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Fauquier Livestock Exchange, Inc.

Name: Fauquier Livestock Exchange, Inc. livestock auction prices — 2024-10-11
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-10-11

Feeder Cattle · Marshall, Virginia · Fri, Oct 11

● Final46 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2173

← Sep 27Oct 11Oct 25 →

Receipts

220 head

▲ 105 vs last sale 115▼ 47 vs year ago 267 · −17.6%

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 103, Heifers 86, Bulls 31)

Value Added and most Natural 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 $267.28/cwt on 60 head. That ranks 1 of 10 comparable sales and sits −171.33 against this barn's trailing median of $438.61.

Average price

$267.28

60 head · 536 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,434

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$12

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

$31.07/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+9.53

vs VA average

−27.03 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1-2	509	278.57	1,418	23
Medium and Large 1	552	261.82	1,444	33
Medium and Large 2	568	247.50	1,406	4thin

One grade step is worth $31.07/cwt here — about $12 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 sale60 hd

267.28

—

VA average9 barns · 578 hd

257.76

+9.53

National average177 barns · 23,944 hd

294.31

−27.03

This barn, trailing median10 sales

438.61

−171.33

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

46 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 2	270	290.00/cwt	290.00–290.00	783	1
Steers	300–350	Medium and Large 2	304	290.00/cwt	290.00–290.00	882	2
Steers	350–400	Medium and Large 1-2Natural	388	285.00/cwt	285.00–285.00	1,106	9
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	447	285.00/cwt	285.00–285.00	1,274	7
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 2	460	272.50/cwt	272.50–272.50	1,254	1
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 3	470	225.00/cwt	225.00–225.00	1,058	2
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	502	281.00/cwt	281.00–281.00	1,411	15
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	517	275.00/cwt	275.00–275.00	1,422	5
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2Natural	522	274.00/cwt	274.00–274.00	1,430	8
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1Natural	553	263.00/cwt	263.00–263.00	1,454	11
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	561	257.18/cwt	225.00–261.00	1,443	17
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 2	568	247.50/cwt	247.50–247.50	1,406	4
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 2	624	180.00/cwt	180.00–180.00	1,123	1
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	643	230.32/cwt	230.00–232.00	1,481	6
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 2	652	229.00/cwt	229.00–229.00	1,493	4
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	676	232.00/cwt	232.00–232.00	1,568	9
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 1	730	228.00/cwt	228.00–228.00	1,664	1
Feeder Cattle · Heifers15 lots · lightest first
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 2	370	244.84/cwt	185.00–260.00	906	5
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 2	409	193.82/cwt	185.00–202.50	793	2
Heifers	400–450	Small 1	435	115.44/cwt	95.00–135.00	502	2
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 2	458	239.00/cwt	239.00–239.00	1,095	6
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	468	245.00/cwt	245.00–245.00	1,147	10
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1Value Added	517	254.00/cwt	254.00–254.00	1,313	22
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 2	547	236.00/cwt	236.00–236.00	1,291	8
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	571	229.00/cwt	229.00–229.00	1,308	8
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 3	592	137.50/cwt	137.50–137.50	814	2
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	616	221.04/cwt	200.00–228.00	1,362	4
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	619	243.00/cwt	243.00–243.00	1,504	5
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 2	622	227.50/cwt	227.50–227.50	1,415	2
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 2Value Added	648	236.00/cwt	236.00–236.00	1,529	3
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1-2	678	233.00/cwt	233.00–233.00	1,580	6
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 1	732	212.50/cwt	212.50–212.50	1,556	1
Feeder Cattle · Bulls14 lots · lightest first
Bulls	300–350	Medium and Large 1	346	270.00/cwt	270.00–270.00	934	1
Bulls	350–400	Medium and Large 2	371	295.00/cwt	295.00–295.00	1,094	1
Bulls	400–450	Small 1	418	155.00/cwt	155.00–155.00	648	1
Bulls	400–450	Medium and Large 2	434	212.76/cwt	180.00–245.00	923	4
Bulls	450–500	Medium and Large 1	476	257.50/cwt	257.50–257.50	1,226	3
Bulls	500–550	Medium and Large 3	518	190.00/cwt	190.00–190.00	984	1
Bulls	500–550	Medium and Large 2	544	215.00/cwt	215.00–215.00	1,170	1
Bulls	550–600	Medium and Large 1	568	229.79/cwt	215.00–235.00	1,305	4
Bulls	650–700	Medium and Large 1	656	223.00/cwt	223.00–223.00	1,463	2
Bulls	650–700	Medium and Large 1-2	671	224.00/cwt	224.00–224.00	1,503	9
Bulls	650–700	Small 1	683	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	956	1
Bulls	650–700	Medium and Large 3	694	115.00/cwt	115.00–115.00	798	1
Bulls	700–750	Medium and Large 3	736	75.00/cwt	75.00–75.00	552	1
Bulls	700–750	Medium and Large 2	749	145.00/cwt	145.00–145.00	1,086	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 Oct 11, 2024

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

Receipts 220Last week 115Year ago 267

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 103, Heifers 86, Bulls 31)

Value Added and most Natural cattle are Weaned and Vaccinated.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	350–400	370	185.00–260.00	244.84
2	400–450	409	185.00–202.50	193.82
6	450–500	458	239.00	239.00
8	500–550	547	236.00	236.00
2	600–650	622	227.50	227.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
3	600–650	648	236.00	236.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	550–600	592	137.50	137.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Small 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	400–450	435	95.00–135.00	115.44

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
5	600–650	619	243.00	243.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
22	500–550	517	254.00	254.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
10	450–500	468	245.00	245.00
8	550–600	571	229.00	229.00
4	600–650	616	200.00–228.00	221.04
1	700–750	732	212.50	212.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
6	650–700	678	233.00	233.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
7	400–450	447	285.00	285.00
5	500–550	517	275.00	275.00
17	550–600	561	225.00–261.00	257.18
6	600–650	643	230.00–232.00	230.32
9	650–700	676	232.00	232.00
1	700–750	730	228.00	228.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	250–300	270	290.00	290.00
2	300–350	304	290.00	290.00
1	450–500	460	272.50	272.50
4	550–600	568	247.50	247.50
1	600–650	624	180.00	180.00
4	650–700	652	229.00	229.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	450–500	470	225.00	225.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Natural$ per cwt · actual wt
11	550–600	553	263.00	263.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Natural$ per cwt · actual wt
9	350–400	388	285.00	285.00
8	500–550	522	274.00	274.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
15	500–550	502	281.00	281.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	500–550	518	190.00	190.00
1	650–700	694	115.00	115.00
1	700–750	736	75.00	75.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	300–350	346	270.00	270.00
3	450–500	476	257.50	257.50
4	550–600	568	215.00–235.00	229.79
2	650–700	656	223.00	223.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
9	650–700	671	224.00	224.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Small 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	400–450	418	155.00	155.00
1	650–700	683	140.00	140.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	350–400	371	295.00	295.00
4	400–450	434	180.00–245.00	212.76
1	500–550	544	215.00	215.00
1	700–750	749	145.00	145.00

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.