Name: Fauquier Livestock Exchange, Inc. livestock auction prices — 2025-04-25
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-04-25

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 263, Heifers 131, Bulls 20)

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 $374.10/cwt on 112 head. That ranks 2 of 9 comparable sales and sits −74.69 against this barn's trailing median of $448.79.

Average price

$374.10

112 head · 542 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,028

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$413

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

$81.46/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+7.77

vs VA average

+0.08 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1-2	549	386.46	2,121	70
Medium and Large 1	524	362.50	1,900	22
Medium and Large 2	536	347.92	1,864	18thin
Medium and Large 3	560	305.00	1,708	2thin

One grade step is worth $81.46/cwt here — about $413 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

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 sale112 hd

374.10

—

VA average7 barns · 325 hd

366.33

+7.77

National average172 barns · 11,123 hd

374.02

+0.08

This barn, trailing median9 sales

448.79

−74.69

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

58 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 2	600–650	621	328.88/cwt	325.00–330.00	2,042	9
Steers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	440	384.54/cwt	380.00–385.00	1,692	11
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	450–500	469	352.50/cwt	352.50–352.50	1,653	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	1050–1100	1,096	177.50/cwt	177.50–177.50	1,945	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	366	365.00/cwt	365.00–365.00	1,336	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	529	364.00/cwt	364.00–364.00	1,926	15
Steers	Medium and Large 2Natural	750–800	750	265.00/cwt	265.00–265.00	1,988	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	550–600	567	290.00/cwt	290.00–290.00	1,644	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	500–550	536	310.00/cwt	310.00–310.00	1,662	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	350–400	371	325.30/cwt	270.00–380.00	1,207	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	624	285.00/cwt	285.00–285.00	1,778	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	575	301.86/cwt	300.00–307.00	1,736	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	500–550	520	374.29/cwt	355.00–380.00	1,946	22
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Natural	500–550	524	397.50/cwt	397.50–397.50	2,083	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Natural	550–600	577	330.00/cwt	330.00–330.00	1,904	40
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	389	375.00/cwt	375.00–375.00	1,459	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	647	280.00/cwt	280.00–280.00	1,812	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	600–650	621	210.00/cwt	210.00–210.00	1,304	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	650–700	699	240.00/cwt	240.00–240.00	1,678	1
Steers	Small 1	750–800	767	215.00/cwt	215.00–215.00	1,649	1
Steers	Small 1	650–700	662	280.00/cwt	280.00–280.00	1,854	1
Steers	Small 1	400–450	439	295.00/cwt	295.00–295.00	1,295	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Natural	550–600	576	390.00/cwt	390.00–390.00	2,246	35
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	586	340.00/cwt	340.00–340.00	1,992	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	484	374.47/cwt	370.00–375.00	1,812	27
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	700–750	724	308.00/cwt	308.00–308.00	2,230	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	500–550	502	362.50/cwt	362.50–362.50	1,820	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 1Value Added	650–700	657	230.00/cwt	230.00–230.00	1,511	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	450–500	474	345.00/cwt	345.00–345.00	1,635	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	450–500	486	200.00/cwt	200.00–200.00	972	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	450–500	489	290.00/cwt	290.00–290.00	1,418	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	700–750	741	255.00/cwt	255.00–255.00	1,890	1
Steers	Medium and Large 3	600–650	643	280.00/cwt	280.00–280.00	1,800	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2Natural	700–750	706	275.00/cwt	275.00–275.00	1,942	4
Steers	Medium and Large 3	450–500	474	359.80/cwt	355.00–365.00	1,705	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	500–550	534	319.00/cwt	319.00–319.00	1,703	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	350–400	377	335.00/cwt	335.00–335.00	1,263	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	400–450	428	330.00/cwt	330.00–330.00	1,412	1
Steers	Medium and Large 3	550–600	560	305.00/cwt	305.00–305.00	1,708	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	650–700	675	294.85/cwt	285.00–305.00	1,990	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	550–600	555	235.00/cwt	235.00–235.00	1,304	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3Value Added	500–550	526	360.00/cwt	360.00–360.00	1,894	10
Steers	Medium and Large 2Value Added	550–600	556	360.00/cwt	360.00–360.00	2,002	6
Steers	Medium and Large 2Value Added	700–750	745	295.00/cwt	295.00–295.00	2,198	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2Value Added	500–550	528	330.00/cwt	330.00–330.00	1,742	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	250–300	268	256.40/cwt	150.00–375.00	687	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2Natural	400–450	439	364.00/cwt	364.00–364.00	1,598	33
Steers	Medium and Large 2Natural	600–650	621	360.00/cwt	360.00–360.00	2,236	52
Steers	Medium and Large 2	300–350	323	405.00/cwt	405.00–405.00	1,308	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	510	347.50/cwt	347.50–347.50	1,772	9
Steers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	572	325.00/cwt	325.00–325.00	1,859	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2Natural	450–500	460	420.00/cwt	420.00–420.00	1,932	20
Steers	Medium and Large 2	750–800	764	270.00/cwt	270.00–270.00	2,063	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	700–750	720	235.00/cwt	235.00–235.00	1,692	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	458	337.50/cwt	337.50–337.50	1,546	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	552	325.00/cwt	325.00–325.00	1,794	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	600–650	626	297.50/cwt	297.50–297.50	1,862	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	600–650	626	347.50/cwt	347.50–347.50	2,175	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 Apr 25, 2025

