Virginia Weekly Cattle Auction Summary

Virginia · USDA-reported Auction Livestock

Sale of Monday, October 12, 2020

3,555 head sold ·Official USDA report

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heavy 4-weight M&L 1 heifers $127.89/cwt ≈ $592/hd at 463 lb · 229 head

light 5-weight M&L 1 steers $152.03/cwt ≈ $826/hd at 544 lb · 160 head

light 5-weight M&L 1 heifers $120.60/cwt ≈ $649/hd at 538 lb · 138 head

Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Total receipts	3,555	6,307	6,578
Feeder cattle	3,555	—	6,578

Market comments — USDA reporter

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 1164, Heifers 1662, Bulls 729) Value Added cattle are Weaned and Vaccinated Compared to last week: Feeder cattle uneven, mostly ranging 6.00 lower to 5.00 higher Report includes sales from: Blackstone, Dublin, Hollins, Lynchburg, Marshall, Radiant, Shenandoah, Springlake and Winchester

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Feeder Steers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
315	315	1	153.00	$153.00	$482
353–392	378	16	148.00–170.00	$157.11	$594
424–445	426	32	131.00–167.00	$164.59	$701
450–496	471	119	106.00–165.00	$151.60	$714
528–540 value added	536	9	147.00–154.00	$149.30	$800
529–547	544	151	139.50–165.50	$152.19	$828
551–595	564	92	119.00–153.00	$143.45	$809
579–581 value added	580	13	150.50–152.00	$151.08	$876
632 value added	632	11	138.00	$138.00	$872
615–647	638	92	108.00–138.00	$131.07	$836
650–691	659	33	117.00–138.00	$131.75	$868
705–747	729	41	122.75–134.00	$127.19	$927
755–780	763	3	118.00–120.00	$119.32	$910
759–775 value added	772	24	131.00	$131.00	$1,011
816 value added	816	18	131.50	$131.50	$1,073
800–845	829	6	113.00–128.00	$121.63	$1,008
850	850	5	124.00	$124.00	$1,054
870–891 value added	875	41	125.00–131.00	$129.66	$1,135
928–932	929	3	113.00–115.00	$114.33	$1,062
970 value added	970	24	127.50	$127.50	$1,237
975	975	3	146.00	$146.00	$1,424
1065	1065	1	98.00	$98.00	$1,044

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
330–340	333	3	118.00–162.00	$132.96	$443
363–389	377	24	142.00–170.00	$161.94	$611
432–449	441	49	135.00–161.00	$148.63	$655
454–485	473	28	114.00–160.00	$144.95	$686
500–544	536	38	111.00–146.00	$136.76	$733
558–598	580	10	99.00–144.00	$132.81	$770
605 value added	605	4	140.00	$140.00	$847
631–649	641	30	124.00–134.00	$129.70	$831
650–667	659	9	115.00–130.50	$121.98	$804
706 value added	706	8	128.00	$128.00	$904
715–740	724	10	109.00–128.00	$120.09	$869
759–795	768	6	116.00–128.00	$124.82	$959
771 value added	771	6	121.00	$121.00	$933
805–833	824	3	111.00–121.50	$118.08	$973

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
530 value added	530	22	152.00	$152.00	$806
587	587	11	150.50	$150.50	$883
610	610	8	134.00	$134.00	$817
622–645 value added	628	15	134.00–136.00	$135.87	$853
660–666 value added	664	16	137.00–143.00	$141.14	$937
708 value added	708	6	131.50	$131.50	$931
780 value added	780	2	124.50	$124.50	$971
829–838 value added	831	10	121.00–129.00	$127.39	$1,059
872	872	3	115.00	$115.00	$1,003

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
330–335	333	2	123.00–134.00	$128.54	$428
370	370	2	101.00	$101.00	$374
428–441	437	7	101.00–115.00	$111.08	$485
452–485	472	5	125.00–129.00	$127.47	$602
523–548	539	15	100.00–124.00	$114.92	$619
585	585	1	126.00	$126.00	$737
645	645	2	121.00	$121.00	$780
660	660	1	110.00	$110.00	$726
725	725	1	114.00	$114.00	$826
750–755	753	2	93.00–108.00	$100.48	$757
859	859	1	111.00	$111.00	$953
1007	1007	1	75.00	$75.00	$755

Small 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
360–395	380	3	110.00–118.00	$114.80	$436
440	440	1	118.00	$118.00	$519
455–458	457	4	118.00–128.00	$120.49	$551
526–548	533	6	110.00–118.00	$115.26	$614
550–565	558	2	110.00–113.00	$111.48	$622
625–635	630	2	106.00–115.00	$110.46	$696
678	678	2	114.00	$114.00	$773
720–734	731	5	95.00	$95.00	$694
760	760	1	106.00	$106.00	$806
787 value added	787	6	125.50	$125.50	$988

Medium and Large 2-3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
288	288	2	139.00	$139.00	$400

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Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
291	291	2	125.00	$125.00	$364
323–340	326	14	124.00–134.00	$128.73	$420
360–382	375	52	119.00–139.00	$132.09	$495
400–445	426	30	95.00–130.00	$125.03	$533
450–492	463	229	105.00–136.48	$127.89	$592
500–548	538	138	82.50–123.75	$120.60	$649
550–595	558	104	112.00–123.00	$118.39	$661
613–642 value added	625	12	122.00–130.50	$125.64	$785
613–646	638	67	109.75–117.00	$114.49	$730
650–676	658	30	106.00–121.00	$117.39	$772
708 value added	708	6	123.00	$123.00	$871
710–748	733	26	100.00–138.50	$116.07	$851
760–773	770	4	100.00–107.50	$101.85	$784
816 value added	816	7	113.00	$113.00	$922
830–843	840	5	102.00–110.00	$105.39	$885
866–890	871	5	103.00–110.00	$104.43	$910
899 value added	899	4	110.00	$110.00	$989
938	938	3	110.00	$110.00	$1,032
960–973	962	17	96.50–111.00	$109.27	$1,051
1040	1040	2	102.00	$102.00	$1,061

