Name: Fauquier Livestock Exchange, Inc. livestock auction prices — 2025-10-10
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-10-10

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steeers 77, Heifers 56,Bulls 22)

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 $391.08/cwt on 17 head. That ranks 2 of 9 comparable sales and sits −57.71 against this barn's trailing median of $448.79.

Average price

$391.08

17 head · 556 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,174

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$236

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

$12.80/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+9.92

vs VA average

−54.77 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1-2	583	396.00	2,309	3thin
Medium and Large 1	554	392.76	2,175	10thin
Medium and Large 2	541	383.20	2,073	4thin

One grade step is worth $12.80/cwt here — about $236 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 sale17 hd

391.08

—

VA average10 barns · 625 hd

381.17

+9.92

National average181 barns · 23,254 hd

445.85

−54.77

This barn, trailing median9 sales

448.79

−57.71

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 2	600–650	638	359.00/cwt	359.00–359.00	2,290	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	550–600	570	240.00/cwt	240.00–240.00	1,368	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	350–400	369	290.00/cwt	290.00–290.00	1,070	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	450–500	453	250.05/cwt	180.00–285.00	1,133	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	600–650	609	235.00/cwt	235.00–235.00	1,431	1
Steers	Medium and Large 3	300–350	324	360.00/cwt	360.00–360.00	1,166	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	565	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	1,695	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	550–600	562	225.00/cwt	225.00–225.00	1,265	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	440	350.87/cwt	300.00–357.50	1,544	8
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	450–500	467	325.00/cwt	325.00–325.00	1,518	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	500–550	535	345.00/cwt	345.00–345.00	1,846	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	600–650	633	265.00/cwt	265.00–265.00	1,677	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	300–350	344	410.00/cwt	410.00–410.00	1,410	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	1000–1050	1,002	271.00/cwt	271.00–271.00	2,715	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	500–550	540	340.00/cwt	340.00–340.00	1,836	2
Steers	Small 1	850–900	867	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	1,127	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	469	400.00/cwt	400.00–400.00	1,876	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	744	255.00/cwt	255.00–255.00	1,897	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	552	330.00/cwt	330.00–330.00	1,822	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	462	352.94/cwt	325.00–358.00	1,631	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	200–250	233	390.00/cwt	390.00–390.00	909	1
Steers	Small 1	750–800	778	185.00/cwt	185.00–185.00	1,439	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	531	397.50/cwt	397.50–397.50	2,111	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	653	349.00/cwt	349.00–349.00	2,279	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	569	389.60/cwt	375.00–392.50	2,217	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	1050–1100	1,093	260.00/cwt	260.00–260.00	2,842	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	800–850	828	177.50/cwt	177.50–177.50	1,470	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	451	385.00/cwt	385.00–385.00	1,736	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	650–700	688	366.00/cwt	366.00–366.00	2,518	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	600–650	637	372.00/cwt	372.00–372.00	2,370	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	583	396.00/cwt	396.00–396.00	2,309	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	564	352.50/cwt	352.50–352.50	1,988	9
Steers	Medium and Large 2	900–950	907	117.50/cwt	117.50–117.50	1,066	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	377	440.00/cwt	440.00–440.00	1,659	4
Steers	Medium and Large 2Value Added	700–750	714	346.08/cwt	340.00–350.00	2,471	5
Steers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	541	383.20/cwt	370.00–387.50	2,073	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2Value Added	650–700	657	332.50/cwt	332.50–332.50	2,185	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	650–700	687	315.00/cwt	315.00–315.00	2,164	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	800–850	801	182.50/cwt	182.50–182.50	1,462	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	750–800	786	345.00/cwt	345.00–345.00	2,712	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	483	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	1,208	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	351	395.00/cwt	395.00–395.00	1,386	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	600–650	608	265.00/cwt	265.00–265.00	1,611	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	650–700	651	290.00/cwt	290.00–290.00	1,888	1
Steers	Medium and Large 3	600–650	616	195.00/cwt	195.00–195.00	1,201	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	369	420.00/cwt	420.00–420.00	1,550	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	750–800	762	245.00/cwt	245.00–245.00	1,867	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	460	415.00/cwt	415.00–415.00	1,909	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	537	320.17/cwt	290.00–327.50	1,719	5

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 Oct 10, 2025

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

Receipts 155Last week 108Year ago 220

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steeers 77, Heifers 56,Bulls 22)

Value Added Cattle are Weaned and Vaccinated

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	350–400	369	420.00	420.00
6	450–500	460	415.00	415.00
4	500–550	541	370.00–387.50	383.20
3	600–650	638	359.00	359.00
1	650–700	687	315.00	315.00
1	900–950	907	117.50	117.50
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	300–350	324	360.00	360.00
2	600–650	616	195.00	195.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
5	1000–1050	1,002	271.00	271.00
Steers — Small 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	750–800	778	185.00	185.00
1	850–900	867	130.00	130.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
4	350–400	377	440.00	440.00
4	450–500	469	400.00	400.00
4	500–550	531	397.50	397.50
6	550–600	569	375.00–392.50	389.60
3	650–700	653	349.00	349.00
5	1050–1100	1,093	260.00	260.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
8	600–650	637	372.00	372.00
4	650–700	688	366.00	366.00
4	750–800	786	345.00	345.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	550–600	583	396.00	396.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
5	700–750	714	340.00–350.00	346.08
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
3	350–400	369	290.00	290.00
3	450–500	453	180.00–285.00	250.05
1	550–600	570	240.00	240.00
1	600–650	609	235.00	235.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	350–400	351	395.00	395.00
8	400–450	440	300.00–357.50	350.87
1	450–500	483	250.00	250.00
5	500–550	537	290.00–327.50	320.17
1	550–600	565	300.00	300.00
1	650–700	651	290.00	290.00
3	750–800	762	245.00	245.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
2	500–550	540	340.00	340.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
7	450–500	462	325.00–358.00	352.94
3	550–600	552	330.00	330.00
1	700–750	744	255.00	255.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
9	550–600	564	352.50	352.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
3	650–700	657	332.50	332.50
Bulls — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	550–600	562	225.00	225.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	300–350	344	410.00	410.00
1	450–500	467	325.00	325.00
1	500–550	535	345.00	345.00
1	600–650	633	265.00	265.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	200–250	233	390.00	390.00
3	600–650	608	265.00	265.00
1	800–850	828	177.50	177.50
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
6	450–500	451	385.00	385.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
5	800–850	801	182.50	182.50

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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