Name: Fauquier Livestock Exchange, Inc. livestock auction prices — 2026-03-27
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2026-03-27

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 33, Heifers 56, Bulls 24)

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 $339.51/cwt on 10 head, down $61.20 from the prior sale. That ranks 1 of 10 comparable sales and sits −25.60 against this barn's trailing median of $365.11.

Average price

$339.51

▼ 61.20 vs prior sale

10 head · 529 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,796

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$505

per head · Medium and Large 2 over Medium and Large 3

$75.00/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−33.75

vs VA average

−85.68 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 2	560	350.00	1,960	1thin
Medium and Large 1	525	346.26	1,818	8thin
Medium and Large 3	529	275.00	1,455	1thin

One grade step is worth $75.00/cwt here — about $505 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 500–600 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

339.51

—

VA average8 barns · 583 hd

373.26

−33.75

National average176 barns · 15,314 hd

425.19

−85.68

This barn, trailing median10 sales

365.11

−25.60

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

36 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
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	400–450	422	445.00/cwt	445.00–445.00	1,878	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	650–700	681	330.00/cwt	330.00–330.00	2,247	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	200–250	235	570.00/cwt	570.00–570.00	1,340	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	550–600	563	415.00/cwt	415.00–415.00	2,336	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	450–500	485	450.00/cwt	450.00–450.00	2,183	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	200–250	237	280.00/cwt	280.00–280.00	664	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	850–900	885	225.00/cwt	225.00–225.00	1,991	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	500–550	529	275.00/cwt	275.00–275.00	1,455	1
Steers	Medium and Large 3	450–500	461	415.00/cwt	415.00–415.00	1,913	1
Steers	Medium and Large 3	550–600	557	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	1,950	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	400–450	420	415.00/cwt	415.00–415.00	1,743	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	360	425.00/cwt	425.00–425.00	1,530	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	560	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	1,960	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	464	440.00/cwt	440.00–440.00	2,042	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	300–350	329	455.00/cwt	455.00–455.00	1,497	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	427	470.00/cwt	470.00–470.00	2,007	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	600–650	641	385.00/cwt	385.00–385.00	2,468	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	375	470.00/cwt	470.00–470.00	1,763	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	525	346.26/cwt	290.00–360.00	1,818	8
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	350–400	355	450.00/cwt	450.00–450.00	1,598	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	400–450	438	450.00/cwt	450.00–450.00	1,971	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	600–650	603	387.54/cwt	375.00–400.00	2,337	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	300–350	338	450.00/cwt	450.00–450.00	1,521	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	250–300	263	170.00/cwt	170.00–170.00	447	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	631	375.00/cwt	375.00–375.00	2,366	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	426	385.00/cwt	385.00–385.00	1,640	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	600–650	618	355.00/cwt	355.00–355.00	2,194	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	200–250	242	190.00/cwt	190.00–190.00	460	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	250–300	262	495.00/cwt	495.00–495.00	1,297	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	375	481.23/cwt	455.00–490.00	1,805	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	542	445.00/cwt	445.00–445.00	2,412	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	465	443.77/cwt	435.00–447.50	2,064	14
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	300–350	346	540.00/cwt	540.00–540.00	1,868	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	669	315.00/cwt	315.00–315.00	2,107	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	453	485.00/cwt	485.00–485.00	2,197	13
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	350–400	369	415.00/cwt	415.00–415.00	1,531	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 Mar 27, 2026

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

Receipts 113Last week 533Year ago 144

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 33, Heifers 56, Bulls 24)

Value Added cattle are Weaned and Vaccinated

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	200–250	235	570.00	570.00
8	300–350	346	540.00	540.00
1	350–400	369	415.00	415.00
1	400–450	422	445.00	445.00
4	450–500	485	450.00	450.00
2	550–600	563	415.00	415.00
1	650–700	681	330.00	330.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	850–900	885	225.00	225.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	350–400	355	450.00	450.00
1	400–450	438	450.00	450.00
2	600–650	603	375.00–400.00	387.54
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	200–250	237	280.00	280.00
1	300–350	338	450.00	450.00
1	350–400	360	425.00	425.00
3	450–500	464	440.00	440.00
1	550–600	560	350.00	350.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
4	400–450	420	415.00	415.00
1	500–550	529	275.00	275.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	200–250	242	190.00	190.00
3	250–300	262	495.00	495.00
4	350–400	375	470.00	470.00
1	400–450	426	385.00	385.00
14	450–500	465	435.00–447.50	443.77
8	500–550	525	290.00–360.00	346.26
1	650–700	669	315.00	315.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
10	600–650	618	355.00	355.00
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	450–500	461	415.00	415.00
1	550–600	557	350.00	350.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	300–350	329	455.00	455.00
1	400–450	427	470.00	470.00
1	600–650	641	385.00	385.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	250–300	263	170.00	170.00
4	350–400	375	455.00–490.00	481.23
13	450–500	453	485.00	485.00
7	500–550	542	445.00	445.00
2	600–650	631	375.00	375.00

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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