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Virginia Weekly Cattle Auction Summary

Virginia · USDA-reported Auction Livestock

Sale of Monday, November 9, 2020

6,569 head sold ·Official USDA report

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light 5-weight M&L 1 heifers $120.11/cwt +1.16 vs last sale · ≈ $651/hd at 542 lb · 369 head
heavy 4-weight M&L 1 heifers $127.09/cwt +2.43 vs last sale · ≈ $594/hd at 467 lb · 363 head
heavy 5-weight M&L 1 steers $143.53/cwt +0.47 vs last sale · ≈ $810/hd at 564 lb · 323 head

Receipts

HeadThis saleLast saleLast year
Total receipts 6,569 2,636 6,775
Feeder cattle 6,569 2,632 6,775
Slaughter cattle — 4 —

Market comments — USDA reporter

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 2552, Heifers 2665, Bulls 1352) Value Added and Natural cattle are Weaned and Vaccinated Compared to last week: Feeder Cattle mostly 1.00 to 7.00 higher Report includes sales from: Blackstone, Culpeper, Dublin, Hollins, Lynchburg, Radiant, Rockingham, 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
305–348 341 6 120.00–152.00 $132.43 $452 —
367–393 382 17 152.00–169.00 $156.41 $597 -0.91
405–445 438 42 126.00–157.50 $151.05 $662 +0.85
438 value added 438 8 154.00 $154.00 $675 —
464–484 476 155 123.00–160.50 $153.19 $729 +1.94
505–549 541 173 116.00–151.50 $141.55 $766 +4.55
550–590 564 263 127.00–154.00 $141.82 $800 -1.24
558–572 value added 564 60 147.00–154.00 $151.02 $852 —
608–642 624 38 132.50–140.50 $136.40 $851 +4.30
615–648 641 236 107.00–144.00 $127.77 $819 -4.33
648 value added 648 6 146.50 $146.50 $949 +1.50
651–690 658 127 110.00–141.00 $135.05 $889 +5.23
659–668 value added 662 50 128.00–148.50 $136.51 $904 —
668 668 11 116.50 $116.50 $778 -13.32
730–732 value added 731 20 123.00–134.50 $129.32 $945 —
700–748 741 87 109.00–136.50 $128.94 $955 +6.39
750–791 771 20 107.00–124.50 $115.82 $893 -3.79
758–798 780 11 118.00–120.00 $118.88 $927 -0.73
820–840 828 21 91.00–129.50 $124.05 $1,027 +7.81
850–870 857 9 102.00–126.00 $114.13 $978 -995.87
859–860 value added 859 61 105.00–125.00 $124.67 $1,071 —
905 value added 905 4 100.00 $100.00 $905 —
905–915 913 10 119.00–120.50 $120.20 $1,097 +13.20
915–933 927 3 100.00–112.50 $108.39 $1,005 +1.39
950–970 955 4 95.00–105.00 $102.46 $978 -13.54
980 value added 980 4 108.00 $108.00 $1,058 -1.50
1205 1205 1 81.00 $81.00 $976 —
Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb) Avg wt Head Price range Avg $ ≈ $/hdΔ last sale
328 328 2 150.00 $150.00 $492 —
360–395 370 30 138.00–170.00 $158.80 $588 -1.28
425–448 432 21 121.00–151.00 $146.92 $635 -0.27
450–494 462 112 120.00–157.50 $147.60 $682 +0.85
515–548 539 103 119.00–144.50 $138.80 $748 +8.30
