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Fauquier Livestock Exchange, Inc.

Name: Fauquier Livestock Exchange, Inc. livestock auction prices — 2025-04-25
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-04-25

Feeder Cattle · Marshall, Virginia · Fri, Apr 25

● Final58 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2173

← Apr 11Apr 25May 9 →

Receipts

414 head

▲ 251 vs last sale 163▲ 282 vs year ago 132 · +213.6%

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 263, Heifers 131, Bulls 20)

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 $374.10/cwt on 112 head. That ranks 4 of 10 comparable sales and sits −64.51 against this barn's trailing median of $438.61.

Average price

$374.10

112 head · 542 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,028

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$413

per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Medium and Large 3

$81.46/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+7.77

vs VA average

+0.08 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1-2	549	386.46	2,121	70
Medium and Large 1	524	362.50	1,900	22
Medium and Large 2	536	347.92	1,864	18thin
Medium and Large 3	560	305.00	1,708	2thin

One grade step is worth $81.46/cwt here — about $413 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 sale112 hd

374.10

—

VA average7 barns · 325 hd

366.33

+7.77

National average172 barns · 11,123 hd

374.02

+0.08

This barn, trailing median10 sales

438.61

−64.51

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

58 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 · Steers29 lots · lightest first
Steers	300–350	Medium and Large 2	323	405.00/cwt	405.00–405.00	1,308	1
Steers	400–450	Small 1	439	295.00/cwt	295.00–295.00	1,295	1
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 2	440	384.54/cwt	380.00–385.00	1,692	11
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 2Natural	460	420.00/cwt	420.00–420.00	1,932	20
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 3	474	359.80/cwt	355.00–365.00	1,705	2
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	484	374.47/cwt	370.00–375.00	1,812	27
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1Value Added	502	362.50/cwt	362.50–362.50	1,820	6
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 2	510	347.50/cwt	347.50–347.50	1,772	9
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	520	374.29/cwt	355.00–380.00	1,946	22
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2Natural	524	397.50/cwt	397.50–397.50	2,083	13
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	529	364.00/cwt	364.00–364.00	1,926	15
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 2Value Added	556	360.00/cwt	360.00–360.00	2,002	6
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 3	560	305.00/cwt	305.00–305.00	1,708	2
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 2	572	325.00/cwt	325.00–325.00	1,859	3
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2Natural	576	390.00/cwt	390.00–390.00	2,246	35
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	586	340.00/cwt	340.00–340.00	1,992	1
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 2Natural	621	360.00/cwt	360.00–360.00	2,236	52
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 2	621	328.88/cwt	325.00–330.00	2,042	9
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	626	347.50/cwt	347.50–347.50	2,175	10
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 3	643	280.00/cwt	280.00–280.00	1,800	2
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	647	280.00/cwt	280.00–280.00	1,812	1
Steers	650–700	Small 1	662	280.00/cwt	280.00–280.00	1,854	1
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 2	675	294.85/cwt	285.00–305.00	1,990	2
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 2	720	235.00/cwt	235.00–235.00	1,692	1
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 1Value Added	724	308.00/cwt	308.00–308.00	2,230	6
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 2Value Added	745	295.00/cwt	295.00–295.00	2,198	2
Steers	750–800	Medium and Large 2Natural	750	265.00/cwt	265.00–265.00	1,988	1
Steers	750–800	Medium and Large 2	764	270.00/cwt	270.00–270.00	2,063	1
Steers	750–800	Small 1	767	215.00/cwt	215.00–215.00	1,649	1
Feeder Cattle · Heifers19 lots · lightest first
Heifers	250–300	Medium and Large 2	268	256.40/cwt	150.00–375.00	687	2
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 2	366	365.00/cwt	365.00–365.00	1,336	4
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 3	377	335.00/cwt	335.00–335.00	1,263	3
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 1	389	375.00/cwt	375.00–375.00	1,459	1
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 3	428	330.00/cwt	330.00–330.00	1,412	1
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 2Natural	439	364.00/cwt	364.00–364.00	1,598	33
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 2	458	337.50/cwt	337.50–337.50	1,546	6
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 3	489	290.00/cwt	290.00–290.00	1,418	1
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 2-3Value Added	526	360.00/cwt	360.00–360.00	1,894	10
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 2Value Added	528	330.00/cwt	330.00–330.00	1,742	4
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 3	534	319.00/cwt	319.00–319.00	1,703	1
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 2	552	325.00/cwt	325.00–325.00	1,794	5
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	575	301.86/cwt	300.00–307.00	1,736	11
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2Natural	577	330.00/cwt	330.00–330.00	1,904	40
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	624	285.00/cwt	285.00–285.00	1,778	1
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 2	626	297.50/cwt	297.50–297.50	1,862	2
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 2Natural	706	275.00/cwt	275.00–275.00	1,942	4
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 3	741	255.00/cwt	255.00–255.00	1,890	1
Heifers	1050–1100	Medium and Large 2	1,096	177.50/cwt	177.50–177.50	1,945	1
Feeder Cattle · Bulls10 lots · lightest first
Bulls	350–400	Medium and Large 2	371	325.30/cwt	270.00–380.00	1,207	2
Bulls	450–500	Medium and Large 2	469	352.50/cwt	352.50–352.50	1,653	5
Bulls	450–500	Medium and Large 1	474	345.00/cwt	345.00–345.00	1,635	1
Bulls	450–500	Medium and Large 3	486	200.00/cwt	200.00–200.00	972	1
Bulls	500–550	Medium and Large 2	536	310.00/cwt	310.00–310.00	1,662	3
Bulls	550–600	Medium and Large 3	555	235.00/cwt	235.00–235.00	1,304	2
Bulls	550–600	Medium and Large 2	567	290.00/cwt	290.00–290.00	1,644	1
Bulls	600–650	Medium and Large 1	621	210.00/cwt	210.00–210.00	1,304	1
Bulls	650–700	Medium and Large 1Value Added	657	230.00/cwt	230.00–230.00	1,511	3
Bulls	650–700	Medium and Large 2	699	240.00/cwt	240.00–240.00	1,678	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 Apr 25, 2025

