Name: Fauquier Livestock Exchange, Inc. livestock auction prices — 2026-07-10
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2026-07-10

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 145, Heifers 109, Bulls 12)

Value Added and Natural Cattle are Weaned and Vaccinated

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $449.95/cwt on 59 head, up $14.14 from the prior sale. That ranks 7 of 9 comparable sales and sits +1.16 against this barn's trailing median of $448.79.

Average price

$449.95

▲ 14.14 vs prior sale

59 head · 583 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,625

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$54

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

$10.67/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+0.72

vs VA average

−9.53 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1-2	553	456.25	2,521	8thin
Medium and Large 1	599	450.00	2,696	39
Medium and Large 2	554	445.58	2,467	12thin

One grade step is worth $10.67/cwt here — about $54 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

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 sale59 hd

449.95

—

VA average4 barns · 232 hd

449.23

+0.72

National average146 barns · 7,211 hd

459.48

−9.53

This barn, trailing median9 sales

448.79

+1.16

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

56 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 2Value Added	500–550	545	335.00/cwt	335.00–335.00	1,826	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2Value Added	400–450	429	420.00/cwt	420.00–420.00	1,802	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	350–400	374	325.70/cwt	260.00–400.00	1,218	2
Steers	Medium and Large 3	450–500	495	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	1,485	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2Value Added	600–650	645	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	2,258	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3Value Added	650–700	663	382.50/cwt	382.50–382.50	2,536	9
Steers	Medium and Large 2	200–250	236	512.50/cwt	512.50–512.50	1,210	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	385	455.00/cwt	455.00–455.00	1,752	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3Value Added	350–400	358	442.50/cwt	442.50–442.50	1,584	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3Value Added	450–500	462	462.50/cwt	462.50–462.50	2,137	9
Steers	Medium and Large 2Value Added	550–600	550	464.00/cwt	464.00–464.00	2,552	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2Value Added	1050–1100	1,063	255.00/cwt	255.00–255.00	2,711	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	460	399.70/cwt	370.00–402.50	1,839	12
Steers	Medium and Large 2	300–350	349	495.00/cwt	495.00–495.00	1,728	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2Value Added	750–800	789	332.50/cwt	332.50–332.50	2,623	4
Steers	Medium and Large 2Natural	350–400	358	460.00/cwt	460.00–460.00	1,647	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	650–700	650	397.50/cwt	397.50–397.50	2,584	5
Steers	Medium and Large 2	800–850	825	285.00/cwt	285.00–285.00	2,351	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	250–300	255	490.00/cwt	490.00–490.00	1,250	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	600–650	641	331.76/cwt	315.00–335.00	2,127	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 2Value Added	500–550	528	366.00/cwt	366.00–366.00	1,932	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2Value Added	700–750	725	360.00/cwt	360.00–360.00	2,610	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	700–750	744	326.00/cwt	326.00–326.00	2,425	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	1050–1100	1,059	210.00/cwt	210.00–210.00	2,224	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2Value Added	850–900	880	245.00/cwt	245.00–245.00	2,156	8
Steers	Medium and Large 2Value Added	650–700	655	396.68/cwt	355.00–407.00	2,598	5
Steers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	556	452.50/cwt	452.50–452.50	2,516	8
Steers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	471	450.00/cwt	450.00–450.00	2,120	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	750–800	758	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	2,274	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	850–900	895	240.00/cwt	240.00–240.00	2,148	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	556	460.00/cwt	460.00–460.00	2,558	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	500–550	549	452.50/cwt	452.50–452.50	2,484	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	559	355.00/cwt	355.00–355.00	1,984	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	357	420.00/cwt	420.00–420.00	1,499	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Natural	450–500	463	445.00/cwt	445.00–445.00	2,060	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	650–700	666	339.98/cwt	320.00–350.00	2,264	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	624	343.98/cwt	342.50–350.00	2,146	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	472	465.00/cwt	465.00–465.00	2,195	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	550–600	558	360.00/cwt	360.00–360.00	2,009	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	450–500	470	415.00/cwt	415.00–415.00	1,951	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	620	425.00/cwt	425.00–425.00	2,635	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	700–750	731	295.00/cwt	295.00–295.00	2,156	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	731	335.00/cwt	335.00–335.00	2,449	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	569	357.50/cwt	357.50–357.50	2,034	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	800–850	810	325.00/cwt	325.00–325.00	2,633	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	850–900	872	325.00/cwt	325.00–325.00	2,834	22
Steers	Medium and Large 1	950–1000	963	280.00/cwt	280.00–280.00	2,696	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	386	475.00/cwt	475.00–475.00	1,834	1
Heifers	Small 1	700–750	743	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	1,115	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	443	405.00/cwt	405.00–405.00	1,794	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	749	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	2,622	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	800–850	841	335.00/cwt	335.00–335.00	2,817	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1Natural	550–600	599	450.00/cwt	450.00–450.00	2,696	39
Steers	Medium and Large 1Natural	700–750	742	382.50/cwt	382.50–382.50	2,838	14
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	550–600	559	375.00/cwt	375.00–375.00	2,096	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	350–400	369	487.50/cwt	487.50–487.50	1,799	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 Jul 10, 2026

