Virginia Weekly Cattle Auction Summary

Virginia · USDA-reported Auction Livestock

Sale of Monday, March 29, 2021

3,062 head sold ·Official USDA report

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heavy 4-weight M&L 1 heifers $136.86/cwt +1.22 vs last sale · ≈ $628/hd at 459 lb · 152 head

light 4-weight M&L 2 heifers $139.09/cwt +5.71 vs last sale · ≈ $619/hd at 445 lb · 140 head

heavy 6-weight M&L 1 heifers $123.24/cwt +4.97 vs last sale · ≈ $807/hd at 655 lb · 110 head

Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Total receipts	3,062	3,379	2,481
Feeder cattle	2,995	3,379	2,481
Slaughter cattle	67	—	0

Market comments — USDA reporter

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 956, Heifers 1414, Bulls 625) State Graded Slaughter Cattle (Steers 45, Heifers 22) Value Added Cattle are Weaned and Vaccinated. Compared to last week: Feeder cattle uneven, mostly 1.00 lower to 3.00 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 $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
325–340	338	9	174.00–178.00	$177.57	$600	—
350–385	372	20	124.00–179.00	$158.04	$588	-13.78
405–449	437	31	144.00–171.00	$163.35	$714	-3.31
453	453	6	160.00	$160.00	$725	-6.73
460–485	469	61	137.00–173.00	$160.65	$753	-6.08
530–546	544	83	142.00–163.00	$161.19	$877	-1.71
553–591	558	90	133.50–165.00	$160.02	$893	+3.44
550–596	583	11	156.00–160.00	$157.03	$915	-4.97
615–644	634	77	135.00–151.00	$143.86	$912	-0.59
652–672	658	19	131.00–142.00	$139.10	$915	-6.48
680	680	4	145.00	$145.00	$986	-0.58
732	732	6	141.00	$141.00	$1,032	+11.54
733 value added	733	6	135.00	$135.00	$990	—
705–748	737	45	124.00–147.00	$134.43	$991	+4.97
772–780 value added	777	7	130.00–131.00	$130.57	$1,015	-6.43
790	790	1	114.00	$114.00	$901	-26.00
821–846 value added	837	26	120.00–129.75	$126.44	$1,058	+6.44
850	850	21	126.00	$126.00	$1,071	—
863	863	16	112.00–124.00	$120.25	$1,038	—
897 value added	897	5	119.50	$119.50	$1,072	—
913–918	915	15	110.00–118.50	$115.66	$1,058	+24.66
955 value added	955	2	109.00	$109.00	$1,041	—
970–985	980	3	96.00–108.00	$101.63	$996	-8.87
1100–1132	1119	5	100.00	$100.00	$1,119	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
335	335	2	175.00	$175.00	$586	+7.46
360–390	375	22	150.00–181.00	$167.89	$630	-7.60
419–445	424	14	137.00–165.00	$156.70	$664	-3.89
450–485	457	46	123.00–160.00	$158.20	$723	+9.64
500 value added	500	3	155.00	$155.00	$775	—
505–547	538	68	130.00–163.00	$156.13	$840	-6.47
560	560	3	140.00	$140.00	$784	-11.52
581 value added	581	7	159.00	$159.00	$924	—
610–641	633	35	124.00–145.25	$142.31	$901	+1.23
659–670	661	5	116.00–135.00	$131.15	$867	-2.51
715–720	716	4	122.00–134.00	$130.98	$938	+4.71
755	755	6	120.00	$120.00	$906	—
815–835	825	4	95.00–124.00	$109.32	$902	+4.32
850–890	870	2	104.00–108.00	$105.95	$922	-9.05
901 value added	901	5	117.50	$117.50	$1,059	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
539	539	17	149.00	$149.00	$803	+24.00
569	569	15	151.00	$151.00	$859	-10.00
652 value added	652	5	145.00	$145.00	$945	-9.00
702	702	27	151.50	$151.50	$1,064	+12.50
729 value added	729	7	120.00	$120.00	$875	-16.36
757 value added	757	3	128.00	$128.00	$969	—
870	870	3	118.00	$118.00	$1,027	—

