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Fauquier Livestock Exchange, Inc.

Name: Fauquier Livestock Exchange, Inc. livestock auction prices — 2026-05-29
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2026-05-29

Feeder Cattle · Marshall, Virginia · Fri, May 29

● Final54 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2173

← May 8May 29Jun 12 →

Receipts

168 head

▼ 246 vs last sale 414▲ 168 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 81, Bull 12)

Value Added and Natural Cattle are Weaned and Vaccinated

Weight class — the figures below change to match

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb heifers averaged $367.14/cwt on 14 head, up $18.18 from the prior sale. That ranks 8 of 11 comparable sales and sits +18.18 against this barn's trailing median of $348.96.

Average price

$367.14

▲ 18.18 vs prior sale

14 head · 556 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,043

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$544

per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 3

$105.85/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−13.64

vs VA average

−40.30 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	543	397.50	2,158	2thin
Medium and Large 2	560	385.56	2,160	9thin
Medium and Large 3	554	291.65	1,615	3thin

One grade step is worth $105.85/cwt here — about $544 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 400–500 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 sale14 hd

367.14

—

VA average4 barns · 186 hd

380.78

−13.64

National average128 barns · 4,974 hd

407.44

−40.30

This barn, trailing median11 sales

348.96

+18.18

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

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

54 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 · Steers23 lots · lightest first
Steers	250–300	Medium and Large 2Natural	268	545.00/cwt	545.00–545.00	1,461	2
Steers	300–350	Medium and Large 2	348	540.00/cwt	540.00–540.00	1,879	2
Steers	350–400	Medium and Large 2Natural	366	547.55/cwt	540.00–550.00	2,004	8
Steers	350–400	Medium and Large 3	393	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	1,179	1
Steers	350–400	Small 1	399	345.00/cwt	345.00–345.00	1,377	1
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 1-2Natural	425	542.50/cwt	542.50–542.50	2,306	11
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	425	508.35/cwt	505.00–515.00	2,160	6
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 3	439	355.00/cwt	355.00–355.00	1,558	1
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 2Value Added	465	495.00/cwt	495.00–495.00	2,302	2
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 2Value Added	509	400.00/cwt	400.00–400.00	2,036	1
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 2	544	440.00/cwt	440.00–440.00	2,394	3
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	565	470.00/cwt	470.00–470.00	2,656	3
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 2	572	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	1,716	1
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	573	455.00/cwt	455.00–455.00	2,607	6
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 2Value Added	579	467.50/cwt	467.50–467.50	2,707	4
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1Natural	582	465.00/cwt	465.00–465.00	2,706	9
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 3	593	400.00/cwt	400.00–400.00	2,372	2
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 2Value Added	623	421.00/cwt	421.00–421.00	2,623	5
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	641	410.00/cwt	410.00–410.00	2,628	2
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	650	410.00/cwt	410.00–410.00	2,665	2
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1Value Added	652	345.00/cwt	345.00–345.00	2,249	1
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 2Value Added	656	390.00/cwt	390.00–390.00	2,558	1
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 2	737	355.00/cwt	355.00–355.00	2,616	1
Feeder Cattle · Heifers24 lots · lightest first
Heifers	200–250	Small 1Value Added	237	375.00/cwt	375.00–375.00	889	1
Heifers	250–300	Medium and Large 3	251	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	879	1
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 3	369	452.98/cwt	435.00–465.00	1,671	5
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 2	382	450.00/cwt	450.00–450.00	1,719	1
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1-2Natural	402	515.00/cwt	515.00–515.00	2,070	5
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1-2	409	495.00/cwt	495.00–495.00	2,025	11
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 2Natural	424	533.00/cwt	533.00–533.00	2,260	11
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 2	460	450.00/cwt	450.00–450.00	2,070	4
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 3	463	325.00/cwt	325.00–325.00	1,505	1
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1-2	484	460.00/cwt	460.00–460.00	2,226	8
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1Natural	510	430.00/cwt	430.00–430.00	2,193	1
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 3	531	200.00/cwt	200.00–200.00	1,062	1
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 2	551	370.00/cwt	370.00–370.00	2,039	2
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 2Value Added	563	390.00/cwt	390.00–390.00	2,196	7
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 3	565	337.48/cwt	335.00–340.00	1,907	2
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	576	365.00/cwt	365.00–365.00	2,102	1
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 2	618	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	2,163	2
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 3	627	240.00/cwt	240.00–240.00	1,505	1
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	671	330.00/cwt	330.00–330.00	2,214	1
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 3	685	200.00/cwt	200.00–200.00	1,370	1
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 1	715	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	2,503	7
Heifers	750–800	Medium and Large 1	785	325.00/cwt	325.00–325.00	2,551	4
Heifers	850–900	Medium and Large 3	876	225.00/cwt	225.00–225.00	1,971	2
Heifers	1050–1100	Medium and Large 1	1,066	210.00/cwt	210.00–210.00	2,239	1
Feeder Cattle · Bulls7 lots · lightest first
Bulls	200–250	Medium and Large 2	232	555.00/cwt	555.00–555.00	1,288	1
Bulls	350–400	Medium and Large 2	378	500.00/cwt	500.00–500.00	1,890	2
Bulls	450–500	Medium and Large 2	476	375.00/cwt	375.00–375.00	1,785	1
Bulls	550–600	Medium and Large 2	599	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	2,097	2
Bulls	600–650	Medium and Large 1	611	330.00/cwt	330.00–330.00	2,016	1
Bulls	700–750	Medium and Large 3	733	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	916	4
Bulls	750–800	Medium and Large 2	780	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	1,950	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 May 29, 2026

