Virginia Weekly Cattle Auction Summary

Virginia · USDA-reported Auction Livestock

Sale of Monday, April 26, 2021

4,140 head sold ·Official USDA report

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light 5-weight M&L 1 steers $154.35/cwt -5.22 vs last sale · ≈ $840/hd at 544 lb · 216 head

light 5-weight M&L 1 heifers $127.98/cwt -8.36 vs last sale · ≈ $693/hd at 541 lb · 176 head

heavy 4-weight M&L 1 heifers $133.88/cwt -2.57 vs last sale · ≈ $631/hd at 471 lb · 175 head

Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Total receipts	4,140	5,182	3,807
Feeder cattle	4,140	5,131	3,807
Slaughter cattle	—	51	—

Market comments — USDA reporter

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 1441, Heifers 1759, Bulls 940) Value Added Cattle are Weaned and Vaccinated. Compared to last week: Feeder cattle mostly 1.00 to 7.00 lower. Report includes sales from Blackstone, Hollins, Lynchburg, Marshall, Radiant, 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
315–335	325	2	167.00–170.00	$168.55	$548	—
358–389	376	19	161.00–212.50	$176.58	$664	+4.25
407–440	431	13	144.00–178.00	$168.51	$726	-5.09
453–495	466	109	140.00–168.00	$158.23	$737	-6.69
500–548	544	216	133.50–162.00	$154.35	$840	-6.65
550–585	564	57	128.00–163.00	$155.63	$878	+1.29
582 value added	582	15	159.50	$159.50	$928	+3.50
613	613	5	140.00	$140.00	$858	-10.47
605–647	631	92	118.00–163.00	$148.78	$939	-1.69
609–648 value added	632	39	149.50–169.00	$157.21	$994	—
652–687	661	46	121.00–160.00	$142.35	$941	+2.25
675 value added	675	7	139.00	$139.00	$938	-25.00
720–738	729	28	130.00–136.00	$131.76	$961	-8.17
710–747 value added	737	46	119.00–136.00	$129.74	$956	—
755–771	768	69	113.00–145.75	$143.28	$1,100	+2.67
775 value added	775	3	137.00	$137.00	$1,062	+3.00
810–830	820	2	110.00–120.00	$115.06	$943	-15.09
810–835 value added	829	76	105.00–140.00	$130.02	$1,078	+13.02
850–873	865	3	118.00–120.00	$118.65	$1,026	-14.47
909–916 value added	915	61	125.00–134.00	$133.12	$1,218	—
915–920	916	7	105.00–120.00	$117.85	$1,080	—
957 value added	957	6	117.00	$117.00	$1,120	—
1011 value added	1011	7	116.00	$116.00	$1,173	—
1030	1030	1	91.00	$91.00	$937	-16.00

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
328–340	332	4	142.50–179.00	$159.75	$530	-5.25
361–393	367	30	162.00–202.50	$173.28	$636	+0.87
404	404	6	157.00	$157.00	$634	—
430–442	437	14	143.00–185.00	$154.67	$676	-10.32
450–485	457	76	130.00–172.50	$156.54	$715	-8.87
503–547	535	83	139.00–164.00	$152.02	$813	-5.13
558–587	574	13	130.00–153.00	$149.55	$858	+6.36
605–645	632	44	127.00–165.00	$146.54	$926	+6.45
647 value added	647	4	136.00	$136.00	$880	—
655–690	668	22	126.00–156.00	$140.67	$940	+4.88
710–738	722	4	122.00–131.00	$127.29	$919	-9.12
758 value added	758	12	126.00	$126.00	$955	—
752–768	759	10	112.00–115.00	$113.70	$863	-27.78
824–843	837	3	117.00–125.00	$119.63	$1,001	-3.71
875	875	3	127.50	$127.50	$1,116	—

