Virginia Weekly Cattle Auction Summary

Virginia · USDA-reported Auction Livestock

Sale of Monday, August 23, 2021

2,619 head sold ·Official USDA report

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heavy 4-weight M&L 2 heifers $135.01/cwt -3.43 vs last sale · ≈ $616/hd at 456 lb · 126 head

light 5-weight M&L 2 heifers $134.15/cwt +3.34 vs last sale · ≈ $728/hd at 543 lb · 116 head

light 5-weight M&L 1 steers $151.55/cwt +3.48 vs last sale · ≈ $823/hd at 543 lb · 111 head

Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Total receipts	2,619	4,168	2,585
Feeder cattle	2,619	4,056	2,585
Slaughter cattle	—	112	—

Market comments — USDA reporter

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 936, Heifers 1130, Bulls 553) Value Added Cattle are Weaned and Vaccinated. Compared to last week: Feeder cattle mostly 1.00 to 6.00 higher. Report includes sales from Blackstone, Dublin, Hollins, Lynchburg, Marshall, 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
315	315	1	151.00	$151.00	$476	-3.60
367–390	377	18	128.00–174.00	$164.16	$619	+7.17
418–436	420	22	160.00–164.50	$160.64	$675	+11.11
456–476	463	30	142.00–164.00	$158.77	$735	+2.77
498	498	1	152.00	$152.00	$757	-4.00
505–549	543	111	141.00–156.00	$151.55	$823	+3.48
550–579	562	82	131.00–190.00	$174.74	$982	+22.79
600	600	11	158.00	$158.00	$948	+13.00
600–648	641	93	130.00–152.00	$143.33	$919	-1.74
652–664	659	25	145.00–149.00	$147.15	$970	+2.65
727 value added	727	8	145.00	$145.00	$1,054	-8.25
706–745	729	37	119.00–145.00	$135.90	$991	-6.74
735	735	3	148.50	$148.50	$1,091	+5.86
753–795	763	5	81.00–141.00	$126.13	$962	-15.50
805–840	811	7	129.00–134.00	$131.87	$1,069	-4.71
960	960	1	115.00	$115.00	$1,104	+1.00

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
345	345	1	95.00	$95.00	$328	—
355–390	363	15	118.00–175.50	$159.04	$577	+0.04
400–443	432	19	135.00–164.00	$158.88	$686	+16.52
452–498	459	51	110.00–163.00	$159.80	$733	+5.06
505–549	542	84	138.00–150.00	$147.34	$799	+12.54
560–587	572	6	120.00–146.00	$135.47	$775	-9.17
630–645	635	41	116.00–145.00	$143.07	$908	+4.87
658–669	661	8	130.00–138.00	$135.98	$899	-8.85
718–743	725	23	134.00–142.50	$139.89	$1,014	+0.73
810	810	1	130.00	$130.00	$1,053	-16.50

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
480	480	4	163.00	$163.00	$782	—
538 value added	538	2	156.00	$156.00	$839	+1.25
603–628 value added	622	12	140.00–150.50	$142.55	$887	—
670–678 value added	673	19	142.00–146.00	$143.27	$964	+4.77
680	680	3	147.00	$147.00	$1,000	—
700–721 value added	717	45	143.00–161.00	$156.86	$1,125	—
785–786 value added	786	56	148.50–150.50	$149.43	$1,175	-1.57
855 value added	855	14	148.00	$148.00	$1,265	—
930 value added	930	1	133.00	$133.00	$1,237	—
992 value added	992	12	138.00	$138.00	$1,369	—

Small 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
448	448	2	134.00	$134.00	$600	+1.00
457–472	458	38	145.00–164.75	$163.68	$750	+34.68
555–582	563	10	129.00–130.00	$129.69	$730	+9.63
615	615	4	118.00–124.00	$119.50	$735	+4.22

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
342	342	4	139.00	$139.00	$475	-19.00
385	385	1	131.00	$131.00	$504	-8.60
453–487	464	28	129.00–138.00	$132.45	$615	+16.56
515–539	533	11	111.00–138.00	$131.29	$700	-5.17
608–645	629	5	118.00–128.00	$122.07	$768	+0.81
650	650	1	131.00	$131.00	$852	+14.00
747	747	2	124.00	$124.00	$926	+14.00

Medium and Large 4 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
450–465	458	2	80.00–85.00	$82.54	$378	—

