Name: Fauquier Livestock Exchange, Inc. livestock auction prices — 2024-09-13
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-09-13

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 93, Heifers 93, Bulls 23)

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 $254.82/cwt on 22 head. That ranks 1 of 9 comparable sales and sits −193.97 against this barn's trailing median of $448.79.

Average price

$254.82

22 head · 569 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,451

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$14

per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 2-3

$20.00/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−13.72

vs VA average

−13.38 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	554	263.00	1,457	10thin
Medium and Large 1-2	570	253.00	1,442	6thin
Medium and Large 2-3	594	243.00	1,443	6thin

One grade step is worth $20.00/cwt here — about $14 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 900–1000 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 sale22 hd

254.82

—

VA average9 barns · 647 hd

268.54

−13.72

National average178 barns · 13,815 hd

268.20

−13.38

This barn, trailing median9 sales

448.79

−193.97

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

49 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
Steers	Small 1	900–950	918	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	1,285	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	600–650	600	257.00/cwt	257.00–257.00	1,542	16
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	500–550	544	222.50/cwt	222.50–222.50	1,210	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	650–700	678	231.00/cwt	231.00–231.00	1,566	13
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	600	256.00/cwt	256.00–256.00	1,536	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	700–750	740	190.00/cwt	190.00–190.00	1,406	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	768	227.00/cwt	227.00–227.00	1,743	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	450	257.50/cwt	257.50–257.50	1,159	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	835	229.55/cwt	224.00–232.00	1,917	16
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	554	263.00/cwt	263.00–263.00	1,457	10
Steers	Medium and Large 2	800–850	801	219.00/cwt	219.00–219.00	1,754	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	651	235.00/cwt	235.00–235.00	1,530	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	886	200.00/cwt	200.00–200.00	1,772	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	650–700	676	230.00/cwt	230.00–230.00	1,555	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	370	267.50/cwt	267.50–267.50	990	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	570	253.00/cwt	253.00–253.00	1,442	6
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3Value Added	550–600	594	243.00/cwt	243.00–243.00	1,443	6
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3Value Added	450–500	471	256.00/cwt	256.00–256.00	1,206	8
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	600–650	615	160.00/cwt	160.00–160.00	984	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	400–450	431	237.51/cwt	230.00–245.00	1,024	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	900–950	948	100.00/cwt	100.00–100.00	948	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	500–550	541	231.00/cwt	231.00–231.00	1,250	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	750–800	774	192.50/cwt	192.50–192.50	1,490	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	350–400	397	262.50/cwt	262.50–262.50	1,042	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	300–350	342	230.00/cwt	230.00–230.00	787	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	750–800	796	132.50/cwt	132.50–132.50	1,055	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	700–750	732	207.00/cwt	207.00–207.00	1,515	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	450–500	480	195.00/cwt	195.00–195.00	936	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	384	228.12/cwt	212.50–245.00	876	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	664	218.00/cwt	218.00–218.00	1,448	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	600–650	623	236.00/cwt	236.00–236.00	1,470	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	750–800	773	200.17/cwt	197.50–203.00	1,547	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	519	217.50/cwt	217.50–217.50	1,129	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	328	247.50/cwt	247.50–247.50	812	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3Value Added	600–650	614	231.00/cwt	231.00–231.00	1,418	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	500–550	549	227.00/cwt	227.00–227.00	1,246	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	469	237.50/cwt	237.50–237.50	1,114	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	480	244.00/cwt	244.00–244.00	1,171	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	557	229.00/cwt	229.00–229.00	1,276	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	650–700	662	214.00/cwt	214.00–214.00	1,417	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	450–500	495	232.50/cwt	232.50–232.50	1,151	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	700–750	728	209.00/cwt	209.00–209.00	1,522	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	550–600	594	240.00/cwt	240.00–240.00	1,426	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	850–900	887	170.00/cwt	170.00–170.00	1,508	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	250–300	255	217.50/cwt	217.50–217.50	555	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3Value Added	750–800	769	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	1,154	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	600–650	642	245.00/cwt	245.00–245.00	1,573	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	542	222.22/cwt	219.00–223.00	1,204	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	900–950	940	220.00/cwt	220.00–220.00	2,068	6

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 Sep 13, 2024

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

Receipts 209Last week 92Year ago 344

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 93, Heifers 93, Bulls 23)

Value Added Cattle are Weaned and Vaccinated

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Small 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	900–950	918	140.00	140.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
16	600–650	600	257.00	257.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	450–500	450	257.50	257.50
10	550–600	554	263.00	263.00
6	600–650	600	256.00	256.00
4	650–700	651	235.00	235.00
4	750–800	768	227.00	227.00
16	800–850	835	224.00–232.00	229.55
1	850–900	886	200.00	200.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	350–400	370	267.50	267.50
3	600–650	642	245.00	245.00
2	650–700	676	230.00	230.00
2	800–850	801	219.00	219.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
6	550–600	570	253.00	253.00
6	900–950	940	220.00	220.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2-3 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
8	450–500	471	256.00	256.00
6	550–600	594	243.00	243.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	500–550	544	222.50	222.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
8	450–500	495	232.50	232.50
12	550–600	594	240.00	240.00
9	600–650	623	236.00	236.00
13	650–700	678	231.00	231.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
2	700–750	740	190.00	190.00
2	750–800	773	197.50–203.00	200.17
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	250–300	255	217.50	217.50
2	350–400	384	212.50–245.00	228.12
1	450–500	469	237.50	237.50
5	500–550	542	219.00–223.00	222.22
7	650–700	662	214.00	214.00
1	700–750	728	209.00	209.00
1	850–900	887	170.00	170.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	300–350	328	247.50	247.50
5	450–500	480	244.00	244.00
1	500–550	519	217.50	217.50
9	550–600	557	229.00	229.00
4	650–700	664	218.00	218.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2-3 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
6	600–650	614	231.00	231.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 3 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
1	750–800	769	150.00	150.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	450–500	480	195.00	195.00
1	600–650	615	160.00	160.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	300–350	342	230.00	230.00
2	400–450	431	230.00–245.00	237.51
2	500–550	549	227.00	227.00
7	700–750	732	207.00	207.00
1	750–800	796	132.50	132.50
1	900–950	948	100.00	100.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	350–400	397	262.50	262.50
5	500–550	541	231.00	231.00
1	750–800	774	192.50	192.50

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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