Name: Fauquier Livestock Exchange, Inc. livestock auction prices — 2025-01-17
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-01-17

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 126, Heifers 69, Bulls 1)

Value Added and Natural Cattle are Weaned and Vaccinated.

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $298.01/cwt on 31 head. That ranks 1 of 9 comparable sales and sits −150.79 against this barn's trailing median of $448.79.

Average price

$298.01

31 head · 578 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,722

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$120

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

$15.54/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−23.72

vs VA average

−44.44 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 2	584	307.53	1,797	12thin
Medium and Large 1	574	291.99	1,676	19thin

One grade step is worth $15.54/cwt here — about $120 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 500–600 lb. USDA reports each grade on its own line and never publishes the spread.

This barn's trailing prices 500–600 lb

9 sales

Steers 500–600 lb: high $505.77, low $356.06, median $448.79 across 9 sales. Sales under 10 head in this class are excluded, so a thin day cannot swing the median or the ranking.

How it compared 500–600 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only

This sale31 hd

298.01

—

VA average6 barns · 293 hd

321.73

−23.72

National average190 barns · 32,836 hd

342.45

−44.44

This barn, trailing median9 sales

448.79

−150.79

A barn can sit above the state average at one weight and below it at another — check the class you actually sell.

Every lot, as filed

35 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.

Class	Grade / description	Weight	Avg wt	Price	Range	Per head	Head
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	500–550	542	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	1,355	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	792	220.00/cwt	220.00–220.00	1,742	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	686	232.50/cwt	232.50–232.50	1,595	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	572	260.89/cwt	240.00–265.00	1,492	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	448	287.50/cwt	287.50–287.50	1,288	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	494	225.00/cwt	225.00–225.00	1,112	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	650–700	667	274.20/cwt	260.00–275.00	1,829	38
Steers	Medium and Large 2	600–650	642	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	1,605	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	450–500	450	345.00/cwt	345.00–345.00	1,553	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1Natural	600–650	621	292.50/cwt	292.50–292.50	1,816	7
Steers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	595	309.04/cwt	290.00–311.00	1,839	10
Steers	Medium and Large 2	750–800	764	218.17/cwt	195.00–239.00	1,667	4
Steers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	475	379.05/cwt	365.00–385.00	1,800	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	456	378.29/cwt	375.00–380.00	1,725	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	530	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	1,590	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	900–950	927	195.00/cwt	195.00–195.00	1,808	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2Value Added	450–500	455	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	1,593	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	388	381.49/cwt	340.00–395.00	1,480	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	574	291.99/cwt	290.00–295.00	1,676	19
Steers	Medium and Large 2	800–850	822	218.69/cwt	212.50–225.00	1,798	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	650–700	654	283.00/cwt	283.00–283.00	1,851	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Natural	550–600	565	270.00/cwt	270.00–270.00	1,526	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	622	274.28/cwt	267.50–280.00	1,706	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	533	272.39/cwt	271.00–275.00	1,452	14
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	720	235.00/cwt	235.00–235.00	1,692	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	300–350	346	416.62/cwt	390.00–430.00	1,442	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	850–900	878	223.40/cwt	215.00–227.50	1,961	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	600–650	648	180.00/cwt	180.00–180.00	1,166	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	756	210.00/cwt	210.00–210.00	1,588	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	750–800	786	200.00/cwt	200.00–200.00	1,572	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	580	239.45/cwt	185.00–262.50	1,389	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	600–650	610	245.00/cwt	245.00–245.00	1,495	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 2Value Added	750–800	771	245.00/cwt	245.00–245.00	1,889	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	450–500	481	295.00/cwt	295.00–295.00	1,419	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Natural	650–700	671	249.00/cwt	249.00–249.00	1,671	10

How this sale compares

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 Jan 17, 2025

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

Receipts 196Last week 444Year ago 0

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 126, Heifers 69, Bulls 1)

Value Added and Natural 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
1	500–550	542	250.00	250.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
6	550–600	572	240.00–265.00	260.89
2	650–700	686	232.50	232.50
1	750–800	792	220.00	220.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	400–450	448	287.50	287.50
1	450–500	494	225.00	225.00
14	500–550	533	271.00–275.00	272.39
6	550–600	580	185.00–262.50	239.45
1	600–650	648	180.00	180.00
1	750–800	786	200.00	200.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Natural$ per cwt · actual wt
2	550–600	565	270.00	270.00
10	650–700	671	249.00	249.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
11	600–650	610	245.00	245.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
5	750–800	771	245.00	245.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
5	450–500	481	295.00	295.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
2	450–500	450	345.00	345.00
38	650–700	667	260.00–275.00	274.20
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	300–350	346	390.00–430.00	416.62
4	350–400	388	340.00–395.00	381.49
7	450–500	475	365.00–385.00	379.05
2	500–550	530	300.00	300.00
10	550–600	595	290.00–311.00	309.04
1	600–650	642	250.00	250.00
6	650–700	654	283.00	283.00
4	750–800	764	195.00–239.00	218.17
2	800–850	822	212.50–225.00	218.69
3	850–900	878	215.00–227.50	223.40
1	900–950	927	195.00	195.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Natural$ per cwt · actual wt
7	600–650	621	292.50	292.50
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	450–500	456	375.00–380.00	378.29
19	550–600	574	290.00–295.00	291.99
9	600–650	622	267.50–280.00	274.28
1	700–750	720	235.00	235.00
1	750–800	756	210.00	210.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
3	450–500	455	350.00	350.00

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.

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