Name: Fauquier Livestock Exchange, Inc. livestock auction prices — 2020-04-10
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2020-04-10

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 96, Heifers 89, Bulls 29)

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 $141.95/cwt on 96 head.

Average price

$141.95

96 head · 557 lb average

Value per head Derived

$790

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$433

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

$87.00/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+2.17

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	546	159.00	868	7thin
Medium and Large 1	569	142.46	810	71
Medium and Large 3	403	137.50	554	1thin
Medium and Large 2	514	136.88	703	16thin
Small 1	605	72.00	436	1thin

One grade step is worth $87.00/cwt here — about $433 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 sale96 hd

141.95

—

VA average11 barns · 1,961 hd

139.78

+2.17

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

45 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	—	364	84.00/cwt	84.00–84.00	306	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	428	122.00/cwt	122.00–122.00	522	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	618	113.00/cwt	113.00–113.00	698	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	537	126.00/cwt	126.00–126.00	677	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	1,035	82.00/cwt	82.00–82.00	849	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	465	134.00/cwt	134.00–134.00	623	6
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	368	152.00/cwt	152.00–152.00	559	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	666	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	833	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	738	115.00/cwt	115.00–115.00	849	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	645	128.50/cwt	128.50–128.50	829	15
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	562	145.22/cwt	137.00–161.00	816	21
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	450	165.00/cwt	165.00–165.00	743	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	388	149.00/cwt	149.00–149.00	578	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	521	133.00/cwt	133.00–133.00	693	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	474	160.00/cwt	160.00–160.00	758	10
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	518	123.02/cwt	92.00–140.00	637	7
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	403	137.50/cwt	137.50–137.50	554	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	650	107.00/cwt	107.00–107.00	696	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	469	82.00/cwt	82.00–82.00	385	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	561	111.00/cwt	111.00–111.00	623	3
Steers	Small 1	—	605	72.00/cwt	72.00–72.00	436	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	546	159.00/cwt	159.00–159.00	868	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1Natural	—	569	135.50/cwt	135.50–135.50	771	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Natural	—	516	115.00/cwt	115.00–115.00	593	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	594	152.00/cwt	152.00–152.00	903	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	600	111.00/cwt	111.00–111.00	666	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	713	99.00/cwt	99.00–99.00	706	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	619	102.00/cwt	102.00–102.00	631	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	377	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	528	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	344	88.00/cwt	88.00–88.00	303	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	426	139.00/cwt	139.00–139.00	592	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	523	114.95/cwt	113.00–121.00	601	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	447	117.50/cwt	117.50–117.50	525	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	623	102.34/cwt	100.00–107.00	638	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	358	124.00/cwt	124.00–124.00	444	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	733	92.00/cwt	92.00–92.00	674	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	539	115.00/cwt	115.00–115.00	620	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	445	115.50/cwt	115.50–115.50	514	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	578	118.00/cwt	118.00–118.00	682	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	359	127.00/cwt	127.00–127.00	456	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	526	108.00/cwt	108.00–108.00	568	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	266	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	333	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	498	126.00/cwt	126.00–126.00	627	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	629	94.00/cwt	94.00–94.00	591	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	723	115.00/cwt	115.00–115.00	831	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

Fri Apr 10, 2020

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

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State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 96, Heifers 89, Bulls 29)

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
1	—	364	84.00	84.00
1	—	428	122.00	122.00
1	—	618	113.00	113.00
3	—	537	126.00	126.00
3	—	1,035	82.00	82.00
6	—	465	134.00	134.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	619	102.00	102.00
1	—	377	140.00	140.00
1	—	344	88.00	88.00
6	—	426	139.00	139.00
4	—	523	113.00–121.00	114.95
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	368	152.00	152.00
2	—	666	125.00	125.00
4	—	450	165.00	165.00
7	—	518	92.00–140.00	123.02
1	—	723	115.00	115.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	738	115.00	115.00
15	—	645	128.50	128.50
21	—	562	137.00–161.00	145.22
2	—	388	149.00	149.00
2	—	521	133.00	133.00
10	—	474	160.00	160.00
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	403	137.50	137.50
Steers — Small 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	605	72.00	72.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	546	159.00	159.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Natural$ per cwt · actual wt
11	—	569	135.50	135.50
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	594	152.00	152.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	650	107.00	107.00
1	—	713	99.00	99.00
12	—	539	115.00	115.00
10	—	445	115.50	115.50
5	—	578	118.00	118.00
3	—	359	127.00	127.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	469	82.00	82.00
3	—	561	111.00	111.00
1	—	629	94.00	94.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Natural$ per cwt · actual wt
12	—	516	115.00	115.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	600	111.00	111.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	447	117.50	117.50
3	—	623	100.00–107.00	102.34
2	—	358	124.00	124.00
1	—	733	92.00	92.00
2	—	526	108.00	108.00
1	—	266	125.00	125.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
11	—	498	126.00	126.00

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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