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Virginia Weekly Cattle Auction Summary

Virginia · USDA-reported Auction Livestock

Sale of Monday, November 2, 2020

2,636 head sold ·Official USDA report

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heavy 4-weight M&L 1 heifers $124.66/cwt +10.07 vs last sale · ≈ $583/hd at 468 lb · 186 head
heavy 5-weight M&L 1 steers $143.06/cwt +3.12 vs last sale · ≈ $797/hd at 557 lb · 166 head
light 5-weight M&L 1 heifers $118.95/cwt +11.50 vs last sale · ≈ $642/hd at 540 lb · 146 head

Receipts

HeadThis saleLast saleLast year
Total receipts 2,636 4,249 5,102
Feeder cattle 2,632 4,249 5,070
Slaughter cattle 4 — 32

Market comments — USDA reporter

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 867, Heifers 1146, Bulls 619) State Graded Slaughter Cattle (Steers 3, Heifers 1) Value Added cattle are Weaned and Vaccinated Compared to last week: Feeder Cattle 1.00 to 10.00 higher Report includes sales from: Blackstone, Front Royal, Hollins, Lynchburg, Radiant, 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
350–395 374 8 153.00–160.00 $157.32 $588 +7.44
420–445 432 25 140.00–162.00 $150.20 $649 -1.30
452–498 481 98 123.00–164.00 $151.25 $728 +9.57
539–545 541 8 137.00 $137.00 $741 +1.28
550–595 557 166 123.00–156.00 $143.06 $797 +4.70
620–648 638 124 120.00–149.00 $132.10 $843 +6.05
648 value added 648 2 145.00 $145.00 $940 +3.50
655–685 665 19 120.00–133.00 $129.82 $863 +2.22
700–747 732 41 109.00–135.00 $122.55 $897 -0.60
750–775 757 15 112.50–122.00 $119.61 $905 +3.83
815–832 831 13 111.00–117.00 $116.24 $966 +1.24
890 890 1 1,110.00 $1,110.00 $9,879 +985.83
905 905 3 107.00 $107.00 $968 -2.02
971 971 4 116.00 $116.00 $1,126 +13.30
980 value added 980 5 109.50 $109.50 $1,073 —
1133–1139 1136 12 93.50–104.00 $97.89 $1,112 -12.61
1173 1173 6 130.00 $130.00 $1,525 —
Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb) Avg wt Head Price range Avg $ ≈ $/hdΔ last sale
275 275 1 170.00 $170.00 $468 —
355–395 366 22 144.00–164.00 $160.08 $586 +10.31
410–443 435 19 141.00–156.00 $147.19 $640 +3.32
450–497 459 40 134.00–152.00 $146.75 $674 +9.12
500–548 532 16 115.00–136.00 $130.50 $694 -0.26
551–590 556 29 106.00–156.00 $135.76 $755 +5.18
620–643 640 19 120.00–123.00 $121.83 $780 -0.05
654–658 656 15 126.00–128.00 $126.93 $833 +8.13
730 730 2 116.00 $116.00 $847 -0.66
758–765 759 10 112.00–117.00 $116.29 $883 +3.46
820 820 1 111.00 $111.00 $910 +2.00
875 875 2 114.00 $114.00 $998 —
995 995 3 120.00 $120.00 $1,194 —
Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb) Avg wt Head Price range Avg $ ≈ $/hdΔ last sale
516 value added 516 4 163.00 $163.00 $841 +41.00
556 556 8 140.00 $140.00 $778 —
612 612 7 137.00 $137.00 $838 —
670 670 8 133.00 $133.00 $891 —
708 708 6 124.00 $124.00 $878 —
789 value added 789 7 113.50 $113.50 $896 —
1012 1012 3 118.00 $118.00 $1,194 —
1065 1065 15 126.00 $126.00 $1,342 —
Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb) Avg wt Head Price range Avg $ ≈ $/hdΔ last sale
356 356 3 144.50 $144.50 $514 +15.74
373 value added 373 4 154.00 $154.00 $574 —
450–490 456 10 87.50–127.00 $120.19 $548 -1.28
515–547 542 16 121.00–128.00 $123.89 $671 +5.89
578 578 3 110.00 $110.00 $636 -0.61
640–645 643 5 111.00–122.00 $115.38 $742 +7.30
688 688 2 102.00 $102.00 $702 -3.00
755 755 2 116.00 $116.00 $876 +37.00
890 890 2 103.00 $103.00 $917 —
Small 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb) Avg wt Head Price range Avg $ ≈ $/hdΔ last sale
390 390 1 113.00 $113.00 $441 +0.75
422 422 2 118.00 $118.00 $498 +11.00
475 475 1 98.00 $98.00 $466 -30.00
527 527 2 107.00 $107.00 $564 +1.00
570 570 1 110.00 $110.00 $627 -8.25
660–685 668 6 97.00–122.00 $113.99 $761 —
745 745 1 95.00 $95.00 $708 —
750–775 754 6 100.00–107.00 $105.15 $793 +40.15
N/N/A ($/cwt)
Weight (lb) Avg wt Head Price range Avg $ ≈ $/hdΔ last sale
1480–1625 1540 3 107.00–112.00 $109.08 $1,680 —

