Name: Fauquier Livestock Exchange, Inc. livestock auction prices — 2023-04-14
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2023-04-14

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 111, Heifers 113, Bulls 23)

Value Added cattle are Weaned and Vaccinated.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb steers averaged $235.43/cwt on 110 head.

Average price

$235.43

110 head · 538 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,267

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$298

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

$172.50/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+9.81

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	231	247.50	572	2thin
Medium and Large 2	549	240.85	1,323	49
Medium and Large 1	548	236.70	1,298	53
Small 1	405	217.50	881	1thin
Medium and Large 3	495	190.74	943	4thin
Small 2	365	75.00	274	1thin

One grade step is worth $172.50/cwt here — about $298 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 sale110 hd

235.43

—

VA average10 barns · 1,441 hd

225.62

+9.81

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

61 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 2Value Added	—	861	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	1,076	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	417	255.00/cwt	255.00–255.00	1,063	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	231	247.50/cwt	247.50–247.50	572	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	455	247.17/cwt	240.00–249.00	1,125	11
Steers	Small 1	—	405	217.50/cwt	217.50–217.50	881	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	634	205.00/cwt	205.00–205.00	1,300	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	1,024	137.50/cwt	137.50–137.50	1,408	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	562	251.95/cwt	237.50–254.00	1,416	24
Steers	Small 2	—	365	75.00/cwt	75.00–75.00	274	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2Value Added	—	675	180.00/cwt	180.00–180.00	1,215	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	477	260.00/cwt	260.00–260.00	1,240	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	941	152.50/cwt	152.50–152.50	1,435	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	473	251.00/cwt	251.00–251.00	1,187	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	569	240.00/cwt	240.00–240.00	1,366	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	677	212.71/cwt	167.50–220.00	1,440	7
Steers	Medium and Large 2Value Added	—	543	225.00/cwt	225.00–225.00	1,222	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	885	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	1,239	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2Value Added	—	310	260.00/cwt	260.00–260.00	806	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	662	230.00/cwt	230.00–230.00	1,523	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	564	237.50/cwt	237.50–237.50	1,340	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	367	262.50/cwt	262.50–262.50	963	2
Steers	Medium and Large 3Value Added	—	509	197.50/cwt	197.50–197.50	1,005	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	534	244.00/cwt	244.00–244.00	1,303	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	521	247.00/cwt	247.00–247.00	1,287	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	624	170.00/cwt	170.00–170.00	1,061	1
Bulls	Small 1	—	438	132.50/cwt	132.50–132.50	580	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	560	185.88/cwt	170.00–197.50	1,041	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	670	154.98/cwt	150.00–160.00	1,038	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	536	180.00/cwt	180.00–180.00	965	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	477	200.00/cwt	200.00–200.00	954	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	809	146.00/cwt	146.00–146.00	1,181	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	395	230.00/cwt	230.00–230.00	909	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	567	176.95/cwt	165.00–180.00	1,003	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	446	220.00/cwt	220.00–220.00	981	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	317	200.33/cwt	165.00–217.50	635	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	542	165.00/cwt	165.00–165.00	894	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	427	222.33/cwt	210.00–232.50	949	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	562	181.86/cwt	180.00–182.50	1,022	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	848	148.00/cwt	148.00–148.00	1,255	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2Value Added	—	339	240.00/cwt	240.00–240.00	814	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	634	179.00/cwt	179.00–179.00	1,135	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	743	152.50/cwt	152.50–152.50	1,133	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	448	217.50/cwt	217.50–217.50	974	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	774	149.00/cwt	149.00–149.00	1,153	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	399	170.00/cwt	170.00–170.00	678	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	468	207.50/cwt	207.50–207.50	971	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	534	185.00/cwt	185.00–185.00	988	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	414	200.00/cwt	200.00–200.00	828	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	500	224.00/cwt	224.00–224.00	1,120	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	925	148.00/cwt	148.00–148.00	1,369	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	562	198.85/cwt	185.00–212.50	1,118	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	553	181.00/cwt	181.00–181.00	1,001	1
Steers	Medium and Large 3Value Added	—	480	183.97/cwt	177.50–190.00	883	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	532	224.00/cwt	224.00–224.00	1,192	27
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	439	240.00/cwt	240.00–240.00	1,054	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	365	243.00/cwt	243.00–243.00	887	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	450	200.00/cwt	200.00–200.00	900	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 2Value Added	—	259	195.00/cwt	195.00–195.00	505	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	430	246.46/cwt	237.00–253.00	1,060	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	728	151.00/cwt	151.00–151.00	1,099	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	625	225.00/cwt	225.00–225.00	1,406	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 Apr 14, 2023

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

Receipts 247Last week 199Year ago 42

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 111, Heifers 113, Bulls 23)

Value Added cattle are Weaned and Vaccinated.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	861	125.00	125.00
2	—	675	180.00	180.00
1	—	543	225.00	225.00
3	—	310	260.00	260.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	417	255.00	255.00
3	—	473	251.00	251.00
3	—	662	230.00	230.00
4	—	564	237.50	237.50
7	—	521	247.00	247.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	231	247.50	247.50
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
11	—	455	240.00–249.00	247.17
3	—	634	205.00	205.00
1	—	941	152.50	152.50
4	—	569	240.00	240.00
7	—	677	167.50–220.00	212.71
2	—	367	262.50	262.50
7	—	534	244.00	244.00
Steers — Small 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	405	217.50	217.50
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,024	137.50	137.50
24	—	562	237.50–254.00	251.95
8	—	477	260.00	260.00
1	—	885	140.00	140.00
5	—	430	237.00–253.00	246.46
3	—	625	225.00	225.00
Steers — Small 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	365	75.00	75.00
Steers — Medium and Large 3 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	509	197.50	197.50
2	—	480	177.50–190.00	183.97
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	624	170.00	170.00
1	—	809	146.00	146.00
1	—	395	230.00	230.00
5	—	567	165.00–180.00	176.95
2	—	446	220.00	220.00
1	—	743	152.50	152.50
Bulls — Small 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	438	132.50	132.50
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	560	170.00–197.50	185.88
2	—	670	150.00–160.00	154.98
2	—	536	180.00	180.00
1	—	477	200.00	200.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	542	165.00	165.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	317	165.00–217.50	200.33
4	—	562	180.00–182.50	181.86
1	—	399	170.00	170.00
2	—	414	200.00	200.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
13	—	427	210.00–232.50	222.33
2	—	848	148.00	148.00
2	—	634	179.00	179.00
1	—	774	149.00	149.00
5	—	468	207.50	207.50
13	—	562	185.00–212.50	198.85
27	—	532	224.00	224.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	339	240.00	240.00
1	—	259	195.00	195.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	448	217.50	217.50
3	—	534	185.00	185.00
1	—	925	148.00	148.00
1	—	553	181.00	181.00
5	—	450	200.00	200.00
2	—	728	151.00	151.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	500	224.00	224.00
5	—	439	240.00	240.00
3	—	365	243.00	243.00

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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