Name: Fauquier Livestock Exchange, Inc. livestock auction prices — 2021-09-24
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2021-09-24

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 62, Heifers 74, Bulls 42)

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb heifers averaged $127.53/cwt on 73 head.

Average price

$127.53

73 head · 512 lb average

Value per head Derived

$653

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$89

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

$33.52/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−1.32

vs VA average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 2	428	129.52	554	21
Medium and Large 1	549	127.96	702	50
Medium and Large 3	485	96.00	465	2thin

One grade step is worth $33.52/cwt here — about $89 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 sale73 hd

127.53

—

VA average10 barns · 1,665 hd

128.85

−1.32

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

46 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	—	458	141.61/cwt	135.00–148.00	649	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	638	101.48/cwt	100.00–103.00	647	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	654	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	785	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	511	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	767	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	711	100.00/cwt	100.00–100.00	711	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	368	161.50/cwt	161.50–161.50	594	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	822	130.50/cwt	130.50–130.50	1,073	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	1,091	109.00/cwt	109.00–109.00	1,189	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	625	132.00/cwt	132.00–132.00	825	3
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	1,056	69.00/cwt	69.00–69.00	729	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	721	132.50/cwt	132.50–132.50	955	14
Steers	Small 1	—	343	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	480	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	452	129.00/cwt	129.00–129.00	583	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	476	167.84/cwt	163.00–171.00	799	5
Steers	Small 1	—	432	107.50/cwt	107.50–107.50	464	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	854	124.00/cwt	124.00–124.00	1,059	1
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	652	81.00/cwt	81.00–81.00	528	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	469	167.00/cwt	167.00–167.00	783	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	649	113.00/cwt	113.00–113.00	733	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	288	135.00/cwt	135.00–135.00	389	3
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	843	75.00/cwt	75.00–75.00	632	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	547	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	766	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	553	124.28/cwt	120.00–125.00	687	7
Bulls	Small 1	—	584	80.00/cwt	80.00–80.00	467	1
Bulls	Small 1	—	774	70.00/cwt	70.00–70.00	542	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	432	155.00/cwt	155.00–155.00	670	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	680	101.00/cwt	101.00–101.00	687	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	330	160.00/cwt	160.00–160.00	528	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	573	88.00/cwt	88.00–88.00	504	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	357	137.00/cwt	137.00–137.00	489	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	651	115.00/cwt	115.00–115.00	749	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	513	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	718	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	228	135.00/cwt	135.00–135.00	308	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	634	65.00/cwt	65.00–65.00	412	1
Bulls	Small 1	—	846	72.50/cwt	72.50–72.50	613	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	257	100.00/cwt	100.00–100.00	257	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	536	123.00/cwt	123.00–123.00	659	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1Natural	—	439	165.00/cwt	165.00–165.00	724	10
Bulls	Small 1	—	535	77.50/cwt	77.50–77.50	415	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	712	92.00/cwt	92.00–92.00	655	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	444	128.50/cwt	128.50–128.50	571	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	573	148.50/cwt	148.50–148.50	851	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	669	132.00/cwt	132.00–132.00	883	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Natural	—	664	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	830	19
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	506	132.00/cwt	132.00–132.00	668	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	367	137.00/cwt	137.00–137.00	503	8

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 24, 2021

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

Receipts 178Last week 185Year ago 260

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 62, Heifers 74, Bulls 42)

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	458	135.00–148.00	141.61
2	—	638	100.00–103.00	101.48
2	—	654	120.00	120.00
1	—	511	150.00	150.00
1	—	711	100.00	100.00
4	—	368	161.50	161.50
Bulls — Small 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	584	80.00	80.00
1	—	774	70.00	70.00
1	—	846	72.50	72.50
1	—	535	77.50	77.50
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	432	155.00	155.00
2	—	680	101.00	101.00
6	—	330	160.00	160.00
2	—	513	140.00	140.00
1	—	228	135.00	135.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	573	88.00	88.00
1	—	634	65.00	65.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1 · Natural$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	439	165.00	165.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	822	130.50	130.50
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,091	109.00	109.00
14	—	721	132.50	132.50
5	—	476	163.00–171.00	167.84
1	—	854	124.00	124.00
10	—	573	148.50	148.50
6	—	669	132.00	132.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	625	132.00	132.00
2	—	469	167.00	167.00
5	—	547	140.00	140.00
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,056	69.00	69.00
1	—	652	81.00	81.00
2	—	843	75.00	75.00
Steers — Small 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	343	140.00	140.00
1	—	432	107.50	107.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	452	129.00	129.00
7	—	553	120.00–125.00	124.28
2	—	651	115.00	115.00
7	—	506	132.00	132.00
8	—	367	137.00	137.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	649	113.00	113.00
3	—	288	135.00	135.00
4	—	357	137.00	137.00
3	—	536	123.00	123.00
10	—	444	128.50	128.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	257	100.00	100.00
1	—	712	92.00	92.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Natural$ per cwt · actual wt
19	—	664	125.00	125.00

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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