Name: Fauquier Livestock Exchange, Inc. livestock auction prices — 2025-09-12
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-09-12

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 208, Heifers 99, Bulls 38)

Value Added and Most Natural Cattle are Weaned and Vaccinated.

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $372.06/cwt on 27 head. That ranks 2 of 9 comparable sales and sits −76.74 against this barn's trailing median of $448.79.

Average price

$372.06

27 head · 559 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,079

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$813

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

$139.59/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−30.90

vs VA average

−41.46 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1-2	567	389.59	2,208	17thin
Medium and Large 2	539	361.25	1,945	4thin
Medium and Large 1	556	350.00	1,946	4thin
Medium and Large 3	521	327.50	1,706	1thin
Small 1	558	250.00	1,395	1thin

One grade step is worth $139.59/cwt here — about $813 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 700–800 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 sale27 hd

372.06

—

VA average9 barns · 682 hd

402.95

−30.90

National average170 barns · 13,807 hd

413.52

−41.46

This barn, trailing median9 sales

448.79

−76.74

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

71 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
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	450–500	464	367.50/cwt	367.50–367.50	1,705	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	850–900	894	309.00/cwt	309.00–309.00	2,762	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	550–600	559	358.00/cwt	358.00–358.00	2,001	14
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	800–850	816	342.17/cwt	337.50–347.00	2,792	18
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	550–600	565	390.00/cwt	390.00–390.00	2,204	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	650–700	685	356.00/cwt	356.00–356.00	2,439	33
Steers	Medium and Large 1Natural	950–1000	951	309.00/cwt	309.00–309.00	2,939	26
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	550–600	594	359.00/cwt	359.00–359.00	2,132	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	800–850	825	340.00/cwt	340.00–340.00	2,805	21
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	900–950	915	310.00/cwt	310.00–310.00	2,837	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Natural	700–750	716	355.00/cwt	355.00–355.00	2,542	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	850–900	878	332.50/cwt	332.50–332.50	2,919	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Natural	550–600	569	389.00/cwt	389.00–389.00	2,213	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	650–700	670	331.00/cwt	331.00–331.00	2,218	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Natural	650–700	653	335.00/cwt	335.00–335.00	2,188	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	556	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	1,946	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	600–650	639	370.00/cwt	370.00–370.00	2,364	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	760	325.00/cwt	325.00–325.00	2,470	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1Natural	650–700	674	355.00/cwt	355.00–355.00	2,393	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Natural	600–650	609	337.50/cwt	337.50–337.50	2,055	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	800–850	828	343.00/cwt	343.00–343.00	2,840	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	658	315.00/cwt	315.00–315.00	2,073	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	667	340.00/cwt	340.00–340.00	2,268	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	540	326.92/cwt	222.50–347.50	1,765	6
Steers	Small 1	550–600	558	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	1,395	1
Steers	Small 1	650–700	695	200.00/cwt	200.00–200.00	1,390	2
Heifers	Small 1	400–450	418	160.00/cwt	160.00–160.00	669	1
Steers	Small 1	750–800	755	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	1,133	2
Heifers	Small 1Natural	550–600	578	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	1,445	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	443	365.00/cwt	365.00–365.00	1,617	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1Natural	1050–1100	1,062	305.00/cwt	305.00–305.00	3,239	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Natural	750–800	771	313.00/cwt	313.00–313.00	2,413	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	600–650	648	330.00/cwt	330.00–330.00	2,138	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	500–550	527	367.50/cwt	367.50–367.50	1,937	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	450–500	454	365.00/cwt	365.00–365.00	1,657	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	300–350	315	260.00/cwt	260.00–260.00	819	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	600–650	640	274.00/cwt	274.00–274.00	1,754	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2Natural	550–600	578	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	1,445	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2Value Added	450–500	498	377.50/cwt	377.50–377.50	1,880	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	537	357.50/cwt	357.50–357.50	1,920	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	625	336.00/cwt	336.00–336.00	2,100	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	540	348.00/cwt	348.00–348.00	1,879	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	350–400	395	395.00/cwt	395.00–395.00	1,560	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	355	385.00/cwt	385.00–385.00	1,367	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	650–700	662	326.00/cwt	326.00–326.00	2,158	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	750–800	758	275.00/cwt	275.00–275.00	2,085	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	500–550	542	356.00/cwt	356.00–356.00	1,930	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	850–900	873	242.50/cwt	242.50–242.50	2,117	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	476	360.00/cwt	360.00–360.00	1,714	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	950–1000	986	262.50/cwt	262.50–262.50	2,588	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	500–550	549	340.00/cwt	340.00–340.00	1,867	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	400–450	441	364.05/cwt	305.00–376.00	1,605	6
Steers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	430	430.00/cwt	430.00–430.00	1,849	4
Steers	Medium and Large 2Value Added	500–550	540	365.00/cwt	365.00–365.00	1,971	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	650–700	655	340.00/cwt	340.00–340.00	2,227	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	584	351.00/cwt	351.00–351.00	2,050	4
Steers	Medium and Large 2	750–800	784	333.05/cwt	330.00–336.00	2,611	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	650–700	651	275.00/cwt	275.00–275.00	1,790	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	1150–1200	1,180	172.50/cwt	172.50–172.50	2,036	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	500–550	545	285.00/cwt	285.00–285.00	1,553	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	400–450	422	268.75/cwt	212.00–320.00	1,134	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	450–500	459	327.50/cwt	327.50–327.50	1,503	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	300–350	332	331.83/cwt	260.00–365.00	1,102	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	300–350	322	100.00/cwt	100.00–100.00	322	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2Value Added	650–700	654	359.00/cwt	359.00–359.00	2,348	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	650–700	665	152.50/cwt	152.50–152.50	1,014	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	550–600	558	220.00/cwt	220.00–220.00	1,228	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	400–450	425	100.00/cwt	100.00–100.00	425	2
Steers	Medium and Large 3	400–450	405	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	1,418	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	350–400	372	279.43/cwt	260.00–340.00	1,039	4
Steers	Medium and Large 3	500–550	521	327.50/cwt	327.50–327.50	1,706	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 Sep 12, 2025

