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Virginia Weekly Cattle Auction Summary

Virginia · USDA-reported Auction Livestock

Sale of Monday, November 30, 2020

3,442 head sold ·Official USDA report

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light 5-weight M&L 1 heifers $119.55/cwt -3.85 vs last sale · ≈ $645/hd at 540 lb · 192 head
heavy 4-weight M&L 1 heifers $124.35/cwt -3.04 vs last sale · ≈ $581/hd at 468 lb · 147 head
light 6-weight M&L 1 steers $132.96/cwt +5.88 vs last sale · ≈ $849/hd at 638 lb · 142 head

Receipts

HeadThis saleLast saleLast year
Total receipts 3,442 2,521 2,903
Feeder cattle 3,411 2,521 2,839
Slaughter cattle 31 — 64

Market comments — USDA reporter

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 1162, Heifers 1457, Bulls 792) State Graded Slaughter Cattle (Steers 20, Heifers 11) Value Added cattle are Weaned and Vaccinated Compared to last week: feeder cattle uneven, ranging 3.00 lower to 8.00 higher Report includes sales from: Blackstone, Front Royal, Hollins, Lynchburg, Radiant, 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
335 335 1 164.00 $164.00 $549 +29.00
365–390 382 5 145.00–169.00 $158.81 $607 +1.72
410–445 430 8 137.00–168.00 $158.00 $679 +6.78
458–482 467 53 149.00–168.00 $155.20 $725 +8.08
530 530 4 160.00 $160.00 $848 +21.11
500–548 544 118 118.50–166.00 $141.78 $771 +2.89
554–585 562 33 115.00–159.00 $136.91 $769 -12.64
576 value added 576 6 167.00 $167.00 $962 +13.00
569–596 581 62 162.00–166.00 $164.27 $954 +14.72
619 value added 619 4 150.00 $150.00 $928 —
604–647 627 13 144.00–162.00 $152.00 $953 +24.92
619–648 640 125 112.00–138.00 $130.44 $835 +3.36
656–689 681 76 134.00–148.00 $144.04 $981 +11.60
655–699 682 14 128.00–131.00 $129.87 $886 -2.57
683–688 value added 686 23 141.50–147.00 $144.12 $989 —
700 700 7 136.00 $136.00 $952 —
709–712 value added 710 22 125.00–132.50 $130.11 $924 -1.89
702–743 732 57 111.00–128.00 $122.77 $899 -3.20
756–765 757 7 111.00–135.00 $131.54 $996 +11.53
752–785 762 7 91.00–120.00 $104.40 $796 -15.61
820 820 13 142.00 $142.00 $1,164 +28.68
815–836 831 14 103.00–140.00 $128.16 $1,065 +14.84
875–897 892 34 119.00–138.00 $131.17 $1,170 +29.17
924–941 934 31 120.00–124.50 $123.13 $1,150 —
984 984 5 133.00 $133.00 $1,309 —
1050–1077 1072 13 90.00–130.00 $123.19 $1,321 —
Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb) Avg wt Head Price range Avg $ ≈ $/hdΔ last sale
275 275 1 149.00 $149.00 $410 —
371–395 374 9 150.00–173.00 $170.30 $637 +21.01
423–433 427 7 139.00–159.00 $152.34 $650 +1.09
450–483 460 57 101.00–168.00 $156.32 $719 +11.78
500–545 536 42 135.00–157.00 $137.91 $739 -0.90
545 value added 545 4 128.00 $128.00 $698 —
563–595 573 11 111.00–134.00 $128.08 $734 -13.02
610–641 629 25 110.00–126.00 $121.87 $767 -5.26
655–673 664 9 110.00–118.00 $113.52 $754 -2.99
705–748 737 22 106.00–125.00 $119.09 $878 -0.44
765–775 768 3 100.00–106.00 $103.98 $799 -15.59
815 815 1 115.00 $115.00 $937 +20.00
878 878 2 125.00 $125.00 $1,098 +5.00
Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb) Avg wt Head Price range Avg $ ≈ $/hdΔ last sale
380 380 2 159.00 $159.00 $604 —
459–480 472 23 173.00–177.00 $174.52 $824 —
507–520 value added 514 6 147.00–170.00 $158.35 $814 —
568 value added 568 14 166.00 $166.00 $943 —
568–576 571 25 141.00–167.00 $157.56 $900 —
608 value added 608 8 161.00 $161.00 $979 —
715–746 value added 732 26 124.00–127.00 $125.56 $919 —
742 742 7 116.00 $116.00 $861 —
804–849 829 20 130.00–140.00 $135.63 $1,124 —
Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb) Avg wt Head Price range Avg $ ≈ $/hdΔ last sale
343 343 3 142.00 $142.00 $487 +36.00
390–392 391 3 120.00–149.50 $139.70 $546 —
437–438 438 7 128.00–132.00 $129.71 $568 -3.15
467–495 476 5 129.00–135.00 $133.15 $634 —
528–545 532 9 106.00–120.50 $115.07 $612 -15.18
560–595 583 3 114.00–119.00 $115.60 $674 +7.60
620 620 1 100.00 $100.00 $620 -2.00
650–690 672 7 109.00–112.00 $109.79 $738 —
740 740 2 103.00 $103.00 $762 —
Small 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb) Avg wt Head Price range Avg $ ≈ $/hdΔ last sale
290 290 1 163.00 $163.00 $473 —
325–348 340 3 145.00–150.00 $148.41 $505 —
474–475 474 7 110.00–149.00 $143.42 $680 —
525–535 530 6 108.50–129.00 $116.18 $616 +15.18
658 658 2 122.00 $122.00 $803 —
700–705 703 2 100.00–112.00 $105.98 $745 +1.48
775 775 1 91.00 $91.00 $705 —
N/N/A ($/cwt)
Weight (lb) Avg wt Head Price range Avg $ ≈ $/hdΔ last sale
1150–1265 1198 4 90.00–105.00 $94.96 $1,138 —
1310–1445 1384 4 108.00–113.00 $110.58 $1,530 —
1195–1635 1448 12 107.00–116.50 $111.64 $1,617 —

