Virginia Weekly Cattle Auction Summary

Virginia · USDA-reported Auction Livestock

Sale of Monday, November 23, 2020

2,521 head sold ·Official USDA report

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light 5-weight M&L 1 heifers $123.40/cwt +2.26 vs last sale · ≈ $673/hd at 545 lb · 145 head

light 6-weight M&L 1 heifers $114.88/cwt +0.50 vs last sale · ≈ $732/hd at 637 lb · 121 head

heavy 5-weight M&L 1 bulls $126.99/cwt -2.75 vs last sale · ≈ $720/hd at 567 lb · 100 head

Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Total receipts	2,521	3,876	1,343
Feeder cattle	2,521	3,817	1,343
Slaughter cattle	—	59	—

Market comments — USDA reporter

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 596, Heifers 1106, Bulls 819) Value Added cattle are Weaned and Vaccinated Compared to last week: Feeder Cattle uneven, ranging 7.00 lower to 2.00 higher Report includes sales from: Hollins, Lynchburg, Shenandoah, Springlake and Winchester

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Feeder Steers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
320	320	1	135.00	$135.00	$432	-41.18
376–390	380	12	121.00–165.00	$157.09	$597	+2.61
420–445	440	21	123.00–157.00	$151.22	$665	-2.94
462–497	470	40	124.00–157.00	$147.12	$691	-8.43
545–549	548	71	122.00–141.00	$138.89	$761	+0.12
553–573	566	49	136.00–155.00	$149.55	$846	+4.66
571 value added	571	4	154.00	$154.00	$879	+10.00
600–640	637	62	112.00–151.00	$127.08	$809	-3.77
650–674	658	26	126.00–138.00	$132.44	$871	+1.89
716 value added	716	13	132.00	$132.00	$945	-1.00
705–748	744	21	93.00–129.25	$125.97	$937	+0.16
780–795	783	5	114.00–123.00	$120.01	$940	-14.99
809 value added	809	25	131.00	$131.00	$1,060	+3.50
830–835	833	3	110.00–120.00	$113.32	$944	-7.43
858	858	2	102.00	$102.00	$875	-19.00
1025	1025	2	91.00	$91.00	$933	—
1178 value added	1178	6	116.00	$116.00	$1,366	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
305–345	334	4	130.00–170.00	$156.71	$523	-16.71
362–385	371	17	121.00–160.00	$149.29	$554	-8.53
420–445	438	27	101.00–157.00	$151.25	$662	-0.93
459–497	470	25	115.00–149.50	$144.54	$679	-8.26
538–548	546	38	138.75–139.00	$138.81	$758	+4.80
555–578	566	19	131.00–144.00	$141.10	$799	+5.09
615–648	645	29	124.00–129.25	$127.13	$820	+2.08
661–685	669	5	107.00–122.00	$116.51	$779	-4.04
705–735	720	4	118.00–121.00	$119.53	$861	+1.21
762–785	768	5	114.00–122.00	$119.57	$918	+1.54
812	812	3	95.00	$95.00	$771	-24.34
865	865	1	120.00	$120.00	$1,038	±0.00

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
320	320	1	106.00	$106.00	$339	-36.40
413–447	439	10	113.00–137.00	$132.86	$583	+1.88
535	535	9	130.25	$130.25	$697	+14.15
565	565	1	108.00	$108.00	$610	-1.00
610	610	1	102.00	$102.00	$622	—

Small 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
445	445	2	110.00	$110.00	$490	+10.00
535	535	8	101.00	$101.00	$540	-18.00
625	625	1	100.00	$100.00	$625	-9.26
700	700	2	100.00–109.00	$104.50	$732	+13.50

Medium and Large 2-3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
592	592	4	138.50	$138.50	$820	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
795	795	2	124.00	$124.00	$986	-5.00

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Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
310–343	324	13	100.00–139.50	$117.29	$380	-13.94
355–380	369	38	112.00–134.00	$125.89	$465	-5.54
417–445	440	76	100.00–131.50	$123.34	$543	+2.96
450–494	466	84	115.00–131.75	$127.39	$594	+3.18
527–549	545	145	102.00–128.00	$123.40	$673	+3.54
570–590	581	20	114.00–120.00	$119.48	$694	-2.86
613–645	637	121	100.00–120.00	$114.88	$732	+0.50
655–660	658	2	91.00–96.00	$93.51	$615	-18.01
710–738	734	26	99.00–114.00	$107.47	$789	-0.20
823	823	2	101.00	$101.00	$831	+2.47
851	851	4	111.00	$111.00	$945	+5.07

