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Fauquier Livestock Exchange, Inc.

Name: Fauquier Livestock Exchange, Inc. livestock auction prices — 2024-10-25
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-10-25

Feeder Cattle · Marshall, Virginia · Fri, Oct 25

● Final70 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2173

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Receipts

259 head

▲ 39 vs last sale 220▼ 21 vs year ago 280 · −7.5%

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 93, Heifers 130, Bulls 36)

Value Added and Natural cattle are Weaned and Vaccinated.

Weight class — the figures below change to match

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb heifers averaged $238.39/cwt on 37 head. That ranks 1 of 11 comparable sales and sits −110.56 against this barn's trailing median of $348.96.

Average price

$238.39

37 head · 554 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,321

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$280

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

$48.75/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+10.96

vs VA average

−21.24 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1-2	554	246.75	1,366	24
Medium and Large 1	557	230.45	1,283	10thin
Medium and Large 2	549	198.00	1,086	3thin

One grade step is worth $48.75/cwt here — about $280 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 200–300 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 sale37 hd

238.39

—

VA average10 barns · 644 hd

227.43

+10.96

National average195 barns · 25,856 hd

259.63

−21.24

This barn, trailing median11 sales

348.96

−110.56

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

11 sales

Heifers 500–600 lb: high $400.71, low $288.33, median $348.96 across 11 sales. Sales under 10 head in this class are excluded, so a thin day cannot swing the median or the ranking.

Every lot

70 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 · Steers25 lots · lightest first
Steers	200–250	Medium and Large 1	231	272.90/cwt	262.50–285.00	630	2
Steers	300–350	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	311	292.50/cwt	292.50–292.50	910	4
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 3	435	230.00/cwt	230.00–230.00	1,001	1
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 1Natural	436	268.00/cwt	268.00–268.00	1,168	4
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	465	267.50/cwt	267.50–267.50	1,244	4
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	480	259.67/cwt	246.00–266.00	1,246	6
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 2	494	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	1,235	1
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1Natural	522	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	1,305	2
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 2	527	246.54/cwt	235.00–250.00	1,299	9
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 2Value Added	563	244.00/cwt	244.00–244.00	1,374	3
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	568	241.00/cwt	241.00–241.00	1,369	4
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1Natural	582	262.68/cwt	230.00–265.00	1,529	15
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1Value Added	619	259.00/cwt	259.00–259.00	1,603	6
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1Natural	635	231.00/cwt	231.00–231.00	1,467	1
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	646	233.00/cwt	233.00–233.00	1,505	3
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 2	648	239.00/cwt	239.00–239.00	1,549	3
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1Value Added	693	227.00/cwt	227.00–227.00	1,573	4
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 1Value Added	700	231.00/cwt	231.00–231.00	1,617	2
Steers	800–850	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	825	225.00/cwt	225.00–225.00	1,856	2
Steers	800–850	Medium and Large 1Natural	828	236.00/cwt	236.00–236.00	1,954	4
Steers	850–900	Medium and Large 1Natural	860	239.00/cwt	239.00–239.00	2,055	2
Steers	850–900	Medium and Large 2	884	233.00/cwt	233.00–233.00	2,060	2
Steers	900–950	Medium and Large 1Natural	915	234.00/cwt	234.00–234.00	2,141	5
Steers	950–1000	Medium and Large 1Natural	998	206.00/cwt	206.00–206.00	2,056	2
Steers	1150–1200	Medium and Large 1Natural	1,160	192.00/cwt	192.00–192.00	2,227	2
Feeder Cattle · Heifers31 lots · lightest first
Heifers	150–200	Medium and Large 2	199	240.00/cwt	240.00–240.00	478	1
Heifers	250–300	Medium and Large 1	276	260.00/cwt	260.00–260.00	718	2
Heifers	250–300	Medium and Large 2	298	185.00/cwt	185.00–185.00	551	2
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 1	366	252.00/cwt	252.00–252.00	922	2
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 2	366	210.00/cwt	210.00–210.00	769	1
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 2	418	175.00/cwt	175.00–175.00	732	1
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1-2Natural	426	252.00/cwt	252.00–252.00	1,074	9
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 2	453	212.68/cwt	197.50–228.00	963	4
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	468	232.17/cwt	217.50–236.00	1,087	5
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 3	486	210.00/cwt	210.00–210.00	1,021	2
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	500	248.00/cwt	248.00–248.00	1,240	5
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1Value Added	523	225.00/cwt	225.00–225.00	1,177	1
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 2	530	182.50/cwt	182.50–182.50	967	2
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2	537	242.00/cwt	242.00–242.00	1,300	5
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	545	229.50/cwt	229.50–229.50	1,251	5
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2Natural	579	248.00/cwt	248.00–248.00	1,436	14
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1Natural	580	233.00/cwt	233.00–233.00	1,351	4
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 2	586	229.00/cwt	229.00–229.00	1,342	1
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1Value Added	643	230.00/cwt	230.00–230.00	1,479	3
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	662	184.77/cwt	157.50–213.00	1,223	2
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1-2Natural	681	236.00/cwt	236.00–236.00	1,607	8
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 1Natural	706	224.00/cwt	224.00–224.00	1,581	6
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 1-2	732	230.00/cwt	230.00–230.00	1,684	10
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 2	739	224.00/cwt	224.00–224.00	1,655	3
Heifers	750–800	Medium and Large 1Value Added	780	223.00/cwt	223.00–223.00	1,739	7
Heifers	800–850	Medium and Large 1-2Natural	816	219.00/cwt	219.00–219.00	1,787	12
Heifers	800–850	Medium and Large 2	839	195.00/cwt	195.00–195.00	1,636	1
Heifers	850–900	Medium and Large 2Natural	865	170.00/cwt	170.00–170.00	1,471	3
Heifers	850–900	Medium and Large 1Natural	890	215.00/cwt	215.00–215.00	1,914	4
Heifers	900–950	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	930	215.00/cwt	215.00–215.00	2,000	4
Heifers	1000–1050	Medium and Large 1Natural	1,030	145.00/cwt	145.00–145.00	1,494	1
Feeder Cattle · Bulls14 lots · lightest first
Bulls	250–300	Medium and Large 2	262	190.00/cwt	190.00–190.00	498	1
Bulls	300–350	Small 1	329	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	428	1
Bulls	300–350	Medium and Large 2	347	225.00/cwt	225.00–225.00	781	1
Bulls	350–400	Medium and Large 2	380	277.50/cwt	277.50–277.50	1,055	2
Bulls	350–400	Medium and Large 1	389	286.00/cwt	286.00–286.00	1,113	2
Bulls	400–450	Medium and Large 2	432	226.41/cwt	210.00–247.00	978	8
Bulls	400–450	Medium and Large 1	448	225.00/cwt	225.00–225.00	1,008	1
Bulls	450–500	Medium and Large 1	476	253.00/cwt	253.00–253.00	1,204	2
Bulls	450–500	Medium and Large 2	489	190.00/cwt	190.00–190.00	929	1
Bulls	500–550	Medium and Large 2	527	177.50/cwt	177.50–177.50	935	1
Bulls	500–550	Medium and Large 1	539	240.00/cwt	240.00–240.00	1,294	6
Bulls	550–600	Medium and Large 2	586	212.34/cwt	160.00–229.00	1,244	7
Bulls	650–700	Medium and Large 1	663	220.00/cwt	220.00–220.00	1,459	2
Bulls	700–750	Medium and Large 1	710	215.00/cwt	215.00–215.00	1,527	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 25, 2024

