Name: Fauquier Livestock Exchange, Inc. livestock auction prices — 2024-03-08
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-03-08

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 252, Heifers 152, Bulls 26)

Value Added and Most Natural Cattle are Weaned and Vaccinated.

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $289.57/cwt on 122 head. That ranks 1 of 9 comparable sales and sits −159.22 against this barn's trailing median of $448.79.

Average price

$289.57

122 head · 562 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,629

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$263

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

$26.57/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−0.12

vs VA average

−23.43 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1-2	570	294.76	1,679	95
Medium and Large 1	545	273.83	1,493	15thin
Medium and Large 2	528	268.19	1,416	12thin

One grade step is worth $26.57/cwt here — about $263 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 600–700 lb. USDA reports each grade on its own line and never publishes the spread.

This barn's trailing prices 500–600 lb

9 sales

Steers 500–600 lb: high $505.77, low $356.06, median $448.79 across 9 sales. Sales under 10 head in this class are excluded, so a thin day cannot swing the median or the ranking.

How it compared 500–600 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only

This sale122 hd

289.57

—

VA average9 barns · 544 hd

289.69

−0.12

National average178 barns · 13,961 hd

313.00

−23.43

This barn, trailing median9 sales

448.79

−159.22

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

56 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
Heifers	Medium and Large 2Natural	550–600	554	282.00/cwt	282.00–282.00	1,562	18
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	750–800	771	160.00/cwt	160.00–160.00	1,234	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	550–600	583	217.50/cwt	217.50–217.50	1,268	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	350–400	376	310.00/cwt	310.00–310.00	1,166	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Natural	750–800	780	236.86/cwt	229.50–245.00	1,848	31
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	551	267.50/cwt	267.50–267.50	1,474	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	500–550	536	270.00/cwt	270.00–270.00	1,447	19
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	650–700	670	218.00/cwt	218.00–218.00	1,461	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	700–750	733	208.00/cwt	208.00–208.00	1,525	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	600–650	605	235.00/cwt	235.00–235.00	1,422	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1Natural	400–450	439	307.50/cwt	307.50–307.50	1,350	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	529	247.50/cwt	247.50–247.50	1,309	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Natural	500–550	507	335.00/cwt	335.00–335.00	1,698	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Natural	550–600	590	295.19/cwt	275.00–317.00	1,742	65
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Natural	650–700	659	251.00/cwt	251.00–251.00	1,654	25
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Natural	600–650	646	244.00/cwt	244.00–244.00	1,576	17
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	500–550	546	280.00/cwt	280.00–280.00	1,529	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	450–500	495	236.25/cwt	212.50–260.00	1,169	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	734	232.00/cwt	232.00–232.00	1,703	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	600–650	608	231.00/cwt	231.00–231.00	1,404	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	460	252.50/cwt	252.50–252.50	1,162	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	625	240.00/cwt	240.00–240.00	1,500	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	500–550	527	259.00/cwt	259.00–259.00	1,365	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1Natural	600–650	628	268.77/cwt	242.50–272.50	1,688	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1Natural	1000–1050	1,004	190.00/cwt	190.00–190.00	1,908	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1Natural	500–550	533	270.00/cwt	270.00–270.00	1,439	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	500–550	537	251.00/cwt	251.00–251.00	1,348	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	350–400	381	315.00/cwt	315.00–315.00	1,200	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	450–500	462	100.00/cwt	100.00–100.00	462	1
Steers	Medium and Large 3	650–700	668	215.00/cwt	215.00–215.00	1,436	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2Natural	400–450	435	285.00/cwt	285.00–285.00	1,240	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 2Natural	650–700	658	234.00/cwt	234.00–234.00	1,540	5
Steers	Medium and Large 3	350–400	382	330.00/cwt	330.00–330.00	1,261	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	400–450	429	222.50/cwt	222.50–222.50	955	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	550–600	561	230.00/cwt	230.00–230.00	1,290	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	500–550	515	215.00/cwt	215.00–215.00	1,107	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	600–650	639	294.00/cwt	294.00–294.00	1,879	5
Steers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	377	345.00/cwt	345.00–345.00	1,301	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2Value Added	600–650	624	210.00/cwt	210.00–210.00	1,310	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2Value Added	450–500	475	200.00/cwt	200.00–200.00	950	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2Natural	400–450	436	315.00/cwt	315.00–315.00	1,373	7
Steers	Medium and Large 2Natural	900–950	925	205.00/cwt	205.00–205.00	1,896	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	539	251.00/cwt	251.00–251.00	1,353	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 2Natural	450–500	485	255.00/cwt	255.00–255.00	1,237	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	650–700	652	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	1,630	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	700–750	743	200.00/cwt	200.00–200.00	1,486	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	447	303.07/cwt	300.00–305.00	1,355	13
Steers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	528	268.19/cwt	265.00–275.00	1,416	12
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	400–450	422	175.00/cwt	175.00–175.00	739	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	483	274.00/cwt	274.00–274.00	1,323	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	475	242.68/cwt	227.50–247.50	1,153	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	450–500	483	272.50/cwt	272.50–272.50	1,316	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	425	262.50/cwt	262.50–262.50	1,116	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	600–650	636	217.55/cwt	202.50–222.50	1,384	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Natural	500–550	516	269.00/cwt	269.00–269.00	1,388	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Natural	650–700	668	295.00/cwt	295.00–295.00	1,971	28

