Virginia Weekly Cattle Auction Summary

Virginia · USDA-reported Auction Livestock

Sale of Monday, August 16, 2021

4,168 head sold ·Official USDA report

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light 6-weight M&L 1 heifers $127.97/cwt +3.31 vs last sale · ≈ $813/hd at 635 lb · 185 head

heavy 5-weight M&L 1 heifers $131.19/cwt +5.51 vs last sale · ≈ $731/hd at 557 lb · 168 head

heavy 4-weight M&L 2 heifers $138.44/cwt +3.30 vs last sale · ≈ $640/hd at 462 lb · 156 head

Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Total receipts	4,168	3,893	3,251
Feeder cattle	4,056	3,893	3,147
Slaughter cattle	112	—	104

Market comments — USDA reporter

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 1394, Holstein Steers 332, Heifers 1739, Bulls 591) State Graded Slaughter Cattle (Steers 80, Heifers 32) Value Added and Natural Cattle are Weaned and Vaccinated. Compared to last week: Feeder cattle uneven, mostly 5.00 lower to 2.50 higher. Report includes sales from Blackstone, Front Royal, Hollins, Lynchburg, Monterey, Radiant, Shenandoah, Springlake, Staunton, Winchester and Wythe County.

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Feeder Steers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
320–340	333	3	153.00–158.00	$154.60	$515	—
350–368	360	9	148.00–169.00	$156.99	$565	+13.95
400–443	434	5	143.00–151.00	$149.53	$649	-3.94
450–488	469	71	132.00–164.00	$156.00	$732	+1.86
500–547	541	92	130.00–165.00	$148.07	$801	-6.34
551–585	564	81	119.00–156.00	$151.95	$857	+2.39
570 value added	570	27	158.00	$158.00	$901	—
600	600	10	145.00	$145.00	$870	—
623 value added	623	16	154.25	$154.25	$961	+6.59
613–646	642	93	119.00–153.00	$145.07	$931	-0.19
653–692	659	67	133.00–150.50	$144.50	$952	+1.95
660–665	662	8	142.00–149.00	$146.36	$969	+3.81
673 value added	673	10	146.50	$146.50	$986	-3.50
715 value added	715	19	153.25	$153.25	$1,096	+17.25
719–732	725	7	147.00–149.00	$148.13	$1,074	+7.85
700–735	728	35	135.00–147.00	$142.64	$1,038	+2.36
752–775	759	55	117.00–144.50	$141.63	$1,075	+8.74
767 value added	767	8	148.00	$148.00	$1,135	-2.25
775–799	789	23	135.00–150.00	$146.26	$1,154	+13.37
808–838	820	21	124.00–140.25	$136.58	$1,120	+3.00
850 value added	850	5	133.00	$133.00	$1,130	+12.00
853–869	866	23	114.00–146.00	$131.68	$1,140	+2.91
915–932	930	11	114.00–135.50	$131.89	$1,227	+9.80
980	980	1	114.00	$114.00	$1,117	-4.00
1038	1038	2	118.00	$118.00	$1,225	—
1054 value added	1054	5	117.00	$117.00	$1,233	—
1110	1110	1	88.00	$88.00	$977	-33.25

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
275	275	1	147.00	$147.00	$404	—
363–374	371	9	158.00–160.00	$159.00	$590	-2.38
400–443	434	23	95.00–168.00	$142.36	$618	-4.89
453–495	465	71	123.00–169.00	$154.74	$720	+1.38
510–549	543	22	131.00–165.00	$134.80	$732	-11.38
550–585	553	67	109.00–155.00	$144.64	$800	+2.39
626 value added	626	7	151.00	$151.00	$945	+11.00
625–642	640	38	124.00–150.00	$138.20	$884	+0.56
656–680	665	8	141.00–151.00	$144.83	$963	+5.19
718	718	4	154.00	$154.00	$1,106	+25.68
700–743	728	38	105.00–150.50	$139.16	$1,013	+10.84
775	775	1	99.00	$99.00	$767	-24.02
826	826	21	146.50	$146.50	$1,210	+28.50
880	880	1	125.00	$125.00	$1,100	-3.00

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
441	441	9	153.00	$153.00	$675	—
504–507	506	25	162.00–165.00	$164.40	$832	+11.39
546 value added	546	11	154.75	$154.75	$845	-0.25
580	580	8	149.00	$149.00	$864	-4.00
579–595	584	31	146.00–158.00	$154.06	$900	+1.06
596 value added	596	5	140.00	$140.00	$834	-27.53
657 value added	657	32	138.50	$138.50	$910	-7.76
722–740	734	19	144.50–146.00	$144.97	$1,064	+4.80
763 value added	763	8	151.00	$151.00	$1,152	—
815	815	6	155.00	$155.00	$1,263	+7.17
828 value added	828	61	150.00	$150.00	$1,242	—
879	879	23	149.00	$149.00	$1,310	—
895 value added	895	20	143.50	$143.50	$1,284	+0.02

