Name: Fauquier Livestock Exchange, Inc. livestock auction prices — 2020-09-25
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2020-09-25

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 135, Heifers 79, Bulls 46)

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 $144.04/cwt on 134 head.

Average price

$144.04

134 head · 584 lb average

Value per head Derived

$841

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$335

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

$42.87/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+5.39

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	604	150.37	908	28
Medium and Large 1	526	146.90	772	77
Medium and Large 2	742	131.51	975	27
Medium and Large 3	316	122.50	387	1thin
Small 1	533	107.50	573	1thin

One grade step is worth $42.87/cwt here — about $335 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 sale134 hd

144.04

—

VA average8 barns · 1,307 hd

138.65

+5.39

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

57 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 1Value Added	—	470	148.00/cwt	148.00–148.00	696	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	444	152.00/cwt	152.00–152.00	675	7
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	445	135.00/cwt	135.00–135.00	601	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	581	142.00/cwt	142.00–142.00	825	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	575	139.50/cwt	139.50–139.50	802	10
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	844	116.00/cwt	116.00–116.00	979	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	765	139.00/cwt	139.00–139.00	1,063	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	638	132.00/cwt	132.00–132.00	842	10
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	728	129.47/cwt	119.00–131.00	943	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	528	156.29/cwt	156.00–157.00	825	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	509	155.00/cwt	155.00–155.00	789	20
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	460	119.00/cwt	119.00–119.00	547	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	344	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	447	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	307	145.00/cwt	145.00–145.00	445	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2Value Added	—	449	124.00/cwt	124.00–124.00	557	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	446	119.00/cwt	119.00–119.00	531	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	397	136.00/cwt	136.00–136.00	540	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	731	85.00/cwt	85.00–85.00	621	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	890	87.00/cwt	87.00–87.00	774	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	764	118.00/cwt	118.00–118.00	902	3
Heifers	Small 1	—	550	70.00/cwt	70.00–70.00	385	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	630	105.00/cwt	105.00–105.00	662	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	453	120.50/cwt	120.50–120.50	546	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	440	118.00/cwt	118.00–118.00	519	1
Heifers	Small 1	—	707	90.00/cwt	90.00–90.00	636	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	900	85.00/cwt	85.00–85.00	765	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	556	119.54/cwt	112.50–121.00	665	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	623	121.00/cwt	121.00–121.00	754	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	866	128.49/cwt	127.00–130.00	1,113	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	612	149.39/cwt	137.00–153.00	914	14
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	376	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	526	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	358	160.00/cwt	160.00–160.00	573	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	567	105.60/cwt	65.00–120.00	599	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	715	119.00/cwt	119.00–119.00	851	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	692	112.00/cwt	112.00–112.00	775	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	619	116.00/cwt	116.00–116.00	718	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	552	134.00/cwt	134.00–134.00	740	8
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	640	124.00/cwt	124.00–124.00	794	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	1,039	87.00/cwt	87.00–87.00	904	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	179	92.50/cwt	92.50–92.50	166	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	909	95.00/cwt	95.00–95.00	864	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	1,172	89.00/cwt	89.00–89.00	1,043	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	558	133.00/cwt	133.00–133.00	742	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	326	175.00/cwt	175.00–175.00	571	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	398	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	478	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	240	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	288	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	668	124.00/cwt	124.00–124.00	828	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	343	145.00/cwt	145.00–145.00	497	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	462	149.00/cwt	149.00–149.00	688	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	464	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	650	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	759	117.00/cwt	117.00–117.00	888	4
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	316	122.50/cwt	122.50–122.50	387	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	591	137.00/cwt	137.00–137.00	810	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	428	154.00/cwt	154.00–154.00	659	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	487	153.00/cwt	153.00–153.00	745	6
Steers	Small 1	—	533	107.50/cwt	107.50–107.50	573	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	320	167.00/cwt	167.00–167.00	534	2

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 Sep 25, 2020

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

Receipts 260Last week 341Year ago 294

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 135, Heifers 79, Bulls 46)

Value Added Cattle are Weaned and Vaccinated.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	470	148.00	148.00
12	—	581	142.00	142.00
1	—	376	140.00	140.00
1	—	428	154.00	154.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	444	152.00	152.00
10	—	575	139.50	139.50
10	—	638	132.00	132.00
20	—	509	155.00	155.00
3	—	358	160.00	160.00
6	—	487	153.00	153.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	445	135.00	135.00
2	—	844	116.00	116.00
8	—	728	119.00–131.00	129.47
12	—	866	127.00–130.00	128.49
1	—	591	137.00	137.00
2	—	320	167.00	167.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	765	139.00	139.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	528	156.00–157.00	156.29
14	—	612	137.00–153.00	149.39
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	316	122.50	122.50
Steers — Small 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	533	107.50	107.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	460	119.00	119.00
1	—	344	130.00	130.00
1	—	446	119.00	119.00
2	—	890	87.00	87.00
3	—	630	105.00	105.00
3	—	900	85.00	85.00
4	—	567	65.00–120.00	105.60
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	307	145.00	145.00
3	—	397	136.00	136.00
3	—	764	118.00	118.00
9	—	453	120.50	120.50
1	—	440	118.00	118.00
14	—	556	112.50–121.00	119.54
1	—	623	121.00	121.00
2	—	692	112.00	112.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	449	124.00	124.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	731	85.00	85.00
Heifers — Small 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	550	70.00	70.00
1	—	707	90.00	90.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
11	—	715	119.00	119.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	619	116.00	116.00
5	—	1,039	87.00	87.00
1	—	179	92.50	92.50
5	—	1,172	89.00	89.00
1	—	558	133.00	133.00
2	—	240	120.00	120.00
2	—	343	145.00	145.00
2	—	464	140.00	140.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	552	134.00	134.00
1	—	640	124.00	124.00
1	—	909	95.00	95.00
2	—	326	175.00	175.00
3	—	668	124.00	124.00
4	—	462	149.00	149.00
4	—	759	117.00	117.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	398	120.00	120.00

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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