Name: Fauquier Livestock Exchange, Inc. livestock auction prices — 2024-11-08
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-11-08

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 95, Heifers 72, Bulls 14)

Value Added and Natural Cattle are Weaned and Vaccinated.

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $250.80/cwt on 30 head. That ranks 1 of 9 comparable sales and sits −197.99 against this barn's trailing median of $448.79.

Average price

$250.80

30 head · 563 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,411

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$87

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

$11.58/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−12.00

vs VA average

−51.05 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	573	251.58	1,440	20
Medium and Large 1-2	538	251.56	1,352	8thin
Medium and Large 2	564	240.00	1,354	2thin

One grade step is worth $11.58/cwt here — about $87 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 700–800 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 sale30 hd

250.80

—

VA average10 barns · 437 hd

262.80

−12.00

National average187 barns · 26,509 hd

301.85

−51.05

This barn, trailing median9 sales

448.79

−197.99

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	Medium and Large 1	450–500	474	263.00/cwt	263.00–263.00	1,247	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	386	283.00/cwt	283.00–283.00	1,092	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	586	248.70/cwt	248.00–249.00	1,457	13
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	776	230.00/cwt	230.00–230.00	1,785	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1	950–1000	955	203.00/cwt	203.00–203.00	1,939	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	552	252.50/cwt	252.50–252.50	1,394	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	900–950	930	197.50/cwt	197.50–197.50	1,837	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	789	209.55/cwt	185.00–224.00	1,653	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	533	202.50/cwt	202.50–202.50	1,079	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	374	281.00/cwt	281.00–281.00	1,051	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	529	251.00/cwt	251.00–251.00	1,328	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	550–600	550	266.00/cwt	266.00–266.00	1,463	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	631	231.00/cwt	231.00–231.00	1,458	4
Steers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	564	240.00/cwt	240.00–240.00	1,354	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	900–950	944	197.50/cwt	197.50–197.50	1,864	1
Steers	Medium and Large 3	750–800	794	191.00/cwt	191.00–191.00	1,517	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	1100–1150	1,117	160.00/cwt	160.00–160.00	1,787	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	700–750	725	217.50/cwt	217.50–217.50	1,577	2
Bulls	Small 1	550–600	586	160.00/cwt	160.00–160.00	938	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	450–500	477	221.17/cwt	200.00–244.00	1,055	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	350–400	359	249.35/cwt	247.50–250.00	895	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	500–550	501	245.00/cwt	245.00–245.00	1,227	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	400–450	404	269.00/cwt	269.00–269.00	1,087	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	650–700	683	208.00/cwt	208.00–208.00	1,421	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Natural	650–700	679	230.00/cwt	230.00–230.00	1,562	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	461	234.28/cwt	231.00–237.50	1,080	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	802	142.50/cwt	142.50–142.50	1,143	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	716	197.50/cwt	197.50–197.50	1,414	1
Heifers	Small 1	450–500	475	160.00/cwt	160.00–160.00	760	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	659	212.50/cwt	212.50–212.50	1,400	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	593	220.00/cwt	220.00–220.00	1,305	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	442	228.00/cwt	228.00–228.00	1,008	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	519	222.62/cwt	221.00–225.00	1,155	15
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	552	222.50/cwt	222.50–222.50	1,228	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	700–750	732	203.00/cwt	203.00–203.00	1,486	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	403	243.00/cwt	243.00–243.00	979	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	369	246.00/cwt	246.00–246.00	908	2
Heifers	Small 1	350–400	398	190.00/cwt	190.00–190.00	756	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	539	223.00/cwt	223.00–223.00	1,202	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	372	248.00/cwt	248.00–248.00	923	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	660	239.00/cwt	239.00–239.00	1,577	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	792	195.00/cwt	195.00–195.00	1,544	5
Steers	Medium and Large 2	800–850	817	211.00/cwt	211.00–211.00	1,724	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	471	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	1,178	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2Value Added	350–400	368	243.00/cwt	243.00–243.00	894	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	500–550	539	215.00/cwt	215.00–215.00	1,159	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	816	208.75/cwt	200.00–214.00	1,703	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	250–300	298	235.00/cwt	235.00–235.00	700	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	429	280.00/cwt	280.00–280.00	1,201	7

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 Nov 8, 2024

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

Receipts 181Last week 259Year ago 257

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 95, Heifers 72, Bulls 14)

Value Added and Natural Cattle are Weaned and Vaccinated.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	350–400	386	283.00	283.00
7	400–450	429	280.00	280.00
6	450–500	474	263.00	263.00
1	500–550	533	202.50	202.50
13	550–600	586	248.00–249.00	248.70
4	600–650	631	231.00	231.00
8	650–700	660	239.00	239.00
5	750–800	789	185.00–224.00	209.55
11	800–850	816	200.00–214.00	208.75
2	900–950	930	197.50	197.50
1	950–1000	955	203.00	203.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	500–550	529	251.00	251.00
3	550–600	552	252.50	252.50
7	750–800	776	230.00	230.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	350–400	374	281.00	281.00
2	450–500	471	250.00	250.00
2	550–600	564	240.00	240.00
2	800–850	817	211.00	211.00
1	900–950	944	197.50	197.50
1	1100–1150	1,117	160.00	160.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
6	550–600	550	266.00	266.00
2	700–750	725	217.50	217.50
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	750–800	794	191.00	191.00
Bulls — Small 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	550–600	586	160.00	160.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	350–400	359	247.50–250.00	249.35
2	450–500	477	200.00–244.00	221.17
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	400–450	404	269.00	269.00
3	500–550	501	245.00	245.00
1	650–700	683	208.00	208.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Natural$ per cwt · actual wt
7	650–700	679	230.00	230.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	350–400	372	248.00	248.00
4	450–500	461	231.00–237.50	234.28
15	500–550	519	221.00–225.00	222.62
1	550–600	552	222.50	222.50
4	650–700	659	212.50	212.50
1	700–750	716	197.50	197.50
1	800–850	802	142.50	142.50
Heifers — Small 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	350–400	398	190.00	190.00
1	450–500	475	160.00	160.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
6	400–450	403	243.00	243.00
6	550–600	593	220.00	220.00
5	750–800	792	195.00	195.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	250–300	298	235.00	235.00
2	350–400	369	246.00	246.00
5	400–450	442	228.00	228.00
5	500–550	539	223.00	223.00
1	700–750	732	203.00	203.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
4	350–400	368	243.00	243.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	500–550	539	215.00	215.00

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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