Virginia Livestock LLC Graded Feeder Cattle Sale Market Report

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

Sale of Tuesday, August 6, 2024

382 head sold ·Official USDA report

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light 7-weight M&L 2 heifers $249.00/cwt ≈ $1,773/hd at 712 lb · 31 head

heavy 5-weight M&L 1-2 heifers $255.00/cwt +22.00 vs last sale · ≈ $1,484/hd at 582 lb · 26 head

light 5-weight M&L 1-2 heifers $259.00/cwt +16.00 vs last sale · ≈ $1,349/hd at 521 lb · 24 head

Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Total receipts	382	537	219
Feeder cattle	382	537	219

Market comments — USDA reporter

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 126, Dairy Steers 2, Heifers 213, Bulls 41) Value Added cattle are Weaned and Vaccinated Natural cattle are Vaccinated, mostly Weaned

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Feeder Steers

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
509	509	10	260.00	$260.00	$1,323	—
550	550	3	250.00	$250.00	$1,375	-42.86
571	571	4	251.00	$251.00	$1,433	-41.86
623–637	631	13	260.00–265.00	$262.72	$1,658	+1.72
892 value added	892	20	238.00	$238.00	$2,123	—

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
300	300	1	250.00	$250.00	$750	—
470	470	15	238.00	$238.00	$1,119	-67.00
545	545	6	261.00	$261.00	$1,422	±0.00
550–598	582	5	244.00–255.00	$246.70	$1,436	-42.30
635	635	4	259.00	$259.00	$1,645	-12.00
652–678	665	6	235.00–239.00	$237.04	$1,576	-45.46
710–730	720	2	201.00–210.00	$205.56	$1,480	-25.44
800	800	1	216.00	$216.00	$1,728	-30.00
870	870	1	181.00	$181.00	$1,575	—
1150	1150	2	139.00	$139.00	$1,598	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
315	315	1	260.00	$260.00	$819	+95.00
370–380	375	2	246.00–250.00	$248.03	$930	-55.57
515	515	2	238.00	$238.00	$1,226	-12.00
660–698	685	3	200.00–210.00	$203.21	$1,392	—
745	745	2	200.00	$200.00	$1,490	—
871	871	5	200.00	$200.00	$1,742	—
1051	1051	8	166.00	$166.00	$1,745	—

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
270	270	1	266.00	$266.00	$718	+141.00
347	347	3	256.00	$256.00	$888	—
433	433	2	230.00	$230.00	$996	—
615	615	2	185.00	$185.00	$1,138	—
713	713	2	153.00	$153.00	$1,091	-37.00

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Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
277	277	3	210.00	$210.00	$582	—
451 value added	451	7	237.00	$237.00	$1,069	—
474	474	10	233.00	$233.00	$1,104	-44.00
521 value added	521	24	259.00	$259.00	$1,349	—
574	574	9	255.00	$255.00	$1,464	+22.00
586 value added	586	17	255.00	$255.00	$1,494	—
633	633	12	247.00	$247.00	$1,564	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
393	393	2	200.00	$200.00	$786	-40.00
464–478	466	12	180.00–249.00	$237.21	$1,105	-28.79
548	548	7	220.00	$220.00	$1,206	+3.13
652	652	9	204.00	$204.00	$1,330	—
665 value added	665	2	230.00	$230.00	$1,530	—
712 value added	712	31	249.00	$249.00	$1,773	—
860	860	1	175.00	$175.00	$1,505	—

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
369	369	7	234.00	$234.00	$863	-16.00
446	446	12	245.00	$245.00	$1,093	+45.00
460	460	1	235.00	$235.00	$1,081	-29.00
520	520	1	145.00	$145.00	$754	-75.00
551–565	554	10	214.00–220.00	$218.78	$1,212	-20.29
646	646	6	210.00	$210.00	$1,357	—
665	665	2	200.00	$200.00	$1,330	-26.00
750	750	2	224.00	$224.00	$1,680	—
825	825	1	170.00	$170.00	$1,402	-68.00
1150	1150	1	160.00	$160.00	$1,840	—

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
340	340	1	190.00	$190.00	$646	+25.00
363–366	365	7	155.00–185.00	$176.48	$644	—
488	488	2	185.00	$185.00	$903	—
505	505	1	200.00	$200.00	$1,010	+95.00
589–595	590	7	190.00–199.00	$197.70	$1,166	—
610	610	1	155.00	$155.00	$946	—
735	735	1	185.00	$185.00	$1,360	—
755	755	2	125.00	$125.00	$944	—

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Feeder Bulls

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
551 value added	551	13	210.00	$210.00	$1,157	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
345	345	1	244.00	$244.00	$842	—
365	365	1	224.00	$224.00	$818	-16.00
480–485	484	4	201.00–230.00	$208.19	$1,008	-43.37
550–583	572	3	210.00–230.00	$216.41	$1,238	+6.41
662	662	3	180.00	$180.00	$1,192	+29.00
1035	1035	1	130.00	$130.00	$1,346	—

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
390	390	1	235.00	$235.00	$916	-50.00
488	488	3	208.00	$208.00	$1,015	—
582	582	3	232.00	$232.00	$1,350	-9.00
620–640	630	2	200.00–205.00	$202.46	$1,275	+52.46
743	743	2	188.00	$188.00	$1,397	—

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
380	380	1	200.00	$200.00	$760	—
495	495	1	150.00	$150.00	$742	—

Small 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
690	690	2	145.00	$145.00	$1,000	—

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Dairy Steers

Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
495	495	2	166.00	$166.00	$822	—

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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.