Name: Fauquier Livestock Exchange, Inc. livestock auction prices — 2022-12-09
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2022-12-09

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 358, Heifers 310, Bulls 41)

Value Added cattle are Weaned and Vaccinated

Natural cattle are mostly Weaned and Vaccinated

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb steers averaged $169.05/cwt on 355 head.

Average price

$169.05

355 head · 584 lb average

Value per head Derived

$988

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$559

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

$66.99/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−2.06

vs VA average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	617	171.99	1,061	181
Medium and Large 1-2	565	171.81	972	134
Medium and Large 2	503	150.68	759	35
Small 1	460	137.00	630	2thin
Medium and Large 3	478	105.00	502	3thin

One grade step is worth $66.99/cwt here — about $559 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 sale355 hd

169.05

—

VA average10 barns · 3,089 hd

171.12

−2.06

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

85 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
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Natural	—	660	167.00/cwt	167.00–167.00	1,102	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1Natural	—	563	185.00/cwt	185.00–185.00	1,042	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Natural	—	471	181.17/cwt	172.00–190.00	853	36
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	601	123.00/cwt	123.00–123.00	739	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Natural	—	607	161.00/cwt	161.00–161.00	977	7
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	423	85.00/cwt	85.00–85.00	360	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	533	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	666	5
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	474	160.78/cwt	152.50–165.00	762	6
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	369	165.59/cwt	137.50–175.00	611	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	706	163.59/cwt	140.00–169.50	1,155	36
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	292	170.00/cwt	170.00–170.00	496	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	660	155.00/cwt	155.00–155.00	1,023	7
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	438	146.62/cwt	145.00–150.00	642	5
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	738	134.00/cwt	134.00–134.00	989	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	657	177.00/cwt	177.00–177.00	1,163	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	473	180.43/cwt	145.00–185.00	853	15
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	761	100.00/cwt	100.00–100.00	761	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	768	145.00/cwt	145.00–145.00	1,114	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	503	177.75/cwt	163.00–179.00	894	27
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	557	165.00/cwt	165.00–165.00	919	14
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	642	160.67/cwt	142.50–167.00	1,032	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	540	160.17/cwt	150.00–185.00	865	34
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	892	145.00/cwt	145.00–145.00	1,293	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	655	182.00/cwt	182.00–182.00	1,192	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1Natural	—	615	176.23/cwt	167.00–182.00	1,084	18
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	400	165.00/cwt	165.00–165.00	660	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	587	180.00/cwt	180.00–180.00	1,057	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1Natural	—	525	181.00/cwt	181.00–181.00	950	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	673	161.82/cwt	159.00–165.00	1,089	13
Steers	Medium and Large 1Natural	—	878	147.00/cwt	147.00–147.00	1,291	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1Natural	—	653	175.00/cwt	175.00–175.00	1,143	8
Steers	Medium and Large 2Value Added	—	325	157.50/cwt	157.50–157.50	512	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2Natural	—	481	170.00/cwt	170.00–170.00	818	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Natural	—	613	179.00/cwt	179.00–179.00	1,097	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	610	176.00/cwt	176.00–176.00	1,074	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1Natural	—	712	176.92/cwt	176.50–177.50	1,260	22
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	419	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	524	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	648	138.00/cwt	138.00–138.00	894	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	772	128.00/cwt	128.00–128.00	988	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	862	119.00/cwt	119.00–119.00	1,026	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	561	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	701	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	434	181.00/cwt	181.00–181.00	786	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	927	118.00/cwt	118.00–118.00	1,094	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	451	160.00/cwt	160.00–160.00	722	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	571	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	714	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	837	82.50/cwt	82.50–82.50	691	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	660	126.91/cwt	124.00–128.00	838	11
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	813	119.00/cwt	119.00–119.00	967	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	455	141.00/cwt	141.00–141.00	642	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	409	71.84/cwt	55.00–88.00	294	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Natural	—	478	167.09/cwt	155.00–170.00	799	34
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	650	131.00/cwt	131.00–131.00	852	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	947	95.00/cwt	95.00–95.00	900	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	372	190.00/cwt	190.00–190.00	707	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	664	114.00/cwt	114.00–114.00	757	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	469	107.50/cwt	107.50–107.50	504	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	369	126.64/cwt	115.00–135.00	467	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	562	137.83/cwt	129.00–140.00	775	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	719	122.97/cwt	117.00–129.00	884	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	300	55.00/cwt	55.00–55.00	165	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	603	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	905	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	600	107.50/cwt	107.50–107.50	645	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	773	129.00/cwt	129.00–129.00	997	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	445	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	490	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	520	143.50/cwt	143.50–143.50	746	22
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	538	147.99/cwt	115.00–164.00	796	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	905	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	1,177	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	725	141.50/cwt	141.50–141.50	1,026	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	641	161.00/cwt	161.00–161.00	1,032	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	669	132.11/cwt	130.00–134.00	884	21
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	586	164.00/cwt	164.00–164.00	961	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	390	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	507	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	759	112.50/cwt	112.50–112.50	854	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	466	141.00/cwt	141.00–141.00	657	18
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	913	136.00/cwt	136.00–136.00	1,242	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	451	129.00/cwt	129.00–129.00	582	11
Steers	Small 1	—	460	137.00/cwt	137.00–137.00	630	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	561	142.00/cwt	142.00–142.00	797	20
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Natural	—	434	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	608	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2Value Added	—	549	165.50/cwt	165.50–165.50	909	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 2Value Added	—	802	135.00/cwt	135.00–135.00	1,083	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Natural	—	620	158.50/cwt	158.50–158.50	983	36
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	251	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	326	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Natural	—	565	149.50/cwt	144.00–158.00	845	13
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Natural	—	560	177.93/cwt	177.00–179.00	996	26

