Name: Fauquier Livestock Exchange, Inc. livestock auction prices — 2025-07-11
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-07-11

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 52, Heifers 85, Bulls 19)

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 $317.40/cwt on 10 head. That ranks 1 of 10 comparable sales and sits −47.71 against this barn's trailing median of $365.11.

Average price

$317.40

10 head · 535 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,698

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

−$50

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

$7.50/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−2.98

vs VA average

−24.13 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	519	321.00	1,666	5thin
Medium and Large 3	564	315.00	1,777	1thin
Medium and Large 2	548	313.50	1,716	4thin

One grade step is worth $7.50/cwt here — about −$50 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 300–400 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 sale10 hd

317.40

—

VA average8 barns · 216 hd

320.38

−2.98

National average157 barns · 9,726 hd

341.53

−24.13

This barn, trailing median10 sales

365.11

−47.71

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

49 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 1-2	450–500	497	377.50/cwt	377.50–377.50	1,876	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	588	330.00/cwt	330.00–330.00	1,940	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	950–1000	993	255.00/cwt	255.00–255.00	2,532	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	800–850	838	275.00/cwt	275.00–275.00	2,305	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	616	301.25/cwt	285.00–312.00	1,856	15
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	200–250	218	362.50/cwt	362.50–362.50	790	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	600–650	640	270.00/cwt	270.00–270.00	1,728	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2Value Added	400–450	408	422.50/cwt	422.50–422.50	1,724	8
Steers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	415	376.19/cwt	350.00–415.00	1,561	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 2Value Added	400–450	407	370.00/cwt	370.00–370.00	1,506	6
Steers	Medium and Large 2	850–900	867	275.00/cwt	275.00–275.00	2,384	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	300–350	328	265.00/cwt	265.00–265.00	869	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	475	327.50/cwt	327.50–327.50	1,556	4
Steers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	557	355.00/cwt	355.00–355.00	1,977	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	528	285.00/cwt	285.00–285.00	1,505	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	554	323.00/cwt	323.00–323.00	1,789	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	500–550	501	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	1,503	1
Steers	Medium and Large 3	500–550	536	355.00/cwt	355.00–355.00	1,903	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	450–500	473	325.00/cwt	325.00–325.00	1,537	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	1000–1050	1,014	277.50/cwt	277.50–277.50	2,814	8
Steers	Medium and Large 2Value Added	450–500	482	410.00/cwt	410.00–410.00	1,976	7
Steers	Medium and Large 2	250–300	258	330.00/cwt	330.00–330.00	851	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2Value Added	300–350	329	421.00/cwt	421.00–421.00	1,385	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	550–600	564	315.00/cwt	315.00–315.00	1,777	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	650–700	656	305.00/cwt	305.00–305.00	2,001	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	650–700	667	195.00/cwt	195.00–195.00	1,301	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	550–600	577	263.48/cwt	250.00–270.00	1,520	3
Steers	Medium and Large 3	850–900	858	280.00/cwt	280.00–280.00	2,402	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	350–400	391	280.00/cwt	280.00–280.00	1,095	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	350–400	364	225.00/cwt	225.00–225.00	819	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	450–500	469	290.00/cwt	290.00–290.00	1,360	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	300–350	316	231.15/cwt	185.00–280.00	730	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	400–450	442	325.00/cwt	325.00–325.00	1,437	2
Steers	Medium and Large 3	400–450	415	347.50/cwt	347.50–347.50	1,442	1
Steers	Medium and Large 3	600–650	647	302.50/cwt	302.50–302.50	1,957	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	385	375.00/cwt	375.00–375.00	1,444	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	650–700	683	285.00/cwt	285.00–285.00	1,947	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	884	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	2,210	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	376	395.00/cwt	395.00–395.00	1,485	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	519	321.00/cwt	321.00–321.00	1,666	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	450	327.50/cwt	327.50–327.50	1,474	8
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	850–900	869	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	956	1
Bulls	Small 1	750–800	780	220.00/cwt	220.00–220.00	1,716	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	600–650	640	318.00/cwt	318.00–318.00	2,035	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	560	357.50/cwt	357.50–357.50	2,002	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	487	392.50/cwt	392.50–392.50	1,911	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	631	335.00/cwt	335.00–335.00	2,114	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	600–650	605	260.00/cwt	260.00–260.00	1,573	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	500–550	503	337.50/cwt	337.50–337.50	1,698	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 Jul 11, 2025

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

Receipts 156Last week 419Year ago 336

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 52, Heifers 85, Bulls 19)

Value Added Cattle are Weaned and Vaccinated.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	450–500	497	377.50	377.50
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	250–300	258	330.00	330.00
5	400–450	415	350.00–415.00	376.19
1	550–600	557	355.00	355.00
1	600–650	640	270.00	270.00
2	850–900	867	275.00	275.00
8	1000–1050	1,014	277.50	277.50
Steers — Medium and Large 2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
8	400–450	408	422.50	422.50
7	450–500	482	410.00	410.00
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	400–450	415	347.50	347.50
1	500–550	536	355.00	355.00
1	600–650	647	302.50	302.50
1	850–900	858	280.00	280.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	350–400	376	395.00	395.00
4	450–500	487	392.50	392.50
3	550–600	560	357.50	357.50
2	600–650	631	335.00	335.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	550–600	588	330.00	330.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	450–500	473	325.00	325.00
1	500–550	501	300.00	300.00
1	850–900	869	110.00	110.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	350–400	364	225.00	225.00
3	550–600	577	250.00–270.00	263.48
2	650–700	667	195.00	195.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	500–550	503	337.50	337.50
1	600–650	605	260.00	260.00
3	650–700	683	285.00	285.00
Bulls — Small 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	750–800	780	220.00	220.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
15	600–650	616	285.00–312.00	301.25
6	800–850	838	275.00	275.00
3	950–1000	993	255.00	255.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	200–250	218	362.50	362.50
1	300–350	328	265.00	265.00
3	350–400	385	375.00	375.00
4	450–500	475	327.50	327.50
1	500–550	528	285.00	285.00
3	550–600	554	323.00	323.00
4	650–700	656	305.00	305.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
5	300–350	329	421.00	421.00
6	400–450	407	370.00	370.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	300–350	316	185.00–280.00	231.15
2	350–400	391	280.00	280.00
2	400–450	442	325.00	325.00
1	450–500	469	290.00	290.00
1	550–600	564	315.00	315.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
8	450–500	450	327.50	327.50
5	500–550	519	321.00	321.00
2	850–900	884	250.00	250.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
10	600–650	640	318.00	318.00

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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