Name: Fauquier Livestock Exchange, Inc. livestock auction prices — 2019-07-12
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2019-07-12

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

State Graded Feeder Cattle Sale (Steers 157, Heifers 168, Bulls 38)

Value added cattle are weaned and vaccinated.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb heifers averaged $120.72/cwt on 166 head.

Average price

$120.72

166 head · 542 lb average

Value per head Derived

$654

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$241

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

$26.02/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+0.50

vs VA average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1-2	539	125.08	674	25
Medium and Large 1	556	122.68	682	80
Medium and Large 2	543	119.45	648	51
Small 1	371	115.00	427	1thin
Medium and Large 3	437	99.06	433	9thin

One grade step is worth $26.02/cwt here — about $241 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 sale166 hd

120.72

—

VA average10 barns · 1,753 hd

120.23

+0.50

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

49 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
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	732	104.00/cwt	104.00–104.00	761	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	545	125.50/cwt	125.50–125.50	684	17
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	327	111.00/cwt	111.00–111.00	363	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	636	119.00/cwt	119.00–119.00	757	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	470	127.00/cwt	127.00–127.00	597	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	376	134.00/cwt	134.00–134.00	504	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	481	131.00/cwt	131.00–131.00	630	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	544	122.87/cwt	120.00–123.00	668	23
Heifers	Small 1	—	371	115.00/cwt	115.00–115.00	427	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	739	128.00/cwt	128.00–128.00	946	8
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	348	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	522	9
Steers	Small 1	—	529	93.00/cwt	93.00–93.00	492	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	537	126.00/cwt	126.00–126.00	677	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	721	104.00/cwt	104.00–104.00	750	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	695	118.00/cwt	118.00–118.00	820	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	445	119.50/cwt	119.50–119.50	532	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	425	103.00/cwt	103.00–103.00	438	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	466	141.50/cwt	141.50–141.50	659	8
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	549	128.00/cwt	128.00–128.00	703	7
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	357	134.00/cwt	134.00–134.00	478	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	442	129.24/cwt	127.00–129.50	571	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	627	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	690	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Natural	—	601	124.50/cwt	124.50–124.50	748	27
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	364	129.00/cwt	129.00–129.00	470	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	373	95.00/cwt	95.00–95.00	354	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	635	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	826	7
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	773	122.00/cwt	122.00–122.00	943	1
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	484	65.00/cwt	65.00–65.00	315	1
Steers	Small 1	—	645	92.00/cwt	92.00–92.00	593	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	641	122.00/cwt	122.00–122.00	782	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	546	138.00/cwt	138.00–138.00	753	15
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	577	122.00/cwt	122.00–122.00	704	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2Value Added	—	629	114.00/cwt	114.00–114.00	717	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	404	129.00/cwt	129.00–129.00	521	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	654	118.00/cwt	118.00–118.00	772	11
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	665	108.50/cwt	108.50–108.50	722	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	560	113.00/cwt	113.00–113.00	633	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	358	140.98/cwt	134.00–143.00	505	14
Steers	Medium and Large 1Natural	—	618	147.00/cwt	147.00–147.00	908	39
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	922	98.00/cwt	98.00–98.00	904	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	546	92.00/cwt	92.00–92.00	502	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	645	109.00/cwt	109.00–109.00	703	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	452	121.25/cwt	111.00–122.00	548	15
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	549	117.00/cwt	117.00–117.00	642	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	363	144.00/cwt	144.00–144.00	523	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	474	140.97/cwt	127.00–142.75	668	18
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	881	118.50/cwt	118.50–118.50	1,044	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	846	116.00/cwt	116.00–116.00	981	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	570	102.50/cwt	102.50–102.50	584	1

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

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State Graded Feeder Cattle Sale (Steers 157, Heifers 168, Bulls 38)

Value added cattle are weaned and vaccinated.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	732	104.00	104.00
23	—	544	120.00–123.00	122.87
8	—	445	119.50	119.50
5	—	364	129.00	129.00
3	—	645	109.00	109.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
17	—	545	125.50	125.50
1	—	327	111.00	111.00
5	—	376	134.00	134.00
3	—	721	104.00	104.00
1	—	627	110.00	110.00
11	—	654	118.00	118.00
15	—	452	111.00–122.00	121.25
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	481	131.00	131.00
9	—	404	129.00	129.00
Heifers — Small 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	371	115.00	115.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	695	118.00	118.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	425	103.00	103.00
3	—	373	95.00	95.00
1	—	546	92.00	92.00
1	—	570	102.50	102.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Natural$ per cwt · actual wt
27	—	601	124.50	124.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	629	114.00	114.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	636	119.00	119.00
11	—	537	126.00	126.00
9	—	442	127.00–129.50	129.24
1	—	560	113.00	113.00
2	—	363	144.00	144.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	470	127.00	127.00
3	—	665	108.50	108.50
6	—	549	117.00	117.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	739	128.00	128.00
8	—	466	141.50	141.50
7	—	635	130.00	130.00
15	—	546	138.00	138.00
1	—	577	122.00	122.00
1	—	922	98.00	98.00
2	—	846	116.00	116.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	348	150.00	150.00
7	—	549	128.00	128.00
1	—	773	122.00	122.00
10	—	641	122.00	122.00
14	—	358	134.00–143.00	140.98
18	—	474	127.00–142.75	140.97
Steers — Small 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	529	93.00	93.00
2	—	645	92.00	92.00
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	357	134.00	134.00
1	—	484	65.00	65.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Natural$ per cwt · actual wt
39	—	618	147.00	147.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	881	118.50	118.50

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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