Virginia Weekly Cattle Auction Summary

Virginia · USDA-reported Auction Livestock

Sale of Monday, June 21, 2021

2,319 head sold ·Official USDA report

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heavy 5-weight M&L 1 steers $149.74/cwt -0.91 vs last sale · ≈ $834/hd at 557 lb · 148 head

light 6-weight M&L 1 steers $146.52/cwt +3.61 vs last sale · ≈ $939/hd at 641 lb · 127 head

heavy 5-weight M&L 1 heifers $126.05/cwt -1.33 vs last sale · ≈ $700/hd at 555 lb · 121 head

Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Total receipts	2,319	3,339	2,579
Feeder cattle	2,319	3,232	2,579
Slaughter cattle	—	107	—

Market comments — USDA reporter

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 901, Heifers 970, Bulls 448) Value Added and Natural Cattle are Weaned and Vaccinated. Compared to last week: Feeder cattle uneven, ranging 6.00 lower to 5.00 higher. Report includes sales from Blackstone, 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
330	330	2	154.00	$154.00	$508	-16.41
362–370	365	3	144.00–159.00	$153.93	$562	+1.23
440	440	3	144.00	$144.00	$634	-9.99
450–482	462	40	139.50–165.00	$153.89	$711	-1.03
536 value added	536	8	160.00	$160.00	$858	—
520–545	538	8	121.00–139.00	$131.99	$710	-7.33
552–590	557	148	126.00–154.00	$149.74	$834	-0.92
623 value added	623	6	156.00	$156.00	$972	—
625–645	642	121	116.00–148.00	$146.05	$938	+2.79
653–695	656	30	124.00–149.00	$142.93	$938	-1.21
700–733	722	43	120.00–139.25	$136.14	$983	+0.73
751–753	751	19	128.50–145.00	$141.52	$1,063	+12.52
805–820	813	2	124.00–126.00	$124.99	$1,016	-11.61
930 value added	930	21	125.00	$125.00	$1,162	-1.57
1095	1095	1	102.00	$102.00	$1,117	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
320–345	332	3	135.00–144.00	$141.11	$468	—
350–366	364	15	131.00–162.50	$158.84	$578	+0.39
441	441	10	147.00	$147.00	$648	-1.94
455–495	458	58	136.00–156.00	$154.43	$707	+2.33
507–546	545	73	132.00–144.00	$143.69	$783	-2.19
562–590	566	22	126.00–151.00	$134.47	$761	-6.40
628–648	633	54	125.00–143.00	$140.23	$888	+6.97
680–698	693	4	93.00–121.00	$111.46	$772	-24.42
726–745	731	4	120.00–131.50	$128.57	$940	+3.93
759–760	759	8	118.00–129.00	$127.62	$969	—
860–870	865	2	98.00–123.00	$110.57	$956	+9.57
958	958	2	117.00	$117.00	$1,121	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
451 value added	451	5	145.00	$145.00	$654	—
545 value added	545	41	165.00	$165.00	$899	—
651 value added	651	29	157.00	$157.00	$1,022	—
708 value added	708	10	125.00	$125.00	$885	—
838	838	3	127.00	$127.00	$1,064	—

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
255	255	1	101.00	$101.00	$258	—
335	335	2	160.00	$160.00	$536	—
365	365	2	130.50	$130.50	$476	-14.84
446–448	446	16	134.00–138.50	$137.65	$614	+0.27
460	460	1	87.00	$87.00	$400	-50.92
523–528	524	10	126.00–147.00	$130.23	$682	-0.44
590	590	1	123.00	$123.00	$726	—
605	605	3	121.00	$121.00	$732	—
650	650	1	113.00	$113.00	$734	-9.00
710–715	712	3	106.00–113.00	$108.34	$771	-7.66
770	770	1	125.00	$125.00	$962	—
820	820	1	116.00	$116.00	$951	—

Small 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
323	323	4	144.00	$144.00	$465	-21.00
480–486	485	4	121.00–131.00	$128.52	$623	+27.52
527–545	534	10	116.00–122.50	$118.65	$634	-0.72
625	625	2	105.00	$105.00	$656	-5.00
660	660	1	116.00	$116.00	$766	—
745	745	1	100.00	$100.00	$745	-3.50
762	762	2	106.00	$106.00	$808	—
910	910	1	104.00	$104.00	$946	—

Medium and Large 3-4 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
482	482	5	122.00	$122.00	$588	—
598	598	5	117.00	$117.00	$700	—