560–567 value added 563 58 123.00–150.00 $142.80 $804 —
559–593 573 38 115.00–141.00 $137.36 $787 +1.60
625–649 639 81 115.00–136.00 $127.40 $814 +5.57
650–675 656 18 116.00–128.00 $124.54 $817 -2.39
653–698 value added 670 7 112.00–135.50 $125.30 $840 —
700–745 727 29 109.00–136.50 $130.81 $951 +14.81
744 value added 744 4 121.00 $121.00 $900 —
750 value added 750 1 114.00 $114.00 $855 —
750–795 757 15 94.00–126.00 $114.33 $865 -1.96
800–843 821 18 91.00–121.00 $111.13 $912 +0.13
850–875 863 2 107.00–130.50 $118.92 $1,026 +4.92
930–938 935 3 95.00–114.00 $101.30 $947 —
970 970 1 112.50 $112.50 $1,091 -7.50
Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb) Avg wt Head Price range Avg $ ≈ $/hdΔ last sale
427–449 value added 434 20 142.00–151.00 $148.20 $643 —
469 469 7 135.00 $135.00 $633 —
521–536 value added 533 31 148.00–152.00 $151.12 $805 -11.88
573–583 576 8 115.00–148.00 $139.64 $804 -0.36
631–644 value added 637 46 128.00–146.50 $133.55 $851 —
668–677 value added 672 36 120.00–141.25 $131.74 $885 —
654–686 675 26 121.00–130.00 $126.98 $857 -6.02
710–735 value added 735 65 123.50–127.00 $126.95 $933 —
740–747 744 42 126.00–128.00 $127.00 $945 —
778–798 value added 784 25 127.00–129.50 $128.69 $1,009 +15.19
803–842 value added 818 33 120.00–133.50 $125.47 $1,026 —
868 868 3 105.00 $105.00 $911 —
871–897 value added 876 15 121.00–130.00 $122.84 $1,076 —
905–944 value added 933 7 120.00–129.00 $126.51 $1,180 —
Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb) Avg wt Head Price range Avg $ ≈ $/hdΔ last sale
358–364 363 11 105.00–162.00 $151.78 $551 +7.28
438 438 4 124.00 $124.00 $543 —
451–490 459 29 114.00–153.00 $145.75 $669 +25.56
515–535 523 6 100.00–124.00 $116.68 $610 -7.21
551–595 555 20 112.00–126.00 $123.40 $685 +13.40
600–640 627 8 86.00–124.00 $112.03 $702 -3.35
705–735 720 3 100.00–109.00 $103.60 $746 —
Small 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb) Avg wt Head Price range Avg $ ≈ $/hdΔ last sale
300 300 1 129.00 $129.00 $387 —
372–395 380 3 115.00–125.00 $121.53 $462 +8.53
433–440 434 11 125.00–140.00 $126.38 $548 +8.38
450–465 457 8 107.00–115.00 $112.21 $513 +14.21
470 value added 470 3 137.00 $137.00 $644 —
500–540 532 15 78.00–116.00 $108.09 $575 +1.09
550–555 552 3 105.00–116.00 $112.31 $620 +2.31
605–635 620 2 70.00–98.00 $83.66 $519 —
643–644 value added 644 10 119.00 $119.00 $766 —
675–682 680 3 79.00–104.00 $95.72 $651 -18.27
705–745 727 5 84.00–105.00 $89.28 $649 -5.72
750–755 753 2 82.00–91.00 $86.49 $651 -18.66
850 850 1 97.00 $97.00 $824 —
Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb) Avg wt Head Price range Avg $ ≈ $/hdΔ last sale
585 585 1 108.00 $108.00 $632 —

