Name: Fauquier Livestock Exchange, Inc. livestock auction prices — 2023-02-10
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2023-02-10

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 262, Heifers 197, Bulls 49)

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 $184.87/cwt on 262 head.

Average price

$184.87

262 head · 630 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,165

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$468

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

$35.64/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−0.89

vs VA average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	680	186.26	1,266	138
Medium and Large 1-2	616	185.02	1,139	52
Medium and Large 2	547	183.93	1,005	68
Medium and Large 3	530	150.63	798	4thin

One grade step is worth $35.64/cwt here — about $468 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 sale262 hd

184.87

—

VA average10 barns · 1,898 hd

185.76

−0.89

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
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	444	177.50/cwt	177.50–177.50	788	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	866	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	1,212	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	922	153.00/cwt	153.00–153.00	1,411	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	479	199.96/cwt	135.00–208.00	958	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	401	192.50/cwt	192.50–192.50	772	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	701	178.50/cwt	178.50–178.50	1,251	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	519	191.00/cwt	191.00–191.00	991	21
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	565	197.00/cwt	197.00–197.00	1,113	18
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	733	178.00/cwt	178.00–178.00	1,305	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	787	107.50/cwt	107.50–107.50	846	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	623	182.42/cwt	180.00–190.00	1,136	4
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	473	167.50/cwt	167.50–167.50	792	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	475	205.69/cwt	102.50–213.00	977	15
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	687	159.00/cwt	159.00–159.00	1,092	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	434	156.68/cwt	125.00–177.50	680	4
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	380	166.83/cwt	150.00–182.50	634	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	556	199.00/cwt	199.00–199.00	1,106	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Natural	—	614	168.00/cwt	168.00–168.00	1,032	11
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	753	172.00/cwt	172.00–172.00	1,295	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Natural	—	590	155.00/cwt	155.00–155.00	915	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Natural	—	594	205.00/cwt	205.00–205.00	1,218	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1Natural	—	528	192.00/cwt	192.00–192.00	1,014	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2Natural	—	601	172.00/cwt	172.00–172.00	1,034	6
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	621	174.37/cwt	152.50–182.00	1,083	4
Steers	Medium and Large 2Value Added	—	579	179.75/cwt	145.00–199.00	1,041	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	615	160.00/cwt	160.00–160.00	984	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	728	160.00/cwt	160.00–160.00	1,165	8
Steers	Medium and Large 2Value Added	—	613	145.00/cwt	145.00–145.00	889	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1Natural	—	740	176.00/cwt	176.00–176.00	1,302	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	737	185.00/cwt	185.00–185.00	1,363	31
Steers	Medium and Large 1Natural	—	633	201.02/cwt	200.00–202.50	1,272	22
Steers	Medium and Large 1Natural	—	814	166.00/cwt	166.00–166.00	1,351	7
Steers	Medium and Large 2Value Added	—	512	174.00/cwt	135.00–191.00	891	7
Steers	Medium and Large 2Natural	—	766	141.00/cwt	141.00–141.00	1,080	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Natural	—	733	175.00/cwt	175.00–175.00	1,283	4
Steers	Medium and Large 2Value Added	—	685	192.00/cwt	192.00–192.00	1,315	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1Natural	—	759	179.28/cwt	176.00–183.00	1,361	31
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	497	137.50/cwt	137.50–137.50	683	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	548	185.00/cwt	185.00–185.00	1,014	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	649	162.00/cwt	162.00–162.00	1,051	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	871	121.00/cwt	121.00–121.00	1,054	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	369	175.00/cwt	175.00–175.00	646	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	578	132.50/cwt	132.50–132.50	766	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	364	152.00/cwt	152.00–152.00	553	8
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	535	159.00/cwt	159.00–159.00	851	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	553	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	664	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 3Natural	—	852	128.00/cwt	128.00–128.00	1,091	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	546	162.00/cwt	162.00–162.00	885	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	630	142.00/cwt	142.00–142.00	895	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	737	142.00/cwt	142.00–142.00	1,047	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	435	175.00/cwt	175.00–175.00	761	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	323	185.00/cwt	185.00–185.00	598	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	464	158.00/cwt	158.00–158.00	733	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	654	166.00/cwt	166.00–166.00	1,086	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	431	156.00/cwt	156.00–156.00	672	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	508	132.50/cwt	132.50–132.50	673	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	331	160.00/cwt	160.00–160.00	530	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Natural	—	813	141.00/cwt	139.00–142.00	1,146	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	719	148.00/cwt	148.00–148.00	1,064	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	574	137.70/cwt	125.00–150.00	790	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	442	115.00/cwt	115.00–115.00	508	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	465	163.47/cwt	155.00–165.00	760	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	358	163.00/cwt	163.00–163.00	584	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	230	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	322	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	533	159.00/cwt	159.00–159.00	847	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	298	160.00/cwt	160.00–160.00	477	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	473	156.00/cwt	156.00–156.00	738	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	390	166.00/cwt	166.00–166.00	647	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	561	162.00/cwt	162.00–162.00	909	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	366	175.00/cwt	175.00–175.00	641	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Natural	—	480	163.00/cwt	163.00–163.00	782	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	664	156.23/cwt	146.00–157.00	1,037	15
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	578	164.00/cwt	164.00–164.00	948	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2Value Added	—	696	131.00/cwt	131.00–131.00	912	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	731	142.00/cwt	142.00–142.00	1,038	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	763	135.00/cwt	135.00–135.00	1,030	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Natural	—	684	158.06/cwt	150.00–160.00	1,081	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	639	154.50/cwt	154.50–154.50	987	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Natural	—	850	139.00/cwt	139.00–139.00	1,182	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	578	145.00/cwt	145.00–145.00	838	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3Value Added	—	634	162.00/cwt	162.00–162.00	1,027	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Natural	—	709	152.46/cwt	152.00–155.00	1,081	27
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	701	100.00/cwt	100.00–100.00	701	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	528	165.22/cwt	158.00–167.00	872	21
Steers	Medium and Large 1Natural	—	552	195.00/cwt	195.00–195.00	1,076	3

