Name: Fauquier Livestock Exchange, Inc. livestock auction prices — 2025-09-26
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-09-26

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 62, Heifers 36, Bulls 10)

Value Added cattle are Weaned and Vaccinated

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $345.00/cwt on 4 head. That ranks 1 of 9 comparable sales and sits −103.79 against this barn's trailing median of $448.79.

Average price

$345.00

4 head · 587 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,023

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$333

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

$60.00/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−46.61

vs VA average

−72.09 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1-2	585	360.00	2,106	3thin
Medium and Large 1	591	300.00	1,773	1thin

One grade step is worth $60.00/cwt here — about $333 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 600–700 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 sale4 hd

345.00

—

VA average9 barns · 453 hd

391.61

−46.61

National average168 barns · 11,658 hd

417.09

−72.09

This barn, trailing median9 sales

448.79

−103.79

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

35 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 1Value Added	650–700	666	272.50/cwt	272.50–272.50	1,815	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	550–600	564	275.00/cwt	275.00–275.00	1,551	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	750–800	797	185.00/cwt	185.00–185.00	1,474	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	600–650	601	307.50/cwt	307.50–307.50	1,848	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	250–300	283	330.00/cwt	330.00–330.00	934	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	773	295.00/cwt	295.00–295.00	2,280	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	553	335.00/cwt	335.00–335.00	1,853	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	650–700	664	185.00/cwt	185.00–185.00	1,228	1
Steers	Medium and Large 3	600–650	615	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	1,538	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	500–550	541	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	812	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	388	395.00/cwt	395.00–395.00	1,533	2
Heifers	Small 1	550–600	556	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	834	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	250–300	263	375.00/cwt	375.00–375.00	986	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	800–850	800	312.50/cwt	312.50–312.50	2,500	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	584	322.41/cwt	320.00–327.50	1,883	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	585	360.00/cwt	360.00–360.00	2,106	3
Steers	Medium and Large 3	450–500	455	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	1,593	4
Steers	Medium and Large 3Value Added	350–400	354	440.00/cwt	440.00–440.00	1,558	16
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	650–700	650	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	1,625	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	600–650	645	285.00/cwt	285.00–285.00	1,838	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	750–800	793	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	1,983	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	1000–1050	1,016	280.00/cwt	280.00–280.00	2,845	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	700–750	722	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	2,310	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	434	342.50/cwt	342.50–342.50	1,486	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	624	332.01/cwt	300.00–340.00	2,072	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	1050–1100	1,085	287.50/cwt	287.50–287.50	3,119	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	850–900	895	290.00/cwt	290.00–290.00	2,596	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	874	215.00/cwt	215.00–215.00	1,879	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	706	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	2,259	12
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	600–650	643	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	1,608	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	346	370.00/cwt	370.00–370.00	1,280	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	464	420.00/cwt	420.00–420.00	1,949	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	496	342.50/cwt	342.50–342.50	1,699	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	650–700	693	352.50/cwt	352.50–352.50	2,443	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	591	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	1,773	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 26, 2025

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

Receipts 108Last week 345Year ago 115

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 62, Heifers 36, Bulls 10)

Value Added cattle are Weaned and Vaccinated

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
1	650–700	666	272.50	272.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	250–300	283	330.00	330.00
3	300–350	346	370.00	370.00
1	450–500	496	342.50	342.50
11	550–600	553	335.00	335.00
2	750–800	773	295.00	295.00
1	850–900	874	215.00	215.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	500–550	541	150.00	150.00
1	650–700	664	185.00	185.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	350–400	388	395.00	395.00
2	400–450	434	342.50	342.50
3	550–600	584	320.00–327.50	322.41
2	600–650	645	285.00	285.00
3	750–800	793	250.00	250.00
Heifers — Small 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	550–600	556	150.00	150.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	550–600	564	275.00	275.00
3	600–650	601	307.50	307.50
1	750–800	797	185.00	185.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	600–650	643	250.00	250.00
3	650–700	650	250.00	250.00
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
4	450–500	455	350.00	350.00
1	600–650	615	250.00	250.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	250–300	263	375.00	375.00
3	700–750	722	320.00	320.00
1	800–850	800	312.50	312.50
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	550–600	585	360.00	360.00
12	700–750	706	320.00	320.00
Steers — Medium and Large 3 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
16	350–400	354	440.00	440.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
2	650–700	693	352.50	352.50
1	1000–1050	1,016	280.00	280.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	450–500	464	420.00	420.00
1	550–600	591	300.00	300.00
5	600–650	624	300.00–340.00	332.01
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
2	850–900	895	290.00	290.00
9	1050–1100	1,085	287.50	287.50

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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