Fauquier Livestock Exchange Graded Feeder Cattle Sale Market Report

Marshall, Virginia · USDA-reported Auction Livestock (Special Graded)

Sale of Friday, March 12, 2021

471 head sold ·Official USDA report

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heavy 6-weight M&L 1 steers $137.75/cwt -3.75 vs last sale · ≈ $911/hd at 661 lb · 35 head

light 5-weight M&L 1 heifers $124.20/cwt +3.20 vs last sale · ≈ $677/hd at 545 lb · 30 head

heavy 4-weight M&L 1 heifers $133.00/cwt ≈ $626/hd at 471 lb · 22 head

Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Total receipts	471	271	413
Feeder cattle	471	271	413

Market comments — USDA reporter

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 201, Heifers 204, Bulls 66) Value Added and Natural Cattle are Weaned and Vaccinated.

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Feeder Steers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
330	330	1	173.00	$173.00	$571	—
470–477	476	19	146.00–163.00	$159.97	$761	+7.97
548	548	17	143.00	$143.00	$784	—
560–594	563	13	136.00–148.00	$147.03	$828	—
617	617	1	124.00	$124.00	$765	—
653–661	657	13	145.00–150.00	$147.32	$968	+5.82
660	660	20	132.00	$132.00	$871	-9.50
698 value added	698	2	133.00	$133.00	$928	—
747	747	15	124.50	$124.50	$930	+44.50
767	767	1	97.50	$97.50	$748	-26.50
837	837	2	120.00	$120.00	$1,004	-6.34
845	845	13	124.00	$124.00	$1,048	-2.34
941	941	1	120.00	$120.00	$1,129	—
987	987	3	118.00	$118.00	$1,165	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
324	324	1	170.00	$170.00	$551	—
454	454	3	150.00	$150.00	$681	—
535	535	3	138.00	$138.00	$738	+30.50
553–582	566	11	125.00–150.00	$142.70	$808	—
656	656	5	127.00	$127.00	$833	—
725–738	728	5	121.00–128.00	$126.58	$922	—
731	731	11	135.00	$135.00	$987	—
857	857	2	109.00	$109.00	$934	—
959	959	3	109.00	$109.00	$1,045	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
651 value added	651	4	136.00	$136.00	$885	—
676	676	10	142.00	$142.00	$960	+8.00
702 value added	702	10	137.00	$137.00	$962	-2.50
727	727	3	131.00	$131.00	$952	—
863	863	4	114.00	$114.00	$984	—

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
381	381	2	157.50	$157.50	$600	+20.00

Small 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
669	669	1	101.00	$101.00	$676	—

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Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
375	375	4	125.00	$125.00	$469	—
471	471	22	133.00	$133.00	$626	—
541 value added	541	6	125.00	$125.00	$676	—
546	546	24	124.00	$124.00	$677	+3.00
565	565	1	124.00	$124.00	$701	+5.89
604–631	615	18	120.00–123.00	$121.80	$749	—
654	654	16	118.50	$118.50	$775	—
720	720	5	115.00	$115.00	$828	—
742	742	6	114.00	$114.00	$846	—
750–751	750	20	115.00–116.00	$115.45	$866	—
828–849	844	8	110.00–114.00	$113.02	$954	—
860 value added	860	20	120.50	$120.50	$1,036	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
263	263	1	140.00	$140.00	$368	—
333	333	4	132.50	$132.50	$441	—
363	363	6	137.00	$137.00	$497	—
438	438	7	136.00	$136.00	$596	—
524	524	6	125.00	$125.00	$655	+12.00
577	577	1	88.00	$88.00	$508	—
668–673	671	12	114.00–115.00	$114.59	$769	—
764	764	4	113.00	$113.00	$863	—

Small 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
360	360	1	85.00	$85.00	$306	—
458	458	1	85.00	$85.00	$389	—
717	717	1	75.00	$75.00	$538	—
878	878	3	100.00	$100.00	$878	—

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
379	379	1	115.00	$115.00	$436	—
625	625	3	91.00	$91.00	$569	—

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Feeder Bulls

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
404	404	2	150.00	$150.00	$606	—
469	469	10	156.00	$156.00	$732	—
544	544	11	140.00	$140.00	$762	—
645	645	12	121.00	$121.00	$780	—
738	738	4	116.00	$116.00	$856	—
814	814	1	100.00	$100.00	$814	—
923	923	1	89.00	$89.00	$821	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
348	348	1	126.00	$126.00	$438	—
472	472	6	150.00	$150.00	$708	—
546	546	4	130.00	$130.00	$710	—
621	621	3	122.00	$122.00	$758	—
731	731	1	114.00	$114.00	$833	—
849	849	2	96.00	$96.00	$815	—
925	925	1	89.00	$89.00	$823	—

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
461	461	3	139.00	$139.00	$641	—
597	597	2	122.00	$122.00	$728	—
708	708	1	100.00	$100.00	$708	—

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Reading this report

What does "Medium and Large 1" mean?

USDA feeder grades describe frame size and muscle thickness, not quality of the individual animal. "Medium and Large" is the frame score; the number is muscle (1 = heaviest muscled). "Medium and Large 1–2" pens mix both muscle scores — common across the Southeast.

What is $/cwt?

Dollars per hundredweight — per 100 lb of animal. A 500-lb calf at $450/cwt brings 5 × $450 = $2,250. Lighter cattle usually bring more per cwt but less per head.

Why are some prices per head?

Bred cows, cow-calf pairs, and some replacement classes sell by the head, not by weight. We show those exactly as USDA reports them — a $/head figure is never converted into $/cwt on this site.

Where do these numbers come from?

From the USDA Agricultural Marketing Service's Livestock Market News — federal reporters at the sale. We publish each report in full and link the official USDA document at the top of the page.