Virginia Livestock LLC Graded Feeder Cattle Sale Market Report

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

Sale of Tuesday, March 1, 2022

720 head sold ·Official USDA report

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heavy 5-weight M&L 1-2 heifers $154.79/cwt +0.79 vs last sale · ≈ $873/hd at 564 lb · 73 head

heavy 6-weight M&L 1 heifers $140.88/cwt +1.34 vs last sale · ≈ $931/hd at 661 lb · 45 head

heavy 5-weight M&L 1-2 steers $182.25/cwt +30.39 vs last sale · ≈ $1,052/hd at 577 lb · 44 head

Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Total receipts	720	212	779
Feeder cattle	720	212	779

Market comments — USDA reporter

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 304, Heifers 358, Bulls 58) 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
350	350	6	173.00	$173.00	$606	-27.00
468	468	23	184.00	$184.00	$861	-8.00
554	554	9	192.00	$192.00	$1,064	+5.00
555	555	28	183.00	$183.00	$1,016	-4.00
650	650	11	152.00	$152.00	$988	—
665 value added	665	7	156.00	$156.00	$1,037	—
691	691	7	165.00	$165.00	$1,140	—
729–731	730	14	140.00–145.00	$141.79	$1,035	-18.21
740	740	1	125.00	$125.00	$925	-35.00
778–785	782	22	145.00–152.50	$148.05	$1,158	—
795	795	2	128.00	$128.00	$1,018	—
896	896	4	135.00	$135.00	$1,210	—
930	930	1	125.00	$125.00	$1,162	—
936 value added	936	10	130.50	$130.50	$1,221	—
1080	1080	1	110.00	$110.00	$1,188	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
473	473	8	198.00	$198.00	$937	—
489 value added	489	25	195.00	$195.00	$954	—
533	533	7	189.00	$189.00	$1,007	—
568	568	22	187.50	$187.50	$1,065	+35.64
586 value added	586	22	177.00	$177.00	$1,037	—
659	659	18	184.00	$184.00	$1,213	+19.00
762	762	7	150.00	$150.00	$1,143	-3.00
909	909	15	132.50	$132.50	$1,204	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
378	378	3	151.00	$151.00	$571	+14.00
437	437	5	176.00	$176.00	$769	-14.00
538	538	3	177.00	$177.00	$952	—
580	580	1	121.00	$121.00	$702	-18.00
645	645	1	141.00	$141.00	$909	—
655	655	1	80.00	$80.00	$524	—
725	725	2	101.00	$101.00	$732	—

Medium and Large 2-3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
457–462	458	14	163.00–184.00	$167.54	$767	—

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
505	505	1	115.00	$115.00	$581	—

Medium and Large 4 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
635	635	1	91.00	$91.00	$578	—

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Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
293	293	2	128.00	$128.00	$375	—
369	369	8	148.00	$148.00	$546	+13.00
434	434	6	153.00	$153.00	$664	+13.00
471–473	471	33	139.00–145.00	$144.63	$681	—
549	549	30	142.00	$142.00	$780	-3.00
550	550	1	131.00	$131.00	$720	-15.00
592	592	5	138.00	$138.00	$817	-8.00
605–615	612	3	111.00–126.00	$121.05	$741	-4.95
659	659	13	129.50	$129.50	$853	-14.10
661–663	662	32	142.00–150.00	$145.51	$963	+1.91
746	746	4	118.00	$118.00	$880	-16.00
762	762	6	126.00	$126.00	$960	—
852	852	7	106.00	$106.00	$903	—
898	898	4	109.00	$109.00	$979	—
935	935	1	91.00	$91.00	$851	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
451 value added	451	9	158.00	$158.00	$713	—
460–493	468	12	148.00–153.00	$151.68	$710	+23.68
476	476	11	157.00	$157.00	$747	+29.00
550–573	564	73	154.00–156.50	$154.79	$873	+0.79
633	633	10	142.00	$142.00	$899	-6.00
661	661	10	124.00	$124.00	$820	—
759	759	6	120.00	$120.00	$911	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
360	360	3	143.00	$143.00	$515	+4.00
459–490	463	11	147.00–151.00	$147.66	$684	+7.66
505–525	518	3	110.00–142.00	$121.48	$629	—
552–595	557	9	144.00–150.00	$144.71	$806	+4.71
605 value added	605	3	120.00	$120.00	$726	—
678	678	8	125.00	$125.00	$848	—
788	788	5	116.00	$116.00	$914	—

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
285	285	1	114.00	$114.00	$325	—
345	345	3	124.00	$124.00	$428	—
403	403	2	124.00	$124.00	$500	—
540	540	3	134.00	$134.00	$724	—
543	543	3	81.00	$81.00	$440	—
600	600	1	120.00	$120.00	$720	—
795	795	1	63.00	$63.00	$501	—

Medium and Large 3-4 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
373	373	5	137.00	$137.00	$511	—
450	450	5	136.00	$136.00	$612	—

Medium and Large 2-3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
695	695	5	126.00	$126.00	$876	—

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Feeder Bulls

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
378	378	5	151.00	$151.00	$571	±0.00
463	463	14	172.00	$172.00	$796	—
549	549	4	160.00	$160.00	$878	—
555	555	1	100.00	$100.00	$555	-56.00
653	653	8	136.00	$136.00	$888	+5.00
725	725	1	120.00	$120.00	$870	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
333	333	4	161.00	$161.00	$536	—
477	477	3	158.00	$158.00	$754	+17.00
510–535	523	2	147.00–161.00	$153.83	$805	—
633	633	2	132.00	$132.00	$836	+7.46
710	710	1	90.00	$90.00	$639	—
775	775	1	114.00	$114.00	$884	—
815	815	1	105.00	$105.00	$856	—

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
465	465	2	136.00	$136.00	$632	—
530	530	1	116.00	$116.00	$615	—
710–725	718	2	98.00–105.00	$101.54	$729	—

Medium and Large 3-4 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
490	490	2	125.00	$125.00	$612	—

Medium and Large 4 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
405	405	1	64.00	$64.00	$259	—

Small 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
355	355	1	100.00	$100.00	$355	—

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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.