Virginia Weekly Cattle Auction Summary

Virginia · USDA-reported Auction Livestock

Sale of Monday, January 25, 2021

1,703 head sold ·Official USDA report

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light 4-weight M&L 2 heifers $128.28/cwt +3.16 vs last sale · ≈ $573/hd at 447 lb · 105 head

heavy 5-weight M&L 1 bulls $132.67/cwt +6.95 vs last sale · ≈ $740/hd at 558 lb · 66 head

heavy 4-weight M&L 2 bulls $139.48/cwt +8.87 vs last sale · ≈ $672/hd at 482 lb · 62 head

Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Total receipts	1,703	2,943	2,428
Feeder cattle	1,703	2,839	2,428
Slaughter cattle	—	104	—

Market comments — USDA reporter

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 502, Heifers 701, Bulls 500) Value Added and Natural Cattle are Weaned and Vaccinated. Compared to last week: Feeder Cattle mostly 2.00 to 6.00 higher. Report includes sales from: Blackstone, Hollins, Lynchburg, Radiant 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
330–334	333	12	166.00–170.50	$169.76	$565	-3.24
375–395	390	4	144.00–153.00	$150.72	$588	-11.37
413–449	447	33	144.00–162.00	$160.99	$720	—
464–486	476	15	155.00–164.50	$158.09	$753	-1.04
533–549	548	48	144.25–148.00	$144.40	$791	+2.59
559–565	561	28	140.00–148.00	$147.28	$826	+6.24
620–642	641	45	111.00–128.75	$127.86	$820	+1.24
661	661	11	135.50	$135.50	$896	+5.46
650–695	674	47	120.00–134.75	$130.59	$880	-0.41
730–744	734	22	121.00–125.50	$124.10	$911	+5.37
747	747	3	122.00	$122.00	$911	+3.27
751–763	753	15	116.00–123.25	$122.27	$921	+3.11
782 value added	782	21	124.50	$124.50	$974	—
810–823	820	5	107.00–114.00	$111.22	$912	+0.41
836	836	15	117.00	$117.00	$978	+6.19
893 value added	893	3	114.00	$114.00	$1,018	—
928	928	2	106.00	$106.00	$984	+1.54
1133	1133	2	76.00	$76.00	$861	—
1268	1268	2	76.00	$76.00	$964	+19.00

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
355–388	369	14	154.00–168.50	$161.41	$596	-2.42
428	428	3	156.00	$156.00	$668	+4.89
450–490	454	24	140.00–161.50	$156.87	$712	+0.68
503–539	527	6	130.00–132.00	$130.64	$688	-9.93
557–558	557	24	120.00–140.00	$138.33	$770	-1.05
621–638	628	10	123.00–129.00	$126.56	$795	+5.56
651	651	13	126.00	$126.00	$820	+3.00
730	730	5	121.00	$121.00	$883	+9.71
750–754	753	5	110.00–115.00	$114.00	$858	+1.00
800	800	1	111.00	$111.00	$888	+0.76
870	870	1	105.00	$105.00	$914	—
990	990	3	100.00	$100.00	$990	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
433	433	8	162.00	$162.00	$701	—
765 value added	765	12	126.50	$126.50	$968	+16.50

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
360–375	369	5	120.00–146.00	$135.85	$501	+5.85
443	443	4	128.00	$128.00	$567	-15.08
485	485	1	120.00	$120.00	$582	+1.24
550	550	2	119.00	$119.00	$654	-7.00
631	631	3	114.00	$114.00	$719	—
707	707	2	102.50	$102.50	$725	-14.50
750	750	1	110.00	$110.00	$825	—
815	815	1	70.00	$70.00	$570	—

Small 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
442	442	5	119.50	$119.50	$528	+11.50
525	525	1	108.00	$108.00	$567	+0.43
556–570	559	5	108.50–113.00	$109.42	$612	+4.82
658–665	659	5	98.50–111.00	$101.02	$666	-0.10
925	925	1	102.00	$102.00	$944	—

Medium and Large 4 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
440	440	1	109.00	$109.00	$480	—

