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Virginia Weekly Cattle Auction Summary

Virginia · USDA-reported Auction Livestock

Sale of Monday, October 19, 2020

6,576 head sold ·Official USDA report

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heavy 4-weight M&L 1 heifers $123.46/cwt -4.43 vs last sale · ≈ $578/hd at 468 lb · 407 head
light 5-weight M&L 1 heifers $117.12/cwt -3.48 vs last sale · ≈ $636/hd at 543 lb · 393 head
heavy 5-weight M&L 1 steers $143.68/cwt -0.71 vs last sale · ≈ $803/hd at 559 lb · 378 head

Receipts

HeadThis saleLast saleLast year
Total receipts 6,576 3,555 4,996
Feeder cattle 6,487 3,555 4,996
Slaughter cattle 89 — 0

Market comments — USDA reporter

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 2567, Heifers 2583, Bulls 1337) State Graded Slaughter Cattle (Steers 66, Heifers 23) Value Added cattle are Weaned and Vaccinated Compared to last week: Feeder Cattle mostly 1.00 to 4.00 lower Report includes sales from: Blackstone, Front Royal, Hollins, Lynchburg, Radiant, Rockingham, Shenandoah, Springlake, Winchester and Winchester Black-BWF

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Feeder Steers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb) Avg wt Head Price range Avg $ ≈ $/hdΔ last sale
315–345 325 5 110.00–166.00 $151.78 $493 -1.22
355–391 376 26 122.00–170.00 $153.29 $576 -3.82
415 value added 415 1 152.00 $152.00 $631 —
430–437 434 30 137.00–162.00 $159.28 $691 -5.31
450–487 475 161 110.00–167.00 $150.10 $713 -1.50
500–548 534 115 107.00–161.00 $147.15 $786 -5.04
538 value added 538 6 152.50 $152.50 $820 +3.20
550–585 558 353 120.00–155.00 $143.41 $800 -0.04
559–588 value added 573 25 145.00–151.00 $147.54 $845 -3.54
632 632 9 145.00 $145.00 $916 +13.93
603–647 641 282 114.00–142.00 $128.20 $822 -2.87
637–649 value added 641 15 135.00–146.75 $142.78 $915 +4.78
650–698 663 38 106.00–133.00 $127.36 $844 -4.39
673–695 value added 679 7 132.00–139.00 $136.95 $930 —
723 723 23 144.00 $144.00 $1,041 +16.81
702–745 729 103 105.00–127.00 $119.65 $872 -7.54
700–744 value added 731 16 117.00–127.50 $124.27 $908 —
754–787 763 31 109.00–125.00 $120.54 $920 +1.22
778 778 6 142.00 $142.00 $1,105 +22.68
806–813 811 23 132.00–135.00 $133.04 $1,079 +11.41
833 833 3 114.00 $114.00 $950 -7.63
844 value added 844 23 132.00 $132.00 $1,114 +0.50
865–885 value added 866 28 121.00–130.50 $129.81 $1,124 +0.15
850–895 873 17 93.00–131.00 $125.16 $1,093 +1.16
968–970 969 7 110.00–116.00 $114.29 $1,107 -31.71
973 value added 973 9 113.00 $113.00 $1,099 -14.50
1105 1105 1 90.00 $90.00 $994 —
1190 1190 1 71.00 $71.00 $845 —
Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb) Avg wt Head Price range Avg $ ≈ $/hdΔ last sale
371 371 7 157.00 $157.00 $582 —
478 value added 478 8 136.00 $136.00 $650 —
484 484 4 167.00 $167.00 $808 —
513–548 520 23 130.00–152.00 $144.37 $751 —
575 575 23 157.00 $157.00 $903 +6.50
562–584 value added 577 39 135.00–153.00 $147.15 $849 —
603–644 634 24 137.00 $137.00 $869 +3.00
641 value added 641 17 135.00 $135.00 $865 -0.87
