Name: Fauquier Livestock Exchange, Inc. livestock auction prices — 2026-02-13
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2026-02-13

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 151, Heifers 46, Bulls 5)

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 $484.51/cwt on 51 head, up $51.46 from the prior sale (only 13 head in that comparison). That ranks 8 of 9 comparable sales and sits +35.72 against this barn's trailing median of $448.79.

Average price

$484.51

▲ 51.46 vs prior sale

51 head · 569 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,756

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$1,891

per head · Medium and Large 2 over Small 1

$358.89/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+19.03

vs VA average

+6.12 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 2	518	558.89	2,893	9thin
Medium and Large 1-2	585	478.83	2,802	30
Medium and Large 1	572	465.00	2,660	11thin
Small 1	501	200.00	1,002	1thin

One grade step is worth $358.89/cwt here — about $1,891 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

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 sale51 hd

484.51

—

VA average6 barns · 159 hd

465.48

+19.03

National average184 barns · 16,706 hd

478.39

+6.12

This barn, trailing median9 sales

448.79

+35.72

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

42 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	450–500	472	470.00/cwt	470.00–470.00	2,218	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	300–350	330	580.00/cwt	580.00–580.00	1,914	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	700	345.00/cwt	345.00–345.00	2,415	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	473	425.00/cwt	425.00–425.00	2,010	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1Natural	750–800	786	370.00/cwt	370.00–370.00	2,908	14
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	650–700	659	435.00/cwt	435.00–435.00	2,867	4
Steers	Medium and Large 3	300–350	315	480.00/cwt	480.00–480.00	1,512	1
Heifers	Small 1	400–450	434	410.00/cwt	410.00–410.00	1,779	2
Steers	Small 1	350–400	389	445.00/cwt	445.00–445.00	1,731	1
Heifers	Small 1	700–750	700	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	1,750	1
Steers	Small 1	450–500	467	465.00/cwt	465.00–465.00	2,172	1
Steers	Small 1	500–550	501	200.00/cwt	200.00–200.00	1,002	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	570	470.00/cwt	470.00–470.00	2,679	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	404	445.15/cwt	425.00–465.00	1,798	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	507	395.00/cwt	395.00–395.00	2,003	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	400–450	406	450.00/cwt	450.00–450.00	1,827	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	450–500	485	375.00/cwt	375.00–375.00	1,819	1
Steers	Medium and Large 3Value Added	900–950	935	225.00/cwt	225.00–225.00	2,104	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	650–700	650	430.00/cwt	430.00–430.00	2,795	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	1000–1050	1,040	230.00/cwt	230.00–230.00	2,392	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	379	490.95/cwt	450.00–530.00	1,861	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2Natural	350–400	375	500.00/cwt	500.00–500.00	1,875	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	200–250	231	475.00/cwt	475.00–475.00	1,097	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	467	385.00/cwt	385.00–385.00	1,798	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2Natural	500–550	511	570.00/cwt	570.00–570.00	2,913	8
Steers	Medium and Large 2Value Added	400–450	418	490.00/cwt	490.00–490.00	2,048	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2Value Added	450–500	467	555.00/cwt	555.00–555.00	2,592	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2Natural	500–550	506	500.00/cwt	500.00–500.00	2,530	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	382	465.00/cwt	465.00–465.00	1,776	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	472	525.00/cwt	525.00–525.00	2,478	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	354	458.61/cwt	425.00–470.00	1,623	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	550–600	599	475.00/cwt	475.00–475.00	2,845	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	600–650	635	355.00/cwt	355.00–355.00	2,254	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	600–650	603	470.00/cwt	470.00–470.00	2,834	5
Steers	Medium and Large 2Natural	450–500	457	565.00/cwt	565.00–565.00	2,582	16
Steers	Medium and Large 2Natural	400–450	416	550.00/cwt	550.00–550.00	2,288	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	850	305.00/cwt	305.00–305.00	2,593	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	546	379.00/cwt	379.00–379.00	2,069	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Natural	550–600	581	480.00/cwt	480.00–480.00	2,789	23
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Natural	650–700	692	419.00/cwt	419.00–419.00	2,899	31
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	572	465.00/cwt	465.00–465.00	2,660	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	464	550.00/cwt	550.00–550.00	2,552	7

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 Feb 13, 2026

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

Receipts 202Last week 188Year ago 0

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 151, Heifers 46, Bulls 5)

Value Added and Natural 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
2	300–350	330	580.00	580.00
1	450–500	472	470.00	470.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	400–450	406	450.00	450.00
1	450–500	485	375.00	375.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
4	350–400	354	425.00–470.00	458.61
2	450–500	473	425.00	425.00
11	500–550	546	379.00	379.00
1	700–750	700	345.00	345.00
4	850–900	850	305.00	305.00
Heifers — Small 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	400–450	434	410.00	410.00
1	700–750	700	250.00	250.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	200–250	231	475.00	475.00
3	350–400	382	465.00	465.00
2	400–450	404	425.00–465.00	445.15
1	450–500	467	385.00	385.00
2	500–550	507	395.00	395.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2 · Natural$ per cwt · actual wt
2	350–400	375	500.00	500.00
6	500–550	506	500.00	500.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
4	600–650	635	355.00	355.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Natural$ per cwt · actual wt
14	750–800	786	370.00	370.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
4	650–700	659	435.00	435.00
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	300–350	315	480.00	480.00
Steers — Small 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	350–400	389	445.00	445.00
1	450–500	467	465.00	465.00
1	500–550	501	200.00	200.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	350–400	379	450.00–530.00	490.95
3	450–500	472	525.00	525.00
1	550–600	570	470.00	470.00
3	650–700	650	430.00	430.00
1	1000–1050	1,040	230.00	230.00
Steers — Medium and Large 3 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
1	900–950	935	225.00	225.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2 · Natural$ per cwt · actual wt
4	400–450	416	550.00	550.00
16	450–500	457	565.00	565.00
8	500–550	511	570.00	570.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
3	400–450	418	490.00	490.00
3	450–500	467	555.00	555.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
7	550–600	599	475.00	475.00
5	600–650	603	470.00	470.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Natural$ per cwt · actual wt
23	550–600	581	480.00	480.00
31	650–700	692	419.00	419.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
7	450–500	464	550.00	550.00
11	550–600	572	465.00	465.00

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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