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Fauquier Livestock Exchange, Inc.

Name: Fauquier Livestock Exchange, Inc. livestock auction prices — 2024-08-09
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-08-09

Feeder Cattle · Marshall, Virginia · Fri, Aug 9

● Final33 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2173

← Jul 12Aug 9Sep 13 →

Receipts

92 head

▼ 244 vs last sale 336▼ 192 vs year ago 284 · −67.6%

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 51, Heifers 35, Bulls 6)

Value Added 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 $256.98/cwt on 13 head. That ranks 1 of 10 comparable sales and sits −181.63 against this barn's trailing median of $438.61.

Average price

$256.98

13 head · 543 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,396

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$81

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

$17.59/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−8.49

vs VA average

−18.10 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	541	263.75	1,427	8thin
Medium and Large 2	547	246.16	1,345	5thin

One grade step is worth $17.59/cwt here — about $81 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 600–700 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 sale13 hd

256.98

—

VA average10 barns · 328 hd

265.48

−8.49

National average145 barns · 4,636 hd

275.08

−18.10

This barn, trailing median10 sales

438.61

−181.63

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

33 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 · Steers17 lots · lightest first
Steers	250–300	Medium and Large 1-2	256	327.50/cwt	327.50–327.50	838	5
Steers	300–350	Medium and Large 3	326	255.00/cwt	255.00–255.00	831	2
Steers	350–400	Medium and Large 2	351	247.50/cwt	247.50–247.50	869	1
Steers	350–400	Medium and Large 1	358	280.00/cwt	280.00–280.00	1,002	2
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 2	402	265.00/cwt	265.00–265.00	1,065	1
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 2	468	257.50/cwt	257.50–257.50	1,205	2
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 3	477	235.00/cwt	235.00–235.00	1,121	1
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	524	260.00/cwt	260.00–260.00	1,362	4
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 2	525	264.00/cwt	264.00–264.00	1,386	3
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	558	267.50/cwt	267.50–267.50	1,493	4
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 2	579	219.39/cwt	200.00–240.00	1,270	2
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	606	240.00/cwt	240.00–240.00	1,454	4
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1-2	628	254.00/cwt	254.00–254.00	1,595	6
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	633	235.00/cwt	235.00–235.00	1,488	2
Steers	650–700	Small 1	676	202.50/cwt	202.50–202.50	1,369	1
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 2	680	249.00/cwt	249.00–249.00	1,693	10
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 1Value Added	740	231.00/cwt	231.00–231.00	1,709	1
Feeder Cattle · Heifers12 lots · lightest first
Heifers	250–300	Medium and Large 2	273	220.00/cwt	220.00–220.00	601	1
Heifers	300–350	Medium and Large 1-2	300	270.00/cwt	270.00–270.00	810	4
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 2	366	242.50/cwt	242.50–242.50	888	1
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 3	386	222.50/cwt	222.50–222.50	859	4
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 2	411	247.50/cwt	247.50–247.50	1,017	4
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 3	466	220.00/cwt	220.00–220.00	1,025	3
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	487	240.00/cwt	240.00–240.00	1,169	2
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	520	237.00/cwt	237.00–237.00	1,232	3
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	552	230.00/cwt	230.00–230.00	1,270	4
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 2	554	225.00/cwt	225.00–225.00	1,247	2
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2	579	235.00/cwt	235.00–235.00	1,361	5
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 3	594	175.00/cwt	175.00–175.00	1,040	2
Feeder Cattle · Bulls4 lots · lightest first
Bulls	350–400	Medium and Large 2	381	309.64/cwt	267.50–330.00	1,180	3
Bulls	400–450	Medium and Large 2	436	237.50/cwt	237.50–237.50	1,036	1
Bulls	500–550	Medium and Large 3	524	177.50/cwt	177.50–177.50	930	1
Bulls	550–600	Medium and Large 2	573	200.00/cwt	200.00–200.00	1,146	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 Aug 9, 2024

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

Receipts 92Last week 336Year ago 284

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 51, Heifers 35, Bulls 6)

Value Added Cattle are Weaned and Vaccinated.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	350–400	381	267.50–330.00	309.64
1	400–450	436	237.50	237.50
1	550–600	573	200.00	200.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	500–550	524	177.50	177.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	450–500	487	240.00	240.00
3	500–550	520	237.00	237.00
4	550–600	552	230.00	230.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
4	350–400	386	222.50	222.50
3	450–500	466	220.00	220.00
2	550–600	594	175.00	175.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	250–300	273	220.00	220.00
1	350–400	366	242.50	242.50
4	400–450	411	247.50	247.50
2	550–600	554	225.00	225.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	300–350	300	270.00	270.00
5	550–600	579	235.00	235.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	350–400	351	247.50	247.50
1	400–450	402	265.00	265.00
2	450–500	468	257.50	257.50
3	500–550	525	264.00	264.00
2	550–600	579	200.00–240.00	219.39
10	650–700	680	249.00	249.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	350–400	358	280.00	280.00
4	500–550	524	260.00	260.00
4	550–600	558	267.50	267.50
2	600–650	633	235.00	235.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Small 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	650–700	676	202.50	202.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	300–350	326	255.00	255.00
1	450–500	477	235.00	235.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	250–300	256	327.50	327.50
6	600–650	628	254.00	254.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
1	700–750	740	231.00	231.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
4	600–650	606	240.00	240.00

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.