Sale reports / Virginia / Fauquier Livestock Exchange, Inc. / 2024-07-12

Fauquier Livestock Exchange, Inc.

Feeder Cattle · Marshall, Virginia · Fri, Jul 12
● Final71 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2173
Receipts
336 head
▼ 56 vs last sale 392▼ 128 vs year ago 464 · −27.6%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 166, Heifers 128, Bulls 42)

Natural and Value Added 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 $294.25/cwt on 48 head. That ranks 1 of 10 comparable sales and sits −144.36 against this barn's trailing median of $438.61.
Average price
$294.25
48 head · 562 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,652
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
−$141
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 2
$1.55/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+4.79
vs VA average
−8.66 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1524295.421,54712thin
Medium and Large 2574293.861,68836
One grade step is worth $1.55/cwt here — about −$141 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 sale48 hd
294.25
—
VA average7 barns · 384 hd
289.46
+4.79
National average160 barns · 9,699 hd
302.91
−8.66
This barn, trailing median10 sales
438.61
−144.36
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

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

71 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 · Steers28 lots · lightest first
Steers250–300Medium and Large 2280325.00/cwt325.00–325.009101
Steers350–400Medium and Large 2383320.74/cwt315.00–324.001,2288
Steers350–400Medium and Large 3396210.00/cwt210.00–210.008321
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1-2434310.00/cwt310.00–310.001,3459
Steers450–500Medium and Large 2464292.81/cwt270.00–299.001,3595
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1509284.00/cwt284.00–284.001,4464
Steers500–550Medium and Large 2525297.50/cwt297.50–297.501,5623
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1Value Added526302.00/cwt302.00–302.001,5897
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1564295.00/cwt295.00–295.001,6641
Steers550–600Medium and Large 2Value Added575235.00/cwt235.00–235.001,3512
Steers550–600Medium and Large 2Natural579297.31/cwt297.00–297.501,72131
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1Value Added620267.50/cwt267.50–267.501,6592
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1636250.00/cwt250.00–250.001,5905
Steers600–650Medium and Large 2Natural643267.00/cwt267.00–267.001,71712
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1-2Natural660292.00/cwt292.00–292.001,92720
Steers650–700Medium and Large 2660275.50/cwt275.50–275.501,8182
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1-2Value Added660235.00/cwt235.00–235.001,5515
Steers700–750Medium and Large 1706250.00/cwt250.00–250.001,7651
Steers700–750Medium and Large 1-2Natural712266.00/cwt266.00–266.001,8947
Steers700–750Medium and Large 2747237.50/cwt237.50–237.501,7741
Steers750–800Medium and Large 1-2Natural756260.00/cwt260.00–260.001,9667
Steers750–800Medium and Large 1775240.00/cwt240.00–240.001,8601
Steers800–850Small 1818195.00/cwt195.00–195.001,5951
Steers800–850Medium and Large 1-2830248.00/cwt248.00–248.002,05821
Steers800–850Medium and Large 2832237.50/cwt237.50–237.501,9762
Steers850–900Medium and Large 3879150.00/cwt150.00–150.001,3192
Steers900–950Medium and Large 2Natural900243.00/cwt243.00–243.002,1874
Steers900–950Medium and Large 2Value Added912157.50/cwt157.50–157.501,4361
Feeder Cattle · Heifers27 lots · lightest first
Heifers250–300Medium and Large 2257200.00/cwt200.00–200.005141
Heifers250–300Small 1293150.00/cwt150.00–150.004401
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 1325270.00/cwt270.00–270.008781
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1-2359294.00/cwt294.00–294.001,0555
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 2368273.41/cwt240.00–285.001,0064
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 3369232.50/cwt232.50–232.508582
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1447272.50/cwt272.50–272.501,2182
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 2454275.02/cwt245.00–278.001,24911
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 3458234.74/cwt210.00–240.001,0756
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1Value Added467275.00/cwt275.00–275.001,2843
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1-2482277.00/cwt277.00–277.001,33515
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1-2Value Added483268.00/cwt268.00–268.001,2945
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1-2Natural511274.00/cwt274.00–274.001,4006
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 2532268.00/cwt268.00–268.001,4266
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1542261.00/cwt261.00–261.001,4155
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 3544247.50/cwt247.50–247.501,3464
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1-2553266.00/cwt266.00–266.001,4714
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1-2Natural566273.00/cwt273.00–273.001,54514
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1566246.00/cwt246.00–246.001,3921
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1Value Added612257.00/cwt257.00–257.001,5733
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 2640247.00/cwt247.00–247.001,5812
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 2Natural667243.00/cwt243.00–243.001,6215
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 3685185.00/cwt185.00–185.001,2671
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 1-2Natural702243.92/cwt243.00–245.001,71213
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 2725211.78/cwt200.00–217.501,5353
Heifers750–800Medium and Large 1-2Natural771236.00/cwt236.00–236.001,8204
Heifers800–850Medium and Large 2847202.50/cwt202.50–202.501,7151
Feeder Cattle · Bulls16 lots · lightest first
Bulls300–350Medium and Large 3330202.50/cwt202.50–202.506681
Bulls350–400Small 1380295.00/cwt295.00–295.001,1211
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 2382315.00/cwt315.00–315.001,2032
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 1394320.00/cwt320.00–320.001,2611
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 3395245.00/cwt245.00–245.009684
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 1403310.00/cwt310.00–310.001,2491
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 2466240.00/cwt240.00–240.001,1183
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 1488258.54/cwt235.00–270.001,2626
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 2531237.37/cwt220.00–243.001,2604
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 1565212.76/cwt165.00–230.001,2024
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 1-2597235.00/cwt235.00–235.001,4036
Bulls600–650Medium and Large 1619197.50/cwt197.50–197.501,2231
Bulls650–700Medium and Large 1652195.00/cwt195.00–195.001,2712
Bulls650–700Medium and Large 1-2686207.50/cwt207.50–207.501,4234
Bulls700–750Medium and Large 1718197.50/cwt197.50–197.501,4181
Bulls900–950Medium and Large 2917150.00/cwt150.00–150.001,3761

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.