Virginia Weekly Cattle Auction Summary

Virginia · USDA-reported Auction Livestock

Sale of Monday, January 18, 2021

2,943 head sold ·Official USDA report

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light 5-weight M&L 1 heifers $115.42/cwt +2.74 vs last sale · ≈ $630/hd at 546 lb · 132 head

heavy 4-weight M&L 1 heifers $126.48/cwt +2.36 vs last sale · ≈ $579/hd at 458 lb · 118 head

light 4-weight M&L 2 heifers $125.12/cwt +0.09 vs last sale · ≈ $553/hd at 442 lb · 108 head

Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Total receipts	2,943	4,948	2,210
Feeder cattle	2,839	4,948	2,161
Slaughter cattle	104	—	49

Market comments — USDA reporter

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 783, Heifers 1170, Bulls 886) State Graded Slaughter Cattle (Steers 75, Heifers 29) Value Added Cattle are Weaned and Vaccinated Compared to last week: Feeder Cattle mostly 2.00 to 15.00 lower Report includes sales from: Blackstone, Front Royal, Hollins, Lynchburg, Radiant, Springlake, Staunton 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
315	315	1	173.00	$173.00	$545	+9.60
350–377	369	14	156.00–168.00	$162.09	$598	+6.19
450–483	462	72	133.00–164.50	$159.13	$735	+4.29
515–548	543	87	137.00–146.00	$141.81	$770	+3.34
550–593	563	41	126.00–149.00	$141.04	$794	-2.98
624–645	634	106	116.50–133.00	$126.62	$803	+0.39
651–690	652	41	124.00–131.00	$130.04	$848	-12.21
686	686	24	131.00	$131.00	$899	+0.93
714–748	735	50	110.00–126.00	$118.73	$873	-0.42
759–773	765	29	118.00–120.00	$119.16	$912	-0.57
826–834	830	13	103.00–120.00	$110.81	$920	-5.96
918–945	939	14	76.00–112.00	$104.46	$981	-10.54
1285	1285	1	57.00	$57.00	$732	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
352–390	362	17	139.00–171.75	$163.83	$593	+6.47
423–445	430	6	138.00–158.00	$151.11	$650	-1.94
450–495	454	42	116.00–159.75	$156.19	$709	-0.91
510–536	530	8	123.00–143.00	$140.57	$745	-1.14
552–577	555	38	137.00–140.00	$139.38	$774	+1.71
633–638	636	30	118.50–126.00	$121.00	$770	-2.42
664	664	11	123.00	$123.00	$817	-6.50
700–743	722	13	76.00–121.00	$111.29	$804	-10.71
755	755	4	113.00	$113.00	$853	+4.17
810–835	815	5	108.50–117.00	$110.24	$898	—
1018	1018	2	85.00	$85.00	$865	—

N/N/A ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1180	1180	1	80.00	$80.00	$944	—
1320–1830	1542	64	100.00–115.50	$108.32	$1,670	—
1390–1740	1593	10	112.00–118.75	$115.55	$1,841	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
468	468	2	160.00	$160.00	$749	+11.00
555	555	10	145.00	$145.00	$805	+1.00
684 value added	684	5	123.00	$123.00	$841	-7.16
756 value added	756	10	110.00	$110.00	$832	-13.41

Small 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
420	420	1	108.00	$108.00	$454	-14.49
455	455	1	123.00	$123.00	$560	—
538–545	540	5	92.00–124.00	$107.57	$581	-0.43
570	570	5	104.50–105.00	$104.60	$596	-13.86
642	642	7	100.00	$100.00	$642	-8.05
665–685	675	2	93.00–109.00	$101.12	$683	+0.54
720–726	725	4	105.00–120.00	$108.73	$788	+18.02

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
345	345	1	135.00	$135.00	$466	-24.00
357	357	2	130.00	$130.00	$464	+5.64
415–446	443	12	143.00–144.00	$143.08	$634	+0.23
470–485	478	2	104.00–134.00	$118.76	$568	-22.24
573	573	3	126.00	$126.00	$722	+17.88
715	715	2	117.00	$117.00	$837	—
795	795	1	97.00	$97.00	$771	+3.00

Medium and Large 2-3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
547 value added	547	3	121.00	$121.00	$662	—
641 value added	641	9	119.00	$119.00	$763	—

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Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
285	285	1	118.00	$118.00	$336	—
333	333	11	138.00	$138.00	$460	+1.55
355–390	367	46	120.00–138.00	$133.21	$489	-2.41
425–445	444	29	117.00–127.00	$126.60	$562	+6.36
454–480	458	118	115.00–130.00	$126.48	$579	+2.36
525–547	546	132	107.00–120.00	$115.42	$630	+2.74
550–558	555	86	101.00–118.00	$115.27	$640	-2.49
560	560	8	122.50	$122.50	$686	+4.74
600–648	639	24	80.00–114.00	$110.76	$708	+1.16
650–685	654	85	99.00–112.00	$107.27	$702	-6.81
720–736	729	32	93.00–109.00	$99.62	$726	-4.65
761–785	766	9	91.00–103.00	$92.37	$708	-4.63
988–990	989	4	89.00–93.00	$92.00	$910	-4.67