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Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb) Avg wt Head Price range Avg $ ≈ $/hdΔ last sale
300–347 328 17 100.00–126.00 $118.94 $390 -6.38
358–392 374 53 111.00–134.25 $130.95 $490 +1.43
419–443 427 48 100.00–132.00 $123.45 $527 -0.91
450–494 467 363 92.00–132.25 $127.09 $594 +2.43
501–548 542 351 102.00–125.50 $119.74 $649 +0.79
548 value added 548 18 127.25 $127.25 $697 —
556–595 563 159 81.00–124.00 $121.33 $683 +5.62
623 623 18 122.00 $122.00 $760 +11.21
613–628 value added 627 24 115.00–121.00 $120.51 $756 —
607–642 636 163 105.00–117.00 $112.11 $713 +1.32
650–670 658 70 80.00–118.00 $113.97 $750 +4.77
656–687 value added 674 17 114.00–118.00 $116.40 $785 —
727–738 734 15 123.00–125.00 $124.34 $913 +20.69
700–746 739 34 85.00–113.00 $106.06 $784 +2.41
750–786 776 19 100.00–114.00 $110.11 $854 +5.85
800–840 816 9 97.00–107.50 $105.51 $861 +4.51
850 850 2 105.00 $105.00 $892 —
904 value added 904 9 100.00 $100.00 $904 —
920 920 5 105.00 $105.00 $966 —
955 955 2 80.00 $80.00 $764 +8.00
1175 1175 2 61.00 $61.00 $717 —
Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb) Avg wt Head Price range Avg $ ≈ $/hdΔ last sale
300–349 335 34 101.00–136.00 $124.14 $416 +2.34
358–385 363 84 113.00–135.75 $131.80 $478 +3.67
373 value added 373 14 130.00 $130.00 $485 —
410–449 445 171 81.00–128.00 $125.79 $560 +6.69
450–490 462 66 91.00–129.00 $120.92 $559 -0.29
485–492 value added 486 16 125.00 $125.00 $608 —
510–548 539 175 100.00–122.75 $118.26 $637 +3.17
541 value added 541 9 110.00 $110.00 $595 -10.00
555–575 559 37 100.00–120.00 $118.70 $664 +5.50
636 value added 636 12 119.00 $119.00 $757 —
616–648 638 92 103.00–125.00 $111.88 $714 -2.38
654–665 655 10 71.00–111.00 $106.74 $699 +2.13
715–745 732 30 85.00–120.00 $109.54 $802 +9.31
750 750 1 90.00 $90.00 $675 —
890 890 2 109.00 $109.00 $970 —
Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb) Avg wt Head Price range Avg $ ≈ $/hdΔ last sale
300–326 321 7 90.00–119.00 $111.06 $357 +4.06
350–380 356 37 90.00–125.75 $121.56 $433 -0.04
444–449 448 34 122.00–122.25 $122.21 $548 +5.18
450–480 466 22 85.00–112.50 $104.16 $485 +4.16
547 547 36 113.00 $113.00 $618 +0.61
565 565 10 111.00 $111.00 $627 +10.60
600–630 618 16 83.00–107.00 $99.54 $615 +3.31
650–690 660 4 100.00–107.50 $105.54 $697 +12.48
715–730 720 3 89.00–92.00 $90.01 $648 —
815 815 1 88.00 $88.00 $717 —
Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb) Avg wt Head Price range Avg $ ≈ $/hdΔ last sale
396 396 6 127.00 $127.00 $503 —
470 value added 470 20 129.00 $129.00 $606 —
489 489 6 122.00 $122.00 $597 +2.00
544 value added 544 25 123.00 $123.00 $669 —
562 value added 562 6 123.50 $123.50 $694 —
614 value added 614 10 117.50 $117.50 $721 —
673 value added 673 3 110.50 $110.50 $744 —
736–749 value added 739 72 115.00–118.00 $117.37 $867 —
761 761 13 114.50 $114.50 $871 —
995 value added 995 1 86.50 $86.50 $861 —
Small 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb) Avg wt Head Price range Avg $ ≈ $/hdΔ last sale
370 370 1 116.00 $116.00 $429 +15.00
405–449 443 16 91.00–100.00 $93.03 $412 -5.47
455–460 456 20 108.00–114.00 $108.91 $497 -6.46
540 540 2 80.00 $80.00 $432 -16.30
551–560 555 35 87.00–105.00 $97.88 $543 +2.88
620 value added 620 5 104.00 $104.00 $645 —
613–623 621 8 84.00–86.00 $84.49 $525 +19.49
663–680 669 11 75.00–95.00 $89.67 $600 -1.33
735–745 742 3 77.00–86.00 $82.65 $613 -8.35
828 828 2 85.00 $85.00 $704 —
865 865 3 68.00 $68.00 $588 —
Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb) Avg wt Head Price range Avg $ ≈ $/hdΔ last sale
500 500 1 100.00 $100.00 $500 —
650 650 2 85.00 $85.00 $552 —
Medium and Large 2-3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb) Avg wt Head Price range Avg $ ≈ $/hdΔ last sale
268 268 3 121.00 $121.00 $324 —

