Name: Fauquier Livestock Exchange, Inc. livestock auction prices — 2025-03-28
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-03-28

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 37, Heifers 74, Bulls 33)

Value Added Cattle are Weaned and Vaccinated

Weight class

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb heifers averaged $303.66/cwt on 30 head. That ranks 1 of 10 comparable sales and sits −61.45 against this barn's trailing median of $365.11.

Average price

$303.66

30 head · 537 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,630

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$266

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

$52.00/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+13.62

vs VA average

−18.08 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1-2	530	322.00	1,707	4thin
Medium and Large 1	515	306.17	1,577	4thin
Medium and Large 2	543	302.85	1,644	20
Medium and Large 3	534	270.00	1,440	2thin

One grade step is worth $52.00/cwt here — about $266 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

10 sales

Heifers 500–600 lb: high $418.89, low $339.51, median $365.11 across 10 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 sale30 hd

303.66

—

VA average7 barns · 410 hd

290.04

+13.62

National average178 barns · 15,613 hd

321.74

−18.08

This barn, trailing median10 sales

365.11

−61.45

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

47 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	600–650	617	234.64/cwt	205.00–265.00	1,448	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	368	345.00/cwt	345.00–345.00	1,270	3
Steers	Medium and Large 3	300–350	349	295.00/cwt	295.00–295.00	1,030	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2Value Added	850–900	888	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	2,220	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	565	325.61/cwt	320.00–327.50	1,840	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	500–550	530	322.00/cwt	322.00–322.00	1,707	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	885	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	2,213	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	515	306.17/cwt	295.00–310.00	1,577	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	635	289.00/cwt	289.00–289.00	1,835	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	569	354.35/cwt	350.00–357.00	2,016	8
Steers	Medium and Large 2	650–700	656	297.50/cwt	297.50–297.50	1,952	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	800–850	843	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	2,108	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	505	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	1,768	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2Value Added	700–750	735	245.00/cwt	245.00–245.00	1,801	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	436	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	1,526	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	701	260.00/cwt	260.00–260.00	1,823	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	471	370.00/cwt	370.00–370.00	1,743	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	650–700	676	255.00/cwt	255.00–255.00	1,724	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	550–600	552	322.50/cwt	322.50–322.50	1,780	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	350–400	364	395.00/cwt	395.00–395.00	1,438	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	600–650	626	218.94/cwt	170.00–265.00	1,371	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	400–450	418	410.00/cwt	410.00–410.00	1,714	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	200–250	216	440.00/cwt	440.00–440.00	950	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2Value Added	600–650	615	160.00/cwt	160.00–160.00	984	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2Value Added	750–800	795	185.00/cwt	185.00–185.00	1,471	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	200–250	245	415.00/cwt	415.00–415.00	1,017	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	300–350	343	215.00/cwt	215.00–215.00	737	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	550–600	555	315.00/cwt	315.00–315.00	1,748	8
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	450–500	481	337.56/cwt	265.00–352.50	1,624	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	584	287.24/cwt	155.00–314.00	1,677	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	350–400	392	400.00/cwt	400.00–400.00	1,568	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	473	329.00/cwt	329.00–329.00	1,556	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	374	340.00/cwt	340.00–340.00	1,272	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	650–700	666	259.04/cwt	220.00–280.00	1,725	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2Value Added	550–600	550	280.00/cwt	280.00–280.00	1,540	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	755	212.50/cwt	212.50–212.50	1,604	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2Value Added	650–700	675	255.00/cwt	255.00–255.00	1,721	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	550–600	567	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	1,418	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	600–650	628	267.50/cwt	267.50–267.50	1,680	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	200–250	245	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	858	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	521	314.47/cwt	300.00–330.00	1,638	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	861	207.50/cwt	207.50–207.50	1,787	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	500–550	500	290.00/cwt	290.00–290.00	1,450	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	250–300	262	335.00/cwt	335.00–335.00	878	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	900–950	920	227.50/cwt	227.50–227.50	2,093	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	643	255.04/cwt	245.00–257.00	1,640	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	850–900	859	200.00/cwt	200.00–200.00	1,718	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

Fri Mar 28, 2025

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

Receipts 144Last week 647Year ago 0

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 37, Heifers 74, Bulls 33)

Value Added 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	300–350	349	295.00	295.00
2	600–650	617	205.00–265.00	234.64
Steers — Medium and Large 2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
2	700–750	735	245.00	245.00
2	850–900	888	250.00	250.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	450–500	471	370.00	370.00
4	550–600	565	320.00–327.50	325.61
2	600–650	635	289.00	289.00
2	850–900	885	250.00	250.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	400–450	436	350.00	350.00
8	550–600	569	350.00–357.00	354.35
2	650–700	656	297.50	297.50
1	800–850	843	250.00	250.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	500–550	505	350.00	350.00
4	700–750	701	260.00	260.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	200–250	245	350.00	350.00
1	250–300	262	335.00	335.00
3	350–400	368	345.00	345.00
7	450–500	473	329.00	329.00
12	500–550	521	300.00–330.00	314.47
6	550–600	584	155.00–314.00	287.24
3	600–650	628	267.50	267.50
3	650–700	666	220.00–280.00	259.04
1	850–900	859	200.00	200.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
4	500–550	530	322.00	322.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	350–400	374	340.00	340.00
4	500–550	515	295.00–310.00	306.17
6	600–650	643	245.00–257.00	255.04
3	750–800	755	212.50	212.50
1	850–900	861	207.50	207.50
6	900–950	920	227.50	227.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
2	550–600	550	280.00	280.00
1	600–650	615	160.00	160.00
3	650–700	675	255.00	255.00
1	750–800	795	185.00	185.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	500–550	500	290.00	290.00
1	550–600	567	250.00	250.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	200–250	245	415.00	415.00
3	350–400	392	400.00	400.00
6	450–500	481	265.00–352.50	337.56
8	550–600	555	315.00	315.00
2	650–700	676	255.00	255.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	200–250	216	440.00	440.00
3	350–400	364	395.00	395.00
2	400–450	418	410.00	410.00
3	550–600	552	322.50	322.50
2	600–650	626	170.00–265.00	218.94
Bulls — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	300–350	343	215.00	215.00

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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