Virginia Weekly Cattle Auction Summary

Virginia · USDA-reported Auction Livestock

Sale of Monday, May 3, 2021

3,720 head sold ·Official USDA report

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light 5-weight M&L 1 steers $143.80/cwt -10.55 vs last sale · ≈ $778/hd at 541 lb · 191 head

light 5-weight M&L 2 heifers $124.55/cwt -7.52 vs last sale · ≈ $671/hd at 539 lb · 187 head

heavy 5-weight M&L 1 steers $148.14/cwt -8.30 vs last sale · ≈ $842/hd at 569 lb · 183 head

Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Total receipts	3,720	4,140	4,217
Feeder cattle	3,638	4,140	4,167
Slaughter cattle	82	—	50

Market comments — USDA reporter

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 1313, Heifers 1561, Bulls 764) State Graded Slaughter Cattle (Steers 47, Heifers 35) Value Added and most Natural Cattle are Weaned and Vaccinated. Compared to last week: Feeder cattle 2.00 to 9.00 lower. Report includes sales from Blackstone, Culpeper, 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
345	345	5	156.00	$156.00	$538	-12.55
355–388	378	15	147.50–170.00	$159.62	$603	-16.96
418–446	435	27	150.00–171.00	$162.23	$706	-6.28
460–481	468	106	135.00–160.00	$148.44	$695	-9.79
489	489	17	151.00	$151.00	$738	-7.23
539 value added	539	5	141.00	$141.00	$760	—
525–548	541	186	135.00–161.00	$143.88	$778	-10.47
550–597	563	131	117.00–163.50	$148.33	$835	-7.30
560–594	583	52	143.00–154.00	$147.65	$861	-7.98
607–642	621	26	138.00–150.00	$144.60	$898	+4.60
600–646	633	144	116.00–167.00	$142.53	$902	-6.25
658–693	673	6	111.00–154.00	$129.99	$875	-12.36
691–697	695	14	154.00–160.00	$157.87	$1,097	+15.52
703 value added	703	3	143.00	$143.00	$1,005	+13.26
701–748	730	21	120.00–131.50	$128.97	$941	-2.79
753–757	756	7	131.00–132.00	$131.72	$996	-11.56
812	812	25	133.00	$133.00	$1,080	+17.94
805–846	842	16	105.00–127.00	$123.34	$1,039	+8.28
865	865	2	109.00	$109.00	$943	-9.65

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
240	240	1	155.00	$155.00	$372	—
320–328	325	3	128.00–151.00	$143.46	$466	-16.29
350–375	365	24	140.00–165.00	$152.67	$557	-20.61
410–447	441	52	126.00–146.00	$143.48	$633	-11.19
461–488	470	27	121.00–161.00	$143.16	$673	-13.38
510–545 value added	518	13	132.00–160.50	$153.58	$796	—
518–548	543	57	113.00–165.00	$142.75	$775	-9.27
554–595	570	25	130.00–157.00	$138.20	$788	-11.35
613	613	4	145.00	$145.00	$889	-1.54
620–645	638	34	113.00–144.00	$131.93	$842	-14.61
643 value added	643	3	147.00	$147.00	$945	+11.00
650–695	670	30	111.00–135.00	$130.78	$876	-9.89
701	701	6	135.00	$135.00	$946	+7.71
700–744	738	7	118.00–132.50	$130.53	$963	+3.24
778	778	5	121.00	$121.00	$941	+7.30
755–793	780	9	90.00–125.00	$113.61	$886	-0.09
852–880	864	23	79.00–121.00	$114.47	$989	-13.03
955–963	960	3	80.00–91.00	$87.35	$839	—
1005	1005	1	86.00	$86.00	$864	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
504	504	9	159.00	$159.00	$801	—
557–590	569	19	141.00–154.50	$149.34	$850	—
649	649	10	137.00	$137.00	$889	-15.00
960	960	2	112.00	$112.00	$1,075	—
1028	1028	19	101.00	$101.00	$1,038	—
1174	1174	9	95.00	$95.00	$1,115	—

