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Virginia Weekly Cattle Auction Summary

Virginia · USDA-reported Auction Livestock

Sale of Monday, October 26, 2020

4,249 head sold ·Official USDA report

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heavy 5-weight M&L 1 heifers $112.94/cwt -7.23 vs last sale · ≈ $631/hd at 559 lb · 258 head
heavy 4-weight M&L 1 heifers $114.59/cwt -8.87 vs last sale · ≈ $536/hd at 468 lb · 240 head
light 6-weight M&L 1 heifers $109.45/cwt -2.29 vs last sale · ≈ $699/hd at 639 lb · 137 head

Receipts

HeadThis saleLast saleLast year
Total receipts 4,249 6,576 4,107
Feeder cattle 4,249 6,487 4,107
Slaughter cattle — 89 —

Market comments — USDA reporter

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 1385, Heifers 1847, Bulls 1017) Value Added Cattle are Weaned and Vaccinated Compared to last week: Feeder Cattle mostly 2.00 to 11.00 lower Report includes sales from: Blackstone, Dublin, Lynchburg, Marshall, Radiant, Hollins, Shenandoah, Springlake and Winchester

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Feeder Steers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb) Avg wt Head Price range Avg $ ≈ $/hdΔ last sale
320–348 340 6 156.50–166.00 $160.03 $544 +8.25
350–385 376 11 130.00–157.00 $149.88 $564 -3.41
438–449 446 29 135.00–155.00 $151.50 $676 -7.78
452–495 474 127 122.00–153.50 $141.68 $672 -8.42
515–548 546 105 125.00–139.00 $135.72 $741 -11.43
559–595 566 100 116.00–145.00 $138.36 $783 -5.05
570–590 581 32 144.00–145.50 $144.86 $842 +1.45
620 value added 620 20 141.50 $141.50 $877 -1.28
605–648 641 66 103.00–139.00 $126.05 $808 -2.15
650–678 656 100 126.00–130.00 $127.60 $837 +0.24
666–684 678 27 137.00–139.00 $137.97 $935 +10.61
705–734 722 87 96.00–130.50 $123.15 $889 -20.85
753–797 763 30 113.00–117.00 $115.78 $883 -4.76
771 value added 771 4 120.00 $120.00 $925 —
800 800 1 115.00 $115.00 $920 -18.04
850–869 862 38 111.00–129.50 $124.17 $1,070 -0.99
894 value added 894 39 127.75 $127.75 $1,142 -2.06
910–930 920 2 107.00–111.00 $109.02 $1,003 —
954–970 965 3 96.00–106.00 $102.70 $991 -11.59
1010–1047 1038 4 95.50–99.00 $96.35 $1,000 —
1057 1057 2 110.50 $110.50 $1,168 —
1118 1118 5 110.50 $110.50 $1,235 +20.50
Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb) Avg wt Head Price range Avg $ ≈ $/hdΔ last sale
318 318 2 135.00 $135.00 $429 -9.52
364–395 373 25 110.00–159.50 $149.77 $559 -6.89
420–445 433 14 131.00–148.00 $143.87 $623 +0.87
454–495 471 59 110.00–147.00 $137.63 $648 -8.60
515–542 538 47 118.00–135.50 $130.76 $703 -1.63
554–585 569 15 127.00–134.00 $130.58 $743 -7.44
605–647 632 23 85.00–127.00 $121.88 $770 -0.59
636 value added 636 14 119.00 $119.00 $757 -0.35
653–669 656 10 118.00–119.00 $118.80 $779 -4.99
700–745 732 15 100.00–120.00 $116.66 $854 +3.90
750–779 760 7 100.00–115.00 $112.83 $858 -2.40
805 805 2 109.00 $109.00 $877 -12.93
876 value added 876 9 106.00 $106.00 $929 —
1009 1009 1 95.00 $95.00 $959 —
Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb) Avg wt Head Price range Avg $ ≈ $/hdΔ last sale
515 value added 515 1 122.00 $122.00 $628 —
537 537 7 145.00 $145.00 $779 +0.63
583 value added 583 3 137.00 $137.00 $799 -10.15
605–624 value added 615 26 119.50–136.00 $134.05 $824 -0.95
649 649 10 131.00 $131.00 $850 -6.00
684–690 value added 685 6 117.00–127.00 $118.68 $813 -15.59
722–746 value added 727 26 122.00–130.00 $123.58 $898 +1.08
817–846 value added 820 47 114.50–128.00 $119.41 $979 —
947 value added 947 20 114.50 $114.50 $1,084 —
1002 value added 1002 6 98.00 $98.00 $982 —
1095 value added 1095 2 90.00 $90.00 $986 —
Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb) Avg wt Head Price range Avg $ ≈ $/hdΔ last sale
335 335 1 110.00 $110.00 $368 —
355–390 360 10 107.00–139.00 $128.76 $464 -20.13
430 430 3 121.00–123.00 $122.33 $526 -5.26
452–474 461 20 107.50–130.50 $121.47 $560 -9.92
541 541 7 118.00 $118.00 $638 +1.73
564–595 570 15 107.00–119.00 $110.61 $630 -4.29
600–645 637 9 106.00–113.00 $108.08 $688 -6.13
674 674 2 105.00 $105.00 $708 -14.00
745 745 1 110.00 $110.00 $820 +3.68
790 790 1 79.00 $79.00 $624 —
845 845 1 110.00 $110.00 $930 —
Small 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb) Avg wt Head Price range Avg $ ≈ $/hdΔ last sale
350–390 369 4 108.00–116.00 $112.25 $414 —
425 425 1 107.00 $107.00 $455 -1.98
471 471 5 128.00 $128.00 $603 +12.00
530 530 2 106.00 $106.00 $562 -3.73
568–580 572 3 107.00–124.00 $118.25 $676 -4.60
700–710 705 2 91.00–93.00 $92.01 $649 -5.99
777 777 1 65.00 $65.00 $505 —
915 915 1 90.00 $90.00 $824 —
Medium and Large 2-3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb) Avg wt Head Price range Avg $ ≈ $/hdΔ last sale
1020 value added 1020 5 102.50 $102.50 $1,046 —
Small 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb) Avg wt Head Price range Avg $ ≈ $/hdΔ last sale
348 348 4 118.00 $118.00 $411 —

