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Fauquier Livestock Exchange, Inc.

Name: Fauquier Livestock Exchange, Inc. livestock auction prices — 2025-02-21
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-02-21

Feeder Cattle · Marshall, Virginia · Fri, Feb 21

● Final29 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2173

← Jan 17Feb 21Mar 14 →

Receipts

83 head

▼ 113 vs last sale 196▲ 83 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 45, Heifers 30, Bulls 8)

Value Added 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 $311.88/cwt on 4 head. That ranks 1 of 10 comparable sales and sits −126.74 against this barn's trailing median of $438.61.

Average price

$311.88

4 head · 565 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,761

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

−$6

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

$5.83/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+1.63

vs VA average

−29.33 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 2	561	313.33	1,759	3thin
Medium and Large 1	574	307.50	1,765	1thin

One grade step is worth $5.83/cwt here — about −$6 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 600–700 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 sale4 hd

311.88

—

VA average6 barns · 165 hd

310.25

+1.63

National average106 barns · 4,665 hd

341.21

−29.33

This barn, trailing median10 sales

438.61

−126.74

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

29 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 · Steers14 lots · lightest first
Steers	200–250	Medium and Large 2	235	335.00/cwt	335.00–335.00	787	3
Steers	300–350	Medium and Large 2	343	360.00/cwt	360.00–360.00	1,235	3
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	443	365.00/cwt	365.00–365.00	1,617	4
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 2	449	330.00/cwt	330.00–330.00	1,482	2
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	485	330.00/cwt	330.00–330.00	1,601	3
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 2Value Added	557	315.00/cwt	315.00–315.00	1,755	2
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 2	570	310.00/cwt	310.00–310.00	1,767	1
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	574	307.50/cwt	307.50–307.50	1,765	1
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	628	277.50/cwt	277.50–277.50	1,743	6
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 2	646	240.00/cwt	240.00–240.00	1,550	6
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 2	674	232.50/cwt	232.50–232.50	1,567	1
Steers	750–800	Medium and Large 1Value Added	750	247.50/cwt	247.50–247.50	1,856	4
Steers	800–850	Medium and Large 1	834	224.00/cwt	224.00–224.00	1,868	4
Steers	950–1000	Medium and Large 1Value Added	982	220.00/cwt	220.00–220.00	2,160	5
Feeder Cattle · Heifers10 lots · lightest first
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 2	370	290.00/cwt	290.00–290.00	1,073	1
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 3	454	245.00/cwt	245.00–245.00	1,112	1
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 2	456	270.00/cwt	270.00–270.00	1,231	2
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 2Value Added	484	307.50/cwt	307.50–307.50	1,488	5
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	489	305.01/cwt	285.00–315.00	1,491	3
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 3	529	240.00/cwt	240.00–240.00	1,270	2
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	593	248.19/cwt	200.00–255.00	1,472	8
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 2	630	200.00/cwt	200.00–200.00	1,260	1
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 2	715	182.50/cwt	182.50–182.50	1,305	1
Heifers	850–900	Medium and Large 1	878	212.00/cwt	212.00–212.00	1,861	6
Feeder Cattle · Bulls5 lots · lightest first
Bulls	250–300	Medium and Large 2	299	325.00/cwt	325.00–325.00	972	1
Bulls	450–500	Medium and Large 2	462	295.00/cwt	295.00–295.00	1,363	1
Bulls	500–550	Medium and Large 2	511	255.00/cwt	255.00–255.00	1,303	2
Bulls	800–850	Medium and Large 2	847	192.50/cwt	192.50–192.50	1,630	1
Bulls	850–900	Medium and Large 2	882	197.50/cwt	197.50–197.50	1,742	3

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 Feb 21, 2025

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

Receipts 83Last week 196Year ago 0

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 45, Heifers 30, Bulls 8)

Value Added 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	250–300	299	325.00	325.00
1	450–500	462	295.00	295.00
2	500–550	511	255.00	255.00
1	800–850	847	192.50	192.50
3	850–900	882	197.50	197.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	450–500	489	285.00–315.00	305.01
8	550–600	593	200.00–255.00	248.19
6	850–900	878	212.00	212.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	450–500	454	245.00	245.00
2	500–550	529	240.00	240.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	350–400	370	290.00	290.00
2	450–500	456	270.00	270.00
1	600–650	630	200.00	200.00
1	700–750	715	182.50	182.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
5	450–500	484	307.50	307.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
4	750–800	750	247.50	247.50
5	950–1000	982	220.00	220.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
2	550–600	557	315.00	315.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
4	400–450	443	365.00	365.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	200–250	235	335.00	335.00
3	300–350	343	360.00	360.00
2	400–450	449	330.00	330.00
1	550–600	570	310.00	310.00
6	600–650	646	240.00	240.00
1	650–700	674	232.50	232.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	450–500	485	330.00	330.00
1	550–600	574	307.50	307.50
6	600–650	628	277.50	277.50
4	800–850	834	224.00	224.00

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.