Name: Fauquier Livestock Exchange, Inc. livestock auction prices — 2026-04-17
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2026-04-17

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 75, Heifers 105, Bulls 26)

Value Added cattle are Weaned and Vaccinated. Natural cattle are Vaccinated.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb heifers averaged $386.79/cwt on 21 head, up $47.28 from the prior sale (only 10 head in that comparison). That ranks 8 of 10 comparable sales and sits +21.67 against this barn's trailing median of $365.11.

Average price

$386.79

▲ 47.28 vs prior sale

21 head · 550 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,126

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$151

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

$54.25/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+15.00

vs VA average

−40.60 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 2	529	409.25	2,164	10thin
Medium and Large 1-2	596	375.00	2,235	4thin
Medium and Large 1	522	370.00	1,931	2thin
Small 1	559	370.00	2,068	1thin
Medium and Large 3	567	355.00	2,013	4thin

One grade step is worth $54.25/cwt here — about $151 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

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 sale21 hd

386.79

—

VA average10 barns · 548 hd

371.79

+15.00

National average182 barns · 12,591 hd

427.39

−40.60

This barn, trailing median10 sales

365.11

+21.67

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

57 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	400–450	436	440.00/cwt	440.00–440.00	1,918	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	381	550.00/cwt	550.00–550.00	2,096	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	508	445.00/cwt	445.00–445.00	2,261	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	1100–1150	1,132	212.50/cwt	212.50–212.50	2,406	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	200–250	217	340.00/cwt	340.00–340.00	738	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	600–650	630	305.00/cwt	305.00–305.00	1,922	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	450–500	494	429.25/cwt	395.00–435.00	2,120	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	450–500	487	485.00/cwt	485.00–485.00	2,362	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	550–600	597	435.00/cwt	435.00–435.00	2,597	4
Steers	Medium and Large 2	650–700	663	380.00/cwt	380.00–380.00	2,519	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1Natural	300–350	328	597.50/cwt	597.50–597.50	1,960	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	400–450	448	435.00/cwt	435.00–435.00	1,949	15
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	700–750	710	332.50/cwt	332.50–332.50	2,361	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1Natural	450–500	493	525.00/cwt	525.00–525.00	2,588	9
Steers	Medium and Large 2Value Added	400–450	434	515.00/cwt	515.00–515.00	2,235	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	500–550	547	465.00/cwt	465.00–465.00	2,544	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	800	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	2,400	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	375	518.93/cwt	480.00–540.00	1,946	3
Steers	Medium and Large 3	400–450	437	385.00/cwt	385.00–385.00	1,682	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	714	347.12/cwt	325.00–370.00	2,478	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	750	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	2,625	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	422	470.00/cwt	470.00–470.00	1,983	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	600–650	608	355.00/cwt	355.00–355.00	2,158	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	400–450	441	390.00/cwt	390.00–390.00	1,720	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	350–400	384	400.00/cwt	400.00–400.00	1,536	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	600–650	644	353.68/cwt	327.50–360.00	2,278	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	400–450	440	430.00/cwt	430.00–430.00	1,892	4
Bulls	Small 1	300–350	304	310.00/cwt	310.00–310.00	942	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2Natural	300–350	335	500.00/cwt	500.00–500.00	1,675	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Natural	450–500	498	445.00/cwt	445.00–445.00	2,216	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	596	375.00/cwt	375.00–375.00	2,235	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	750–800	755	242.50/cwt	242.50–242.50	1,831	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	350–400	377	405.00/cwt	405.00–405.00	1,527	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	600–650	618	332.50/cwt	332.50–332.50	2,055	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	729	295.00/cwt	295.00–295.00	2,151	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	700–750	739	305.00/cwt	305.00–305.00	2,254	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	600–650	612	325.00/cwt	325.00–325.00	1,989	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	550–600	574	382.18/cwt	350.00–397.50	2,194	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	550–600	565	420.00/cwt	420.00–420.00	2,373	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	700–750	740	292.50/cwt	292.50–292.50	2,165	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	332	510.00/cwt	510.00–510.00	1,693	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	870	285.00/cwt	285.00–285.00	2,480	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	522	370.00/cwt	370.00–370.00	1,931	2
Heifers	Small 1	650–700	678	205.00/cwt	205.00–205.00	1,390	1
Heifers	Small 1	550–600	559	370.00/cwt	370.00–370.00	2,068	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	450–500	488	440.00/cwt	440.00–440.00	2,147	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2Value Added	500–550	535	417.50/cwt	417.50–417.50	2,234	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	600–650	626	370.00/cwt	370.00–370.00	2,316	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	700–750	705	322.50/cwt	322.50–322.50	2,274	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	357	520.00/cwt	520.00–520.00	1,856	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	456	445.00/cwt	445.00–445.00	2,029	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	514	390.00/cwt	390.00–390.00	2,005	3
Steers	Medium and Large 3	350–400	388	450.00/cwt	450.00–450.00	1,746	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	570	432.52/cwt	375.00–462.50	2,465	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	450	525.00/cwt	525.00–525.00	2,363	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	350–400	376	404.22/cwt	400.00–410.00	1,520	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	550–600	567	355.00/cwt	355.00–355.00	2,013	4