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Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb) Avg wt Head Price range Avg $ ≈ $/hdΔ last sale
270–295 283 2 111.00–138.00 $125.10 $354 +35.10
303–338 330 21 96.00–123.00 $112.09 $370 -14.60
359–385 374 48 109.00–132.00 $123.56 $462 -1.96
415–448 429 37 104.00–116.00 $112.16 $481 -10.41
451–488 468 240 103.00–117.00 $114.59 $536 -7.91
501–545 538 102 101.00–116.00 $107.45 $578 -9.41
550–591 557 232 101.00–115.00 $112.48 $627 -10.02
577 577 26 117.00 $117.00 $675 -2.85
606 606 8 107.00 $107.00 $648 -4.12
610–649 641 129 91.00–115.50 $109.60 $703 -1.52
652–695 662 42 93.00–114.00 $109.19 $723 -1.02
665 665 13 103.50 $103.50 $688 -6.71
710–749 737 40 85.00–107.00 $101.16 $746 +1.36
750 750 1 87.00 $87.00 $652 -15.19
767 value added 767 7 110.00 $110.00 $844 +9.00
812–843 829 9 92.00–96.00 $94.31 $782 -7.16
953–978 975 8 90.00–93.00 $92.63 $903 +13.63
1047 1047 1 79.00 $79.00 $827 —
1076 1076 1 80.00 $80.00 $861 —
Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb) Avg wt Head Price range Avg $ ≈ $/hdΔ last sale
289 289 1 125.00 $125.00 $361 —
315–349 343 35 114.00–135.00 $122.23 $419 -3.35
350–387 367 66 111.00–128.50 $122.91 $451 -0.30
405–441 436 61 97.00–114.50 $108.93 $475 -8.75
450–489 459 122 91.00–119.00 $114.62 $526 -2.55
494 value added 494 5 94.50 $94.50 $467 —
520–544 541 72 89.00–114.00 $110.61 $598 -3.61
550–580 562 53 86.00–115.00 $106.15 $597 -4.44
596 value added 596 7 106.00 $106.00 $632 —
634–649 643 59 96.00–105.00 $103.38 $665 -6.35
650–695 659 9 84.00–110.00 $104.65 $690 -5.95
700–746 737 15 93.00–100.00 $97.10 $716 -4.16
756–773 768 10 82.00–111.00 $103.38 $794 -7.12
840 840 2 85.00 $85.00 $714 -12.00
996 996 1 73.00 $73.00 $727 —
Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb) Avg wt Head Price range Avg $ ≈ $/hdΔ last sale
376 376 4 127.00 $127.00 $478 +17.00
488 value added 488 5 115.50 $115.50 $564 —
505 505 21 115.00 $115.00 $581 —
511–540 value added 518 4 105.00–109.50 $108.33 $561 -17.67
558 value added 558 4 109.00 $109.00 $608 —
613–620 value added 619 63 105.00–128.00 $120.50 $746 -5.50
691 value added 691 5 116.00 $116.00 $802 +25.00
752 752 7 112.00 $112.00 $842 —
785 value added 785 13 112.00 $112.00 $879 —
813 813 35 107.50 $107.50 $874 —
851 851 4 111.50 $111.50 $949 —
Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb) Avg wt Head Price range Avg $ ≈ $/hdΔ last sale
320–345 341 7 100.00–119.00 $116.46 $397 +12.06
350–380 355 17 105.00–122.00 $115.85 $411 +1.26
400–445 436 25 90.00–115.50 $108.46 $473 +6.68
503–545 534 24 80.00–109.50 $106.22 $567 -4.14
550–561 554 15 82.00–101.00 $96.37 $534 -0.34
645 645 2 95.00 $95.00 $613 -5.60
650–665 658 3 78.00–97.00 $90.08 $593 -15.92
745 745 2 99.00 $99.00 $738 +0.75
750 750 1 84.00 $84.00 $630 -17.83
Small 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb) Avg wt Head Price range Avg $ ≈ $/hdΔ last sale
310–315 313 2 92.00–96.00 $94.02 $294 +14.02
355–378 368 4 100.00–111.00 $105.90 $390 +12.20
420–445 435 5 86.00–108.00 $90.65 $394 -11.41
459–485 464 5 85.00–87.00 $86.58 $402 -10.57
520–549 540 12 72.00–102.00 $94.27 $509 +3.89
556–560 556 11 86.00–102.00 $100.54 $559 +0.65
605–615 610 2 68.00–84.00 $75.93 $463 -4.07
665–683 678 4 75.00–93.00 $85.46 $579 -1.71
745 745 1 71.00 $71.00 $529 -5.00
765 765 1 76.00 $76.00 $581 -25.00
Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb) Avg wt Head Price range Avg $ ≈ $/hdΔ last sale
855 855 1 85.00 $85.00 $727 —

