Sale reports / Virginia / Fauquier Livestock Exchange, Inc. / 2026-02-13

Fauquier Livestock Exchange, Inc.

Feeder Cattle · Marshall, Virginia · Fri, Feb 13
● Final42 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2173
Receipts
202 head
▲ 14 vs last sale 188▲ 202 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 151, Heifers 46, Bulls 5)

Value Added and Natural cattle are Weaned and Vaccinated

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb steers averaged $484.51/cwt on 51 head. That ranks 10 of 10 comparable sales and sits +45.89 against this barn's trailing median of $438.61.
Average price
$484.51
51 head · 569 lb average
Value per head Derived
$2,756
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$1,891
per head · Medium and Large 2 over Small 1
$358.89/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+19.03
vs VA average
+6.12 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 2518558.892,8939thin
Medium and Large 1-2585478.832,80230
Medium and Large 1572465.002,66011thin
Small 1501200.001,0021thin
One grade step is worth $358.89/cwt here — about $1,891 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 sale51 hd
484.51
—
VA average6 barns · 159 hd
465.48
+19.03
National average184 barns · 16,706 hd
478.39
+6.12
This barn, trailing median10 sales
438.61
+45.89
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
520461401342median 438.6103/1305/0807/1009/1110/23
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

42 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 · Steers23 lots · lightest first
Steers300–350Medium and Large 3315480.00/cwt480.00–480.001,5121
Steers350–400Medium and Large 2379490.95/cwt450.00–530.001,8612
Steers350–400Small 1389445.00/cwt445.00–445.001,7311
Steers400–450Medium and Large 2Natural416550.00/cwt550.00–550.002,2884
Steers400–450Medium and Large 2Value Added418490.00/cwt490.00–490.002,0483
Steers450–500Medium and Large 2Natural457565.00/cwt565.00–565.002,58216
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1464550.00/cwt550.00–550.002,5527
Steers450–500Medium and Large 2Value Added467555.00/cwt555.00–555.002,5923
Steers450–500Small 1467465.00/cwt465.00–465.002,1721
Steers450–500Medium and Large 2472525.00/cwt525.00–525.002,4783
Steers500–550Small 1501200.00/cwt200.00–200.001,0021
Steers500–550Medium and Large 2Natural511570.00/cwt570.00–570.002,9138
Steers550–600Medium and Large 2570470.00/cwt470.00–470.002,6791
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1572465.00/cwt465.00–465.002,66011
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1-2Natural581480.00/cwt480.00–480.002,78923
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1-2Value Added599475.00/cwt475.00–475.002,8457
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1-2Value Added603470.00/cwt470.00–470.002,8345
Steers650–700Medium and Large 2650430.00/cwt430.00–430.002,7953
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1Value Added659435.00/cwt435.00–435.002,8674
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1-2Natural692419.00/cwt419.00–419.002,89931
Steers750–800Medium and Large 1Natural786370.00/cwt370.00–370.002,90814
Steers900–950Medium and Large 3Value Added935225.00/cwt225.00–225.002,1041
Steers1000–1050Medium and Large 21,040230.00/cwt230.00–230.002,3921
Feeder Cattle · Heifers15 lots · lightest first
Heifers200–250Medium and Large 2231475.00/cwt475.00–475.001,0971
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1354458.61/cwt425.00–470.001,6234
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 2Natural375500.00/cwt500.00–500.001,8752
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 2382465.00/cwt465.00–465.001,7763
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 2404445.15/cwt425.00–465.001,7982
Heifers400–450Small 1434410.00/cwt410.00–410.001,7792
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 2467385.00/cwt385.00–385.001,7981
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1473425.00/cwt425.00–425.002,0102
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 2Natural506500.00/cwt500.00–500.002,5306
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 2507395.00/cwt395.00–395.002,0032
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1546379.00/cwt379.00–379.002,06911
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1-2Value Added635355.00/cwt355.00–355.002,2544
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 1700345.00/cwt345.00–345.002,4151
Heifers700–750Small 1700250.00/cwt250.00–250.001,7501
Heifers850–900Medium and Large 1850305.00/cwt305.00–305.002,5934
Feeder Cattle · Bulls4 lots · lightest first
Bulls300–350Medium and Large 1330580.00/cwt580.00–580.001,9142
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 3406450.00/cwt450.00–450.001,8271
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 1472470.00/cwt470.00–470.002,2181
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 3485375.00/cwt375.00–375.001,8191

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.