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

Receipts 414Last week 163Year ago 132

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 263, Heifers 131, Bulls 20)

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
1	300–350	323	405.00	405.00
11	400–450	440	380.00–385.00	384.54
9	500–550	510	347.50	347.50
3	550–600	572	325.00	325.00
9	600–650	621	325.00–330.00	328.88
2	650–700	675	285.00–305.00	294.85
1	700–750	720	235.00	235.00
1	750–800	764	270.00	270.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
27	450–500	484	370.00–375.00	374.47
15	500–550	529	364.00	364.00
1	550–600	586	340.00	340.00
1	600–650	647	280.00	280.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2 · Natural$ per cwt · actual wt
20	450–500	460	420.00	420.00
52	600–650	621	360.00	360.00
1	750–800	750	265.00	265.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
22	500–550	520	355.00–380.00	374.29
10	600–650	626	347.50	347.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Natural$ per cwt · actual wt
13	500–550	524	397.50	397.50
35	550–600	576	390.00	390.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Small 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	400–450	439	295.00	295.00
1	650–700	662	280.00	280.00
1	750–800	767	215.00	215.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
6	500–550	502	362.50	362.50
6	700–750	724	308.00	308.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	450–500	474	355.00–365.00	359.80
2	550–600	560	305.00	305.00
2	600–650	643	280.00	280.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
6	550–600	556	360.00	360.00
2	700–750	745	295.00	295.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	350–400	371	270.00–380.00	325.30
5	450–500	469	352.50	352.50
3	500–550	536	310.00	310.00
1	550–600	567	290.00	290.00
1	650–700	699	240.00	240.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	450–500	474	345.00	345.00
1	600–650	621	210.00	210.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
3	650–700	657	230.00	230.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	450–500	486	200.00	200.00
2	550–600	555	235.00	235.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	250–300	268	150.00–375.00	256.40
4	350–400	366	365.00	365.00
6	450–500	458	337.50	337.50
5	550–600	552	325.00	325.00
2	600–650	626	297.50	297.50
1	1050–1100	1,096	177.50	177.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	350–400	389	375.00	375.00
11	550–600	575	300.00–307.00	301.86
1	600–650	624	285.00	285.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Natural$ per cwt · actual wt
40	550–600	577	330.00	330.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
3	350–400	377	335.00	335.00
1	400–450	428	330.00	330.00
1	450–500	489	290.00	290.00
1	500–550	534	319.00	319.00
1	700–750	741	255.00	255.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2 · Natural$ per cwt · actual wt
33	400–450	439	364.00	364.00
4	700–750	706	275.00	275.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2-3 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
10	500–550	526	360.00	360.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
4	500–550	528	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.