Virginia Livestock LLC Graded Feeder Cattle Sale Market Report

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

Sale of Tuesday, February 1, 2022

212 head sold ·Official USDA report

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heavy 6-weight M&L 1-2 steers $159.74/cwt ≈ $1,053/hd at 659 lb · 19 head

heavy 6-weight M&L 1 heifers $139.54/cwt +23.09 vs last sale · ≈ $938/hd at 672 lb · 18 head

light 6-weight M&L 1-2 heifers $148.00/cwt ≈ $895/hd at 605 lb · 16 head

Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Total receipts	212	142	0
Feeder cattle	212	142	0

Market comments — USDA reporter

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 80, Heifers 104, Bulls 28) 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
383	383	3	200.00	$200.00	$766	—
472	472	7	192.00	$192.00	$906	+19.00
549	549	10	184.00	$184.00	$1,010	—
585	585	3	187.00	$187.00	$1,094	+14.00
629	629	4	173.00	$173.00	$1,088	—
640	640	2	146.00	$146.00	$934	—
713	713	2	160.00	$160.00	$1,141	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
556–595	569	6	146.00–155.00	$151.86	$864	—
653	653	4	140.00	$140.00	$914	—
661	661	15	165.00	$165.00	$1,091	—
773	773	6	153.00	$153.00	$1,183	+3.00

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
350	350	1	137.00	$137.00	$480	—
430	430	1	190.00	$190.00	$817	+77.00
450	450	7	190.00	$190.00	$855	—
550	550	1	139.00	$139.00	$764	—
673 value added	673	4	141.00	$141.00	$949	—

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
365–380	373	2	153.00–158.00	$155.45	$580	—
460–475	468	2	104.00–149.00	$126.86	$594	—

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Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
350	350	2	135.00	$135.00	$472	—
449	449	8	140.00	$140.00	$629	+8.00
533	533	2	145.00	$145.00	$773	—
558	558	9	146.00	$146.00	$815	+12.00
610	610	1	126.00	$126.00	$769	+25.00
636	636	6	147.00	$147.00	$935	+46.00
653–673	667	13	143.00–145.00	$143.60	$958	+28.60
686	686	5	129.00	$129.00	$885	+14.00
733	733	6	134.00	$134.00	$982	+24.00

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
473	473	3	128.00	$128.00	$605	—
578	578	13	154.00	$154.00	$890	—
605	605	16	148.00	$148.00	$895	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
364	364	4	139.00	$139.00	$506	—
445	445	1	135.00	$135.00	$601	—
458	458	3	140.00	$140.00	$641	+6.00
580	580	1	140.00	$140.00	$812	+5.00
620	620	6	131.00	$131.00	$812	+36.00
720	720	1	110.00	$110.00	$792	—
870	870	1	87.00	$87.00	$757	—

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
305	305	1	31.00	$31.00	$95	—
550	550	1	120.00	$120.00	$660	—

Small 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
495	495	1	118.00	$118.00	$584	—

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Feeder Bulls

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
365	365	1	151.00	$151.00	$551	—
431	431	8	155.00	$155.00	$668	+5.00
580	580	7	156.00	$156.00	$905	±0.00
676	676	5	131.00	$131.00	$886	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
495	495	1	141.00	$141.00	$698	—
563	563	2	140.00	$140.00	$788	-12.00
620–630	625	2	119.00–130.00	$124.54	$778	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
833	833	2	102.00	$102.00	$850	—

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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.