Sale reports / Virginia / Fauquier Livestock Exchange, Inc. / 2020-05-08

Fauquier Livestock Exchange, Inc.

Feeder Cattle · Marshall, Virginia · Fri, May 8
● Final30 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2173
Receipts
136 head
▲ 90 vs last sale 46▲ 136 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 61, Heifers 65, Bulls 10)

Value Added Cattle are Weaned and Vaccinated

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $119.94/cwt on 65 head.
Average price
$119.94
65 head · 603 lb average
Value per head Derived
$724
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
−$70
per head · Medium and Large 2 over Small 1
$30.57/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−1.73
vs VA average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 2541125.5767923
Medium and Large 3418122.005102thin
Medium and Large 1633119.0075336
Small 178995.007504thin
One grade step is worth $30.57/cwt here — about −$70 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 0–100 lb. USDA reports each grade on its own line and never publishes the spread.

How it compared 0–100 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only
This sale65 hd
119.94
—
VA average12 barns · 1,852 hd
121.66
−1.73
A barn can sit above the state average at one weight and below it at another — check the class you actually sell.

Every lot

30 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. Grouped by class and set lightest first; USDA files them in sale-ring order.
ClassWeightGrade / descriptionAvg wtPriceRangePer headHead
Feeder Cattle · Steers10 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 2372157.00/cwt157.00–157.005843
Steers—Medium and Large 1456148.50/cwt148.50–148.5067712
Steers—Medium and Large 2465146.50/cwt146.50–146.506814
Steers—Medium and Large 1545138.20/cwt138.00–140.0075320
Steers—Medium and Large 2568140.00/cwt140.00–140.007952
Steers—Small 1587100.00/cwt100.00–100.005871
Steers—Medium and Large 1634126.00/cwt126.00–126.007998
Steers—Medium and Large 2Value Added652134.00/cwt134.00–134.008743
Steers—Medium and Large 1734119.02/cwt113.00–120.008747
Steers—Medium and Large 1833113.00/cwt113.00–113.009411
Feeder Cattle · Heifers14 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 2382132.00/cwt132.00–132.005042
Heifers—Medium and Large 3418122.00/cwt122.00–122.005102
Heifers—Medium and Large 2436135.50/cwt135.50–135.505916
Heifers—Medium and Large 2454126.00/cwt126.00–126.005724
Heifers—Medium and Large 1465126.50/cwt126.50–126.505884
Heifers—Medium and Large 2514124.00/cwt124.00–124.006371
Heifers—Medium and Large 1557119.50/cwt119.50–119.506664
Heifers—Medium and Large 2Value Added576129.00/cwt129.00–129.007437
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Value Added584128.00/cwt128.00–128.0074815
Heifers—Medium and Large 1660111.00/cwt111.00–111.007334
Heifers—Small 1Value Added78995.00/cwt95.00–95.007504
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Value Added811104.00/cwt104.00–104.008439
Heifers—Medium and Large 286097.00/cwt97.00–97.008342
Heifers—Medium and Large 298186.00/cwt86.00–86.008441
Feeder Cattle · Bulls6 lots · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 3320107.50/cwt107.50–107.503441
Bulls—Medium and Large 3454117.00/cwt117.00–117.005312
Bulls—Medium and Large 2490131.00/cwt131.00–131.006422
Bulls—Medium and Large 1555123.00/cwt123.00–123.006832
Bulls—Medium and Large 1625117.00/cwt117.00–117.007311
Bulls—Medium and Large 180698.00/cwt98.00–98.007902

This sale against other markets

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.