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Feeder Bulls

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb) Avg wt Head Price range Avg $ ≈ $/hdΔ last sale
300–347 335 24 123.00–170.00 $164.24 $550 +3.65
360–396 389 21 123.00–160.00 $148.75 $579 -2.90
400–433 421 130 92.50–154.00 $148.23 $624 +2.44
459–495 488 162 119.00–149.50 $143.86 $702 +6.60
500–549 527 79 108.00–139.00 $127.55 $672 -6.09
551–574 560 163 116.00–135.50 $128.61 $720 -3.00
600–643 634 68 95.00–125.00 $114.52 $726 -3.67
653–675 659 42 114.00–117.00 $115.74 $763 -2.14
659 value added 659 4 109.00 $109.00 $718 —
705–736 734 21 101.00–107.00 $106.67 $783 +4.38
752–775 758 4 83.00–100.00 $95.65 $725 -13.66
815–838 830 3 95.00–103.00 $100.38 $833 +15.38
890 890 1 71.00 $71.00 $632 -20.00
930 930 1 67.00 $67.00 $623 —
953 953 2 92.00 $92.00 $877 —
Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb) Avg wt Head Price range Avg $ ≈ $/hdΔ last sale
300–347 344 57 127.00–172.75 $165.93 $571 +8.29
350–393 367 18 119.00–164.00 $140.78 $517 -5.05
417–427 421 111 98.00–155.75 $147.97 $623 +6.70
450–496 482 127 119.00–150.00 $140.82 $679 +5.80
505–540 534 17 100.00–125.00 $119.18 $636 +0.94
553–595 569 59 110.00–129.50 $125.41 $714 +1.01
623–645 631 24 103.00–122.50 $117.63 $742 -3.37
652–675 659 21 102.00–134.00 $120.77 $796 +20.95
735–745 737 5 98.00–105.00 $103.58 $763 +3.75
751–770 753 9 82.00–106.00 $103.27 $778 +12.27
800 800 1 81.00 $81.00 $648 -5.51
Small 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb) Avg wt Head Price range Avg $ ≈ $/hdΔ last sale
357–370 361 3 118.00–126.00 $123.27 $445 —
417–432 427 14 90.00–116.00 $106.01 $453 -5.49
460–487 481 14 103.00–118.00 $114.80 $552 +12.31
500–545 533 8 90.00–105.00 $95.74 $510 +0.58
557–573 560 13 96.00–108.00 $102.82 $576 +6.82
620–648 640 9 58.00–111.00 $94.48 $605 —
740 740 2 65.00 $65.00 $481 —
815 815 1 80.00 $80.00 $652 —
1049 1049 4 57.00 $57.00 $598 —
Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb) Avg wt Head Price range Avg $ ≈ $/hdΔ last sale
235 235 1 115.00 $115.00 $270 —
325–335 330 4 114.00–122.00 $117.94 $389 —
405–440 431 5 101.00–121.00 $116.64 $503 -11.67
450 450 6 114.00 $114.00 $513 +4.00
515–549 542 5 111.00 $111.00 $602 —
570–596 592 9 103.00–109.00 $108.34 $641 —
651 651 7 93.00 $93.00 $605 —
783 783 2 103.00 $103.00 $806 —
835 835 1 62.00 $62.00 $518 —
Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb) Avg wt Head Price range Avg $ ≈ $/hdΔ last sale
732 732 3 104.00 $104.00 $761 —
Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb) Avg wt Head Price range Avg $ ≈ $/hdΔ last sale
445 445 1 110.00 $110.00 $490 —

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Dairy Steers

Large 2-3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb) Avg wt Head Price range Avg $ ≈ $/hdΔ last sale
335 335 2 76.00 $76.00 $255 —
377 377 5 72.00 $72.00 $271 —
450 450 1 73.00 $73.00 $328 —

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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.