Name: Fauquier Livestock Exchange, Inc. livestock auction prices — 2024-03-22
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-03-22

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 63, Heifers 88, Bulls 31)

Value Added and most Natural cattle are Weaned and Vaccinated

Weight class

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb heifers averaged $273.47/cwt on 54 head. That ranks 1 of 10 comparable sales and sits −91.65 against this barn's trailing median of $365.11.

Average price

$273.47

54 head · 526 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,437

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$229

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

$57.83/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+20.33

vs VA average

−3.75 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1-2	515	284.00	1,463	36
Medium and Large 1	546	259.80	1,418	14thin
Medium and Large 3	564	227.50	1,283	1thin
Medium and Large 2	545	226.17	1,233	3thin

One grade step is worth $57.83/cwt here — about $229 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 500–600 lb. USDA reports each grade on its own line and never publishes the spread.

This barn's trailing prices 500–600 lb

10 sales

Heifers 500–600 lb: high $418.89, low $339.51, median $365.11 across 10 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 sale54 hd

273.47

—

VA average11 barns · 750 hd

253.14

+20.33

National average179 barns · 15,589 hd

277.22

−3.75

This barn, trailing median10 sales

365.11

−91.65

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

53 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 2	600–650	610	220.00/cwt	220.00–220.00	1,342	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2Value Added	650–700	685	232.50/cwt	232.50–232.50	1,593	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	459	262.88/cwt	242.50–268.00	1,207	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	380	335.00/cwt	335.00–335.00	1,273	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	500–550	533	252.50/cwt	252.50–252.50	1,346	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	550–600	567	284.85/cwt	279.00–291.00	1,615	4
Steers	Medium and Large 2Natural	600–650	605	257.50/cwt	257.50–257.50	1,558	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	300–350	328	330.00/cwt	330.00–330.00	1,082	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	600–650	621	232.50/cwt	232.50–232.50	1,444	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	503	302.00/cwt	302.00–302.00	1,519	8
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	350–400	353	270.00/cwt	270.00–270.00	953	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	676	210.00/cwt	210.00–210.00	1,420	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Natural	500–550	515	284.00/cwt	284.00–284.00	1,463	36
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	548	241.00/cwt	241.00–241.00	1,321	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	450–500	477	301.00/cwt	301.00–301.00	1,436	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	550–600	570	220.00/cwt	220.00–220.00	1,254	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1Natural	400–450	434	362.50/cwt	362.50–362.50	1,573	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	557	236.24/cwt	187.50–249.00	1,316	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	795	160.00/cwt	160.00–160.00	1,272	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	461	257.50/cwt	257.50–257.50	1,187	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1Value Added	600–650	627	230.00/cwt	230.00–230.00	1,442	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	450–500	479	280.00/cwt	280.00–280.00	1,341	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1Natural	600–650	632	263.00/cwt	263.00–263.00	1,662	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Natural	500–550	534	285.00/cwt	285.00–285.00	1,522	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	550–600	569	249.38/cwt	247.50–250.00	1,419	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	450–500	478	292.50/cwt	292.50–292.50	1,398	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2Value Added	900–950	904	170.00/cwt	170.00–170.00	1,537	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2Natural	350–400	385	100.00/cwt	100.00–100.00	385	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	850–900	877	182.50/cwt	182.50–182.50	1,601	3
Steers	Medium and Large 3	550–600	552	243.00/cwt	243.00–243.00	1,341	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	500–550	515	217.50/cwt	217.50–217.50	1,120	1
Steers	Medium and Large 3	750–800	761	165.00/cwt	165.00–165.00	1,256	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	530	248.00/cwt	248.00–248.00	1,314	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	550–600	564	227.50/cwt	227.50–227.50	1,283	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2Value Added	650–700	668	220.00/cwt	220.00–220.00	1,470	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	400–450	437	247.50/cwt	247.50–247.50	1,082	1
Steers	Medium and Large 3Natural	1000–1050	1,000	167.50/cwt	167.50–167.50	1,675	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2Natural	850–900	863	162.50/cwt	162.50–162.50	1,402	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	576	182.50/cwt	182.50–182.50	1,051	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2Natural	400–450	433	285.00/cwt	285.00–285.00	1,234	4
Steers	Medium and Large 2	700–750	709	212.50/cwt	212.50–212.50	1,507	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2Value Added	600–650	606	177.50/cwt	177.50–177.50	1,076	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2Natural	400–450	435	330.00/cwt	330.00–330.00	1,436	14
Steers	Medium and Large 2Value Added	700–750	719	191.00/cwt	191.00–191.00	1,373	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	400–450	428	290.73/cwt	285.00–292.50	1,244	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 2Value Added	700–750	745	190.00/cwt	190.00–190.00	1,416	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2Value Added	750–800	753	172.50/cwt	172.50–172.50	1,299	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	508	295.00/cwt	295.00–295.00	1,499	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	594	190.00/cwt	190.00–190.00	1,129	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	750–800	797	190.00/cwt	190.00–190.00	1,514	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	550–600	550	257.50/cwt	257.50–257.50	1,416	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	700–750	731	215.80/cwt	195.00–220.00	1,577	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Natural	900–950	918	209.00/cwt	209.00–209.00	1,919	14