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Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb) Avg wt Head Price range Avg $ ≈ $/hdΔ last sale
295 295 1 130.00 $130.00 $384 +4.90
315–328 327 9 125.00–128.00 $125.32 $410 +13.23
363–386 376 42 118.00–134.00 $129.52 $487 +5.96
415–440 432 31 110.00–127.00 $124.36 $537 +12.20
451–497 468 186 113.00–133.00 $124.66 $583 +10.07
505–549 540 146 103.00–121.50 $118.95 $642 +11.50
550–595 569 62 90.00–120.00 $115.71 $658 -1.29
605–649 636 96 100.00–114.00 $110.79 $705 +1.19
653–690 660 37 91.00–113.00 $109.20 $721 +0.01
731 value added 731 4 100.00 $100.00 $731 —
718–748 733 18 85.00–107.00 $103.65 $760 +2.49
763–785 769 11 101.00–107.00 $104.26 $802 +17.26
825 825 1 101.00 $101.00 $833 +6.69
990 990 1 72.00 $72.00 $713 -20.63
Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb) Avg wt Head Price range Avg $ ≈ $/hdΔ last sale
315–343 328 8 114.00–134.00 $121.80 $400 -0.43
359–388 367 39 117.00–134.00 $128.13 $470 +5.22
405–435 429 33 110.00–125.00 $119.10 $511 +10.17
450–493 464 62 100.00–124.00 $121.21 $562 +6.59
510 value added 510 6 120.00 $120.00 $612 —
505–545 542 67 100.00–116.50 $115.09 $624 +4.48
550–590 561 38 96.00–118.50 $113.20 $635 +7.05
600–648 645 57 107.00–116.25 $114.26 $737 +10.88
653–656 654 10 101.00–110.00 $104.61 $684 -0.04
700–730 721 13 95.00–106.00 $100.23 $723 +3.13
790–793 792 3 86.00–95.00 $88.99 $705 -14.39
810 810 2 91.00 $91.00 $737 +6.00
Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb) Avg wt Head Price range Avg $ ≈ $/hdΔ last sale
290 value added 290 3 93.00 $93.00 $270 —
345 345 4 102.00–112.00 $107.00 $369 -9.46
360–395 364 15 105.00–126.00 $121.60 $443 +5.75
420–438 436 23 109.00–118.00 $117.03 $510 +8.57
455 455 1 100.00 $100.00 $455 —
500–541 536 24 95.00–116.75 $112.39 $602 +6.17
552–568 557 7 90.00–109.00 $100.40 $559 +4.03
628–633 631 10 79.00–103.00 $96.23 $607 +1.23
660–685 673 2 90.00–96.00 $93.06 $626 +2.98
Small 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb) Avg wt Head Price range Avg $ ≈ $/hdΔ last sale
355 355 1 101.00 $101.00 $359 -4.90
430 430 6 98.50 $98.50 $424 +7.85
455–460 456 10 101.00–119.00 $115.37 $526 +28.79
505–539 534 8 90.00–98.00 $96.30 $514 +2.03
569 569 4 95.00 $95.00 $541 -5.54
645 645 1 65.00 $65.00 $419 -10.93
685 685 3 89.00–92.00 $91.00 $623 +5.54
745 745 2 91.00 $91.00 $678 +20.00
768–793 781 4 87.00–89.00 $88.02 $687 +12.02
Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb) Avg wt Head Price range Avg $ ≈ $/hdΔ last sale
478 478 8 120.00 $120.00 $574 —
Medium and Large 2-3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb) Avg wt Head Price range Avg $ ≈ $/hdΔ last sale
400 value added 400 4 121.00 $121.00 $484 —
N/N/A ($/cwt)
Weight (lb) Avg wt Head Price range Avg $ ≈ $/hdΔ last sale
1405 1405 1 109.00 $109.00 $1,531 —