652–670 657 41 135.00–146.00 $142.72 $938 —
657–689 value added 673 76 133.00–136.00 $134.27 $904 -6.87
693–698 696 50 130.00–136.00 $132.63 $923 —
747 value added 747 18 122.50 $122.50 $915 —
748 748 13 139.00 $139.00 $1,040 —
750–761 value added 759 116 127.00–136.75 $134.41 $1,020 +9.91
864–873 value added 867 80 122.00–130.50 $126.08 $1,093 —
872 872 10 127.00 $127.00 $1,107 +12.00
969 value added 969 19 112.00 $112.00 $1,085 —
974 974 17 117.50 $117.50 $1,144 —
Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb) Avg wt Head Price range Avg $ ≈ $/hdΔ last sale
300–340 324 5 110.00–161.00 $144.52 $468 +11.56
355–395 374 34 129.00–168.00 $156.66 $586 -5.28
408–441 434 33 128.00–149.00 $143.00 $621 -5.63
450–484 460 82 110.00–159.00 $146.23 $673 +1.28
500–545 539 89 121.00–138.00 $132.39 $714 -4.37
553–587 566 42 113.00–142.50 $138.02 $781 +5.21
603–641 value added 628 6 85.00–135.50 $119.35 $750 -20.65
605–638 634 59 114.00–125.00 $122.47 $776 -7.23
652–663 659 15 114.00–128.50 $123.79 $816 +1.81
672 value added 672 3 131.00 $131.00 $880 —
700 value added 700 5 120.00 $120.00 $840 -8.00
705–725 722 11 109.00–119.00 $112.76 $814 -7.33
755–780 770 9 115.00–117.00 $115.23 $887 -9.59
800–844 839 8 114.00–123.00 $121.93 $1,023 +3.85
860 860 3 124.00 $124.00 $1,066 —
905 905 1 120.00 $120.00 $1,086 —
1125 1125 1 71.00 $71.00 $799 —
Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb) Avg wt Head Price range Avg $ ≈ $/hdΔ last sale
350–360 356 18 131.00–158.50 $148.89 $530 +47.89
420–442 437 11 119.00–129.00 $127.59 $558 +16.51
453–475 457 24 110.00–137.00 $131.39 $600 +3.92
525–548 543 27 100.00–124.50 $116.27 $631 +1.35
550–570 559 8 106.00–131.00 $114.90 $642 -11.10
600–624 618 9 107.00–122.00 $114.21 $706 -6.79
650 650 2 119.00 $119.00 $774 +9.00
720–740 730 3 101.00–113.00 $106.32 $776 -7.68
N/N/A ($/cwt)
Weight (lb) Avg wt Head Price range Avg $ ≈ $/hdΔ last sale
1300–1380 1333 3 83.00–98.00 $91.75 $1,223 —
1015–1680 1413 51 92.00–107.50 $102.45 $1,448 —
1298–1685 1455 12 104.00–110.00 $106.88 $1,555 —
Small 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb) Avg wt Head Price range Avg $ ≈ $/hdΔ last sale
250 250 1 118.00 $118.00 $295 —
315–345 330 2 121.00–149.00 $135.64 $448 —
435–442 440 4 107.00–115.00 $108.98 $480 -9.02
460 460 9 116.00 $116.00 $534 -4.49
515–535 527 14 86.00–114.00 $109.73 $578 -5.53
550 value added 550 3 92.00 $92.00 $506 —
565–571 570 6 112.00–125.00 $122.85 $700 +11.37
635 635 3 98.00 $98.00 $622 -12.46
718 value added 718 2 110.00 $110.00 $790 —
720 720 1 98.00 $98.00 $706 +3.00
800 800 1 84.00 $84.00 $672 —
Medium and Large 3-4 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb) Avg wt Head Price range Avg $ ≈ $/hdΔ last sale
463 463 6 128.00 $128.00 $593 —
Small 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb) Avg wt Head Price range Avg $ ≈ $/hdΔ last sale
481 481 5 108.00 $108.00 $519 —
Medium and Large 4 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb) Avg wt Head Price range Avg $ ≈ $/hdΔ last sale
650 650 1 90.00 $90.00 $585 —
700 700 1 40.00 $40.00 $280 —

