Name: Fauquier Livestock Exchange, Inc. livestock auction prices — 2026-01-09
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2026-01-09

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 82, Heifers 80, Bulls 26)

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 $433.05/cwt on 13 head. That ranks 2 of 9 comparable sales and sits −15.75 against this barn's trailing median of $448.79.

Average price

$433.05

13 head · 555 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,404

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$292

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

$30.13/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+15.62

vs VA average

−33.28 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	562	440.00	2,473	10thin
Medium and Large 2	532	409.87	2,181	3thin

One grade step is worth $30.13/cwt here — about $292 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 900–1000 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 sale13 hd

433.05

—

VA average7 barns · 187 hd

417.43

+15.62

National average195 barns · 28,890 hd

466.33

−33.28

This barn, trailing median9 sales

448.79

−15.75

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

50 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 1Value Added	600–650	626	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	2,003	6
Steers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	463	460.00/cwt	460.00–460.00	2,130	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	358	485.00/cwt	485.00–485.00	1,736	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	735	310.00/cwt	310.00–310.00	2,279	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	1200–1250	1,247	202.50/cwt	202.50–202.50	2,525	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	562	440.00/cwt	440.00–440.00	2,473	10
Steers	Medium and Large 2	700–750	745	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	2,235	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	650–700	667	345.00/cwt	345.00–345.00	2,301	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	677	370.00/cwt	370.00–370.00	2,505	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	900–950	930	305.00/cwt	305.00–305.00	2,837	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	871	249.64/cwt	235.00–265.00	2,174	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	395	470.00/cwt	470.00–470.00	1,857	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	532	409.87/cwt	400.00–430.00	2,181	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	600–650	648	395.00/cwt	395.00–395.00	2,560	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	900–950	902	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	2,886	5
Steers	Medium and Large 2	750–800	797	285.00/cwt	285.00–285.00	2,271	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	762	312.57/cwt	300.00–325.00	2,382	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	950–1000	987	260.00/cwt	260.00–260.00	2,566	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	738	330.00/cwt	330.00–330.00	2,435	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	600–650	640	342.50/cwt	342.50–342.50	2,192	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	400–450	432	475.00/cwt	475.00–475.00	2,052	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	850–900	865	255.00/cwt	255.00–255.00	2,206	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	900–950	928	260.00/cwt	260.00–260.00	2,413	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	800–850	825	265.00/cwt	265.00–265.00	2,186	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	450–500	494	400.00/cwt	400.00–400.00	1,976	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	439	475.76/cwt	470.00–477.50	2,089	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	355	425.00/cwt	425.00–425.00	1,509	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	644	336.00/cwt	336.00–336.00	2,164	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	636	387.50/cwt	387.50–387.50	2,465	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1Natural	650–700	671	395.00/cwt	395.00–395.00	2,650	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	582	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	1,746	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	832	270.00/cwt	270.00–270.00	2,246	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	350–400	367	325.54/cwt	290.00–345.00	1,195	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	600–650	647	305.00/cwt	305.00–305.00	1,973	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	750	315.00/cwt	315.00–315.00	2,363	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	532	380.00/cwt	380.00–380.00	2,022	20
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	452	385.00/cwt	385.00–385.00	1,740	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	700–750	720	307.50/cwt	307.50–307.50	2,214	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	500–550	549	315.00/cwt	315.00–315.00	1,729	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	750–800	776	240.00/cwt	240.00–240.00	1,862	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	585	324.91/cwt	230.00–355.00	1,901	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	482	387.50/cwt	387.50–387.50	1,868	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Natural	750–800	777	325.00/cwt	325.00–325.00	2,525	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	550–600	578	340.00/cwt	340.00–340.00	1,965	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	350–400	382	450.00/cwt	450.00–450.00	1,719	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	600–650	629	325.00/cwt	325.00–325.00	2,044	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	750–800	778	285.00/cwt	285.00–285.00	2,217	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	400–450	443	380.00/cwt	380.00–380.00	1,683	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	500–550	544	360.00/cwt	360.00–360.00	1,958	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	350–400	363	485.00/cwt	485.00–485.00	1,761	3

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 Jan 9, 2026

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

Receipts 188Last week 364Year ago 0

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 82, Heifers 80, Bulls 26)

Value Added and Natural cattle are Weaned and Vaccinated.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
6	600–650	626	320.00	320.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
4	350–400	355	425.00	425.00
5	450–500	482	387.50	387.50
20	500–550	532	380.00	380.00
1	550–600	582	300.00	300.00
7	600–650	644	336.00	336.00
1	700–750	735	310.00	310.00
4	750–800	750	315.00	315.00
2	800–850	832	270.00	270.00
1	1200–1250	1,247	202.50	202.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
3	350–400	367	290.00–345.00	325.54
2	400–450	443	380.00	380.00
2	550–600	578	340.00	340.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	450–500	452	385.00	385.00
6	550–600	585	230.00–355.00	324.91
1	600–650	647	305.00	305.00
5	700–750	720	307.50	307.50
1	750–800	778	285.00	285.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Natural$ per cwt · actual wt
5	750–800	777	325.00	325.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	350–400	395	470.00	470.00
3	450–500	463	460.00	460.00
3	500–550	532	400.00–430.00	409.87
1	700–750	745	300.00	300.00
1	750–800	797	285.00	285.00
1	950–1000	987	260.00	260.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	350–400	358	485.00	485.00
12	400–450	439	470.00–477.50	475.76
10	550–600	562	440.00	440.00
9	600–650	636	387.50	387.50
6	650–700	677	370.00	370.00
5	700–750	738	330.00	330.00
2	750–800	762	300.00–325.00	312.57
2	850–900	871	235.00–265.00	249.64
3	900–950	930	305.00	305.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
3	650–700	667	345.00	345.00
5	900–950	902	320.00	320.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
5	600–650	648	395.00	395.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Natural$ per cwt · actual wt
6	650–700	671	395.00	395.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	350–400	363	485.00	485.00
3	400–450	432	475.00	475.00
2	500–550	544	360.00	360.00
3	600–650	640	342.50	342.50
4	850–900	865	255.00	255.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	450–500	494	400.00	400.00
1	800–850	825	265.00	265.00
1	900–950	928	260.00	260.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	350–400	382	450.00	450.00
1	500–550	549	315.00	315.00
4	600–650	629	325.00	325.00
2	750–800	776	240.00	240.00

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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