Virginia Weekly Cattle Auction Summary

Virginia · USDA-reported Auction Livestock

Sale of Monday, October 4, 2021

4,684 head sold ·Official USDA report

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light 5-weight M&L 1 heifers $126.72/cwt +2.29 vs last sale · ≈ $690/hd at 544 lb · 217 head

light 5-weight M&L 1 steers $158.48/cwt +5.42 vs last sale · ≈ $856/hd at 540 lb · 213 head

light 6-weight M&L 1 steers $144.84/cwt +0.75 vs last sale · ≈ $928/hd at 641 lb · 188 head

Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Total receipts	4,684	3,824	6,345
Feeder cattle	4,624	3,824	6,307
Slaughter cattle	60	—	38

Market comments — USDA reporter

*Includes Addition of Monterey Sale* State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 1779, Heifers 1903, Bulls 942) State Graded Slaughter Cattle (Steers 51, Heifers 8, Bullocks 1) Value Added and Natural Cattle are Weaned and Vaccinated. Compared to last week: Feeder cattle uneven, 8.00 lower to 5.00 higher. Report includes sales from Blackstone, Front Royal, Hollins, Lynchburg, Marshall, Monterey, Radiant, Shenandoah, 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
320–325	323	2	154.00–162.50	$158.22	$511	-23.30
350–395	373	22	145.00–190.00	$171.53	$640	-4.82
428–447	436	37	150.00–176.50	$170.05	$741	+2.54
450–491	472	104	131.00–176.00	$162.59	$767	-3.64
515–549	540	213	134.00–166.00	$158.48	$856	+6.52
550–595	565	143	143.00–166.00	$151.20	$854	-1.64
559–599	577	26	154.00–170.00	$161.46	$932	+8.62
600–648	640	149	125.00–151.00	$143.97	$921	+0.12
634–647 value added	645	39	137.00–149.75	$148.14	$956	-1.46
650–680	653	79	128.00–153.00	$148.53	$970	+4.32
654–682	671	32	152.00–164.50	$159.42	$1,070	+15.21
672 value added	672	22	141.00	$141.00	$948	—
701–748	735	54	120.00–141.00	$132.78	$976	-30.22
744 value added	744	15	132.00	$132.00	$982	—
761	761	7	158.00	$158.00	$1,202	+23.78
750–795	763	10	121.00–136.00	$130.96	$999	-3.26
800–845	820	5	107.00–138.00	$123.92	$1,016	-6.70
850–868	861	5	125.00–130.00	$127.19	$1,095	-4.61
927	927	3	127.00	$127.00	$1,177	-1.00
986 value added	986	4	122.00	$122.00	$1,203	—
1013	1013	1	110.00	$110.00	$1,114	-5.47
1135	1135	1	117.00	$117.00	$1,328	—
1160 value added	1160	3	103.00	$103.00	$1,195	—
1169	1169	7	124.00	$124.00	$1,450	—
1320	1320	1	79.00	$79.00	$1,043	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
307–338	330	9	160.00–182.00	$176.12	$581	+34.53
368–392	379	28	117.00–185.00	$166.73	$632	-0.97
418–448	440	58	149.00–168.00	$159.49	$702	+0.06
451–498	471	61	145.00–164.00	$159.77	$753	+3.13
515–547	540	65	131.00–152.00	$149.63	$808	+0.64
541 value added	541	3	135.00	$135.00	$730	—
554–583	559	26	121.00–145.00	$142.55	$797	+2.25
583 value added	583	3	154.00	$154.00	$898	+14.76
623–645	636	51	116.00–142.75	$137.86	$877	+2.16
650–680	660	15	115.00–140.00	$131.32	$867	-2.04
709–743	723	10	128.00–135.00	$131.94	$954	+2.45
761–790	766	18	102.00–133.50	$126.85	$972	+8.85
812 value added	812	6	134.50	$134.50	$1,092	—
810–848	833	6	119.00–134.00	$126.86	$1,057	-10.91

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
533	533	9	163.00	$163.00	$869	+13.00
536–548 value added	540	40	157.00–167.50	$164.62	$889	—
555	555	25	167.00	$167.00	$927	—
625 value added	625	3	121.00	$121.00	$756	-34.00
600–645	644	76	137.00–163.00	$162.68	$1,048	+20.68
664 value added	664	31	138.50	$138.50	$920	—
711 value added	711	9	134.50	$134.50	$956	-12.75
745	745	41	146.00	$146.00	$1,088	-8.50
765 value added	765	11	149.00	$149.00	$1,140	—
780	780	5	145.00	$145.00	$1,131	—
795	795	3	132.00	$132.00	$1,049	—
840	840	18	142.00	$142.00	$1,193	—
860	860	2	139.00	$139.00	$1,195	—
864 value added	864	5	141.00	$141.00	$1,218	—
940	940	2	124.00	$124.00	$1,166	—
958–996	989	18	87.00–131.00	$120.45	$1,191	—
1046	1046	11	97.00	$97.00	$1,015	—