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Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb) Avg wt Head Price range Avg $ ≈ $/hdΔ last sale
285 285 2 90.00 $90.00 $256 -35.00
310–335 331 30 101.00–134.00 $126.69 $419 -2.04
355–389 375 76 96.00–136.00 $125.52 $471 -6.57
415–445 430 50 94.00–131.00 $122.57 $527 -2.46
463 463 43 130.50 $130.50 $604 +2.61
453–495 469 359 99.00–129.25 $122.50 $575 -5.39
474 value added 474 5 132.00 $132.00 $626 —
530 value added 530 12 125.50 $125.50 $665 —
507–549 543 381 106.00–124.50 $116.86 $635 -3.74
552 552 22 122.50 $122.50 $676 +4.11
551–590 567 114 94.00–127.00 $119.85 $680 +1.46
556–591 value added 579 14 117.00–123.00 $119.06 $689 —
626–630 value added 627 15 112.00–120.00 $118.39 $742 -7.25
600–645 633 160 96.00–118.00 $111.12 $703 -3.37
657–658 657 18 111.00–119.00 $113.67 $747 -3.72
653–695 659 59 95.00–120.00 $110.21 $726 -7.18
726 value added 726 4 103.00 $103.00 $748 -20.00
705–742 736 47 85.00–114.00 $99.80 $735 -16.27
740 740 3 101.00 $101.00 $747 -15.07
751–768 755 12 86.00–106.00 $102.19 $772 +0.34
775 value added 775 1 101.00 $101.00 $783 —
805–830 820 5 85.00–110.00 $101.47 $832 -3.92
945 945 2 97.00 $97.00 $917 -13.00
950 950 1 79.00 $79.00 $750 -30.27
Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb) Avg wt Head Price range Avg $ ≈ $/hdΔ last sale
210 210 1 99.00 $99.00 $208 -1.00
315–331 325 21 80.00–137.50 $125.58 $408 +2.84
364 364 6 123.00 $123.00 $448 -3.44
352–390 365 102 95.00–130.00 $123.21 $450 -3.23
425–446 441 67 108.50–122.00 $117.68 $519 -2.48
450–491 459 188 91.00–119.00 $117.17 $538 -3.43
530–548 541 168 107.00–123.00 $114.22 $618 -0.38
553–595 561 23 55.00–119.00 $110.59 $620 -6.41
620–649 643 85 91.00–115.00 $109.73 $706 -3.03
650–677 657 33 102.00–116.00 $110.60 $727 -0.84
703 value added 703 6 93.00 $93.00 $654 —
715–745 727 22 89.00–113.00 $101.26 $736 -1.51
758 758 14 110.50 $110.50 $838 -3.00
840 840 2 97.00 $97.00 $815 ±0.00
875 875 2 85.00 $85.00 $744 -6.00
890 value added 890 4 107.00 $107.00 $952 —
Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb) Avg wt Head Price range Avg $ ≈ $/hdΔ last sale
333–348 338 12 80.00–114.00 $104.40 $353 -7.34
367–395 372 29 90.00–119.00 $114.59 $426 -3.75
405–449 443 24 90.00–103.00 $101.78 $451 -7.55
450–483 456 29 101.00–117.00 $113.78 $519 +3.26
530–546 543 56 90.00–112.75 $110.36 $599 +4.05
552–560 555 6 90.00–106.00 $96.71 $537 -12.64
633–635 634 19 78.00–107.00 $100.60 $638 -3.71
690 690 1 106.00 $106.00 $731 +2.41
715 715 3 98.25 $98.25 $702 -1.74
750–789 780 6 91.00–106.00 $101.83 $794 +10.77
Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb) Avg wt Head Price range Avg $ ≈ $/hdΔ last sale
390 390 3 110.00 $110.00 $429 —
462 462 9 124.50 $124.50 $575 —
518 value added 518 15 126.00 $126.00 $653 +3.90
557 557 3 116.00 $116.00 $646 —
580 580 7 123.00 $123.00 $713 —
606 value added 606 10 126.00 $126.00 $764 -8.48
636 636 4 116.00 $116.00 $738 +2.00
677 value added 677 3 91.00 $91.00 $616 -24.00
696 696 14 110.00 $110.00 $766 —
732 value added 732 13 114.00 $114.00 $834 -58.58
748 748 8 116.50 $116.50 $871 ±0.00
Small 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb) Avg wt Head Price range Avg $ ≈ $/hdΔ last sale
270 270 1 98.00 $98.00 $265 —
345 345 1 80.00 $80.00 $276 -28.00
355–390 371 6 74.00–108.00 $93.70 $348 -11.30
403–433 421 5 99.00–107.00 $102.06 $430 -6.94
450–480 463 18 86.00–103.00 $97.15 $450 -7.09
492 value added 492 3 115.00 $115.00 $566 —
523–533 530 6 83.00–94.00 $90.38 $479 -11.94
560–575 565 10 71.00–108.50 $99.89 $564 -9.96
645 645 1 80.00 $80.00 $516 -12.73
652–675 658 7 70.00–92.00 $87.17 $574 +2.14
715 715 1 76.00 $76.00 $543 -23.00
795 795 1 101.00 $101.00 $803 +12.00
835 835 2 82.00 $82.00 $685 —
N/N/A ($/cwt)
Weight (lb) Avg wt Head Price range Avg $ ≈ $/hdΔ last sale
920–1355 1209 17 85.00–103.00 $98.75 $1,194 —
1135–1540 1428 6 96.00–110.00 $105.35 $1,504 —
Medium and Large 3-4 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb) Avg wt Head Price range Avg $ ≈ $/hdΔ last sale
469 469 9 103.00 $103.00 $483 —

