Virginia Weekly Cattle Auction Summary

Virginia · USDA-reported Auction Livestock

Sale of Monday, May 24, 2021

2,313 head sold ·Official USDA report

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heavy 5-weight M&L 1 steers $155.69/cwt +4.87 vs last sale · ≈ $869/hd at 558 lb · 223 head

light 5-weight M&L 1 heifers $125.24/cwt +1.72 vs last sale · ≈ $681/hd at 544 lb · 160 head

light 6-weight M&L 1 steers $145.72/cwt -0.20 vs last sale · ≈ $933/hd at 641 lb · 150 head

Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Total receipts	2,313	2,687	1,716
Feeder cattle	2,313	2,632	1,716
Slaughter cattle	—	55	—

Market comments — USDA reporter

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 886, Heifers 984, Bulls 443) Value Added cattle are Weaned and Vaccinated Report includes sales from: Blackstone, Hollins, Lynchburg, Marshall, Radiant, Springlake and Winchester Compared to last week: feeder cattle mostly 1.00 to 3.00 higher

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Feeder Steers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
357–378	365	29	132.00–162.00	$152.64	$557	-7.00
410–435	420	14	126.00–151.00	$144.96	$609	-17.04
462–479	470	24	139.00–152.00	$149.41	$702	-2.26
510 value added	510	5	156.00	$156.00	$796	—
500–535	522	19	120.00–146.00	$142.12	$742	-23.65
550–570	554	182	129.00–156.50	$154.61	$857	+3.79
570–580 value added	576	41	150.00–162.50	$160.47	$924	—
604	604	6	150.00	$150.00	$906	-7.00
635–649	642	139	129.00–150.25	$146.07	$938	+1.34
645 value added	645	5	131.00	$131.00	$845	—
660–693	676	20	125.00–148.00	$136.22	$921	-3.66
697	697	7	142.00	$142.00	$990	+2.00
718–741	732	58	127.00–138.50	$134.24	$983	+6.91
739 value added	739	8	120.00	$120.00	$887	—
754–763	756	12	119.50–134.00	$130.34	$985	-1.66
834	834	1	124.00	$124.00	$1,034	—
844 value added	844	9	127.00	$127.00	$1,072	—
850–888	879	4	113.00–114.00	$113.24	$995	—
902	902	3	123.50	$123.50	$1,114	—
973	973	6	109.00	$109.00	$1,061	—
1097	1097	1	114.00	$114.00	$1,251	—
1153	1153	1	115.00	$115.00	$1,326	—
1208	1208	1	119.00	$119.00	$1,438	—
1288	1288	1	121.00	$121.00	$1,558	—
1334–1344	1339	2	117.00–119.00	$118.00	$1,580	—
1547	1547	1	119.00	$119.00	$1,841	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
350–372	369	16	140.00–160.00	$156.14	$576	-2.48
400–445	432	8	126.00–150.00	$142.56	$616	-4.32
457–485	466	45	134.00–155.00	$149.28	$696	-1.61
500–540	535	35	121.00–152.00	$139.05	$744	-6.67
550–595	560	8	99.00–139.00	$119.80	$671	-20.05
615–640	634	21	124.00–149.00	$140.67	$892	+10.31
650–675	659	9	126.00–137.00	$130.08	$857	+4.08
687 value added	687	10	137.50	$137.50	$945	—
700–744	739	14	114.00–138.00	$127.51	$942	+5.97
765	765	1	138.00	$138.00	$1,056	+38.00
835	835	1	103.00	$103.00	$860	+8.54
883	883	2	100.00	$100.00	$883	—
913	913	2	101.00	$101.00	$922	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
563 value added	563	11	156.00	$156.00	$878	—
690 value added	690	4	125.00	$125.00	$862	—
749	749	8	125.50	$125.50	$940	—
757 value added	757	12	133.00	$133.00	$1,007	—
838 value added	838	11	127.50	$127.50	$1,068	—

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
359–395	365	6	122.00–138.00	$135.11	$493	—
443	443	6	160.00	$160.00	$709	+22.53
480–485	481	7	100.00–139.00	$123.82	$596	-5.18
505–538	525	8	118.00–144.00	$134.45	$706	—
570–575	573	2	130.00–132.00	$131.00	$751	+0.24
630	630	2	130.00	$130.00	$819	—
652–658	655	4	110.00–135.00	$122.44	$802	+7.18
703–715	709	2	65.00–80.00	$72.56	$514	—

Small 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
395	395	1	122.00	$122.00	$482	-14.00
440	440	6	132.00	$132.00	$581	—
453–495	471	5	115.00–132.00	$123.08	$580	-2.92
505–535	520	2	121.00–132.00	$126.66	$659	-2.34
570	570	1	105.00	$105.00	$598	-12.00
632	632	2	120.00	$120.00	$758	—
665–695	680	2	105.00–131.00	$118.29	$804	—
725–745	735	2	111.00–122.00	$116.43	$856	+10.43