N/N/A ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1155–1430	1286	20	100.00–111.00	$103.00	$1,325	—
1275–1810	1435	11	118.00–138.00	$126.43	$1,814	—
1375–1890	1590	14	124.00–134.50	$127.41	$2,026	—

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
285	285	1	129.00	$129.00	$368	—
341	341	6	171.00	$171.00	$583	—
363–390	375	4	139.00–158.00	$146.29	$549	-22.71
415–425	420	2	137.00–153.00	$144.90	$609	-0.10
452–481	463	12	142.00–156.00	$153.68	$712	+1.98
510–531	526	8	131.00–145.00	$141.08	$742	+0.43
563	563	2	121.00	$121.00	$681	-20.00
657–680	662	5	132.00–135.00	$134.38	$890	—
750	750	1	117.00	$117.00	$878	+4.50
840	840	1	112.00	$112.00	$941	—

Small 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
305–310	308	2	130.00–155.00	$142.40	$439	-7.60
375	375	1	81.00	$81.00	$304	-75.89
456	456	3	138.00	$138.00	$629	-12.00
505	505	3	127.00	$127.00	$641	+3.00
558	558	2	121.00	$121.00	$675	-6.30
643	643	6	114.00	$114.00	$733	+9.63
740	740	2	112.00	$112.00	$829	+17.33
752	752	4	108.00	$108.00	$812	+41.00

Medium and Large 2-3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
460	460	6	146.00	$146.00	$672	—
625	625	3	131.00	$131.00	$819	—

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Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
327	327	3	140.00	$140.00	$458	-3.01
358–390	371	36	112.00–147.00	$135.68	$503	-1.10
405–439	435	23	128.00–135.00	$132.74	$577	+1.32
453–488	459	152	120.00–139.25	$136.86	$628	+1.22
533 value added	533	4	139.00	$139.00	$741	+4.00
500–545	544	52	126.00–131.75	$131.28	$714	+2.23
550–595	563	92	105.00–134.75	$130.57	$735	+4.84
613–636 value added	628	9	115.00–124.00	$117.93	$741	-5.51
608–646	634	45	106.00–127.00	$119.68	$759	+1.69
652–658	653	76	116.00–128.00	$122.22	$798	+5.40
656–667 value added	658	34	120.00–126.50	$125.53	$826	+3.53
716–748	728	26	101.00–123.00	$111.37	$811	+1.15
734 value added	734	8	112.00	$112.00	$822	—
750–790	755	32	92.00–112.00	$107.90	$815	+6.54
761–793 value added	763	27	101.00–113.50	$112.54	$859	-0.61
841	841	6	117.00	$117.00	$984	-3.98
850	850	1	95.00	$95.00	$808	—
938	938	6	106.00	$106.00	$994	+11.00

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
288	288	2	129.00	$129.00	$372	—
325–343	337	21	105.00–148.00	$142.33	$480	+5.16
351–372	362	54	129.00–153.00	$138.69	$502	-2.73
439–448	445	140	137.25–140.00	$139.09	$619	+5.37
452–492	467	29	106.00–135.00	$126.36	$590	-10.82
530–549	542	108	120.00–139.50	$134.73	$730	+4.49
550–589	562	16	119.00–126.00	$124.19	$698	+2.79
623–644	638	64	100.00–128.00	$119.71	$764	+0.69
660–690	673	4	65.00–113.00	$94.24	$634	-22.94
705–741	736	17	75.00–119.00	$104.89	$772	-1.42
775	775	2	95.00	$95.00	$736	+6.00
810	810	1	95.00	$95.00	$770	-5.00
855	855	3	100.00	$100.00	$855	+5.00

