Name: Fauquier Livestock Exchange, Inc. livestock auction prices — 2020-08-14
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2020-08-14

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 56. Heifers 73, Bulls 15)

Natural Cattle are Weaned and Vaccinated.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb heifers averaged $119.39/cwt on 71 head.

Average price

$119.39

71 head · 544 lb average

Value per head Derived

$650

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$48

per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 3

$17.25/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−5.96

vs VA average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	502	127.50	640	28
Medium and Large 2	565	115.92	655	26
Medium and Large 1-2	635	115.00	730	3thin
Medium and Large 2-3	645	111.00	716	4thin
Small 1	559	111.00	620	2thin
Medium and Large 3	538	110.25	593	8thin

One grade step is worth $17.25/cwt here — about $48 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 sale71 hd

119.39

—

VA average9 barns · 1,511 hd

125.35

−5.96

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

34 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	—	645	111.00/cwt	111.00–111.00	716	4
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	397	143.00/cwt	143.00–143.00	568	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	740	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	962	7
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	478	139.00/cwt	139.00–139.00	664	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	643	139.00/cwt	139.00–139.00	894	8
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	548	135.00/cwt	135.00–135.00	740	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	352	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	387	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	559	118.54/cwt	115.00–119.00	663	9
Heifers	Small 1	—	610	118.00/cwt	118.00–118.00	720	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	635	115.00/cwt	115.00–115.00	730	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	460	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	552	6
Heifers	Small 1	—	508	104.00/cwt	104.00–104.00	528	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Natural	—	443	134.00/cwt	134.00–134.00	594	16
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	623	123.27/cwt	121.00–124.00	768	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	451	114.00/cwt	114.00–114.00	514	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	628	117.00/cwt	117.00–117.00	735	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	753	96.00/cwt	96.00–96.00	723	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	566	115.00/cwt	115.00–115.00	651	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	569	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	683	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	730	106.00/cwt	106.00–106.00	774	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	798	81.00/cwt	81.00–81.00	646	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	463	122.00/cwt	122.00–122.00	565	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	547	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	602	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	653	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	784	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	588	119.00/cwt	119.00–119.00	700	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	386	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	540	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	510	127.00/cwt	127.00–127.00	648	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	436	135.00/cwt	135.00–135.00	589	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	669	119.00/cwt	119.00–119.00	796	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	611	131.00/cwt	131.00–131.00	800	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Natural	—	433	155.00/cwt	155.00–155.00	671	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	693	139.00/cwt	139.00–139.00	963	4
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	564	132.00/cwt	132.00–132.00	744	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	549	141.00/cwt	141.00–141.00	774	9

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

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

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State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 56. Heifers 73, Bulls 15)

Natural 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
4	—	645	111.00	111.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	352	110.00	110.00
9	—	559	115.00–119.00	118.54
6	—	460	120.00	120.00
4	—	623	121.00–124.00	123.27
2	—	753	96.00	96.00
2	—	730	106.00	106.00
2	—	547	110.00	110.00
Heifers — Small 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	610	118.00	118.00
1	—	508	104.00	104.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	635	115.00	115.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Natural$ per cwt · actual wt
16	—	443	134.00	134.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	451	114.00	114.00
3	—	566	115.00	115.00
1	—	798	81.00	81.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	628	117.00	117.00
4	—	569	120.00	120.00
2	—	463	122.00	122.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	397	143.00	143.00
3	—	478	139.00	139.00
3	—	548	135.00	135.00
1	—	611	131.00	131.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	740	130.00	130.00
8	—	643	139.00	139.00
9	—	549	141.00	141.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Natural$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	433	155.00	155.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	693	139.00	139.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	564	132.00	132.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	653	120.00	120.00
1	—	588	119.00	119.00
1	—	386	140.00	140.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	510	127.00	127.00
3	—	436	135.00	135.00
2	—	669	119.00	119.00

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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