Name: Fauquier Livestock Exchange, Inc. livestock auction prices — 2021-03-12
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2021-03-12

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 201, Heifers 204, Bulls 66)

Value Added and Natural Cattle are Weaned and Vaccinated.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb heifers averaged $120.84/cwt on 201 head.

Average price

$120.84

201 head · 624 lb average

Value per head Derived

$754

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$27

per head · Medium and Large 2 over Small 1

$33.78/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−4.63

vs VA average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 2	528	124.61	659	41
Medium and Large 1	649	121.64	789	150
Medium and Large 3	564	97.00	547	4thin
Small 1	695	90.83	631	6thin

One grade step is worth $33.78/cwt here — about $27 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 sale201 hd

120.84

—

VA average10 barns · 2,973 hd

125.47

−4.63

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

73 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	—	548	143.00/cwt	143.00–143.00	784	17
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	702	137.00/cwt	137.00–137.00	962	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	654	118.50/cwt	118.50–118.50	775	16
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	837	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	1,004	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	546	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	710	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1Natural	—	941	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	1,129	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	844	113.02/cwt	110.00–114.00	954	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	651	136.00/cwt	136.00–136.00	885	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	546	124.00/cwt	124.00–124.00	677	24
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	698	133.00/cwt	133.00–133.00	928	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	750	115.45/cwt	115.00–116.00	866	20
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Natural	—	720	115.00/cwt	115.00–115.00	828	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	563	147.03/cwt	136.00–148.00	828	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	471	133.00/cwt	133.00–133.00	626	22
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	615	121.80/cwt	120.00–123.00	749	18
Steers	Medium and Large 1Natural	—	845	124.00/cwt	124.00–124.00	1,048	13
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	747	124.50/cwt	124.50–124.50	930	15
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	860	120.50/cwt	120.50–120.50	1,036	20
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	541	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	676	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	660	132.00/cwt	132.00–132.00	871	20
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	987	118.00/cwt	118.00–118.00	1,165	3
Steers	Small 1	—	669	101.00/cwt	101.00–101.00	676	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1Natural	—	330	173.00/cwt	173.00–173.00	571	1
Heifers	Small 1	—	717	75.00/cwt	75.00–75.00	538	1
Heifers	Small 1Natural	—	878	100.00/cwt	100.00–100.00	878	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	767	97.50/cwt	97.50–97.50	748	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	476	159.97/cwt	146.00–163.00	761	19
Heifers	Small 1	—	360	85.00/cwt	85.00–85.00	306	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1Natural	—	657	147.32/cwt	145.00–150.00	968	13
Heifers	Small 1	—	458	85.00/cwt	85.00–85.00	389	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	544	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	762	11
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	469	156.00/cwt	156.00–156.00	732	10
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	738	116.00/cwt	116.00–116.00	856	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	404	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	606	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	923	89.00/cwt	89.00–89.00	821	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	814	100.00/cwt	100.00–100.00	814	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	849	96.00/cwt	96.00–96.00	815	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	524	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	655	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	461	139.00/cwt	139.00–139.00	641	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	708	100.00/cwt	100.00–100.00	708	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	959	109.00/cwt	109.00–109.00	1,045	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	566	142.70/cwt	125.00–150.00	808	11
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	857	109.00/cwt	109.00–109.00	934	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	438	136.00/cwt	136.00–136.00	596	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	379	115.00/cwt	115.00–115.00	436	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	597	122.00/cwt	122.00–122.00	728	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2Natural	—	333	132.50/cwt	132.50–132.50	441	4
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	381	157.50/cwt	157.50–157.50	600	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2Natural	—	324	170.00/cwt	170.00–170.00	551	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2Natural	—	535	138.00/cwt	138.00–138.00	738	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	731	114.00/cwt	114.00–114.00	833	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	764	113.00/cwt	113.00–113.00	863	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	263	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	368	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	625	91.00/cwt	91.00–91.00	569	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	621	122.00/cwt	122.00–122.00	758	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	925	89.00/cwt	89.00–89.00	823	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	454	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	681	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	577	88.00/cwt	88.00–88.00	508	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Natural	—	727	131.00/cwt	131.00–131.00	952	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	671	114.59/cwt	114.00–115.00	769	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Natural	—	676	142.00/cwt	142.00–142.00	960	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Natural	—	863	114.00/cwt	114.00–114.00	984	4
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	728	126.58/cwt	121.00–128.00	922	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	363	137.00/cwt	137.00–137.00	497	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	645	121.00/cwt	121.00–121.00	780	12
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	656	127.00/cwt	127.00–127.00	833	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	742	114.00/cwt	114.00–114.00	846	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	565	124.00/cwt	124.00–124.00	701	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	348	126.00/cwt	126.00–126.00	438	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	472	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	708	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	375	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	469	4
Steers	Medium and Large 2Natural	—	731	135.00/cwt	135.00–135.00	987	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	617	124.00/cwt	124.00–124.00	765	1

