Name: Fauquier Livestock Exchange, Inc. livestock auction prices — 2019-10-25
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2019-10-25

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 193, Heifers 102, Bulls 186)

Valued Added Cattle are Weaned and Vaccinated.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb steers averaged $128.79/cwt on 188 head.

Average price

$128.79

188 head · 571 lb average

Value per head Derived

$735

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$464

per head · Medium and Large 1 over Small 1

$67.49/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−2.23

vs VA average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	564	132.99	750	124
Medium and Large 1-2	653	131.58	859	20
Medium and Large 2	582	122.87	715	31
Medium and Large 2-3	486	120.00	583	6thin
Medium and Large 3	515	86.00	443	5thin
Small 1	437	65.50	286	2thin

One grade step is worth $67.49/cwt here — about $464 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 sale188 hd

128.79

—

VA average11 barns · 1,864 hd

131.01

−2.23

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

68 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 2-3	—	516	114.00/cwt	114.00–114.00	588	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	532	109.63/cwt	107.00–110.00	583	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	757	102.00/cwt	102.00–102.00	772	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	695	113.00/cwt	113.00–113.00	785	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	536	109.00/cwt	109.00–109.00	584	26
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	737	97.50/cwt	97.50–97.50	719	3
Bulls	Small 1	—	565	62.50/cwt	62.50–62.50	353	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	555	112.00/cwt	112.00–112.00	622	10
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	370	122.00/cwt	122.00–122.00	451	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	803	90.00/cwt	90.00–90.00	723	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	646	104.00/cwt	104.00–104.00	672	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	1,013	54.00/cwt	54.00–54.00	547	1
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	538	91.00/cwt	91.00–91.00	490	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	486	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	583	6
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	635	108.00/cwt	108.00–108.00	686	5
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	716	108.00/cwt	108.00–108.00	773	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	481	141.00/cwt	141.00–141.00	678	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	636	132.76/cwt	131.50–134.50	844	33
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	662	123.02/cwt	115.00–125.00	814	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	981	99.00/cwt	99.00–99.00	971	1
Heifers	Small 1	—	524	60.00/cwt	60.00–60.00	314	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	567	104.00/cwt	104.00–104.00	590	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	742	97.50/cwt	97.50–97.50	723	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	341	124.00/cwt	124.00–124.00	423	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	631	108.00/cwt	108.00–108.00	681	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	598	117.00/cwt	117.00–117.00	700	18
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	463	111.91/cwt	110.50–117.00	518	28
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	558	112.50/cwt	112.50–112.50	628	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	619	102.00/cwt	102.00–102.00	631	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	428	101.00/cwt	101.00–101.00	432	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	644	97.00/cwt	97.00–97.00	625	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	680	96.00/cwt	96.00–96.00	653	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	553	123.64/cwt	111.00–125.50	684	16
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	757	90.69/cwt	88.00–96.00	687	3
Steers	Small 1	—	358	70.00/cwt	70.00–70.00	251	1
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	315	103.00/cwt	103.00–103.00	324	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	452	134.00/cwt	134.00–134.00	606	7
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	599	124.00/cwt	124.00–124.00	743	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	745	126.50/cwt	126.50–126.50	942	13
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	468	135.16/cwt	128.00–145.00	633	35
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	524	132.00/cwt	132.00–132.00	692	13
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	749	118.50/cwt	118.50–118.50	888	4
Heifers	Small 1Value Added	—	518	100.00/cwt	100.00–100.00	518	15
Heifers	Small 1	—	306	85.00/cwt	85.00–85.00	260	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	446	85.00/cwt	85.00–85.00	379	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	439	106.00/cwt	106.00–106.00	465	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	442	107.00/cwt	107.00–107.00	473	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	587	101.00/cwt	101.00–101.00	593	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	559	116.50/cwt	116.50–116.50	651	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	359	128.00/cwt	128.00–128.00	460	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	692	101.00/cwt	101.00–101.00	699	2
Bulls	Small 1	—	323	57.50/cwt	57.50–57.50	186	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	458	116.00/cwt	116.00–116.00	531	8
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	435	85.00/cwt	85.00–85.00	370	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	448	122.31/cwt	116.00–123.00	548	17
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	373	143.00/cwt	143.00–143.00	533	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	936	66.00/cwt	66.00–66.00	618	1
Steers	Small 1	—	515	61.00/cwt	61.00–61.00	314	1
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	645	54.00/cwt	54.00–54.00	348	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	774	118.00/cwt	118.00–118.00	913	8
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	373	134.00/cwt	134.00–134.00	500	5
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	538	113.00/cwt	113.00–113.00	608	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	570	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	798	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	583	134.68/cwt	126.00–137.00	785	23
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	380	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	532	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	845	117.00/cwt	117.00–117.00	989	1
Heifers	Small 1	—	462	87.00/cwt	87.00–87.00	402	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	642	90.00/cwt	90.00–90.00	578	4

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 Oct 25, 2019

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

Receipts 481Last week 378Year ago 0

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 193, Heifers 102, Bulls 186)

Valued Added Cattle are Weaned and Vaccinated.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	516	114.00	114.00
4	—	439	106.00	106.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	532	107.00–110.00	109.63
2	—	757	102.00	102.00
11	—	341	124.00	124.00
3	—	631	108.00	108.00
7	—	442	107.00	107.00
1	—	587	101.00	101.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	695	113.00	113.00
18	—	598	117.00	117.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
26	—	536	109.00	109.00
3	—	737	97.50	97.50
28	—	463	110.50–117.00	111.91
4	—	558	112.50	112.50
2	—	619	102.00	102.00
9	—	359	128.00	128.00
2	—	692	101.00	101.00
Heifers — Small 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	524	60.00	60.00
1	—	306	85.00	85.00
1	—	462	87.00	87.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	567	104.00	104.00
2	—	742	97.50	97.50
3	—	446	85.00	85.00
4	—	642	90.00	90.00
Heifers — Small 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
15	—	518	100.00	100.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	559	116.50	116.50
Bulls — Small 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	565	62.50	62.50
1	—	323	57.50	57.50
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	555	112.00	112.00
2	—	370	122.00	122.00
5	—	644	97.00	97.00
8	—	458	116.00	116.00
1	—	435	85.00	85.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	803	90.00	90.00
7	—	680	96.00	96.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	646	104.00	104.00
1	—	1,013	54.00	54.00
16	—	553	111.00–125.50	123.64
3	—	757	88.00–96.00	90.69
17	—	448	116.00–123.00	122.31
5	—	373	143.00	143.00
1	—	936	66.00	66.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	428	101.00	101.00
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	538	91.00	91.00
1	—	315	103.00	103.00
1	—	645	54.00	54.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	486	120.00	120.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	635	108.00	108.00
1	—	716	108.00	108.00
7	—	452	134.00	134.00
4	—	599	124.00	124.00
8	—	774	118.00	118.00
5	—	373	134.00	134.00
1	—	538	113.00	113.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	481	141.00	141.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
33	—	636	131.50–134.50	132.76
5	—	662	115.00–125.00	123.02
1	—	981	99.00	99.00
35	—	468	128.00–145.00	135.16
13	—	524	132.00	132.00
4	—	749	118.50	118.50
23	—	583	126.00–137.00	134.68
5	—	380	140.00	140.00
1	—	845	117.00	117.00
Steers — Small 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	358	70.00	70.00
1	—	515	61.00	61.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
13	—	745	126.50	126.50
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	570	140.00	140.00

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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