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
365–381	378	6	111.00–146.00	$140.37	$531	-12.97
450–470	452	33	129.00–142.50	$140.01	$633	-12.66
523–539	533	20	120.00–140.50	$136.09	$725	-14.79
550–570	563	9	123.00–140.00	$133.76	$753	—
630–635	633	4	118.00–128.00	$123.77	$783	+5.63
657	657	3	127.00	$127.00	$834	+2.00
707	707	3	115.00	$115.00	$813	+5.00

Small 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
382	382	2	146.00	$146.00	$558	+10.00
460	460	6	147.00	$147.00	$676	+22.00
539	539	7	126.00	$126.00	$679	-12.51
555–585	565	3	127.00	$127.00	$718	+8.00
621	621	4	125.00	$125.00	$776	+1.00
673	673	2	113.00	$113.00	$760	+3.00
725	725	1	128.00	$128.00	$928	+8.00
775	775	1	114.00	$114.00	$884	+19.00
822	822	3	104.00	$104.00	$855	-9.00
841 value added	841	10	131.00	$131.00	$1,102	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
421 value added	421	4	151.00	$151.00	$636	—
620	620	7	152.00	$152.00	$942	+6.00
646 value added	646	4	156.00	$156.00	$1,008	+5.00
678 value added	678	17	145.50	$145.50	$986	-0.02

Medium and Large 2-3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
636	636	14	145.00	$145.00	$922	—

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Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
327–343	338	7	140.00–156.00	$149.70	$506	+6.09
350–395	377	36	127.50–144.00	$140.60	$530	+3.10
424 value added	424	3	135.00	$135.00	$572	—
425–445	436	11	114.00–138.25	$130.45	$569	-8.50
461–493	471	175	125.00–138.87	$133.88	$631	-4.12
505–545	541	167	110.00–135.00	$127.93	$692	-7.91
544 value added	544	9	129.00	$129.00	$702	—
550–590	563	57	110.00–129.00	$125.53	$707	-15.57
619	619	4	123.00	$123.00	$761	-11.00
625 value added	625	23	123.00	$123.00	$769	—
620–645	633	42	109.00–120.00	$117.67	$745	-7.62
653–657	655	59	110.00–118.00	$116.53	$763	-1.66
673 value added	673	36	133.50	$133.50	$898	+15.77
714–735	719	12	95.00–114.50	$110.35	$793	-7.13
755 value added	755	20	120.00	$120.00	$906	-9.00
753–780	766	32	101.50–111.00	$107.88	$826	-8.62
787	787	14	122.00	$122.00	$960	+5.50
831 value added	831	39	105.50	$105.50	$877	—
833–836	836	13	87.50–117.00	$114.74	$959	+1.38
865–888	880	19	88.00–118.00	$114.58	$1,008	+2.93
921 value added	921	8	94.00	$94.00	$866	-10.00

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
320–348	343	37	120.00–148.00	$144.49	$496	+5.20
350–385	363	35	118.00–150.00	$138.41	$502	-4.71
429 value added	429	7	150.00	$150.00	$644	—
410–449	444	116	116.00–141.00	$135.91	$603	-3.39
450–490	468	117	123.00–137.50	$133.66	$626	-4.86
502–548	537	110	119.00–135.25	$132.07	$709	-2.73
550–590	554	55	117.00–130.50	$127.25	$705	-1.92
614 value added	614	5	117.00	$117.00	$718	-18.00
621–643	637	53	111.50–121.00	$119.01	$758	-5.24
650–690	659	19	105.00–114.00	$110.13	$726	-7.06
710–748	738	17	89.00–114.00	$105.21	$776	-6.79
755–770	765	6	98.00–103.00	$101.36	$775	+0.15
825	825	1	81.00	$81.00	$668	-9.00
917	917	1	80.00	$80.00	$734	—

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
292	292	1	142.50	$142.50	$416	+61.50
350–371	358	41	130.00–150.00	$136.90	$490	+7.95
409–448	441	87	105.00–130.00	$127.04	$560	-2.90
455–478	467	26	122.00–132.00	$127.09	$594	+9.45
501–545	536	58	104.00–132.50	$126.38	$677	+5.27
550	550	1	109.00	$109.00	$600	-21.00
605–643	633	24	105.00–112.50	$109.82	$695	-0.58
656–668	665	4	75.00–107.00	$99.11	$659	-6.58
710	710	1	103.00	$103.00	$731	-1.00
755	755	1	84.00	$84.00	$634	—
804	804	1	65.00	$65.00	$523	—