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
229	229	1	100.00	$100.00	$229
285	285	2	110.00	$110.00	$314
300–348	335	29	85.00–134.00	$122.74	$411
355–393	372	63	110.00–135.00	$126.44	$470
411–445	439	81	100.00–130.00	$120.16	$528
456–488	465	79	101.00–132.00	$120.60	$561
505–547	537	76	85.00–121.50	$114.60	$615
552–585	560	39	108.00–125.50	$117.00	$655
629–648	636	55	106.00–116.00	$112.76	$717
638 value added	638	3	115.00	$115.00	$734
656–668	663	11	103.00–114.00	$111.44	$739
710–745	725	18	87.50–109.00	$102.77	$745
765–774	770	14	113.00–114.00	$113.50	$874
825	825	1	97.00	$97.00	$800
855	855	1	91.00	$91.00	$778
965	965	1	96.00	$96.00	$926

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
510–539 value added	525	18	111.00–132.00	$122.10	$641
625–629 value added	629	38	115.00–135.00	$134.48	$846
642	642	6	114.00	$114.00	$732
678 value added	678	3	115.00	$115.00	$780
711–739 value added	713	91	117.00–1,084.00	$172.58	$1,230
731–739	736	31	105.00–121.00	$116.50	$857
796 value added	796	4	107.00	$107.00	$852

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
285–290	287	3	101.00–117.50	$111.94	$321
335–345	340	8	110.00–114.00	$111.74	$380
353–390	360	14	104.00–120.00	$118.34	$426
438–442	439	15	107.00–110.00	$109.33	$480
455–472	460	17	80.00–114.50	$110.52	$508
500–536	531	7	92.00–115.50	$106.31	$565
552–571	560	44	104.00–121.00	$109.35	$612
615–637	630	13	94.00–106.50	$104.31	$657
659–670	662	10	95.00–105.00	$103.59	$686
700–705	702	3	95.00–106.00	$99.99	$702
755–781	764	3	83.00–96.00	$91.06	$696

Small 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
348	348	2	108.00	$108.00	$376
368	368	2	105.00	$105.00	$386
440	440	1	109.00	$109.00	$480
453–490	458	12	90.00–110.00	$104.24	$477
505–520	509	7	90.00–113.00	$102.32	$521
558–599	565	9	98.00–119.00	$109.85	$621
620–645	633	2	81.00–104.00	$92.73	$587
651–655	653	2	75.00–95.00	$85.03	$555
715	715	1	99.00	$99.00	$708
765	765	2	89.00	$89.00	$681

Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
675	675	1	85.00	$85.00	$574

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Feeder Bulls

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
298	298	1	125.00	$125.00	$372
315–340	329	7	95.00–166.00	$155.41	$511
355–372	366	25	145.00–168.00	$160.14	$586
417–440	423	63	131.00–162.00	$146.53	$620
475–497	487	75	119.00–150.00	$138.57	$675
517–543	530	67	110.00–140.00	$137.55	$729
552–595	569	64	102.00–132.00	$126.27	$718
605–646	637	42	111.00–128.00	$120.54	$768
650–675	655	6	101.00–119.00	$114.42	$749
720–725	724	4	91.00–110.00	$105.27	$762
770	770	1	90.00	$90.00	$693
810–825	815	3	96.00–98.00	$97.33	$793
913	913	1	88.00	$88.00	$803
1038	1038	1	88.00	$88.00	$913

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
305–347	338	16	147.00–164.00	$151.57	$512
351–387	363	25	95.00–162.00	$150.51	$546
403–449	418	67	95.00–165.00	$141.16	$590
450–499	481	47	127.00–147.00	$136.82	$658
535–547	540	31	118.00–132.00	$126.90	$685
555–580	565	28	75.00–128.00	$122.54	$692
617–638	623	17	110.00–117.00	$114.19	$711
650–685	656	13	101.00–120.00	$117.71	$772
710–717	712	3	100.00–106.00	$103.99	$740
760–765	763	2	94.00–98.00	$95.99	$732
830	830	1	91.00	$91.00	$755

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
247	247	2	115.00	$115.00	$284
300–327	314	2	90.00	$90.00	$283
387	387	1	90.00	$90.00	$348
430–438	436	9	115.00–131.00	$129.03	$563
520–533	529	9	100.00–112.00	$104.48	$553
560	560	1	98.00	$98.00	$549
669	669	2	97.00	$97.00	$649
770	770	1	93.00	$93.00	$716

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
684	684	6	103.00	$103.00	$705
724–732	730	17	111.50–114.50	$113.62	$829
842	842	3	94.50	$94.50	$796

Small 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
365	365	1	141.00	$141.00	$515
405	405	2	80.00	$80.00	$324
455–490	470	3	90.00–111.00	$98.51	$463
502	502	3	90.00	$90.00	$452
564–580	569	6	100.00–106.00	$101.68	$579
641	641	3	99.00	$99.00	$635
680–688	685	3	95.00–106.00	$102.36	$701
704	704	1	88.00	$88.00	$620
820	820	1	75.00	$75.00	$615

Medium and Large 2-3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
494	494	5	132.00	$132.00	$652

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Dairy Steers

Large 2-3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
588 value added	588	2	74.00	$74.00	$435

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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.