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Feeder Bulls

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb) Avg wt Head Price range Avg $ ≈ $/hdΔ last sale
317–340 332 12 130.00–170.00 $160.59 $533 +2.42
355–375 359 9 130.00–157.00 $151.65 $544 +1.84
407–435 422 71 120.00–161.00 $145.79 $615 +3.65
460–495 477 45 121.00–150.00 $137.26 $655 +4.38
503–548 519 19 115.00–140.00 $133.64 $694 +5.85
554–580 562 94 118.00–139.00 $131.61 $740 +9.76
618–645 632 38 98.00–125.00 $118.19 $747 +1.90
650–686 663 15 107.00–124.00 $117.88 $782 +6.46
723–735 732 17 101.00–110.50 $102.29 $749 -2.06
760–792 777 8 95.00–112.00 $109.31 $849 -1.07
805 805 1 85.00 $85.00 $684 -5.00
870 870 1 91.00 $91.00 $792 -16.00
3737 3737 7 165.00 $165.00 $6,166 —
Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb) Avg wt Head Price range Avg $ ≈ $/hdΔ last sale
300–349 341 42 139.00–164.50 $157.64 $538 +7.15
350–382 372 7 122.00–151.00 $145.83 $542 -5.34
407–424 414 57 128.00–151.00 $141.27 $585 +2.42
460–499 483 52 129.50–139.00 $135.02 $652 +6.87
510–548 532 4 102.00–131.00 $118.24 $629 +1.58
550–578 568 29 114.00–131.00 $124.40 $707 +6.19
625–629 627 10 120.00–122.00 $121.00 $759 +10.83
657–680 664 9 74.00–118.00 $99.82 $663 -13.55
740–748 745 5 92.00–105.00 $99.83 $744 -0.17
780 780 1 91.00 $91.00 $710 -7.00
830–840 835 2 85.00–88.00 $86.51 $722 —
890 890 2 94.00 $94.00 $837 -3.00
906 906 4 82.00 $82.00 $743 —
Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb) Avg wt Head Price range Avg $ ≈ $/hdΔ last sale
443 443 4 135.00 $135.00 $598 —
555 555 2 120.00 $120.00 $666 —
602 602 6 123.00 $123.00 $740 —
Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb) Avg wt Head Price range Avg $ ≈ $/hdΔ last sale
426–445 429 6 125.00–129.00 $128.31 $550 —
453 453 2 110.00 $110.00 $498 +5.80
505 505 1 116.00 $116.00 $586 +10.00
555 555 2 79.00–99.00 $89.00 $494 -18.50
695 695 1 107.00 $107.00 $744 —
Small 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb) Avg wt Head Price range Avg $ ≈ $/hdΔ last sale
315 315 2 120.00 $120.00 $378 +9.84
412 412 2 111.50 $111.50 $459 +18.54
455–475 468 3 91.00–108.00 $102.49 $480 +26.49
500–515 508 2 84.00–106.00 $95.16 $483 +1.16
580 580 2 96.00 $96.00 $557 +3.59
600 600 1 100.00 $100.00 $600 +39.00

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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.