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Fauquier Livestock Exchange, Inc.

Name: Fauquier Livestock Exchange, Inc. livestock auction prices — 2026-01-09
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2026-01-09

Feeder Cattle · Marshall, Virginia · Fri, Jan 9

● Final50 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2173

← Dec 12Jan 9Feb 13 →

Receipts

188 head

▼ 176 vs last sale 364▲ 188 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 82, Heifers 80, 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

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $433.05/cwt on 13 head. That ranks 5 of 10 comparable sales and sits −5.57 against this barn's trailing median of $438.61.

Average price

$433.05

13 head · 555 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,404

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$292

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

$30.13/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+15.62

vs VA average

−33.28 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	562	440.00	2,473	10thin
Medium and Large 2	532	409.87	2,181	3thin

One grade step is worth $30.13/cwt here — about $292 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 900–1000 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 sale13 hd

433.05

—

VA average7 barns · 187 hd

417.43

+15.62

National average195 barns · 28,890 hd

466.33

−33.28

This barn, trailing median10 sales

438.61

−5.57

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

50 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 · Steers19 lots · lightest first
Steers	350–400	Medium and Large 1	358	485.00/cwt	485.00–485.00	1,736	2
Steers	350–400	Medium and Large 2	395	470.00/cwt	470.00–470.00	1,857	2
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	439	475.76/cwt	470.00–477.50	2,089	12
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 2	463	460.00/cwt	460.00–460.00	2,130	3
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 2	532	409.87/cwt	400.00–430.00	2,181	3
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	562	440.00/cwt	440.00–440.00	2,473	10
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	636	387.50/cwt	387.50–387.50	2,465	9
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	648	395.00/cwt	395.00–395.00	2,560	5
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1Value Added	667	345.00/cwt	345.00–345.00	2,301	3
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1Natural	671	395.00/cwt	395.00–395.00	2,650	6
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	677	370.00/cwt	370.00–370.00	2,505	6
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 1	738	330.00/cwt	330.00–330.00	2,435	5
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 2	745	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	2,235	1
Steers	750–800	Medium and Large 1	762	312.57/cwt	300.00–325.00	2,382	2
Steers	750–800	Medium and Large 2	797	285.00/cwt	285.00–285.00	2,271	1
Steers	850–900	Medium and Large 1	871	249.64/cwt	235.00–265.00	2,174	2
Steers	900–950	Medium and Large 1Value Added	902	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	2,886	5
Steers	900–950	Medium and Large 1	930	305.00/cwt	305.00–305.00	2,837	3
Steers	950–1000	Medium and Large 2	987	260.00/cwt	260.00–260.00	2,566	1
Feeder Cattle · Heifers19 lots · lightest first
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 1	355	425.00/cwt	425.00–425.00	1,509	4
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 3	367	325.54/cwt	290.00–345.00	1,195	3
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 3	443	380.00/cwt	380.00–380.00	1,683	2
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 2	452	385.00/cwt	385.00–385.00	1,740	4
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	482	387.50/cwt	387.50–387.50	1,868	5
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	532	380.00/cwt	380.00–380.00	2,022	20
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 3	578	340.00/cwt	340.00–340.00	1,965	2
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	582	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	1,746	1
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 2	585	324.91/cwt	230.00–355.00	1,901	6
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1Value Added	626	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	2,003	6
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	644	336.00/cwt	336.00–336.00	2,164	7
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 2	647	305.00/cwt	305.00–305.00	1,973	1
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 2	720	307.50/cwt	307.50–307.50	2,214	5
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 1	735	310.00/cwt	310.00–310.00	2,279	1
Heifers	750–800	Medium and Large 1	750	315.00/cwt	315.00–315.00	2,363	4
Heifers	750–800	Medium and Large 1Natural	777	325.00/cwt	325.00–325.00	2,525	5
Heifers	750–800	Medium and Large 2	778	285.00/cwt	285.00–285.00	2,217	1
Heifers	800–850	Medium and Large 1	832	270.00/cwt	270.00–270.00	2,246	2
Heifers	1200–1250	Medium and Large 1	1,247	202.50/cwt	202.50–202.50	2,525	1
Feeder Cattle · Bulls12 lots · lightest first
Bulls	350–400	Medium and Large 2	363	485.00/cwt	485.00–485.00	1,761	3
Bulls	350–400	Medium and Large 3	382	450.00/cwt	450.00–450.00	1,719	1
Bulls	400–450	Medium and Large 2	432	475.00/cwt	475.00–475.00	2,052	3
Bulls	450–500	Medium and Large 1	494	400.00/cwt	400.00–400.00	1,976	1
Bulls	500–550	Medium and Large 2	544	360.00/cwt	360.00–360.00	1,958	2
Bulls	500–550	Medium and Large 3	549	315.00/cwt	315.00–315.00	1,729	1
Bulls	600–650	Medium and Large 3	629	325.00/cwt	325.00–325.00	2,044	4
Bulls	600–650	Medium and Large 2	640	342.50/cwt	342.50–342.50	2,192	3
Bulls	750–800	Medium and Large 3	776	240.00/cwt	240.00–240.00	1,862	2
Bulls	800–850	Medium and Large 1	825	265.00/cwt	265.00–265.00	2,186	1
Bulls	850–900	Medium and Large 2	865	255.00/cwt	255.00–255.00	2,206	4
Bulls	900–950	Medium and Large 1	928	260.00/cwt	260.00–260.00	2,413	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 Jan 9, 2026

