Name: Fauquier Livestock Exchange, Inc. livestock auction prices — 2026-08-14
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2026-08-14

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 40, Heifers 67, Bulls 13)

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 $340.22/cwt on 45 head, down $17.83 from the prior sale (only 19 head in that comparison). That ranks 2 of 10 comparable sales and sits −24.89 against this barn's trailing median of $365.11.

Average price

$340.22

▼ 17.83 vs prior sale

45 head · 575 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,956

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$719

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

$127.61/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−36.43

vs VA average

−26.47 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	571	352.61	2,013	23
Medium and Large 1-2	592	340.00	2,013	18thin
Small 1	505	285.00	1,439	3thin
Medium and Large 2	575	225.00	1,294	1thin

One grade step is worth $127.61/cwt here — about $719 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 sale45 hd

340.22

—

VA average9 barns · 495 hd

376.65

−36.43

National average162 barns · 7,051 hd

366.69

−26.47

This barn, trailing median10 sales

365.11

−24.89

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

33 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	500–550	536	330.00/cwt	330.00–330.00	1,769	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	400–450	435	380.00/cwt	380.00–380.00	1,653	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	450–500	482	336.27/cwt	290.00–385.00	1,621	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	300–350	334	430.00/cwt	430.00–430.00	1,436	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	590	350.10/cwt	340.00–355.00	2,066	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	552	335.73/cwt	335.00–340.00	1,853	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	250–300	280	325.00/cwt	325.00–325.00	910	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	775	330.00/cwt	330.00–330.00	2,558	1
Heifers	Small 1Natural	500–550	505	285.00/cwt	285.00–285.00	1,439	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	575	225.00/cwt	225.00–225.00	1,294	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	469	417.50/cwt	417.50–417.50	1,958	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	487	340.00/cwt	340.00–340.00	1,656	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Natural	550–600	579	360.00/cwt	360.00–360.00	2,084	16
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	592	340.00/cwt	340.00–340.00	2,013	18
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	650–700	694	351.00/cwt	351.00–351.00	2,436	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	250–300	289	340.00/cwt	340.00–340.00	983	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	600–650	649	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	1,623	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	1000–1050	1,036	200.00/cwt	200.00–200.00	2,072	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	309	360.00/cwt	360.00–360.00	1,112	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	950–1000	950	290.00/cwt	290.00–290.00	2,755	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	650–700	699	265.00/cwt	265.00–265.00	1,852	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	400–450	437	224.79/cwt	210.00–255.00	982	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	467	321.01/cwt	305.00–325.00	1,499	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	630	360.00/cwt	360.00–360.00	2,268	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	704	285.00/cwt	285.00–285.00	2,006	5
Steers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	506	365.00/cwt	365.00–365.00	1,847	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	600–650	612	200.00/cwt	200.00–200.00	1,224	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	428	356.89/cwt	320.00–375.00	1,527	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	800–850	844	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	2,110	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	350–400	397	372.50/cwt	372.50–372.50	1,479	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	600–650	614	345.00/cwt	345.00–345.00	2,118	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	450–500	474	275.00/cwt	275.00–275.00	1,304	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	750–800	785	255.00/cwt	255.00–255.00	2,002	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 Aug 14, 2026

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

Receipts 120Last week 266Year ago 0

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 40, Heifers 67, Bulls 13)

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
3	300–350	334	430.00	430.00
2	400–450	435	380.00	380.00
2	450–500	482	290.00–385.00	336.27
1	500–550	536	330.00	330.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	250–300	280	325.00	325.00
3	350–400	397	372.50	372.50
1	600–650	649	250.00	250.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
5	450–500	469	417.50	417.50
6	550–600	590	340.00–355.00	350.10
6	600–650	630	360.00	360.00
1	750–800	775	330.00	330.00
1	1000–1050	1,036	200.00	200.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
8	650–700	694	351.00	351.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	400–450	428	320.00–375.00	356.89
4	500–550	506	365.00	365.00
1	600–650	614	345.00	345.00
3	800–850	844	250.00	250.00
2	950–1000	950	290.00	290.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	300–350	309	360.00	360.00
3	450–500	487	340.00	340.00
7	550–600	552	335.00–340.00	335.73
Heifers — Small 1 · Natural$ per cwt · actual wt
3	500–550	505	285.00	285.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	250–300	289	340.00	340.00
5	450–500	467	305.00–325.00	321.01
1	550–600	575	225.00	225.00
1	600–650	612	200.00	200.00
1	650–700	699	265.00	265.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Natural$ per cwt · actual wt
16	550–600	579	360.00	360.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
18	550–600	592	340.00	340.00
5	700–750	704	285.00	285.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
3	400–450	437	210.00–255.00	224.79
1	450–500	474	275.00	275.00
1	750–800	785	255.00	255.00

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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