Virginia Livestock LLC Graded Feeder Cattle Sale Market Report

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

Sale of Tuesday, May 2, 2023

362 head sold ·Official USDA report

This is an archived report. See the latest Virginia Livestock LLC Graded Feeder Cattle Sale report →

heavy 6-weight M&L 1 steers $252.85/cwt +45.41 vs last sale · ≈ $1,677/hd at 663 lb · 27 head

heavy 5-weight M&L 2 heifers $204.20/cwt ≈ $1,140/hd at 558 lb · 25 head

heavy 5-weight M&L 1 steers $252.82/cwt +17.76 vs last sale · ≈ $1,423/hd at 563 lb · 24 head

Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Total receipts	362	503	693
Feeder cattle	362	503	693

Market comments — USDA reporter

State Graded Feeder Cattle ( Steers 155, Heifers 187, Bulls 20) Value Added and Most Natural Cattle are Weaned and Vaccinated.

New to these tables? Plain-English explainers ↓

Feeder Steers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
365	365	1	230.00	$230.00	$840	-19.00
420	420	1	210.00	$210.00	$882	±0.00
458	458	2	250.00	$250.00	$1,145	-10.00
524	524	4	250.00	$250.00	$1,310	+30.00
552–568 value added	563	24	246.00–257.00	$252.82	$1,423	+32.82
641	641	5	240.00	$240.00	$1,538	+18.00
662	662	20	253.50	$253.50	$1,678	+46.06
666 value added	666	6	254.50	$254.50	$1,695	—
670	670	1	230.00	$230.00	$1,541	+22.56
768	768	6	180.00	$180.00	$1,382	—
832	832	6	161.00	$161.00	$1,340	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
474	474	8	230.00	$230.00	$1,090	—
505 value added	505	3	223.00	$223.00	$1,126	—
562	562	16	251.00	$251.00	$1,411	—
733	733	8	216.00	$216.00	$1,583	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
373	373	3	218.00	$218.00	$813	-3.00
458	458	5	201.00	$201.00	$921	+31.19
553–555	554	9	210.00–240.00	$230.02	$1,274	+80.02
558 value added	558	3	250.00	$250.00	$1,395	—
715	715	3	125.00	$125.00	$894	—
785	785	1	130.00	$130.00	$1,020	—
870	870	1	150.00	$150.00	$1,305	—
948	948	3	147.00	$147.00	$1,394	—
1075	1075	2	155.00	$155.00	$1,666	—
1205	1205	2	154.00	$154.00	$1,856	—

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
385	385	2	180.00	$180.00	$693	+2.50
450	450	3	174.00	$174.00	$783	+3.00
530	530	1	160.00	$160.00	$848	-0.26
670	670	1	120.00	$120.00	$804	—

Medium and Large 2-3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
590	590	2	110.00	$110.00	$649	—

Small 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
390	390	1	140.00	$140.00	$546	—
455	455	1	120.00	$120.00	$546	—

↑ Back to top

Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
349	349	5	204.00	$204.00	$712	-10.00
423	423	6	181.00	$181.00	$766	+26.00
476–478	477	10	176.00–180.00	$178.80	$853	-11.83
552	552	17	217.00	$217.00	$1,198	—
571	571	8	177.00	$177.00	$1,011	—
621	621	7	183.00	$183.00	$1,136	+23.27
659	659	11	200.00	$200.00	$1,318	+75.00
832 value added	832	3	130.00	$130.00	$1,082	—

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
384	384	6	190.00	$190.00	$730	-17.00
425	425	1	161.00	$161.00	$684	-49.00
460	460	16	205.00	$205.00	$943	+2.00
535	535	1	190.00	$190.00	$1,016	+2.00
554	554	10	200.00	$200.00	$1,108	+4.89
558 value added	558	4	207.00	$207.00	$1,155	—
577	577	8	201.00	$201.00	$1,160	±0.00
640	640	2	184.00	$184.00	$1,178	—
664	664	5	206.00	$206.00	$1,368	—
708	708	6	180.00	$180.00	$1,274	—
816	816	4	131.00	$131.00	$1,069	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
461	461	9	197.00	$197.00	$908	—
615 value added	615	17	189.00–213.00	$204.53	$1,258	—
652 value added	652	14	209.00	$209.00	$1,363	+51.00
740 value added	740	5	184.00	$184.00	$1,362	—

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
460–463	462	4	160.00–171.00	$168.26	$777	+22.26
533	533	3	150.00	$150.00	$800	—

Small 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
685	685	1	161.00	$161.00	$1,103	—

↑ Back to top

Feeder Bulls

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
490	490	3	240.00	$240.00	$1,176	+18.87
655–668	665	4	172.50–182.50	$174.96	$1,163	-10.04
795	795	1	121.00	$121.00	$962	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
473	473	4	175.00	$175.00	$828	-50.00
555	555	1	175.00	$175.00	$971	—

Small 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
403	403	3	157.50	$157.50	$635	—

Small 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
548	548	2	125.00	$125.00	$685	—

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
405	405	1	160.00	$160.00	$648	—

↑ Back to top

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.