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 Apr 17, 2026

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Receipts 206Last week 113Year ago 0

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 75, Heifers 105, Bulls 26)

Value Added cattle are Weaned and Vaccinated. Natural cattle are Vaccinated.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	300–350	332	510.00	510.00
3	400–450	436	440.00	440.00
2	500–550	522	370.00	370.00
2	700–750	729	295.00	295.00
1	850–900	870	285.00	285.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
3	200–250	217	340.00	340.00
6	350–400	376	400.00–410.00	404.22
7	450–500	494	395.00–435.00	429.25
4	550–600	567	355.00	355.00
1	600–650	630	305.00	305.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
15	400–450	448	435.00	435.00
7	600–650	626	370.00	370.00
4	700–750	705	322.50	322.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
6	700–750	710	332.50	332.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 2 · Natural$ per cwt · actual wt
3	300–350	335	500.00	500.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Natural$ per cwt · actual wt
11	450–500	498	445.00	445.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	550–600	596	375.00	375.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
6	350–400	357	520.00	520.00
4	450–500	456	445.00	445.00
3	500–550	514	390.00	390.00
1	600–650	612	325.00	325.00
1	700–750	739	305.00	305.00
Heifers — Small 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	550–600	559	370.00	370.00
1	650–700	678	205.00	205.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
7	500–550	535	417.50	417.50
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	350–400	381	550.00	550.00
2	400–450	422	470.00	470.00
1	500–550	508	445.00	445.00
3	650–700	663	380.00	380.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	350–400	375	480.00–540.00	518.93
7	450–500	450	525.00	525.00
8	550–600	570	375.00–462.50	432.52
4	700–750	714	325.00–370.00	347.12
3	750–800	750	350.00	350.00
2	800–850	800	300.00	300.00
2	1100–1150	1,132	212.50	212.50
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
5	450–500	487	485.00	485.00
4	550–600	597	435.00	435.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Natural$ per cwt · actual wt
2	300–350	328	597.50	597.50
9	450–500	493	525.00	525.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
4	400–450	434	515.00	515.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
12	500–550	547	465.00	465.00
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	350–400	388	450.00	450.00
1	400–450	437	385.00	385.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	450–500	488	440.00	440.00
1	600–650	608	355.00	355.00
2	700–750	740	292.50	292.50
Bulls — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	350–400	384	400.00	400.00
1	400–450	441	390.00	390.00
3	550–600	574	350.00–397.50	382.18
2	600–650	618	332.50	332.50
2	750–800	755	242.50	242.50
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	350–400	377	405.00	405.00
4	400–450	440	430.00	430.00
1	550–600	565	420.00	420.00
5	600–650	644	327.50–360.00	353.68
Bulls — Small 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	300–350	304	310.00	310.00

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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