Virginia Livestock LLC Graded Feeder Cattle Sale Market Report

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

Sale of Tuesday, April 18, 2023

503 head sold ·Official USDA report

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heavy 5-weight M&L 1 steers $235.06/cwt -8.92 vs last sale · ≈ $1,324/hd at 563 lb · 85 head

heavy 5-weight M&L 1 heifers $197.44/cwt +48.44 vs last sale · ≈ $1,120/hd at 567 lb · 48 head

heavy 4-weight M&L 1 steers $253.67/cwt +6.60 vs last sale · ≈ $1,183/hd at 466 lb · 48 head

Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Total receipts	503	542	353
Feeder cattle	503	542	353

Market comments — USDA reporter

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 234, Heifers 198, Bulls 71) Value Added 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
280	280	1	202.00	$202.00	$566	—
370	370	17	249.00	$249.00	$921	+16.87
405	405	1	210.00	$210.00	$850	—
458	458	23	260.00	$260.00	$1,191	+18.17
462–477	474	25	210.00–257.00	$247.84	$1,175	+6.01
538	538	10	220.00	$220.00	$1,184	-13.00
551–564	559	44	237.00	$237.00	$1,325	-9.52
558–595	567	38	170.00–238.00	$234.00	$1,327	-12.52
583 value added	583	3	220.00	$220.00	$1,283	—
648	648	11	222.00	$222.00	$1,439	-1.50
671–675	672	6	150.00–219.00	$207.44	$1,394	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
380	380	1	221.00	$221.00	$840	—
425	425	3	181.00	$181.00	$769	—
450–495	480	3	165.00–172.00	$169.81	$815	-65.31
500–536	531	13	160.00–217.00	$210.29	$1,117	—
565	565	1	150.00	$150.00	$848	-50.00
662–665	663	4	121.00–210.00	$187.67	$1,244	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
420	420	6	211.00	$211.00	$886	—
551 value added	551	11	193.00	$193.00	$1,063	—
688	688	3	219.00	$219.00	$1,507	—
760	760	2	156.00	$156.00	$1,186	—

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
395	395	1	177.50	$177.50	$701	—
405	405	1	173.00	$173.00	$701	—
475	475	1	171.00	$171.00	$812	-9.00
500–548	536	4	157.00–171.00	$160.26	$859	—
865	865	1	107.00	$107.00	$926	—

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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	206.00	$206.00	$608	—
374	374	12	207.00	$207.00	$774	+3.00
432	432	23	210.00	$210.00	$907	+15.00
465	465	12	203.00	$203.00	$944	+7.88
470–477	476	24	171.00–199.00	$196.37	$935	+14.41
540	540	1	188.00	$188.00	$1,015	+2.20
550–564	563	29	169.00–197.00	$195.11	$1,098	+46.11
574	574	19	201.00	$201.00	$1,154	+52.00

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
344	344	7	214.00	$214.00	$736	—
437	437	3	155.00	$155.00	$677	+10.00
451–485	454	11	150.00–195.00	$190.63	$865	+27.63
515–549	545	9	180.00–186.00	$185.37	$1,010	+55.37
615–648	641	5	158.00–167.00	$159.73	$1,024	—
675	675	1	125.00	$125.00	$844	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
520 value added	520	11	200.00	$200.00	$1,040	—
567 value added	567	5	198.00	$198.00	$1,123	—
680 value added	680	6	158.00	$158.00	$1,074	—
693	693	9	175.00	$175.00	$1,213	—

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
368–395	377	3	130.00–175.00	$145.72	$549	-0.40
410	410	1	138.00	$138.00	$566	-1.99
463	463	2	146.00	$146.00	$676	-25.00
600	600	1	144.00	$144.00	$864	—
780	780	1	90.00	$90.00	$702	—

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Feeder Bulls

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
343	343	6	219.00	$219.00	$751	—
450–483	464	13	160.00–235.00	$221.13	$1,026	-15.87
520–546	544	11	208.00–211.00	$210.74	$1,146	—
550–558	555	5	194.00–199.00	$195.98	$1,088	-5.02
665	665	1	185.00	$185.00	$1,230	—
705	705	1	131.00	$131.00	$924	—

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
385	385	1	170.00	$170.00	$654	+13.00
503	503	2	140.00	$140.00	$704	—
555–585	560	6	126.00–146.00	$142.52	$798	—
660–688	671	5	144.00–149.00	$146.95	$986	—
801	801	5	129.00	$129.00	$1,033	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
205	205	1	117.50	$117.50	$241	—
380	380	1	196.00	$196.00	$745	-40.00
493	493	2	225.00	$225.00	$1,109	—
539–545	541	7	131.00–194.00	$175.86	$951	-5.14
643	643	2	160.00	$160.00	$1,029	—

Small 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
380	380	1	180.00	$180.00	$684	—

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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.