Fauquier Livestock Exchange Graded Feeder Cattle Sale Market Report

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

Sale of Friday, March 24, 2023

199 head sold ·Official USDA report

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light 5-weight M&L 1-2 steers $228.00/cwt ≈ $1,204/hd at 528 lb · 15 head

heavy 5-weight M&L 1 heifers $182.42/cwt ≈ $1,065/hd at 584 lb · 12 head

light 6-weight M&L 1 heifers $168.00/cwt +5.75 vs last sale · ≈ $1,025/hd at 610 lb · 11 head

Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Total receipts	199	520	201
Feeder cattle	199	520	201

Market comments — USDA reporter

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 68, Heifers, 93, Bulls 38) 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
460	460	8	230.00	$230.00	$1,058	+5.00
550–556	551	9	218.00–219.00	$218.78	$1,205	-6.22
670	670	1	175.00	$175.00	$1,172	—
736	736	3	173.00	$173.00	$1,273	-32.20
802	802	1	160.00	$160.00	$1,283	—
883	883	6	161.00	$161.00	$1,422	—
943	943	1	151.00	$151.00	$1,424	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
528 value added	528	15	228.00	$228.00	$1,204	—
723	723	3	168.00	$168.00	$1,215	-38.00

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
304	304	4	227.50	$227.50	$692	—
420–443	425	5	135.00–235.00	$214.13	$910	-15.87
448 value added	448	2	232.50	$232.50	$1,042	—
516	516	2	217.50	$217.50	$1,122	+13.50
570 value added	570	1	200.00	$200.00	$1,140	+18.29
659–690	675	4	155.00–168.00	$161.35	$1,089	—

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
384	384	1	135.00	$135.00	$518	—
829	829	1	140.00	$140.00	$1,161	—

Small 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
394	394	1	165.00	$165.00	$650	—

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Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
309	309	1	197.50	$197.50	$610	—
371–381	372	10	192.50–207.00	$205.51	$764	+15.51
437	437	10	198.00	$198.00	$865	—
457 value added	457	3	195.00	$195.00	$891	—
579	579	7	182.00	$182.00	$1,054	—
590 value added	590	5	183.00	$183.00	$1,080	—
610	610	11	168.00	$168.00	$1,025	+4.00
730	730	4	147.00	$147.00	$1,073	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
246	246	2	193.00	$193.00	$475	—
308–313	311	3	185.00	$185.00	$575	—
355–381	368	2	190.00–199.00	$194.34	$715	-7.13
434	434	5	199.00	$199.00	$864	-11.00
493 value added	493	5	203.00	$203.00	$1,001	—
534–549	537	9	130.00–184.00	$171.74	$922	-6.78
606	606	3	122.00	$122.00	$739	—
698	698	2	147.00	$147.00	$1,026	—
719	719	1	141.00	$141.00	$1,014	-12.00
788	788	2	142.00	$142.00	$1,119	—

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
381	381	3	175.00	$175.00	$667	-9.00
403	403	1	190.00	$190.00	$766	—
506–523	515	2	130.00–171.00	$150.84	$777	-1.16

Small 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
413	413	1	190.00	$190.00	$785	+48.00
519	519	1	110.00	$110.00	$571	—

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Feeder Bulls

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
334	334	1	228.00	$228.00	$762	—
364	364	1	220.00	$220.00	$801	+42.50
430 value added	430	2	172.50	$172.50	$742	—
452	452	4	139.00	$139.00	$628	-57.00
535	535	7	195.00	$195.00	$1,043	+22.50
629	629	3	167.00	$167.00	$1,050	—
845	845	1	130.00	$130.00	$1,098	—
862	862	1	118.00	$118.00	$1,017	—

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
379	379	2	212.50	$212.50	$805	—
439	439	1	115.00	$115.00	$505	-76.00
466	466	2	201.00	$201.00	$937	-4.00
521	521	2	198.00	$198.00	$1,032	—
728	728	1	185.00	$185.00	$1,347	—
832	832	1	131.00	$131.00	$1,090	—

Medium and Large 2-3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
436	436	5	182.50	$182.50	$796	—

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
391	391	1	130.00	$130.00	$508	—
502	502	1	108.00	$108.00	$542	—

Small 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
347	347	1	182.50	$182.50	$633	—
397	397	1	190.00	$190.00	$754	—

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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.