Sale reports / Virginia / Fauquier Livestock Exchange, Inc. / 2025-06-13

Fauquier Livestock Exchange, Inc.

Feeder Cattle · Marshall, Virginia · Fri, Jun 13
● Final73 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2173
Receipts
419 head
▲ 142 vs last sale 277▲ 27 vs year ago 392 · +6.9%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 152, Heifers 222, Bulls 45)

Value Added and Natural 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 $346.15/cwt on 90 head. That ranks 6 of 11 comparable sales and sits −2.80 against this barn's trailing median of $348.96.
Average price
$346.15
90 head · 531 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,837
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$295
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 3
$56.45/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+15.21
vs VA average
+5.23 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1519355.501,84450
Medium and Large 1-2544341.501,85714thin
Medium and Large 2554338.211,87421
Medium and Large 3518299.051,5495thin
One grade step is worth $56.45/cwt here — about $295 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 sale90 hd
346.15
—
VA average9 barns · 484 hd
330.94
+15.21
National average161 barns · 10,769 hd
340.92
+5.23
This barn, trailing median11 sales
348.96
−2.80
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

73 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 · Steers25 lots · lightest first
Steers200–250Medium and Large 1Value Added223420.00/cwt420.00–420.009372
Steers250–300Medium and Large 1Value Added285410.00/cwt410.00–410.001,1694
Steers300–350Small 1300340.00/cwt340.00–340.001,0201
Steers300–350Medium and Large 2345340.00/cwt340.00–340.001,1731
Steers350–400Medium and Large 1351410.00/cwt410.00–410.001,4391
Steers350–400Medium and Large 2373417.50/cwt417.50–417.501,5574
Steers350–400Medium and Large 1-2Natural379430.00/cwt430.00–430.001,6304
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1-2Natural444406.00/cwt406.00–406.001,80319
Steers450–500Medium and Large 2456370.92/cwt355.00–372.501,69111
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1463365.00/cwt365.00–365.001,6904
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1-2Natural468370.00/cwt370.00–370.001,7323
Steers450–500Medium and Large 3498365.00/cwt365.00–365.001,8182
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1-2501387.50/cwt387.50–387.501,9415
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1Natural502382.29/cwt380.00–382.501,91924
Steers500–550Medium and Large 3526325.00/cwt325.00–325.001,7101
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1-2Natural527382.50/cwt382.50–382.502,0166
Steers500–550Medium and Large 2546363.00/cwt363.00–363.001,9827
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1552358.00/cwt358.00–358.001,9766
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1-2Natural571357.66/cwt332.50–377.502,0427
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1634335.05/cwt325.00–337.502,1245
Steers600–650Medium and Large 2637332.46/cwt295.00–340.002,1186
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1Natural644347.24/cwt335.00–357.502,23622
Steers700–750Medium and Large 1Natural725320.00/cwt320.00–320.002,3202
Steers700–750Medium and Large 1Value Added732332.50/cwt332.50–332.502,4343
Steers800–850Medium and Large 2802280.00/cwt280.00–280.002,2462
Feeder Cattle · Heifers32 lots · lightest first
Heifers250–300Medium and Large 1261380.00/cwt380.00–380.009921
Heifers250–300Medium and Large 1Value Added264385.00/cwt385.00–385.001,0164
Heifers250–300Medium and Large 2266360.00/cwt360.00–360.009581
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 2Natural360395.00/cwt395.00–395.001,4223
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1370380.00/cwt380.00–380.001,4061
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 2373375.00/cwt375.00–375.001,3997
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 3402340.00/cwt340.00–340.001,3672
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1-2Natural435372.81/cwt370.00–375.001,62225
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 3450350.00/cwt350.00–350.001,5752
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 2462361.03/cwt355.00–363.001,66818
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1-2Natural473357.78/cwt355.00–360.001,69211
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 2Value Added479368.00/cwt368.00–368.001,7635
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1Natural511361.00/cwt361.00–361.001,84540
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1-2513353.00/cwt353.00–353.001,8117
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 3518299.05/cwt270.00–315.001,5495
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1538322.50/cwt322.50–322.501,7352
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 2549337.00/cwt337.00–337.001,85014
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1551327.50/cwt327.50–327.501,8054
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1Natural554345.00/cwt345.00–345.001,9114
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 2555336.00/cwt336.00–336.001,8652
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1-2Value Added568345.00/cwt345.00–345.001,9604
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 2Value Added568342.50/cwt342.50–342.501,9455
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1-2Natural583310.00/cwt310.00–310.001,8073
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1-2Natural600320.00/cwt320.00–320.001,92013
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1Natural608319.00/cwt319.00–319.001,94013
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 2642281.05/cwt235.00–290.001,8046
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 2Value Added654310.00/cwt310.00–310.002,0278
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 2670275.03/cwt260.00–280.001,8434
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1683278.37/cwt270.00–282.501,9013
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 2722260.00/cwt260.00–260.001,8772
Heifers750–800Medium and Large 2Value Added765271.00/cwt271.00–271.002,0732
Heifers850–900Medium and Large 1Value Added855255.00/cwt255.00–255.002,1801
Feeder Cattle · Bulls16 lots · lightest first
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 3399315.00/cwt315.00–315.001,2571
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 3449340.00/cwt340.00–340.001,5273
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 1451365.00/cwt365.00–365.001,6461
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 2470362.00/cwt350.00–365.001,7015
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 3478310.00/cwt310.00–310.001,4821
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 2528347.31/cwt325.00–357.501,8349
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 1556332.50/cwt332.50–332.501,8492
Bulls600–650Medium and Large 3600150.00/cwt150.00–150.009001
Bulls650–700Medium and Large 2667241.73/cwt235.00–255.001,6123
Bulls650–700Medium and Large 1-2Value Added671298.00/cwt298.00–298.002,0005
Bulls650–700Medium and Large 1675306.29/cwt300.00–313.002,0672
Bulls650–700Medium and Large 3682220.00/cwt220.00–220.001,5001
Bulls700–750Medium and Large 2721240.72/cwt240.00–242.501,7367
Bulls750–800Medium and Large 3769185.00/cwt185.00–185.001,4231
Bulls750–800Medium and Large 1783275.00/cwt275.00–275.002,1531
Bulls800–850Medium and Large 2844200.00/cwt200.00–200.001,6882

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.