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Fauquier Livestock Exchange, Inc.

Name: Fauquier Livestock Exchange, Inc. livestock auction prices — 2024-05-24
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-05-24

Feeder Cattle · Marshall, Virginia · Fri, May 24

● Final57 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2173

← May 10May 24Jun 14 →

Receipts

221 head

▼ 28 vs last sale 249▼ 305 vs year ago 526 · −58.0%

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 108, Heifers 85, Bulls 28)

Value Added cattle are Weaned and Vaccinated

Natural cattle are mostly Vaccinated, some Weaned

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 $314.68/cwt on 32 head. That ranks 1 of 10 comparable sales and sits −123.93 against this barn's trailing median of $438.61.

Average price

$314.68

32 head · 555 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,746

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

−$5

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

$3.15/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+7.57

vs VA average

+0.58 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 2	549	317.14	1,742	7thin
Medium and Large 1	556	313.99	1,747	25

One grade step is worth $3.15/cwt here — about −$5 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 400–500 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 sale32 hd

314.68

—

VA average9 barns · 358 hd

307.12

+7.57

National average158 barns · 11,390 hd

314.10

+0.58

This barn, trailing median10 sales

438.61

−123.93

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

57 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 · Steers28 lots · lightest first
Steers	350–400	Medium and Large 1-2	354	305.00/cwt	305.00–305.00	1,080	3
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 1-2Natural	424	317.50/cwt	317.50–317.50	1,346	4
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 2Natural	435	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	1,088	1
Steers	450–500	Small 1	450	200.00/cwt	200.00–200.00	900	1
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 2	481	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	1,443	4
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 3	482	260.00/cwt	260.00–260.00	1,253	1
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	483	295.00/cwt	295.00–295.00	1,425	2
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 2	520	312.50/cwt	312.50–312.50	1,625	2
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	529	214.32/cwt	185.00–245.00	1,134	2
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1Value Added	541	335.00/cwt	335.00–335.00	1,812	7
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 2	561	319.00/cwt	319.00–319.00	1,790	5
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	565	309.89/cwt	298.00–315.00	1,751	7
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1Natural	568	323.00/cwt	323.00–323.00	1,835	9
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	621	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	1,987	5
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1-2	623	299.00/cwt	299.00–299.00	1,863	11
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 2	644	306.00/cwt	306.00–306.00	1,971	4
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1Value Added	660	315.00/cwt	315.00–315.00	2,079	6
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 2	664	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	1,992	4
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 2	721	235.00/cwt	235.00–235.00	1,694	1
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 1	724	272.49/cwt	270.00–275.00	1,973	7
Steers	750–800	Medium and Large 1	758	225.00/cwt	225.00–225.00	1,706	1
Steers	750–800	Medium and Large 2	792	225.00/cwt	225.00–225.00	1,782	1
Steers	800–850	Medium and Large 1	820	245.00/cwt	245.00–245.00	2,009	3
Steers	800–850	Medium and Large 3	831	155.00/cwt	155.00–155.00	1,288	1
Steers	850–900	Medium and Large 2	862	215.00/cwt	215.00–215.00	1,853	1
Steers	950–1000	Medium and Large 1-2Natural	987	214.00/cwt	214.00–214.00	2,112	11
Steers	1000–1050	Medium and Large 1-2Natural	1,042	200.00/cwt	200.00–200.00	2,084	3
Steers	1100–1150	Medium and Large 2	1,131	160.00/cwt	160.00–160.00	1,810	1
Feeder Cattle · Heifers22 lots · lightest first
Heifers	200–250	Medium and Large 2	232	310.00/cwt	310.00–310.00	719	1
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 3	360	225.00/cwt	225.00–225.00	810	1
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 2Natural	373	212.50/cwt	212.50–212.50	793	2
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 2Value Added	380	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	950	1
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 2	397	255.00/cwt	255.00–255.00	1,012	2
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 2Natural	437	265.00/cwt	265.00–265.00	1,158	3
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 2	464	255.00/cwt	255.00–255.00	1,183	10
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1-2	476	255.00/cwt	255.00–255.00	1,214	5
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	489	255.00/cwt	255.00–255.00	1,247	4
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1Natural	523	264.00/cwt	264.00–264.00	1,381	12
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 3	531	220.00/cwt	220.00–220.00	1,168	3
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 2	543	240.00/cwt	240.00–240.00	1,303	6
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2	544	235.00/cwt	235.00–235.00	1,278	5
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 2	557	210.00/cwt	210.00–210.00	1,170	1
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2	586	235.00/cwt	235.00–235.00	1,377	8
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	590	255.00/cwt	255.00–255.00	1,505	4
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1Value Added	614	235.00/cwt	235.00–235.00	1,443	4
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 2	652	175.00/cwt	175.00–175.00	1,141	1
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 3	667	175.00/cwt	175.00–175.00	1,167	3
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 1	724	223.00/cwt	223.00–223.00	1,615	6
Heifers	750–800	Medium and Large 2	769	213.00/cwt	213.00–213.00	1,638	2
Heifers	800–850	Medium and Large 2	828	192.50/cwt	192.50–192.50	1,594	1
Feeder Cattle · Bulls7 lots · lightest first
Bulls	350–400	Medium and Large 2	396	235.00/cwt	235.00–235.00	931	2
Bulls	400–450	Medium and Large 2	446	280.00/cwt	280.00–280.00	1,249	4
Bulls	450–500	Medium and Large 1	469	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	1,407	7
Bulls	500–550	Medium and Large 2	546	285.58/cwt	225.00–297.50	1,559	6
Bulls	550–600	Medium and Large 1	565	290.00/cwt	290.00–290.00	1,639	4
Bulls	650–700	Medium and Large 1	694	225.00/cwt	225.00–225.00	1,562	3
Bulls	700–750	Medium and Large 2	745	200.00/cwt	200.00–200.00	1,490	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 24, 2024

