Virginia Livestock LLC Graded Feeder Cattle Sale Market Report, Front Royal, VA

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

Sale of Tuesday, July 12, 2022

446 head sold ·Official USDA report

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heavy 5-weight M&L 1-2 heifers $166.05/cwt ≈ $931/hd at 561 lb · 53 head

heavy 6-weight M&L 1-2 steers $183.74/cwt ≈ $1,229/hd at 669 lb · 41 head

heavy 5-weight M&L 1 heifers $155.92/cwt -6.99 vs last sale · ≈ $884/hd at 567 lb · 25 head

Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Total receipts	446	334	422
Feeder cattle	446	334	422

Market comments — USDA reporter

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 220, Heifers 175, Bulls 51) Value Added and Natural cattle are Weaned and Vaccinated

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Feeder Steers

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
492	492	12	202.00	$202.00	$994	-3.00
567–579	575	22	185.00	$185.00	$1,064	-12.00
615 value added	615	3	179.00	$179.00	$1,101	—
668–681	669	41	136.00–189.00	$183.74	$1,229	—
721	721	6	140.00	$140.00	$1,009	—
793	793	10	164.00	$164.00	$1,301	—

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
535	535	1	179.00	$179.00	$958	—
557	557	8	188.00	$188.00	$1,047	+3.00
594–599	597	10	141.00–194.00	$167.61	$1,001	-32.80
644	644	7	164.00	$164.00	$1,056	—
660	660	3	159.00	$159.00	$1,049	-19.71
681	681	4	161.00	$161.00	$1,096	-17.71
725–728	727	3	155.00–156.00	$155.33	$1,129	-10.67
750 value added	750	2	149.00	$149.00	$1,118	—
765	765	1	83.00	$83.00	$635	-61.00
768	768	17	169.00	$169.00	$1,298	+25.00
825	825	1	147.00	$147.00	$1,213	-5.50
853	853	2	120.00	$120.00	$1,024	—
872 value added	872	6	141.00	$141.00	$1,230	—
993	993	3	148.00	$148.00	$1,470	—
1024	1024	15	144.00	$144.00	$1,475	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
549	549	12	185.00	$185.00	$1,016	—
590	590	1	130.00	$130.00	$767	—
638	638	19	187.00	$187.00	$1,193	—
655	655	1	131.00	$131.00	$858	—

Small 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
652	652	5	165.00	$165.00	$1,076	—
730	730	1	91.00	$91.00	$664	—

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
533	533	2	129.00	$129.00	$688	—

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Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
484	484	7	168.00	$168.00	$813	—
559 value added	559	2	156.00	$156.00	$872	—
551–563	561	51	159.00–168.00	$166.44	$934	—
620 value added	620	2	110.00	$110.00	$682	—
664	664	20	147.00	$147.00	$976	—
947	947	3	137.00	$137.00	$1,297	—

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
460–474	473	11	159.00–165.00	$159.53	$755	+34.53
557–563	562	20	154.00–155.00	$154.15	$866	+14.15
587	587	5	163.00	$163.00	$957	+23.00
600–646	637	14	121.00–150.00	$142.88	$910	+5.83
637	637	3	149.00	$149.00	$949	+11.95
715	715	1	139.00	$139.00	$994	—
770	770	1	133.00	$133.00	$1,024	—
825–840	833	2	131.00	$131.00	$1,091	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
390	390	2	165.00	$165.00	$644	+19.20
456	456	7	157.00	$157.00	$716	+9.57
525	525	1	110.00	$110.00	$578	—
550–560	553	6	121.00–157.00	$146.99	$813	+5.99
608–625	614	3	91.00–130.00	$116.76	$717	—
710	710	1	100.00	$100.00	$710	—
713 value added	713	2	110.00	$110.00	$784	—
758 value added	758	2	130.00	$130.00	$985	—

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
338	338	3	159.00	$159.00	$537	+38.00
425	425	1	126.00	$126.00	$536	—
563	563	2	130.00	$130.00	$732	—
588 value added	588	2	120.00	$120.00	$706	—

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Feeder Bulls

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
472	472	5	170.00	$170.00	$802	-11.00
546	546	14	164.00	$164.00	$895	-1.00
550	550	1	153.00	$153.00	$842	-9.00
627	627	5	132.00	$132.00	$828	-8.69
660	660	1	132.00	$132.00	$871	—
758	758	3	117.00	$117.00	$887	+5.00
855	855	1	116.00	$116.00	$992	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
443	443	4	170.00	$170.00	$753	—
465	465	1	80.00	$80.00	$372	—
538	538	4	155.00	$155.00	$834	—
655–685	659	7	121.00	$121.00	$797	-3.00
720	720	1	100.00	$100.00	$720	—
895	895	1	81.00	$81.00	$725	—

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
375	375	1	74.00	$74.00	$278	—
550	550	1	89.00	$89.00	$490	-48.00

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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.