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Feeder Bulls

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb) Avg wt Head Price range Avg $ ≈ $/hdΔ last sale
305–335 325 5 155.00–167.50 $158.17 $514 -8.69
352–377 368 39 144.00–159.00 $149.81 $551 -4.89
405–445 427 97 105.00–150.00 $142.14 $607 -3.80
465–493 480 91 117.00–145.00 $132.88 $638 -1.05
501–545 526 116 113.00–133.28 $127.79 $672 -7.85
551–597 569 134 105.00–133.00 $121.85 $693 -0.96
580 value added 580 1 123.00 $123.00 $713 —
601–648 639 59 102.00–120.50 $116.29 $743 +0.61
655–675 662 32 101.00–118.00 $111.42 $738 -4.96
725–747 734 12 93.00–111.00 $104.35 $766 +7.68
751–780 755 7 101.00–112.00 $110.38 $833 +4.49
805–822 814 2 90.00 $90.00 $733 -13.00
855 855 3 107.00 $107.00 $915 +16.00
975 975 2 85.50 $85.50 $834 —
Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb) Avg wt Head Price range Avg $ ≈ $/hdΔ last sale
233 233 1 125.00 $125.00 $291 -9.00
327–345 340 32 131.00–155.50 $150.49 $512 -13.16
351–398 366 40 135.00–160.00 $151.17 $553 -4.40
400–443 424 79 120.00–146.00 $138.85 $589 -4.57
470–492 481 55 87.00–141.00 $128.15 $616 +1.85
502–545 526 19 100.00–125.00 $116.66 $614 -0.66
550–574 565 46 85.00–121.00 $118.21 $668 -2.46
600–640 634 20 105.00–119.00 $110.17 $698 -3.31
657–673 660 5 107.00–115.00 $113.37 $748 +0.78
723 723 1 100.00 $100.00 $723 -13.50
770 770 2 98.00 $98.00 $755 +3.00
856 856 7 97.00 $97.00 $830 —
Small 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb) Avg wt Head Price range Avg $ ≈ $/hdΔ last sale
310–340 330 3 107.50–116.00 $110.16 $364 -7.71
395 395 1 109.00 $109.00 $431 +4.07
403–445 417 3 83.00–111.00 $92.96 $388 -0.88
490 490 1 76.00 $76.00 $372 -27.89
520 520 3 70.00–106.00 $94.00 $489 +1.48
558–585 570 5 92.00–94.00 $92.41 $527 -9.34
600 600 1 61.00 $61.00 $366 —
690 690 1 88.00 $88.00 $607 +2.95
755 755 1 93.00 $93.00 $702 +19.00
825 825 1 71.00 $71.00 $586 —
Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb) Avg wt Head Price range Avg $ ≈ $/hdΔ last sale
320–325 323 2 104.00–127.50 $115.84 $374 -5.16
359 359 1 108.00 $108.00 $388 -11.06
450–492 462 5 94.00–112.00 $104.20 $481 -0.13
520 520 2 106.00 $106.00 $551 +25.00
565 565 5 107.50 $107.50 $607 -3.06
700 700 1 91.00 $91.00 $637 -9.00
1030 1030 1 65.00 $65.00 $670 —
Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb) Avg wt Head Price range Avg $ ≈ $/hdΔ last sale
355 355 3 148.00 $148.00 $525 —

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Dairy Steers

Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb) Avg wt Head Price range Avg $ ≈ $/hdΔ last sale
889 889 11 79.50–84.50 $80.86 $719 —

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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.