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Fauquier Livestock Exchange, Inc.

Name: Fauquier Livestock Exchange, Inc. livestock auction prices — 2025-04-11
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-04-11

Feeder Cattle · Marshall, Virginia · Fri, Apr 11

● Final38 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2173

← Mar 28Apr 11Apr 25 →

Receipts

163 head

▲ 19 vs last sale 144▲ 1 vs year ago 162 · +0.6%

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 57, Heifers 86, Bulls 20)

Value Added and Most Natural Cattle are Weaned and Vaccinated

Weight class — the figures below change to match

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb heifers averaged $324.29/cwt on 35 head. That ranks 4 of 11 comparable sales and sits −24.66 against this barn's trailing median of $348.96.

Average price

$324.29

35 head · 541 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,755

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$42

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

$5.10/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+22.47

vs VA average

+7.74 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1-2	544	327.50	1,782	13thin
Medium and Large 2	540	322.40	1,739	22

One grade step is worth $5.10/cwt here — about $42 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 400–500 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 sale35 hd

324.29

—

VA average10 barns · 474 hd

301.82

+22.47

National average178 barns · 10,561 hd

316.55

+7.74

This barn, trailing median11 sales

348.96

−24.66

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

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

38 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 · Steers10 lots · lightest first
Steers	350–400	Medium and Large 3	358	335.00/cwt	335.00–335.00	1,199	1
Steers	350–400	Medium and Large 2	385	417.50/cwt	417.50–417.50	1,607	3
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 2	429	394.41/cwt	367.50–399.00	1,692	7
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	454	387.50/cwt	387.50–387.50	1,759	5
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 2	475	380.00/cwt	380.00–380.00	1,805	1
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	497	335.00/cwt	335.00–335.00	1,665	2
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 2	533	358.34/cwt	350.00–359.00	1,910	13
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	580	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	2,030	3
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1-2Natural	632	335.00/cwt	335.00–335.00	2,117	4
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 2	641	325.65/cwt	325.00–337.50	2,087	18
Feeder Cattle · Heifers17 lots · lightest first
Heifers	300–350	Medium and Large 2	333	360.00/cwt	360.00–360.00	1,199	1
Heifers	300–350	Medium and Large 3	335	330.00/cwt	330.00–330.00	1,106	1
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 2	376	330.00/cwt	330.00–330.00	1,241	1
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 2	418	327.50/cwt	327.50–327.50	1,369	2
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 2	454	332.02/cwt	315.00–335.00	1,507	7
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1Natural	479	382.00/cwt	382.00–382.00	1,830	5
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	479	337.50/cwt	337.50–337.50	1,617	4
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 2	529	323.92/cwt	315.00–326.00	1,714	16
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	544	327.50/cwt	327.50–327.50	1,782	13
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 2Natural	559	322.50/cwt	322.50–322.50	1,803	4
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 2	585	310.00/cwt	310.00–310.00	1,814	2
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 2	619	288.15/cwt	288.00–290.00	1,784	13
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 2Natural	647	289.00/cwt	289.00–289.00	1,870	6
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 2	661	264.36/cwt	255.00–267.50	1,747	4
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1-2Natural	670	275.00/cwt	275.00–275.00	1,843	3
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 2	715	241.00/cwt	241.00–241.00	1,723	2
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 1	742	237.50/cwt	237.50–237.50	1,762	2
Feeder Cattle · Bulls11 lots · lightest first
Bulls	250–300	Medium and Large 3	290	290.00/cwt	290.00–290.00	841	1
Bulls	350–400	Medium and Large 2	358	420.00/cwt	420.00–420.00	1,504	1
Bulls	400–450	Medium and Large 1	401	375.00/cwt	375.00–375.00	1,504	1
Bulls	400–450	Small 1	407	225.00/cwt	225.00–225.00	916	1
Bulls	450–500	Medium and Large 2	467	385.00/cwt	385.00–385.00	1,798	3
Bulls	450–500	Medium and Large 1	494	317.50/cwt	317.50–317.50	1,568	1
Bulls	500–550	Medium and Large 1	530	317.50/cwt	317.50–317.50	1,683	2
Bulls	550–600	Medium and Large 2	598	275.00/cwt	275.00–275.00	1,645	1
Bulls	600–650	Medium and Large 1	620	290.00/cwt	290.00–290.00	1,798	4
Bulls	600–650	Medium and Large 2	640	270.00/cwt	270.00–270.00	1,728	1
Bulls	700–750	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	718	240.00/cwt	240.00–240.00	1,723	4

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 Apr 11, 2025

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

Receipts 163Last week 144Year ago 162

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 57, Heifers 86, Bulls 20)

Value Added and Most 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
1	400–450	401	375.00	375.00
1	450–500	494	317.50	317.50
2	500–550	530	317.50	317.50
4	600–650	620	290.00	290.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Small 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	400–450	407	225.00	225.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
4	700–750	718	240.00	240.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	350–400	358	420.00	420.00
3	450–500	467	385.00	385.00
1	550–600	598	275.00	275.00
1	600–650	640	270.00	270.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	250–300	290	290.00	290.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	350–400	385	417.50	417.50
7	400–450	429	367.50–399.00	394.41
1	450–500	475	380.00	380.00
13	500–550	533	350.00–359.00	358.34
18	600–650	641	325.00–337.50	325.65

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Natural$ per cwt · actual wt
4	600–650	632	335.00	335.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	450–500	497	335.00	335.00
3	550–600	580	350.00	350.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	350–400	358	335.00	335.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
5	450–500	454	387.50	387.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
4	450–500	479	337.50	337.50
2	700–750	742	237.50	237.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	300–350	333	360.00	360.00
1	350–400	376	330.00	330.00
2	400–450	418	327.50	327.50
7	450–500	454	315.00–335.00	332.02
16	500–550	529	315.00–326.00	323.92
2	550–600	585	310.00	310.00
13	600–650	619	288.00–290.00	288.15
4	650–700	661	255.00–267.50	264.36
2	700–750	715	241.00	241.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2 · Natural$ per cwt · actual wt
4	550–600	559	322.50	322.50
6	600–650	647	289.00	289.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Natural$ per cwt · actual wt
5	450–500	479	382.00	382.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
13	500–550	544	327.50	327.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Natural$ per cwt · actual wt
3	650–700	670	275.00	275.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	300–350	335	330.00	330.00

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.