N/N/A ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1290	1290	1	115.00	$115.00	$1,484	—
1270–1835	1497	67	127.00–148.00	$138.07	$2,067	—
1260–1835	1543	11	129.00–155.00	$144.98	$2,237	—

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
341	341	6	158.00	$158.00	$539	—
355–370	368	8	107.50–144.00	$139.60	$514	-7.67
430–446	435	15	126.00–139.50	$134.04	$583	+7.64
455–480	468	2	112.00–120.00	$115.89	$542	-17.33
540–545	541	4	120.00–142.00	$136.46	$738	+2.31
552–564	559	15	124.00–139.00	$129.81	$726	+7.79
615–648	631	10	101.00–135.00	$121.26	$765	+12.07
675	675	1	117.00	$117.00	$790	-10.00
745	745	1	110.00	$110.00	$820	-17.00

Small 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
345	345	1	135.00	$135.00	$466	—
370–375	373	2	110.00–130.00	$120.07	$448	-29.93
436	436	3	133.00	$133.00	$580	—
490	490	1	129.00	$129.00	$632	-3.71
523	523	4	127.00	$127.00	$664	-2.00
575–580	578	3	100.00–130.00	$120.06	$694	-14.94
600–638	625	3	114.00–118.00	$115.28	$720	-4.71

Medium and Large 2-3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
483	483	2	119.00	$119.00	$575	—
558	558	5	131.00	$131.00	$731	—

Medium and Large 3-4 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
253	253	2	135.00	$135.00	$342	—

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Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
305–348	346	21	118.00–154.50	$151.52	$524	-12.48
350–395	366	28	116.00–147.00	$134.35	$492	-9.14
430–446	442	34	134.00–148.00	$137.87	$609	+9.74
450–482	462	81	110.00–144.00	$135.89	$628	+2.58
515–544	540	64	107.00–140.00	$131.98	$713	+3.35
550–595	557	165	120.00–139.00	$131.10	$730	+6.89
563 value added	563	3	136.00	$136.00	$766	+7.55
613–620	616	10	116.00–122.00	$118.42	$729	-12.08
620–642	636	150	112.00–135.00	$127.70	$812	+3.89
626–641 value added	637	25	117.00–138.50	$133.43	$850	—
651 value added	651	10	131.00	$131.00	$853	—
658–697	667	32	110.00–127.00	$117.87	$786	-5.88
678	678	2	118.00	$118.00	$800	-5.75
700–748	738	56	110.00–129.50	$119.96	$885	-0.93
756–768	761	7	115.00–121.00	$118.41	$901	+1.90
770	770	4	128.00	$128.00	$986	+11.49
820–845	831	13	93.00–120.00	$104.46	$868	-7.54
850	850	1	113.00	$113.00	$960	—
855–881 value added	868	135	115.00–134.25	$133.03	$1,155	+15.03
917–925	919	4	100.00–107.00	$105.24	$967	+13.24

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
337–339	338	13	128.00–145.00	$133.52	$451	-7.69
356–395	364	55	70.00–146.25	$139.56	$508	-1.72
400–442	429	22	110.00–145.00	$134.39	$577	+3.04
451–490	461	129	121.00–148.00	$137.90	$636	+2.76
468 value added	468	27	141.00	$141.00	$660	—
500–548	540	153	118.00–134.00	$130.81	$706	+3.29
555–592	577	8	105.00–139.50	$124.80	$720	-76.78
613–645	632	75	90.00–130.25	$126.58	$800	+1.93
631–633 value added	632	7	108.00–115.00	$113.00	$714	—
658–690	664	7	115.00–118.00	$116.02	$770	-2.25
725–735	730	17	106.00–126.00	$121.92	$890	+3.52
753–773	760	8	86.00–116.00	$103.29	$785	—
860–885	868	3	88.00–101.00	$96.58	$838	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
368	368	5	126.00	$126.00	$464	-1.00
426	426	6	124.00	$124.00	$528	-6.00
443	443	8	140.00	$140.00	$620	+10.00
465–476 value added	474	18	119.00–143.50	$138.15	$655	+3.15
514	514	5	122.00	$122.00	$627	-1.64
532	532	16	143.50	$143.50	$763	+19.86
545 value added	545	24	144.50	$144.50	$788	—
554–568 value added	559	56	136.50–144.75	$141.90	$793	+5.40
652 value added	652	9	136.50	$136.50	$890	+5.25
654	654	30	145.50	$145.50	$952	+25.00
780 value added	780	2	110.00	$110.00	$858	-3.95
972 value added	972	11	109.00	$109.00	$1,059	—

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
268	268	2	96.00	$96.00	$257	+11.00
361–385	363	20	116.00–129.00	$124.32	$451	-1.21
430–432	432	12	56.00–124.50	$110.93	$479	-17.37
450–490	464	39	119.00–147.00	$130.61	$606	+6.56
538–546	544	18	99.00–128.25	$124.18	$676	-1.40
551–580	554	11	116.00–130.50	$128.16	$710	+8.16
615–647	630	14	116.00–119.00	$117.23	$739	+2.30
705–740	720	3	80.00–116.00	$92.66	$667	-6.43
780	780	1	100.00	$100.00	$780	—

