Name: Fauquier Livestock Exchange, Inc. livestock auction prices — 2023-03-10
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2023-03-10

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 251, Heifers 238, Bulls 31)

Value Added are Weaned and Vaccinated

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb steers averaged $218.78/cwt on 250 head.

Average price

$218.78

250 head · 595 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,302

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$953

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

$77.14/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+3.30

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	635	227.14	1,442	133
Medium and Large 1	603	215.10	1,298	53
Medium and Large 2	524	209.74	1,100	54
Medium and Large 3	418	178.89	748	9thin
Small 1	326	150.00	489	1thin

One grade step is worth $77.14/cwt here — about $953 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 sale250 hd

218.78

—

VA average11 barns · 2,187 hd

215.49

+3.30

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

77 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 2	—	718	152.00/cwt	152.00–152.00	1,091	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	642	216.00/cwt	216.00–216.00	1,387	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	378	230.00/cwt	230.00–230.00	869	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2Natural	—	447	210.00/cwt	210.00–210.00	939	10
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	423	182.50/cwt	182.50–182.50	772	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Natural	—	640	164.00/cwt	164.00–164.00	1,050	11
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	340	220.00/cwt	220.00–220.00	748	5
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	525	55.00/cwt	55.00–55.00	289	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	475	237.46/cwt	182.50–242.00	1,128	13
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	624	165.00/cwt	165.00–165.00	1,030	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	588	115.00/cwt	115.00–115.00	676	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	552	225.00/cwt	225.00–225.00	1,242	12
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	628	215.00/cwt	215.00–215.00	1,350	5
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	493	107.50/cwt	107.50–107.50	530	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	668	224.00/cwt	224.00–224.00	1,496	5
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	548	219.50/cwt	219.50–219.50	1,203	11
Steers	Medium and Large 2Value Added	—	655	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	852	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	575	232.00/cwt	232.00–232.00	1,334	18
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	583	160.00/cwt	160.00–160.00	933	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	436	222.50/cwt	222.50–222.50	970	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	360	232.50/cwt	232.50–232.50	837	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Natural	—	727	206.00/cwt	206.00–206.00	1,498	31
Steers	Small 1	—	326	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	489	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2Value Added	—	537	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	591	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Natural	—	591	237.00/cwt	237.00–237.00	1,401	26
Steers	Medium and Large 1Natural	—	706	205.20/cwt	175.00–207.00	1,449	18
Steers	Medium and Large 2Value Added	—	561	181.71/cwt	157.50–212.50	1,019	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	618	235.00/cwt	235.00–235.00	1,452	44
Steers	Medium and Large 1Natural	—	605	230.00/cwt	230.00–230.00	1,392	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1Natural	—	760	161.00/cwt	161.00–161.00	1,224	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2Natural	—	436	230.00/cwt	230.00–230.00	1,003	4
Steers	Medium and Large 2Natural	—	528	204.00/cwt	204.00–204.00	1,077	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	580	197.42/cwt	175.00–202.00	1,145	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	479	196.00/cwt	196.00–196.00	939	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	466	205.00/cwt	205.00–205.00	955	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	982	124.00/cwt	124.00–124.00	1,218	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2Value Added	—	470	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	588	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	421	191.00/cwt	191.00–191.00	804	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	417	145.00/cwt	145.00–145.00	605	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	353	177.50/cwt	177.50–177.50	627	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	487	122.50/cwt	122.50–122.50	597	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	575	162.00/cwt	162.00–162.00	932	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	544	172.50/cwt	172.50–172.50	938	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	444	75.00/cwt	75.00–75.00	333	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	460	193.00/cwt	193.00–193.00	888	19
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	779	139.00/cwt	139.00–139.00	1,083	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	523	152.00/cwt	152.00–152.00	795	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	701	117.50/cwt	117.50–117.50	824	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	442	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	663	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	675	149.00/cwt	149.00–149.00	1,006	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	905	149.00/cwt	149.00–149.00	1,348	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	939	113.00/cwt	113.00–113.00	1,061	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	356	184.00/cwt	184.00–184.00	655	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	374	201.47/cwt	180.00–204.00	753	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	656	136.00/cwt	136.00–136.00	892	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	542	178.52/cwt	170.00–180.00	968	13
Heifers	Small 1	—	803	122.50/cwt	122.50–122.50	984	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	768	132.50/cwt	132.50–132.50	1,018	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	373	190.00/cwt	190.00–190.00	709	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	709	153.00/cwt	153.00–153.00	1,085	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	677	169.00/cwt	169.00–169.00	1,144	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	287	148.00/cwt	148.00–148.00	425	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2Value Added	—	513	135.00/cwt	135.00–135.00	693	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	821	145.00/cwt	145.00–145.00	1,190	8
Heifers	Small 1	—	440	142.00/cwt	142.00–142.00	625	2
Heifers	Small 1	—	593	127.50/cwt	127.50–127.50	756	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2Value Added	—	624	132.50/cwt	132.50–132.50	827	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	640	143.00/cwt	143.00–143.00	915	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	543	195.00/cwt	195.00–195.00	1,059	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	546	172.00/cwt	172.00–172.00	939	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Natural	—	518	199.00/cwt	199.00–199.00	1,031	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	713	169.00/cwt	169.00–169.00	1,205	26
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	691	171.00/cwt	171.00–171.00	1,182	18
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Natural	—	673	172.00/cwt	172.00–172.00	1,158	31
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Natural	—	627	225.00/cwt	225.00–225.00	1,411	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	468	184.00/cwt	184.00–184.00	861	15
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	479	225.00/cwt	225.00–225.00	1,078	8