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
125	125	1	71.00	$71.00	$89	—
319	319	5	136.00	$136.00	$434	+10.79
352–395	361	42	90.00–140.00	$133.43	$482	-0.13
415–448	442	108	87.00–129.00	$125.12	$553	+0.09
450–470	451	37	101.00–128.50	$127.03	$573	+4.70
500–548	538	66	65.00–117.50	$114.57	$616	+0.10
555–570	561	11	105.00–115.00	$113.25	$635	-0.65
627–645	637	52	107.00–117.00	$110.17	$702	+3.13
656–685	667	18	93.50–110.00	$105.28	$702	-5.07
686 value added	686	4	106.00	$106.00	$727	—
738	738	2	104.00	$104.00	$768	+1.43
752–765	754	7	91.00–93.50	$93.14	$702	—
835–840	839	9	94.00–101.00	$100.23	$841	+11.23
905	905	1	75.00	$75.00	$679	-8.00

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
330–346	341	5	110.00–115.00	$112.80	$385	-9.57
355–395	364	18	109.00–131.75	$127.88	$465	+4.53
417–449	442	33	61.00–120.50	$115.26	$509	-1.24
460–470	465	8	86.00–122.00	$112.65	$524	-6.51
510–545	528	26	81.00–113.50	$107.89	$570	-0.62
615–645	638	9	80.00–101.00	$89.16	$569	+1.62
730	730	1	94.00	$94.00	$686	+13.00
750	750	2	75.00–84.00	$79.50	$596	-10.71

Small 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
353–375	357	6	95.00–101.00	$96.05	$343	-6.81
405–425	415	2	91.00–105.00	$98.17	$407	-5.38
458–460	459	12	95.00–98.00	$95.75	$439	-6.51
540–545	545	14	93.00–98.00	$96.07	$524	-0.89
564	564	4	94.00	$94.00	$530	-1.67
605	605	1	91.00	$91.00	$551	—
656–665	658	16	81.00–84.50	$83.84	$552	—
735	735	3	74.00	$74.00	$544	+3.00
790	790	1	90.00	$90.00	$711	+5.38

N/N/A ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1235–1605	1374	16	108.00–120.25	$113.62	$1,561	—
1270–1560	1401	13	104.00–114.00	$110.66	$1,550	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
488	488	10	121.00	$121.00	$590	—
648	648	14	124.00	$124.00	$804	-4.00

Medium and Large 4 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
240	240	1	61.00	$61.00	$146	—
343	343	2	91.00	$91.00	$312	—

Small 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
355	355	2	69.00	$69.00	$245	—

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Feeder Bulls

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
326–341	333	13	169.50–171.00	$170.29	$567	+7.66
350–380	353	23	137.00–170.00	$166.31	$587	-0.55
415–441	422	80	127.00–159.75	$152.59	$644	-8.20
452–491	483	71	125.00–152.00	$134.36	$649	-4.40
500–548	528	95	117.00–142.39	$135.65	$716	-1.13
552–573	565	101	113.00–142.00	$125.72	$710	+0.69
629–645	637	65	96.00–121.68	$119.25	$760	+3.27
650–683	664	27	111.00–118.00	$115.82	$769	+0.75
710–740	730	3	89.00–113.00	$105.22	$768	-0.27
752–790	757	7	104.00–105.00	$104.15	$788	+10.64
815–841	839	11	87.00–101.00	$99.76	$837	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
310–340	338	38	150.00–171.50	$170.17	$575	-5.21
353–377	368	6	150.00–161.00	$152.87	$563	+23.81
409–438	418	97	109.00–159.50	$152.36	$637	-4.35
485–495	490	43	129.75–142.00	$130.61	$640	-6.23
503–545	523	25	100.00–135.00	$129.69	$678	-1.44
550–595	557	30	107.00–128.50	$122.48	$682	-2.38
627–641	632	21	113.00–115.00	$114.32	$723	-0.79
652–655	653	10	102.00–115.00	$110.80	$724	+6.34
725	725	3	113.00	$113.00	$819	—
750–795	773	2	85.00–111.00	$97.62	$755	+1.06
848	848	2	97.00	$97.00	$823	—

Small 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
360–362	361	3	108.00–111.00	$110.00	$397	+14.05
413–447	431	13	109.00–142.00	$123.17	$531	+0.91
470–475	471	8	105.00–108.00	$107.62	$507	-17.82
556	556	8	103.00	$103.00	$573	-6.42
600–608	606	4	94.00–97.50	$96.63	$586	-0.52
675	675	1	99.00	$99.00	$668	+39.00
730	730	2	101.00–102.00	$101.50	$741	—
760	760	1	79.00	$79.00	$600	—

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
330	330	1	127.00	$127.00	$419	-12.00
370	370	2	139.00	$139.00	$514	-8.00
445	445	7	128.50	$128.50	$572	+2.13
520–548	539	3	93.00–106.00	$101.82	$549	-15.75
585	585	1	91.00	$91.00	$532	-23.00
720	720	1	89.00	$89.00	$641	—
895	895	1	65.00	$65.00	$582	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
636	636	5	118.00	$118.00	$750	+1.00

Medium and Large 4 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
565	565	1	64.00	$64.00	$362	-19.00

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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.