Sale reports / Virginia / Fauquier Livestock Exchange, Inc. / 2026-07-10

Fauquier Livestock Exchange, Inc.

Feeder Cattle · Marshall, Virginia · Fri, Jul 10
● Final56 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2173
Receipts
266 head
▲ 4 vs last sale 262▲ 110 vs year ago 156 · +70.5%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 145, Heifers 109, Bulls 12)

Value Added and Natural Cattle are Weaned and Vaccinated

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb steers averaged $449.95/cwt on 59 head, up $14.14 from the prior sale. That ranks 9 of 10 comparable sales and sits +11.33 against this barn's trailing median of $438.61.
Average price
$449.95
▲ 14.14 vs prior sale
59 head · 583 lb average
Value per head Derived
$2,625
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$54
per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Medium and Large 2
$10.67/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+0.72
vs VA average
−9.53 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1-2553456.252,5218thin
Medium and Large 1599450.002,69639
Medium and Large 2554445.582,46712thin
One grade step is worth $10.67/cwt here — about $54 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 sale59 hd
449.95
—
VA average4 barns · 232 hd
449.23
+0.72
National average146 barns · 7,211 hd
459.48
−9.53
This barn, trailing median10 sales
438.61
+11.33
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
520461401342median 438.6103/1305/0807/1009/1110/23
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

56 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 · Steers28 lots · lightest first
Steers200–250Medium and Large 2236512.50/cwt512.50–512.501,2102
Steers300–350Medium and Large 2349495.00/cwt495.00–495.001,7281
Steers350–400Medium and Large 2Natural358460.00/cwt460.00–460.001,6472
Steers350–400Medium and Large 2385455.00/cwt455.00–455.001,7521
Steers350–400Medium and Large 1386475.00/cwt475.00–475.001,8341
Steers450–500Medium and Large 2-3Value Added462462.50/cwt462.50–462.502,1379
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1-2Natural463445.00/cwt445.00–445.002,0603
Steers450–500Medium and Large 2471450.00/cwt450.00–450.002,1207
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1472465.00/cwt465.00–465.002,1953
Steers450–500Medium and Large 3495300.00/cwt300.00–300.001,4851
Steers500–550Medium and Large 2Value Added545335.00/cwt335.00–335.001,8261
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1-2Value Added549452.50/cwt452.50–452.502,4844
Steers550–600Medium and Large 2Value Added550464.00/cwt464.00–464.002,5523
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1-2556460.00/cwt460.00–460.002,5584
Steers550–600Medium and Large 2556452.50/cwt452.50–452.502,5168
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1Natural599450.00/cwt450.00–450.002,69639
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1620425.00/cwt425.00–425.002,6353
Steers650–700Medium and Large 2650397.50/cwt397.50–397.502,5845
Steers650–700Medium and Large 2Value Added655396.68/cwt355.00–407.002,5985
Steers650–700Medium and Large 2-3Value Added663382.50/cwt382.50–382.502,5369
Steers700–750Medium and Large 2Value Added725360.00/cwt360.00–360.002,6103
Steers700–750Medium and Large 1Natural742382.50/cwt382.50–382.502,83814
Steers700–750Medium and Large 1749350.00/cwt350.00–350.002,6223
Steers800–850Medium and Large 2825285.00/cwt285.00–285.002,3512
Steers800–850Medium and Large 1Value Added841335.00/cwt335.00–335.002,8171
Steers850–900Medium and Large 2Value Added880245.00/cwt245.00–245.002,1568
Steers950–1000Medium and Large 1963280.00/cwt280.00–280.002,6961
Steers1050–1100Medium and Large 2Value Added1,063255.00/cwt255.00–255.002,7112
Feeder Cattle · Heifers21 lots · lightest first
Heifers250–300Medium and Large 2255490.00/cwt490.00–490.001,2502
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 2357420.00/cwt420.00–420.001,4996
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 3Value Added358442.50/cwt442.50–442.501,5842
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 3374325.70/cwt260.00–400.001,2182
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 2Value Added429420.00/cwt420.00–420.001,8028
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1443405.00/cwt405.00–405.001,7946
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 2460399.70/cwt370.00–402.501,83912
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 2Value Added528366.00/cwt366.00–366.001,9323
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 2559355.00/cwt355.00–355.001,9846
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1569357.50/cwt357.50–357.502,03410
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1624343.98/cwt342.50–350.002,1465
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 2641331.76/cwt315.00–335.002,1276
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 2Value Added645350.00/cwt350.00–350.002,2582
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 1731335.00/cwt335.00–335.002,4493
Heifers700–750Small 1743150.00/cwt150.00–150.001,1151
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 2744326.00/cwt326.00–326.002,4253
Heifers750–800Medium and Large 2Value Added789332.50/cwt332.50–332.502,6234
Heifers800–850Medium and Large 1-2Value Added810325.00/cwt325.00–325.002,6334
Heifers850–900Medium and Large 1-2Value Added872325.00/cwt325.00–325.002,83422
Heifers850–900Medium and Large 2895240.00/cwt240.00–240.002,1481
Heifers1050–1100Medium and Large 21,059210.00/cwt210.00–210.002,2241
Feeder Cattle · Bulls7 lots · lightest first
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 1369487.50/cwt487.50–487.501,7991
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 2470415.00/cwt415.00–415.001,9512
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 2558360.00/cwt360.00–360.002,0093
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 1559375.00/cwt375.00–375.002,0961
Bulls650–700Medium and Large 2666339.98/cwt320.00–350.002,2643
Bulls700–750Medium and Large 2731295.00/cwt295.00–295.002,1561
Bulls750–800Medium and Large 2758300.00/cwt300.00–300.002,2741

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.