Name: Fauquier Livestock Exchange, Inc. livestock auction prices — 2022-03-25
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2022-03-25

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 65, Heifers 115, Bulls 21)

Value Added cattle are Weaned and Vaccinated

Natural cattle are Vaccinated

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb heifers averaged $131.13/cwt on 115 head.

Average price

$131.13

115 head · 576 lb average

Value per head Derived

$755

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$425

per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Medium and Large 3

$43.78/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−10.20

vs VA average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1-2	623	141.56	881	68
Medium and Large 1	519	124.08	644	13thin
Medium and Large 2	518	118.46	614	25
Medium and Large 3	466	97.78	456	9thin

One grade step is worth $43.78/cwt here — about $425 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 sale115 hd

131.13

—

VA average8 barns · 1,571 hd

141.33

−10.20

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	—	664	115.00/cwt	115.00–115.00	764	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	487	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	633	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	528	134.00/cwt	134.00–134.00	708	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	530	132.00/cwt	132.00–132.00	700	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	427	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	555	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	617	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	679	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	566	199.00/cwt	199.00–199.00	1,126	23
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	389	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	584	2
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	409	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	450	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	627	147.00/cwt	147.00–147.00	922	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	543	155.00/cwt	155.00–155.00	842	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	655	151.00/cwt	151.00–151.00	989	4
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	694	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	902	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	535	134.92/cwt	125.00–145.00	722	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	393	132.38/cwt	125.00–140.00	520	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Natural	—	798	154.00/cwt	154.00–154.00	1,229	5
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	879	100.00/cwt	100.00–100.00	879	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	450	170.00/cwt	170.00–170.00	765	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	860	115.00/cwt	115.00–115.00	989	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	550	159.00/cwt	159.00–159.00	875	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	730	137.00/cwt	137.00–137.00	1,000	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	456	170.00/cwt	170.00–170.00	775	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	764	100.00/cwt	100.00–100.00	764	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	668	102.50/cwt	102.50–102.50	685	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	464	121.40/cwt	110.00–127.00	563	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 2Value Added	—	399	141.00/cwt	141.00–141.00	563	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 2Value Added	—	515	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	773	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	445	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	579	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	542	121.00/cwt	121.00–121.00	656	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	536	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	590	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	842	93.75/cwt	80.00–107.50	789	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	290	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	319	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	339	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	475	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	372	100.00/cwt	100.00–100.00	372	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	744	92.00/cwt	92.00–92.00	684	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	639	140.06/cwt	137.00–140.50	895	31
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	658	141.00/cwt	141.00–141.00	928	16
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	719	80.00/cwt	80.00–80.00	575	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	540	100.00/cwt	100.00–100.00	540	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	469	144.00/cwt	144.00–144.00	675	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	284	100.00/cwt	100.00–100.00	284	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	719	131.00/cwt	131.00–131.00	942	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	647	139.00/cwt	139.00–139.00	899	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	406	100.00/cwt	100.00–100.00	406	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	472	100.00/cwt	100.00–100.00	472	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2Value Added	—	555	85.00/cwt	85.00–85.00	472	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 Mar 25, 2022

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

Receipts 201Last week 635Year ago 298

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 65, Heifers 115, Bulls 21)

Value Added cattle are Weaned and Vaccinated

Natural cattle are Vaccinated

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	664	115.00	115.00
3	—	487	130.00	130.00
5	—	528	134.00	134.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	530	132.00	132.00
4	—	427	130.00	130.00
2	—	617	110.00	110.00
2	—	339	140.00	140.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
23	—	566	199.00	199.00
2	—	389	150.00	150.00
4	—	655	151.00	151.00
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	409	110.00	110.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	627	147.00	147.00
7	—	543	155.00	155.00
1	—	730	137.00	137.00
2	—	456	170.00	170.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	694	130.00	130.00
2	—	535	125.00–145.00	134.92
2	—	393	125.00–140.00	132.38
1	—	879	100.00	100.00
4	—	450	170.00	170.00
3	—	719	131.00	131.00
3	—	647	139.00	139.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Natural$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	798	154.00	154.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	555	85.00	85.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	860	115.00	115.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
12	—	550	159.00	159.00
4	—	764	100.00	100.00
31	—	639	137.00–140.50	140.06
16	—	658	141.00	141.00
5	—	469	144.00	144.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	668	102.50	102.50
9	—	464	110.00–127.00	121.40
4	—	536	110.00	110.00
2	—	842	80.00–107.50	93.75
2	—	744	92.00	92.00
1	—	284	100.00	100.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	399	141.00	141.00
1	—	515	150.00	150.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	445	130.00	130.00
3	—	542	121.00	121.00
1	—	290	110.00	110.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	372	100.00	100.00
1	—	719	80.00	80.00
1	—	540	100.00	100.00
1	—	406	100.00	100.00
3	—	472	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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