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

Receipts 345Last week 180Year ago 209

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 208, Heifers 99, Bulls 38)

Value Added and Most Natural Cattle are Weaned and Vaccinated.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
4	450–500	464	367.50	367.50
8	500–550	542	356.00	356.00
14	550–600	559	358.00	358.00
6	650–700	670	331.00	331.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Natural$ per cwt · actual wt
9	650–700	653	335.00	335.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Natural$ per cwt · actual wt
4	600–650	609	337.50	337.50
4	750–800	771	313.00	313.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	400–450	443	365.00	365.00
6	500–550	540	222.50–347.50	326.92
3	650–700	658	315.00	315.00
Heifers — Small 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	400–450	418	160.00	160.00
Heifers — Small 1 · Natural$ per cwt · actual wt
2	550–600	578	250.00	250.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2 · Natural$ per cwt · actual wt
1	550–600	578	250.00	250.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	600–650	625	336.00	336.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	350–400	355	385.00	385.00
3	450–500	476	360.00	360.00
3	500–550	540	348.00	348.00
4	550–600	584	351.00	351.00
1	650–700	651	275.00	275.00
2	750–800	758	275.00	275.00
2	850–900	873	242.50	242.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
6	300–350	332	260.00–365.00	331.83
4	400–450	422	212.00–320.00	268.75
1	450–500	459	327.50	327.50
2	500–550	545	285.00	285.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
21	800–850	825	340.00	340.00
4	850–900	894	309.00	309.00
3	900–950	915	310.00	310.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
10	550–600	565	390.00	390.00
33	650–700	685	356.00	356.00
18	800–850	816	337.50–347.00	342.17
2	850–900	878	332.50	332.50
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Natural$ per cwt · actual wt
6	650–700	674	355.00	355.00
26	950–1000	951	309.00	309.00
13	1050–1100	1,062	305.00	305.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Natural$ per cwt · actual wt
7	550–600	569	389.00	389.00
11	700–750	716	355.00	355.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
4	550–600	556	350.00	350.00
2	650–700	667	340.00	340.00
1	750–800	760	325.00	325.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
4	600–650	639	370.00	370.00
4	800–850	828	343.00	343.00
Steers — Small 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	550–600	558	250.00	250.00
2	650–700	695	200.00	200.00
2	750–800	755	150.00	150.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
3	450–500	498	377.50	377.50
2	500–550	540	365.00	365.00
6	650–700	654	359.00	359.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	400–450	430	430.00	430.00
2	500–550	537	357.50	357.50
7	650–700	655	340.00	340.00
2	750–800	784	330.00–336.00	333.05
1	950–1000	986	262.50	262.50
1	1150–1200	1,180	172.50	172.50
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	400–450	405	350.00	350.00
1	500–550	521	327.50	327.50
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
7	550–600	594	359.00	359.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	450–500	454	365.00	365.00
2	500–550	527	367.50	367.50
4	600–650	648	330.00	330.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	300–350	315	260.00	260.00
2	350–400	395	395.00	395.00
6	400–450	441	305.00–376.00	364.05
2	500–550	549	340.00	340.00
1	600–650	640	274.00	274.00
2	650–700	662	326.00	326.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	300–350	322	100.00	100.00
4	350–400	372	260.00–340.00	279.43
2	400–450	425	100.00	100.00
2	550–600	558	220.00	220.00
1	650–700	665	152.50	152.50

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