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Fauquier Livestock Exchange, Inc.

Name: Fauquier Livestock Exchange, Inc. livestock auction prices — 2024-05-10
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-05-10

Feeder Cattle · Marshall, Virginia · Fri, May 10

● Final45 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2173

← Apr 26May 10May 24 →

Receipts

249 head

▲ 117 vs last sale 132▲ 57 vs year ago 192 · +29.7%

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 145, Heifers 98, Bulls 6)

Value Added and Natural Cattle are Weaned and Vaccinated.

Weight class — the figures below change to match

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $285.76/cwt on 44 head. That ranks 1 of 10 comparable sales and sits −152.86 against this barn's trailing median of $438.61.

Average price

$285.76

44 head · 580 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,656

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$951

per head · Medium and Large 1 over Small 1

$162.43/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−9.45

vs VA average

−23.95 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	583	294.93	1,721	30
Medium and Large 2	575	279.19	1,606	12thin
Medium and Large 3	522	242.50	1,266	1thin
Small 1	581	132.50	770	1thin

One grade step is worth $162.43/cwt here — about $951 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.

How it compared 500–600 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only

This sale44 hd

285.76

—

VA average10 barns · 530 hd

295.20

−9.45

National average167 barns · 10,730 hd

309.71

−23.95

This barn, trailing median10 sales

438.61

−152.86

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

10 sales

Steers 500–600 lb: high $505.77, low $356.06, median $438.61 across 10 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 · Steers22 lots · lightest first
Steers	350–400	Medium and Large 2	391	314.73/cwt	272.50–323.00	1,231	6
Steers	350–400	Medium and Large 1	397	317.50/cwt	317.50–317.50	1,260	1
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 3	403	177.24/cwt	137.50–197.50	714	3
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	452	240.00/cwt	240.00–240.00	1,085	6
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 2Natural	456	271.00/cwt	271.00–271.00	1,236	2
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	476	316.00/cwt	316.00–316.00	1,504	23
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 2	481	290.00/cwt	290.00–290.00	1,395	6
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 2-3Value Added	494	290.00/cwt	290.00–290.00	1,433	4
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 2Natural	512	275.00/cwt	275.00–275.00	1,408	1
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 3	522	242.50/cwt	242.50–242.50	1,266	1
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	575	285.18/cwt	277.50–289.00	1,640	9
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 2Value Added	579	281.03/cwt	205.00–299.00	1,627	10
Steers	550–600	Small 1	581	132.50/cwt	132.50–132.50	770	1
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1Natural	587	299.11/cwt	257.50–303.00	1,756	21
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 2	599	265.00/cwt	265.00–265.00	1,587	1
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	631	263.32/cwt	260.00–265.00	1,662	3
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 3	663	222.50/cwt	222.50–222.50	1,475	1
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 2Natural	680	225.00/cwt	225.00–225.00	1,530	1
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1Natural	690	272.09/cwt	270.00–274.00	1,877	42
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 2Value Added	742	220.00/cwt	220.00–220.00	1,632	1
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 1Natural	747	240.00/cwt	240.00–240.00	1,793	1
Steers	800–850	Medium and Large 1	814	217.50/cwt	217.50–217.50	1,770	1
Feeder Cattle · Heifers19 lots · lightest first
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 3	373	227.50/cwt	227.50–227.50	849	2
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 2	382	267.50/cwt	267.50–267.50	1,022	3
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 3	411	234.00/cwt	234.00–234.00	962	2
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	423	263.00/cwt	263.00–263.00	1,112	2
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 3	453	226.00/cwt	226.00–226.00	1,024	1
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 2	457	255.45/cwt	239.00–258.00	1,167	8
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1Natural	469	230.00/cwt	230.00–230.00	1,079	3
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 2-3Value Added	534	260.00/cwt	260.00–260.00	1,388	5
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 2	539	248.00/cwt	248.00–248.00	1,337	2
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	541	244.00/cwt	244.00–244.00	1,320	7
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1Natural	544	254.79/cwt	245.00–256.00	1,386	9
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1Natural	563	262.59/cwt	261.00–264.00	1,478	17
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	612	220.00/cwt	220.00–220.00	1,346	2
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1Natural	639	258.00/cwt	258.00–258.00	1,649	26
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	648	235.00/cwt	235.00–235.00	1,523	2
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 2	665	225.00/cwt	225.00–225.00	1,496	2
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 1Natural	730	210.00/cwt	210.00–210.00	1,533	1
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 1	743	200.00/cwt	200.00–200.00	1,486	1
Heifers	750–800	Medium and Large 2Value Added	760	212.50/cwt	212.50–212.50	1,615	3
Feeder Cattle · Bulls4 lots · lightest first
Bulls	250–300	Medium and Large 3	272	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	340	1
Bulls	350–400	Medium and Large 2	350	277.50/cwt	277.50–277.50	971	1
Bulls	500–550	Medium and Large 2	537	255.00/cwt	255.00–255.00	1,369	2
Bulls	650–700	Medium and Large 2	683	179.56/cwt	150.00–210.00	1,226	2

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 May 10, 2024

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

Receipts 249Last week 132Year ago 192

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 145, Heifers 98, Bulls 6)

Value Added and Natural Cattle are Weaned and Vaccinated.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	400–450	423	263.00	263.00
7	500–550	541	244.00	244.00
2	600–650	612	220.00	220.00
1	700–750	743	200.00	200.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Natural$ per cwt · actual wt
3	450–500	469	230.00	230.00
9	500–550	544	245.00–256.00	254.79
17	550–600	563	261.00–264.00	262.59
26	600–650	639	258.00	258.00
1	700–750	730	210.00	210.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
2	600–650	648	235.00	235.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	350–400	382	267.50	267.50
8	450–500	457	239.00–258.00	255.45
2	500–550	539	248.00	248.00
2	650–700	665	225.00	225.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	350–400	373	227.50	227.50
2	400–450	411	234.00	234.00
1	450–500	453	226.00	226.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2-3 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
5	500–550	534	260.00	260.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
3	750–800	760	212.50	212.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	350–400	397	317.50	317.50
23	450–500	476	316.00	316.00
9	550–600	575	277.50–289.00	285.18
3	600–650	631	260.00–265.00	263.32
1	800–850	814	217.50	217.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Natural$ per cwt · actual wt
21	550–600	587	257.50–303.00	299.11
42	650–700	690	270.00–274.00	272.09
1	700–750	747	240.00	240.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Small 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	550–600	581	132.50	132.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
6	350–400	391	272.50–323.00	314.73
6	450–500	481	290.00	290.00
1	550–600	599	265.00	265.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
10	550–600	579	205.00–299.00	281.03
1	700–750	742	220.00	220.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2 · Natural$ per cwt · actual wt
2	450–500	456	271.00	271.00
1	500–550	512	275.00	275.00
1	650–700	680	225.00	225.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2-3 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
4	450–500	494	290.00	290.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
3	400–450	403	137.50–197.50	177.24
1	500–550	522	242.50	242.50
1	650–700	663	222.50	222.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
6	450–500	452	240.00	240.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	350–400	350	277.50	277.50
2	500–550	537	255.00	255.00
2	650–700	683	150.00–210.00	179.56

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	250–300	272	125.00	125.00

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.