Name: Fauquier Livestock Exchange, Inc. livestock auction prices — 2026-09-11
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2026-09-11

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 87, Heifers 54, Bulls 13)

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 $360.27/cwt on 42 head, up $4.21 from the prior sale (only 10 head in that comparison). That ranks 2 of 9 comparable sales and sits −88.52 against this barn's trailing median of $448.79.

Average price

$360.27

▲ 4.21 vs prior sale

42 head · 561 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,022

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$779

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

$140.39/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−11.73

vs VA average

−30.32 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1-2	570	375.39	2,142	23
Medium and Large 1	594	357.50	2,124	3thin
Medium and Large 2	539	346.00	1,865	15thin
Small 1	580	235.00	1,363	1thin

One grade step is worth $140.39/cwt here — about $779 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 sale42 hd

360.27

—

VA average7 barns · 245 hd

372.01

−11.73

National average134 barns · 6,067 hd

390.59

−30.32

This barn, trailing median9 sales

448.79

−88.52

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

44 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 2	650–700	672	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	2,016	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	750–800	776	306.80/cwt	300.00–320.00	2,381	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	550–600	551	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	1,378	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	450–500	486	305.00/cwt	305.00–305.00	1,482	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	650–700	691	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	1,728	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	700–750	729	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	1,823	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	444	345.00/cwt	345.00–345.00	1,532	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	563	275.00/cwt	275.00–275.00	1,548	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	600–650	614	285.00/cwt	285.00–285.00	1,750	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	500–550	527	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	1,318	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2Natural	500–550	535	360.00/cwt	360.00–360.00	1,926	11
Steers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	519	330.00/cwt	330.00–330.00	1,713	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2Natural	600–650	649	310.00/cwt	310.00–310.00	2,012	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	400–450	424	327.46/cwt	320.00–350.00	1,388	4
Steers	Medium and Large 2	600–650	633	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	2,026	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	581	285.00/cwt	285.00–285.00	1,656	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	703	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	1,758	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	363	378.95/cwt	330.00–395.00	1,376	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	550–600	575	378.00/cwt	378.00–378.00	2,174	15
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	670	346.87/cwt	345.00–350.00	2,324	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	300–350	305	325.00/cwt	325.00–325.00	991	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2Value Added	650–700	661	240.00/cwt	240.00–240.00	1,586	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	500–550	530	310.00/cwt	310.00–310.00	1,643	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 2Value Added	500–550	518	285.00/cwt	285.00–285.00	1,476	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	524	305.00/cwt	305.00–305.00	1,598	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	250–300	292	390.00/cwt	390.00–390.00	1,139	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	550–600	599	285.00/cwt	285.00–285.00	1,707	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	559	365.00/cwt	365.00–365.00	2,040	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	700–750	739	345.00/cwt	345.00–345.00	2,550	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	597	285.00/cwt	285.00–285.00	1,701	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	592	245.00/cwt	245.00–245.00	1,450	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	664	265.00/cwt	265.00–265.00	1,760	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Natural	550–600	565	376.00/cwt	376.00–376.00	2,124	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Natural	450–500	497	325.00/cwt	325.00–325.00	1,615	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	594	357.50/cwt	357.50–357.50	2,124	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	550–600	578	315.00/cwt	315.00–315.00	1,821	6
Steers	Small 1	550–600	580	235.00/cwt	235.00–235.00	1,363	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	900–950	903	293.00/cwt	293.00–293.00	2,646	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	950–1000	958	272.50/cwt	272.50–272.50	2,611	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1Natural	650–700	690	357.00/cwt	357.00–357.00	2,463	14
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	650–700	680	239.71/cwt	230.00–250.00	1,630	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	550–600	568	340.00/cwt	340.00–340.00	1,931	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	400–450	411	385.00/cwt	385.00–385.00	1,582	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	350–400	363	395.00/cwt	395.00–395.00	1,434	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 Sep 11, 2026

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

Receipts 154Last week 120Year ago 345

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 87, Heifers 54, Bulls 13)

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$ per cwt · actual wt
2	500–550	519	330.00	330.00
2	550–600	581	285.00	285.00
2	600–650	633	320.00	320.00
1	650–700	672	300.00	300.00
3	750–800	776	300.00–320.00	306.80
Steers — Medium and Large 2 · Natural$ per cwt · actual wt
11	500–550	535	360.00	360.00
4	600–650	649	310.00	310.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
15	550–600	575	378.00	378.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	550–600	559	365.00	365.00
13	650–700	670	345.00–350.00	346.87
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
4	700–750	739	345.00	345.00
2	900–950	903	293.00	293.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Natural$ per cwt · actual wt
4	550–600	565	376.00	376.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	550–600	594	357.50	357.50
2	950–1000	958	272.50	272.50
Steers — Small 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	550–600	580	235.00	235.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Natural$ per cwt · actual wt
14	650–700	690	357.00	357.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	450–500	486	305.00	305.00
2	550–600	551	250.00	250.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	400–450	424	320.00–350.00	327.46
1	550–600	599	285.00	285.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	350–400	363	395.00	395.00
1	400–450	411	385.00	385.00
1	550–600	568	340.00	340.00
2	650–700	680	230.00–250.00	239.71
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	300–350	305	325.00	325.00
4	350–400	363	330.00–395.00	378.95
3	400–450	444	345.00	345.00
2	550–600	563	275.00	275.00
1	650–700	691	250.00	250.00
1	700–750	729	250.00	250.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
3	500–550	527	250.00	250.00
2	600–650	614	285.00	285.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	550–600	597	285.00	285.00
4	700–750	703	250.00	250.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
6	500–550	518	285.00	285.00
1	650–700	661	240.00	240.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
5	500–550	530	310.00	310.00
6	550–600	578	315.00	315.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	250–300	292	390.00	390.00
2	500–550	524	305.00	305.00
3	550–600	592	245.00	245.00
2	650–700	664	265.00	265.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Natural$ per cwt · actual wt
3	450–500	497	325.00	325.00

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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