Name: Fauquier Livestock Exchange, Inc. livestock auction prices — 2025-04-11
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-04-11

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 57, Heifers 86, Bulls 20)

Value Added and Most Natural Cattle are Weaned and Vaccinated

Weight class

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb heifers averaged $324.29/cwt on 35 head. That ranks 1 of 10 comparable sales and sits −40.82 against this barn's trailing median of $365.11.

Average price

$324.29

35 head · 541 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,755

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$42

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

$5.10/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+22.47

vs VA average

+7.74 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1-2	544	327.50	1,782	13thin
Medium and Large 2	540	322.40	1,739	22

One grade step is worth $5.10/cwt here — about $42 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 400–500 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 sale35 hd

324.29

—

VA average10 barns · 474 hd

301.82

+22.47

National average178 barns · 10,561 hd

316.55

+7.74

This barn, trailing median10 sales

365.11

−40.82

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

38 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 1	600–650	620	290.00/cwt	290.00–290.00	1,798	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	450–500	494	317.50/cwt	317.50–317.50	1,568	1
Bulls	Small 1	400–450	407	225.00/cwt	225.00–225.00	916	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	400–450	401	375.00/cwt	375.00–375.00	1,504	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	500–550	530	317.50/cwt	317.50–317.50	1,683	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	700–750	718	240.00/cwt	240.00–240.00	1,723	4
Steers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	475	380.00/cwt	380.00–380.00	1,805	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	600–650	641	325.65/cwt	325.00–337.50	2,087	18
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	479	337.50/cwt	337.50–337.50	1,617	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	454	332.02/cwt	315.00–335.00	1,507	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Natural	600–650	632	335.00/cwt	335.00–335.00	2,117	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	497	335.00/cwt	335.00–335.00	1,665	2
Steers	Medium and Large 3	350–400	358	335.00/cwt	335.00–335.00	1,199	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	429	394.41/cwt	367.50–399.00	1,692	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	600–650	619	288.15/cwt	288.00–290.00	1,784	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	700–750	715	241.00/cwt	241.00–241.00	1,723	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	385	417.50/cwt	417.50–417.50	1,607	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	533	358.34/cwt	350.00–359.00	1,910	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 2Natural	550–600	559	322.50/cwt	322.50–322.50	1,803	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	742	237.50/cwt	237.50–237.50	1,762	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Natural	450–500	479	382.00/cwt	382.00–382.00	1,830	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	650–700	661	264.36/cwt	255.00–267.50	1,747	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	580	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	2,030	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	450–500	454	387.50/cwt	387.50–387.50	1,759	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	418	327.50/cwt	327.50–327.50	1,369	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	585	310.00/cwt	310.00–310.00	1,814	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	350–400	358	420.00/cwt	420.00–420.00	1,504	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	450–500	467	385.00/cwt	385.00–385.00	1,798	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	300–350	333	360.00/cwt	360.00–360.00	1,199	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	529	323.92/cwt	315.00–326.00	1,714	16
Heifers	Medium and Large 2Natural	600–650	647	289.00/cwt	289.00–289.00	1,870	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	500–550	544	327.50/cwt	327.50–327.50	1,782	13
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	250–300	290	290.00/cwt	290.00–290.00	841	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Natural	650–700	670	275.00/cwt	275.00–275.00	1,843	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	300–350	335	330.00/cwt	330.00–330.00	1,106	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	376	330.00/cwt	330.00–330.00	1,241	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	550–600	598	275.00/cwt	275.00–275.00	1,645	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	600–650	640	270.00/cwt	270.00–270.00	1,728	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 Apr 11, 2025

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

Receipts 163Last week 144Year ago 162

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 57, Heifers 86, Bulls 20)

Value Added and Most Natural Cattle are Weaned and Vaccinated

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	400–450	401	375.00	375.00
1	450–500	494	317.50	317.50
2	500–550	530	317.50	317.50
4	600–650	620	290.00	290.00
Bulls — Small 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	400–450	407	225.00	225.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
4	700–750	718	240.00	240.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	350–400	358	420.00	420.00
3	450–500	467	385.00	385.00
1	550–600	598	275.00	275.00
1	600–650	640	270.00	270.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	250–300	290	290.00	290.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	350–400	385	417.50	417.50
7	400–450	429	367.50–399.00	394.41
1	450–500	475	380.00	380.00
13	500–550	533	350.00–359.00	358.34
18	600–650	641	325.00–337.50	325.65
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Natural$ per cwt · actual wt
4	600–650	632	335.00	335.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	450–500	497	335.00	335.00
3	550–600	580	350.00	350.00
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	350–400	358	335.00	335.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
5	450–500	454	387.50	387.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
4	450–500	479	337.50	337.50
2	700–750	742	237.50	237.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	300–350	333	360.00	360.00
1	350–400	376	330.00	330.00
2	400–450	418	327.50	327.50
7	450–500	454	315.00–335.00	332.02
16	500–550	529	315.00–326.00	323.92
2	550–600	585	310.00	310.00
13	600–650	619	288.00–290.00	288.15
4	650–700	661	255.00–267.50	264.36
2	700–750	715	241.00	241.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2 · Natural$ per cwt · actual wt
4	550–600	559	322.50	322.50
6	600–650	647	289.00	289.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Natural$ per cwt · actual wt
5	450–500	479	382.00	382.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
13	500–550	544	327.50	327.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Natural$ per cwt · actual wt
3	650–700	670	275.00	275.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	300–350	335	330.00	330.00

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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