Virginia Livestock LLC Graded Feeder Cattle Sale Market Report

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

Sale of Tuesday, January 5, 2021

345 head sold ·Official USDA report

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heavy 6-weight M&L 1 heifers $121.06/cwt +21.06 vs last sale · ≈ $791/hd at 653 lb · 33 head

light 6-weight M&L 1-2 heifers $115.42/cwt +1.42 vs last sale · ≈ $730/hd at 633 lb · 31 head

heavy 9-weight M&L 1-2 steers $121.25/cwt +12.25 vs last sale · ≈ $1,205/hd at 994 lb · 24 head

Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Total receipts	345	259	316
Feeder cattle	345	259	316

Market comments — USDA reporter

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 127, Heifers 193, Bulls 25) 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
466	466	4	156.00	$156.00	$727	—
522 value added	522	3	150.00	$150.00	$783	—
558	558	6	145.00	$145.00	$809	+6.00
565	565	3	151.00	$151.00	$853	+12.00
644–648	645	11	130.00–134.00	$130.73	$843	-0.27
656	656	9	135.00	$135.00	$886	+5.00
700–745	736	5	110.00–118.00	$116.48	$857	—
738–741 value added	740	8	121.00–123.25	$122.41	$906	—
781	781	5	131.00	$131.00	$1,023	+11.00
806–839 value added	818	11	115.00–123.00	$120.02	$982	—
857	857	3	118.00	$118.00	$1,011	+14.00
943 value added	943	2	121.00	$121.00	$1,141	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
658 value added	658	8	134.50	$134.50	$885	—
764 value added	764	6	121.00	$121.00	$924	—
884	884	8	126.00	$126.00	$1,114	—
968	968	4	110.00	$110.00	$1,065	+1.00
999	999	20	123.50	$123.50	$1,234	+14.50
1036	1036	5	101.00	$101.00	$1,046	—
1219	1219	4	117.50	$117.50	$1,432	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
480	480	1	143.00	$143.00	$686	—
595	595	1	132.00	$132.00	$785	+22.00

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Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
469	469	12	123.00	$123.00	$577	+13.00
562–585	563	20	110.00–119.00	$118.53	$667	—
638	638	17	111.00	$111.00	$708	+2.00
653 value added	653	32	122.00	$122.00	$797	—
665	665	1	91.00	$91.00	$605	-9.00
705	705	1	114.00	$114.00	$804	—
755	755	3	95.00	$95.00	$717	+5.00
845	845	1	88.00	$88.00	$744	—
875	875	1	88.00	$88.00	$770	—
925 value added	925	2	90.00	$90.00	$832	—
1097 value added	1097	5	93.00	$93.00	$1,020	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
465	465	10	133.00	$133.00	$618	—
474 value added	474	6	129.00	$129.00	$611	—
554	554	21	133.00	$133.00	$737	—
629 value added	629	24	117.00	$117.00	$736	+3.00
645	645	7	110.00	$110.00	$710	—
707 value added	707	9	106.00	$106.00	$749	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
455–461	460	5	130.00–131.00	$130.80	$602	—
510–543	539	8	109.00–110.00	$109.88	$592	-3.16
820	820	1	90.00	$90.00	$738	+11.00

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
530	530	1	70.00	$70.00	$371	-9.57
530 value added	530	2	66.00	$66.00	$350	—
645 value added	645	2	64.00	$64.00	$413	—
665	665	1	100.00	$100.00	$665	—

Small 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
350	350	1	90.00	$90.00	$315	—

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Feeder Bulls

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
476	476	6	135.00	$135.00	$643	+1.00
561	561	7	128.00	$128.00	$718	—
643	643	3	122.00	$122.00	$784	+3.00
765	765	2	102.00	$102.00	$780	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
340	340	1	132.00	$132.00	$449	—
438	438	2	140.00	$140.00	$613	+9.00
540	540	2	126.00	$126.00	$680	—
665	665	2	115.00	$115.00	$765	—

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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.