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

Receipts 188Last week 364Year ago 0

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 82, Heifers 80, Bulls 26)

Value Added and Natural cattle are Weaned and Vaccinated.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
6	600–650	626	320.00	320.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
4	350–400	355	425.00	425.00
5	450–500	482	387.50	387.50
20	500–550	532	380.00	380.00
1	550–600	582	300.00	300.00
7	600–650	644	336.00	336.00
1	700–750	735	310.00	310.00
4	750–800	750	315.00	315.00
2	800–850	832	270.00	270.00
1	1200–1250	1,247	202.50	202.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
3	350–400	367	290.00–345.00	325.54
2	400–450	443	380.00	380.00
2	550–600	578	340.00	340.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	450–500	452	385.00	385.00
6	550–600	585	230.00–355.00	324.91
1	600–650	647	305.00	305.00
5	700–750	720	307.50	307.50
1	750–800	778	285.00	285.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Natural$ per cwt · actual wt
5	750–800	777	325.00	325.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	350–400	395	470.00	470.00
3	450–500	463	460.00	460.00
3	500–550	532	400.00–430.00	409.87
1	700–750	745	300.00	300.00
1	750–800	797	285.00	285.00
1	950–1000	987	260.00	260.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	350–400	358	485.00	485.00
12	400–450	439	470.00–477.50	475.76
10	550–600	562	440.00	440.00
9	600–650	636	387.50	387.50
6	650–700	677	370.00	370.00
5	700–750	738	330.00	330.00
2	750–800	762	300.00–325.00	312.57
2	850–900	871	235.00–265.00	249.64
3	900–950	930	305.00	305.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
3	650–700	667	345.00	345.00
5	900–950	902	320.00	320.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
5	600–650	648	395.00	395.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Natural$ per cwt · actual wt
6	650–700	671	395.00	395.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	350–400	363	485.00	485.00
3	400–450	432	475.00	475.00
2	500–550	544	360.00	360.00
3	600–650	640	342.50	342.50
4	850–900	865	255.00	255.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	450–500	494	400.00	400.00
1	800–850	825	265.00	265.00
1	900–950	928	260.00	260.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	350–400	382	450.00	450.00
1	500–550	549	315.00	315.00
4	600–650	629	325.00	325.00
2	750–800	776	240.00	240.00

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.