$279.35	$1,601	—
630	630	2	235.00	$235.00	$1,480	—
785	785	1	205.00	$205.00	$1,609	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
352	352	2	355.00	$355.00	$1,250	—

Medium and Large 2-3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
690	690	1	205.00	$205.00	$1,414	—

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Reading this report

What does "Medium and Large 1" mean?

USDA feeder grades describe frame size and muscle thickness, not quality of the individual animal. "Medium and Large" is the frame score; the number is muscle (1 = heaviest muscled). "Medium and Large 1–2" pens mix both muscle scores — common across the Southeast.

What is $/cwt?

Dollars per hundredweight — per 100 lb of animal. A 500-lb calf at $450/cwt brings 5 × $450 = $2,250. Lighter cattle usually bring more per cwt but less per head.

Why are some prices per head?

Bred cows, cow-calf pairs, and some replacement classes sell by the head, not by weight. We show those exactly as USDA reports them — a $/head figure is never converted into $/cwt on this site.

Where do these numbers come from?

From the USDA Agricultural Marketing Service's Livestock Market News — federal reporters at the sale. We publish each report in full and link the official USDA document at the top of the page.