Name: Fauquier Livestock Exchange, Inc. livestock auction prices — 2024-09-27
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-09-27

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 34, Heifers 54, Bulls 27)

Value Added and Natural Cattle are Weaned and Vaccinated

Weight class

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb heifers averaged $215.54/cwt on 27 head. That ranks 1 of 10 comparable sales and sits −149.57 against this barn's trailing median of $365.11.

Average price

$215.54

27 head · 559 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,205

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$315

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

$41.67/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−11.73

vs VA average

−24.55 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1-2	582	235.00	1,368	13thin
Medium and Large 2	536	198.60	1,064	11thin
Medium and Large 1	545	193.33	1,053	3thin

One grade step is worth $41.67/cwt here — about $315 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 sale27 hd

215.54

—

VA average9 barns · 535 hd

227.27

−11.73

National average173 barns · 10,203 hd

240.09

−24.55

This barn, trailing median10 sales

365.11

−149.57

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

35 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	750–800	762	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	1,143	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	400–450	436	230.00/cwt	230.00–230.00	1,003	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2Value Added	550–600	554	165.00/cwt	165.00–165.00	914	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	450–500	494	192.50/cwt	192.50–192.50	951	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	400–450	449	185.00/cwt	185.00–185.00	831	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	650–700	651	214.00/cwt	214.00–214.00	1,393	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	560	241.00/cwt	241.00–241.00	1,350	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	670	212.00/cwt	212.00–212.00	1,420	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	700–750	724	235.00/cwt	235.00–235.00	1,701	7
Steers	Medium and Large 2	650–700	683	210.00/cwt	210.00–210.00	1,434	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	420	208.07/cwt	200.00–210.00	874	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	380	216.35/cwt	197.50–225.00	822	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	557	260.00/cwt	260.00–260.00	1,448	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	732	232.00/cwt	232.00–232.00	1,698	6
Steers	Medium and Large 2	600–650	623	207.50/cwt	207.50–207.50	1,293	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	677	159.21/cwt	150.00–165.00	1,078	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	503	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	1,258	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	600–650	629	170.00/cwt	170.00–170.00	1,069	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	300–350	310	160.00/cwt	160.00–160.00	496	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	700–750	718	167.50/cwt	167.50–167.50	1,203	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Natural	550–600	582	235.00/cwt	235.00–235.00	1,368	13
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	300–350	339	272.50/cwt	272.50–272.50	924	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	534	203.66/cwt	150.00–213.00	1,088	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	550	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	825	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	542	215.00/cwt	215.00–215.00	1,165	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	477	225.00/cwt	225.00–225.00	1,073	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	450–500	457	219.00/cwt	219.00–219.00	1,001	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	500–550	544	230.00/cwt	230.00–230.00	1,251	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	556	148.00/cwt	148.00–148.00	823	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	600–650	645	218.00/cwt	218.00–218.00	1,406	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	850–900	858	107.50/cwt	107.50–107.50	922	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	550–600	573	210.00/cwt	210.00–210.00	1,203	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	950–1000	974	145.00/cwt	145.00–145.00	1,412	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	450–500	484	186.24/cwt	185.00–187.50	901	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	450–500	464	231.48/cwt	225.00–235.00	1,074	3

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 27, 2024

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

Receipts 115Last week 209Year ago 259

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 34, Heifers 54, Bulls 27)

Value Added and Natural 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
3	400–450	449	185.00	185.00
3	450–500	464	225.00–235.00	231.48
3	500–550	544	230.00	230.00
3	600–650	645	218.00	218.00
3	750–800	762	150.00	150.00
1	950–1000	974	145.00	145.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	300–350	339	272.50	272.50
1	400–450	436	230.00	230.00
2	450–500	484	185.00–187.50	186.24
1	550–600	573	210.00	210.00
3	650–700	651	214.00	214.00
1	850–900	858	107.50	107.50
Bulls — Medium and Large 2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
1	550–600	554	165.00	165.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	450–500	494	192.50	192.50
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	550–600	560	241.00	241.00
1	600–650	623	207.50	207.50
2	650–700	683	210.00	210.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
6	500–550	503	250.00	250.00
3	650–700	670	212.00	212.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
7	700–750	724	235.00	235.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
5	550–600	557	260.00	260.00
6	700–750	732	232.00	232.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	300–350	310	160.00	160.00
3	350–400	380	197.50–225.00	216.35
5	400–450	420	200.00–210.00	208.07
10	500–550	534	150.00–213.00	203.66
1	550–600	556	148.00	148.00
4	600–650	629	170.00	170.00
2	700–750	718	167.50	167.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
4	450–500	477	225.00	225.00
2	500–550	542	215.00	215.00
1	550–600	550	150.00	150.00
5	650–700	677	150.00–165.00	159.21
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Natural$ per cwt · actual wt
13	550–600	582	235.00	235.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
3	450–500	457	219.00	219.00

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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