Sale reports / Virginia / Fauquier Livestock Exchange, Inc. / 2020-08-14

Fauquier Livestock Exchange, Inc.

Feeder Cattle · Marshall, Virginia · Fri, Aug 14
● Final34 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2173
Receipts
144 head
▲ 144 vs last sale 0▲ 144 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 56. Heifers 73, Bulls 15)

Natural 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 $119.39/cwt on 71 head.
Average price
$119.39
71 head · 544 lb average
Value per head Derived
$650
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$48
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 3
$17.25/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−5.96
vs VA average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1502127.5064028
Medium and Large 2565115.9265526
Medium and Large 1-2635115.007303thin
Medium and Large 2-3645111.007164thin
Small 1559111.006202thin
Medium and Large 3538110.255938thin
One grade step is worth $17.25/cwt here — about $48 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 sale71 hd
119.39
—
VA average9 barns · 1,511 hd
125.35
−5.96
A barn can sit above the state average at one weight and below it at another — check the class you actually sell.

Every lot

34 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 2397143.00/cwt143.00–143.005682
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Natural433155.00/cwt155.00–155.006719
Steers—Medium and Large 2478139.00/cwt139.00–139.006643
Steers—Medium and Large 2548135.00/cwt135.00–135.007403
Steers—Medium and Large 1549141.00/cwt141.00–141.007749
Steers—Medium and Large 2-3564132.00/cwt132.00–132.0074410
Steers—Medium and Large 2611131.00/cwt131.00–131.008001
Steers—Medium and Large 1643139.00/cwt139.00–139.008948
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2693139.00/cwt139.00–139.009634
Steers—Medium and Large 1740130.00/cwt130.00–130.009627
Feeder Cattle · Heifers18 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 2352110.00/cwt110.00–110.003871
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Natural443134.00/cwt134.00–134.0059416
Heifers—Medium and Large 3451114.00/cwt114.00–114.005144
Heifers—Medium and Large 2460120.00/cwt120.00–120.005526
Heifers—Medium and Large 1463122.00/cwt122.00–122.005652
Heifers—Small 1508104.00/cwt104.00–104.005281
Heifers—Medium and Large 2547110.00/cwt110.00–110.006022
Heifers—Medium and Large 2559118.54/cwt115.00–119.006639
Heifers—Medium and Large 3566115.00/cwt115.00–115.006513
Heifers—Medium and Large 1569120.00/cwt120.00–120.006834
Heifers—Small 1610118.00/cwt118.00–118.007201
Heifers—Medium and Large 2623123.27/cwt121.00–124.007684
Heifers—Medium and Large 1628117.00/cwt117.00–117.007356
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2635115.00/cwt115.00–115.007303
Heifers—Medium and Large 2-3645111.00/cwt111.00–111.007164
Heifers—Medium and Large 2730106.00/cwt106.00–106.007742
Heifers—Medium and Large 275396.00/cwt96.00–96.007232
Heifers—Medium and Large 379881.00/cwt81.00–81.006461
Feeder Cattle · Bulls6 lots · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 2386140.00/cwt140.00–140.005401
Bulls—Medium and Large 1436135.00/cwt135.00–135.005893
Bulls—Medium and Large 1510127.00/cwt127.00–127.006484
Bulls—Medium and Large 2588119.00/cwt119.00–119.007001
Bulls—Medium and Large 2653120.00/cwt120.00–120.007844
Bulls—Medium and Large 1669119.00/cwt119.00–119.007962

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.