Sale reports / Virginia / Fauquier Livestock Exchange, Inc. / 2026-06-12

Fauquier Livestock Exchange, Inc.

Feeder Cattle · Marshall, Virginia · Fri, Jun 12
● Final47 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2173
Receipts
262 head
▲ 94 vs last sale 168▼ 157 vs year ago 419 · −37.5%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 91, Heifers 157, Bulls 14)

Value Added and Natural 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 $370.52/cwt on 48 head, up $3.38 from the prior sale (only 14 head in that comparison). That ranks 9 of 11 comparable sales and sits +21.56 against this barn's trailing median of $348.96.
Average price
$370.52
▲ 3.38 vs prior sale
48 head · 554 lb average
Value per head Derived
$2,053
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$129
per head · Medium and Large 2 over Medium and Large 3
$20.14/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+1.06
vs VA average
−30.00 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 2559375.142,09935
Medium and Large 1538358.331,92812thin
Medium and Large 3555355.001,9701thin
One grade step is worth $20.14/cwt here — about $129 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 sale48 hd
370.52
—
VA average8 barns · 439 hd
369.46
+1.06
National average163 barns · 8,321 hd
400.52
−30.00
This barn, trailing median11 sales
348.96
+21.56
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

47 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 · Steers21 lots · lightest first
Steers250–300Medium and Large 2299535.00/cwt535.00–535.001,6001
Steers350–400Medium and Large 3354405.00/cwt405.00–405.001,4341
Steers350–400Medium and Large 3Value Added371305.00/cwt305.00–305.001,1326
Steers350–400Medium and Large 2Natural390485.00/cwt485.00–485.001,8924
Steers400–450Medium and Large 2436480.00/cwt480.00–480.002,0934
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1447450.00/cwt450.00–450.002,0121
Steers450–500Medium and Large 2Value Added455472.50/cwt472.50–472.502,1501
Steers450–500Medium and Large 2Natural468489.00/cwt489.00–489.002,2898
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1545430.00/cwt430.00–430.002,3445
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1561420.00/cwt420.00–420.002,35610
Steers550–600Medium and Large 2566420.00/cwt420.00–420.002,3771
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1-2Natural573440.00/cwt440.00–440.002,5218
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1Value Added576460.00/cwt460.00–460.002,6507
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1615360.00/cwt360.00–360.002,2141
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1-2Value Added633355.00/cwt355.00–355.002,2476
Steers600–650Medium and Large 2647370.00/cwt370.00–370.002,3941
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1656387.50/cwt387.50–387.502,5422
Steers750–800Medium and Large 3770350.00/cwt350.00–350.002,6952
Steers750–800Medium and Large 1Natural783355.00/cwt355.00–355.002,7803
Steers850–900Medium and Large 2870343.67/cwt325.00–345.002,99015
Steers850–900Medium and Large 3870280.00/cwt280.00–280.002,4364
Feeder Cattle · Heifers18 lots · lightest first
Heifers250–300Medium and Large 3291385.00/cwt385.00–385.001,1204
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 2327450.00/cwt450.00–450.001,4721
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 3367482.50/cwt482.50–482.501,7717
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 2412450.00/cwt450.00–450.001,8541
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1Natural444457.50/cwt457.50–457.502,03139
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1-2Natural464472.50/cwt472.50–472.502,19227
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 2Value Added470450.00/cwt450.00–450.002,1152
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 3477403.49/cwt390.00–410.001,92512
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 2507380.00/cwt380.00–380.001,9271
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1511357.50/cwt357.50–357.501,8274
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1Natural551360.00/cwt360.00–360.001,9847
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1554350.00/cwt350.00–350.001,9391
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 3555355.00/cwt355.00–355.001,9701
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 2Natural561375.00/cwt375.00–375.002,10434
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1Value Added615347.50/cwt347.50–347.502,13711
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1619335.00/cwt335.00–335.002,0741
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 3672270.00/cwt270.00–270.001,8141
Heifers750–800Medium and Large 2752320.00/cwt320.00–320.002,4063
Feeder Cattle · Bulls8 lots · lightest first
Bulls200–250Medium and Large 2233560.00/cwt560.00–560.001,3051
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 3385292.11/cwt250.00–385.001,1253
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 3440200.00/cwt200.00–200.008802
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 2458420.00/cwt420.00–420.001,9242
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 2535385.00/cwt385.00–385.002,0601
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 3539320.00/cwt320.00–320.001,7251
Bulls600–650Medium and Large 2628337.91/cwt325.00–350.002,1222
Bulls800–850Medium and Large 2826237.50/cwt237.50–237.501,9622

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.