Sale reports / Virginia / Fauquier Livestock Exchange, Inc. / 2024-06-14

Fauquier Livestock Exchange, Inc.

Feeder Cattle · Marshall, Virginia · Fri, Jun 14
● Final69 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2173
Receipts
392 head
▲ 171 vs last sale 221▲ 199 vs year ago 193 · +103.1%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 234, Heifers 136, Bulls 22)

Value Added and Natural Cattle are Weaned and Vaccinated

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb steers averaged $290.36/cwt on 82 head. That ranks 1 of 10 comparable sales and sits −148.25 against this barn's trailing median of $438.61.
Average price
$290.36
82 head · 547 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,587
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$178
per head · Medium and Large 2 over Medium and Large 3
$57.55/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−2.37
vs VA average
−9.06 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 2535301.191,61125
Medium and Large 1556299.331,66537
Medium and Large 1-2536263.181,41117thin
Medium and Large 3588243.641,4333thin
One grade step is worth $57.55/cwt here — about $178 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 sale82 hd
290.36
—
VA average8 barns · 434 hd
292.73
−2.37
National average149 barns · 7,793 hd
299.42
−9.06
This barn, trailing median10 sales
438.61
−148.25
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
520461401342median 438.6103/1305/0807/1009/1110/23
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

69 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 · Steers29 lots · lightest first
Steers200–250Medium and Large 1224390.00/cwt390.00–390.008745
Steers250–300Medium and Large 1292380.00/cwt380.00–380.001,1101
Steers300–350Medium and Large 2318345.00/cwt345.00–345.001,0972
Steers350–400Medium and Large 1Value Added395335.00/cwt335.00–335.001,3234
Steers400–450Medium and Large 2413286.67/cwt260.00–340.001,1843
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1429355.00/cwt355.00–355.001,5235
Steers400–450Medium and Large 2Value Added431310.73/cwt307.00–316.001,33912
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1-2Value Added446327.00/cwt327.00–327.001,45815
Steers450–500Medium and Large 2452300.00/cwt300.00–300.001,3561
Steers450–500Medium and Large 3458250.00/cwt250.00–250.001,1452
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1Value Added481344.00/cwt344.00–344.001,65533
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1500302.50/cwt302.50–302.501,5137
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1Value Added508300.00/cwt300.00–300.001,5242
Steers500–550Medium and Large 2Value Added532305.10/cwt282.50–310.001,62322
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1-2Value Added536263.18/cwt250.00–305.001,41117
Steers500–550Medium and Large 2541280.00/cwt272.50–287.501,5152
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1573299.70/cwt299.00–300.001,71710
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1Value Added574297.81/cwt295.00–305.001,70918
Steers550–600Medium and Large 2582257.50/cwt257.50–257.501,4991
Steers550–600Medium and Large 3588243.64/cwt215.00–257.501,4333
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1Natural606308.00/cwt308.00–308.001,8669
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1-2613307.00/cwt307.00–307.001,8823
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1Value Added627306.00/cwt306.00–306.001,91934
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1Value Added672255.00/cwt255.00–255.001,7147
Steers650–700Medium and Large 2Value Added678280.00/cwt280.00–280.001,8983
Steers700–750Medium and Large 2Value Added716246.00/cwt246.00–246.001,7617
Steers700–750Medium and Large 2727240.00/cwt240.00–240.001,7453
Steers750–800Medium and Large 2784202.50/cwt202.50–202.501,5881
Steers800–850Medium and Large 2807185.00/cwt185.00–185.001,4932
Feeder Cattle · Heifers28 lots · lightest first
Heifers200–250Medium and Large 2239317.50/cwt317.50–317.507592
Heifers200–250Medium and Large 1240320.00/cwt320.00–320.007682
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 3338230.00/cwt230.00–230.007771
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 2343266.01/cwt250.00–282.509122
Heifers350–400Small 1355282.50/cwt282.50–282.501,0032
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1361305.00/cwt305.00–305.001,1014
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1Value Added377314.00/cwt314.00–314.001,1843
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 2387307.50/cwt307.50–307.501,1902
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 2Value Added423250.00/cwt250.00–250.001,0584
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1-2Value Added425309.00/cwt309.00–309.001,31314
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1458284.77/cwt276.00–288.001,30411
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 2Value Added460276.00/cwt276.00–276.001,2701
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 2465274.34/cwt273.00–275.001,2763
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1Value Added479288.00/cwt288.00–288.001,38035
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 3Value Added488272.50/cwt272.50–272.501,3304
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1512237.50/cwt237.50–237.501,2161
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 3529257.50/cwt257.50–257.501,3621
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 2536260.81/cwt257.50–262.501,3983
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1Value Added540259.44/cwt255.00–282.001,40112
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1-2Value Added548272.50/cwt272.50–272.501,4934
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1Natural583273.00/cwt273.00–273.001,5922
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1590255.40/cwt255.00–258.001,5077
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1Value Added600255.00/cwt255.00–255.001,5302
Heifers600–650Small 1609215.00/cwt215.00–215.001,3091
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 2631233.29/cwt230.00–240.001,4723
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 2Value Added661229.00/cwt229.00–229.001,5143
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1684230.00/cwt230.00–230.001,5734
Heifers800–850Medium and Large 1Value Added833215.00/cwt215.00–215.001,7913
Feeder Cattle · Bulls12 lots · lightest first
Bulls300–350Medium and Large 2336285.00/cwt285.00–285.009583
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 1363345.00/cwt345.00–345.001,2524
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 1441305.00/cwt305.00–305.001,3451
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 1475275.00/cwt275.00–275.001,3061
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 2491285.00/cwt285.00–285.001,3992
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 3494200.00/cwt200.00–200.009881
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 2565240.00/cwt240.00–240.001,3563
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 1569266.00/cwt266.00–266.001,5141
Bulls650–700Medium and Large 2669197.46/cwt187.50–218.001,3213
Bulls700–750Medium and Large 2710195.00/cwt195.00–195.001,3851
Bulls700–750Small 1725127.50/cwt127.50–127.509241
Bulls800–850Medium and Large 1806193.00/cwt193.00–193.001,5561

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.