Name: Fauquier Livestock Exchange, Inc. livestock auction prices — 2020-05-08
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2020-05-08

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 61, Heifers 65, Bulls 10)

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 $119.94/cwt on 65 head.

Average price

$119.94

65 head · 603 lb average

Value per head Derived

$724

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

−$70

per head · Medium and Large 2 over Small 1

$30.57/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−1.73

vs VA average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 2	541	125.57	679	23
Medium and Large 3	418	122.00	510	2thin
Medium and Large 1	633	119.00	753	36
Small 1	789	95.00	750	4thin

One grade step is worth $30.57/cwt here — about −$70 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 sale65 hd

119.94

—

VA average12 barns · 1,852 hd

121.66

−1.73

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

30 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	—	625	117.00/cwt	117.00–117.00	731	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	555	123.00/cwt	123.00–123.00	683	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	806	98.00/cwt	98.00–98.00	790	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	490	131.00/cwt	131.00–131.00	642	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	320	107.50/cwt	107.50–107.50	344	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	454	117.00/cwt	117.00–117.00	531	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	456	148.50/cwt	148.50–148.50	677	12
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	372	157.00/cwt	157.00–157.00	584	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	465	146.50/cwt	146.50–146.50	681	4
Steers	Small 1	—	587	100.00/cwt	100.00–100.00	587	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	833	113.00/cwt	113.00–113.00	941	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	734	119.02/cwt	113.00–120.00	874	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	634	126.00/cwt	126.00–126.00	799	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	382	132.00/cwt	132.00–132.00	504	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	860	97.00/cwt	97.00–97.00	834	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	454	126.00/cwt	126.00–126.00	572	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	436	135.50/cwt	135.50–135.50	591	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	545	138.20/cwt	138.00–140.00	753	20
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	568	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	795	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	465	126.50/cwt	126.50–126.50	588	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	557	119.50/cwt	119.50–119.50	666	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	660	111.00/cwt	111.00–111.00	733	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	514	124.00/cwt	124.00–124.00	637	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	418	122.00/cwt	122.00–122.00	510	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	981	86.00/cwt	86.00–86.00	844	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	811	104.00/cwt	104.00–104.00	843	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	584	128.00/cwt	128.00–128.00	748	15
Heifers	Small 1Value Added	—	789	95.00/cwt	95.00–95.00	750	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2Value Added	—	576	129.00/cwt	129.00–129.00	743	7
Steers	Medium and Large 2Value Added	—	652	134.00/cwt	134.00–134.00	874	3

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 May 8, 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 61, Heifers 65, Bulls 10)

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	—	625	117.00	117.00
2	—	555	123.00	123.00
2	—	806	98.00	98.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	490	131.00	131.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	320	107.50	107.50
2	—	454	117.00	117.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
12	—	456	148.50	148.50
1	—	833	113.00	113.00
7	—	734	113.00–120.00	119.02
8	—	634	126.00	126.00
20	—	545	138.00–140.00	138.20
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	372	157.00	157.00
4	—	465	146.50	146.50
2	—	568	140.00	140.00
Steers — Small 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	587	100.00	100.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	652	134.00	134.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	382	132.00	132.00
2	—	860	97.00	97.00
4	—	454	126.00	126.00
6	—	436	135.50	135.50
1	—	514	124.00	124.00
1	—	981	86.00	86.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	465	126.50	126.50
4	—	557	119.50	119.50
4	—	660	111.00	111.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	418	122.00	122.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	811	104.00	104.00
15	—	584	128.00	128.00
Heifers — Small 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	789	95.00	95.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	576	129.00	129.00

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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