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
337	337	6	128.00	$128.00	$431	—
350–367	362	33	119.00–138.50	$135.91	$492	+3.77
435–448	445	56	127.00–133.00	$130.64	$581	+2.38
461–490	466	8	126.00–133.00	$128.40	$598	+8.98
528–542	539	32	110.00–129.00	$126.58	$682	+8.19
551–572	558	14	118.00–129.00	$124.33	$694	+13.12
635–641	641	15	77.00–114.50	$111.39	$714	+10.53
665–695	680	2	85.00–116.00	$100.84	$686	-4.89
725–730	728	3	109.00	$109.00	$794	—
790	790	1	107.00	$107.00	$845	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
449	449	5	132.00	$132.00	$593	—
462	462	17	125.00	$125.00	$578	—
540 value added	540	4	137.00	$137.00	$740	—
598 value added	598	6	137.00	$137.00	$819	+4.00
608	608	19	130.00	$130.00	$790	+5.00
759	759	9	109.50	$109.50	$831	—
1063	1063	2	74.00	$74.00	$787	—

Small 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
360–374	370	7	125.00–142.00	$137.27	$508	+17.93
410–428	424	4	111.00	$111.00	$471	-7.00
450–453	452	8	108.00–130.00	$124.53	$563	+3.49
530–540	534	5	102.00–121.00	$113.31	$605	-4.08
555	555	15	116.00	$116.00	$644	+8.00
620–633	632	9	80.00–110.00	$106.73	$675	+5.73
702 value added	702	3	90.00	$90.00	$632	—
740	740	6	103.00	$103.00	$762	+20.00

N/N/A ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1055–1210	1134	4	83.00–99.00	$88.07	$999	—
1140–1615	1289	11	109.00–136.50	$124.96	$1,611	—
1265–1520	1391	7	120.00–130.00	$126.08	$1,754	—

Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
600	600	1	111.00	$111.00	$666	—

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Feeder Bulls

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
305–347	343	11	161.00–162.00	$161.92	$555	-4.48
352–390	366	15	121.00–164.00	$152.14	$557	-17.98
405–438	426	52	136.00–161.00	$155.09	$661	-4.58
455–493	484	69	121.00–154.00	$146.73	$710	-0.02
503–532	516	13	129.00–147.00	$138.43	$714	-1.45
550–582	565	62	124.00–142.00	$136.03	$769	+3.05
600–645	636	32	112.00–133.00	$130.90	$833	+3.05
650–685	669	7	114.00–130.00	$126.35	$845	-0.21
745–749	748	8	105.00–112.00	$110.38	$826	+0.70
790	790	1	105.00	$105.00	$830	—
875	875	3	94.00	$94.00	$822	-1.00

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
270	270	1	111.00	$111.00	$300	-61.50
310–340	338	14	110.00–180.00	$168.96	$571	-6.59
350–370	355	37	130.00–169.50	$162.73	$578	-0.77
408–445	415	66	138.00–168.25	$162.44	$674	+0.90
465–493	485	54	129.00–158.00	$145.39	$705	-2.52
503–545	523	12	113.00–155.00	$135.03	$706	+2.90
562–584	570	38	129.00–140.00	$138.16	$788	+2.44
605–630	623	12	120.00–135.00	$131.28	$818	+6.41
650–665	652	18	127.00–135.00	$130.46	$851	+0.46
715–720	719	4	105.00–112.00	$106.74	$767	-1.35
750	750	1	82.00	$82.00	$615	—

Small 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
315–340	328	2	77.00–127.00	$102.95	$338	—
353–385	365	9	125.00–152.00	$137.76	$503	—
416–440	421	11	90.00–155.00	$139.29	$586	-8.98
470–495	483	9	131.00–136.50	$134.76	$651	+0.26
535	535	1	128.00	$128.00	$685	+3.00
550–590	561	15	117.00–135.50	$131.68	$739	+2.93
610–628	620	4	61.00–118.00	$102.99	$639	—

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
275	275	1	139.00	$139.00	$382	—
335–345	340	2	115.00–137.00	$126.16	$429	-21.09
355–370	363	2	122.00–138.00	$130.17	$473	+30.17
405–445	432	3	144.00–151.00	$148.81	$643	—
470	470	1	140.00	$140.00	$658	-7.83
510–538	531	4	124.00–130.00	$125.44	$666	-1.02
568	568	2	131.00	$131.00	$744	+8.00
630	630	1	120.00	$120.00	$756	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
627	627	3	134.00	$134.00	$840	—

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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.