Sale reports / Virginia / Fauquier Livestock Exchange, Inc. / 2020-04-24

Fauquier Livestock Exchange, Inc.

Feeder Cattle · Marshall, Virginia · Fri, Apr 24
● Final18 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2173
Receipts
46 head
168 vs last sale 214 46 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 17, Heifers 24, Bulls 5)

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $120.40/cwt on 24 head.
Average price
$120.40
24 head · 516 lb average
Value per head Derived
$621
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
−$218
per head · Medium and Large 2 over Medium and Large 1
$4.78/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+0.38
vs VA average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 2368124.004562thin
Medium and Large 3435122.335326thin
Medium and Large 1565119.2267416thin
One grade step is worth $4.78/cwt here — about −$218 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 sale24 hd
120.40
VA average12 barns · 1,543 hd
120.02
+0.38
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

18 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.
ClassGrade / descriptionWeightAvg wtPriceRangePer headHead
HeifersMedium and Large 3502119.00/cwt119.00–119.005971
SteersMedium and Large 1740123.00/cwt123.00–123.009101
SteersMedium and Large 1619132.00/cwt132.00–132.008173
HeifersMedium and Large 1471118.00/cwt118.00–118.005563
BullsMedium and Large 2207123.00/cwt123.00–123.002551
BullsMedium and Large 2336148.00/cwt148.00–148.004973
BullsSmall 1322138.00/cwt138.00–138.004441
HeifersMedium and Large 1548114.00/cwt114.00–114.006252
SteersMedium and Large 1556146.00/cwt146.00–146.008124
HeifersMedium and Large 3377129.00/cwt129.00–129.004862
HeifersMedium and Large 3438118.00/cwt118.00–118.005172
HeifersMedium and Large 2332128.00/cwt128.00–128.004251
HeifersMedium and Large 2403120.00/cwt120.00–120.004841
HeifersMedium and Large 3479121.00/cwt121.00–121.005801
SteersMedium and Large 1445148.00/cwt148.00–148.006591
HeifersMedium and Large 1Value Added594120.50/cwt120.50–120.5071611
SteersMedium and Large 1Value Added526154.00/cwt154.00–154.008104
SteersMedium and Large 2Value Added475164.00/cwt164.00–164.007794

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.