Name: Fauquier Livestock Exchange, Inc. livestock auction prices — 2021-02-19
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2021-02-19

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 191, Heifers 79, Bulls 1)

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 $134.57/cwt on 190 head.

Average price

$134.57

190 head · 674 lb average

Value per head Derived

$908

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$366

per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Medium and Large 3

$32.89/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+2.08

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	669	136.22	911	156
Medium and Large 1	735	131.52	967	28
Small 1	528	108.75	574	2thin
Medium and Large 2	546	107.50	587	1thin
Medium and Large 3	528	103.33	545	3thin

One grade step is worth $32.89/cwt here — about $366 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 sale190 hd

134.57

—

VA average7 barns · 479 hd

132.49

+2.08

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

35 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
Dairy Steers	Large 2-3	—	1,059	79.00/cwt	79.00–79.00	837	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	338	133.00/cwt	133.00–133.00	450	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	578	118.11/cwt	117.50–120.00	683	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	775	124.00/cwt	124.00–124.00	961	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	489	152.00/cwt	152.00–152.00	743	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Natural	—	528	121.00/cwt	121.00–121.00	639	2
Heifers	Small 1	—	443	75.00/cwt	75.00–75.00	332	1
Steers	Small 1	—	451	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	541	1
Steers	Small 1	—	605	97.50/cwt	97.50–97.50	590	1
Heifers	Small 1	—	653	78.00/cwt	78.00–78.00	509	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	521	155.50/cwt	155.50–155.50	810	17
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	654	132.50/cwt	132.50–132.50	867	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	774	100.00/cwt	100.00–100.00	774	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	497	124.50/cwt	124.50–124.50	619	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	710	139.50/cwt	139.50–139.50	990	41
Heifers	Medium and Large 2Natural	—	483	121.00/cwt	121.00–121.00	584	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	719	117.00/cwt	117.00–117.00	841	21
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	855	118.00/cwt	118.00–118.00	1,009	18
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Natural	—	517	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	724	14
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	528	144.82/cwt	130.00–152.00	765	19
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Natural	—	692	134.00/cwt	134.00–134.00	927	24
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Natural	—	535	122.00/cwt	122.00–122.00	653	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1Natural	—	813	126.34/cwt	125.50–127.00	1,027	16
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Natural	—	589	103.00/cwt	103.00–103.00	607	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	539	113.00/cwt	113.00–113.00	609	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	736	92.00/cwt	92.00–92.00	677	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	546	107.50/cwt	107.50–107.50	587	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1Natural	—	683	141.50/cwt	141.50–141.50	966	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	742	80.00/cwt	80.00–80.00	594	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	847	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	1,059	24
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	690	87.50/cwt	87.50–87.50	604	1
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	393	137.50/cwt	137.50–137.50	540	1
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	450	92.50/cwt	92.50–92.50	416	1
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	740	80.00/cwt	80.00–80.00	592	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	428	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	514	4

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 Feb 19, 2021

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

Receipts 271Last week 139Year ago 0

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 191, Heifers 79, Bulls 1)

Value Added and Natural cattle are Weaned and Vaccinated

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Dairy Steers — Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,059	79.00	79.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	338	133.00	133.00
8	—	578	117.50–120.00	118.11
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Natural$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	528	121.00	121.00
Heifers — Small 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	443	75.00	75.00
1	—	653	78.00	78.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	497	124.50	124.50
21	—	719	117.00	117.00
18	—	855	118.00	118.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2 · Natural$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	483	121.00	121.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Natural$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	535	122.00	122.00
6	—	589	103.00	103.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	539	113.00	113.00
1	—	736	92.00	92.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	428	120.00	120.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	775	124.00	124.00
4	—	489	152.00	152.00
1	—	742	80.00	80.00
Steers — Small 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	451	120.00	120.00
1	—	605	97.50	97.50
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
17	—	521	155.50	155.50
41	—	710	139.50	139.50
24	—	847	125.00	125.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	654	132.50	132.50
9	—	774	100.00	100.00
19	—	528	130.00–152.00	144.82
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Natural$ per cwt · actual wt
14	—	517	140.00	140.00
24	—	692	134.00	134.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Natural$ per cwt · actual wt
16	—	813	125.50–127.00	126.34
6	—	683	141.50	141.50
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	546	107.50	107.50
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	393	137.50	137.50
1	—	450	92.50	92.50
1	—	740	80.00	80.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	690	87.50	87.50

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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