Name: Fauquier Livestock Exchange, Inc. livestock auction prices — 2020-11-13
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2020-11-13

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 120, Heifers 107, Bulls 71)

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 $132.93/cwt on 115 head.

Average price

$132.93

115 head · 674 lb average

Value per head Derived

$895

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$453

per head · Medium and Large 1 over Small 1

$34.11/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−3.49

vs VA average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	672	134.11	901	89
Medium and Large 1-2	715	131.05	937	22
Medium and Large 2	498	122.67	611	3thin
Small 1	448	100.00	448	1thin

One grade step is worth $34.11/cwt here — about $453 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

132.93

—

VA average10 barns · 2,389 hd

136.42

−3.49

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

45 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 1-2	—	773	129.00/cwt	129.00–129.00	997	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	552	121.50/cwt	121.50–121.50	671	22
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	392	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	588	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1Natural	—	519	155.50/cwt	155.50–155.50	807	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	839	123.04/cwt	119.00–125.00	1,032	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	648	116.00/cwt	116.00–116.00	752	18
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	645	141.67/cwt	130.00–144.50	914	5
Steers	Small 1	—	448	100.00/cwt	100.00–100.00	448	1
Heifers	Small 1	—	594	75.00/cwt	75.00–75.00	446	1
Heifers	Small 1	—	339	87.50/cwt	87.50–87.50	297	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	350	135.00/cwt	135.00–135.00	473	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	881	97.00/cwt	97.00–97.00	855	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	827	127.50/cwt	127.50–127.50	1,054	18
Steers	Medium and Large 1Natural	—	678	132.00/cwt	132.00–132.00	895	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	756	121.00/cwt	121.00–121.00	915	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	564	144.00/cwt	144.00–144.00	812	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	556	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	723	21
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	655	119.92/cwt	104.00–121.00	785	16
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	735	115.46/cwt	87.00–117.50	849	15
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	469	144.00/cwt	144.00–144.00	675	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	352	165.00/cwt	165.00–165.00	581	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	852	99.00/cwt	99.00–99.00	843	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	648	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	778	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	536	117.50/cwt	117.50–117.50	630	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	580	116.00/cwt	116.00–116.00	673	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	810	106.00/cwt	106.00–106.00	859	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	747	113.00/cwt	113.00–113.00	844	10
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	521	100.00/cwt	100.00–100.00	521	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	325	148.00/cwt	148.00–148.00	481	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	393	115.00/cwt	115.00–115.00	452	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	658	126.36/cwt	105.00–129.00	831	13
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	609	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	731	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	548	129.50/cwt	129.50–129.50	710	17
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	864	93.00/cwt	93.00–93.00	804	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	462	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	578	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	452	118.48/cwt	111.00–121.00	536	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	560	141.50/cwt	141.50–141.50	792	16
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	918	109.00/cwt	109.00–109.00	1,001	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	458	124.50/cwt	124.50–124.50	570	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	348	90.00/cwt	90.00–90.00	313	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	669	75.00/cwt	75.00–75.00	502	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	649	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	714	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	950	113.00/cwt	113.00–113.00	1,074	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	490	147.47/cwt	140.00–150.00	723	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	631	134.00/cwt	134.00–134.00	846	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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State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 120, Heifers 107, Bulls 71)

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 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
13	—	773	129.00	129.00
9	—	631	134.00	134.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	392	150.00	150.00
6	—	839	119.00–125.00	123.04
5	—	756	121.00	121.00
13	—	658	105.00–129.00	126.36
1	—	609	120.00	120.00
16	—	560	141.50	141.50
1	—	918	109.00	109.00
1	—	950	113.00	113.00
4	—	490	140.00–150.00	147.47
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Natural$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	519	155.50	155.50
6	—	678	132.00	132.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	645	130.00–144.50	141.67
18	—	827	127.50	127.50
5	—	564	144.00	144.00
Steers — Small 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	448	100.00	100.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	648	120.00	120.00
1	—	521	100.00	100.00
1	—	325	148.00	148.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
22	—	552	121.50	121.50
18	—	648	116.00	116.00
3	—	350	135.00	135.00
2	—	881	97.00	97.00
4	—	810	106.00	106.00
10	—	747	113.00	113.00
14	—	458	124.50	124.50
Heifers — Small 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	594	75.00	75.00
1	—	339	87.50	87.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	536	117.50	117.50
4	—	452	111.00–121.00	118.48
1	—	348	90.00	90.00
1	—	669	75.00	75.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	580	116.00	116.00
17	—	548	129.50	129.50
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
21	—	556	130.00	130.00
16	—	655	104.00–121.00	119.92
15	—	735	87.00–117.50	115.46
5	—	469	144.00	144.00
5	—	352	165.00	165.00
3	—	852	99.00	99.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	393	115.00	115.00
1	—	864	93.00	93.00
2	—	462	125.00	125.00
2	—	649	110.00	110.00

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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