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Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
337	337	16	142.00	$142.00	$479	-9.52
365–393	372	34	142.00–149.50	$146.81	$546	+12.46
430–437	436	47	101.00–142.00	$138.66	$605	+0.79
456	456	19	142.50	$142.50	$650	+6.61
455–479	461	58	121.00–138.50	$134.86	$622	-1.03
471 value added	471	12	138.00	$138.00	$650	—
500–549	542	50	101.00–134.00	$130.50	$707	-1.48
553–595	562	88	121.00–133.00	$131.23	$738	+0.13
563	563	3	131.00	$131.00	$738	-0.10
600–645	637	65	91.00–129.50	$125.12	$797	-2.58
653–685	658	26	104.00–122.00	$120.09	$790	+2.22
700–733	725	27	106.00–124.50	$120.05	$870	+0.09
759–785	763	6	114.00–116.00	$114.34	$872	-4.07
805–833	824	5	88.00–119.00	$104.67	$862	+0.21
853	853	3	107.50	$107.50	$917	-5.50
995 value added	995	3	100.00	$100.00	$995	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
333	333	3	122.00	$122.00	$406	-11.52
363–385	368	50	128.00–149.50	$146.60	$539	+7.04
400–445	437	15	116.00–137.00	$130.82	$572	-3.57
453–480	456	126	121.00–137.50	$135.01	$616	-2.89
500–546	543	116	123.00–136.00	$134.15	$728	+3.34
550–583	557	11	103.00–129.75	$124.25	$692	-0.55
608–645	633	47	100.00–129.75	$124.37	$787	-2.21
651–680	668	13	115.00–119.00	$117.69	$786	+1.67
705–730	722	25	100.00–127.00	$121.31	$876	-0.61
775	775	1	121.00	$121.00	$938	+17.71
832	832	3	111.00	$111.00	$924	—

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
357–395	359	28	114.00–134.50	$130.93	$470	+6.61
433–446	444	47	119.00–127.75	$126.77	$563	+15.84
450–465	457	9	115.00–127.00	$122.62	$560	-7.99
530–546	539	33	111.00–129.25	$126.73	$683	+2.55
600–633	622	11	106.00–117.00	$112.48	$700	-4.75
650	650	1	115.00	$115.00	$748	—
735	735	1	107.00	$107.00	$786	+14.34
785	785	1	110.00	$110.00	$864	+10.00

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
528 value added	528	3	135.50	$135.50	$715	-9.00
623–644 value added	639	28	125.50–139.00	$138.14	$883	—
668 value added	668	6	127.00	$127.00	$848	-9.50
798 value added	798	3	122.00	$122.00	$974	+12.00
915	915	2	91.00	$91.00	$833	—

Small 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
380–395	385	3	133.00–150.00	$138.81	$534	+8.81
458–465	459	14	100.00–118.50	$117.16	$538	-7.59
510–542	535	10	116.00–121.00	$120.13	$643	+9.13
585	585	1	109.00	$109.00	$638	-15.00
615	615	2	114.00	$114.00	$701	+4.49
650	650	3	109.00	$109.00	$708	—
700–725	713	2	92.00–104.00	$97.89	$698	—

Medium and Large 2-3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
574 value added	574	13	132.00	$132.00	$758	—

Medium and Large 4 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
325	325	1	71.00	$71.00	$231	—
545	545	1	94.00	$94.00	$512	—
605	605	2	94.00	$94.00	$569	—

Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
555	555	1	105.00	$105.00	$583	—
820	820	1	91.00	$91.00	$746	—

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Feeder Bulls

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
328–339	335	9	163.00–175.00	$166.91	$559	+7.52
358–375	369	27	162.00–164.00	$162.08	$598	+7.21
405–445	423	47	140.00–169.75	$162.07	$686	+10.22
454	454	16	166.50	$166.50	$756	+20.82
470–497	482	53	136.50–150.00	$147.12	$709	+1.44
507–536	524	35	142.00–148.00	$146.40	$767	+10.37
531	531	4	151.00	$151.00	$802	+14.97
560–575	567	31	126.00–142.00	$135.92	$771	-1.47
610–635	628	26	126.00–131.50	$129.89	$816	+2.00
655–680	659	10	122.00–133.50	$124.68	$822	-0.87
700–718	712	3	118.50	$118.50	$844	+8.10
764	764	5	126.00	$126.00	$963	—
815–822	821	6	109.00–116.00	$114.84	$943	+33.84
860	860	1	100.00	$100.00	$860	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
308–349	344	35	130.00–175.50	$170.21	$586	+23.86
363	363	2	151.00	$151.00	$548	-3.80
400–435	418	59	142.00–169.50	$163.49	$683	+9.66
455–490	486	53	135.00–147.75	$146.41	$712	+1.60
529–549	540	8	120.00–134.00	$126.26	$682	-4.28
560–575	566	41	118.00–140.50	$133.03	$753	+1.62
631–637	634	10	113.00–124.50	$119.77	$759	-4.98
700–715	708	2	115.00–121.00	$117.97	$835	+0.52

Small 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
365	365	1	144.00	$144.00	$526	—
417–440	425	3	121.00–135.00	$130.16	$553	+7.27
487	487	6	130.00	$130.00	$633	—
525	525	1	124.00	$124.00	$651	+1.00
550–580	570	4	118.50–129.00	$121.16	$691	-1.34
620–635	628	2	110.00–118.00	$114.05	$716	+19.05

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
400	400	1	130.00	$130.00	$520	+0.64
480	480	1	113.00	$113.00	$542	-19.81
555–580	563	6	97.00–131.00	$122.66	$691	-7.34
635–642	640	4	107.00–113.00	$111.51	$714	+3.20

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
604 value added	604	8	136.00	$136.00	$821	—
655	655	2	125.00	$125.00	$819	—

Medium and Large 4 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
360	360	1	84.00	$84.00	$302	—
655	655	1	71.00	$71.00	$465	—

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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.