Sale reports / Virginia / Fauquier Livestock Exchange, Inc. / 2026-04-17

Fauquier Livestock Exchange, Inc.

Feeder Cattle · Marshall, Virginia · Fri, Apr 17
● Final57 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2173
Receipts
206 head
▲ 93 vs last sale 113▲ 206 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 75, Heifers 105, Bulls 26)

Value Added cattle are Weaned and Vaccinated. Natural cattle are Vaccinated.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb heifers averaged $386.79/cwt on 21 head, up $47.28 from the prior sale (only 10 head in that comparison). That ranks 10 of 11 comparable sales and sits +37.83 against this barn's trailing median of $348.96.
Average price
$386.79
▲ 47.28 vs prior sale
21 head · 550 lb average
Value per head Derived
$2,126
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$151
per head · Medium and Large 2 over Medium and Large 3
$54.25/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+15.00
vs VA average
−40.60 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 2529409.252,16410thin
Medium and Large 1-2596375.002,2354thin
Medium and Large 1522370.001,9312thin
Small 1559370.002,0681thin
Medium and Large 3567355.002,0134thin
One grade step is worth $54.25/cwt here — about $151 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 600–700 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 sale21 hd
386.79
—
VA average10 barns · 548 hd
371.79
+15.00
National average182 barns · 12,591 hd
427.39
−40.60
This barn, trailing median11 sales
348.96
+37.83
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

57 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 · Steers19 lots · lightest first
Steers300–350Medium and Large 1Natural328597.50/cwt597.50–597.501,9602
Steers350–400Medium and Large 1375518.93/cwt480.00–540.001,9463
Steers350–400Medium and Large 2381550.00/cwt550.00–550.002,0962
Steers350–400Medium and Large 3388450.00/cwt450.00–450.001,7461
Steers400–450Medium and Large 2422470.00/cwt470.00–470.001,9832
Steers400–450Medium and Large 2Value Added434515.00/cwt515.00–515.002,2354
Steers400–450Medium and Large 3437385.00/cwt385.00–385.001,6821
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1450525.00/cwt525.00–525.002,3637
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1Value Added487485.00/cwt485.00–485.002,3625
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1Natural493525.00/cwt525.00–525.002,5889
Steers500–550Medium and Large 2508445.00/cwt445.00–445.002,2611
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1-2Value Added547465.00/cwt465.00–465.002,54412
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1570432.52/cwt375.00–462.502,4658
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1Value Added597435.00/cwt435.00–435.002,5974
Steers650–700Medium and Large 2663380.00/cwt380.00–380.002,5193
Steers700–750Medium and Large 1714347.12/cwt325.00–370.002,4784
Steers750–800Medium and Large 1750350.00/cwt350.00–350.002,6253
Steers800–850Medium and Large 1800300.00/cwt300.00–300.002,4002
Steers1100–1150Medium and Large 11,132212.50/cwt212.50–212.502,4062
Feeder Cattle · Heifers25 lots · lightest first
Heifers200–250Medium and Large 3217340.00/cwt340.00–340.007383
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 1332510.00/cwt510.00–510.001,6932
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 2Natural335500.00/cwt500.00–500.001,6753
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 2357520.00/cwt520.00–520.001,8566
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 3376404.22/cwt400.00–410.001,5206
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1436440.00/cwt440.00–440.001,9183
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1-2Value Added448435.00/cwt435.00–435.001,94915
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 2456445.00/cwt445.00–445.002,0294
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 3494429.25/cwt395.00–435.002,1207
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1Natural498445.00/cwt445.00–445.002,21611
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 2514390.00/cwt390.00–390.002,0053
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1522370.00/cwt370.00–370.001,9312
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 2Value Added535417.50/cwt417.50–417.502,2347
Heifers550–600Small 1559370.00/cwt370.00–370.002,0681
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 3567355.00/cwt355.00–355.002,0134
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1-2596375.00/cwt375.00–375.002,2354
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 2612325.00/cwt325.00–325.001,9891
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1-2Value Added626370.00/cwt370.00–370.002,3167
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 3630305.00/cwt305.00–305.001,9221
Heifers650–700Small 1678205.00/cwt205.00–205.001,3901
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 1-2Value Added705322.50/cwt322.50–322.502,2744
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 1Value Added710332.50/cwt332.50–332.502,3616
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 1729295.00/cwt295.00–295.002,1512
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 2739305.00/cwt305.00–305.002,2541
Heifers850–900Medium and Large 1870285.00/cwt285.00–285.002,4801
Feeder Cattle · Bulls13 lots · lightest first
Bulls300–350Small 1304310.00/cwt310.00–310.009421
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 1377405.00/cwt405.00–405.001,5271
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 3384400.00/cwt400.00–400.001,5361
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 1440430.00/cwt430.00–430.001,8924
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 3441390.00/cwt390.00–390.001,7201
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 2488440.00/cwt440.00–440.002,1472
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 1565420.00/cwt420.00–420.002,3731
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 3574382.18/cwt350.00–397.502,1943
Bulls600–650Medium and Large 2608355.00/cwt355.00–355.002,1581
Bulls600–650Medium and Large 3618332.50/cwt332.50–332.502,0552
Bulls600–650Medium and Large 1644353.68/cwt327.50–360.002,2785
Bulls700–750Medium and Large 2740292.50/cwt292.50–292.502,1652
Bulls750–800Medium and Large 3755242.50/cwt242.50–242.501,8312

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.