Sale reports / Virginia / Fauquier Livestock Exchange, Inc. / 2025-07-11

Fauquier Livestock Exchange, Inc.

Feeder Cattle · Marshall, Virginia · Fri, Jul 11
● Final49 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2173
Receipts
156 head
▼ 263 vs last sale 419▼ 180 vs year ago 336 · −53.6%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 52, Heifers 85, Bulls 19)

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 $317.40/cwt on 10 head. That ranks 4 of 11 comparable sales and sits −31.56 against this barn's trailing median of $348.96.
Average price
$317.40
10 head · 535 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,698
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
−$50
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 2
$7.50/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−2.98
vs VA average
−24.13 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1519321.001,6665thin
Medium and Large 3564315.001,7771thin
Medium and Large 2548313.501,7164thin
One grade step is worth $7.50/cwt here — about −$50 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 300–400 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 sale10 hd
317.40
—
VA average8 barns · 216 hd
320.38
−2.98
National average157 barns · 9,726 hd
341.53
−24.13
This barn, trailing median11 sales
348.96
−31.56
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

49 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 · Steers17 lots · lightest first
Steers250–300Medium and Large 2258330.00/cwt330.00–330.008511
Steers350–400Medium and Large 1376395.00/cwt395.00–395.001,4851
Steers400–450Medium and Large 2Value Added408422.50/cwt422.50–422.501,7248
Steers400–450Medium and Large 2415376.19/cwt350.00–415.001,5615
Steers400–450Medium and Large 3415347.50/cwt347.50–347.501,4421
Steers450–500Medium and Large 2Value Added482410.00/cwt410.00–410.001,9767
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1487392.50/cwt392.50–392.501,9114
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1-2497377.50/cwt377.50–377.501,8765
Steers500–550Medium and Large 3536355.00/cwt355.00–355.001,9031
Steers550–600Medium and Large 2557355.00/cwt355.00–355.001,9771
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1560357.50/cwt357.50–357.502,0023
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1631335.00/cwt335.00–335.002,1142
Steers600–650Medium and Large 2640270.00/cwt270.00–270.001,7281
Steers600–650Medium and Large 3647302.50/cwt302.50–302.501,9571
Steers850–900Medium and Large 3858280.00/cwt280.00–280.002,4021
Steers850–900Medium and Large 2867275.00/cwt275.00–275.002,3842
Steers1000–1050Medium and Large 21,014277.50/cwt277.50–277.502,8148
Feeder Cattle · Heifers21 lots · lightest first
Heifers200–250Medium and Large 2218362.50/cwt362.50–362.507901
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 3316231.15/cwt185.00–280.007302
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 2328265.00/cwt265.00–265.008691
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 2Value Added329421.00/cwt421.00–421.001,3855
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 2385375.00/cwt375.00–375.001,4443
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 3391280.00/cwt280.00–280.001,0952
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 2Value Added407370.00/cwt370.00–370.001,5066
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 3442325.00/cwt325.00–325.001,4372
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1450327.50/cwt327.50–327.501,4748
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 3469290.00/cwt290.00–290.001,3601
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 2475327.50/cwt327.50–327.501,5564
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1519321.00/cwt321.00–321.001,6665
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 2528285.00/cwt285.00–285.001,5051
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 2554323.00/cwt323.00–323.001,7893
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 3564315.00/cwt315.00–315.001,7771
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1-2616301.25/cwt285.00–312.001,85615
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1-2Value Added640318.00/cwt318.00–318.002,03510
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 2656305.00/cwt305.00–305.002,0014
Heifers800–850Medium and Large 1-2838275.00/cwt275.00–275.002,3056
Heifers850–900Medium and Large 1884250.00/cwt250.00–250.002,2102
Heifers950–1000Medium and Large 1-2993255.00/cwt255.00–255.002,5323
Feeder Cattle · Bulls11 lots · lightest first
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 3364225.00/cwt225.00–225.008191
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 2473325.00/cwt325.00–325.001,5371
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 2501300.00/cwt300.00–300.001,5031
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 1503337.50/cwt337.50–337.501,6981
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 3577263.48/cwt250.00–270.001,5203
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 1-2588330.00/cwt330.00–330.001,9404
Bulls600–650Medium and Large 1605260.00/cwt260.00–260.001,5731
Bulls650–700Medium and Large 3667195.00/cwt195.00–195.001,3012
Bulls650–700Medium and Large 1683285.00/cwt285.00–285.001,9473
Bulls750–800Small 1780220.00/cwt220.00–220.001,7161
Bulls850–900Medium and Large 2869110.00/cwt110.00–110.009561

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.