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Fauquier Livestock Exchange, Inc.

Name: Fauquier Livestock Exchange, Inc. livestock auction prices — 2026-08-14
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2026-08-14

Feeder Cattle · Marshall, Virginia · Fri, Aug 14

● Final33 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2173

← Jul 10Aug 14Sep 11 →

Receipts

120 head

▼ 146 vs last sale 266▲ 120 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 40, Heifers 67, Bulls 13)

Value Added 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 $340.22/cwt on 45 head, down $17.83 from the prior sale (only 19 head in that comparison). That ranks 5 of 11 comparable sales and sits −8.73 against this barn's trailing median of $348.96.

Average price

$340.22

▼ 17.83 vs prior sale

45 head · 575 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,956

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$719

per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 2

$127.61/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−36.43

vs VA average

−26.43 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	571	352.61	2,013	23
Medium and Large 1-2	592	340.00	2,013	18thin
Small 1	505	285.00	1,439	3thin
Medium and Large 2	575	225.00	1,294	1thin

One grade step is worth $127.61/cwt here — about $719 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 sale45 hd

340.22

—

VA average9 barns · 495 hd

376.65

−36.43

National average163 barns · 7,070 hd

366.65

−26.43

This barn, trailing median11 sales

348.96

−8.73

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

33 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 · Steers11 lots · lightest first
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 2	428	356.89/cwt	320.00–375.00	1,527	3
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	469	417.50/cwt	417.50–417.50	1,958	5
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 2	506	365.00/cwt	365.00–365.00	1,847	4
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	590	350.10/cwt	340.00–355.00	2,066	6
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 2	614	345.00/cwt	345.00–345.00	2,118	1
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	630	360.00/cwt	360.00–360.00	2,268	6
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	694	351.00/cwt	351.00–351.00	2,436	8
Steers	750–800	Medium and Large 1	775	330.00/cwt	330.00–330.00	2,558	1
Steers	800–850	Medium and Large 2	844	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	2,110	3
Steers	950–1000	Medium and Large 2	950	290.00/cwt	290.00–290.00	2,755	2
Steers	1000–1050	Medium and Large 1	1,036	200.00/cwt	200.00–200.00	2,072	1
Feeder Cattle · Heifers15 lots · lightest first
Heifers	250–300	Medium and Large 2	289	340.00/cwt	340.00–340.00	983	1
Heifers	300–350	Medium and Large 1	309	360.00/cwt	360.00–360.00	1,112	1
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 3	437	224.79/cwt	210.00–255.00	982	3
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 2	467	321.01/cwt	305.00–325.00	1,499	5
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 3	474	275.00/cwt	275.00–275.00	1,304	1
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	487	340.00/cwt	340.00–340.00	1,656	3
Heifers	500–550	Small 1Natural	505	285.00/cwt	285.00–285.00	1,439	3
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	552	335.73/cwt	335.00–340.00	1,853	7
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 2	575	225.00/cwt	225.00–225.00	1,294	1
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1Natural	579	360.00/cwt	360.00–360.00	2,084	16
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2	592	340.00/cwt	340.00–340.00	2,013	18
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 2	612	200.00/cwt	200.00–200.00	1,224	1
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 2	699	265.00/cwt	265.00–265.00	1,852	1
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 1-2	704	285.00/cwt	285.00–285.00	2,006	5
Heifers	750–800	Medium and Large 3	785	255.00/cwt	255.00–255.00	2,002	1
Feeder Cattle · Bulls7 lots · lightest first
Bulls	250–300	Medium and Large 2	280	325.00/cwt	325.00–325.00	910	1
Bulls	300–350	Medium and Large 1	334	430.00/cwt	430.00–430.00	1,436	3
Bulls	350–400	Medium and Large 2	397	372.50/cwt	372.50–372.50	1,479	3
Bulls	400–450	Medium and Large 1	435	380.00/cwt	380.00–380.00	1,653	2
Bulls	450–500	Medium and Large 1	482	336.27/cwt	290.00–385.00	1,621	2
Bulls	500–550	Medium and Large 1	536	330.00/cwt	330.00–330.00	1,769	1
Bulls	600–650	Medium and Large 2	649	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	1,623	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 Aug 14, 2026

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

Receipts 120Last week 266Year ago 0

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 40, Heifers 67, Bulls 13)

Value Added Cattle are Weaned and Vaccinated

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	300–350	334	430.00	430.00
2	400–450	435	380.00	380.00
2	450–500	482	290.00–385.00	336.27
1	500–550	536	330.00	330.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	250–300	280	325.00	325.00
3	350–400	397	372.50	372.50
1	600–650	649	250.00	250.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
5	450–500	469	417.50	417.50
6	550–600	590	340.00–355.00	350.10
6	600–650	630	360.00	360.00
1	750–800	775	330.00	330.00
1	1000–1050	1,036	200.00	200.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
8	650–700	694	351.00	351.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	400–450	428	320.00–375.00	356.89
4	500–550	506	365.00	365.00
1	600–650	614	345.00	345.00
3	800–850	844	250.00	250.00
2	950–1000	950	290.00	290.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	300–350	309	360.00	360.00
3	450–500	487	340.00	340.00
7	550–600	552	335.00–340.00	335.73

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Small 1 · Natural$ per cwt · actual wt
3	500–550	505	285.00	285.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	250–300	289	340.00	340.00
5	450–500	467	305.00–325.00	321.01
1	550–600	575	225.00	225.00
1	600–650	612	200.00	200.00
1	650–700	699	265.00	265.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Natural$ per cwt · actual wt
16	550–600	579	360.00	360.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
18	550–600	592	340.00	340.00
5	700–750	704	285.00	285.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
3	400–450	437	210.00–255.00	224.79
1	450–500	474	275.00	275.00
1	750–800	785	255.00	255.00

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.