Name: Fauquier Livestock Exchange, Inc. livestock auction prices — 2025-02-21
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-02-21

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 45, Heifers 30, Bulls 8)

Value Added Cattle are Weaned and Vaccinated

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $311.88/cwt on 4 head. That ranks 1 of 9 comparable sales and sits −136.92 against this barn's trailing median of $448.79.

Average price

$311.88

4 head · 565 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,761

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

−$6

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

$5.83/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+1.63

vs VA average

−29.33 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 2	561	313.33	1,759	3thin
Medium and Large 1	574	307.50	1,765	1thin

One grade step is worth $5.83/cwt here — about −$6 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 600–700 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 sale4 hd

311.88

—

VA average6 barns · 165 hd

310.25

+1.63

National average106 barns · 4,665 hd

341.21

−29.33

This barn, trailing median9 sales

448.79

−136.92

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

29 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	511	255.00/cwt	255.00–255.00	1,303	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	800–850	847	192.50/cwt	192.50–192.50	1,630	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	850–900	882	197.50/cwt	197.50–197.50	1,742	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	250–300	299	325.00/cwt	325.00–325.00	972	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	450–500	462	295.00/cwt	295.00–295.00	1,363	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	489	305.01/cwt	285.00–315.00	1,491	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	750–800	750	247.50/cwt	247.50–247.50	1,856	4
Steers	Medium and Large 2Value Added	550–600	557	315.00/cwt	315.00–315.00	1,755	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	950–1000	982	220.00/cwt	220.00–220.00	2,160	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	400–450	443	365.00/cwt	365.00–365.00	1,617	4
Steers	Medium and Large 2	600–650	646	240.00/cwt	240.00–240.00	1,550	6
Steers	Medium and Large 2	200–250	235	335.00/cwt	335.00–335.00	787	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	300–350	343	360.00/cwt	360.00–360.00	1,235	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	570	310.00/cwt	310.00–310.00	1,767	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	650–700	674	232.50/cwt	232.50–232.50	1,567	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	593	248.19/cwt	200.00–255.00	1,472	8
Steers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	449	330.00/cwt	330.00–330.00	1,482	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	500–550	529	240.00/cwt	240.00–240.00	1,270	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	574	307.50/cwt	307.50–307.50	1,765	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	485	330.00/cwt	330.00–330.00	1,601	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	834	224.00/cwt	224.00–224.00	1,868	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	878	212.00/cwt	212.00–212.00	1,861	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	628	277.50/cwt	277.50–277.50	1,743	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	450–500	454	245.00/cwt	245.00–245.00	1,112	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	600–650	630	200.00/cwt	200.00–200.00	1,260	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	456	270.00/cwt	270.00–270.00	1,231	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	370	290.00/cwt	290.00–290.00	1,073	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	700–750	715	182.50/cwt	182.50–182.50	1,305	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2Value Added	450–500	484	307.50/cwt	307.50–307.50	1,488	5

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 Feb 21, 2025

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

Receipts 83Last week 196Year ago 0

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 45, Heifers 30, Bulls 8)

Value Added 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	250–300	299	325.00	325.00
1	450–500	462	295.00	295.00
2	500–550	511	255.00	255.00
1	800–850	847	192.50	192.50
3	850–900	882	197.50	197.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	450–500	489	285.00–315.00	305.01
8	550–600	593	200.00–255.00	248.19
6	850–900	878	212.00	212.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	450–500	454	245.00	245.00
2	500–550	529	240.00	240.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	350–400	370	290.00	290.00
2	450–500	456	270.00	270.00
1	600–650	630	200.00	200.00
1	700–750	715	182.50	182.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
5	450–500	484	307.50	307.50
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
4	750–800	750	247.50	247.50
5	950–1000	982	220.00	220.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
2	550–600	557	315.00	315.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
4	400–450	443	365.00	365.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	200–250	235	335.00	335.00
3	300–350	343	360.00	360.00
2	400–450	449	330.00	330.00
1	550–600	570	310.00	310.00
6	600–650	646	240.00	240.00
1	650–700	674	232.50	232.50
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	450–500	485	330.00	330.00
1	550–600	574	307.50	307.50
6	600–650	628	277.50	277.50
4	800–850	834	224.00	224.00

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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