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 8, 2024

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

Receipts 430Last week 255Year ago 520

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 252, Heifers 152, Bulls 26)

Value Added and Most Natural Cattle are Weaned and Vaccinated.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2 · Natural$ per cwt · actual wt
12	400–450	435	285.00	285.00
1	450–500	485	255.00	255.00
18	550–600	554	282.00	282.00
5	650–700	658	234.00	234.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
4	600–650	605	235.00	235.00
5	650–700	670	218.00	218.00
4	700–750	733	208.00	208.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	450–500	460	252.50	252.50
4	500–550	529	247.50	247.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Natural$ per cwt · actual wt
7	500–550	516	269.00	269.00
17	600–650	646	244.00	244.00
25	650–700	659	251.00	251.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
5	500–550	527	259.00	259.00
3	600–650	608	231.00	231.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	400–450	429	222.50	222.50
1	450–500	462	100.00	100.00
1	500–550	515	215.00	215.00
1	550–600	561	230.00	230.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
1	600–650	624	210.00	210.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	400–450	425	262.50	262.50
4	450–500	475	227.50–247.50	242.68
8	500–550	539	251.00	251.00
8	600–650	636	202.50–222.50	217.55
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
13	450–500	483	274.00	274.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	350–400	376	310.00	310.00
1	400–450	422	175.00	175.00
8	450–500	483	272.50	272.50
4	550–600	583	217.50	217.50
5	750–800	771	160.00	160.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	350–400	381	315.00	315.00
4	500–550	537	251.00	251.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Natural$ per cwt · actual wt
11	500–550	507	335.00	335.00
65	550–600	590	275.00–317.00	295.19
28	650–700	668	295.00	295.00
31	750–800	780	229.50–245.00	236.86
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
5	550–600	551	267.50	267.50
1	600–650	625	240.00	240.00
3	700–750	734	232.00	232.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
19	500–550	536	270.00	270.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Natural$ per cwt · actual wt
7	400–450	439	307.50	307.50
3	500–550	533	270.00	270.00
8	600–650	628	242.50–272.50	268.77
6	1000–1050	1,004	190.00	190.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
2	450–500	495	212.50–260.00	236.25
7	500–550	546	280.00	280.00
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
3	350–400	382	330.00	330.00
3	650–700	668	215.00	215.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	350–400	377	345.00	345.00
13	400–450	447	300.00–305.00	303.07
12	500–550	528	265.00–275.00	268.19
5	600–650	639	294.00	294.00
2	650–700	652	250.00	250.00
1	700–750	743	200.00	200.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
1	450–500	475	200.00	200.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2 · Natural$ per cwt · actual wt
7	400–450	436	315.00	315.00
5	900–950	925	205.00	205.00

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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