Name: Fauquier Livestock Exchange, Inc. livestock auction prices — 2021-05-14
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2021-05-14

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 78, Heifers 104, Bulls 35)

Value Added cattle are Weaned and Vaccinated

Natural cattle are Weaned

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb heifers averaged $121.23/cwt on 104 head.

Average price

$121.23

104 head · 553 lb average

Value per head Derived

$670

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$306

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

$29.00/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−1.47

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	459	129.00	592	5thin
Medium and Large 2-3	611	128.50	785	19thin
Medium and Large 1	505	122.22	617	27
Medium and Large 2	587	121.30	712	41
Medium and Large 3	512	104.36	534	11thin
Small 1	286	100.00	286	1thin

One grade step is worth $29.00/cwt here — about $306 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 sale104 hd

121.23

—

VA average9 barns · 1,305 hd

122.70

−1.47

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

53 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
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	573	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	688	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	827	115.00/cwt	115.00–115.00	951	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	479	123.96/cwt	121.00–126.00	594	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	310	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	465	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2Value Added	—	627	127.51/cwt	124.00–131.00	799	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Natural	—	484	149.00/cwt	149.00–149.00	721	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Natural	—	358	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	501	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2Natural	—	555	134.00/cwt	134.00–134.00	744	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	618	126.00/cwt	126.00–126.00	779	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	718	94.00/cwt	94.00–94.00	675	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	910	73.00/cwt	73.00–73.00	664	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	475	127.00/cwt	127.00–127.00	603	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	543	162.00/cwt	162.00–162.00	880	9
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	718	75.00/cwt	75.00–75.00	539	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	680	75.00/cwt	75.00–75.00	510	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Natural	—	459	129.00/cwt	129.00–129.00	592	5
Heifers	Small 1	—	286	100.00/cwt	100.00–100.00	286	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	674	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	944	26
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	653	126.50/cwt	126.50–126.50	826	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	288	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	432	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	552	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	773	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	553	122.00/cwt	122.00–122.00	675	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	343	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	429	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	664	124.00/cwt	124.00–124.00	823	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	510	129.00/cwt	129.00–129.00	658	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	565	128.00/cwt	128.00–128.00	723	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	372	131.00/cwt	131.00–131.00	487	3
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	318	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	398	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	501	102.50/cwt	102.50–102.50	514	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3Value Added	—	611	128.50/cwt	128.50–128.50	785	19
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	716	100.00/cwt	100.00–100.00	716	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	355	114.00/cwt	114.00–114.00	405	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	427	100.00/cwt	100.00–100.00	427	1
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	466	70.00/cwt	70.00–70.00	326	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	512	116.00/cwt	116.00–116.00	594	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	627	118.00/cwt	118.00–118.00	740	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	485	118.76/cwt	118.00–119.00	576	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	620	85.61/cwt	85.00–87.50	531	4
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	587	128.00/cwt	128.00–128.00	751	2
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	548	85.00/cwt	85.00–85.00	466	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	766	101.00/cwt	101.00–101.00	774	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	343	149.00/cwt	149.00–149.00	511	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	669	75.00/cwt	75.00–75.00	502	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	834	71.00/cwt	71.00–71.00	592	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2Guaranteed Open	—	1,174	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	1,291	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	288	127.50/cwt	127.50–127.50	367	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2Value Added	—	880	109.00/cwt	109.00–109.00	959	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2Natural	—	363	129.00/cwt	129.00–129.00	468	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	570	123.00/cwt	123.00–123.00	701	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	487	124.00/cwt	124.00–124.00	604	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	746	115.00/cwt	115.00–115.00	858	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2Value Added	—	716	115.00/cwt	115.00–115.00	823	11
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	796	77.00/cwt	77.00–77.00	613	3

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 May 14, 2021

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

Receipts 217Last week 254Year ago 0

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 78, Heifers 104, Bulls 35)

Value Added cattle are Weaned and Vaccinated

Natural cattle are Weaned

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	573	120.00	120.00
1	—	910	73.00	73.00
1	—	718	75.00	75.00
1	—	680	75.00	75.00
4	—	627	118.00	118.00
4	—	487	124.00	124.00
3	—	796	77.00	77.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	664	124.00	124.00
4	—	510	129.00	129.00
3	—	565	128.00	128.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	669	75.00	75.00
2	—	834	71.00	71.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	827	115.00	115.00
1	—	618	126.00	126.00
1	—	427	100.00	100.00
2	—	587	128.00	128.00
1	—	766	101.00	101.00
3	—	343	149.00	149.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	310	150.00	150.00
7	—	653	126.50	126.50
1	—	288	150.00	150.00
9	—	552	140.00	140.00
2	—	746	115.00	115.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Natural$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	484	149.00	149.00
2	—	358	140.00	140.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2 · Natural$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	555	134.00	134.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	543	162.00	162.00
26	—	674	140.00	140.00
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	318	125.00	125.00
2	—	716	100.00	100.00
1	—	466	70.00	70.00
1	—	548	85.00	85.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	479	121.00–126.00	123.96
3	—	372	131.00	131.00
2	—	512	116.00	116.00
1	—	288	127.50	127.50
5	—	570	123.00	123.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	627	124.00–131.00	127.51
3	—	880	109.00	109.00
11	—	716	115.00	115.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	718	94.00	94.00
10	—	475	127.00	127.00
11	—	553	122.00	122.00
4	—	343	125.00	125.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Natural$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	459	129.00	129.00
Heifers — Small 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	286	100.00	100.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	501	102.50	102.50
2	—	355	114.00	114.00
4	—	485	118.00–119.00	118.76
4	—	620	85.00–87.50	85.61
Heifers — Medium and Large 2-3 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
19	—	611	128.50	128.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 2 · Guaranteed Open$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,174	110.00	110.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2 · Natural$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	363	129.00	129.00

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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