Sale reports / Virginia / Fauquier Livestock Exchange, Inc. / 2022-04-08

Fauquier Livestock Exchange, Inc.

Feeder Cattle · Marshall, Virginia · Fri, Apr 8
● Final19 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2173
Receipts
42 head
159 vs last sale 201 42 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 21, Heifers 19, Bulls 2)

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb steers averaged $154.38/cwt on 21 head.
Average price
$154.38
21 head · 657 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,014
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$126
per head · Medium and Large 2 over Medium and Large 3
$18.75/cwt at this weight
vs the market
14.47
vs VA average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 2419163.756864thin
Medium and Large 1756153.141,15815thin
Medium and Large 3387145.005602thin
One grade step is worth $18.75/cwt here — about $126 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 sale21 hd
154.38
VA average10 barns · 1,525 hd
168.86
−14.47
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

19 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.
ClassGrade / descriptionWeightAvg wtPriceRangePer headHead
SteersMedium and Large 3315150.00/cwt150.00–150.004731
SteersMedium and Large 1542170.00/cwt170.00–170.009215
SteersMedium and Large 2449165.00/cwt165.00–165.007412
HeifersMedium and Large 3536105.00/cwt105.00–105.005631
HeifersMedium and Large 2300146.00/cwt146.00–146.004382
HeifersMedium and Large 2395146.00/cwt146.00–146.005772
HeifersMedium and Large 2668105.00/cwt105.00–105.007011
HeifersMedium and Large 1827125.00/cwt125.00–125.001,0343
HeifersMedium and Large 1552140.00/cwt140.00–140.007734
SteersMedium and Large 11,205130.00/cwt130.00–130.001,5674
HeifersMedium and Large 3557124.00/cwt124.00–124.006911
SteersMedium and Large 2389162.50/cwt162.50–162.506322
SteersMedium and Large 1724147.27/cwt139.00–150.001,0664
SteersMedium and Large 1460169.00/cwt169.00–169.007772
SteersMedium and Large 3458140.00/cwt140.00–140.006411
BullsMedium and Large 1561147.00/cwt147.00–147.008251
BullsMedium and Large 2410153.00/cwt153.00–153.006271
HeifersMedium and Large 1370140.00/cwt140.00–140.005182
HeifersMedium and Large 1439138.00/cwt138.00–138.006063

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.