Fauquier Livestock Exchange Graded Feeder Cattle Sale Market Report

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

Sale of Friday, July 12, 2024

336 head sold ·Official USDA report

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heavy 5-weight M&L 2 steers $293.53/cwt +36.03 vs last sale · ≈ $1,699/hd at 579 lb · 33 head

heavy 6-weight M&L 1-2 steers $280.60/cwt ≈ $1,852/hd at 660 lb · 25 head

light 8-weight M&L 1-2 steers $248.00/cwt ≈ $2,058/hd at 830 lb · 21 head

Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Total receipts	336	392	464
Feeder cattle	336	392	464

Market comments — USDA reporter

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 166, Heifers 128, Bulls 42) Natural and Value Added Cattle are Weaned and Vaccinated

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Feeder Steers

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
280	280	1	325.00	$325.00	$910	—
370–391	383	8	315.00–324.00	$320.74	$1,228	—
456–495	464	5	270.00–299.00	$292.81	$1,359	-7.19
525	525	3	297.50	$297.50	$1,562	+17.50
560–590 value added	575	2	235.00	$235.00	$1,351	—
578–580	579	31	297.00–297.50	$297.31	$1,721	+39.81
643	643	12	267.00	$267.00	$1,717	—
660	660	2	275.50	$275.50	$1,818	—
747	747	1	237.50	$237.50	$1,774	-2.50
832	832	2	237.50	$237.50	$1,976	+52.50
900	900	4	243.00	$243.00	$2,187	—
912 value added	912	1	157.50	$157.50	$1,436	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
434	434	9	310.00	$310.00	$1,345	—
660	660	20	292.00	$292.00	$1,927	—
660 value added	660	5	235.00	$235.00	$1,551	—
712	712	7	266.00	$266.00	$1,894	—
756	756	7	260.00	$260.00	$1,966	—
830	830	21	248.00	$248.00	$2,058	—

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
509	509	4	284.00	$284.00	$1,446	-18.50
526 value added	526	7	302.00	$302.00	$1,589	+2.00
564	564	1	295.00	$295.00	$1,664	-4.70
620 value added	620	2	267.50	$267.50	$1,658	-38.50
636	636	5	250.00	$250.00	$1,590	-58.00
706	706	1	250.00	$250.00	$1,765	—
775	775	1	240.00	$240.00	$1,860	—

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
396	396	1	210.00	$210.00	$832	—
879	879	2	150.00	$150.00	$1,318	—

Small 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
818	818	1	195.00	$195.00	$1,595	—

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Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
359	359	5	294.00	$294.00	$1,055	—
482	482	15	277.00	$277.00	$1,335	—
483 value added	483	5	268.00	$268.00	$1,294	—
511	511	6	274.00	$274.00	$1,400	—
553	553	4	266.00	$266.00	$1,471	—
566	566	14	273.00	$273.00	$1,545	—
700–703	702	13	243.00–245.00	$243.92	$1,712	—
771	771	4	236.00	$236.00	$1,820	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
257	257	1	200.00	$200.00	$514	—
364–379	368	4	240.00–285.00	$273.41	$1,006	-34.09
450–454	454	11	245.00–278.00	$275.02	$1,249	+0.68
532	532	6	268.00	$268.00	$1,426	+7.19
640	640	2	247.00	$247.00	$1,581	+13.71
667	667	5	243.00	$243.00	$1,621	—
711–732	725	3	200.00–217.50	$211.78	$1,535	—
847	847	1	202.50	$202.50	$1,715	—

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
325	325	1	270.00	$270.00	$878	—
447	447	2	272.50	$272.50	$1,218	—
467 value added	467	3	275.00	$275.00	$1,284	-13.00
542	542	5	261.00	$261.00	$1,415	+23.50
566	566	1	246.00	$246.00	$1,392	-27.00
612 value added	612	3	257.00	$257.00	$1,573	+2.00

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
369	369	2	232.50	$232.50	$858	—
453–482	458	6	210.00–240.00	$234.74	$1,075	—
544	544	4	247.50	$247.50	$1,346	-10.00
685	685	1	185.00	$185.00	$1,267	—

Small 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
293	293	1	150.00	$150.00	$440	—

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Feeder Bulls

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
394	394	1	320.00	$320.00	$1,261	-25.00
403	403	1	310.00	$310.00	$1,249	—
467–492	488	6	235.00–270.00	$258.54	$1,262	-16.46
553–599	565	4	165.00–230.00	$212.76	$1,202	-53.24
619	619	1	197.50	$197.50	$1,223	—
652	652	2	195.00	$195.00	$1,271	—
718	718	1	197.50	$197.50	$1,418	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
597	597	6	235.00	$235.00	$1,403	—
686	686	4	207.50	$207.50	$1,423	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
382	382	2	315.00	$315.00	$1,203	—
466	466	3	240.00	$240.00	$1,118	-45.00
520–535	531	4	220.00–243.00	$237.37	$1,260	—
917	917	1	150.00	$150.00	$1,376	—

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
330	330	1	202.50	$202.50	$668	—
395	395	4	245.00	$245.00	$968	—

Small 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
380	380	1	295.00	$295.00	$1,121	—

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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.