N/N/A ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1435–1490	1463	2	110.00–113.00	$111.53	$1,632	—
1380–1795	1559	33	114.00–128.00	$120.93	$1,885	—
1395–1820	1567	16	117.00–134.00	$127.02	$1,990	—

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
368–373	371	5	121.00–133.00	$128.24	$476	-3.76
410–447	436	17	103.00–144.50	$132.82	$579	+12.97
495	495	1	81.00	$81.00	$401	-55.50
502–513	511	6	109.00–136.00	$131.58	$672	+0.39
576–595	582	6	120.00–130.50	$127.79	$744	+19.79
618–646	633	11	124.00–134.00	$129.56	$820	+10.56
655–675	662	3	81.00–126.00	$110.70	$733	-0.69

Medium and Large 2-3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
514 value added	514	5	151.00	$151.00	$776	—
668–694 value added	679	19	126.00–135.00	$129.87	$882	—

Small 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
347	347	2	130.00	$130.00	$451	—
430–440	435	3	116.00–135.00	$122.74	$534	—
475	475	2	140.00	$140.00	$665	-1.00
540–545	543	2	119.00–123.00	$120.99	$657	-0.51
550–595	569	7	117.00–127.00	$122.52	$697	+4.52
600	600	2	111.00	$111.00	$666	-2.29
750	750	1	91.00	$91.00	$682	-20.00

Medium and Large 4 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
545	545	1	117.00	$117.00	$638	—

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Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
332–340	333	7	141.00–158.00	$155.52	$518	+25.88
355–395	375	36	120.00–158.00	$143.22	$537	-3.99
421–448	433	65	118.00–143.00	$135.05	$585	-0.45
450–493	476	142	120.00–135.00	$130.16	$620	-3.18
527–535	531	9	130.00–134.00	$132.21	$702	+7.84
505–549	545	208	110.00–130.00	$126.48	$689	+2.11
555–568	558	101	110.00–128.00	$125.20	$699	-4.11
571–587	575	13	130.00	$130.00	$748	+0.69
632 value added	632	18	133.50	$133.50	$844	—
600–648	637	120	107.00–133.00	$122.44	$780	-5.82
655–681	658	31	117.00–125.50	$124.39	$818	-6.83
676	676	17	132.50	$132.50	$896	+1.28
685 value added	685	11	129.00	$129.00	$884	—
719–743	737	32	105.00–130.00	$119.50	$881	-7.54
753	753	2	123.00	$123.00	$926	-5.02
753–767	764	26	95.00–118.00	$115.65	$884	-12.37
827–845	835	12	100.00–116.00	$110.32	$921	+5.94
850–871	864	6	109.00–116.00	$113.70	$982	+3.61
1005–1006	1006	4	95.00–107.00	$101.00	$1,016	+13.00

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
303–349	325	22	100.00–141.00	$121.33	$394	-10.56
350–399	368	68	100.00–150.00	$137.20	$505	-3.09
414–447	433	101	105.00–142.00	$127.27	$551	-3.07
452–498	464	109	109.00–135.00	$130.73	$607	-0.21
470 value added	470	2	116.00	$116.00	$545	—
507–549	545	113	85.00–127.00	$125.92	$686	-1.18
550–588	560	75	110.00–127.75	$122.18	$684	-17.06
600–646	634	75	97.00–128.50	$119.65	$759	-4.24
651–690	661	30	113.00–129.00	$122.08	$807	-3.14
705–748	728	22	89.00–119.00	$110.47	$804	-8.07
752–770	755	15	101.00–123.00	$118.91	$898	—
805–842	836	11	107.00–122.00	$120.05	$1,004	+14.23
850	850	1	91.00	$91.00	$774	±0.00
955	955	1	105.00	$105.00	$1,003	—