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Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb) Avg wt Head Price range Avg $ ≈ $/hdΔ last sale
338 338 7 122.00–131.00 $125.86 $425 +8.57
360–380 369 36 124.00–139.00 $133.38 $492 +7.49
430–446 441 54 114.00–135.50 $130.55 $576 +7.21
465 465 21 126.00 $126.00 $586 -1.39
455–495 468 126 114.00–127.00 $124.07 $581 -3.32
511–517 514 18 121.00–128.00 $124.52 $640 +1.12
536 value added 536 15 126.00 $126.00 $675 —
505–549 543 159 110.00–124.00 $118.38 $643 -5.02
553–578 557 88 107.00–120.00 $117.30 $653 -2.18
556–587 565 26 119.00–132.50 $127.66 $721 +8.18
627 627 15 110.00 $110.00 $690 -4.88
615–648 642 83 105.00–115.00 $113.40 $728 -1.48
657 657 12 122.00 $122.00 $802 +28.49
650–688 664 36 103.00–116.50 $109.38 $726 +15.87
688 value added 688 8 105.00 $105.00 $722 —
727–740 736 35 91.00–117.00 $108.57 $799 +1.10
750–776 767 12 101.00–117.00 $111.83 $858 —
854–895 860 7 90.00–102.00 $100.22 $862 -10.78
950–955 953 2 87.00–90.00 $88.50 $843 —
1054 1054 9 103.00 $103.00 $1,086 —
Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb) Avg wt Head Price range Avg $ ≈ $/hdΔ last sale
285 285 1 148.00 $148.00 $422 —
345 345 1 130.00 $130.00 $448 +2.87
356–390 365 64 115.00–139.00 $128.62 $469 +0.34
410–448 446 62 113.00–134.25 $132.51 $591 +5.64
450–484 460 68 113.50–124.00 $117.67 $541 -7.16
500–545 538 80 80.00–122.00 $119.09 $641 -4.35
553–590 558 41 96.00–121.50 $117.20 $654 +3.32
625–647 639 47 94.00–117.00 $109.59 $700 -6.66
655 655 13 110.00–119.00 $118.31 $775 +10.48
700–748 730 18 91.00–114.00 $100.87 $736 -4.35
756 value added 756 6 109.00 $109.00 $824 —
805–825 818 3 76.00–89.00 $84.74 $693 +33.74
995 995 2 76.00 $76.00 $756 —
Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb) Avg wt Head Price range Avg $ ≈ $/hdΔ last sale
285 285 1 109.00 $109.00 $311 —
315–339 334 5 76.00–123.00 $114.14 $381 —
357–366 359 25 121.00–123.00 $122.51 $440 +8.63
410–447 443 43 90.00–123.25 $118.19 $524 -0.11
457–485 470 8 108.00–113.00 $110.59 $520 +1.59
510–545 537 20 61.00–109.50 $104.61 $562 +0.34
557–563 558 13 99.00–101.50 $101.11 $564 —
600–645 632 19 91.00–106.00 $98.80 $624 +0.52
663 663 4 103.00 $103.00 $683 —
725 725 2 90.00 $90.00 $652 —
Small 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb) Avg wt Head Price range Avg $ ≈ $/hdΔ last sale
365–374 370 8 105.00–121.00 $113.10 $418 +14.79
435–443 436 14 91.00–121.50 $117.07 $510 —
455–485 478 5 90.00–107.50 $103.07 $493 -1.93
542 542 13 111.00 $111.00 $602 -5.00
550–587 578 4 87.00–105.00 $100.72 $582 —
607–610 608 3 89.00–96.00 $93.66 $569 +1.12
653–655 654 4 81.00–90.00 $85.51 $559 —
700–715 708 2 71.00–81.00 $76.05 $538 -18.99
795 795 1 87.00 $87.00 $692 -7.00
855 855 1 80.00 $80.00 $684 —
Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb) Avg wt Head Price range Avg $ ≈ $/hdΔ last sale
343 343 2 145.00 $145.00 $497 —
423 423 6 131.00 $131.00 $554 —
477–490 485 21 120.00–121.00 $120.63 $585 —
528–543 536 4 114.00–115.00 $114.51 $614 —
551 551 8 121.00 $121.00 $667 —
880 880 8 129.00 $129.00 $1,135 —
N/N/A ($/cwt)
Weight (lb) Avg wt Head Price range Avg $ ≈ $/hdΔ last sale
1215–1320 1264 4 107.00–111.00 $109.22 $1,381 —
1285–1415 1350 2 87.00–96.00 $91.28 $1,232 —
1275–1585 1431 5 110.00–117.00 $113.04 $1,618 —
Medium and Large 4 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb) Avg wt Head Price range Avg $ ≈ $/hdΔ last sale
755 755 1 20.00 $20.00 $151 —