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

Receipts 168Last week 414Year ago 0

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 75, Heifers 81, Bull 12)

Value Added and Natural Cattle are Weaned and Vaccinated

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	350–400	393	300.00	300.00
1	400–450	439	355.00	355.00
2	550–600	593	400.00	400.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
2	450–500	465	495.00	495.00
1	500–550	509	400.00	400.00
4	550–600	579	467.50	467.50
5	600–650	623	421.00	421.00
1	650–700	656	390.00	390.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	300–350	348	540.00	540.00
3	500–550	544	440.00	440.00
1	550–600	572	300.00	300.00
1	700–750	737	355.00	355.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Natural$ per cwt · actual wt
11	400–450	425	542.50	542.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2 · Natural$ per cwt · actual wt
2	250–300	268	545.00	545.00
8	350–400	366	540.00–550.00	547.55

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
6	400–450	425	505.00–515.00	508.35
3	550–600	565	470.00	470.00
2	650–700	650	410.00	410.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
6	550–600	573	455.00	455.00
2	600–650	641	410.00	410.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Small 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	350–400	399	345.00	345.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
1	650–700	652	345.00	345.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Natural$ per cwt · actual wt
9	550–600	582	465.00	465.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	250–300	251	350.00	350.00
5	350–400	369	435.00–465.00	452.98
1	450–500	463	325.00	325.00
1	500–550	531	200.00	200.00
2	550–600	565	335.00–340.00	337.48
1	600–650	627	240.00	240.00
1	650–700	685	200.00	200.00
2	850–900	876	225.00	225.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
7	550–600	563	390.00	390.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	350–400	382	450.00	450.00
4	450–500	460	450.00	450.00
2	550–600	551	370.00	370.00
2	600–650	618	350.00	350.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2 · Natural$ per cwt · actual wt
11	400–450	424	533.00	533.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Natural$ per cwt · actual wt
5	400–450	402	515.00	515.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	550–600	576	365.00	365.00
1	650–700	671	330.00	330.00
7	700–750	715	350.00	350.00
4	750–800	785	325.00	325.00
1	1050–1100	1,066	210.00	210.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
11	400–450	409	495.00	495.00
8	450–500	484	460.00	460.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Small 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
1	200–250	237	375.00	375.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Natural$ per cwt · actual wt
1	500–550	510	430.00	430.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
4	700–750	733	125.00	125.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	200–250	232	555.00	555.00
2	350–400	378	500.00	500.00
1	450–500	476	375.00	375.00
2	550–600	599	350.00	350.00
1	750–800	780	250.00	250.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	600–650	611	330.00	330.00

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.