Small 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
375	375	3	134.00	$134.00	$502	+1.43
435	435	1	121.00	$121.00	$526	+10.00
454–465	455	18	127.00–127.50	$127.47	$580	+6.71
532	532	11	121.00	$121.00	$644	+4.00
558–565	562	5	100.00–116.00	$104.80	$589	+2.87
605–635	623	4	89.00–100.00	$96.08	$599	-11.60
657	657	2	102.00	$102.00	$670	—
700–738	725	3	94.00–102.00	$99.43	$721	+3.29
793	793	1	85.00	$85.00	$674	—
837	837	3	95.00	$95.00	$795	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
351	351	5	137.00	$137.00	$481	—
442	442	7	131.00	$131.00	$579	—
557 value added	557	7	130.00	$130.00	$724	-15.76
649 value added	649	10	125.50	$125.50	$814	—
730 value added	730	9	108.00	$108.00	$788	-12.00
774	774	4	107.50	$107.50	$832	—

Medium and Large 2-3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
420	420	5	136.00	$136.00	$571	—
572	572	16	133.00	$133.00	$761	—

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Feeder Bulls

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
335–346	345	8	173.00–177.50	$173.55	$599	-4.44
356–380	362	28	140.00–182.50	$168.16	$609	+4.98
403–440	420	78	119.00–177.50	$151.97	$638	-2.00
468–495	485	125	125.00–155.00	$139.76	$678	-3.01
501–546	542	48	110.00–144.00	$139.08	$754	+2.76
557–595	562	101	114.00–136.00	$132.52	$745	-9.03
603–645	623	41	115.00–146.00	$130.69	$814	+2.42
659–665	662	17	122.00–123.00	$122.47	$811	-15.28
720–747	743	10	97.00–112.00	$109.90	$817	-2.33
750–762	759	4	109.00	$109.00	$827	+0.50
845	845	1	104.00	$104.00	$879	—
893	893	2	94.00	$94.00	$839	-6.00

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
208	208	1	180.00	$180.00	$374	—
295	295	2	167.50	$167.50	$494	—
315–341	339	17	141.00–175.50	$171.94	$583	-6.45
350–383	364	23	129.00–166.00	$153.52	$559	+4.31
402–441	419	82	135.00–177.50	$156.17	$654	-7.22
454–489	480	88	125.00–167.00	$146.81	$705	-3.57
500–545	538	35	119.00–139.50	$135.97	$732	-12.45
551–592	568	59	87.00–142.00	$129.76	$737	-6.52
605–649	628	23	110.00–131.00	$123.66	$777	-9.14
651–683	661	15	110.00–127.50	$121.64	$804	+2.68
730–735	732	3	85.00–97.00	$93.01	$681	-11.99
799	799	1	100.00	$100.00	$799	—
825	825	1	90.00	$90.00	$742	-9.77

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
348	348	2	148.00	$148.00	$515	—
386–387	387	8	139.00–153.00	$145.99	$565	—
451–470	459	23	131.00–138.00	$134.54	$618	-0.15
551–571	559	29	115.00–132.50	$126.21	$706	-0.41

Small 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
352	352	4	149.50	$149.50	$526	+18.02
405–440	419	14	126.00–151.50	$148.45	$622	—
460	460	1	165.00	$165.00	$759	+24.50
520–535	523	6	113.00–125.00	$122.95	$643	+7.61
550–565	563	7	115.00–121.00	$119.30	$672	-15.20
633	633	2	117.00	$117.00	$741	—
665	665	2	90.00	$90.00	$598	-9.56
795	795	1	106.00	$106.00	$843	+16.00

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
648	648	6	117.00	$117.00	$758	—

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Dairy Steers

Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
888	888	4	79.00	$79.00	$702	—

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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.