Virginia Livestock LLC Graded Feeder Cattle Sale Market Report

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

Sale of Tuesday, May 18, 2021

344 head sold ·Official USDA report

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heavy 5-weight M&L 1 heifers $121.33/cwt +1.85 vs last sale · ≈ $671/hd at 553 lb · 33 head

heavy 6-weight M&L 1 heifers $114.27/cwt +7.27 vs last sale · ≈ $770/hd at 674 lb · 26 head

heavy 7-weight M&L 1 heifers $129.25/cwt ≈ $1,019/hd at 788 lb · 20 head

Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Total receipts	344	419	461
Feeder cattle	344	419	461

Market comments — USDA reporter

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 101, Heifers 180, Bulls 63) Value Added and some 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
390	390	1	153.00	$153.00	$597	—
423	423	5	162.00	$162.00	$685	+7.00
430	430	1	160.00	$160.00	$688	+5.00
511–547	522	17	163.00–167.00	$165.77	$865	—
580	580	4	150.00	$150.00	$870	+3.95
608	608	13	157.00	$157.00	$955	+15.20
645	645	1	120.00	$120.00	$774	-9.00
665	665	5	135.00	$135.00	$898	-22.87
680	680	6	140.00	$140.00	$952	-17.87
725	725	1	104.00	$104.00	$754	—
742	742	3	130.00	$130.00	$965	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
375	375	2	131.00	$131.00	$491	-15.00
446	446	5	147.00	$147.00	$656	—
511 value added	511	5	150.00	$150.00	$766	+18.00
530–540	535	2	111.00–136.00	$123.62	$661	—
567	567	13	131.00	$131.00	$743	±0.00
569	569	4	133.00	$133.00	$757	+2.00
648	648	6	129.00	$129.00	$836	—
745	745	1	105.00	$105.00	$782	—
830	830	1	81.00	$81.00	$672	—
1270	1270	1	100.00	$100.00	$1,270	—

Small 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
640 value added	640	3	125.00	$125.00	$800	—

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
650	650	1	118.00	$118.00	$767	+53.00

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Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
393	393	3	130.00	$130.00	$511	+15.00
461	461	7	125.00	$125.00	$576	+3.62
466	466	7	129.00	$129.00	$601	+7.62
535	535	1	110.00	$110.00	$588	-6.00
548	548	14	121.00	$121.00	$663	+5.00
552	552	11	120.00	$120.00	$662	+0.52
554	554	22	122.00	$122.00	$676	+2.52
605	605	1	108.00	$108.00	$653	—
654	654	11	101.00	$101.00	$661	-6.00
688	688	15	124.00	$124.00	$853	+17.00
755	755	2	100.00	$100.00	$755	—
792	792	18	132.50	$132.50	$1,049	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
355–378	372	6	122.00–127.00	$125.86	$468	+3.86
445	445	2	117.00	$117.00	$521	-2.00
474	474	10	122.00	$122.00	$578	+4.00
548	548	11	119.00	$119.00	$652	+5.00
575	575	1	116.00	$116.00	$667	+2.00
627	627	8	110.00	$110.00	$690	+9.00
710	710	1	101.00	$101.00	$717	—
850	850	2	88.00	$88.00	$748	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
545	545	10	120.00	$120.00	$654	—
626 value added	626	9	120.00	$120.00	$751	—

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
355	355	3	120.00	$120.00	$426	—
443	443	4	110.00	$110.00	$487	+28.00
515	515	1	98.00	$98.00	$505	-3.00

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Feeder Bulls

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
390	390	1	146.00	$146.00	$569	+21.00
465	465	7	140.00	$140.00	$651	+8.00
562	562	19	132.00	$132.00	$742	+0.46
635	635	1	111.00	$111.00	$705	—
652	652	5	100.00	$100.00	$652	—
745	745	2	81.00	$81.00	$603	±0.00

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
340	340	1	104.00	$104.00	$354	—
445	445	2	118.00	$118.00	$525	—
578	578	4	107.00	$107.00	$618	-9.00
652	652	3	99.00	$99.00	$645	—
715	715	1	81.00	$81.00	$579	—
778	778	2	81.00	$81.00	$630	—
865	865	1	71.00	$71.00	$614	—

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
380	380	1	119.00	$119.00	$452	—
420	420	1	104.00	$104.00	$437	-6.00
498	498	2	100.00	$100.00	$498	—
650	650	6	95.00	$95.00	$618	—
750	750	1	79.00	$79.00	$592	—

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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.