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

Receipts 259Last week 220Year ago 280

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 93, Heifers 130, Bulls 36)

Value Added and Natural cattle are Weaned and Vaccinated.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
1	500–550	523	225.00	225.00
3	600–650	643	230.00	230.00
7	750–800	780	223.00	223.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Natural$ per cwt · actual wt
9	400–450	426	252.00	252.00
14	550–600	579	248.00	248.00
8	650–700	681	236.00	236.00
12	800–850	816	219.00	219.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2 · Natural$ per cwt · actual wt
3	850–900	865	170.00	170.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Natural$ per cwt · actual wt
4	550–600	580	233.00	233.00
6	700–750	706	224.00	224.00
4	850–900	890	215.00	215.00
1	1000–1050	1,030	145.00	145.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	250–300	276	260.00	260.00
2	350–400	366	252.00	252.00
5	450–500	468	217.50–236.00	232.17
5	500–550	545	229.50	229.50
2	650–700	662	157.50–213.00	184.77

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	150–200	199	240.00	240.00
2	250–300	298	185.00	185.00
1	350–400	366	210.00	210.00
1	400–450	418	175.00	175.00
4	450–500	453	197.50–228.00	212.68
2	500–550	530	182.50	182.50
1	550–600	586	229.00	229.00
3	700–750	739	224.00	224.00
1	800–850	839	195.00	195.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	500–550	537	242.00	242.00
10	700–750	732	230.00	230.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	450–500	486	210.00	210.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
5	500–550	500	248.00	248.00
4	900–950	930	215.00	215.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	450–500	494	250.00	250.00
9	500–550	527	235.00–250.00	246.54
3	600–650	648	239.00	239.00
2	850–900	884	233.00	233.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Natural$ per cwt · actual wt
4	400–450	436	268.00	268.00
2	500–550	522	250.00	250.00
15	550–600	582	230.00–265.00	262.68
1	600–650	635	231.00	231.00
4	800–850	828	236.00	236.00
2	850–900	860	239.00	239.00
5	900–950	915	234.00	234.00
2	950–1000	998	206.00	206.00
2	1150–1200	1,160	192.00	192.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	400–450	435	230.00	230.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	200–250	231	262.50–285.00	272.90
6	450–500	480	246.00–266.00	259.67
4	550–600	568	241.00	241.00
3	600–650	646	233.00	233.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
4	300–350	311	292.50	292.50
4	450–500	465	267.50	267.50
2	800–850	825	225.00	225.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
6	600–650	619	259.00	259.00
4	650–700	693	227.00	227.00
2	700–750	700	231.00	231.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
3	550–600	563	244.00	244.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	350–400	389	286.00	286.00
1	400–450	448	225.00	225.00
2	450–500	476	253.00	253.00
6	500–550	539	240.00	240.00
2	650–700	663	220.00	220.00
1	700–750	710	215.00	215.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	250–300	262	190.00	190.00
1	300–350	347	225.00	225.00
2	350–400	380	277.50	277.50
8	400–450	432	210.00–247.00	226.41
1	450–500	489	190.00	190.00
1	500–550	527	177.50	177.50
7	550–600	586	160.00–229.00	212.34

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Small 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	300–350	329	130.00	130.00

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.