Virginia Livestock LLC Graded Feeder Cattle Sale Market Report

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

Sale of Tuesday, May 3, 2022

693 head sold ·Official USDA report

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heavy 5-weight M&L 1 steers $181.19/cwt -6.31 vs last sale · ≈ $1,044/hd at 576 lb · 84 head

heavy 5-weight M&L 1 heifers $146.00/cwt -2.46 vs last sale · ≈ $812/hd at 556 lb · 60 head

heavy 4-weight M&L 1 steers $188.62/cwt -10.38 vs last sale · ≈ $918/hd at 487 lb · 42 head

Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Total receipts	693	353	419
Feeder cattle	693	353	419

Market comments — USDA reporter

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 282, Heifers 301, Bulls 110) Value Added and most 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
379	379	4	191.00	$191.00	$724	+1.00
434	434	7	186.00	$186.00	$807	—
484–487	485	25	184.00–185.00	$184.96	$897	-14.04
489 value added	489	17	194.00	$194.00	$949	—
530	530	1	145.00	$145.00	$768	—
562	562	23	176.00	$176.00	$989	-8.00
575	575	37	180.00	$180.00	$1,035	-11.00
591 value added	591	24	188.00	$188.00	$1,111	—
602–618	615	15	175.00–177.00	$176.61	$1,086	—
637	637	13	169.00	$169.00	$1,077	—
653 value added	653	24	176.00	$176.00	$1,149	—
655	655	10	170.00	$170.00	$1,114	+3.50
655	655	2	169.00	$169.00	$1,107	+2.50
744	744	7	144.00	$144.00	$1,071	-6.00
781	781	6	155.00	$155.00	$1,211	+16.00
862	862	3	152.00	$152.00	$1,310	+15.00

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
673	673	11	176.00	$176.00	$1,184	—
902	902	8	141.00	$141.00	$1,272	—
1016	1016	15	136.00	$136.00	$1,382	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
240	240	1	132.50	$132.50	$318	—
365	365	4	175.00	$175.00	$639	+82.50
443 value added	443	5	159.00	$159.00	$704	—
463	463	4	149.00	$149.00	$690	-23.00
515–544	537	8	140.00–151.00	$148.84	$799	+9.72
590	590	1	150.00	$150.00	$885	—
702	702	3	130.00	$130.00	$913	-22.00

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
310	310	1	147.50	$147.50	$457	—
355	355	1	157.00	$157.00	$557	—
570	570	1	140.00	$140.00	$798	—

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Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
295	295	1	128.00	$128.00	$378	—
366	366	11	144.00	$144.00	$527	+13.00
433	433	14	145.00	$145.00	$628	—
483	483	26	150.00	$150.00	$724	-2.00
556	556	60	146.00	$146.00	$812	-6.00
620	620	1	87.50	$87.50	$542	-49.50
653–665	654	20	134.00	$134.00	$876	—
685	685	4	140.00	$140.00	$959	—
737	737	6	145.00	$145.00	$1,069	+42.03
761	761	4	134.00	$134.00	$1,020	—
800–834	826	8	126.00–137.00	$134.33	$1,110	—
838	838	3	117.00	$117.00	$980	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
448	448	9	149.00	$149.00	$668	—
502 value added	502	6	141.00	$141.00	$708	—
570–597	589	16	145.00–146.00	$145.70	$858	—
595 value added	595	4	137.00	$137.00	$815	—
621 value added	621	5	145.00	$145.00	$900	—
640	640	4	136.00	$136.00	$870	—
685	685	22	145.50	$145.50	$997	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
255	255	1	117.50	$117.50	$300	—
365–375	367	13	126.00–145.00	$130.55	$479	+8.55
405	405	1	80.00	$80.00	$324	—
453	453	21	140.50	$140.50	$636	—
533	533	6	143.00	$143.00	$762	—
575	575	1	137.00	$137.00	$788	-7.00
608	608	2	118.00	$118.00	$717	—
651	651	6	134.00	$134.00	$872	+34.00
730	730	1	113.00	$113.00	$825	—
875	875	2	115.00	$115.00	$1,006	—

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
195	195	1	111.00	$111.00	$216	—
250–283	272	3	135.00–137.00	$136.39	$371	—
420	420	1	130.00	$130.00	$546	+44.00
526	526	5	134.00	$134.00	$705	+49.00
550	550	1	129.00	$129.00	$710	—

Medium and Large 2-3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
372	372	3	135.00	$135.00	$502	—

Small 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
460	460	2	115.00–127.50	$121.25	$558	—
645	645	1	115.00	$115.00	$742	—

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Feeder Bulls

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
350	350	10	182.00	$182.00	$637	—
420	420	1	151.00	$151.00	$634	-12.00
460–490	464	26	131.00–180.00	$174.76	$811	—
520	520	2	138.00	$138.00	$718	—
558	558	21	164.00	$164.00	$915	+11.00
633	633	6	154.00	$154.00	$975	±0.00
713	713	3	135.00	$135.00	$963	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
415–435	422	3	121.00–145.00	$136.75	$577	+5.75
561	561	10	145.00	$145.00	$813	+67.00
630–645	638	2	137.00	$137.00	$874	—
653	653	4	137.00	$137.00	$895	—
753	753	2	116.00	$116.00	$873	—
975	975	1	110.00	$110.00	$1,072	—

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
331	331	4	142.00	$142.00	$470	-8.00
415	415	1	134.00	$134.00	$556	+34.00
530	530	1	120.00	$120.00	$636	—
965	965	1	89.00	$89.00	$859	—

Small 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
375	375	1	120.00	$120.00	$450	—
510	510	1	132.00	$132.00	$673	—
635	635	1	115.00	$115.00	$730	—
670	670	1	100.00	$100.00	$670	—
760	760	1	85.00	$85.00	$646	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
346	346	4	175.00	$175.00	$606	—

Medium and Large 4 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
340	340	1	142.00	$142.00	$483	—

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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.