Virginia Livestock LLC Graded Feeder Cattle Sale Market Report

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

Sale of Tuesday, September 17, 2024

369 head sold ·Official USDA report

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heavy 5-weight M&L 1 steers $269.18/cwt -20.11 vs last sale · ≈ $1,559/hd at 579 lb · 39 head

heavy 5-weight M&L 1-2 steers $270.67/cwt ≈ $1,568/hd at 579 lb · 36 head

heavy 5-weight M&L 1-2 heifers $240.25/cwt ≈ $1,375/hd at 572 lb · 28 head

Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Total receipts	369	304	663
Feeder cattle	369	304	663

Market comments — USDA reporter

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 186, Heifers 149, Bulls 34) 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
378	378	2	304.00	$304.00	$1,149	+0.99
440	440	1	278.00	$278.00	$1,223	+3.00
472	472	9	292.00	$292.00	$1,378	-3.00
549	549	9	272.00	$272.00	$1,493	—
562–598	579	39	263.00–275.00	$269.18	$1,559	-20.82
656	656	9	235.00	$235.00	$1,542	-1.00
720	720	3	252.00	$252.00	$1,814	+2.00
760–795	769	4	185.00–204.00	$199.09	$1,531	+49.09
847–848	847	5	245.00–249.00	$247.40	$2,095	+24.22

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
520–538	529	25	279.00	$279.00	$1,476	—
562 value added	562	12	250.00	$250.00	$1,405	—
588	588	24	281.00	$281.00	$1,652	—
652	652	16	267.00	$267.00	$1,741	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
380	380	1	294.00	$294.00	$1,117	—
432	432	3	243.00	$243.00	$1,050	+13.00
490	490	8	253.00	$253.00	$1,240	—
494 value added	494	7	226.00	$226.00	$1,116	—
563	563	2	253.00	$253.00	$1,424	+31.00
600	600	1	210.00	$210.00	$1,260	+14.76
665–690	678	2	170.00–235.00	$201.90	$1,369	+81.90
740	740	1	150.00	$150.00	$1,110	—

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
420	420	1	200.00	$200.00	$840	+35.00
465	465	1	180.00	$180.00	$837	—

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Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
568	568	21	247.00	$247.00	$1,403	—
585 value added	585	7	220.00	$220.00	$1,287	—
637	637	6	225.00	$225.00	$1,433	—
649	649	15	229.00	$229.00	$1,486	—
673	673	6	230.00	$230.00	$1,548	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
295	295	1	175.00	$175.00	$516	—
376	376	5	221.00	$221.00	$831	-14.00
413	413	4	216.00	$216.00	$892	—
469	469	14	227.00	$227.00	$1,065	+22.00
520	520	1	210.00	$210.00	$1,092	+20.00
557	557	7	217.00	$217.00	$1,209	+67.00
646	646	4	181.00	$181.00	$1,169	—
791	791	5	181.00	$181.00	$1,432	+46.00
820	820	1	150.00	$150.00	$1,230	—

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
353	353	6	231.00	$231.00	$815	—
455–470	457	13	196.00–220.00	$216.21	$988	+0.27
539	539	7	220.00	$220.00	$1,186	—
555–563	560	9	215.00–220.00	$218.35	$1,223	+9.60
663	663	2	215.00	$215.00	$1,425	+15.00

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
220	220	1	175.00	$175.00	$385	—
350	350	2	185.00	$185.00	$648	—
435	435	4	185.00	$185.00	$805	—
593	593	3	176.00	$176.00	$1,044	—
720	720	1	140.00	$140.00	$1,008	—
770	770	1	135.00	$135.00	$1,040	—

Small 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
470	470	1	190.00	$190.00	$893	—
660	660	1	180.00	$180.00	$1,188	—

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Feeder Bulls

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
393	393	2	260.00	$260.00	$1,022	-15.00
437	437	6	258.00	$258.00	$1,127	—
546	546	5	226.00	$226.00	$1,234	—
550–580	573	4	200.00–225.00	$219.00	$1,255	-9.18
673	673	3	200.00	$200.00	$1,346	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
380	380	1	185.00	$185.00	$703	—
458–461	460	6	215.00–225.00	$221.68	$1,020	—
515	515	1	212.00	$212.00	$1,092	-3.00

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
605	605	4	210.00	$210.00	$1,270	—

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
470	470	1	150.00	$150.00	$705	+15.00
600	600	1	145.00	$145.00	$870	+20.00

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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.