Name: Fauquier Livestock Exchange, Inc. livestock auction prices — 2021-09-10
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2021-09-10

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 70, Heifers 81, Bulls 34)

Value Added and Nature Cattle are Weaned and Vaccinated.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb heifers averaged $126.77/cwt on 81 head.

Average price

$126.77

81 head · 554 lb average

Value per head Derived

$703

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$266

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

$17.55/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−7.88

vs VA average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	581	128.80	749	56
Medium and Large 2	506	124.32	629	21
Medium and Large 3	434	111.25	483	4thin

One grade step is worth $17.55/cwt here — about $266 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 sale81 hd

126.77

—

VA average8 barns · 1,079 hd

134.65

−7.88

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

45 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	—	665	127.00/cwt	127.00–127.00	845	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	465	139.00/cwt	139.00–139.00	646	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	543	132.58/cwt	125.00–135.00	720	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	469	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	657	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 2Value Added	—	500	142.50/cwt	142.50–142.50	713	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 3Value Added	—	520	118.00/cwt	118.00–118.00	614	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	566	147.00/cwt	147.00–147.00	832	7
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	820	118.00/cwt	118.00–118.00	968	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	717	123.00/cwt	123.00–123.00	882	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	504	149.00/cwt	147.00–151.00	751	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	900	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	1,080	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	657	125.96/cwt	121.00–131.00	828	4
Steers	Medium and Large 3Value Added	—	352	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	493	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	777	133.00/cwt	133.00–133.00	1,033	4
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	795	111.00/cwt	111.00–111.00	882	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	459	126.00/cwt	126.00–126.00	578	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	592	40.00/cwt	40.00–40.00	237	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	556	126.00/cwt	126.00–126.00	701	12
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	543	129.79/cwt	126.00–131.00	705	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	631	141.79/cwt	138.00–149.00	895	17
Steers	Medium and Large 2Value Added	—	486	153.00/cwt	153.00–153.00	744	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	644	128.00/cwt	128.00–128.00	824	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	551	125.50/cwt	125.50–125.50	692	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	654	131.00/cwt	131.00–131.00	857	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1Natural	—	491	163.69/cwt	159.00–167.50	804	11
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	415	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	623	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	425	165.00/cwt	165.00–165.00	701	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	703	136.00/cwt	136.00–136.00	956	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	380	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	475	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	462	123.25/cwt	86.00–129.50	569	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	668	124.00/cwt	124.00–124.00	828	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	839	111.00/cwt	111.00–111.00	931	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	762	128.00/cwt	128.00–128.00	975	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	658	119.00/cwt	119.00–119.00	783	9
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	878	87.00/cwt	87.00–87.00	764	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	381	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	495	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	528	132.43/cwt	129.00–133.00	699	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	530	129.00/cwt	129.00–129.00	684	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	337	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	421	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	562	129.00/cwt	129.00–129.00	725	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	356	122.00/cwt	122.00–122.00	434	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	465	129.00/cwt	129.00–129.00	600	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	374	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	411	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	381	135.00/cwt	135.00–135.00	514	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	642	132.00/cwt	132.00–132.00	847	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 Sep 10, 2021

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

Receipts 185Last week 93Year ago 341

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 70, Heifers 81, Bulls 34)

Value Added and Nature 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	—	665	127.00	127.00
2	—	465	139.00	139.00
4	—	543	125.00–135.00	132.58
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	469	140.00	140.00
1	—	878	87.00	87.00
2	—	381	130.00	130.00
2	—	562	129.00	129.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	500	142.50	142.50
Bulls — Medium and Large 3 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	520	118.00	118.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	658	119.00	119.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	356	122.00	122.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	566	147.00	147.00
2	—	504	147.00–151.00	149.00
2	—	900	120.00	120.00
4	—	657	121.00–131.00	125.96
4	—	777	133.00	133.00
17	—	631	138.00–149.00	141.79
5	—	425	165.00	165.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	820	118.00	118.00
2	—	717	123.00	123.00
1	—	795	111.00	111.00
4	—	543	126.00–131.00	129.79
4	—	415	150.00	150.00
Steers — Medium and Large 3 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	352	140.00	140.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	486	153.00	153.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Natural$ per cwt · actual wt
11	—	491	159.00–167.50	163.69
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	459	126.00	126.00
12	—	556	126.00	126.00
5	—	654	131.00	131.00
2	—	380	125.00	125.00
2	—	839	111.00	111.00
4	—	762	128.00	128.00
7	—	528	129.00–133.00	132.43
1	—	642	132.00	132.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	592	40.00	40.00
3	—	381	135.00	135.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	644	128.00	128.00
4	—	551	125.50	125.50
7	—	462	86.00–129.50	123.25
2	—	668	124.00	124.00
1	—	530	129.00	129.00
3	—	337	125.00	125.00
1	—	374	110.00	110.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	703	136.00	136.00
5	—	465	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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