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 22, 2024

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

Receipts 182Last week 430Year ago 199

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 63, Heifers 88, Bulls 31)

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$ per cwt · actual wt
5	450–500	459	242.50–268.00	262.88
2	500–550	530	248.00	248.00
1	550–600	576	182.50	182.50
1	600–650	610	220.00	220.00
6	700–750	731	195.00–220.00	215.80
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	450–500	461	257.50	257.50
1	500–550	548	241.00	241.00
5	550–600	557	187.50–249.00	236.24
3	650–700	676	210.00	210.00
1	750–800	795	160.00	160.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Natural$ per cwt · actual wt
36	500–550	515	284.00	284.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
7	450–500	479	280.00	280.00
1	550–600	570	220.00	220.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Natural$ per cwt · actual wt
7	500–550	534	285.00	285.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2 · Natural$ per cwt · actual wt
1	350–400	385	100.00	100.00
4	400–450	433	285.00	285.00
2	850–900	863	162.50	162.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	400–450	437	247.50	247.50
1	550–600	564	227.50	227.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
1	600–650	606	177.50	177.50
1	750–800	753	172.50	172.50
Steers — Medium and Large 2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
1	650–700	685	232.50	232.50
1	700–750	719	191.00	191.00
1	900–950	904	170.00	170.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	350–400	380	335.00	335.00
8	500–550	503	302.00	302.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
1	450–500	477	301.00	301.00
4	550–600	567	279.00–291.00	284.85
Steers — Medium and Large 2 · Natural$ per cwt · actual wt
14	400–450	435	330.00	330.00
1	600–650	605	257.50	257.50
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	300–350	328	330.00	330.00
1	500–550	508	295.00	295.00
1	550–600	594	190.00	190.00
1	700–750	709	212.50	212.50
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Natural$ per cwt · actual wt
3	400–450	434	362.50	362.50
5	600–650	632	263.00	263.00
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	550–600	552	243.00	243.00
2	750–800	761	165.00	165.00
Steers — Medium and Large 3 · Natural$ per cwt · actual wt
1	1000–1050	1,000	167.50	167.50
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Natural$ per cwt · actual wt
14	900–950	918	209.00	209.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	350–400	353	270.00	270.00
4	400–450	428	285.00–292.50	290.73
2	500–550	533	252.50	252.50
1	550–600	550	257.50	257.50
1	600–650	621	232.50	232.50
1	750–800	797	190.00	190.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
2	600–650	627	230.00	230.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	450–500	478	292.50	292.50
4	550–600	569	247.50–250.00	249.38
Bulls — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	500–550	515	217.50	217.50
3	850–900	877	182.50	182.50
Bulls — Medium and Large 2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
7	650–700	668	220.00	220.00
1	700–750	745	190.00	190.00

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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