Name: Fauquier Livestock Exchange, Inc. livestock auction prices — 2022-08-26
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2022-08-26

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 20, Heifers 40, Bulls 30)

Value Added cattle are Weaned and Vaccinated

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb heifers averaged $152.31/cwt on 40 head.

Average price

$152.31

40 head · 605 lb average

Value per head Derived

$922

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$278

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

$34.50/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−5.49

vs VA average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 2-3	657	167.50	1,100	12thin
Medium and Large 1	523	151.12	790	13thin
Medium and Large 1-2	638	150.00	957	7thin
Medium and Large 2	661	134.33	888	3thin
Medium and Large 3	618	133.00	822	5thin

One grade step is worth $34.50/cwt here — about $278 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 sale40 hd

152.31

—

VA average9 barns · 1,268 hd

157.80

−5.49

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

28 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	—	628	152.00/cwt	152.00–152.00	955	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	863	129.00/cwt	129.00–129.00	1,113	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	549	146.00/cwt	146.00–146.00	802	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	458	189.00/cwt	189.00–189.00	866	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	555	155.00/cwt	155.00–155.00	860	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	438	145.00/cwt	145.00–145.00	635	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	714	166.00/cwt	166.00–166.00	1,185	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	528	166.00/cwt	166.00–166.00	876	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	661	135.00/cwt	135.00–135.00	892	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	680	146.00/cwt	146.00–146.00	993	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	723	173.00/cwt	173.00–173.00	1,251	5
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	652	167.00/cwt	167.00–167.00	1,089	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	638	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	957	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	554	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	720	2
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	463	155.00/cwt	155.00–155.00	718	2
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	574	161.00/cwt	161.00–161.00	924	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	560	149.00/cwt	149.00–149.00	834	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	606	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	788	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	275	191.00/cwt	191.00–191.00	525	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	668	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	935	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	597	163.98/cwt	159.00–169.00	979	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	760	160.00/cwt	160.00–160.00	1,216	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	739	135.00/cwt	135.00–135.00	998	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	632	131.00/cwt	131.00–131.00	828	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	345	189.00/cwt	189.00–189.00	652	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	463	154.50/cwt	154.50–154.50	715	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	657	167.50/cwt	167.50–167.50	1,100	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	771	143.00/cwt	143.00–143.00	1,103	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 Aug 26, 2022

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

Receipts 90Last week 272Year ago 93

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 20, Heifers 40, Bulls 30)

Value Added 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	—	628	152.00	152.00
2	—	863	129.00	129.00
3	—	549	146.00	146.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	458	189.00	189.00
6	—	555	155.00	155.00
3	—	275	191.00	191.00
1	—	668	140.00	140.00
1	—	739	135.00	135.00
4	—	345	189.00	189.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	438	145.00	145.00
4	—	632	131.00	131.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	714	166.00	166.00
2	—	528	166.00	166.00
1	—	652	167.00	167.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	680	146.00	146.00
2	—	597	159.00–169.00	163.98
4	—	760	160.00	160.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	723	173.00	173.00
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	463	155.00	155.00
2	—	574	161.00	161.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	661	135.00	135.00
2	—	554	130.00	130.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	638	150.00	150.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	560	149.00	149.00
5	—	463	154.50	154.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	606	130.00	130.00
1	—	771	143.00	143.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
12	—	657	167.50	167.50

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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