Sale reports / Virginia / Fauquier Livestock Exchange, Inc. / 2025-03-28

Fauquier Livestock Exchange, Inc.

Feeder Cattle · Marshall, Virginia · Fri, Mar 28
● Final47 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2173
Receipts
144 head
▼ 503 vs last sale 647▲ 144 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 37, Heifers 74, Bulls 33)

Value Added Cattle are Weaned and Vaccinated

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb heifers averaged $303.66/cwt on 30 head. That ranks 4 of 11 comparable sales and sits −45.30 against this barn's trailing median of $348.96.
Average price
$303.66
30 head · 537 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,630
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$266
per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Medium and Large 3
$52.00/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+13.62
vs VA average
−18.08 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1-2530322.001,7074thin
Medium and Large 1515306.171,5774thin
Medium and Large 2543302.851,64420
Medium and Large 3534270.001,4402thin
One grade step is worth $52.00/cwt here — about $266 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 sale30 hd
303.66
—
VA average7 barns · 410 hd
290.04
+13.62
National average178 barns · 15,613 hd
321.74
−18.08
This barn, trailing median11 sales
348.96
−45.30
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

11 sales
415368321274median 348.9603/1304/1706/1209/1110/23
Heifers 500–600 lb: high $400.71, low $288.33, median $348.96 across 11 sales. Sales under 10 head in this class are excluded, so a thin day cannot swing the median or the ranking.

Every lot

47 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.
ClassWeightGrade / descriptionAvg wtPriceRangePer headHead
Feeder Cattle · Steers14 lots · lightest first
Steers300–350Medium and Large 3349295.00/cwt295.00–295.001,0301
Steers400–450Medium and Large 2436350.00/cwt350.00–350.001,5261
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1471370.00/cwt370.00–370.001,7433
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1-2505350.00/cwt350.00–350.001,7683
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1565325.61/cwt320.00–327.501,8404
Steers550–600Medium and Large 2569354.35/cwt350.00–357.002,0168
Steers600–650Medium and Large 3617234.64/cwt205.00–265.001,4482
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1635289.00/cwt289.00–289.001,8352
Steers650–700Medium and Large 2656297.50/cwt297.50–297.501,9522
Steers700–750Medium and Large 1-2701260.00/cwt260.00–260.001,8234
Steers700–750Medium and Large 2Value Added735245.00/cwt245.00–245.001,8012
Steers800–850Medium and Large 2843250.00/cwt250.00–250.002,1081
Steers850–900Medium and Large 1885250.00/cwt250.00–250.002,2132
Steers850–900Medium and Large 2Value Added888250.00/cwt250.00–250.002,2202
Feeder Cattle · Heifers22 lots · lightest first
Heifers200–250Medium and Large 2245350.00/cwt350.00–350.008582
Heifers250–300Medium and Large 2262335.00/cwt335.00–335.008781
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 2368345.00/cwt345.00–345.001,2703
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1374340.00/cwt340.00–340.001,2723
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 2473329.00/cwt329.00–329.001,5567
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 3500290.00/cwt290.00–290.001,4501
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1515306.17/cwt295.00–310.001,5774
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 2521314.47/cwt300.00–330.001,63812
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1-2Value Added530322.00/cwt322.00–322.001,7074
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 2Value Added550280.00/cwt280.00–280.001,5402
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 3567250.00/cwt250.00–250.001,4181
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 2584287.24/cwt155.00–314.001,6776
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 2Value Added615160.00/cwt160.00–160.009841
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 2628267.50/cwt267.50–267.501,6803
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1643255.04/cwt245.00–257.001,6406
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 2666259.04/cwt220.00–280.001,7253
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 2Value Added675255.00/cwt255.00–255.001,7213
Heifers750–800Medium and Large 1755212.50/cwt212.50–212.501,6043
Heifers750–800Medium and Large 2Value Added795185.00/cwt185.00–185.001,4711
Heifers850–900Medium and Large 2859200.00/cwt200.00–200.001,7181
Heifers850–900Medium and Large 1861207.50/cwt207.50–207.501,7871
Heifers900–950Medium and Large 1920227.50/cwt227.50–227.502,0936
Feeder Cattle · Bulls11 lots · lightest first
Bulls200–250Medium and Large 1216440.00/cwt440.00–440.009502
Bulls200–250Medium and Large 2245415.00/cwt415.00–415.001,0171
Bulls300–350Medium and Large 3343215.00/cwt215.00–215.007371
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 1364395.00/cwt395.00–395.001,4383
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 2392400.00/cwt400.00–400.001,5683
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 1418410.00/cwt410.00–410.001,7142
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 2481337.56/cwt265.00–352.501,6246
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 1552322.50/cwt322.50–322.501,7803
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 2555315.00/cwt315.00–315.001,7488
Bulls600–650Medium and Large 1626218.94/cwt170.00–265.001,3712
Bulls650–700Medium and Large 2676255.00/cwt255.00–255.001,7242

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.