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Fauquier Livestock Exchange, Inc.

Name: Fauquier Livestock Exchange, Inc. livestock auction prices — 2026-03-13
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2026-03-13

Feeder Cattle · Marshall, Virginia · Fri, Mar 13

● Final73 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2173

← Feb 13Mar 13Mar 27 →

Receipts

533 head

▲ 331 vs last sale 202▼ 114 vs year ago 647 · −17.6%

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 273, Heifers 240, Bulls 20)

Value Added and Most 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 $441.42/cwt on 99 head. That ranks 6 of 10 comparable sales and sits +2.81 against this barn's trailing median of $438.61.

Average price

$441.42

99 head · 581 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,565

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$270

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

$56.73/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−15.42

vs VA average

−30.78 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1-2	582	446.73	2,598	52
Medium and Large 2	583	440.63	2,568	41
Medium and Large 1	569	405.00	2,304	4thin
Medium and Large 3	523	395.00	2,066	1thin
Small 1	597	390.00	2,328	1thin

One grade step is worth $56.73/cwt here — about $270 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 sale99 hd

441.42

—

VA average9 barns · 610 hd

456.84

−15.42

National average178 barns · 10,669 hd

472.20

−30.78

This barn, trailing median10 sales

438.61

+2.81

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

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.

Class	Weight	Grade / description	Avg wt	Price	Range	Per head	Head
Feeder Cattle · Steers35 lots · lightest first
Steers	250–300	Medium and Large 3	290	375.00/cwt	375.00–375.00	1,088	1
Steers	350–400	Medium and Large 2	364	515.00/cwt	515.00–515.00	1,875	8
Steers	350–400	Medium and Large 3	393	375.00/cwt	375.00–375.00	1,474	1
Steers	350–400	Medium and Large 1	398	520.00/cwt	520.00–520.00	2,070	3
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 2	447	485.00/cwt	485.00–485.00	2,168	7
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 2Value Added	460	497.50/cwt	497.50–497.50	2,289	25
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	485	490.00/cwt	490.00–490.00	2,377	3
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 2	491	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	1,719	1
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	492	480.00/cwt	480.00–480.00	2,362	8
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 3	523	395.00/cwt	395.00–395.00	2,066	1
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 2	542	391.61/cwt	385.00–405.00	2,123	3
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 2	558	437.50/cwt	437.50–437.50	2,441	10
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	569	405.00/cwt	405.00–405.00	2,304	4
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	581	447.74/cwt	442.50–450.00	2,601	42
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2Natural	584	442.50/cwt	442.50–442.50	2,584	10
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 2Value Added	596	447.00/cwt	447.00–447.00	2,664	28
Steers	550–600	Small 1	597	390.00/cwt	390.00–390.00	2,328	1
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 2Value Added	621	397.17/cwt	390.00–400.00	2,466	7
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 2	632	391.67/cwt	390.00–400.00	2,475	9
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	640	418.00/cwt	418.00–418.00	2,675	17
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 2	650	340.00/cwt	340.00–340.00	2,210	1
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	663	370.00/cwt	370.00–370.00	2,453	3
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 1Natural	702	360.00/cwt	360.00–360.00	2,527	3
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 1	726	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	2,541	2
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 2	727	345.00/cwt	345.00–345.00	2,508	1
Steers	750–800	Medium and Large 2Value Added	751	369.00/cwt	369.00–369.00	2,771	7
Steers	750–800	Medium and Large 1Natural	758	368.00/cwt	368.00–368.00	2,789	34
Steers	800–850	Medium and Large 2	808	317.50/cwt	317.50–317.50	2,565	2
Steers	800–850	Medium and Large 1	848	325.00/cwt	325.00–325.00	2,756	2
Steers	850–900	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	868	332.00/cwt	332.00–332.00	2,882	15
Steers	850–900	Medium and Large 1Natural	869	317.50/cwt	317.50–317.50	2,759	4
Steers	1000–1050	Medium and Large 1Natural	1,006	290.00/cwt	290.00–290.00	2,917	1
Steers	1050–1100	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	1,081	275.00/cwt	275.00–275.00	2,973	6
Steers	1100–1150	Medium and Large 1	1,118	260.00/cwt	260.00–260.00	2,907	2
Steers	1250–1300	Medium and Large 1	1,263	242.50/cwt	242.50–242.50	3,063	1
Feeder Cattle · Heifers28 lots · lightest first
Heifers	200–250	Medium and Large 2	240	420.00/cwt	420.00–420.00	1,008	1
Heifers	300–350	Medium and Large 3	311	370.00/cwt	370.00–370.00	1,151	1
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 2	357	490.00/cwt	490.00–490.00	1,749	5
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 2Natural	398	510.00/cwt	510.00–510.00	2,030	6
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	435	460.00/cwt	460.00–460.00	2,001	3
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 3	442	340.00/cwt	340.00–340.00	1,503	3
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 2Value Added	448	492.50/cwt	492.50–492.50	2,206	8
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 2	455	465.00/cwt	465.00–465.00	2,116	5
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	472	475.00/cwt	475.00–475.00	2,242	6
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	520	415.00/cwt	415.00–415.00	2,158	26
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 3	523	210.00/cwt	210.00–210.00	1,098	1
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 2	549	360.00/cwt	360.00–360.00	1,976	9
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	560	411.00/cwt	411.00–411.00	2,302	12
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 2Natural	569	409.00/cwt	409.00–409.00	2,327	27
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 3	581	340.00/cwt	340.00–340.00	1,975	1
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	583	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	2,041	2
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 3	623	273.78/cwt	272.50–275.00	1,706	2
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 2	632	312.86/cwt	295.00–325.00	1,977	4
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 2Value Added	640	355.00/cwt	355.00–355.00	2,272	2
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1Natural	649	372.00/cwt	372.00–372.00	2,414	16
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	652	375.00/cwt	375.00–375.00	2,445	36
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1-2Natural	658	387.50/cwt	387.50–387.50	2,550	8
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	663	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	2,122	3
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 3	673	280.00/cwt	280.00–280.00	1,884	1
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 1-2Natural	701	343.00/cwt	343.00–343.00	2,404	20
Heifers	750–800	Medium and Large 1-2Natural	776	337.50/cwt	337.50–337.50	2,619	18
Heifers	750–800	Medium and Large 1Natural	787	305.00/cwt	305.00–305.00	2,400	5
Heifers	1050–1100	Medium and Large 1Value Added	1,052	262.50/cwt	262.50–262.50	2,762	9
Feeder Cattle · Bulls10 lots · lightest first
Bulls	250–300	Medium and Large 3	285	355.00/cwt	355.00–355.00	1,012	1
Bulls	350–400	Medium and Large 2	374	475.00/cwt	475.00–475.00	1,777	3
Bulls	350–400	Medium and Large 3	386	445.00/cwt	445.00–445.00	1,718	2
Bulls	400–450	Medium and Large 3	423	395.00/cwt	395.00–395.00	1,671	1
Bulls	450–500	Medium and Large 2	476	465.00/cwt	465.00–465.00	2,213	4
Bulls	500–550	Medium and Large 2	533	360.00/cwt	360.00–360.00	1,919	3
Bulls	550–600	Medium and Large 2	556	430.00/cwt	430.00–430.00	2,391	1
Bulls	550–600	Medium and Large 3	583	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	1,749	1
Bulls	600–650	Medium and Large 3	615	285.00/cwt	285.00–285.00	1,753	3
Bulls	650–700	Medium and Large 2	694	285.00/cwt	285.00–285.00	1,978	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 Mar 13, 2026

