Name: Fauquier Livestock Exchange, Inc. livestock auction prices — 2020-07-10
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2020-07-10

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

State Graded Feeder Cattle ( Steers 115, Heifers 79, Bulls 20)

Value Added and Natural Cattle are Weaned and Vaccinated.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb steers averaged $137.79/cwt on 115 head.

Average price

$137.79

115 head · 581 lb average

Value per head Derived

$801

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

−$50

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

$15.32/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+3.14

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	517	148.56	768	32
Medium and Large 2	594	134.19	798	34
Medium and Large 1	614	133.24	818	49

One grade step is worth $15.32/cwt here — about −$50 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 sale115 hd

137.79

—

VA average9 barns · 1,454 hd

134.65

+3.14

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

38 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
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	750	127.00/cwt	127.00–127.00	953	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	498	152.00/cwt	152.00–152.00	757	19
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	572	141.50/cwt	141.50–141.50	809	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	840	119.00/cwt	119.00–119.00	1,000	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	746	129.00/cwt	129.00–129.00	962	4
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	466	133.00/cwt	133.00–133.00	620	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	941	121.00/cwt	121.00–121.00	1,139	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1Natural	—	573	137.00/cwt	137.00–137.00	785	4
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	741	121.00/cwt	121.00–121.00	897	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	546	139.75/cwt	139.75–139.75	763	16
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	966	92.00/cwt	92.00–92.00	889	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	645	129.00/cwt	129.00–129.00	832	9
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	821	114.00/cwt	114.00–114.00	936	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	631	134.63/cwt	122.00–139.00	850	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	450	137.00/cwt	137.00–137.00	617	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	456	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	684	9
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	540	126.00/cwt	126.00–126.00	680	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	439	128.00/cwt	128.00–128.00	562	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	623	114.00/cwt	114.00–114.00	710	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	679	122.00/cwt	122.00–122.00	828	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	523	123.00/cwt	123.00–123.00	643	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	488	127.00/cwt	127.00–127.00	620	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	473	123.50/cwt	123.50–123.50	584	19
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	568	115.50/cwt	115.50–115.50	656	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Natural	—	610	117.00/cwt	117.00–117.00	714	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	634	115.00/cwt	115.00–115.00	729	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	557	117.50/cwt	117.50–117.50	654	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	469	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	586	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	656	112.00/cwt	112.00–112.00	735	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	773	107.00/cwt	107.00–107.00	827	3
Heifers	Small 1	—	695	92.00/cwt	92.00–92.00	639	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	440	127.50/cwt	127.50–127.50	561	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	375	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	488	3
Heifers	Small 1	—	499	115.00/cwt	115.00–115.00	574	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	779	113.00/cwt	113.00–113.00	880	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	542	113.00/cwt	113.00–113.00	612	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	675	75.00/cwt	75.00–75.00	506	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	544	141.00/cwt	141.00–141.00	767	8

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 Jul 10, 2020

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

Receipts 214Last week 0Year ago 363

State Graded Feeder Cattle ( Steers 115, Heifers 79, Bulls 20)

Value Added and Natural Cattle are Weaned and Vaccinated.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	750	127.00	127.00
3	—	840	119.00	119.00
2	—	941	121.00	121.00
16	—	546	139.75	139.75
9	—	645	129.00	129.00
8	—	450	137.00	137.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
19	—	498	152.00	152.00
4	—	746	129.00	129.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	572	141.50	141.50
6	—	466	133.00	133.00
3	—	741	121.00	121.00
1	—	966	92.00	92.00
1	—	821	114.00	114.00
8	—	631	122.00–139.00	134.63
8	—	544	141.00	141.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Natural$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	573	137.00	137.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	456	150.00	150.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	540	126.00	126.00
4	—	439	128.00	128.00
3	—	623	114.00	114.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	679	122.00	122.00
2	—	523	123.00	123.00
1	—	488	127.00	127.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
19	—	473	123.50	123.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
11	—	568	115.50	115.50
5	—	634	115.00	115.00
5	—	469	125.00	125.00
3	—	773	107.00	107.00
3	—	375	130.00	130.00
1	—	542	113.00	113.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Natural$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	610	117.00	117.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
12	—	557	117.50	117.50
9	—	656	112.00	112.00
2	—	440	127.50	127.50
1	—	779	113.00	113.00
Heifers — Small 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	695	92.00	92.00
1	—	499	115.00	115.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	675	75.00	75.00

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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