Fauquier Livestock Exchange Graded Feeder Cattle Sale Market Report

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

Sale of Friday, February 9, 2024

255 head sold ·Official USDA report

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heavy 4-weight M&L 2 heifers $249.26/cwt +64.97 vs last sale · ≈ $1,165/hd at 467 lb · 17 head

heavy 4-weight M&L 1 heifers $241.80/cwt +43.18 vs last sale · ≈ $1,173/hd at 485 lb · 12 head

heavy 5-weight M&L 1 heifers $228.89/cwt +26.19 vs last sale · ≈ $1,289/hd at 563 lb · 11 head

Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Total receipts	255	338	508
Feeder cattle	255	338	508

Market comments — USDA reporter

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 69, Heifers 129, Bulls 57) 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
461	461	1	290.00	$290.00	$1,337	+50.00
525	525	8	280.00	$280.00	$1,470	—
562–574 value added	568	2	250.00–257.50	$253.71	$1,441	—
570	570	4	255.00	$255.00	$1,454	+35.00
648	648	3	232.50	$232.50	$1,507	+22.50
670	670	1	207.50	$207.50	$1,390	+8.59
676 value added	676	1	225.00	$225.00	$1,521	+30.00
736	736	1	220.00	$220.00	$1,619	—
760	760	1	210.00	$210.00	$1,596	+15.00
808	808	2	205.00	$205.00	$1,656	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
474 value added	474	10	292.50	$292.50	$1,386	—
592 value added	592	7	265.00	$265.00	$1,569	—
695 value added	695	7	235.00	$235.00	$1,633	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
295	295	1	315.00	$315.00	$929	+110.00
392 value added	392	2	290.00	$290.00	$1,137	—
464	464	6	287.50	$287.50	$1,334	—
543	543	6	257.50	$257.50	$1,398	+7.50
644	644	3	244.00	$244.00	$1,571	+44.00
736–746	741	2	202.50–219.00	$210.69	$1,561	—

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
648	648	1	207.50	$207.50	$1,345	—

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Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
270	270	1	225.00	$225.00	$608	—
338	338	8	260.00	$260.00	$879	—
369	369	1	225.00	$225.00	$830	+45.00
371 value added	371	5	268.00	$268.00	$994	—
441–449	446	3	220.00–227.50	$225.03	$1,004	+40.03
464–495	467	11	227.50–249.00	$246.93	$1,153	+96.93
465–483 value added	468	6	253.00–256.00	$253.52	$1,186	+63.52
517	517	1	207.50	$207.50	$1,073	+69.75
552–558	553	11	195.00–235.00	$231.33	$1,279	+37.33
667	667	2	202.50	$202.50	$1,351	+38.13
739	739	1	195.00	$195.00	$1,441	+63.55
752	752	4	202.50	$202.50	$1,523	—
841	841	1	165.00	$165.00	$1,388	—
872	872	1	165.00	$165.00	$1,439	—
913	913	2	162.50	$162.50	$1,484	—

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
280	280	1	245.00	$245.00	$686	—
349	349	3	255.00	$255.00	$890	+65.00
465–499	485	12	241.00–243.00	$241.80	$1,173	+43.18
551–573	563	11	228.00–230.00	$228.89	$1,289	+15.89
604	604	10	223.00	$223.00	$1,347	+35.54
655	655	5	197.50	$197.50	$1,294	+32.50
762–766	764	2	175.00–200.00	$187.47	$1,432	+22.47
828	828	2	197.50	$197.50	$1,635	+42.50
864	864	3	202.50	$202.50	$1,750	+42.50

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
356	356	1	200.00	$200.00	$712	—
420–440	430	2	185.00–222.50	$204.19	$878	—
451–459	457	5	175.00	$175.00	$800	—
647	647	2	177.50	$177.50	$1,148	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
590 value added	590	4	233.00	$233.00	$1,375	—
675 value added	675	5	207.50	$207.50	$1,401	—

Small 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
420	420	1	125.00	$125.00	$525	—
505	505	1	125.00	$125.00	$631	+20.00

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Feeder Bulls

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
349	349	1	225.00	$225.00	$785	—
364	364	4	300.00	$300.00	$1,092	+135.00
463	463	6	276.00	$276.00	$1,278	—
531–542	536	8	175.00–225.00	$213.75	$1,146	+23.75
577	577	1	185.00	$185.00	$1,067	—
650–654	651	5	180.00–202.50	$197.98	$1,289	—
744	744	1	170.00	$170.00	$1,265	+37.52
791	791	2	169.00	$169.00	$1,337	—

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
365	365	1	300.00	$300.00	$1,095	+90.00
434	434	1	245.00	$245.00	$1,063	—
478	478	10	272.50	$272.50	$1,303	+67.50
525	525	1	220.00	$220.00	$1,155	+30.00
561–586	566	5	225.00–245.00	$240.86	$1,363	—
649	649	2	200.00	$200.00	$1,298	—
722	722	1	180.00	$180.00	$1,300	+52.00
789	789	1	175.00	$175.00	$1,381	—
921	921	2	112.50	$112.50	$1,036	—
956	956	1	143.00	$143.00	$1,367	—

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
336	336	2	272.50	$272.50	$916	—
463	463	2	225.00	$225.00	$1,042	—

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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.