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
368	368	9	139.50	$139.50	$513	-0.87
430–448	442	9	112.00–134.00	$127.89	$565	—
457–495	463	22	81.00–132.50	$126.49	$586	-13.52
520–547	540	9	90.00–135.00	$127.71	$690	-8.38
575–590	583	2	102.00–131.00	$116.31	$678	-17.45
605–648	634	6	105.00–110.00	$108.41	$687	-15.36
685	685	1	65.00	$65.00	$445	-62.00

N/N/A ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1230	1230	1	111.00	$111.00	$1,365	—
1365–1550	1475	3	103.00–112.00	$106.07	$1,565	—
1350–1780	1541	21	115.00–135.25	$126.63	$1,951	—
1440–1795	1625	21	117.00–128.00	$121.92	$1,981	—

Small 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
338	338	2	135.00	$135.00	$456	—
385	385	1	142.00	$142.00	$547	-4.00
445	445	1	100.00	$100.00	$445	—
465–482	479	5	124.00–125.50	$125.21	$600	-21.79
515–540	537	13	100.00–123.00	$117.45	$631	-8.55
560–595	567	5	75.00–148.00	$132.68	$752	+5.68
710	710	1	105.00	$105.00	$746	-23.00

Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
520	520	1	100.00	$100.00	$520	—
665	665	1	90.00	$90.00	$598	—

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Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
328	328	2	141.00	$141.00	$462	-8.70
355–382	366	30	115.00–138.00	$133.72	$489	-6.88
407–435	417	29	115.00–138.00	$124.24	$518	-6.21
451–485	460	130	116.00–130.00	$127.30	$586	-6.58
454–497	480	24	120.00–126.00	$122.68	$589	-11.20
534 value added	534	4	124.00	$124.00	$662	-5.00
530–548	543	174	116.00–127.00	$125.01	$679	-2.92
550–580	554	87	105.00–124.50	$119.46	$662	-6.07
554–576	563	20	118.00–124.00	$120.41	$678	-5.12
610–641	633	87	107.00–133.00	$118.65	$751	+0.98
660–695	670	13	107.00–116.00	$109.24	$732	-7.29
709–747	734	32	90.00–110.00	$105.92	$777	-4.43
765–773	770	6	99.00–106.00	$102.51	$789	-5.37
810–825	817	3	91.00–105.00	$97.31	$795	-17.43
860	860	14	113.00	$113.00	$972	-1.58
868–893 value added	881	4	89.00–93.00	$91.03	$802	—
900–933	923	6	76.00–104.00	$99.45	$918	—
1013	1013	2	80.00	$80.00	$810	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
270	270	1	122.00	$122.00	$329	—
306–336	317	16	120.00–143.00	$135.14	$428	-9.35
351–395	358	95	90.00–138.00	$133.01	$476	-5.40
410–448	444	145	108.00–136.00	$129.55	$575	-6.36
456–495	463	46	118.00–129.00	$127.34	$590	-6.32
510–549	538	170	114.00–129.00	$123.96	$667	-8.11
544	544	17	130.50	$130.50	$710	-1.57
553–590	567	6	95.00–121.00	$112.87	$640	-14.38
575 value added	575	3	115.00	$115.00	$661	—
607–648	634	63	91.00–122.00	$114.43	$725	-4.58
655–690	666	6	107.00–116.00	$112.01	$746	+1.88
700–743	727	23	91.00–105.00	$98.40	$715	-6.81
755–775	761	5	81.00–107.50	$96.24	$732	-5.12
841	841	5	90.00	$90.00	$757	+9.00

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
330–340	337	7	125.00–128.00	$126.13	$425	—
359–386	364	25	121.00–133.00	$130.46	$475	-6.44
415–448	443	50	82.00–128.25	$125.76	$557	-1.28
450–490	460	21	116.00–126.00	$124.07	$571	-3.02
505–543	534	34	101.00–125.00	$122.44	$654	-3.94
576	576	4	110.00	$110.00	$634	+1.00
620–640	631	11	101.00–115.00	$108.45	$684	-1.37
655–690	673	2	102.00	$102.00	$686	+2.89
750	750	1	60.00	$60.00	$450	-24.00