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

Receipts 221Last week 249Year ago 526

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 108, Heifers 85, Bulls 28)

Value Added cattle are Weaned and Vaccinated

Natural cattle are mostly Vaccinated, some Weaned

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
4	600–650	614	235.00	235.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
4	450–500	489	255.00	255.00
4	550–600	590	255.00	255.00
6	700–750	724	223.00	223.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2 · Natural$ per cwt · actual wt
2	350–400	373	212.50	212.50
3	400–450	437	265.00	265.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Natural$ per cwt · actual wt
12	500–550	523	264.00	264.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	450–500	476	255.00	255.00
5	500–550	544	235.00	235.00
8	550–600	586	235.00	235.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	200–250	232	310.00	310.00
2	350–400	397	255.00	255.00
10	450–500	464	255.00	255.00
6	500–550	543	240.00	240.00
1	550–600	557	210.00	210.00
1	650–700	652	175.00	175.00
2	750–800	769	213.00	213.00
1	800–850	828	192.50	192.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	350–400	360	225.00	225.00
3	500–550	531	220.00	220.00
3	650–700	667	175.00	175.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
1	350–400	380	250.00	250.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
7	500–550	541	335.00	335.00
6	650–700	660	315.00	315.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Natural$ per cwt · actual wt
9	550–600	568	323.00	323.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	450–500	483	295.00	295.00
2	500–550	529	185.00–245.00	214.32
7	550–600	565	298.00–315.00	309.89
5	600–650	621	320.00	320.00
7	700–750	724	270.00–275.00	272.49
1	750–800	758	225.00	225.00
3	800–850	820	245.00	245.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Natural$ per cwt · actual wt
4	400–450	424	317.50	317.50
11	950–1000	987	214.00	214.00
3	1000–1050	1,042	200.00	200.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Small 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	450–500	450	200.00	200.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	450–500	481	300.00	300.00
2	500–550	520	312.50	312.50
5	550–600	561	319.00	319.00
4	600–650	644	306.00	306.00
4	650–700	664	300.00	300.00
1	700–750	721	235.00	235.00
1	750–800	792	225.00	225.00
1	850–900	862	215.00	215.00
1	1100–1150	1,131	160.00	160.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	450–500	482	260.00	260.00
1	800–850	831	155.00	155.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2 · Natural$ per cwt · actual wt
1	400–450	435	250.00	250.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	350–400	354	305.00	305.00
11	600–650	623	299.00	299.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	350–400	396	235.00	235.00
4	400–450	446	280.00	280.00
6	500–550	546	225.00–297.50	285.58
2	700–750	745	200.00	200.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
7	450–500	469	300.00	300.00
4	550–600	565	290.00	290.00
3	650–700	694	225.00	225.00

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.