Name: Fauquier Livestock Exchange, Inc. livestock auction prices — 2024-04-26
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-04-26

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 35, Heifers 64, Bulls 33)

Value Added cattle are Weaned and Vaccinated

Weight class

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb heifers averaged $249.29/cwt on 21 head. That ranks 1 of 10 comparable sales and sits −115.83 against this barn's trailing median of $365.11.

Average price

$249.29

21 head · 566 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,411

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$86

per head · Medium and Large 2 over Medium and Large 3

$33.33/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+3.69

vs VA average

−20.90 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 2	546	253.33	1,384	6thin
Medium and Large 1-2	574	252.50	1,449	4thin
Medium and Large 2-3	595	249.00	1,482	5thin
Medium and Large 1	550	248.00	1,364	5thin
Medium and Large 3	590	220.00	1,298	1thin

One grade step is worth $33.33/cwt here — about $86 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

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 sale21 hd

249.29

—

VA average8 barns · 462 hd

245.60

+3.69

National average178 barns · 11,596 hd

270.19

−20.90

This barn, trailing median10 sales

365.11

−115.83

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

38 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	250–300	293	325.00/cwt	325.00–325.00	952	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	350–400	355	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	1,136	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	750–800	763	207.00/cwt	207.00–207.00	1,579	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	1050–1100	1,094	157.50/cwt	157.50–157.50	1,723	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	450–500	477	280.00/cwt	280.00–280.00	1,336	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	650–700	659	249.00/cwt	249.00–249.00	1,641	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	451	266.00/cwt	266.00–266.00	1,200	8
Heifers	Small 1Value Added	600–650	625	177.50/cwt	177.50–177.50	1,109	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	659	261.00/cwt	261.00–261.00	1,720	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	642	220.00/cwt	220.00–220.00	1,412	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	550–600	556	279.00/cwt	279.00–279.00	1,551	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	469	275.00/cwt	275.00–275.00	1,290	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	550	302.00/cwt	302.00–302.00	1,661	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	550	248.00/cwt	248.00–248.00	1,364	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 2Value Added	700–750	700	221.00/cwt	221.00–221.00	1,547	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	950–1000	995	167.50/cwt	167.50–167.50	1,667	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	342	272.50/cwt	272.50–272.50	932	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	700–750	705	235.00/cwt	235.00–235.00	1,657	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	383	325.00/cwt	325.00–325.00	1,245	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	600–650	616	280.00/cwt	280.00–280.00	1,725	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	600–650	642	225.00/cwt	225.00–225.00	1,445	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	500–550	524	317.00/cwt	317.00–317.00	1,661	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	553	253.00/cwt	253.00–253.00	1,399	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	469	268.03/cwt	265.00–271.00	1,257	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	550–600	574	252.50/cwt	252.50–252.50	1,449	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2Value Added	650–700	652	187.50/cwt	187.50–187.50	1,223	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	650–700	674	222.50/cwt	222.50–222.50	1,500	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	475	265.00/cwt	265.00–265.00	1,259	1
Steers	Medium and Large 3	400–450	435	242.50/cwt	202.50–262.50	1,055	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	450–500	464	237.50/cwt	237.50–237.50	1,102	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	557	275.00/cwt	275.00–275.00	1,532	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	450–500	453	289.00/cwt	289.00–289.00	1,309	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3Value Added	550–600	595	249.00/cwt	249.00–249.00	1,482	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	300–350	340	272.50/cwt	272.50–272.50	927	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	250–300	270	200.00/cwt	200.00–200.00	540	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	550–600	590	220.00/cwt	220.00–220.00	1,298	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	350–400	395	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	1,185	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	512	255.00/cwt	255.00–255.00	1,306	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 Apr 26, 2024

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

Receipts 132Last week 162Year ago 207

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 35, Heifers 64, Bulls 33)

Value Added 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	250–300	293	325.00	325.00
1	350–400	355	320.00	320.00
4	450–500	477	280.00	280.00
8	550–600	556	279.00	279.00
6	650–700	659	249.00	249.00
1	750–800	763	207.00	207.00
1	1050–1100	1,094	157.50	157.50
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	350–400	395	300.00	300.00
5	450–500	453	289.00	289.00
3	650–700	674	222.50	222.50
Bulls — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	250–300	270	200.00	200.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	300–350	342	272.50	272.50
8	450–500	451	266.00	266.00
5	550–600	550	248.00	248.00
1	600–650	642	220.00	220.00
1	950–1000	995	167.50	167.50
Heifers — Small 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
2	600–650	625	177.50	177.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
3	650–700	652	187.50	187.50
9	700–750	700	221.00	221.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	300–350	340	272.50	272.50
12	450–500	469	265.00–271.00	268.03
1	500–550	512	255.00	255.00
5	550–600	553	253.00	253.00
2	600–650	642	225.00	225.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
4	550–600	574	252.50	252.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	450–500	464	237.50	237.50
1	550–600	590	220.00	220.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2-3 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
5	550–600	595	249.00	249.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	450–500	469	275.00	275.00
6	550–600	550	302.00	302.00
3	650–700	659	261.00	261.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	350–400	383	325.00	325.00
1	450–500	475	265.00	265.00
2	550–600	557	275.00	275.00
1	700–750	705	235.00	235.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
8	500–550	524	317.00	317.00
8	600–650	616	280.00	280.00
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
3	400–450	435	202.50–262.50	242.50

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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