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
315–345	334	5	110.00–118.00	$111.51	$372	+29.51
360–370	369	13	112.00–129.50	$127.39	$470	+7.53
410–448	445	35	102.00–129.75	$124.66	$555	+9.33
450–495	462	36	74.00–125.00	$115.45	$533	-12.82
515–548	545	49	102.00–126.75	$120.36	$656	-1.45
567–594	588	17	100.00–124.00	$118.53	$697	+9.50
605–647	625	16	94.00–110.00	$107.16	$670	-12.17
652–673	660	13	110.00–117.00	$114.98	$759	—
718–743	733	7	71.00–98.00	$89.15	$653	-12.53
765–772	770	3	86.00–96.00	$92.69	$714	—
820	820	1	91.00	$91.00	$746	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
464	464	10	128.00	$128.00	$594	—
480 value added	480	10	144.00	$144.00	$691	—
554–583	560	42	110.00–134.00	$128.13	$718	—
606 value added	606	8	127.00	$127.00	$770	-8.00
639–647	641	25	112.00–124.00	$121.09	$776	—
670	670	1	105.00	$105.00	$704	—
759	759	7	124.00	$124.00	$941	—

Small 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
375–386	381	8	97.00–130.00	$118.09	$450	-7.91
435–446	442	3	90.00–96.00	$94.03	$416	—
463–495	466	16	87.00–119.50	$116.16	$541	-0.81
530–540	538	9	100.00–120.50	$117.61	$633	-3.22
559	559	5	113.00	$113.00	$632	-8.00
610–625	622	11	100.00–113.00	$108.93	$678	-9.07
736	736	3	96.00	$96.00	$707	+41.00
765	765	1	91.00	$91.00	$696	—

N/N/A ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1165–1570	1351	8	116.00–125.00	$122.39	$1,653	—

Medium and Large 4 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
525	525	1	61.00	$61.00	$320	—

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Feeder Bulls

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
300–340	325	24	135.00–185.00	$159.67	$519	-19.32
375–390	382	16	140.00–181.00	$163.57	$625	-14.89
400–429	424	60	140.00–169.00	$156.68	$664	+0.52
468–498	489	100	136.00–160.00	$146.60	$717	+3.88
500–539	534	15	118.00–140.00	$138.06	$737	-4.98
558–582	564	134	122.00–147.00	$138.61	$782	+2.54
605–647	635	54	82.00–131.00	$128.61	$817	+0.07
655–695	666	27	106.00–135.00	$117.86	$785	-5.09
725–748	746	10	117.00–133.00	$118.56	$884	+2.92
765–796	789	10	95.00–115.00	$101.13	$798	+1.69
814–830	822	2	84.00–111.00	$97.37	$800	-9.01
926	926	1	93.00	$93.00	$861	+32.00
970	970	1	87.00	$87.00	$844	—
1006–1034	1012	5	79.00–93.00	$90.14	$912	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
219	219	2	135.00	$135.00	$296	—
325–347	339	39	119.00–184.25	$168.27	$570	+3.63
356–399	379	25	125.00–171.00	$149.61	$567	-13.59
410–446	424	82	125.00–167.50	$154.92	$657	-3.11
460–495	490	52	120.00–156.00	$141.70	$694	-2.11
502–546	531	44	85.00–141.00	$132.80	$705	-2.91
557–585	564	51	101.00–134.00	$128.86	$727	-6.10
615–640	627	25	100.00–127.00	$120.77	$757	-2.63
654–691	669	18	106.50–116.00	$110.23	$737	—
710	710	1	84.00	$84.00	$596	-29.33
770	770	2	104.00	$104.00	$801	—
800	800	1	103.00	$103.00	$824	+33.01
885	885	1	89.00	$89.00	$788	—

Small 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
340–347	346	6	115.00–139.00	$135.07	$467	-46.43
421–430	423	5	122.00–131.00	$129.17	$546	+3.17
477–498	491	17	105.00–128.50	$124.76	$613	+2.26
515–520	517	3	121.00–126.00	$124.32	$643	+7.38
550–570	566	16	109.00–128.00	$124.54	$705	+2.54
663–690	672	3	88.00–90.00	$89.32	$600	-2.68

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
330	330	2	120.00	$120.00	$396	—
370	370	1	122.00	$122.00	$451	+12.00
400–442	434	10	51.00–131.00	$115.67	$502	-4.62
473–480	475	7	125.00–126.00	$125.71	$597	+30.78
540	540	1	116.00	$116.00	$626	—
566–567	566	10	120.00–125.00	$123.50	$699	+13.04
615–640	627	9	96.00–113.00	$107.21	$672	+14.21
655–680	672	3	93.00–94.00	$93.67	$629	—
723	723	3	87.00	$87.00	$629	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
625	625	4	120.00	$120.00	$750	—
738	738	3	104.00	$104.00	$768	—

Medium and Large 4 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
710	710	1	89.00	$89.00	$632	—

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Bullocks

N/N/A ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1765	1765	1	86.00	$86.00	$1,518	—

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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.