Small 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
340	340	1	85.00	$85.00	$289	—
356–390	359	15	90.00–129.00	$124.71	$448	-9.29
430	430	1	110.00	$110.00	$473	-11.00
457	457	25	124.50	$124.50	$569	-2.97
500–540	533	24	100.00–120.00	$113.73	$606	-7.27
550–560	555	2	97.00–118.00	$107.59	$597	+2.79
623	623	3	103.00	$103.00	$642	+6.92
895	895	1	82.00	$82.00	$734	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
305	305	2	140.00	$140.00	$427	—
428	428	5	124.00	$124.00	$531	-7.00
507	507	15	128.50	$128.50	$651	—
514	514	14	125.00	$125.00	$642	—
658 value added	658	5	119.00	$119.00	$783	—

N/N/A ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1180	1180	1	114.00	$114.00	$1,345	—
1105–1460	1261	5	90.00–112.00	$98.26	$1,239	—
1160–1630	1304	18	118.00–133.00	$123.59	$1,612	—
1190–1445	1321	10	117.00–123.00	$120.05	$1,586	—

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Feeder Bulls

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
342–347	343	12	155.00–157.00	$156.49	$537	-17.06
353–379	370	19	125.00–165.00	$147.34	$545	-20.82
400–440	421	38	120.00–153.00	$144.59	$609	-7.38
471–497	486	98	116.00–150.00	$133.49	$649	-6.27
505–548	542	44	123.00–148.00	$139.85	$758	+0.77
551–590	566	55	115.00–132.00	$127.12	$719	-5.40
615–643	630	41	95.00–140.00	$121.53	$766	-9.16
652–654	653	26	109.50–118.00	$112.73	$736	-9.74
720	720	1	81.00	$81.00	$583	-28.90
750–795	759	13	89.00–100.00	$98.35	$746	-10.65
830–840	835	2	86.00–90.00	$88.01	$735	-15.99

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
315–342	337	44	151.00–167.00	$159.32	$537	-12.62
353–395	373	11	130.00–155.00	$143.78	$536	-9.74
401–445	418	75	108.00–147.00	$142.67	$596	-13.50
450–491	479	65	111.00–147.00	$132.00	$632	-14.81
510–545	535	12	120.00–141.00	$127.29	$681	-8.68
552–568	558	52	122.00–145.00	$132.38	$739	+2.62
560	560	1	116.00	$116.00	$650	-13.76
617–647	628	10	86.00–124.00	$108.09	$679	-15.57
658	658	6	131.00	$131.00	$862	+9.36
705–713	712	7	90.00–99.00	$97.73	$696	+4.72
785	785	2	96.00	$96.00	$754	-4.00
850–863	857	4	85.00–91.00	$87.98	$754	—
1050	1050	1	65.00	$65.00	$682	—

Small 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
345	345	1	127.50	$127.50	$440	—
355	355	3	139.00	$139.00	$493	-10.50
415–440	427	15	120.00–139.50	$137.08	$585	-11.37
455–495	478	18	117.50–128.00	$124.90	$597	-40.10
548–549	549	9	100.00–121.50	$116.73	$641	-6.22
600	600	1	89.00	$89.00	$534	-28.00
660	660	1	50.00	$50.00	$330	-40.00

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
305	305	1	130.00	$130.00	$396	—
360	360	2	138.00	$138.00	$497	-7.99
400–437	428	4	110.00–112.50	$111.92	$479	—
455–464	463	8	118.00–119.00	$118.88	$550	-15.66
503–549	536	11	97.50–115.00	$111.58	$598	—
565–590	578	2	100.00	$100.00	$578	-26.21
623	623	2	101.00	$101.00	$629	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
647	647	6	108.00	$108.00	$699	-9.00

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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.