Name: Fauquier Livestock Exchange, Inc. livestock auction prices — 2024-08-09
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-08-09

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 51, Heifers 35, Bulls 6)

Value Added Cattle are Weaned and Vaccinated.

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $256.98/cwt on 13 head. That ranks 1 of 9 comparable sales and sits −191.81 against this barn's trailing median of $448.79.

Average price

$256.98

13 head · 543 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,396

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$81

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

$17.59/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−8.49

vs VA average

−18.10 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	541	263.75	1,427	8thin
Medium and Large 2	547	246.16	1,345	5thin

One grade step is worth $17.59/cwt here — about $81 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 sale13 hd

256.98

—

VA average10 barns · 328 hd

265.48

−8.49

National average145 barns · 4,636 hd

275.08

−18.10

This barn, trailing median9 sales

448.79

−191.81

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

33 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 2	400–450	436	237.50/cwt	237.50–237.50	1,036	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	550–600	573	200.00/cwt	200.00–200.00	1,146	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	350–400	381	309.64/cwt	267.50–330.00	1,180	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	500–550	524	177.50/cwt	177.50–177.50	930	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	487	240.00/cwt	240.00–240.00	1,169	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	520	237.00/cwt	237.00–237.00	1,232	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	468	257.50/cwt	257.50–257.50	1,205	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	558	267.50/cwt	267.50–267.50	1,493	4
Steers	Small 1	650–700	676	202.50/cwt	202.50–202.50	1,369	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	524	260.00/cwt	260.00–260.00	1,362	4
Steers	Medium and Large 3	300–350	326	255.00/cwt	255.00–255.00	831	2
Steers	Medium and Large 3	450–500	477	235.00/cwt	235.00–235.00	1,121	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	525	264.00/cwt	264.00–264.00	1,386	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	628	254.00/cwt	254.00–254.00	1,595	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	250–300	256	327.50/cwt	327.50–327.50	838	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	350–400	386	222.50/cwt	222.50–222.50	859	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	554	225.00/cwt	225.00–225.00	1,247	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	300–350	300	270.00/cwt	270.00–270.00	810	4
Steers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	579	219.39/cwt	200.00–240.00	1,270	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	700–750	740	231.00/cwt	231.00–231.00	1,709	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	600–650	606	240.00/cwt	240.00–240.00	1,454	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	552	230.00/cwt	230.00–230.00	1,270	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	250–300	273	220.00/cwt	220.00–220.00	601	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	579	235.00/cwt	235.00–235.00	1,361	5
Steers	Medium and Large 2	650–700	680	249.00/cwt	249.00–249.00	1,693	10
Steers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	351	247.50/cwt	247.50–247.50	869	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	402	265.00/cwt	265.00–265.00	1,065	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	550–600	594	175.00/cwt	175.00–175.00	1,040	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	411	247.50/cwt	247.50–247.50	1,017	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	450–500	466	220.00/cwt	220.00–220.00	1,025	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	366	242.50/cwt	242.50–242.50	888	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	633	235.00/cwt	235.00–235.00	1,488	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	358	280.00/cwt	280.00–280.00	1,002	2

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 Aug 9, 2024

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

Receipts 92Last week 336Year ago 284

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 51, Heifers 35, Bulls 6)

Value Added Cattle are Weaned and Vaccinated.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	350–400	381	267.50–330.00	309.64
1	400–450	436	237.50	237.50
1	550–600	573	200.00	200.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	500–550	524	177.50	177.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	450–500	487	240.00	240.00
3	500–550	520	237.00	237.00
4	550–600	552	230.00	230.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
4	350–400	386	222.50	222.50
3	450–500	466	220.00	220.00
2	550–600	594	175.00	175.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	250–300	273	220.00	220.00
1	350–400	366	242.50	242.50
4	400–450	411	247.50	247.50
2	550–600	554	225.00	225.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	300–350	300	270.00	270.00
5	550–600	579	235.00	235.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	350–400	351	247.50	247.50
1	400–450	402	265.00	265.00
2	450–500	468	257.50	257.50
3	500–550	525	264.00	264.00
2	550–600	579	200.00–240.00	219.39
10	650–700	680	249.00	249.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	350–400	358	280.00	280.00
4	500–550	524	260.00	260.00
4	550–600	558	267.50	267.50
2	600–650	633	235.00	235.00
Steers — Small 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	650–700	676	202.50	202.50
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	300–350	326	255.00	255.00
1	450–500	477	235.00	235.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	250–300	256	327.50	327.50
6	600–650	628	254.00	254.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
1	700–750	740	231.00	231.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
4	600–650	606	240.00	240.00

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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