Name: Fauquier Livestock Exchange, Inc. livestock auction prices — 2026-05-29
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2026-05-29

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 75, Heifers 81, Bull 12)

Value Added and Natural Cattle are Weaned and Vaccinated

Weight class

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb heifers averaged $367.14/cwt on 14 head, up $18.18 from the prior sale. That ranks 6 of 10 comparable sales and sits +2.03 against this barn's trailing median of $365.11.

Average price

$367.14

▲ 18.18 vs prior sale

14 head · 556 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,043

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$544

per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 3

$105.85/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−13.64

vs VA average

−40.30 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	543	397.50	2,158	2thin
Medium and Large 2	560	385.56	2,160	9thin
Medium and Large 3	554	291.65	1,615	3thin

One grade step is worth $105.85/cwt here — about $544 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 400–500 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 sale14 hd

367.14

—

VA average4 barns · 186 hd

380.78

−13.64

National average128 barns · 4,974 hd

407.44

−40.30

This barn, trailing median10 sales

365.11

+2.03

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

54 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 3	400–450	439	355.00/cwt	355.00–355.00	1,558	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	500–550	531	200.00/cwt	200.00–200.00	1,062	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	450–500	463	325.00/cwt	325.00–325.00	1,505	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2Value Added	550–600	579	467.50/cwt	467.50–467.50	2,707	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	550–600	565	337.48/cwt	335.00–340.00	1,907	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	650–700	685	200.00/cwt	200.00–200.00	1,370	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	600–650	627	240.00/cwt	240.00–240.00	1,505	1
Steers	Medium and Large 3	550–600	593	400.00/cwt	400.00–400.00	2,372	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	300–350	348	540.00/cwt	540.00–540.00	1,879	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	700–750	737	355.00/cwt	355.00–355.00	2,616	1
Steers	Medium and Large 3	350–400	393	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	1,179	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	700–750	733	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	916	4
Steers	Medium and Large 2Value Added	500–550	509	400.00/cwt	400.00–400.00	2,036	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2Value Added	550–600	563	390.00/cwt	390.00–390.00	2,196	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	460	450.00/cwt	450.00–450.00	2,070	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	382	450.00/cwt	450.00–450.00	1,719	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2Value Added	450–500	465	495.00/cwt	495.00–495.00	2,302	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2Natural	400–450	424	533.00/cwt	533.00–533.00	2,260	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	600–650	618	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	2,163	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	544	440.00/cwt	440.00–440.00	2,394	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	350–400	378	500.00/cwt	500.00–500.00	1,890	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	750–800	780	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	1,950	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	572	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	1,716	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2Value Added	650–700	656	390.00/cwt	390.00–390.00	2,558	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	450–500	476	375.00/cwt	375.00–375.00	1,785	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	551	370.00/cwt	370.00–370.00	2,039	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Natural	400–450	402	515.00/cwt	515.00–515.00	2,070	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Natural	400–450	425	542.50/cwt	542.50–542.50	2,306	11
Steers	Medium and Large 2Natural	350–400	366	547.55/cwt	540.00–550.00	2,004	8
Steers	Medium and Large 2Natural	250–300	268	545.00/cwt	545.00–545.00	1,461	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	200–250	232	555.00/cwt	555.00–555.00	1,288	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	550–600	599	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	2,097	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	650	410.00/cwt	410.00–410.00	2,665	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	1050–1100	1,066	210.00/cwt	210.00–210.00	2,239	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	409	495.00/cwt	495.00–495.00	2,025	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	484	460.00/cwt	460.00–460.00	2,226	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	550–600	573	455.00/cwt	455.00–455.00	2,607	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	600–650	641	410.00/cwt	410.00–410.00	2,628	2
Steers	Small 1	350–400	399	345.00/cwt	345.00–345.00	1,377	1
Heifers	Small 1Value Added	200–250	237	375.00/cwt	375.00–375.00	889	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	576	365.00/cwt	365.00–365.00	2,102	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	715	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	2,503	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	785	325.00/cwt	325.00–325.00	2,551	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	565	470.00/cwt	470.00–470.00	2,656	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	671	330.00/cwt	330.00–330.00	2,214	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	425	508.35/cwt	505.00–515.00	2,160	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	650–700	652	345.00/cwt	345.00–345.00	2,249	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1Natural	550–600	582	465.00/cwt	465.00–465.00	2,706	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Natural	500–550	510	430.00/cwt	430.00–430.00	2,193	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	600–650	611	330.00/cwt	330.00–330.00	2,016	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2Value Added	600–650	623	421.00/cwt	421.00–421.00	2,623	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	850–900	876	225.00/cwt	225.00–225.00	1,971	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	350–400	369	452.98/cwt	435.00–465.00	1,671	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	250–300	251	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	879	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 May 29, 2026

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

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State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 75, Heifers 81, Bull 12)

Value Added and Natural Cattle are Weaned and Vaccinated

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	350–400	393	300.00	300.00
1	400–450	439	355.00	355.00
2	550–600	593	400.00	400.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
2	450–500	465	495.00	495.00
1	500–550	509	400.00	400.00
4	550–600	579	467.50	467.50
5	600–650	623	421.00	421.00
1	650–700	656	390.00	390.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	300–350	348	540.00	540.00
3	500–550	544	440.00	440.00
1	550–600	572	300.00	300.00
1	700–750	737	355.00	355.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Natural$ per cwt · actual wt
11	400–450	425	542.50	542.50
Steers — Medium and Large 2 · Natural$ per cwt · actual wt
2	250–300	268	545.00	545.00
8	350–400	366	540.00–550.00	547.55
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
6	400–450	425	505.00–515.00	508.35
3	550–600	565	470.00	470.00
2	650–700	650	410.00	410.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
6	550–600	573	455.00	455.00
2	600–650	641	410.00	410.00
Steers — Small 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	350–400	399	345.00	345.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
1	650–700	652	345.00	345.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Natural$ per cwt · actual wt
9	550–600	582	465.00	465.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	250–300	251	350.00	350.00
5	350–400	369	435.00–465.00	452.98
1	450–500	463	325.00	325.00
1	500–550	531	200.00	200.00
2	550–600	565	335.00–340.00	337.48
1	600–650	627	240.00	240.00
1	650–700	685	200.00	200.00
2	850–900	876	225.00	225.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
7	550–600	563	390.00	390.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	350–400	382	450.00	450.00
4	450–500	460	450.00	450.00
2	550–600	551	370.00	370.00
2	600–650	618	350.00	350.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2 · Natural$ per cwt · actual wt
11	400–450	424	533.00	533.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Natural$ per cwt · actual wt
5	400–450	402	515.00	515.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	550–600	576	365.00	365.00
1	650–700	671	330.00	330.00
7	700–750	715	350.00	350.00
4	750–800	785	325.00	325.00
1	1050–1100	1,066	210.00	210.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
11	400–450	409	495.00	495.00
8	450–500	484	460.00	460.00
Heifers — Small 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
1	200–250	237	375.00	375.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Natural$ per cwt · actual wt
1	500–550	510	430.00	430.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
4	700–750	733	125.00	125.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	200–250	232	555.00	555.00
2	350–400	378	500.00	500.00
1	450–500	476	375.00	375.00
2	550–600	599	350.00	350.00
1	750–800	780	250.00	250.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	600–650	611	330.00	330.00

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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