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

Receipts 266Last week 262Year ago 156

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 145, Heifers 109, Bulls 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 2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
1	500–550	545	335.00	335.00
3	550–600	550	464.00	464.00
5	650–700	655	355.00–407.00	396.68
3	700–750	725	360.00	360.00
8	850–900	880	245.00	245.00
2	1050–1100	1,063	255.00	255.00
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	450–500	495	300.00	300.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2-3 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
9	450–500	462	462.50	462.50
9	650–700	663	382.50	382.50
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	200–250	236	512.50	512.50
1	300–350	349	495.00	495.00
1	350–400	385	455.00	455.00
7	450–500	471	450.00	450.00
8	550–600	556	452.50	452.50
5	650–700	650	397.50	397.50
2	800–850	825	285.00	285.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2 · Natural$ per cwt · actual wt
2	350–400	358	460.00	460.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	550–600	556	460.00	460.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
4	500–550	549	452.50	452.50
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Natural$ per cwt · actual wt
3	450–500	463	445.00	445.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	350–400	386	475.00	475.00
3	450–500	472	465.00	465.00
3	600–650	620	425.00	425.00
3	700–750	749	350.00	350.00
1	950–1000	963	280.00	280.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
1	800–850	841	335.00	335.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Natural$ per cwt · actual wt
39	550–600	599	450.00	450.00
14	700–750	742	382.50	382.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
8	400–450	429	420.00	420.00
3	500–550	528	366.00	366.00
2	600–650	645	350.00	350.00
4	750–800	789	332.50	332.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	350–400	374	260.00–400.00	325.70
Heifers — Medium and Large 3 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
2	350–400	358	442.50	442.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	250–300	255	490.00	490.00
6	350–400	357	420.00	420.00
12	450–500	460	370.00–402.50	399.70
6	550–600	559	355.00	355.00
6	600–650	641	315.00–335.00	331.76
3	700–750	744	326.00	326.00
1	850–900	895	240.00	240.00
1	1050–1100	1,059	210.00	210.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
6	400–450	443	405.00	405.00
10	550–600	569	357.50	357.50
5	600–650	624	342.50–350.00	343.98
3	700–750	731	335.00	335.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
4	800–850	810	325.00	325.00
22	850–900	872	325.00	325.00
Heifers — Small 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	700–750	743	150.00	150.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	450–500	470	415.00	415.00
3	550–600	558	360.00	360.00
3	650–700	666	320.00–350.00	339.98
1	700–750	731	295.00	295.00
1	750–800	758	300.00	300.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	350–400	369	487.50	487.50
1	550–600	559	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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