Sale reports / Virginia / Fauquier Livestock Exchange, Inc. / 2025-06-13

Fauquier Livestock Exchange, Inc.

Feeder Cattle · Marshall, Virginia · Fri, Jun 13
● Final73 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2173
Receipts
419 head
142 vs last sale 277 27 vs year ago 392 · +6.9%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 152, Heifers 222, Bulls 45)

Value Added and Natural cattle are Weaned and Vaccinated.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb heifers averaged $346.15/cwt on 90 head. That ranks 3 of 10 comparable sales and sits 18.96 against this barn's trailing median of $365.11.
Average price
$346.15
90 head · 531 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,837
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$295
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 3
$56.45/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+15.21
vs VA average
+5.23 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1519355.501,84450
Medium and Large 1-2544341.501,85714thin
Medium and Large 2554338.211,87421
Medium and Large 3518299.051,5495thin
One grade step is worth $56.45/cwt here — about $295 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
433397361326median 365.1101/0903/1305/0806/1208/14
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 sale90 hd
346.15
VA average9 barns · 484 hd
330.94
+15.21
National average161 barns · 10,769 hd
340.92
+5.23
This barn, trailing median10 sales
365.11
−18.96
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

73 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.
ClassGrade / descriptionWeightAvg wtPriceRangePer headHead
SteersMedium and Large 1-2Natural450–500468370.00/cwt370.00–370.001,7323
SteersMedium and Large 1-2Natural400–450444406.00/cwt406.00–406.001,80319
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2500–550513353.00/cwt353.00–353.001,8117
BullsMedium and Large 1-2Value Added650–700671298.00/cwt298.00–298.002,0005
HeifersMedium and Large 2Natural350–400360395.00/cwt395.00–395.001,4223
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2Natural400–450435372.81/cwt370.00–375.001,62225
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2Natural600–650600320.00/cwt320.00–320.001,92013
SteersMedium and Large 1-2Natural350–400379430.00/cwt430.00–430.001,6304
SteersMedium and Large 1-2Natural550–600571357.66/cwt332.50–377.502,0427
SteersMedium and Large 1550–600552358.00/cwt358.00–358.001,9766
SteersMedium and Large 1-2Natural500–550527382.50/cwt382.50–382.502,0166
SteersMedium and Large 1Value Added200–250223420.00/cwt420.00–420.009372
HeifersMedium and Large 1Value Added250–300264385.00/cwt385.00–385.001,0164
HeifersMedium and Large 1Natural550–600554345.00/cwt345.00–345.001,9114
BullsMedium and Large 1650–700675306.29/cwt300.00–313.002,0672
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2Natural550–600583310.00/cwt310.00–310.001,8073
HeifersMedium and Large 1250–300261380.00/cwt380.00–380.009921
SteersMedium and Large 1450–500463365.00/cwt365.00–365.001,6904
SteersMedium and Large 1350–400351410.00/cwt410.00–410.001,4391
SteersMedium and Large 1Value Added700–750732332.50/cwt332.50–332.502,4343
BullsMedium and Large 1750–800783275.00/cwt275.00–275.002,1531
SteersMedium and Large 1Natural700–750725320.00/cwt320.00–320.002,3202
HeifersMedium and Large 1350–400370380.00/cwt380.00–380.001,4061
SteersMedium and Large 1600–650634335.05/cwt325.00–337.502,1245
HeifersMedium and Large 1550–600551327.50/cwt327.50–327.501,8054
HeifersMedium and Large 1500–550538322.50/cwt322.50–322.501,7352
BullsMedium and Large 1550–600556332.50/cwt332.50–332.501,8492
HeifersMedium and Large 1650–700683278.37/cwt270.00–282.501,9013
BullsMedium and Large 1450–500451365.00/cwt365.00–365.001,6461
SteersSmall 1300–350300340.00/cwt340.00–340.001,0201
SteersMedium and Large 1Value Added250–300285410.00/cwt410.00–410.001,1694
HeifersMedium and Large 1Natural600–650608319.00/cwt319.00–319.001,94013
SteersMedium and Large 1Natural600–650644347.24/cwt335.00–357.502,23622
HeifersMedium and Large 1Value Added850–900855255.00/cwt255.00–255.002,1801
SteersMedium and Large 1Natural500–550502382.29/cwt380.00–382.501,91924
HeifersMedium and Large 1Natural500–550511361.00/cwt361.00–361.001,84540
HeifersMedium and Large 3400–450402340.00/cwt340.00–340.001,3672
BullsMedium and Large 3650–700682220.00/cwt220.00–220.001,5001
BullsMedium and Large 3350–400399315.00/cwt315.00–315.001,2571
HeifersMedium and Large 3450–500450350.00/cwt350.00–350.001,5752
SteersMedium and Large 3450–500498365.00/cwt365.00–365.001,8182
HeifersMedium and Large 3500–550518299.05/cwt270.00–315.001,5495
BullsMedium and Large 3400–450449340.00/cwt340.00–340.001,5273
BullsMedium and Large 3750–800769185.00/cwt185.00–185.001,4231
BullsMedium and Large 3600–650600150.00/cwt150.00–150.009001
HeifersMedium and Large 2450–500462361.03/cwt355.00–363.001,66818
HeifersMedium and Large 2600–650642281.05/cwt235.00–290.001,8046
BullsMedium and Large 3450–500478310.00/cwt310.00–310.001,4821
HeifersMedium and Large 2Value Added450–500479368.00/cwt368.00–368.001,7635
HeifersMedium and Large 2Value Added550–600568342.50/cwt342.50–342.501,9455
SteersMedium and Large 2500–550546363.00/cwt363.00–363.001,9827
HeifersMedium and Large 2250–300266360.00/cwt360.00–360.009581
HeifersMedium and Large 2500–550549337.00/cwt337.00–337.001,85014
SteersMedium and Large 3500–550526325.00/cwt325.00–325.001,7101
HeifersMedium and Large 2650–700670275.03/cwt260.00–280.001,8434
SteersMedium and Large 2800–850802280.00/cwt280.00–280.002,2462
SteersMedium and Large 2300–350345340.00/cwt340.00–340.001,1731
BullsMedium and Large 2800–850844200.00/cwt200.00–200.001,6882
HeifersMedium and Large 2700–750722260.00/cwt260.00–260.001,8772
SteersMedium and Large 2600–650637332.46/cwt295.00–340.002,1186
HeifersMedium and Large 2350–400373375.00/cwt375.00–375.001,3997
SteersMedium and Large 2350–400373417.50/cwt417.50–417.501,5574
HeifersMedium and Large 2550–600555336.00/cwt336.00–336.001,8652
HeifersMedium and Large 2Value Added650–700654310.00/cwt310.00–310.002,0278
HeifersMedium and Large 2Value Added750–800765271.00/cwt271.00–271.002,0732
SteersMedium and Large 2450–500456370.92/cwt355.00–372.501,69111
BullsMedium and Large 2500–550528347.31/cwt325.00–357.501,8349
BullsMedium and Large 2700–750721240.72/cwt240.00–242.501,7367
BullsMedium and Large 2650–700667241.73/cwt235.00–255.001,6123
SteersMedium and Large 1-2500–550501387.50/cwt387.50–387.501,9415
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2Value Added550–600568345.00/cwt345.00–345.001,9604
BullsMedium and Large 2450–500470362.00/cwt350.00–365.001,7015
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2Natural450–500473357.78/cwt355.00–360.001,69211

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.