N/N/A ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1030–1525	1314	7	126.00–151.50	$144.67	$1,901	—
1290–1480	1368	25	130.00–147.00	$135.54	$1,854	—

Small 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
320	320	1	123.00	$123.00	$394	—
364	364	6	130.00	$130.00	$473	-1.00
440	440	1	125.00	$125.00	$550	+16.70
454–460	454	13	110.00–126.00	$124.75	$566	+1.25
528	528	2	111.00	$111.00	$586	-3.97
551	551	6	124.00	$124.00	$683	+7.00
620–640	630	2	109.00–110.00	$109.51	$690	-4.49

Medium and Large 3-4 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
255	255	2	111.00	$111.00	$283	—

Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
740	740	1	101.00	$101.00	$747	—

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Feeder Bulls

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
321 value added	321	3	167.50	$167.50	$538	—
305–344	330	16	135.00–169.00	$159.39	$526	+1.61
365–393	376	18	147.00–164.00	$154.87	$582	-0.13
411–445	422	41	124.00–158.00	$151.85	$641	-0.14
458–490	479	53	119.00–157.00	$145.68	$698	+2.76
500–549	519	20	120.00–140.00	$136.03	$706	-3.59
552–575	560	78	121.00–148.00	$137.39	$769	+5.21
600–645	629	29	122.00–133.00	$127.89	$804	+1.35
666–670	667	23	100.00–128.00	$125.55	$837	+11.55
700–748	727	13	101.00–119.00	$110.40	$803	+1.44
820	820	1	81.00	$81.00	$664	-21.87

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
240	240	1	146.00	$146.00	$350	—
315–347	328	5	140.00–155.00	$146.35	$480	-16.86
350–390	365	25	122.00–170.00	$154.80	$565	+13.39
400–430	422	45	139.00–159.75	$153.83	$649	-3.65
453–493	485	48	80.00–151.00	$144.81	$702	+1.78
507–546	532	16	129.50–134.00	$130.54	$694	+8.70
561–592	572	42	114.00–139.50	$131.41	$752	-2.95
615–643	633	16	110.00–138.00	$124.75	$790	+3.33
685	685	1	112.50	$112.50	$771	-11.50
715–732	729	5	107.00–120.00	$117.45	$856	+13.11
765	765	1	105.00	$105.00	$803	—
890	890	1	88.00	$88.00	$783	—

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
376	376	6	136.00	$136.00	$511	—
400–429	419	8	103.00–141.00	$129.36	$542	-4.64
452–495	482	24	123.00–136.50	$132.81	$640	+45.81
520–545	542	9	111.00–136.00	$129.75	$703	+0.47
565	565	1	130.00	$130.00	$734	+16.43
630–648	642	3	107.00–111.00	$108.31	$695	-1.69
715	715	1	107.00	$107.00	$765	+42.00
755	755	1	103.00	$103.00	$778	—

Small 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
415–445	430	7	82.50–133.00	$122.89	$528	-23.61
511	511	6	123.00	$123.00	$629	±0.00
550–595	573	2	122.50	$122.50	$702	-2.19
615	615	1	95.00	$95.00	$584	—

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Dairy Steers

Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
383	383	2	132.00	$132.00	$506	—
455–460	460	28	131.50–135.00	$131.75	$606	—
556	556	45	117.00	$117.00	$651	—
600–635	618	2	94.00–107.00	$100.32	$620	—
650–653	653	37	93.00–109.50	$108.75	$710	—
709	709	7	93.00	$93.00	$659	—
751–753	751	42	83.00–104.00	$102.50	$770	—
844	844	9	83.00	$83.00	$701	—
920–940	927	3	61.00–94.00	$82.84	$768	—

Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
435	435	1	122.00	$122.00	$531	—
490	490	1	122.00	$122.00	$598	—
561	561	9	119.00	$119.00	$668	—
620	620	1	90.00	$90.00	$558	—
657–665	657	25	101.00–109.50	$109.16	$717	—
758–775	758	43	91.00–100.00	$99.79	$756	—
851	851	21	85.00	$85.00	$723	—
900	900	1	95.00	$95.00	$855	—
952	952	14	95.50	$95.50	$909	—

Large 4 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
275	275	1	80.00	$80.00	$220	—
360–368	367	10	118.00–132.00	$130.63	$479	—
455–467	466	16	119.00–134.00	$132.17	$616	—
505–545	527	10	60.00–120.00	$102.83	$542	—
610	610	1	66.00	$66.00	$403	—
650	650	6	99.00	$99.00	$644	—
760–798	785	3	26.00–76.00	$59.87	$470	—
840	840	1	88.00	$88.00	$739	—

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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.