Fauquier Livestock Exchange Graded Feeder Cattle Sale Market Report

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

Sale of Friday, April 22, 2022

277 head sold ·Official USDA report

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heavy 5-weight M&L 1 steers $174.55/cwt ≈ $1,000/hd at 573 lb · 25 head

light 6-weight M&L 1-2 heifers $146.36/cwt ≈ $893/hd at 610 lb · 22 head

light 5-weight M&L 1 heifers $144.23/cwt ≈ $770/hd at 534 lb · 12 head

Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Total receipts	277	42	0
Feeder cattle	277	42	0

Market comments — USDA reporter

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 92, Heifers 132, Bulls 53) 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
416	416	2	168.00	$168.00	$699	—
556–585	573	25	170.00–179.00	$174.55	$1,000	—
611	611	1	156.00	$156.00	$953	—
656 value added	656	4	169.00	$169.00	$1,109	—
653–677	671	4	132.50–163.00	$155.58	$1,044	—
732–748	742	8	151.00–157.00	$154.78	$1,148	+7.51
791	791	7	158.00	$158.00	$1,250	—
832	832	3	146.00	$146.00	$1,215	—
909	909	1	139.00	$139.00	$1,264	—
1253	1253	3	131.00	$131.00	$1,641	—
1339	1339	6	119.00	$119.00	$1,593	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
483	483	1	102.50	$102.50	$495	—
560–580	565	4	142.50–155.00	$151.79	$858	—
660 value added	660	3	170.00	$170.00	$1,122	—
672	672	1	161.00	$161.00	$1,082	—
784	784	2	145.00	$145.00	$1,137	—
859	859	1	137.00	$137.00	$1,177	—
985	985	1	91.00	$91.00	$896	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
678	678	2	130.00	$130.00	$881	—
896	896	6	139.50	$139.50	$1,250	—

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
466	466	5	159.00	$159.00	$741	+19.00
653	653	1	135.00	$135.00	$882	—

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Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
379	379	3	159.00	$159.00	$603	+19.00
473	473	4	149.00	$149.00	$705	—
488 value added	488	4	157.00	$157.00	$766	—
529–538	534	12	142.00–146.50	$144.23	$770	—
638–645	641	11	140.00–142.00	$141.27	$906	—
707	707	5	140.00	$140.00	$990	—
726	726	4	138.00	$138.00	$1,002	—
743 value added	743	3	139.00	$139.00	$1,033	—
786	786	1	138.00	$138.00	$1,085	—
942	942	1	128.00	$128.00	$1,206	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
325 value added	325	2	162.00	$162.00	$526	—
346	346	2	140.00	$140.00	$484	—
461	461	11	154.00	$154.00	$710	—
528–538	529	7	143.00–148.00	$147.27	$779	—
661	661	9	139.00	$139.00	$919	+34.00
741	741	2	127.00	$127.00	$941	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
603 value added	603	8	147.00	$147.00	$886	—
614	614	14	146.00	$146.00	$896	—
656	656	6	141.50	$141.50	$928	—

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
376	376	5	154.00	$154.00	$579	—
454–455	454	8	124.00–149.00	$142.74	$648	—
518	518	2	129.00	$129.00	$668	+24.00
568	568	2	142.00	$142.00	$807	+18.00
642	642	1	120.00	$120.00	$770	—

Small 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
461	461	2	142.00	$142.00	$655	—

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Feeder Bulls

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
447	447	2	152.50	$152.50	$682	—
492	492	8	159.00	$159.00	$782	—
578	578	6	152.00	$152.00	$879	+5.00
652–655	654	4	140.00–142.00	$141.50	$925	—
759	759	2	132.00	$132.00	$1,002	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
263	263	1	169.00	$169.00	$444	—
332–335	334	7	178.00–180.00	$178.85	$597	—
429	429	2	151.00	$151.00	$648	-2.00
550	550	4	141.00	$141.00	$776	—
867	867	2	125.00	$125.00	$1,084	—

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
397	397	9	166.00	$166.00	$659	—
604	604	2	75.00–125.00	$100.00	$604	—
742	742	1	110.00	$110.00	$816	—

Small 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
361	361	1	60.00	$60.00	$217	—
634	634	1	75.00	$75.00	$476	—

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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.