Let D be a square-free polynomial in F_q[t], where q is odd, and let G be a
genus of definite ternary lattices over F_q[t] of determinant D. In this paper
we give self-contained and relatively elementary proofs of Siegel's formulas
for the weighted sum of primitive representations numbers over the classes of G
and for the mass of G. Our proof of the mass formula shows an interesting
relation with certain averages of Dirichlet L-functions.