Virginia Livestock LLC Graded Feeder Cattle Sale Market Report

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

Sale of Tuesday, November 17, 2020

329 head sold ·Official USDA report

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heavy 5-weight M&L 1 heifers $123.75/cwt +4.72 vs last sale · ≈ $691/hd at 558 lb · 38 head

heavy 6-weight M&L 1 steers $132.88/cwt ≈ $878/hd at 661 lb · 32 head

heavy 5-weight M&L 1 steers $152.00/cwt -3.04 vs last sale · ≈ $871/hd at 573 lb · 24 head

Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Total receipts	329	277	351
Feeder cattle	329	277	351

Market comments — USDA reporter

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 162, Heifers 129, 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
470	470	11	162.00	$162.00	$761	-2.00
505	505	3	150.00	$150.00	$758	—
573	573	24	152.00	$152.00	$871	-3.04
658	658	28	134.00	$134.00	$882	—
680	680	4	125.00	$125.00	$850	—
724 value added	724	7	133.00	$133.00	$963	—
754	754	5	127.00	$127.00	$958	+9.00
759 value added	759	4	132.00	$132.00	$1,002	—
792	792	10	135.00	$135.00	$1,069	+17.00

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
295	295	1	117.50	$117.50	$347	-52.50
330	330	2	154.00	$154.00	$508	—
463	463	9	156.00	$156.00	$722	+4.00
535	535	1	110.00	$110.00	$588	—
563	563	14	139.00	$139.00	$783	-17.00
635	635	3	129.00	$129.00	$819	—
770	770	2	124.00	$124.00	$955	—
870	870	2	120.00	$120.00	$1,044	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
722 value added	722	13	131.00	$131.00	$946	—
768 value added	768	16	126.00	$126.00	$968	—

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
475	475	1	120.00	$120.00	$570	—
510–535	523	2	69.00–126.00	$98.18	$513	—

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Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
362	362	5	134.00	$134.00	$485	+4.00
473	473	14	124.00	$124.00	$587	+4.00
558	558	38	123.75	$123.75	$691	+4.72
664	664	16	109.75	$109.75	$729	—
667	667	6	116.00	$116.00	$774	—
869 value added	869	8	104.00	$104.00	$904	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
361	361	4	129.00	$129.00	$466	—
458–485	460	11	117.00–126.50	$125.59	$578	+8.59
548	548	7	118.00	$118.00	$647	+9.00
623	623	2	112.00	$112.00	$698	—
745	745	1	101.00	$101.00	$752	—

Small 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
471	471	4	81.00	$81.00	$382	-20.00
573	573	2	61.00	$61.00	$350	-34.00

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
492	492	5	127.00	$127.00	$625	—

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
385	385	1	101.00	$101.00	$389	—
460	460	1	117.00	$117.00	$538	—
545	545	1	104.00	$104.00	$567	—
630	630	1	91.00	$91.00	$573	—

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Feeder Bulls

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
478	478	6	135.00	$135.00	$645	-13.88
553–558	555	6	123.00–130.00	$127.65	$708	-11.35
659	659	7	116.00	$116.00	$764	-8.00
767	767	5	104.00	$104.00	$798	-8.00
990	990	1	90.00	$90.00	$891	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
465–480	469	4	117.00–125.00	$122.95	$577	-16.05
562	562	3	126.00	$126.00	$708	-5.00
1055	1055	1	69.00	$69.00	$728	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
380	380	2	148.00	$148.00	$562	—
625	625	2	110.00	$110.00	$688	—

Small 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
585	585	1	86.00	$86.00	$503	—

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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.