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Fauquier Livestock Exchange, Inc.

Name: Fauquier Livestock Exchange, Inc. livestock auction prices — 2026-09-11
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2026-09-11

Feeder Cattle · Marshall, Virginia · Fri, Sep 11

● Final44 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2173

← Aug 14Sep 11Oct 9 →

Receipts

154 head

▲ 34 vs last sale 120▼ 191 vs year ago 345 · −55.4%

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 87, Heifers 54, Bulls 13)

Value Added and Natural Cattle are Weaned and Vaccinated

Weight class — the figures below change to match

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $360.27/cwt on 42 head, up $4.21 from the prior sale (only 10 head in that comparison). That ranks 2 of 10 comparable sales and sits −78.34 against this barn's trailing median of $438.61.

Average price

$360.27

▲ 4.21 vs prior sale

42 head · 561 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,022

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$779

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

$140.39/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−11.73

vs VA average

−30.32 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1-2	570	375.39	2,142	23
Medium and Large 1	594	357.50	2,124	3thin
Medium and Large 2	539	346.00	1,865	15thin
Small 1	580	235.00	1,363	1thin

One grade step is worth $140.39/cwt here — about $779 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 sale42 hd

360.27

—

VA average7 barns · 245 hd

372.01

−11.73

National average134 barns · 6,067 hd

390.59

−30.32

This barn, trailing median10 sales

438.61

−78.34

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

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

44 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 · Steers17 lots · lightest first
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 2	519	330.00/cwt	330.00–330.00	1,713	2
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 2Natural	535	360.00/cwt	360.00–360.00	1,926	11
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2	559	365.00/cwt	365.00–365.00	2,040	4
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2Natural	565	376.00/cwt	376.00–376.00	2,124	4
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	575	378.00/cwt	378.00–378.00	2,174	15
Steers	550–600	Small 1	580	235.00/cwt	235.00–235.00	1,363	1
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 2	581	285.00/cwt	285.00–285.00	1,656	2
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	594	357.50/cwt	357.50–357.50	2,124	3
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 2	633	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	2,026	2
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 2Natural	649	310.00/cwt	310.00–310.00	2,012	4
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1-2	670	346.87/cwt	345.00–350.00	2,324	13
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 2	672	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	2,016	1
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1Natural	690	357.00/cwt	357.00–357.00	2,463	14
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 1Value Added	739	345.00/cwt	345.00–345.00	2,550	4
Steers	750–800	Medium and Large 2	776	306.80/cwt	300.00–320.00	2,381	3
Steers	900–950	Medium and Large 1Value Added	903	293.00/cwt	293.00–293.00	2,646	2
Steers	950–1000	Medium and Large 1	958	272.50/cwt	272.50–272.50	2,611	2
Feeder Cattle · Heifers19 lots · lightest first
Heifers	250–300	Medium and Large 1	292	390.00/cwt	390.00–390.00	1,139	1
Heifers	300–350	Medium and Large 2	305	325.00/cwt	325.00–325.00	991	2
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 2	363	378.95/cwt	330.00–395.00	1,376	4
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 2	444	345.00/cwt	345.00–345.00	1,532	3
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1-2Natural	497	325.00/cwt	325.00–325.00	1,615	3
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 2Value Added	518	285.00/cwt	285.00–285.00	1,476	6
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	524	305.00/cwt	305.00–305.00	1,598	2
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 3	527	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	1,318	3
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	530	310.00/cwt	310.00–310.00	1,643	5
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 2	563	275.00/cwt	275.00–275.00	1,548	2
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	578	315.00/cwt	315.00–315.00	1,821	6
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	592	245.00/cwt	245.00–245.00	1,450	3
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2	597	285.00/cwt	285.00–285.00	1,701	3
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 3	614	285.00/cwt	285.00–285.00	1,750	2
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 2Value Added	661	240.00/cwt	240.00–240.00	1,586	1
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	664	265.00/cwt	265.00–265.00	1,760	2
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 2	691	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	1,728	1
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 1-2	703	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	1,758	4
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 2	729	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	1,823	1
Feeder Cattle · Bulls8 lots · lightest first
Bulls	350–400	Medium and Large 1	363	395.00/cwt	395.00–395.00	1,434	1
Bulls	400–450	Medium and Large 1	411	385.00/cwt	385.00–385.00	1,582	1
Bulls	400–450	Medium and Large 2	424	327.46/cwt	320.00–350.00	1,388	4
Bulls	450–500	Medium and Large 3	486	305.00/cwt	305.00–305.00	1,482	1
Bulls	550–600	Medium and Large 3	551	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	1,378	2
Bulls	550–600	Medium and Large 1	568	340.00/cwt	340.00–340.00	1,931	1
Bulls	550–600	Medium and Large 2	599	285.00/cwt	285.00–285.00	1,707	1
Bulls	650–700	Medium and Large 1	680	239.71/cwt	230.00–250.00	1,630	2

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 Sep 11, 2026

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

Receipts 154Last week 120Year ago 345

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 87, Heifers 54, Bulls 13)

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 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	500–550	519	330.00	330.00
2	550–600	581	285.00	285.00
2	600–650	633	320.00	320.00
1	650–700	672	300.00	300.00
3	750–800	776	300.00–320.00	306.80

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2 · Natural$ per cwt · actual wt
11	500–550	535	360.00	360.00
4	600–650	649	310.00	310.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
15	550–600	575	378.00	378.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	550–600	559	365.00	365.00
13	650–700	670	345.00–350.00	346.87

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
4	700–750	739	345.00	345.00
2	900–950	903	293.00	293.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Natural$ per cwt · actual wt
4	550–600	565	376.00	376.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	550–600	594	357.50	357.50
2	950–1000	958	272.50	272.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Small 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	550–600	580	235.00	235.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Natural$ per cwt · actual wt
14	650–700	690	357.00	357.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	450–500	486	305.00	305.00
2	550–600	551	250.00	250.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	400–450	424	320.00–350.00	327.46
1	550–600	599	285.00	285.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	350–400	363	395.00	395.00
1	400–450	411	385.00	385.00
1	550–600	568	340.00	340.00
2	650–700	680	230.00–250.00	239.71

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	300–350	305	325.00	325.00
4	350–400	363	330.00–395.00	378.95
3	400–450	444	345.00	345.00
2	550–600	563	275.00	275.00
1	650–700	691	250.00	250.00
1	700–750	729	250.00	250.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
3	500–550	527	250.00	250.00
2	600–650	614	285.00	285.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	550–600	597	285.00	285.00
4	700–750	703	250.00	250.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
6	500–550	518	285.00	285.00
1	650–700	661	240.00	240.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
5	500–550	530	310.00	310.00
6	550–600	578	315.00	315.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	250–300	292	390.00	390.00
2	500–550	524	305.00	305.00
3	550–600	592	245.00	245.00
2	650–700	664	265.00	265.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Natural$ per cwt · actual wt
3	450–500	497	325.00	325.00

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.