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Fauquier Livestock Exchange, Inc.

Name: Fauquier Livestock Exchange, Inc. livestock auction prices — 2024-04-12
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-04-12

Feeder Cattle · Marshall, Virginia · Fri, Apr 12

● Final45 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2173

← Mar 22Apr 12Apr 26 →

Receipts

162 head

▼ 20 vs last sale 182▼ 85 vs year ago 247 · −34.4%

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 55, Heifers 88, Bulls 19)

Value Added Cattle are Weaned & Vaccinated.

Weight class — the figures below change to match

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb heifers averaged $250.60/cwt on 49 head. That ranks 1 of 11 comparable sales and sits −98.36 against this barn's trailing median of $348.96.

Average price

$250.60

49 head · 555 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,392

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

−$19

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

$9.73/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+5.24

vs VA average

−13.36 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 2	527	257.37	1,357	12thin
Medium and Large 1-2	583	250.00	1,458	12thin
Medium and Large 1	556	247.64	1,376	25

One grade step is worth $9.73/cwt here — about −$19 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 300–400 lb. USDA reports each grade on its own line and never publishes the spread.

How it compared 500–600 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only

This sale49 hd

250.60

—

VA average10 barns · 761 hd

245.36

+5.24

National average181 barns · 13,137 hd

263.96

−13.36

This barn, trailing median11 sales

348.96

−98.36

A barn can sit above the state average at one weight and below it at another — check the class you actually sell.

This barn's trailing prices 500–600 lb

11 sales

Heifers 500–600 lb: high $400.71, low $288.33, median $348.96 across 11 sales. Sales under 10 head in this class are excluded, so a thin day cannot swing the median or the ranking.

Every lot

45 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.

Class	Weight	Grade / description	Avg wt	Price	Range	Per head	Head
Feeder Cattle · Steers14 lots · lightest first
Steers	250–300	Medium and Large 2Value Added	251	165.00/cwt	165.00–165.00	414	1
Steers	300–350	Medium and Large 2	322	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	966	1
Steers	350–400	Medium and Large 1	370	330.00/cwt	330.00–330.00	1,221	2
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 2	429	316.00/cwt	316.00–316.00	1,356	4
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	455	310.00/cwt	310.00–310.00	1,411	6
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	543	265.00/cwt	265.00–265.00	1,439	8
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1Natural	572	275.00/cwt	275.00–275.00	1,573	7
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	590	265.00/cwt	265.00–265.00	1,564	2
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 2	623	237.39/cwt	230.00–245.00	1,479	2
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	644	240.00/cwt	240.00–240.00	1,546	2
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1Value Added	675	252.00/cwt	252.00–252.00	1,701	4
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 2	691	235.00/cwt	235.00–235.00	1,624	2
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 2-3Value Added	693	172.50/cwt	172.50–172.50	1,195	4
Steers	900–950	Medium and Large 1Value Added	902	220.00/cwt	220.00–220.00	1,984	10
Feeder Cattle · Heifers21 lots · lightest first
Heifers	150–200	Medium and Large 2	172	225.00/cwt	225.00–225.00	387	1
Heifers	250–300	Medium and Large 3	283	235.00/cwt	235.00–235.00	665	1
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 3	351	122.50/cwt	122.50–122.50	430	2
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 2	394	270.00/cwt	270.00–270.00	1,064	2
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 2	430	268.00/cwt	268.00–268.00	1,152	2
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 2	466	255.00/cwt	255.00–255.00	1,188	5
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	467	259.00/cwt	259.00–259.00	1,210	6
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 3	497	247.00/cwt	247.00–247.00	1,228	2
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1Value Added	517	252.98/cwt	249.00–255.00	1,308	6
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 2	523	260.31/cwt	246.00–266.00	1,361	11
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	540	243.00/cwt	243.00–243.00	1,312	6
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	556	243.00/cwt	243.00–243.00	1,351	5
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 2	572	225.00/cwt	225.00–225.00	1,287	1
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	583	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	1,458	12
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1Value Added	596	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	1,490	8
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1Value Added	683	227.00/cwt	227.00–227.00	1,550	3
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 2	684	225.00/cwt	225.00–225.00	1,539	3
Heifers	750–800	Small 1	750	155.00/cwt	155.00–155.00	1,163	1
Heifers	750–800	Medium and Large 2	771	185.00/cwt	185.00–185.00	1,426	2
Heifers	800–850	Medium and Large 1	808	200.00/cwt	200.00–200.00	1,616	4
Heifers	800–850	Medium and Large 1-2Natural	821	205.00/cwt	205.00–205.00	1,683	5
Feeder Cattle · Bulls10 lots · lightest first
Bulls	300–350	Medium and Large 1	340	285.00/cwt	285.00–285.00	969	2
Bulls	350–400	Medium and Large 3	380	275.00/cwt	275.00–275.00	1,045	2
Bulls	350–400	Medium and Large 2	396	255.00/cwt	255.00–255.00	1,010	1
Bulls	400–450	Medium and Large 2	408	267.50/cwt	267.50–267.50	1,091	1
Bulls	400–450	Medium and Large 1	424	287.50/cwt	287.50–287.50	1,219	2
Bulls	450–500	Medium and Large 2	490	257.50/cwt	257.50–257.50	1,262	1
Bulls	500–550	Medium and Large 1	538	242.50/cwt	242.50–242.50	1,305	4
Bulls	550–600	Medium and Large 3	552	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	1,380	4
Bulls	550–600	Medium and Large 1	562	242.50/cwt	242.50–242.50	1,363	1
Bulls	750–800	Medium and Large 2	792	172.50/cwt	172.50–172.50	1,366	1

