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Fauquier Livestock Exchange, Inc.

Name: Fauquier Livestock Exchange, Inc. livestock auction prices — 2025-10-24
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-10-24

Feeder Cattle · Marshall, Virginia · Fri, Oct 24

● Final55 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2173

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Receipts

326 head

▲ 171 vs last sale 155▲ 67 vs year ago 259 · +25.9%

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 143, Heifers 157, Bulls 26)

Value Added and 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 $345.85/cwt on 41 head. That ranks 6 of 11 comparable sales and sits −3.10 against this barn's trailing median of $348.96.

Average price

$345.85

41 head · 565 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,953

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$182

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

$17.82/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+2.00

vs VA average

−44.97 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1-2	573	351.82	2,016	27
Medium and Large 2	548	335.00	1,836	5thin
Medium and Large 1	549	334.00	1,834	9thin

One grade step is worth $17.82/cwt here — about $182 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 700–800 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 sale41 hd

345.85

—

VA average10 barns · 565 hd

343.85

+2.00

National average186 barns · 24,193 hd

390.82

−44.97

This barn, trailing median11 sales

348.96

−3.10

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

55 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 · Steers20 lots · lightest first
Steers	300–350	Medium and Large 3	338	370.00/cwt	370.00–370.00	1,251	2
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 2	432	395.00/cwt	395.00–395.00	1,706	6
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	451	407.50/cwt	407.50–407.50	1,838	3
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 2	547	145.00/cwt	145.00–145.00	793	1
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	553	394.00/cwt	394.00–394.00	2,179	11
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	575	400.00/cwt	400.00–400.00	2,300	10
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2Natural	576	400.00/cwt	400.00–400.00	2,304	52
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 2	590	384.04/cwt	380.00–391.00	2,266	3
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	621	377.50/cwt	377.50–377.50	2,344	7
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 3	621	215.00/cwt	215.00–215.00	1,335	1
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 2	639	360.00/cwt	360.00–360.00	2,300	3
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	653	361.25/cwt	357.50–362.00	2,359	12
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	683	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	2,391	2
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 2	705	322.50/cwt	322.50–322.50	2,274	1
Steers	700–750	Small 1	718	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	1,077	1
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 1	739	319.56/cwt	275.00–330.00	2,362	5
Steers	750–800	Medium and Large 1	758	326.15/cwt	322.50–331.00	2,472	7
Steers	800–850	Medium and Large 1-2Natural	807	326.00/cwt	326.00–326.00	2,631	3
Steers	800–850	Medium and Large 1-2	845	329.00/cwt	329.00–329.00	2,780	3
Steers	1000–1050	Medium and Large 1	1,026	266.49/cwt	245.00–270.00	2,734	7
Feeder Cattle · Heifers23 lots · lightest first
Heifers	250–300	Medium and Large 3	299	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	748	2
Heifers	300–350	Medium and Large 2	333	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	999	1
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 2Value Added	373	365.00/cwt	365.00–365.00	1,361	4
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 3	373	230.43/cwt	150.00–275.00	860	3
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 2-3	431	325.00/cwt	325.00–325.00	1,401	3
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 2Value Added	439	322.50/cwt	322.50–322.50	1,416	1
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	470	357.50/cwt	357.50–357.50	1,680	6
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	475	357.50/cwt	357.50–357.50	1,698	2
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1-2Natural	493	380.00/cwt	380.00–380.00	1,873	39
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1Value Added	496	346.00/cwt	346.00–346.00	1,716	3
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 2	548	335.00/cwt	335.00–335.00	1,836	5
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	549	334.00/cwt	334.00–334.00	1,834	9
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2	554	340.00/cwt	340.00–340.00	1,884	8
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	581	356.79/cwt	350.00–360.00	2,073	19
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1-2Natural	603	355.00/cwt	355.00–355.00	2,141	20
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 2Value Added	612	340.00/cwt	340.00–340.00	2,081	3
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	618	298.93/cwt	297.50–300.00	1,847	12
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 2	626	297.29/cwt	250.00–320.00	1,861	3
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	690	272.50/cwt	272.50–272.50	1,880	5
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 3	740	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	962	1
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 2	741	282.50/cwt	282.50–282.50	2,093	4
Heifers	750–800	Medium and Large 1	779	247.50/cwt	247.50–247.50	1,928	3
Heifers	950–1000	Medium and Large 1	995	205.00/cwt	205.00–205.00	2,040	1
Feeder Cattle · Bulls12 lots · lightest first
Bulls	250–300	Medium and Large 3	277	425.00/cwt	425.00–425.00	1,177	1
Bulls	300–350	Medium and Large 3	321	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	803	1
Bulls	300–350	Medium and Large 2	328	370.00/cwt	370.00–370.00	1,214	1
Bulls	450–500	Medium and Large 2	493	247.44/cwt	185.00–310.00	1,220	2
Bulls	500–550	Medium and Large 3	512	240.00/cwt	240.00–240.00	1,229	3
Bulls	550–600	Medium and Large 2	560	267.78/cwt	235.00–285.00	1,500	6
Bulls	550–600	Medium and Large 1Value Added	565	325.00/cwt	325.00–325.00	1,836	1
Bulls	600–650	Medium and Large 1	627	295.00/cwt	295.00–295.00	1,850	2
Bulls	600–650	Medium and Large 2	637	231.96/cwt	220.00–235.00	1,478	5
Bulls	650–700	Medium and Large 2	678	220.00/cwt	220.00–220.00	1,492	1
Bulls	650–700	Medium and Large 3	681	225.00/cwt	225.00–225.00	1,532	1
Bulls	800–850	Medium and Large 1Value Added	803	232.50/cwt	232.50–232.50	1,867	2

