Name: Fauquier Livestock Exchange, Inc. livestock auction prices — 2019-06-14
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2019-06-14

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 197, Heifers 125, Bulls 51)

Value added cattle are weaned and vaccinated.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb steers averaged $142.50/cwt on 190 head.

Average price

$142.50

190 head · 526 lb average

Value per head Derived

$750

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$170

per head · Medium and Large 2 over Small 1

$18.26/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+1.42

vs VA average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 2	496	144.26	715	65
Medium and Large 1	551	142.31	784	118
Medium and Large 3	270	138.00	373	2thin
Small 1	433	126.00	546	5thin

One grade step is worth $18.26/cwt here — about $170 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 0–100 lb. USDA reports each grade on its own line and never publishes the spread.

How it compared 0–100 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only

This sale190 hd

142.50

—

VA average9 barns · 1,340 hd

141.08

+1.42

A barn can sit above the state average at one weight and below it at another — check the class you actually sell.

Every lot, as filed

48 lots · USDA AMS · Fauquier Livestock Exchange Graded Feeder Cattle Sale - Marshall, VA

Nothing removed and nothing rounded — the same lots as the USDA report, with per-head values added.

Class	Grade / description	Weight	Avg wt	Price	Range	Per head	Head
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	527	132.00/cwt	132.00–132.00	696	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	1,062	92.00/cwt	92.00–92.00	977	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	440	116.00/cwt	116.00–116.00	510	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	439	124.00/cwt	124.00–124.00	544	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	717	129.00/cwt	129.00–129.00	925	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	635	107.00/cwt	107.00–107.00	679	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2Value Added	—	568	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	852	14
Dairy Steers	Large 3-4	—	563	77.00/cwt	77.00–77.00	434	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	475	135.01/cwt	133.00–136.00	641	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	727	118.00/cwt	118.00–118.00	858	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	557	124.72/cwt	118.00–125.00	695	27
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	532	99.24/cwt	97.00–106.00	528	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	848	123.00/cwt	123.00–123.00	1,043	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	577	153.88/cwt	151.00–160.00	888	9
Steers	Medium and Large 2Value Added	—	434	152.00/cwt	152.00–152.00	660	11
Steers	Small 1	—	420	123.00/cwt	123.00–123.00	517	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	768	103.00/cwt	103.00–103.00	791	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	398	129.00/cwt	129.00–129.00	513	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	454	124.25/cwt	124.25–124.25	564	19
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	680	112.00/cwt	112.00–112.00	762	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	359	154.00/cwt	154.00–154.00	553	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	548	142.50/cwt	142.50–142.50	781	44
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	445	138.00/cwt	138.00–138.00	614	9
Steers	Small 1	—	369	137.00/cwt	137.00–137.00	506	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	290	151.99/cwt	151.00–153.00	441	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	570	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	684	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	631	118.00/cwt	118.00–118.00	745	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	551	101.00/cwt	101.00–101.00	557	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	775	117.00/cwt	117.00–117.00	907	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	454	142.72/cwt	139.00–143.00	648	29
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	555	139.00/cwt	139.00–139.00	771	7
Steers	Small 1	—	587	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	646	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	625	113.00/cwt	113.00–113.00	706	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	495	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	644	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	501	136.00/cwt	136.00–136.00	681	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	364	132.00/cwt	132.00–132.00	480	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	388	115.00/cwt	115.00–115.00	446	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	633	136.00/cwt	136.00–136.00	861	15
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	357	151.00/cwt	151.00–151.00	539	7
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	270	138.00/cwt	138.00–138.00	373	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	373	137.00/cwt	137.00–137.00	511	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	495	124.00/cwt	124.00–124.00	614	27
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	429	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	515	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	529	118.00/cwt	118.00–118.00	624	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 2Natural	—	460	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	598	14
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	595	146.19/cwt	142.50–146.50	870	13
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	747	117.00/cwt	117.00–117.00	874	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2Natural	—	488	145.00/cwt	145.00–145.00	708	13

How this sale compares

Virginia weighted averages

One sale is one barn on one day. The state ladder is every Virginia auction USDA reported that week, weighted by head — the fairer test of whether a lot sold well.

Virginia feeder prices, every weight →Every state and region →

Fauquier Livestock Exchange Graded Feeder Cattle Sale - Marshall, VA

Fri Jun 14, 2019

USDA Livestock, Poultry & Grain Market News · Federal-State Market News Service, Richmond, VA (LS-RH)

Receipts 373Last week 0Year ago 0

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 197, Heifers 125, Bulls 51)

Value added cattle are weaned and vaccinated.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	527	132.00	132.00
3	—	475	133.00–136.00	135.01
2	—	768	103.00	103.00
2	—	290	151.00–153.00	151.99
1	—	625	113.00	113.00
1	—	373	137.00	137.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	570	120.00	120.00
2	—	495	130.00	130.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
27	—	495	124.00	124.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,062	92.00	92.00
1	—	727	118.00	118.00
27	—	557	118.00–125.00	124.72
1	—	398	129.00	129.00
19	—	454	124.25	124.25
9	—	631	118.00	118.00
5	—	501	136.00	136.00
3	—	429	120.00	120.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
12	—	440	116.00	116.00
14	—	529	118.00	118.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	439	124.00	124.00
4	—	532	97.00–106.00	99.24
1	—	680	112.00	112.00
1	—	551	101.00	101.00
1	—	364	132.00	132.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	388	115.00	115.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2 · Natural$ per cwt · actual wt
14	—	460	130.00	130.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	717	129.00	129.00
2	—	848	123.00	123.00
2	—	359	154.00	154.00
44	—	548	142.50	142.50
1	—	775	117.00	117.00
29	—	454	139.00–143.00	142.72
15	—	633	136.00	136.00
13	—	595	142.50–146.50	146.19
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	635	107.00	107.00
9	—	445	138.00	138.00
7	—	555	139.00	139.00
7	—	357	151.00	151.00
2	—	747	117.00	117.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
14	—	568	150.00	150.00
11	—	434	152.00	152.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	577	151.00–160.00	153.88
Steers — Small 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	420	123.00	123.00
2	—	369	137.00	137.00
1	—	587	110.00	110.00
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	270	138.00	138.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2 · Natural$ per cwt · actual wt
13	—	488	145.00	145.00
Dairy Steers — Large 3-4$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	563	77.00	77.00

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.

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