Name: Fauquier Livestock Exchange, Inc. livestock auction prices — 2025-03-14
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-03-14

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 379, Heifers 219, Bulls 49)

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 $329.12/cwt on 115 head. That ranks 1 of 9 comparable sales and sits −119.67 against this barn's trailing median of $448.79.

Average price

$329.12

115 head · 562 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,849

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$856

per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Medium and Large 3

$134.00/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−8.65

vs VA average

−29.55 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1-2	558	334.00	1,864	7thin
Medium and Large 2	562	331.70	1,863	71
Medium and Large 1	565	326.68	1,845	36
Medium and Large 3	504	200.00	1,008	1thin

One grade step is worth $134.00/cwt here — about $856 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 sale115 hd

329.12

—

VA average8 barns · 656 hd

337.77

−8.65

National average173 barns · 15,162 hd

358.67

−29.55

This barn, trailing median9 sales

448.79

−119.67

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

87 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
Steers	Medium and Large 3	300–350	345	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	1,035	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	1350–1400	1,362	187.50/cwt	187.50–187.50	2,554	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	870	235.00/cwt	235.00–235.00	2,045	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2Natural	450–500	474	342.50/cwt	342.50–342.50	1,623	10
Steers	Medium and Large 2Value Added	500–550	547	332.50/cwt	332.50–332.50	1,819	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	650–700	688	290.00/cwt	290.00–290.00	1,995	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2Value Added	400–450	413	395.00/cwt	395.00–395.00	1,631	4
Steers	Small 1	350–400	363	305.00/cwt	305.00–305.00	1,107	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	474	245.00/cwt	245.00–245.00	1,161	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	714	258.33/cwt	255.00–259.00	1,844	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	550–600	575	330.47/cwt	329.00–331.00	1,900	22
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	1200–1250	1,240	188.00/cwt	188.00–188.00	2,331	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2Value Added	650–700	692	304.00/cwt	304.00–304.00	2,104	35
Steers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	539	316.70/cwt	307.50–318.00	1,707	8
Steers	Medium and Large 3	400–450	431	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	1,379	1
Steers	Small 1	700–750	744	165.00/cwt	165.00–165.00	1,228	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	500–550	515	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	1,648	6
Steers	Medium and Large 2Natural	550–600	566	333.70/cwt	330.00–337.00	1,889	58
Steers	Medium and Large 2Natural	650–700	685	298.35/cwt	297.00–304.00	2,044	30
Steers	Medium and Large 2	600–650	625	303.00/cwt	303.00–303.00	1,894	5
Steers	Medium and Large 3	500–550	504	200.00/cwt	200.00–200.00	1,008	1
Steers	Medium and Large 3	450–500	467	285.00/cwt	285.00–285.00	1,331	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1Natural	850–900	870	227.50/cwt	227.50–227.50	1,979	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2Value Added	850–900	850	248.00/cwt	248.00–248.00	2,108	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2Value Added	700–750	715	252.50/cwt	252.50–252.50	1,805	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	850–900	878	243.00/cwt	243.00–243.00	2,134	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	750–800	785	237.51/cwt	225.00–250.00	1,864	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	650–700	699	190.00/cwt	190.00–190.00	1,328	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2Natural	750–800	785	249.00/cwt	249.00–249.00	1,955	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1Natural	800–850	836	249.00/cwt	249.00–249.00	2,082	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1Natural	550–600	596	330.00/cwt	330.00–330.00	1,967	4
Steers	Medium and Large 2Natural	400–450	434	395.99/cwt	395.00–400.00	1,719	29
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	550–600	558	334.00/cwt	334.00–334.00	1,864	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	1000–1050	1,031	189.00/cwt	189.00–189.00	1,949	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	700–750	733	245.00/cwt	245.00–245.00	1,796	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Natural	600–650	605	318.00/cwt	318.00–318.00	1,924	44
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Natural	650–700	674	305.00/cwt	305.00–305.00	2,056	38
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	606	255.00/cwt	255.00–255.00	1,545	8
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	600–650	615	255.00/cwt	255.00–255.00	1,568	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	500–550	524	305.00/cwt	305.00–305.00	1,598	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	450–500	458	290.00/cwt	290.00–290.00	1,328	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	750–800	756	227.50/cwt	227.50–227.50	1,720	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	400–450	449	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	1,437	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	850–900	877	100.00/cwt	100.00–100.00	877	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	371	325.00/cwt	325.00–325.00	1,206	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	668	239.89/cwt	185.00–249.00	1,602	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	700–750	735	242.50/cwt	242.50–242.50	1,782	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	600–650	612	270.00/cwt	270.00–270.00	1,652	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	650–700	671	269.00/cwt	269.00–269.00	1,805	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	559	299.00/cwt	299.00–299.00	1,671	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	700–750	710	232.00/cwt	232.00–232.00	1,647	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	584	285.00/cwt	285.00–285.00	1,664	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	700–750	704	230.00/cwt	230.00–230.00	1,619	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	518	302.50/cwt	302.50–302.50	1,567	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	500–550	513	307.50/cwt	307.50–307.50	1,577	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	712	223.00/cwt	223.00–223.00	1,588	6
Heifers	Small 1	300–350	344	295.00/cwt	295.00–295.00	1,015	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	793	192.50/cwt	192.50–192.50	1,527	1
Heifers	Small 1	700–750	725	160.00/cwt	160.00–160.00	1,160	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	471	285.00/cwt	285.00–285.00	1,342	8
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	450–500	480	325.00/cwt	325.00–325.00	1,560	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	545	285.00/cwt	285.00–285.00	1,553	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	500–550	543	200.00/cwt	200.00–200.00	1,086	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	250–300	290	295.00/cwt	295.00–295.00	856	1
Heifers	Small 1	650–700	697	160.00/cwt	160.00–160.00	1,115	1
Heifers	Small 1	400–450	406	245.00/cwt	245.00–245.00	995	1
Heifers	Small 1	550–600	556	195.00/cwt	195.00–195.00	1,084	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2Natural	350–400	389	345.00/cwt	345.00–345.00	1,342	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Natural	550–600	594	300.80/cwt	300.00–301.00	1,787	54
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	750–800	790	231.00/cwt	231.00–231.00	1,825	20
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	832	225.00/cwt	225.00–225.00	1,872	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	540	281.81/cwt	280.00–283.00	1,522	15
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	650–700	656	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	1,640	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	553	312.50/cwt	312.50–312.50	1,728	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	449	325.00/cwt	325.00–325.00	1,459	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	629	245.00/cwt	245.00–245.00	1,541	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	351	315.00/cwt	315.00–315.00	1,106	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	300–350	318	315.00/cwt	315.00–315.00	1,002	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	527	289.20/cwt	280.00–299.00	1,524	12
Steers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	467	327.86/cwt	260.00–345.00	1,531	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	662	237.50/cwt	237.50–237.50	1,572	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	693	295.00/cwt	295.00–295.00	2,044	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	650–700	653	200.00/cwt	200.00–200.00	1,306	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	470	295.00/cwt	295.00–295.00	1,387	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	400–450	419	270.00/cwt	270.00–270.00	1,131	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2Value Added	600–650	611	262.50/cwt	262.50–262.50	1,604	5
Steers	Medium and Large 3	250–300	265	340.00/cwt	340.00–340.00	901	1

