Cattle Market Pulse

Virginia Livestock LLC Graded Feeder Cattle Sale Market Report

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

Sale of Tuesday, April 6, 2021

525 head sold ·Official USDA report

This is an archived report. See the latest Virginia Livestock LLC Graded Feeder Cattle Sale report →

heavy 5-weight M&L 1 heifers $131.78/cwt +3.70 vs last sale · ≈ $746/hd at 566 lb · 37 head
heavy 5-weight M&L 1 steers $157.81/cwt -8.96 vs last sale · ≈ $890/hd at 564 lb · 37 head
heavy 4-weight M&L 1 heifers $136.67/cwt +12.67 vs last sale · ≈ $635/hd at 465 lb · 30 head

Receipts

HeadThis saleLast saleLast year
Total receipts 525 966 868
Feeder cattle 525 966 868

Market comments — USDA reporter

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 220, Heifers 250, Bulls 55) Value Added and Natural Cattle are Weaned and Vaccinated.

New to these tables? Plain-English explainers ↓

Feeder Steers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb) Avg wt Head Price range Avg $ ≈ $/hdΔ last sale
362 362 3 181.00 $181.00 $655 +19.00
421 421 8 180.00 $180.00 $758 +26.00
461 461 4 164.00 $164.00 $756 -6.00
460–483 481 12 157.00–168.00 $167.12 $804 -2.88
489 value added 489 4 165.00 $165.00 $807 —
549 549 9 149.00 $149.00 $818 -30.00
554–570 555 16 131.00–155.50 $153.93 $854 -3.81
561 value added 561 13 160.00 $160.00 $898 —
588 588 8 162.00 $162.00 $953 +4.26
619 619 4 149.00 $149.00 $922 -9.00
647–649 648 18 148.00–155.00 $151.49 $982 +15.49
660–664 664 15 135.00–143.75 $143.17 $951 +12.17
734–741 738 9 130.00–133.50 $131.55 $971 -22.99
771 771 4 130.00 $130.00 $1,002 +4.33
842 value added 842 3 110.00 $110.00 $926 -7.43
960 960 2 99.00 $99.00 $950 -2.00
1060 1060 1 103.00 $103.00 $1,092 —
Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb) Avg wt Head Price range Avg $ ≈ $/hdΔ last sale
360–370 365 2 169.00–180.00 $174.58 $637 +20.58
410 410 1 171.00 $171.00 $701 +11.70
451 451 9 156.00 $156.00 $704 +5.00
520 520 1 145.00 $145.00 $754 +4.05
573 573 10 142.50 $142.50 $817 +11.50
666 666 10 147.00 $147.00 $979 —
748 748 6 132.00 $132.00 $987 —
1075 1075 1 102.00 $102.00 $1,096 —
1245 1245 1 100.00 $100.00 $1,245 —
Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb) Avg wt Head Price range Avg $ ≈ $/hdΔ last sale
595 595 3 155.00 $155.00 $922 -9.00
642 642 13 151.00 $151.00 $969 -4.57
658 value added 658 3 144.00 $144.00 $948 —
723 723 3 131.00 $131.00 $947 —
810 810 2 114.00 $114.00 $923 -15.50
1021 1021 12 106.00 $106.00 $1,082 —
Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb) Avg wt Head Price range Avg $ ≈ $/hdΔ last sale
350 350 1 142.00 $142.00 $497 —
495 495 1 66.00 $66.00 $327 -58.00
575 575 1 100.00 $100.00 $575 —
Small 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb) Avg wt Head Price range Avg $ ≈ $/hdΔ last sale
775 775 1 109.00 $109.00 $845 —

↑ Back to top

Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb) Avg wt Head Price range Avg $ ≈ $/hdΔ last sale
245 245 3 149.00 $149.00 $365 —
320 320 4 153.00 $153.00 $490 —
374 374 9 146.00 $146.00 $546 +17.00
462 462 20 135.00 $135.00 $624 +11.00
471 471 10 140.00 $140.00 $659 +16.00
561–571 566 14 129.50–140.00 $134.70 $762 +19.70
566 566 23 130.00 $130.00 $736 +15.00
635 635 1 110.00 $110.00 $698 -16.95
655 655 18 125.00 $125.00 $819 +15.00
716–738 721 20 115.00–148.00 $140.00 $1,009 +37.00
735 735 1 126.00 $126.00 $926 +26.00
750–754 753 5 97.00–115.00 $111.42 $839 —
756–764 value added 759 12 121.00 $121.00 $918 —
792 792 5 120.00 $120.00 $950 —
895 895 2 106.00 $106.00 $949 —
925 925 1 87.00 $87.00 $805 -16.50
Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb) Avg wt Head Price range Avg $ ≈ $/hdΔ last sale
333 333 3 151.50 $151.50 $504 +26.50
368 368 2 151.50 $151.50 $558 +26.50
435 435 9 138.00 $138.00 $600 +16.00
463 463 16 137.00 $137.00 $634 +13.00
550 550 24 131.00 $131.00 $720 +18.36
661 661 8 126.00 $126.00 $833 +21.00
705 705 1 120.00 $120.00 $846 +7.79
830 830 2 101.00 $101.00 $838 —
890 value added 890 2 100.00 $100.00 $890 —
Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb) Avg wt Head Price range Avg $ ≈ $/hdΔ last sale
502 502 5 140.50 $140.50 $705 —
601 601 9 132.00 $132.00 $793 +6.00
686–693 689 15 123.00–125.00 $123.94 $854 -0.98
Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb) Avg wt Head Price range Avg $ ≈ $/hdΔ last sale
463 463 2 123.00 $123.00 $569 —
540 540 1 81.00 $81.00 $437 —
735 735 1 88.00 $88.00 $647 —
Small 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb) Avg wt Head Price range Avg $ ≈ $/hdΔ last sale
415 415 1 108.00 $108.00 $448 —
625 625 1 108.00 $108.00 $675 —

↑ Back to top

Feeder Bulls

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb) Avg wt Head Price range Avg $ ≈ $/hdΔ last sale
373 373 3 155.00 $155.00 $578 +19.54
475 475 13 155.00 $155.00 $736 +50.00
554 554 14 143.00 $143.00 $792 —
745 745 3 113.00 $113.00 $842 —
Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb) Avg wt Head Price range Avg $ ≈ $/hdΔ last sale
223 223 3 175.00 $175.00 $390 —
335 335 1 153.00 $153.00 $513 —
455 455 7 144.00 $144.00 $655 +11.37
523 523 5 135.00 $135.00 $706 +11.00
595 595 1 118.00 $118.00 $702 —
770 770 2 110.00 $110.00 $847 —
Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb) Avg wt Head Price range Avg $ ≈ $/hdΔ last sale
375 375 1 137.00 $137.00 $514 -3.00
465 465 1 136.00 $136.00 $632 +17.00
Small 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb) Avg wt Head Price range Avg $ ≈ $/hdΔ last sale
625 625 1 113.00 $113.00 $706 —

↑ Back to top

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.