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Feeder Bulls

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb) Avg wt Head Price range Avg $ ≈ $/hdΔ last sale
275 275 1 126.00 $126.00 $346 +1.00
329–345 334 26 160.00–171.00 $166.86 $557 +11.45
350–395 364 33 120.00–165.00 $154.70 $563 -5.44
412–446 421 111 121.00–156.00 $145.94 $614 -0.59
465–497 484 119 118.00–150.00 $133.93 $648 -4.64
501–549 533 132 114.50–141.50 $135.64 $723 -1.91
550–595 563 140 85.00–134.00 $122.81 $691 -3.46
600–649 639 74 106.00–124.00 $115.68 $739 -4.86
650–675 659 59 89.00–118.50 $116.38 $767 +1.96
700–740 731 12 64.00–111.00 $96.67 $707 -8.60
765–788 773 19 88.00–109.00 $105.89 $819 +15.89
823 823 3 103.00 $103.00 $848 +5.67
860 860 3 91.00 $91.00 $783 —
Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb) Avg wt Head Price range Avg $ ≈ $/hdΔ last sale
220 220 1 134.00 $134.00 $295 —
310–345 341 52 125.00–174.25 $163.65 $558 +12.08
351–385 366 23 150.00–161.00 $155.57 $569 +5.06
405–430 420 111 121.00–149.75 $143.42 $602 +2.26
455–498 485 101 114.00–141.00 $126.30 $613 -10.52
513–547 533 19 100.00–138.00 $117.32 $625 -9.58
551–593 566 62 115.00–131.00 $120.67 $683 -1.87
618–643 627 32 98.00–118.00 $113.48 $712 -0.71
652–655 653 5 109.00–115.00 $112.59 $735 -5.12
706 706 8 113.50 $113.50 $801 +9.51
785 785 1 95.00 $95.00 $746 -0.99
848 848 6 107.00 $107.00 $907 +16.00
Small 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb) Avg wt Head Price range Avg $ ≈ $/hdΔ last sale
310–320 315 2 110.00–126.00 $117.87 $371 —
375–380 378 2 95.00–115.00 $104.93 $397 -36.07
418–440 432 6 70.00–110.00 $93.84 $405 +13.84
465–491 484 11 103.50–105.00 $103.89 $503 +5.38
505–535 520 2 74.00–110.00 $92.52 $481 +2.52
554 554 14 101.00–102.50 $101.75 $564 +0.07
640 640 2 91.00 $91.00 $582 -8.00
650–665 658 2 81.00–89.00 $85.05 $560 -17.31
710 710 1 90.00 $90.00 $639 +2.00
775 775 2 74.00 $74.00 $574 —
Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb) Avg wt Head Price range Avg $ ≈ $/hdΔ last sale
343 343 4 121.00 $121.00 $415 +31.00
380–385 383 2 110.00–128.00 $119.06 $456 +29.06
423–430 425 4 111.00–126.00 $122.20 $519 -6.83
453–461 458 6 104.00–105.00 $104.33 $478 —
510 510 1 81.00 $81.00 $413 -23.48
555–590 568 10 99.00–114.00 $110.56 $628 +12.56
613–627 623 7 94.00–100.00 $98.31 $612 —
735 735 6 100.00 $100.00 $735 —
755 755 3 108.00 $108.00 $815 +15.00
Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb) Avg wt Head Price range Avg $ ≈ $/hdΔ last sale
543 543 2 124.00 $124.00 $673 —
649 649 10 121.00 $121.00 $785 —
721–733 728 11 96.00–109.00 $103.14 $751 -10.48
Small 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb) Avg wt Head Price range Avg $ ≈ $/hdΔ last sale
575 575 1 55.00 $55.00 $316 —

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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.