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Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
305–348	328	4	123.00–138.00	$133.99	$439	-4.01
365–398	376	23	121.00–137.00	$132.82	$499	-0.39
426–449	447	51	121.00–128.75	$128.10	$573	+1.50
450–491	462	30	113.00–128.50	$125.51	$580	-0.97
521–545	540	41	112.00–121.00	$119.15	$643	+3.73
551–565	554	59	115.00–119.00	$115.76	$641	+0.49
638–648	643	62	103.00–113.50	$112.29	$722	+1.53
655–668	664	3	105.00–110.00	$108.36	$720	+1.09
665 value added	665	3	119.00	$119.00	$791	—
718–749	735	18	105.00–108.00	$106.32	$781	+6.70
850	850	3	94.00–99.00	$97.33	$827	—
1096	1096	4	93.00	$93.00	$1,019	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
315	315	8	127.00–143.00	$137.00	$432	+1.00
361–395	366	36	114.00–139.50	$136.20	$498	+2.77
429–449	447	105	113.00–130.00	$128.28	$573	+3.16
460–493	475	9	90.00–121.50	$114.89	$546	-12.14
515–537	535	59	109.00–120.50	$119.37	$639	+4.80
551–570	557	6	77.00–118.00	$109.99	$613	-3.26
625–639	638	29	105.00–114.50	$112.85	$720	+2.68
657	657	2	109.50	$109.50	$719	+4.22
733	733	4	105.50	$105.50	$773	+1.50
750	750	1	92.00	$92.00	$690	-1.14
850	850	1	85.00	$85.00	$722	—

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
340–348	346	9	105.00–118.00	$115.26	$399	+2.46
358–369	361	16	118.00–125.50	$123.11	$444	-4.77
423–440	436	18	108.00–117.00	$115.06	$502	-0.20
458–480	459	18	109.00–118.50	$117.95	$541	+5.30
525–548	544	16	101.00–112.00	$108.73	$591	+0.84
646	646	10	109.50	$109.50	$707	+20.34
715	715	1	90.00	$90.00	$644	-4.00
760–762	761	3	81.00–98.50	$92.68	$705	+13.18

Small 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
370	370	5	100.50	$100.50	$372	+4.45
410	410	1	99.00	$99.00	$406	+0.83
453	453	14	114.00	$114.00	$516	+18.25
520–540	536	10	94.00–99.00	$96.90	$519	+0.83
595	595	1	90.00	$90.00	$536	-4.00
628–637	635	10	88.00–99.00	$96.82	$615	+5.82
665	665	1	95.00	$95.00	$632	+11.16
700	700	1	91.00	$91.00	$637	+17.00
755	755	1	98.00	$98.00	$740	+8.00

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
293	293	2	144.00	$144.00	$422	—
573	573	2	101.00	$101.00	$579	—

Medium and Large 4 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
475	475	1	104.00	$104.00	$494	—

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Feeder Bulls

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
305–335	320	2	137.00–171.00	$154.80	$495	-15.49
355–371	360	15	157.50–167.00	$163.56	$589	-2.75
416–441	422	47	135.00–160.00	$157.34	$664	+4.75
472–491	487	49	146.00–154.00	$147.58	$719	+13.22
500–520	514	9	119.00–134.00	$128.74	$662	-6.91
552–566	558	66	115.00–138.50	$132.67	$740	+6.95
626–643	634	32	120.00–125.00	$122.38	$776	+3.13
656–670	658	10	84.00–128.00	$116.54	$767	+0.72
705–740	728	3	110.00–120.00	$113.23	$824	+8.01
760	760	8	111.00–113.00	$112.00	$851	+7.85
835	835	1	97.00	$97.00	$810	-2.76

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
330–348	345	31	169.50–177.00	$170.89	$590	+0.72
350–390	371	9	135.00–161.50	$144.34	$536	-8.53
405–437	419	58	127.00–157.50	$154.48	$647	+2.12
455–495	482	62	121.00–143.00	$139.48	$672	+8.87
505–525	515	2	87.00–101.00	$94.14	$485	-35.55
550–585	559	31	118.00–134.00	$129.41	$723	+6.93
600–610	606	4	118.00–129.00	$123.78	$750	+9.46
654	654	7	123.00	$123.00	$804	+12.20

Small 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
359	359	5	115.50	$115.50	$415	+5.50
405–430	427	8	120.50–132.00	$121.86	$520	-1.31
485	485	7	115.00	$115.00	$558	+7.38
575	575	3	104.50	$104.50	$601	+1.50
700	700	1	107.00	$107.00	$749	+5.50

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
295	295	1	119.00	$119.00	$351	—
410–433	429	6	130.00–131.00	$130.16	$558	+1.66
466	466	4	125.00	$125.00	$582	—
510–543	532	3	101.00–112.00	$108.48	$577	+6.66
705	705	1	97.00	$97.00	$684	+8.00

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
468	468	6	136.00	$136.00	$636	—

Medium and Large 4 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
415	415	2	116.00	$116.00	$481	—

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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.