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 10, 2023

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

Receipts 520Last week 508Year ago 635

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 251, Heifers 238, Bulls 31)

Value Added are Weaned and Vaccinated

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	718	152.00	152.00
13	—	475	182.50–242.00	237.46
1	—	588	115.00	115.00
5	—	628	215.00	215.00
11	—	548	219.50	219.50
4	—	360	232.50	232.50
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	642	216.00	216.00
2	—	378	230.00	230.00
12	—	552	225.00	225.00
8	—	479	225.00	225.00
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	423	182.50	182.50
5	—	340	220.00	220.00
1	—	525	55.00	55.00
1	—	624	165.00	165.00
1	—	493	107.50	107.50
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	668	224.00	224.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	655	130.00	130.00
1	—	537	110.00	110.00
5	—	561	157.50–212.50	181.71
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
18	—	575	232.00	232.00
44	—	618	235.00	235.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	583	160.00	160.00
1	—	436	222.50	222.50
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Natural$ per cwt · actual wt
31	—	727	206.00	206.00
26	—	591	237.00	237.00
9	—	627	225.00	225.00
Steers — Small 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	326	150.00	150.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Natural$ per cwt · actual wt
18	—	706	175.00–207.00	205.20
7	—	605	230.00	230.00
2	—	760	161.00	161.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2 · Natural$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	436	230.00	230.00
6	—	528	204.00	204.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2 · Natural$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	447	210.00	210.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Natural$ per cwt · actual wt
11	—	640	164.00	164.00
31	—	673	172.00	172.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
19	—	460	193.00	193.00
10	—	374	180.00–204.00	201.47
2	—	656	136.00	136.00
13	—	542	170.00–180.00	178.52
1	—	709	153.00	153.00
1	—	287	148.00	148.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	523	152.00	152.00
1	—	701	117.50	117.50
3	—	442	150.00	150.00
8	—	356	184.00	184.00
2	—	768	132.50	132.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	675	149.00	149.00
8	—	373	190.00	190.00
8	—	821	145.00	145.00
1	—	640	143.00	143.00
11	—	546	172.00	172.00
15	—	468	184.00	184.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	905	149.00	149.00
8	—	677	169.00	169.00
Heifers — Small 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	803	122.50	122.50
2	—	440	142.00	142.00
1	—	593	127.50	127.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	513	135.00	135.00
1	—	624	132.50	132.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	543	195.00	195.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Natural$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	518	199.00	199.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
26	—	713	169.00	169.00
18	—	691	171.00	171.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	580	175.00–202.00	197.42
3	—	466	205.00	205.00
1	—	982	124.00	124.00
1	—	421	191.00	191.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	479	196.00	196.00
3	—	353	177.50	177.50
1	—	575	162.00	162.00
2	—	544	172.50	172.50
2	—	444	75.00	75.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	470	125.00	125.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	417	145.00	145.00
1	—	487	122.50	122.50
1	—	779	139.00	139.00
1	—	939	113.00	113.00

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