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 Feb 10, 2023

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

Receipts 508Last week 226Year ago 252

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 262, Heifers 197, Bulls 49)

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 1$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	444	177.50	177.50
3	—	548	185.00	185.00
2	—	649	162.00	162.00
1	—	871	121.00	121.00
1	—	369	175.00	175.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	497	137.50	137.50
2	—	553	120.00	120.00
4	—	546	162.00	162.00
1	—	630	142.00	142.00
2	—	737	142.00	142.00
4	—	435	175.00	175.00
2	—	323	185.00	185.00
5	—	654	166.00	166.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	578	132.50	132.50
Bulls — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	364	152.00	152.00
6	—	535	159.00	159.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	866	140.00	140.00
1	—	922	153.00	153.00
9	—	479	135.00–208.00	199.96
1	—	401	192.50	192.50
18	—	565	197.00	197.00
3	—	733	178.00	178.00
1	—	787	107.50	107.50
4	—	623	180.00–190.00	182.42
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	701	178.50	178.50
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
21	—	519	191.00	191.00
8	—	728	160.00	160.00
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	473	167.50	167.50
1	—	701	100.00	100.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
15	—	475	102.50–213.00	205.69
1	—	687	159.00	159.00
4	—	434	125.00–177.50	156.68
2	—	380	150.00–182.50	166.83
13	—	556	199.00	199.00
1	—	753	172.00	172.00
4	—	621	152.50–182.00	174.37
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Natural$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	594	205.00	205.00
4	—	733	175.00	175.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Natural$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	528	192.00	192.00
3	—	740	176.00	176.00
22	—	633	200.00–202.50	201.02
7	—	814	166.00	166.00
31	—	759	176.00–183.00	179.28
3	—	552	195.00	195.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2 · Natural$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	601	172.00	172.00
2	—	766	141.00	141.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
11	—	579	145.00–199.00	179.75
1	—	613	145.00	145.00
7	—	512	135.00–191.00	174.00
1	—	685	192.00	192.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	615	160.00	160.00
31	—	737	185.00	185.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Natural$ per cwt · actual wt
11	—	614	168.00	168.00
1	—	590	155.00	155.00
3	—	813	139.00–142.00	141.00
3	—	480	163.00	163.00
10	—	684	150.00–160.00	158.06
1	—	850	139.00	139.00
27	—	709	152.00–155.00	152.46
Heifers — Medium and Large 3 · Natural$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	852	128.00	128.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	464	158.00	158.00
3	—	431	156.00	156.00
1	—	508	132.50	132.50
3	—	331	160.00	160.00
1	—	298	160.00	160.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	719	148.00	148.00
1	—	442	115.00	115.00
13	—	465	155.00–165.00	163.47
1	—	230	140.00	140.00
10	—	561	162.00	162.00
8	—	366	175.00	175.00
15	—	664	146.00–157.00	156.23
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	574	125.00–150.00	137.70
7	—	533	159.00	159.00
7	—	473	156.00	156.00
3	—	390	166.00	166.00
1	—	731	142.00	142.00
1	—	763	135.00	135.00
10	—	639	154.50	154.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
12	—	358	163.00	163.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	578	164.00	164.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	696	131.00	131.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	578	145.00	145.00
21	—	528	158.00–167.00	165.22
Heifers — Medium and Large 2-3 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	634	162.00	162.00

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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