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Feeder Bulls

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb) Avg wt Head Price range Avg $ ≈ $/hdΔ last sale
333–347 339 16 140.00–178.00 $159.52 $541 +0.70
357–372 370 22 144.00–159.50 $157.46 $583 +21.62
416–445 429 53 140.00–156.50 $153.41 $658 +5.12
458–498 486 78 127.50–150.00 $138.38 $673 +1.68
515–540 523 6 116.00–126.00 $122.55 $641 -22.21
551–598 560 95 87.00–143.00 $127.35 $713 +0.36
605–646 630 83 116.50–128.50 $125.70 $792 +4.81
650–690 659 27 105.00–122.00 $117.22 $772 -1.63
705–743 739 15 83.00–108.00 $106.21 $785 -8.07
775–790 782 3 99.00–101.00 $100.00 $782 —
813–825 816 4 103.00–105.00 $103.51 $845 +32.51
993 993 2 83.00 $83.00 $824 —
Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb) Avg wt Head Price range Avg $ ≈ $/hdΔ last sale
300–347 342 27 148.00–179.50 $165.93 $567 +11.69
371–393 381 11 119.00–159.00 $152.69 $582 +5.81
403–430 413 65 90.00–158.75 $151.22 $625 +1.48
455–498 486 66 94.00–144.00 $133.37 $648 -0.13
510–545 526 4 101.00–124.00 $117.14 $616 -9.18
552–585 562 64 110.00–130.50 $121.52 $683 -5.00
631–645 636 15 114.00–116.50 $115.59 $735 -3.97
654–690 673 20 110.00–116.00 $112.16 $755 -2.77
710–745 728 2 85.00–99.00 $92.17 $671 +2.17
753 753 5 91.00 $91.00 $685 -11.00
830 830 1 79.00 $79.00 $656 —
860–885 877 3 85.00–97.00 $93.08 $816 —
905 905 1 81.00 $81.00 $733 —
Small 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb) Avg wt Head Price range Avg $ ≈ $/hdΔ last sale
348 348 2 110.00 $110.00 $383 -10.00
416–420 417 5 119.00–121.00 $119.40 $498 +14.55
455–488 483 7 90.00–112.00 $108.44 $524 +8.44
500–520 510 2 82.00–105.00 $93.27 $476 —
560–570 561 8 92.00–116.50 $113.39 $636 +4.52
633 633 3 87.00 $87.00 $551 —
760 760 1 94.00 $94.00 $714 —
Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb) Avg wt Head Price range Avg $ ≈ $/hdΔ last sale
360 360 1 140.00 $140.00 $504 —
453 453 5 115.00 $115.00 $521 -9.56
525–547 538 5 101.00–103.00 $102.22 $550 -14.78
560–590 575 2 83.00–94.00 $88.64 $510 —
635 635 1 102.00 $102.00 $648 —
Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb) Avg wt Head Price range Avg $ ≈ $/hdΔ last sale
387 387 5 155.00 $155.00 $600 —

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Dairy Steers

Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb) Avg wt Head Price range Avg $ ≈ $/hdΔ last sale
435 435 1 85.00 $85.00 $370 —

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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.