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 Dec 9, 2022

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

Receipts 709Last week 476Year ago 496

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 358, Heifers 310, Bulls 41)

Value Added cattle are Weaned and Vaccinated

Natural cattle are mostly Weaned and Vaccinated

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Natural$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	660	167.00	167.00
36	—	471	172.00–190.00	181.17
7	—	613	179.00	179.00
26	—	560	177.00–179.00	177.93
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Natural$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	563	185.00	185.00
18	—	615	167.00–182.00	176.23
4	—	525	181.00	181.00
2	—	878	147.00	147.00
8	—	653	175.00	175.00
22	—	712	176.50–177.50	176.92
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	601	123.00	123.00
5	—	533	125.00	125.00
6	—	474	152.50–165.00	160.78
4	—	369	137.50–175.00	165.59
1	—	292	170.00	170.00
7	—	660	155.00	155.00
5	—	438	145.00–150.00	146.62
2	—	738	134.00	134.00
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	423	85.00	85.00
1	—	761	100.00	100.00
1	—	251	130.00	130.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
36	—	706	140.00–169.50	163.59
15	—	473	145.00–185.00	180.43
27	—	503	163.00–179.00	177.75
14	—	557	165.00	165.00
7	—	642	142.50–167.00	160.67
2	—	400	165.00	165.00
13	—	673	159.00–165.00	161.82
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	657	177.00	177.00
3	—	768	145.00	145.00
6	—	892	145.00	145.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
34	—	540	150.00–185.00	160.17
6	—	587	180.00	180.00
2	—	610	176.00	176.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	655	182.00	182.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	325	157.50	157.50
Steers — Medium and Large 2 · Natural$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	481	170.00	170.00
Steers — Small 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	460	137.00	137.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Natural$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	607	161.00	161.00
2	—	434	140.00	140.00
13	—	565	144.00–158.00	149.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
11	—	660	124.00–128.00	126.91
14	—	455	141.00	141.00
1	—	947	95.00	95.00
11	—	369	115.00–135.00	126.64
10	—	562	129.00–140.00	137.83
1	—	600	107.50	107.50
4	—	773	129.00	129.00
2	—	445	110.00	110.00
3	—	538	115.00–164.00	147.99
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	409	55.00–88.00	71.84
3	—	664	114.00	114.00
3	—	469	107.50	107.50
1	—	300	55.00	55.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Natural$ per cwt · actual wt
34	—	478	155.00–170.00	167.09
36	—	620	158.50	158.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	719	117.00–129.00	122.97
3	—	603	150.00	150.00
22	—	520	143.50	143.50
21	—	669	130.00–134.00	132.11
4	—	390	130.00	130.00
1	—	759	112.50	112.50
18	—	466	141.00	141.00
11	—	913	136.00	136.00
20	—	561	142.00	142.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	905	130.00	130.00
10	—	725	141.50	141.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	641	161.00	161.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	586	164.00	164.00
11	—	451	129.00	129.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	549	165.50	165.50
1	—	802	135.00	135.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	419	125.00	125.00
1	—	927	118.00	118.00
6	—	451	160.00	160.00
2	—	571	125.00	125.00
2	—	813	119.00	119.00
12	—	650	131.00	131.00
1	—	372	190.00	190.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	648	138.00	138.00
4	—	772	128.00	128.00
1	—	862	119.00	119.00
1	—	561	125.00	125.00
1	—	434	181.00	181.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	837	82.50	82.50

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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