Name: Fauquier Livestock Exchange, Inc. livestock auction prices — 2021-05-28
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2021-05-28

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 49, Heifers 19, Bulls 20)

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 $132.65/cwt on 49 head.

Average price

$132.65

49 head · 743 lb average

Value per head Derived

$986

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$408

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

$47.63/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−10.90

vs VA average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 2	660	135.96	898	12thin
Medium and Large 1	789	135.40	1,068	34
Medium and Large 3	555	88.33	490	3thin

One grade step is worth $47.63/cwt here — about $408 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 sale49 hd

132.65

—

VA average7 barns · 936 hd

143.56

−10.90

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

30 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 1	—	339	146.00/cwt	146.00–146.00	495	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	504	134.50/cwt	134.50–134.50	678	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	556	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	723	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	351	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	491	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	480	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	624	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	1,547	119.00/cwt	119.00–119.00	1,841	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	1,153	115.00/cwt	115.00–115.00	1,326	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	1,208	119.00/cwt	119.00–119.00	1,438	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	1,288	121.00/cwt	121.00–121.00	1,558	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1Natural	—	604	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	906	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1Natural	—	697	142.00/cwt	142.00–142.00	990	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	1,339	118.00/cwt	117.00–119.00	1,580	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	718	134.00/cwt	134.00–134.00	962	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	649	136.50/cwt	136.50–136.50	886	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	528	131.00/cwt	131.00–131.00	692	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	834	124.00/cwt	124.00–124.00	1,034	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	1,097	114.00/cwt	114.00–114.00	1,251	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	478	137.00/cwt	137.00–137.00	655	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	542	119.00/cwt	119.00–119.00	645	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	639	122.00/cwt	122.00–122.00	780	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	529	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	661	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	615	124.00/cwt	124.00–124.00	763	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	440	132.50/cwt	132.50–132.50	583	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2Value Added	—	687	137.50/cwt	137.50–137.50	945	10
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	511	102.50/cwt	102.50–102.50	524	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	453	65.00/cwt	65.00–65.00	294	1
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	703	65.00/cwt	65.00–65.00	457	1
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	481	100.00/cwt	100.00–100.00	481	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	619	102.00/cwt	102.00–102.00	631	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	621	100.36/cwt	85.00–108.00	623	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 28, 2021

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

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State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 49, Heifers 19, Bulls 20)

Value Added and Natural Cattle are Weaned and Vaccinated.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	339	146.00	146.00
6	—	504	134.50	134.50
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	478	137.00	137.00
3	—	542	119.00	119.00
3	—	639	122.00	122.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	511	102.50	102.50
3	—	619	102.00	102.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	556	130.00	130.00
1	—	351	140.00	140.00
4	—	480	130.00	130.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	529	125.00	125.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	453	65.00	65.00
3	—	621	85.00–108.00	100.36
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,547	119.00	119.00
1	—	1,153	115.00	115.00
1	—	1,208	119.00	119.00
1	—	1,288	121.00	121.00
2	—	1,339	117.00–119.00	118.00
3	—	718	134.00	134.00
9	—	649	136.50	136.50
1	—	528	131.00	131.00
1	—	834	124.00	124.00
1	—	1,097	114.00	114.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Natural$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	604	150.00	150.00
7	—	697	142.00	142.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	615	124.00	124.00
1	—	440	132.50	132.50
Steers — Medium and Large 2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	687	137.50	137.50
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	703	65.00	65.00
2	—	481	100.00	100.00

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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