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

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State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 379, Heifers 219, Bulls 49)

Value Added and Natural cattle are Weaned and Vaccinated.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	250–300	265	340.00	340.00
2	300–350	345	300.00	300.00
1	400–450	431	320.00	320.00
1	450–500	467	285.00	285.00
1	500–550	504	200.00	200.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
4	400–450	449	325.00	325.00
1	450–500	474	245.00	245.00
4	550–600	553	312.50	312.50
3	600–650	629	245.00	245.00
1	650–700	662	237.50	237.50
6	700–750	714	255.00–259.00	258.33
1	850–900	870	235.00	235.00
1	1350–1400	1,362	187.50	187.50
Steers — Medium and Large 2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
4	400–450	413	395.00	395.00
5	500–550	547	332.50	332.50
5	600–650	611	262.50	262.50
35	650–700	692	304.00	304.00
4	700–750	715	252.50	252.50
3	850–900	850	248.00	248.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
6	500–550	515	320.00	320.00
22	550–600	575	329.00–331.00	330.47
2	650–700	688	290.00	290.00
3	700–750	733	245.00	245.00
2	850–900	878	243.00	243.00
2	1200–1250	1,240	188.00	188.00
Steers — Small 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	350–400	363	305.00	305.00
2	700–750	744	165.00	165.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
6	450–500	467	260.00–345.00	327.86
8	500–550	539	307.50–318.00	316.70
5	600–650	625	303.00	303.00
1	650–700	699	190.00	190.00
2	750–800	785	225.00–250.00	237.51
Steers — Medium and Large 2 · Natural$ per cwt · actual wt
29	400–450	434	395.00–400.00	395.99
58	550–600	566	330.00–337.00	333.70
30	650–700	685	297.00–304.00	298.35
3	750–800	785	249.00	249.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Natural$ per cwt · actual wt
4	550–600	596	330.00	330.00
5	800–850	836	249.00	249.00
1	850–900	870	227.50	227.50
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
7	550–600	558	334.00	334.00
8	1000–1050	1,031	189.00	189.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Natural$ per cwt · actual wt
44	600–650	605	318.00	318.00
38	650–700	674	305.00	305.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
7	650–700	693	295.00	295.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2 · Natural$ per cwt · actual wt
5	350–400	389	345.00	345.00
10	450–500	474	342.50	342.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	350–400	351	315.00	315.00
9	450–500	470	295.00	295.00
11	500–550	545	285.00	285.00
6	550–600	559	299.00	299.00
6	650–700	656	250.00	250.00
11	700–750	710	232.00	232.00
1	850–900	877	100.00	100.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	350–400	371	325.00	325.00
8	450–500	471	285.00	285.00
15	500–550	540	280.00–283.00	281.81
7	550–600	584	285.00	285.00
7	650–700	668	185.00–249.00	239.89
6	700–750	712	223.00	223.00
1	750–800	793	192.50	192.50
5	800–850	832	225.00	225.00
Heifers — Small 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	300–350	344	295.00	295.00
1	400–450	406	245.00	245.00
2	550–600	556	195.00	195.00
1	650–700	697	160.00	160.00
1	700–750	725	160.00	160.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	250–300	290	295.00	295.00
5	300–350	318	315.00	315.00
2	400–450	419	270.00	270.00
1	500–550	543	200.00	200.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Natural$ per cwt · actual wt
54	550–600	594	300.00–301.00	300.80
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
20	750–800	790	231.00	231.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
12	500–550	527	280.00–299.00	289.20
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
8	650–700	653	200.00	200.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
7	500–550	518	302.50	302.50
8	600–650	606	255.00	255.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	450–500	458	290.00	290.00
2	600–650	615	255.00	255.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	400–450	449	320.00	320.00
7	500–550	524	305.00	305.00
6	650–700	671	269.00	269.00
4	700–750	704	230.00	230.00
3	750–800	756	227.50	227.50
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	450–500	480	325.00	325.00
1	500–550	513	307.50	307.50
2	600–650	612	270.00	270.00
3	700–750	735	242.50	242.50

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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