Fauquier Livestock Exchange Graded Feeder Cattle Sale Market Report

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

Sale of Friday, August 13, 2021

303 head sold ·Official USDA report

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heavy 5-weight M&L 1 heifers $128.05/cwt -3.95 vs last sale · ≈ $729/hd at 569 lb · 31 head

light 7-weight M&L 1 steers $141.61/cwt +2.61 vs last sale · ≈ $1,048/hd at 740 lb · 19 head

heavy 6-weight M&L 1 steers $138.30/cwt -10.20 vs last sale · ≈ $944/hd at 683 lb · 17 head

Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Total receipts	303	349	144
Feeder cattle	303	349	144

Market comments — USDA reporter

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 129, Heifers 120, Bulls 54) 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
425	425	1	157.50	$157.50	$669	—
561	561	1	150.00	$150.00	$842	-9.00
621–642 value added	629	13	144.00–147.00	$145.82	$917	—
654–670	666	6	121.00–133.00	$129.68	$864	-18.82
692	692	11	143.00	$143.00	$990	—
700 value added	700	1	136.00	$136.00	$952	—
731	731	3	124.00	$124.00	$906	-15.00
745	745	15	145.50	$145.50	$1,084	+6.50
857	857	1	128.00	$128.00	$1,097	-7.00
865 value added	865	1	121.00	$121.00	$1,047	—
857–897	866	13	127.00–128.00	$127.24	$1,102	-7.76
1111	1111	4	121.25	$121.25	$1,347	-3.25

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
657 value added	657	5	140.00	$140.00	$920	-12.77
729	729	12	143.00	$143.00	$1,042	—
818	818	6	136.00	$136.00	$1,112	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
446	446	1	142.00	$142.00	$633	-6.00
505	505	1	137.00	$137.00	$692	-23.00
544	544	6	134.00	$134.00	$729	+3.68
599	599	1	136.00	$136.00	$815	—
641	641	1	121.00	$121.00	$776	-14.00
662	662	4	127.00	$127.00	$841	—
670 value added	670	3	120.00	$120.00	$804	—
719	719	1	127.00	$127.00	$913	—
754	754	2	85.00–125.00	$105.00	$792	-18.00
828 value added	828	1	114.00	$114.00	$944	—

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
360	360	1	157.00	$157.00	$565	—
446	446	3	128.00	$128.00	$571	—
569	569	5	126.00	$126.00	$717	—
622	622	2	91.00	$91.00	$566	—

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Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
274	274	1	127.50	$127.50	$349	—
455	455	2	132.00	$132.00	$601	-3.00
512	512	7	123.00	$123.00	$630	—
563–577 value added	568	26	126.50–131.50	$128.45	$730	—
577	577	5	126.00	$126.00	$727	-6.00
628	628	14	130.50	$130.50	$820	—
655–682	678	6	116.00–124.00	$122.71	$832	-3.29
693	693	5	124.00	$124.00	$859	—
705 value added	705	2	120.00	$120.00	$846	—
742	742	2	112.00	$112.00	$831	-12.00
893	893	1	99.00	$99.00	$884	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
281	281	1	140.00	$140.00	$393	-4.00
345	345	4	140.00	$140.00	$483	—
444	444	1	112.50	$112.50	$500	—
470	470	5	130.00	$130.00	$611	-9.00
542	542	7	126.50	$126.50	$686	—
599	599	1	125.00	$125.00	$749	—
666	666	7	120.00	$120.00	$799	—
726	726	2	112.00	$112.00	$813	—
814–840	832	5	97.00–112.00	$106.88	$889	—
1109	1109	1	90.00	$90.00	$998	—

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
281	281	2	85.00	$85.00	$239	—
371	371	4	113.00	$113.00	$419	-9.50
475	475	3	92.50–124.00	$113.50	$539	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
795 value added	795	5	113.50	$113.50	$902	—

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Feeder Bulls

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
318	318	3	125.00	$125.00	$398	—
438	438	3	125.00	$125.00	$548	—
462–491	475	9	121.00–147.00	$141.77	$673	—
546	546	8	132.00	$132.00	$721	-8.00
569	569	7	125.00	$125.00	$711	—
721	721	3	115.00	$115.00	$829	—
818	818	1	101.00	$101.00	$826	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
263	263	1	135.00	$135.00	$355	—
306	306	1	146.00	$146.00	$447	—
431–444	441	4	123.00–125.00	$124.51	$549	+9.51
549	549	6	110.00	$110.00	$604	—
640	640	2	85.50	$85.50	$547	-37.50
728	728	1	93.00	$93.00	$677	—

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
193	193	1	75.00	$75.00	$145	—
596	596	2	106.00	$106.00	$632	—
740	740	1	65.00	$65.00	$481	—

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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.