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Fauquier Livestock Exchange, Inc.

Name: Fauquier Livestock Exchange, Inc. livestock auction prices — 2025-01-17
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-01-17

Feeder Cattle · Marshall, Virginia · Fri, Jan 17

● Final35 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2173

← Dec 13Jan 17Feb 21 →

Receipts

196 head

▼ 248 vs last sale 444▲ 196 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 126, Heifers 69, Bulls 1)

Value Added and Natural Cattle are Weaned and Vaccinated.

Weight class — the figures below change to match

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $298.01/cwt on 31 head. That ranks 1 of 10 comparable sales and sits −140.61 against this barn's trailing median of $438.61.

Average price

$298.01

31 head · 578 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,722

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$120

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

$15.54/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−23.72

vs VA average

−44.44 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 2	584	307.53	1,797	12thin
Medium and Large 1	574	291.99	1,676	19thin

One grade step is worth $15.54/cwt here — about $120 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 sale31 hd

298.01

—

VA average6 barns · 293 hd

321.73

−23.72

National average190 barns · 32,836 hd

342.45

−44.44

This barn, trailing median10 sales

438.61

−140.61

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

10 sales

Steers 500–600 lb: high $505.77, low $356.06, median $438.61 across 10 sales. Sales under 10 head in this class are excluded, so a thin day cannot swing the median or the ranking.

Every lot

35 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 · Steers20 lots · lightest first
Steers	300–350	Medium and Large 2	346	416.62/cwt	390.00–430.00	1,442	3
Steers	350–400	Medium and Large 2	388	381.49/cwt	340.00–395.00	1,480	4
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1Value Added	450	345.00/cwt	345.00–345.00	1,553	2
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 2Value Added	455	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	1,593	3
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	456	378.29/cwt	375.00–380.00	1,725	3
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 2	475	379.05/cwt	365.00–385.00	1,800	7
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 2	530	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	1,590	2
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	574	291.99/cwt	290.00–295.00	1,676	19
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 2	595	309.04/cwt	290.00–311.00	1,839	10
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1Natural	621	292.50/cwt	292.50–292.50	1,816	7
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	622	274.28/cwt	267.50–280.00	1,706	9
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 2	642	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	1,605	1
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 2	654	283.00/cwt	283.00–283.00	1,851	6
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1Value Added	667	274.20/cwt	260.00–275.00	1,829	38
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 1	720	235.00/cwt	235.00–235.00	1,692	1
Steers	750–800	Medium and Large 1	756	210.00/cwt	210.00–210.00	1,588	1
Steers	750–800	Medium and Large 2	764	218.17/cwt	195.00–239.00	1,667	4
Steers	800–850	Medium and Large 2	822	218.69/cwt	212.50–225.00	1,798	2
Steers	850–900	Medium and Large 2	878	223.40/cwt	215.00–227.50	1,961	3
Steers	900–950	Medium and Large 2	927	195.00/cwt	195.00–195.00	1,808	1
Feeder Cattle · Heifers14 lots · lightest first
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 2	448	287.50/cwt	287.50–287.50	1,288	4
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	481	295.00/cwt	295.00–295.00	1,419	5
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 2	494	225.00/cwt	225.00–225.00	1,112	1
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 2	533	272.39/cwt	271.00–275.00	1,452	14
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1Natural	565	270.00/cwt	270.00–270.00	1,526	2
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	572	260.89/cwt	240.00–265.00	1,492	6
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 2	580	239.45/cwt	185.00–262.50	1,389	6
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1Value Added	610	245.00/cwt	245.00–245.00	1,495	11
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 2	648	180.00/cwt	180.00–180.00	1,166	1
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1Natural	671	249.00/cwt	249.00–249.00	1,671	10
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	686	232.50/cwt	232.50–232.50	1,595	2
Heifers	750–800	Medium and Large 2Value Added	771	245.00/cwt	245.00–245.00	1,889	5
Heifers	750–800	Medium and Large 2	786	200.00/cwt	200.00–200.00	1,572	1
Heifers	750–800	Medium and Large 1	792	220.00/cwt	220.00–220.00	1,742	1
Feeder Cattle · Bulls1 lot · lightest first
Bulls	500–550	Medium and Large 2	542	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	1,355	1

This sale against other markets

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 17, 2025

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

Receipts 196Last week 444Year ago 0

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 126, Heifers 69, Bulls 1)

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 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	500–550	542	250.00	250.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
6	550–600	572	240.00–265.00	260.89
2	650–700	686	232.50	232.50
1	750–800	792	220.00	220.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	400–450	448	287.50	287.50
1	450–500	494	225.00	225.00
14	500–550	533	271.00–275.00	272.39
6	550–600	580	185.00–262.50	239.45
1	600–650	648	180.00	180.00
1	750–800	786	200.00	200.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Natural$ per cwt · actual wt
2	550–600	565	270.00	270.00
10	650–700	671	249.00	249.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
11	600–650	610	245.00	245.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
5	750–800	771	245.00	245.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
5	450–500	481	295.00	295.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
2	450–500	450	345.00	345.00
38	650–700	667	260.00–275.00	274.20

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	300–350	346	390.00–430.00	416.62
4	350–400	388	340.00–395.00	381.49
7	450–500	475	365.00–385.00	379.05
2	500–550	530	300.00	300.00
10	550–600	595	290.00–311.00	309.04
1	600–650	642	250.00	250.00
6	650–700	654	283.00	283.00
4	750–800	764	195.00–239.00	218.17
2	800–850	822	212.50–225.00	218.69
3	850–900	878	215.00–227.50	223.40
1	900–950	927	195.00	195.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Natural$ per cwt · actual wt
7	600–650	621	292.50	292.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	450–500	456	375.00–380.00	378.29
19	550–600	574	290.00–295.00	291.99
9	600–650	622	267.50–280.00	274.28
1	700–750	720	235.00	235.00
1	750–800	756	210.00	210.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
3	450–500	455	350.00	350.00

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.