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

Receipts 414Last week 163Year ago 132

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 263, Heifers 131, Bulls 20)

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 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	300–350	323	405.00	405.00
11	400–450	440	380.00–385.00	384.54
9	500–550	510	347.50	347.50
3	550–600	572	325.00	325.00
9	600–650	621	325.00–330.00	328.88
2	650–700	675	285.00–305.00	294.85
1	700–750	720	235.00	235.00
1	750–800	764	270.00	270.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
27	450–500	484	370.00–375.00	374.47
15	500–550	529	364.00	364.00
1	550–600	586	340.00	340.00
1	600–650	647	280.00	280.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2 · Natural$ per cwt · actual wt
20	450–500	460	420.00	420.00
52	600–650	621	360.00	360.00
1	750–800	750	265.00	265.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
22	500–550	520	355.00–380.00	374.29
10	600–650	626	347.50	347.50
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Natural$ per cwt · actual wt
13	500–550	524	397.50	397.50
35	550–600	576	390.00	390.00
Steers — Small 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	400–450	439	295.00	295.00
1	650–700	662	280.00	280.00
1	750–800	767	215.00	215.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
6	500–550	502	362.50	362.50
6	700–750	724	308.00	308.00
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	450–500	474	355.00–365.00	359.80
2	550–600	560	305.00	305.00
2	600–650	643	280.00	280.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
6	550–600	556	360.00	360.00
2	700–750	745	295.00	295.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	350–400	371	270.00–380.00	325.30
5	450–500	469	352.50	352.50
3	500–550	536	310.00	310.00
1	550–600	567	290.00	290.00
1	650–700	699	240.00	240.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	450–500	474	345.00	345.00
1	600–650	621	210.00	210.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
3	650–700	657	230.00	230.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	450–500	486	200.00	200.00
2	550–600	555	235.00	235.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	250–300	268	150.00–375.00	256.40
4	350–400	366	365.00	365.00
6	450–500	458	337.50	337.50
5	550–600	552	325.00	325.00
2	600–650	626	297.50	297.50
1	1050–1100	1,096	177.50	177.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	350–400	389	375.00	375.00
11	550–600	575	300.00–307.00	301.86
1	600–650	624	285.00	285.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Natural$ per cwt · actual wt
40	550–600	577	330.00	330.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
3	350–400	377	335.00	335.00
1	400–450	428	330.00	330.00
1	450–500	489	290.00	290.00
1	500–550	534	319.00	319.00
1	700–750	741	255.00	255.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2 · Natural$ per cwt · actual wt
33	400–450	439	364.00	364.00
4	700–750	706	275.00	275.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2-3 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
10	500–550	526	360.00	360.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
4	500–550	528	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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