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.

Virginia feeder prices, every weight →Every state and region →

Fauquier Livestock Exchange Graded Feeder Cattle Sale - Marshall, VA

Fri Apr 12, 2024

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

Receipts 162Last week 182Year ago 247

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 55, Heifers 88, Bulls 19)

Value Added Cattle are Weaned & Vaccinated.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	350–400	380	275.00	275.00
4	550–600	552	250.00	250.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	350–400	396	255.00	255.00
1	400–450	408	267.50	267.50
1	450–500	490	257.50	257.50
1	750–800	792	172.50	172.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	300–350	340	285.00	285.00
2	400–450	424	287.50	287.50
4	500–550	538	242.50	242.50
1	550–600	562	242.50	242.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	300–350	322	300.00	300.00
4	400–450	429	316.00	316.00
2	600–650	623	230.00–245.00	237.39
2	650–700	691	235.00	235.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
4	650–700	675	252.00	252.00
10	900–950	902	220.00	220.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	350–400	370	330.00	330.00
6	450–500	455	310.00	310.00
8	500–550	543	265.00	265.00
2	550–600	590	265.00	265.00
2	600–650	644	240.00	240.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Natural$ per cwt · actual wt
7	550–600	572	275.00	275.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2-3 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
4	650–700	693	172.50	172.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
1	250–300	251	165.00	165.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Natural$ per cwt · actual wt
5	800–850	821	205.00	205.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
6	500–550	517	249.00–255.00	252.98
8	550–600	596	250.00	250.00
3	650–700	683	227.00	227.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
6	450–500	467	259.00	259.00
6	500–550	540	243.00	243.00
5	550–600	556	243.00	243.00
4	800–850	808	200.00	200.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Small 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	750–800	750	155.00	155.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	150–200	172	225.00	225.00
2	350–400	394	270.00	270.00
2	400–450	430	268.00	268.00
5	450–500	466	255.00	255.00
11	500–550	523	246.00–266.00	260.31
1	550–600	572	225.00	225.00
3	650–700	684	225.00	225.00
2	750–800	771	185.00	185.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	250–300	283	235.00	235.00
2	350–400	351	122.50	122.50
2	450–500	497	247.00	247.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
12	550–600	583	250.00	250.00

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.