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Fauquier Livestock Exchange, Inc.

Name: Fauquier Livestock Exchange, Inc. livestock auction prices — 2026-10-23
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2026-10-23

Feeder Cattle · Marshall, Virginia · Fri, Oct 23

● Final38 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2173

← Oct 9Oct 23latest

Receipts

109 head

▼ 83 vs last sale 192▼ 217 vs year ago 326 · −66.6%

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 36, Heifers 56, Bulls 17)

Weight class — the figures below change to match

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb heifers averaged $303.64/cwt on 11 head, up $8.18 from the prior sale. That ranks 3 of 11 comparable sales and sits −45.32 against this barn's trailing median of $348.96.

Average price

$303.64

▲ 8.18 vs prior sale

11 head · 551 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,673

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$704

per head · Medium and Large 1 over Small 1

$117.50/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−34.24

vs VA average

−73.38 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	553	317.50	1,756	8thin
Medium and Large 2	555	300.00	1,665	2thin
Small 1	526	200.00	1,052	1thin

One grade step is worth $117.50/cwt here — about $704 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.

How it compared 500–600 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only

This sale11 hd

303.64

—

VA average10 barns · 672 hd

337.88

−34.24

National average186 barns · 22,034 hd

377.02

−73.38

This barn, trailing median11 sales

348.96

−45.32

A barn can sit above the state average at one weight and below it at another — check the class you actually sell.

This barn's trailing prices 500–600 lb

11 sales

Heifers 500–600 lb: high $400.71, low $288.33, median $348.96 across 11 sales. Sales under 10 head in this class are excluded, so a thin day cannot swing the median or the ranking.

Every lot, as filed

38 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. Grouped by class and set lightest first; USDA files them in sale-ring order.

Class	Weight	Grade / description	Avg wt	Price	Range	Per head	Head
Feeder Cattle · Steers11 lots · lightest first
Steers	250–300	Medium and Large 2	285	435.00/cwt	435.00–435.00	1,240	1
Steers	350–400	Medium and Large 2	360	410.00/cwt	410.00–410.00	1,476	2
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	495	421.12/cwt	405.00–425.00	2,085	10
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	533	395.00/cwt	395.00–395.00	2,105	3
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	559	400.00/cwt	400.00–400.00	2,236	5
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2	563	360.00/cwt	360.00–360.00	2,027	6
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	642	335.00/cwt	335.00–335.00	2,151	3
Steers	750–800	Medium and Large 1-2	780	310.00/cwt	310.00–310.00	2,418	2
Steers	750–800	Medium and Large 2	790	295.00/cwt	295.00–295.00	2,331	1
Steers	850–900	Medium and Large 1	895	270.00/cwt	270.00–270.00	2,417	1
Steers	900–950	Medium and Large 2	920	220.00/cwt	220.00–220.00	2,024	2
Feeder Cattle · Heifers17 lots · lightest first
Heifers	250–300	Medium and Large 3	269	325.00/cwt	325.00–325.00	874	1
Heifers	300–350	Medium and Large 3	331	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	993	1
Heifers	300–350	Medium and Large 1	345	360.00/cwt	360.00–360.00	1,242	1
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 2	352	355.00/cwt	355.00–355.00	1,250	1
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 1	399	370.00/cwt	370.00–370.00	1,476	4
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	411	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	1,439	1
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	462	338.30/cwt	325.00–350.00	1,563	11
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 2	471	340.00/cwt	340.00–340.00	1,601	2
Heifers	500–550	Small 1	526	200.00/cwt	200.00–200.00	1,052	1
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	553	317.50/cwt	317.50–317.50	1,756	8
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 2	555	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	1,665	2
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 3	605	200.00/cwt	200.00–200.00	1,210	3
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 2	622	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	1,555	3
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	654	280.00/cwt	280.00–280.00	1,831	8
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1-2	695	280.00/cwt	280.00–280.00	1,946	5
Heifers	750–800	Medium and Large 1	753	240.00/cwt	240.00–240.00	1,807	2
Heifers	800–850	Medium and Large 2	815	225.00/cwt	225.00–225.00	1,834	1
Feeder Cattle · Bulls10 lots · lightest first
Bulls	350–400	Medium and Large 2	380	390.00/cwt	390.00–390.00	1,482	2
Bulls	350–400	Medium and Large 3	395	325.00/cwt	325.00–325.00	1,284	2
Bulls	450–500	Medium and Large 2	469	367.44/cwt	360.00–370.00	1,723	4
Bulls	450–500	Medium and Large 1	480	375.00/cwt	375.00–375.00	1,800	1
Bulls	500–550	Medium and Large 1	520	335.00/cwt	335.00–335.00	1,742	1
Bulls	500–550	Medium and Large 3	527	200.00/cwt	200.00–200.00	1,054	1
Bulls	550–600	Medium and Large 2	560	280.00/cwt	280.00–280.00	1,568	1
Bulls	650–700	Medium and Large 2	670	307.50/cwt	307.50–307.50	2,060	3
Bulls	750–800	Medium and Large 1	750	260.00/cwt	260.00–260.00	1,950	1
Bulls	750–800	Medium and Large 2	780	175.00/cwt	175.00–175.00	1,365	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 Oct 23, 2026

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

Receipts 109Last week 192Year ago 326

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 36, Heifers 56, Bulls 17)

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	450–500	480	375.00	375.00
1	500–550	520	335.00	335.00
1	750–800	750	260.00	260.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	350–400	380	390.00	390.00
4	450–500	469	360.00–370.00	367.44
1	550–600	560	280.00	280.00
3	650–700	670	307.50	307.50
1	750–800	780	175.00	175.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	350–400	395	325.00	325.00
1	500–550	527	200.00	200.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
10	450–500	495	405.00–425.00	421.12
3	500–550	533	395.00	395.00
5	550–600	559	400.00	400.00
3	600–650	642	335.00	335.00
1	850–900	895	270.00	270.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
6	550–600	563	360.00	360.00
2	750–800	780	310.00	310.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	250–300	285	435.00	435.00
2	350–400	360	410.00	410.00
1	750–800	790	295.00	295.00
2	900–950	920	220.00	220.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	300–350	345	360.00	360.00
4	350–400	399	370.00	370.00
1	400–450	411	350.00	350.00
11	450–500	462	325.00–350.00	338.30
8	550–600	553	317.50	317.50
8	650–700	654	280.00	280.00
2	750–800	753	240.00	240.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Small 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	500–550	526	200.00	200.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	650–700	695	280.00	280.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	350–400	352	355.00	355.00
2	450–500	471	340.00	340.00
2	550–600	555	300.00	300.00
3	600–650	622	250.00	250.00
1	800–850	815	225.00	225.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	250–300	269	325.00	325.00
1	300–350	331	300.00	300.00
3	600–650	605	200.00	200.00

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.