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

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

Sale of Tuesday, September 6, 2022

397 head sold ·Official USDA report

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light 8-weight M&L 1-2 steers $171.00/cwt ≈ $1,416/hd at 828 lb · 52 head

heavy 6-weight M&L 1 heifers $153.94/cwt ≈ $1,013/hd at 658 lb · 44 head

heavy 6-weight M&L 1 steers $179.53/cwt +10.79 vs last sale · ≈ $1,199/hd at 668 lb · 33 head

Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Total receipts	397	283	493
Feeder cattle	397	283	493

Market comments — USDA reporter

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 220, Heifers 140, Bulls 37) 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
589	589	8	180.00	$180.00	$1,060	—
600 value added	600	6	179.00	$179.00	$1,074	+8.00
671	671	15	171.50	$171.50	$1,151	—
748 value added	748	7	170.00	$170.00	$1,272	+13.00
828	828	52	171.00	$171.00	$1,416	—

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
382	382	3	196.00	$196.00	$749	—
463–475	471	10	133.00–191.00	$173.91	$819	-24.09
540	540	1	179.00	$179.00	$967	—
552–598	572	14	157.00–189.00	$174.66	$999	+3.66
646	646	5	177.00	$177.00	$1,143	—
651	651	9	166.00	$166.00	$1,081	+2.00
650–676	674	24	180.00–185.00	$184.60	$1,244	+14.68
735	735	2	149.00	$149.00	$1,095	-18.65
755	755	1	150.00	$150.00	$1,132	-11.00
789	789	8	178.00	$178.00	$1,404	+17.00
799 value added	799	5	156.00	$156.00	$1,246	—
928	928	2	151.00	$151.00	$1,401	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
325	325	1	171.00	$171.00	$556	—
390	390	1	187.00	$187.00	$729	—
460–480	465	4	156.00–170.00	$166.39	$774	-22.61
540	540	4	174.00	$174.00	$940	—
555–575	562	3	141.00–178.00	$165.37	$929	—
640	640	1	169.00	$169.00	$1,082	+26.67
670–688	682	3	130.00–161.00	$140.15	$956	—
713	713	27	184.00	$184.00	$1,312	—

Small 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
335	335	1	106.00	$106.00	$355	—
635	635	1	139.00	$139.00	$883	—
735	735	1	73.00	$73.00	$537	—

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
555	555	1	68.00	$68.00	$377	—

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Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
398	398	2	165.00	$165.00	$657	—
425	425	4	167.00	$167.00	$710	-2.00
485	485	11	162.00	$162.00	$786	-4.00
533–545	543	16	140.00–154.00	$151.48	$823	—
560	560	3	148.00	$148.00	$829	-0.31
652–670	653	16	138.00–147.00	$138.58	$905	—
653 value added	653	3	152.00	$152.00	$993	—
662	662	25	164.00	$164.00	$1,086	—
700	700	1	140.00	$140.00	$980	—
750–760	755	2	139.00–140.00	$139.50	$1,053	—
875–895	885	2	125.00–133.00	$128.95	$1,141	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
554	554	19	169.00	$169.00	$936	+19.00
639–646	643	15	148.00–152.00	$149.86	$964	—
761 value added	761	4	129.00	$129.00	$982	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
390	390	1	161.00	$161.00	$628	-6.00
448	448	5	152.00	$152.00	$681	+44.00
549	549	5	144.00	$144.00	$791	—
570	570	1	130.00	$130.00	$741	-17.00
825	825	1	125.00	$125.00	$1,031	—

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
530	530	1	134.00	$134.00	$710	—
560	560	1	132.00	$132.00	$739	+29.00

Small 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
520	520	1	108.00	$108.00	$562	-1.00

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Feeder Bulls

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
448	448	2	156.00	$156.00	$699	—
545	545	1	152.00	$152.00	$828	—
557	557	8	160.00	$160.00	$891	-12.00
625	625	1	141.00	$141.00	$881	—
742	742	3	120.00	$120.00	$890	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
460	460	2	158.00	$158.00	$727	—
530	530	1	127.00	$127.00	$673	—
558	558	6	149.00	$149.00	$831	-11.00
625	625	1	145.00	$145.00	$906	—
748	748	2	115.00	$115.00	$860	—

Small 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
395	395	1	133.00	$133.00	$525	—
405	405	1	115.00	$115.00	$466	—
575	575	6	125.00	$125.00	$719	—

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
495	495	1	139.00	$139.00	$688	—

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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.