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Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
325–327	327	4	121.00–131.00	$128.51	$420	-10.49
368–395	374	11	120.00–136.00	$132.46	$495	-5.31
427	427	3	123.00	$123.00	$525	-8.18
450–490	459	58	124.00–138.00	$131.17	$602	+0.25
525	525	15	131.50	$131.50	$690	+7.48
500–546	538	30	119.00–127.50	$125.35	$674	+1.33
543 value added	543	16	140.50	$140.50	$763	+8.50
552–573	555	121	124.50–131.00	$126.05	$700	-1.33
620–645	635	87	110.00–124.75	$118.76	$754	-0.79
650–676	669	35	111.00–120.00	$119.50	$799	-2.29
705–745	726	15	104.00–117.00	$111.78	$812	-2.21
757–785	762	6	94.00–119.50	$115.12	$877	+9.76
835	835	2	101.00	$101.00	$843	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
317	317	3	127.00	$127.00	$403	+4.40
356–380	358	25	110.00–139.00	$128.92	$462	-12.15
400–425	416	6	117.00–122.00	$120.53	$501	-9.47
450–495	455	120	122.00–132.50	$129.72	$590	-0.55
530–545	540	100	117.00–128.00	$125.66	$679	+0.13
550–566	562	15	115.00–124.00	$119.56	$672	-6.06
613–638	631	34	113.00–126.00	$121.34	$766	+0.07
658–663	662	8	116.00–119.00	$118.25	$783	-2.93
725–748	739	12	111.00–124.00	$118.58	$876	+8.81
760	760	1	100.00	$100.00	$760	-15.45
800	800	1	90.00	$90.00	$720	—
870	870	2	97.00	$97.00	$844	-10.00

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
305–335	323	4	104.00–119.00	$113.92	$368	—
354–390	358	22	93.00–129.50	$126.17	$452	+5.15
428–444	441	47	114.00–123.50	$121.76	$537	+16.76
464	464	6	117.00	$117.00	$543	-7.37
500–548	543	33	81.00–123.00	$119.29	$648	-0.51
571	571	11	116.00	$116.00	$662	+16.31
608–638	631	8	110.00–114.00	$113.04	$713	+4.48
710	710	1	106.00	$106.00	$753	-15.00
785	785	1	100.00	$100.00	$785	±0.00
855	855	2	89.00	$89.00	$761	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
363	363	5	121.50	$121.50	$441	-2.50
442	442	9	137.00	$137.00	$606	—
499 value added	499	7	133.00	$133.00	$664	—
536	536	20	141.50	$141.50	$758	+5.73

Small 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
295	295	1	110.00	$110.00	$324	—
380	380	1	113.00	$113.00	$429	-26.50
420–440	435	10	95.00–120.00	$115.79	$504	+3.79
460	460	2	102.00	$102.00	$469	-21.50
526–544	539	14	113.00–117.50	$116.24	$627	+3.78
685–690	688	2	105.00–106.00	$105.50	$726	-11.50
755–770	763	2	84.00–100.00	$91.92	$701	—
885	885	1	86.00	$86.00	$761	—

Medium and Large 3-4 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
519	519	7	105.00	$105.00	$545	—

Medium and Large 4 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
390	390	1	65.00	$65.00	$254	—
595	595	1	98.00	$98.00	$583	—
737	737	3	88.00	$88.00	$649	—

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Feeder Bulls

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
309–310	309	8	127.00–164.00	$156.86	$485	-9.60
351–398	384	16	128.00–156.00	$145.14	$557	-11.86
400–413	412	27	131.00–150.00	$148.09	$610	+3.45
460–496	490	42	110.00–145.00	$136.81	$670	-1.43
500–545	524	7	110.00–139.00	$126.08	$661	-14.91
555–592	567	50	116.00–150.00	$133.17	$755	+3.70
615–645	641	20	114.00–130.00	$119.45	$766	-7.89
652–657	653	11	109.00–134.00	$127.14	$830	+5.25
705–714	712	5	113.00–124.00	$115.18	$820	-5.03
855	855	1	101.00	$101.00	$864	+8.00

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
190	190	1	127.00	$127.00	$241	—
313–343	337	10	131.00–162.50	$156.65	$528	-8.76
370	370	2	140.00	$140.00	$518	-6.26
410–423	418	37	121.00–152.00	$144.73	$605	-2.56
460–487	484	34	115.00–137.75	$133.86	$648	+0.76
500–545	521	22	105.00–146.00	$134.89	$703	+5.60
557–595	566	34	105.00–138.00	$130.36	$738	+4.04
615–642	630	21	120.00–134.00	$122.77	$773	-4.56
715	715	1	79.00	$79.00	$565	—
775–795	783	3	103.00–107.00	$105.02	$822	-12.98

Small 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
347	347	2	150.00	$150.00	$520	—
438	438	5	134.00	$134.00	$587	-11.00
492–495	492	7	118.00–128.00	$119.44	$588	-9.56
548	548	4	117.00	$117.00	$641	—
595	595	1	135.00	$135.00	$803	+17.50
600–623	614	4	93.00–130.00	$114.95	$706	—
705	705	2	93.00–115.00	$104.00	$733	—
760	760	1	94.00	$94.00	$714	—

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
415	415	2	132.00	$132.00	$548	+10.00
452–475	458	4	105.00–124.00	$119.07	$545	-7.46
540–547	544	5	114.00–132.00	$121.14	$659	+11.54
615	615	1	100.00	$100.00	$615	-16.00
815	815	1	84.00	$84.00	$685	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
327	327	3	139.00	$139.00	$455	—
457	457	3	128.00	$128.00	$585	-25.00

Medium and Large 4 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
570	570	1	71.00	$71.00	$405	—

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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.