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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	131.00	$131.00	$428	+6.00
351–386	379	13	119.00–140.00	$135.86	$515	+0.56
435–439	438	5	111.00–121.00	$119.01	$521	-8.64
453–482	463	102	119.00–134.00	$130.50	$604	+4.15
479 value added	479	4	125.00	$125.00	$599	—
510–548	544	160	89.00–126.50	$125.24	$681	+4.24
551–580	553	31	115.00–130.00	$125.25	$693	+5.25
600–645	632	104	93.00–119.75	$118.11	$746	+4.89
657–663	658	14	110.00–121.00	$111.80	$736	+2.13
707–749	730	66	93.00–116.50	$108.16	$790	-4.80
810–820	812	6	91.00–110.00	$106.80	$867	+18.58
850–855	852	10	91.00–110.00	$98.63	$840	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
305	305	2	130.00	$130.00	$396	+6.85
353–380	365	40	117.00–140.00	$135.38	$494	+0.82
419–446	436	24	116.00–136.00	$128.26	$559	-0.88
450–463	453	72	100.00–133.75	$130.77	$592	+5.11
523–545	540	64	110.00–127.75	$124.03	$670	+0.54
554–582	560	27	109.00–121.00	$116.14	$650	-9.61
605–632	625	41	109.50–125.00	$116.75	$730	+0.27
653–672	657	13	95.00–113.00	$108.75	$714	-0.88
720–744	741	7	114.00–115.00	$114.86	$851	+6.94
755–790	764	4	91.00–100.00	$93.33	$713	—
810	810	2	110.00	$110.00	$891	+11.00
905	905	1	100.00	$100.00	$905	—

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
363–380	367	13	121.00–136.50	$132.80	$487	+7.73
405–442	438	19	110.00–132.25	$129.22	$566	+14.91
453–468	457	10	65.00–121.00	$110.42	$505	-14.11
524–545	540	24	89.00–127.75	$112.05	$605	-14.17
551	551	7	116.00	$116.00	$639	+5.49
619–640	628	15	74.00–116.00	$104.13	$654	+0.71
720	720	1	89.00	$89.00	$641	-12.00

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
406 value added	406	4	125.00	$125.00	$508	—
545	545	10	128.50	$128.50	$700	+8.50
615	615	16	110.00	$110.00	$676	—
756	756	5	110.50	$110.50	$835	—

Small 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
385	385	1	128.00	$128.00	$493	+8.00
438–447	445	16	125.00–132.00	$130.71	$582	+6.83
475	475	2	98.00	$98.00	$466	—
544	544	5	120.50	$120.50	$656	-0.41
570	570	1	100.00	$100.00	$570	+6.33
610–620	613	4	87.00–108.00	$99.70	$611	-4.53
735	735	1	96.00	$96.00	$706	+1.96

Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
585	585	1	90.00	$90.00	$526	—
720	720	1	81.00	$81.00	$583	—

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Feeder Bulls

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
325–339	332	2	140.00–146.00	$143.06	$475	-15.61
365–395	373	7	144.00–154.00	$150.39	$561	-6.69
415–438	424	30	121.00–144.00	$141.51	$600	+0.64
475–492	487	39	122.00–140.00	$137.73	$671	-1.09
504–549	525	18	118.00–139.00	$134.04	$704	+2.21
566–595	569	39	71.00–134.00	$130.57	$743	+2.36
623–641	631	39	109.00–131.00	$126.87	$801	+3.13
680	680	3	118.00	$118.00	$802	+5.98
708–741	730	6	95.00–124.00	$104.38	$762	+23.38
755–758	757	3	88.00–91.00	$90.00	$681	-9.33
810	810	3	75.00–85.00	$81.67	$662	-23.83

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
330–339	338	17	145.00–164.00	$156.84	$530	+0.43
390–395	393	2	127.00–132.00	$129.48	$509	-10.18
415–445	422	43	137.00–151.25	$147.46	$622	+3.58
455–495	484	40	119.00–145.00	$136.67	$661	+2.10
505–542	533	4	112.00–119.00	$117.34	$625	-3.09
555–578	559	37	104.00–139.00	$129.95	$726	+9.69
626–647	639	18	121.00–128.00	$124.89	$798	+0.91
673	673	2	122.00	$122.00	$821	+13.85
730	730	3	88.00	$88.00	$642	+7.00
785	785	1	107.00	$107.00	$840	+11.07
815	815	1	79.00	$79.00	$644	—
990	990	1	61.00	$61.00	$604	—

Small 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
348	348	3	147.00	$147.00	$512	—
421–430	422	11	129.00–137.50	$136.71	$577	+4.13
481	481	8	129.00	$129.00	$620	+5.64
507	507	3	126.00	$126.00	$639	+10.49
560–565	563	9	124.50–133.00	$127.32	$717	+7.82
648	648	3	100.00	$100.00	$648	—

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
380	380	1	116.00	$116.00	$441	-3.00
445	445	1	120.00	$120.00	$534	+16.00
465	465	6	135.00	$135.00	$628	+11.96
511–525	516	3	102.50–120.00	$108.44	$560	+25.44
551	551	8	115.00	$115.00	$634	-5.00
619–645	626	4	100.00–102.00	$101.48	$635	+11.48
730	730	1	107.00	$107.00	$781	+40.95

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
625	625	4	121.00	$121.00	$756	—

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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.