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 Oct 24, 2025

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

Receipts 326Last week 155Year ago 259

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 143, Heifers 157, Bulls 26)

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 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
10	550–600	575	400.00	400.00
7	600–650	621	377.50	377.50
2	650–700	683	350.00	350.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Natural$ per cwt · actual wt
52	550–600	576	400.00	400.00
3	800–850	807	326.00	326.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	450–500	451	407.50	407.50
11	550–600	553	394.00	394.00
12	650–700	653	357.50–362.00	361.25
5	700–750	739	275.00–330.00	319.56
7	750–800	758	322.50–331.00	326.15
7	1000–1050	1,026	245.00–270.00	266.49

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Small 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	700–750	718	150.00	150.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	800–850	845	329.00	329.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
6	400–450	432	395.00	395.00
1	500–550	547	145.00	145.00
3	550–600	590	380.00–391.00	384.04
3	600–650	639	360.00	360.00
1	700–750	705	322.50	322.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	300–350	338	370.00	370.00
1	600–650	621	215.00	215.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	300–350	328	370.00	370.00
2	450–500	493	185.00–310.00	247.44
6	550–600	560	235.00–285.00	267.78
5	600–650	637	220.00–235.00	231.96
1	650–700	678	220.00	220.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
1	550–600	565	325.00	325.00
2	800–850	803	232.50	232.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	600–650	627	295.00	295.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	250–300	277	425.00	425.00
1	300–350	321	250.00	250.00
3	500–550	512	240.00	240.00
1	650–700	681	225.00	225.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Natural$ per cwt · actual wt
39	450–500	493	380.00	380.00
20	600–650	603	355.00	355.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
6	450–500	470	357.50	357.50
19	550–600	581	350.00–360.00	356.79

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	450–500	475	357.50	357.50
9	500–550	549	334.00	334.00
12	600–650	618	297.50–300.00	298.93
5	650–700	690	272.50	272.50
3	750–800	779	247.50	247.50
1	950–1000	995	205.00	205.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
3	450–500	496	346.00	346.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
8	550–600	554	340.00	340.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
4	350–400	373	365.00	365.00
1	400–450	439	322.50	322.50
3	600–650	612	340.00	340.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	300–350	333	300.00	300.00
5	500–550	548	335.00	335.00
3	600–650	626	250.00–320.00	297.29
4	700–750	741	282.50	282.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	250–300	299	250.00	250.00
3	350–400	373	150.00–275.00	230.43
1	700–750	740	130.00	130.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
3	400–450	431	325.00	325.00

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.