Name: Fauquier Livestock Exchange, Inc. livestock auction prices — 2019-08-09
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2019-08-09

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 68, Heifers 118, Bulls 53)

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 $115.76/cwt on 117 head.

Average price

$115.76

117 head · 532 lb average

Value per head Derived

$616

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$79

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

$12.26/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−4.94

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	519	118.26	614	19thin
Medium and Large 2	489	118.05	578	20
Medium and Large 1	559	115.57	647	65
Medium and Large 3	468	111.06	520	9thin
Small 1	504	106.00	535	4thin

One grade step is worth $12.26/cwt here — about $79 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 sale117 hd

115.76

—

VA average10 barns · 1,928 hd

120.69

−4.94

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

50 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 1	—	460	121.00/cwt	121.00–121.00	557	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	536	106.00/cwt	106.00–106.00	568	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	476	102.00/cwt	102.00–102.00	486	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	636	111.34/cwt	110.00–112.00	708	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	443	115.50/cwt	115.50–115.50	512	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	676	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	744	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	656	114.29/cwt	112.00–116.00	750	14
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	475	112.00/cwt	112.00–112.00	532	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	748	128.00/cwt	128.00–128.00	957	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	779	129.00/cwt	129.00–129.00	1,005	2
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	617	119.00/cwt	119.00–119.00	734	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	372	122.00/cwt	122.00–122.00	454	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	839	121.00/cwt	118.00–124.00	1,015	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	802	124.00/cwt	124.00–124.00	994	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	450	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	630	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	389	127.00/cwt	127.00–127.00	494	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	637	123.00/cwt	123.00–123.00	784	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	549	138.50/cwt	138.50–138.50	760	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	557	127.00/cwt	127.00–127.00	707	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	455	131.00/cwt	131.00–131.00	596	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	663	135.77/cwt	125.00–137.00	900	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	726	124.00/cwt	124.00–124.00	900	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	542	138.50/cwt	138.50–138.50	751	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	887	123.00/cwt	123.00–123.00	1,091	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	1,055	109.00/cwt	109.00–109.00	1,150	1
Heifers	Small 1	—	379	121.00/cwt	121.00–121.00	459	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	385	129.00/cwt	129.00–129.00	497	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	355	145.00/cwt	145.00–145.00	515	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	698	112.50/cwt	112.50–112.50	785	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	520	115.10/cwt	101.00–120.00	599	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	347	146.00/cwt	146.00–146.00	507	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	666	107.70/cwt	100.00–109.00	717	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	829	91.00/cwt	91.00–91.00	754	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	458	123.51/cwt	119.00–125.00	566	8
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	719	94.00/cwt	94.00–94.00	676	7
Bulls	Small 1	—	514	97.00/cwt	97.00–97.00	499	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	552	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	690	8
Bulls	Small 1	—	425	124.00/cwt	124.00–124.00	527	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	557	99.00/cwt	99.00–99.00	551	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	525	105.39/cwt	89.00–117.00	553	15
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	727	102.93/cwt	99.00–107.00	748	2
Heifers	Small 1	—	546	101.00/cwt	101.00–101.00	551	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	539	116.00/cwt	116.00–116.00	625	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	485	127.00/cwt	127.00–127.00	616	16
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	904	98.00/cwt	98.00–98.00	886	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	446	119.50/cwt	119.50–119.50	533	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	399	133.00/cwt	133.00–133.00	531	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	316	131.55/cwt	131.00–133.00	416	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	463	105.00/cwt	105.00–105.00	486	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	562	113.00/cwt	113.00–113.00	635	14

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 Aug 9, 2019

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

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State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 68, Heifers 118, Bulls 53)

Value Added Cattle are Weaned and Vaccinated.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	460	121.00	121.00
6	—	636	110.00–112.00	111.34
14	—	656	112.00–116.00	114.29
15	—	525	89.00–117.00	105.39
2	—	727	99.00–107.00	102.93
3	—	904	98.00	98.00
4	—	316	131.00–133.00	131.55
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	536	106.00	106.00
5	—	443	115.50	115.50
2	—	463	105.00	105.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	476	102.00	102.00
2	—	676	110.00	110.00
3	—	385	129.00	129.00
6	—	539	116.00	116.00
8	—	446	119.50	119.50
Heifers — Small 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	379	121.00	121.00
3	—	546	101.00	101.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
16	—	485	127.00	127.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	399	133.00	133.00
14	—	562	113.00	113.00
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	475	112.00	112.00
1	—	617	119.00	119.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	748	128.00	128.00
3	—	887	123.00	123.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	779	129.00	129.00
2	—	839	118.00–124.00	121.00
5	—	450	140.00	140.00
1	—	389	127.00	127.00
9	—	549	138.50	138.50
1	—	557	127.00	127.00
10	—	663	125.00–137.00	135.77
1	—	726	124.00	124.00
1	—	1,055	109.00	109.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	372	122.00	122.00
1	—	802	124.00	124.00
5	—	637	123.00	123.00
8	—	455	131.00	131.00
11	—	542	138.50	138.50
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	355	145.00	145.00
4	—	520	101.00–120.00	115.10
7	—	666	100.00–109.00	107.70
8	—	458	119.00–125.00	123.51
1	—	557	99.00	99.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	698	112.50	112.50
4	—	347	146.00	146.00
4	—	829	91.00	91.00
7	—	719	94.00	94.00
8	—	552	125.00	125.00
Bulls — Small 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	514	97.00	97.00
2	—	425	124.00	124.00

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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