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

Receipts 533Last week 202Year ago 647

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 273, Heifers 240, Bulls 20)

Value Added and Most Natural Cattle are Weaned and Vaccinated

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Natural$ per cwt · actual wt
3	700–750	702	360.00	360.00
34	750–800	758	368.00	368.00
4	850–900	869	317.50	317.50
1	1000–1050	1,006	290.00	290.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Small 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	550–600	597	390.00	390.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	350–400	398	520.00	520.00
3	450–500	485	490.00	490.00
4	550–600	569	405.00	405.00
3	650–700	663	370.00	370.00
2	700–750	726	350.00	350.00
2	800–850	848	325.00	325.00
2	1100–1150	1,118	260.00	260.00
1	1250–1300	1,263	242.50	242.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
8	450–500	492	480.00	480.00
42	550–600	581	442.50–450.00	447.74
17	600–650	640	418.00	418.00
15	850–900	868	332.00	332.00
6	1050–1100	1,081	275.00	275.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Natural$ per cwt · actual wt
10	550–600	584	442.50	442.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	250–300	290	375.00	375.00
1	350–400	393	375.00	375.00
1	500–550	523	395.00	395.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
8	350–400	364	515.00	515.00
7	400–450	447	485.00	485.00
1	450–500	491	350.00	350.00
3	500–550	542	385.00–405.00	391.61
10	550–600	558	437.50	437.50
9	600–650	632	390.00–400.00	391.67
1	650–700	650	340.00	340.00
1	700–750	727	345.00	345.00
2	800–850	808	317.50	317.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
25	450–500	460	497.50	497.50
28	550–600	596	447.00	447.00
7	600–650	621	390.00–400.00	397.17
7	750–800	751	369.00	369.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Natural$ per cwt · actual wt
16	600–650	649	372.00	372.00
5	750–800	787	305.00	305.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
9	1050–1100	1,052	262.50	262.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	400–450	435	460.00	460.00
2	550–600	583	350.00	350.00
3	650–700	663	320.00	320.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Natural$ per cwt · actual wt
8	650–700	658	387.50	387.50
20	700–750	701	343.00	343.00
18	750–800	776	337.50	337.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
6	450–500	472	475.00	475.00
26	500–550	520	415.00	415.00
12	550–600	560	411.00	411.00
36	650–700	652	375.00	375.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2 · Natural$ per cwt · actual wt
6	350–400	398	510.00	510.00
27	550–600	569	409.00	409.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	300–350	311	370.00	370.00
3	400–450	442	340.00	340.00
1	500–550	523	210.00	210.00
1	550–600	581	340.00	340.00
2	600–650	623	272.50–275.00	273.78
1	650–700	673	280.00	280.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	200–250	240	420.00	420.00
5	350–400	357	490.00	490.00
5	450–500	455	465.00	465.00
9	500–550	549	360.00	360.00
4	600–650	632	295.00–325.00	312.86

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
8	400–450	448	492.50	492.50
2	600–650	640	355.00	355.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	350–400	374	475.00	475.00
4	450–500	476	465.00	465.00
3	500–550	533	360.00	360.00
1	550–600	556	430.00	430.00
1	650–700	694	285.00	285.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	250–300	285	355.00	355.00
2	350–400	386	445.00	445.00
1	400–450	423	395.00	395.00
1	550–600	583	300.00	300.00
3	600–650	615	285.00	285.00

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.