Sale reports / Virginia / Fauquier Livestock Exchange, Inc. / 2024-09-13

Fauquier Livestock Exchange, Inc.

Feeder Cattle · Marshall, Virginia · Fri, Sep 13
● Final49 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2173
Receipts
209 head
▲ 117 vs last sale 92▼ 135 vs year ago 344 · −39.2%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 93, Heifers 93, Bulls 23)

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 $254.82/cwt on 22 head. That ranks 1 of 10 comparable sales and sits −183.80 against this barn's trailing median of $438.61.
Average price
$254.82
22 head · 569 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,451
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$14
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 2-3
$20.00/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−13.72
vs VA average
−13.38 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1554263.001,45710thin
Medium and Large 1-2570253.001,4426thin
Medium and Large 2-3594243.001,4436thin
One grade step is worth $20.00/cwt here — about $14 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 900–1000 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 sale22 hd
254.82
—
VA average9 barns · 647 hd
268.54
−13.72
National average178 barns · 13,815 hd
268.20
−13.38
This barn, trailing median10 sales
438.61
−183.80
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

49 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 · Steers17 lots · lightest first
Steers350–400Medium and Large 2370267.50/cwt267.50–267.509901
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1450257.50/cwt257.50–257.501,1591
Steers450–500Medium and Large 2-3Value Added471256.00/cwt256.00–256.001,2068
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1554263.00/cwt263.00–263.001,45710
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1-2570253.00/cwt253.00–253.001,4426
Steers550–600Medium and Large 2-3Value Added594243.00/cwt243.00–243.001,4436
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1-2Value Added600257.00/cwt257.00–257.001,54216
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1600256.00/cwt256.00–256.001,5366
Steers600–650Medium and Large 2642245.00/cwt245.00–245.001,5733
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1651235.00/cwt235.00–235.001,5304
Steers650–700Medium and Large 2676230.00/cwt230.00–230.001,5552
Steers750–800Medium and Large 1768227.00/cwt227.00–227.001,7434
Steers800–850Medium and Large 2801219.00/cwt219.00–219.001,7542
Steers800–850Medium and Large 1835229.55/cwt224.00–232.001,91716
Steers850–900Medium and Large 1886200.00/cwt200.00–200.001,7721
Steers900–950Small 1918140.00/cwt140.00–140.001,2851
Steers900–950Medium and Large 1-2940220.00/cwt220.00–220.002,0686
Feeder Cattle · Heifers21 lots · lightest first
Heifers250–300Medium and Large 2255217.50/cwt217.50–217.505551
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 1328247.50/cwt247.50–247.508121
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 2384228.12/cwt212.50–245.008762
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 2469237.50/cwt237.50–237.501,1141
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1480244.00/cwt244.00–244.001,1715
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1-2Value Added495232.50/cwt232.50–232.501,1518
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1519217.50/cwt217.50–217.501,1291
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 2542222.22/cwt219.00–223.001,2045
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 3544222.50/cwt222.50–222.501,2102
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1557229.00/cwt229.00–229.001,2769
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1-2Value Added594240.00/cwt240.00–240.001,42612
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 2-3Value Added614231.00/cwt231.00–231.001,4186
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1-2Value Added623236.00/cwt236.00–236.001,4709
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 2662214.00/cwt214.00–214.001,4177
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1664218.00/cwt218.00–218.001,4484
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1-2Value Added678231.00/cwt231.00–231.001,56613
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 2728209.00/cwt209.00–209.001,5221
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 1Value Added740190.00/cwt190.00–190.001,4062
Heifers750–800Medium and Large 3Value Added769150.00/cwt150.00–150.001,1541
Heifers750–800Medium and Large 1Value Added773200.17/cwt197.50–203.001,5472
Heifers850–900Medium and Large 2887170.00/cwt170.00–170.001,5081
Feeder Cattle · Bulls11 lots · lightest first
Bulls300–350Medium and Large 2342230.00/cwt230.00–230.007871
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 1397262.50/cwt262.50–262.501,0421
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 2431237.51/cwt230.00–245.001,0242
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 3480195.00/cwt195.00–195.009361
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 1541231.00/cwt231.00–231.001,2505
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 2549227.00/cwt227.00–227.001,2462
Bulls600–650Medium and Large 3615160.00/cwt160.00–160.009841
Bulls700–750Medium and Large 2732207.00/cwt207.00–207.001,5157
Bulls750–800Medium and Large 1774192.50/cwt192.50–192.501,4901
Bulls750–800Medium and Large 2796132.50/cwt132.50–132.501,0551
Bulls900–950Medium and Large 2948100.00/cwt100.00–100.009481

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.