Name: Fauquier Livestock Exchange, Inc. livestock auction prices — 2025-08-08
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-08-08

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 68, Heifers 97, Bulls 15)

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 $359.70/cwt on 38 head. That ranks 5 of 10 comparable sales and sits −5.41 against this barn's trailing median of $365.11.

Average price

$359.70

38 head · 555 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,995

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$273

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

$35.73/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+19.22

vs VA average

+9.13 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1-2	557	367.40	2,047	15thin
Medium and Large 2	562	365.19	2,052	15thin
Medium and Large 1	540	345.00	1,863	2thin
Small 1	535	331.67	1,774	6thin

One grade step is worth $35.73/cwt here — about $273 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 sale38 hd

359.70

—

VA average9 barns · 550 hd

340.48

+19.22

National average149 barns · 9,537 hd

350.57

+9.13

This barn, trailing median10 sales

365.11

−5.41

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

51 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 2Value Added	450–500	476	410.00/cwt	410.00–410.00	1,952	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2Value Added	650–700	663	319.00/cwt	319.00–319.00	2,115	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 2Value Added	500–550	549	375.00/cwt	375.00–375.00	2,059	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	560	359.88/cwt	330.00–366.00	2,015	6
Steers	Medium and Large 2Natural	1050–1100	1,088	285.00/cwt	285.00–285.00	3,101	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2Natural	450–500	483	370.00/cwt	370.00–370.00	1,787	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	650–700	694	337.50/cwt	337.50–337.50	2,342	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	600–650	609	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	1,949	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	400–450	429	330.00/cwt	330.00–330.00	1,416	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3Natural	700–750	703	297.50/cwt	297.50–297.50	2,091	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	700–750	741	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	2,223	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	446	410.00/cwt	410.00–410.00	1,829	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	361	370.00/cwt	370.00–370.00	1,336	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2Value Added	550–600	589	364.00/cwt	364.00–364.00	2,144	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	450–500	482	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	1,542	1
Steers	Medium and Large 3	450–500	462	340.41/cwt	270.00–385.00	1,573	3
Heifers	Small 1Natural	500–550	541	335.00/cwt	335.00–335.00	1,812	5
Steers	Small 1	500–550	510	340.00/cwt	340.00–340.00	1,734	1
Heifers	Small 1	500–550	505	315.00/cwt	315.00–315.00	1,591	1
Steers	Medium and Large 3	500–550	545	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	818	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	649	325.00/cwt	325.00–325.00	2,109	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	485	353.78/cwt	340.00–367.50	1,716	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	790	305.00/cwt	305.00–305.00	2,410	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	550–600	568	345.00/cwt	345.00–345.00	1,960	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	450–500	467	370.00/cwt	370.00–370.00	1,728	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	950–1000	971	275.00/cwt	275.00–275.00	2,670	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	900–950	945	249.00/cwt	249.00–249.00	2,353	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	540	345.00/cwt	345.00–345.00	1,863	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	625	345.00/cwt	345.00–345.00	2,156	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	561	355.00/cwt	355.00–355.00	1,992	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Natural	550–600	571	365.00/cwt	365.00–365.00	2,084	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	500–550	548	369.00/cwt	369.00–369.00	2,022	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	786	305.00/cwt	305.00–305.00	2,397	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	473	410.00/cwt	410.00–410.00	1,939	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	1050–1100	1,058	290.00/cwt	290.00–290.00	3,068	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	1050–1100	1,050	235.00/cwt	235.00–235.00	2,468	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	774	305.00/cwt	305.00–305.00	2,361	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	600–650	609	365.00/cwt	365.00–365.00	2,223	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Natural	650–700	692	359.00/cwt	359.00–359.00	2,484	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Natural	1000–1050	1,030	280.00/cwt	280.00–280.00	2,884	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Natural	600–650	639	338.00/cwt	338.00–338.00	2,160	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	461	370.00/cwt	370.00–370.00	1,706	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	800–850	843	305.00/cwt	305.00–305.00	2,571	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	450–500	479	387.50/cwt	387.50–387.50	1,856	8
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	650–700	668	295.00/cwt	295.00–295.00	1,971	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	500–550	548	335.00/cwt	335.00–335.00	1,836	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	350–400	391	415.00/cwt	415.00–415.00	1,623	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2Natural	750–800	778	329.00/cwt	329.00–329.00	2,560	9
Steers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	536	376.66/cwt	360.00–380.00	2,019	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	516	362.50/cwt	362.50–362.50	1,871	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	650–700	655	318.56/cwt	312.50–321.00	2,087	6

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 Aug 8, 2025

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

Receipts 180Last week 156Year ago 92

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 68, Heifers 97, Bulls 15)

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 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
4	450–500	476	410.00	410.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2 · Natural$ per cwt · actual wt
9	750–800	778	329.00	329.00
4	1050–1100	1,088	285.00	285.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	350–400	361	370.00	370.00
2	400–450	446	410.00	410.00
6	500–550	536	360.00–380.00	376.66
1	600–650	609	320.00	320.00
1	650–700	694	337.50	337.50
2	700–750	741	300.00	300.00
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
3	450–500	462	270.00–385.00	340.41
1	500–550	545	150.00	150.00
Steers — Small 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	500–550	510	340.00	340.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
4	450–500	473	410.00	410.00
2	550–600	561	355.00	355.00
4	600–650	625	345.00	345.00
1	750–800	786	305.00	305.00
2	1050–1100	1,058	290.00	290.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
5	600–650	609	365.00	365.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Natural$ per cwt · actual wt
11	650–700	692	359.00	359.00
3	1000–1050	1,030	280.00	280.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
4	500–550	549	375.00	375.00
4	550–600	589	364.00	364.00
6	650–700	663	319.00	319.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	450–500	461	370.00	370.00
1	500–550	516	362.50	362.50
6	550–600	560	330.00–366.00	359.88
6	650–700	655	312.50–321.00	318.56
2	800–850	843	305.00	305.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2 · Natural$ per cwt · actual wt
3	450–500	483	370.00	370.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	400–450	429	330.00	330.00
1	450–500	482	320.00	320.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 3 · Natural$ per cwt · actual wt
2	700–750	703	297.50	297.50
Heifers — Small 1 · Natural$ per cwt · actual wt
5	500–550	541	335.00	335.00
Heifers — Small 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	500–550	505	315.00	315.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	450–500	485	340.00–367.50	353.78
2	500–550	540	345.00	345.00
3	600–650	649	325.00	325.00
1	750–800	790	305.00	305.00
3	900–950	945	249.00	249.00
4	950–1000	971	275.00	275.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Natural$ per cwt · actual wt
6	550–600	571	365.00	365.00
11	600–650	639	338.00	338.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
9	500–550	548	369.00	369.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	750–800	774	305.00	305.00
7	1050–1100	1,050	235.00	235.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	450–500	467	370.00	370.00
3	550–600	568	345.00	345.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	350–400	391	415.00	415.00
8	450–500	479	387.50	387.50
1	500–550	548	335.00	335.00
1	650–700	668	295.00	295.00

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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