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
333–335	334	19	115.00–136.00	$127.13	$425	-3.07
355–395	361	64	110.00–132.25	$128.28	$463	-3.02
416–446	440	74	105.00–132.25	$126.87	$558	+0.05
451–494	468	42	93.00–129.50	$124.83	$584	+5.13
531–545	541	84	116.00–126.50	$123.44	$668	+2.68
565–585	576	11	98.00–118.00	$113.88	$656	-0.28
603–646	631	43	96.00–121.50	$116.25	$734	+3.00
650–670	654	10	80.00–115.00	$107.83	$705	+32.83
715–741	736	19	96.00–114.00	$105.22	$774	+0.34
750	750	2	80.00	$80.00	$600	-21.67
815	815	1	51.00	$51.00	$416	—
875	875	8	102.00	$102.00	$892	—

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
356–395	365	32	90.00–121.50	$113.88	$416	-1.91
420–442	440	41	102.00–120.75	$118.30	$521	-0.73
450	450	2	109.00	$109.00	$490	-3.20
510–540	529	17	90.00–108.00	$104.27	$552	-7.34
625–636	634	14	80.00–107.00	$98.28	$623	+2.11

Small 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
355–366	363	4	90.00–101.00	$98.31	$357	-6.69
463	463	11	105.00	$105.00	$486	+2.39
543	543	8	116.00	$116.00	$630	+17.22
605–613	612	6	75.00–96.00	$92.54	$566	-2.46
720–729	726	6	85.00–100.00	$95.04	$690	+7.05
769–770	769	7	88.00–95.00	$94.00	$723	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
582 value added	582	2	122.00	$122.00	$710	—
680 value added	680	9	120.00	$120.00	$816	-5.00
718	718	3	115.00	$115.00	$826	—

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Feeder Bulls

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
317–343	334	27	141.00–169.00	$158.82	$530	-10.54
371–395	382	8	105.00–161.00	$135.84	$519	-19.16
415–434	423	69	131.00–154.75	$148.29	$627	-1.31
455–490	482	71	123.00–149.00	$136.70	$659	-3.10
506–537	523	57	128.00–152.00	$144.76	$757	+12.16
555–598	567	100	116.00–132.00	$126.99	$720	-2.75
600–648	630	64	109.00–134.00	$120.89	$762	-0.01
662–695	668	6	111.00–120.50	$118.85	$794	+1.26
720–749	736	11	114.00–114.50	$114.28	$841	+0.43
844	844	4	71.00	$71.00	$599	-32.00
948	948	2	71.00	$71.00	$673	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
300–348	341	51	100.00–166.00	$154.24	$526	-15.19
350–395	380	13	121.00–158.00	$146.88	$558	-20.26
400–425	419	74	101.00–159.00	$149.74	$627	-0.81
461–497	485	65	115.00–140.00	$133.50	$647	-2.72
520–545	537	3	126.00–127.00	$126.32	$678	+5.30
552–570	558	46	105.00–138.00	$126.52	$706	+1.05
615–624	621	13	113.75–129.00	$119.56	$742	+3.88
652–695	660	11	106.00–122.00	$114.93	$759	-5.07
740	740	1	90.00	$90.00	$666	-14.00
775	775	1	102.00	$102.00	$790	—

Small 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
330	330	1	120.00	$120.00	$396	—
410–417	412	9	94.00–108.00	$104.85	$432	+6.85
493	493	12	100.00	$100.00	$493	-16.23
557–570	558	15	108.50–114.00	$108.87	$607	-0.21
810	810	1	70.00	$70.00	$567	-28.00

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
647	647	14	116.50	$116.50	$754	+6.50
742	742	12	114.50	$114.50	$850	—

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
310	310	1	89.00	$89.00	$276	-64.00
410	410	1	71.00	$71.00	$291	—
464–488	471	7	114.00–129.00	$124.56	$587	+23.56
520	520	1	117.00	$117.00	$608	+10.91
705	705	2	82.00	$82.00	$578	-14.49

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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.