Name: Fauquier Livestock Exchange, Inc. livestock auction prices — 2023-05-12
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2023-05-12

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 92, Heifers 81, Bulls 19)

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 $221.09/cwt on 91 head.

Average price

$221.09

91 head · 554 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,224

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$450

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

$50.44/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−2.93

vs VA average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	610	225.44	1,374	50
Medium and Large 2	478	219.79	1,051	37
Medium and Large 1-2	565	180.00	1,017	3thin
Medium and Large 3	528	175.00	924	1thin

One grade step is worth $50.44/cwt here — about $450 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 sale91 hd

221.09

—

VA average9 barns · 1,616 hd

224.02

−2.93

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

47 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	—	567	185.00/cwt	185.00–185.00	1,049	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	677	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	812	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	414	216.00/cwt	216.00–216.00	894	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	542	175.00/cwt	175.00–175.00	949	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	451	160.00/cwt	160.00–160.00	722	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	612	182.50/cwt	182.50–182.50	1,117	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	835	160.00/cwt	160.00–160.00	1,336	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1Natural	—	621	231.00/cwt	231.00–231.00	1,435	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	546	172.50/cwt	172.50–172.50	942	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	565	180.00/cwt	180.00–180.00	1,017	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	673	185.00/cwt	185.00–185.00	1,245	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	475	215.00/cwt	215.00–215.00	1,021	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	654	233.00/cwt	233.00–233.00	1,524	16
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	604	233.00/cwt	233.00–233.00	1,407	7
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	370	247.26/cwt	217.50–250.00	915	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	731	165.00/cwt	165.00–165.00	1,206	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	642	219.00/cwt	219.00–219.00	1,406	5
Steers	Medium and Large 2Value Added	—	568	222.00/cwt	222.00–222.00	1,261	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	560	228.00/cwt	228.00–228.00	1,277	7
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	528	175.00/cwt	175.00–175.00	924	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	438	225.00/cwt	225.00–225.00	986	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	738	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	923	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	490	202.50/cwt	202.50–202.50	992	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Natural	—	519	213.00/cwt	213.00–213.00	1,105	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	516	160.00/cwt	160.00–160.00	826	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	551	175.00/cwt	175.00–175.00	964	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	570	225.00/cwt	225.00–225.00	1,283	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	452	179.00/cwt	179.00–179.00	809	6
Steers	Medium and Large 2Value Added	—	443	175.00/cwt	175.00–175.00	775	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	782	115.00/cwt	115.00–115.00	899	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	502	185.00/cwt	185.00–185.00	929	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	306	185.00/cwt	185.00–185.00	566	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	765	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	956	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	439	135.00/cwt	135.00–135.00	593	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	379	206.00/cwt	206.00–206.00	781	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	636	151.00/cwt	151.00–151.00	960	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	377	183.00/cwt	183.00–183.00	690	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	344	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	430	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	528	143.34/cwt	125.00–146.00	757	8
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	313	165.00/cwt	165.00–165.00	516	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	527	186.00/cwt	186.00–186.00	980	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	573	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	860	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	657	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	821	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	473	175.00/cwt	175.00–175.00	828	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2Value Added	—	535	166.00/cwt	166.00–166.00	888	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	435	135.00/cwt	135.00–135.00	587	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	353	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	441	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 May 12, 2023

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

Receipts 192Last week 207Year ago 211

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 92, Heifers 81, Bulls 19)

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
1	—	567	185.00	185.00
1	—	677	120.00	120.00
6	—	414	216.00	216.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	542	175.00	175.00
2	—	451	160.00	160.00
2	—	612	182.50	182.50
1	—	313	165.00	165.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	573	150.00	150.00
1	—	657	125.00	125.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	835	160.00	160.00
2	—	673	185.00	185.00
8	—	475	215.00	215.00
12	—	370	217.50–250.00	247.26
7	—	560	228.00	228.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Natural$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	621	231.00	231.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	546	172.50	172.50
1	—	731	165.00	165.00
5	—	642	219.00	219.00
2	—	438	225.00	225.00
3	—	490	202.50	202.50
7	—	570	225.00	225.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	565	180.00	180.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
16	—	654	233.00	233.00
7	—	604	233.00	233.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	568	222.00	222.00
5	—	443	175.00	175.00
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	528	175.00	175.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	738	125.00	125.00
6	—	452	179.00	179.00
1	—	765	125.00	125.00
1	—	439	135.00	135.00
2	—	636	151.00	151.00
6	—	377	183.00	183.00
1	—	344	125.00	125.00
5	—	527	186.00	186.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Natural$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	519	213.00	213.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	516	160.00	160.00
8	—	551	175.00	175.00
1	—	306	185.00	185.00
11	—	379	206.00	206.00
2	—	473	175.00	175.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	782	115.00	115.00
8	—	528	125.00–146.00	143.34
1	—	435	135.00	135.00
1	—	353	125.00	125.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	502	185.00	185.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	535	166.00	166.00

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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