Fauquier Livestock Exchange Graded Feeder Cattle Sale Market Report

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

Sale of Friday, September 23, 2022

236 head sold ·Official USDA report

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heavy 4-weight M&L 1 heifers $143.55/cwt -7.45 vs last sale · ≈ $685/hd at 477 lb · 31 head

light 7-weight M&L 1 steers $162.00/cwt -1.00 vs last sale · ≈ $1,204/hd at 743 lb · 20 head

heavy 6-weight M&L 1 heifers $133.00/cwt ≈ $923/hd at 694 lb · 17 head

Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Total receipts	236	326	178
Feeder cattle	236	326	178

Market comments — USDA reporter

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 107, Heifers 104, Bulls 25) Value Added 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
395 value added	395	4	184.00	$184.00	$727	—
470	470	2	174.00	$174.00	$818	-12.00
556	556	4	165.00	$165.00	$917	-13.00
652	652	3	162.00	$162.00	$1,056	+26.00
743	743	20	162.00	$162.00	$1,204	-1.00
848 value added	848	3	154.00	$154.00	$1,306	—
914	914	1	136.00	$136.00	$1,243	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
437	437	1	151.00	$151.00	$660	—
487	487	4	160.00	$160.00	$779	-25.00
572	572	2	156.00	$156.00	$892	-19.00
586 value added	586	1	136.00	$136.00	$797	—
648	648	7	155.00	$155.00	$1,004	-6.00
661 value added	661	10	165.00	$165.00	$1,091	+1.00
1145	1145	3	117.00	$117.00	$1,340	—
1265	1265	1	111.00	$111.00	$1,404	—
1385	1385	1	109.00	$109.00	$1,510	—
1438	1438	2	108.00	$108.00	$1,553	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
541	541	13	184.00	$184.00	$995	—

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
458	458	4	158.00	$158.00	$724	+5.00
568	568	6	165.00	$165.00	$937	+24.64
666	666	3	143.00	$143.00	$952	—

Medium and Large 2-3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
622	622	6	163.00	$163.00	$1,014	—

Small 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
469	469	2	135.00	$135.00	$633	—
566	566	1	85.00	$85.00	$481	—
600	600	1	100.00	$100.00	$600	-33.00
831	831	1	125.00	$125.00	$1,039	—

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Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
401 value added	401	4	138.00	$138.00	$553	—
443	443	8	141.00	$141.00	$625	—
473 value added	473	25	142.00	$142.00	$672	—
493	493	6	150.00	$150.00	$740	—
553	553	6	141.00	$141.00	$780	-2.00
649	649	4	123.00	$123.00	$798	-19.00
694	694	17	133.00	$133.00	$923	—
714	714	1	115.00	$115.00	$821	—
797 value added	797	9	130.00	$130.00	$1,036	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
443	443	7	131.00	$131.00	$580	-12.25
515	515	2	125.00	$125.00	$644	-6.00
674	674	2	119.00	$119.00	$802	—

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
390	390	2	120.00	$120.00	$468	—
498	498	1	128.00	$128.00	$637	-9.00
572	572	1	115.00	$115.00	$658	—
608	608	2	110.00	$110.00	$669	—
800	800	3	118.00	$118.00	$944	—

Small 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
499	499	2	126.00	$126.00	$629	—
588 value added	588	1	100.00	$100.00	$588	—

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Feeder Bulls

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
336	336	1	161.00	$161.00	$541	—
372	372	1	170.00	$170.00	$632	—
466	466	5	162.00	$162.00	$755	—
525	525	1	110.00	$110.00	$578	-59.33
579	579	2	149.00	$149.00	$863	—
636	636	3	146.00	$146.00	$929	-1.00

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
508	508	3	169.00	$169.00	$859	—
553	553	2	153.00	$153.00	$846	-7.00
657	657	1	128.00	$128.00	$841	—
756	756	1	111.00	$111.00	$839	—

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
532	532	1	130.00	$130.00	$692	-10.00
762	762	2	114.00	$114.00	$869	—

Small 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
631	631	1	114.00	$114.00	$719	—

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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.