Name: Fauquier Livestock Exchange, Inc. livestock auction prices — 2022-01-14
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2022-01-14

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 163, Heifers 60, Bulls 2)

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 $148.67/cwt on 161 head.

Average price

$148.67

161 head · 712 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,058

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$524

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

$22.59/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−9.60

vs VA average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	689	153.59	1,058	80
Medium and Large 1-2	790	148.09	1,169	58
Medium and Large 2	608	133.19	810	21
Small 1	525	132.50	696	1thin
Medium and Large 3	407	131.00	533	1thin

One grade step is worth $22.59/cwt here — about $524 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 sale161 hd

148.67

—

VA average11 barns · 1,232 hd

158.27

−9.60

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

42 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	—	357	141.25/cwt	125.00–157.50	504	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	632	123.00/cwt	123.00–123.00	777	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	544	136.00/cwt	136.00–136.00	740	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	478	145.50/cwt	145.50–145.50	695	11
Heifers	Small 1	—	400	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	500	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	612	118.00/cwt	118.00–118.00	722	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1Natural	—	685	148.50/cwt	148.50–148.50	1,017	20
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Natural	—	473	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	710	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Natural	—	577	161.00/cwt	161.00–161.00	929	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Natural	—	794	154.50/cwt	154.50–154.50	1,227	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Natural	—	733	158.00/cwt	158.00–158.00	1,158	8
Steers	Medium and Large 2Natural	—	553	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	691	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	930	138.00/cwt	138.00–138.00	1,283	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	847	149.00/cwt	149.00–149.00	1,262	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	825	141.00/cwt	141.00–141.00	1,163	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	789	148.50/cwt	148.50–148.50	1,172	22
Steers	Medium and Large 2Value Added	—	752	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	902	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1Natural	—	638	169.00/cwt	169.00–169.00	1,078	16
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	542	159.00/cwt	159.00–159.00	862	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	471	171.00/cwt	171.00–171.00	805	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	805	136.00/cwt	136.00–136.00	1,095	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	751	139.50/cwt	139.50–139.50	1,048	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	975	139.00/cwt	139.00–139.00	1,355	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	727	149.00/cwt	149.00–149.00	1,083	5
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	632	121.99/cwt	120.00–125.00	771	5
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	407	131.00/cwt	131.00–131.00	533	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	509	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	713	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	555	144.50/cwt	130.00–159.00	802	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	742	119.00/cwt	119.00–119.00	883	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	640	142.50/cwt	142.50–142.50	912	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Natural	—	554	129.00/cwt	129.00–129.00	715	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 2Natural	—	398	131.00/cwt	131.00–131.00	521	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2Natural	—	496	153.50/cwt	153.50–153.50	761	9
Steers	Small 1	—	525	132.50/cwt	132.50–132.50	696	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	698	138.00/cwt	138.00–138.00	963	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	464	166.49/cwt	157.50–176.00	773	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	707	105.00/cwt	105.00–105.00	742	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	574	126.61/cwt	122.50–131.00	727	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	464	142.00/cwt	142.00–142.00	659	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	588	108.70/cwt	100.00–117.50	639	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	365	149.00/cwt	149.00–149.00	544	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Natural	—	605	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	847	5

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 Jan 14, 2022

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

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State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 163, Heifers 60, Bulls 2)

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 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	357	125.00–157.50	141.25
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	632	123.00	123.00
9	—	544	136.00	136.00
11	—	478	145.50	145.50
Heifers — Small 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	400	125.00	125.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	612	118.00	118.00
1	—	707	105.00	105.00
2	—	574	122.50–131.00	126.61
3	—	464	142.00	142.00
4	—	365	149.00	149.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Natural$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	554	129.00	129.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2 · Natural$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	398	131.00	131.00
9	—	496	153.50	153.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	588	100.00–117.50	108.70
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Natural$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	605	140.00	140.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Natural$ per cwt · actual wt
20	—	685	148.50	148.50
16	—	638	169.00	169.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Natural$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	473	150.00	150.00
2	—	577	161.00	161.00
4	—	794	154.50	154.50
8	—	733	158.00	158.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2 · Natural$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	553	125.00	125.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	930	138.00	138.00
10	—	847	149.00	149.00
5	—	727	149.00	149.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	825	141.00	141.00
22	—	789	148.50	148.50
Steers — Medium and Large 2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	752	120.00	120.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	542	159.00	159.00
7	—	471	171.00	171.00
1	—	805	136.00	136.00
5	—	751	139.50	139.50
3	—	640	142.50	142.50
2	—	698	138.00	138.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	975	139.00	139.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	632	120.00–125.00	121.99
1	—	509	140.00	140.00
2	—	555	130.00–159.00	144.50
3	—	742	119.00	119.00
4	—	464	157.50–176.00	166.49
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	407	131.00	131.00
Steers — Small 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	525	132.50	132.50

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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