Name: Fauquier Livestock Exchange, Inc. livestock auction prices — 2021-08-27
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2021-08-27

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 41, Heifers 29, Bulls 23)

Value Added Cattle are Weaned and Vaccinated.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb steers averaged $149.21/cwt on 41 head.

Average price

$149.21

41 head · 599 lb average

Value per head Derived

$894

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$145

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

$21.91/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+1.15

vs VA average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	585	155.24	908	27
Medium and Large 1-2	718	143.00	1,027	6thin
Medium and Large 3	515	134.00	690	2thin
Medium and Large 2	572	133.33	762	6thin

One grade step is worth $21.91/cwt here — about $145 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 sale41 hd

149.21

—

VA average9 barns · 1,039 hd

148.05

+1.15

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

20 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	—	529	134.00/cwt	134.00–134.00	709	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1Natural	—	531	151.00/cwt	151.00–151.00	802	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1Natural	—	454	166.50/cwt	166.50–166.50	756	16
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	572	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	715	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	478	133.00/cwt	133.00–133.00	636	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	583	121.00/cwt	121.00–121.00	705	1
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	515	134.00/cwt	134.00–134.00	690	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	587	135.00/cwt	135.00–135.00	792	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	644	100.00/cwt	100.00–100.00	644	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	739	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	1,035	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	718	143.00/cwt	143.00–143.00	1,027	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1Natural	—	498	152.00/cwt	152.00–152.00	757	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	498	135.00/cwt	135.00–135.00	672	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1Natural	—	735	148.50/cwt	148.50–148.50	1,091	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	522	156.00/cwt	156.00–156.00	814	11
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	669	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	870	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	421	135.00/cwt	135.00–135.00	568	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1Natural	—	600	158.00/cwt	158.00–158.00	948	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Natural	—	563	131.00/cwt	131.00–131.00	738	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Natural	—	456	142.50/cwt	142.50–142.50	650	19

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 Aug 27, 2021

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

Receipts 93Last week 303Year ago 0

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 41, Heifers 29, Bulls 23)

Value Added Cattle are Weaned and Vaccinated.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	529	134.00	134.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1 · Natural$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	531	151.00	151.00
16	—	454	166.50	166.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	572	125.00	125.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	478	133.00	133.00
1	—	583	121.00	121.00
1	—	644	100.00	100.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Natural$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	563	131.00	131.00
19	—	456	142.50	142.50
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	515	134.00	134.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	587	135.00	135.00
1	—	498	135.00	135.00
2	—	669	130.00	130.00
1	—	421	135.00	135.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	739	140.00	140.00
11	—	522	156.00	156.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	718	143.00	143.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Natural$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	498	152.00	152.00
3	—	735	148.50	148.50
11	—	600	158.00	158.00

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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