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 Mar 12, 2021

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

Receipts 471Last week 271Year ago 413

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 201, Heifers 204, Bulls 66)

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
17	—	548	143.00	143.00
2	—	837	120.00	120.00
13	—	563	136.00–148.00	147.03
15	—	747	124.50	124.50
20	—	660	132.00	132.00
3	—	987	118.00	118.00
1	—	767	97.50	97.50
19	—	476	146.00–163.00	159.97
1	—	617	124.00	124.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	702	137.00	137.00
4	—	651	136.00	136.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Natural$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	941	120.00	120.00
13	—	845	124.00	124.00
1	—	330	173.00	173.00
13	—	657	145.00–150.00	147.32
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	698	133.00	133.00
Steers — Small 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	669	101.00	101.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	959	109.00	109.00
11	—	566	125.00–150.00	142.70
2	—	857	109.00	109.00
3	—	454	150.00	150.00
5	—	728	121.00–128.00	126.58
5	—	656	127.00	127.00
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	381	157.50	157.50
Steers — Medium and Large 2 · Natural$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	324	170.00	170.00
3	—	535	138.00	138.00
11	—	731	135.00	135.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Natural$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	727	131.00	131.00
10	—	676	142.00	142.00
4	—	863	114.00	114.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
16	—	654	118.50	118.50
8	—	844	110.00–114.00	113.02
24	—	546	124.00	124.00
20	—	750	115.00–116.00	115.45
22	—	471	133.00	133.00
18	—	615	120.00–123.00	121.80
6	—	742	114.00	114.00
1	—	565	124.00	124.00
4	—	375	125.00	125.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Natural$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	720	115.00	115.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
20	—	860	120.50	120.50
6	—	541	125.00	125.00
Heifers — Small 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	717	75.00	75.00
1	—	360	85.00	85.00
1	—	458	85.00	85.00
Heifers — Small 1 · Natural$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	878	100.00	100.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	524	125.00	125.00
7	—	438	136.00	136.00
4	—	764	113.00	113.00
1	—	263	140.00	140.00
1	—	577	88.00	88.00
12	—	671	114.00–115.00	114.59
6	—	363	137.00	137.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	379	115.00	115.00
3	—	625	91.00	91.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2 · Natural$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	333	132.50	132.50
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	546	130.00	130.00
2	—	849	96.00	96.00
1	—	731	114.00	114.00
3	—	621	122.00	122.00
1	—	925	89.00	89.00
1	—	348	126.00	126.00
6	—	472	150.00	150.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
11	—	544	140.00	140.00
10	—	469	156.00	156.00
4	—	738	116.00	116.00
2	—	404	150.00	150.00
1	—	923	89.00	89.00
1	—	814	100.00	100.00
12	—	645	121.00	121.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	461	139.00	139.00
1	—	708	100.00	100.00
2	—	597	122.00	122.00

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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