Virginia Livestock LLC Graded Feeder Cattle Sale Market Report

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

Sale of Tuesday, March 21, 2023

413 head sold ·Official USDA report

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heavy 5-weight M&L 1 heifers $181.75/cwt +6.75 vs last sale · ≈ $1,026/hd at 565 lb · 32 head

heavy 4-weight M&L 1 steers $257.75/cwt +23.20 vs last sale · ≈ $1,185/hd at 460 lb · 30 head

heavy 4-weight M&L 1 heifers $181.71/cwt +1.82 vs last sale · ≈ $875/hd at 481 lb · 24 head

Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Total receipts	413	910	505
Feeder cattle	413	910	505

Market comments — USDA reporter

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 191, Heifers 153, Bulls 69) 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
364	364	4	242.00	$242.00	$881	+18.00
415–425	420	2	130.00–240.00	$185.65	$780	—
453–464	457	10	262.00–272.00	$266.06	$1,216	+31.06
460–475	461	20	246.00–254.00	$253.59	$1,169	+18.59
528	528	4	270.00	$270.00	$1,426	—
530	530	1	208.00	$208.00	$1,102	—
553	553	11	230.00	$230.00	$1,272	±0.00
574	574	8	252.00	$252.00	$1,446	+32.00
603–643	623	8	235.00–254.00	$244.20	$1,521	—
649	649	11	216.00	$216.00	$1,402	—
656–686	675	24	237.00–239.00	$237.90	$1,606	+21.90
703–732	720	14	220.00–222.00	$220.84	$1,590	+54.84
767	767	6	217.00	$217.00	$1,664	+14.85
810	810	1	177.00	$177.00	$1,434	+26.00
955	955	1	132.00	$132.00	$1,261	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
452	452	5	262.00	$262.00	$1,184	+20.00
580	580	11	250.00	$250.00	$1,450	+9.55
719	719	13	214.00	$214.00	$1,539	—
994	994	15	141.00	$141.00	$1,402	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
295	295	1	200.00	$200.00	$590	—
305	305	1	182.00	$182.00	$555	—
375	375	1	130.00	$130.00	$488	-70.00
420	420	2	248.00	$248.00	$1,042	+33.99
560–595	578	2	212.00–220.00	$215.88	$1,248	+68.38
675	675	2	188.00	$188.00	$1,269	+50.50
874	874	5	153.00	$153.00	$1,337	—

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
335	335	1	150.00	$150.00	$502	—
390	390	4	212.00	$212.00	$827	-3.00
905	905	1	120.00	$120.00	$1,086	—

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Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
361	361	6	185.00	$185.00	$668	+7.74
430	430	7	181.00	$181.00	$778	+1.00
450–495	479	19	131.00–180.00	$175.85	$842	-4.04
490	490	5	204.00	$204.00	$1,000	+24.11
528 value added	528	4	194.00	$194.00	$1,024	—
556	556	24	176.00	$176.00	$979	+1.00
591	591	8	199.00	$199.00	$1,176	+24.00
637	637	11	164.00	$164.00	$1,045	—
645 value added	645	5	185.00	$185.00	$1,193	+6.00
665	665	10	188.00	$188.00	$1,250	+39.19
695	695	1	121.00	$121.00	$841	-27.81
722	722	5	154.00	$154.00	$1,112	—
725	725	2	151.00	$151.00	$1,095	—
895	895	2	110.00	$110.00	$984	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
350	350	3	155.00	$155.00	$542	-24.00
444	444	8	180.00	$180.00	$799	+15.00
558	558	7	189.00	$189.00	$1,055	+10.72
599 value added	599	11	197.50	$197.50	$1,183	—
660	660	1	168.00	$168.00	$1,109	—
774	774	4	120.00	$120.00	$929	—

Medium and Large 2-3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
468 value added	468	7	197.00	$197.00	$922	—

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
345	345	1	140.00	$140.00	$483	—

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Feeder Bulls

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
361	361	4	230.00	$230.00	$830	+20.00
405–448	445	14	229.00–236.00	$235.54	$1,048	+6.54
542	542	15	225.00	$225.00	$1,220	—
640	640	3	182.00	$182.00	$1,165	+26.00
738	738	2	135.00	$135.00	$996	—

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
335	335	1	87.50	$87.50	$293	—
363	363	5	166.00	$166.00	$603	—
601	601	7	172.00	$172.00	$1,034	—
693	693	3	130.00	$130.00	$901	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
368	368	5	210.00	$210.00	$773	+2.00
458	458	2	234.00	$234.00	$1,072	—
549	549	4	208.00	$208.00	$1,142	+35.00
570	570	1	211.00	$211.00	$1,203	+24.00
615	615	1	196.00	$196.00	$1,205	—
980	980	1	132.50	$132.50	$1,298	—

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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.