Sale reports / Virginia / Fauquier Livestock Exchange, Inc. / 2026-03-27

Fauquier Livestock Exchange, Inc.

Feeder Cattle · Marshall, Virginia · Fri, Mar 27
● Final36 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2173
Receipts
113 head
▼ 420 vs last sale 533▼ 31 vs year ago 144 · −21.5%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 33, Heifers 56, Bulls 24)

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 $339.51/cwt on 10 head, down $61.20 from the prior sale. That ranks 4 of 11 comparable sales and sits −9.45 against this barn's trailing median of $348.96.
Average price
$339.51
▼ 61.20 vs prior sale
10 head · 529 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,796
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$505
per head · Medium and Large 2 over Medium and Large 3
$75.00/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−33.75
vs VA average
−85.68 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 2560350.001,9601thin
Medium and Large 1525346.261,8188thin
Medium and Large 3529275.001,4551thin
One grade step is worth $75.00/cwt here — about $505 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 sale10 hd
339.51
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VA average8 barns · 583 hd
373.26
−33.75
National average176 barns · 15,314 hd
425.19
−85.68
This barn, trailing median11 sales
348.96
−9.45
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

36 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 · Steers10 lots · lightest first
Steers250–300Medium and Large 1263170.00/cwt170.00–170.004471
Steers300–350Medium and Large 2329455.00/cwt455.00–455.001,4971
Steers350–400Medium and Large 1375481.23/cwt455.00–490.001,8054
Steers400–450Medium and Large 2427470.00/cwt470.00–470.002,0071
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1453485.00/cwt485.00–485.002,19713
Steers450–500Medium and Large 3461415.00/cwt415.00–415.001,9131
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1542445.00/cwt445.00–445.002,4127
Steers550–600Medium and Large 3557350.00/cwt350.00–350.001,9501
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1631375.00/cwt375.00–375.002,3662
Steers600–650Medium and Large 2641385.00/cwt385.00–385.002,4681
Feeder Cattle · Heifers15 lots · lightest first
Heifers200–250Medium and Large 2237280.00/cwt280.00–280.006641
Heifers200–250Medium and Large 1242190.00/cwt190.00–190.004603
Heifers250–300Medium and Large 1262495.00/cwt495.00–495.001,2973
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 2338450.00/cwt450.00–450.001,5211
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 2360425.00/cwt425.00–425.001,5301
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1375470.00/cwt470.00–470.001,7634
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 3420415.00/cwt415.00–415.001,7434
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1426385.00/cwt385.00–385.001,6401
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 2464440.00/cwt440.00–440.002,0423
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1465443.77/cwt435.00–447.502,06414
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1525346.26/cwt290.00–360.001,8188
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 3529275.00/cwt275.00–275.001,4551
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 2560350.00/cwt350.00–350.001,9601
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1Value Added618355.00/cwt355.00–355.002,19410
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1669315.00/cwt315.00–315.002,1071
Feeder Cattle · Bulls11 lots · lightest first
Bulls200–250Medium and Large 1235570.00/cwt570.00–570.001,3402
Bulls300–350Medium and Large 1346540.00/cwt540.00–540.001,8688
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 2355450.00/cwt450.00–450.001,5981
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 1369415.00/cwt415.00–415.001,5311
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 1422445.00/cwt445.00–445.001,8781
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 2438450.00/cwt450.00–450.001,9711
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 1485450.00/cwt450.00–450.002,1834
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 1563415.00/cwt415.00–415.002,3362
Bulls600–650Medium and Large 2603387.54/cwt375.00–400.002,3372
Bulls650–700Medium and Large 1681330.00/cwt330.00–330.002,2471
Bulls850–900Medium and Large 3885225.00/cwt225.00–225.001,9911

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.