Virginia Weekly Cattle Auction Summary

Virginia · USDA-reported Auction Livestock

Sale of Monday, October 25, 2021

4,642 head sold ·Official USDA report

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heavy 5-weight M&L 1 heifers $121.98/cwt -1.15 vs last sale · ≈ $677/hd at 555 lb · 262 head

heavy 5-weight M&L 1 steers $151.93/cwt -0.05 vs last sale · ≈ $858/hd at 565 lb · 218 head

light 6-weight M&L 1 steers $143.92/cwt +3.41 vs last sale · ≈ $920/hd at 639 lb · 191 head

Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Total receipts	4,642	6,469	4,249
Feeder cattle	4,642	6,407	4,249
Slaughter cattle	—	62	—

Market comments — USDA reporter

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 1735, Heifers 1900, Bulls 1007) Value Added and Natural Cattle are Weaned and Vaccinated. Compared to last week: Feeder cattle mostly steady to 3.00 lower. Report includes sales from Blackstone, Dublin, Hollins, Lynchburg, Radiant, Rockingham, 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
315–340	328	5	107.00–142.50	$128.78	$422	-35.41
350–395	381	12	147.00–164.00	$152.41	$581	-13.52
421–445	433	49	141.00–179.00	$161.35	$699	-2.64
453–482	470	90	144.00–182.00	$164.43	$773	-3.80
485 value added	485	6	148.00	$148.00	$718	—
500–545	526	170	133.00–172.00	$159.79	$840	+5.17
560 value added	560	7	159.00	$159.00	$890	—
551–596	565	211	126.00–172.00	$151.70	$857	-0.28
605–648	639	185	120.00–169.00	$143.89	$919	+3.59
648 value added	648	6	145.00	$145.00	$940	-6.00
653	653	9	145.00	$145.00	$947	+1.53
650–685	656	88	126.00–149.00	$141.37	$927	-2.10
700–735 value added	728	45	141.00–151.00	$146.81	$1,069	+8.73
700–748	736	64	100.00–143.50	$131.21	$966	-3.27
755–780	765	15	124.00–142.00	$134.48	$1,029	+3.64
785	785	15	140.00	$140.00	$1,099	+9.16
805	805	7	133.00	$133.00	$1,071	-3.56
840 value added	840	3	104.00	$104.00	$874	—
875	875	5	121.00	$121.00	$1,059	-15.76
862–894	879	13	130.00–136.00	$133.18	$1,171	-3.58
913 value added	913	14	126.50	$126.50	$1,155	—
1051	1051	20	143.25	$143.25	$1,506	—
1100	1100	1	102.00	$102.00	$1,122	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
320–345	336	5	137.00–150.00	$145.03	$487	-8.17
350–387	372	11	131.00–150.00	$142.88	$532	-18.99
430–445	437	39	141.00–169.00	$157.84	$690	-2.33
430–444 value added	442	7	135.00–137.00	$135.28	$598	—
456–498	469	62	121.00–166.50	$155.08	$727	-4.14
493 value added	493	6	135.00	$135.00	$666	—
510–549	543	81	129.00–158.00	$145.74	$791	-3.21
553–595	568	9	131.00–141.00	$136.20	$774	-4.41
603–649	631	60	122.00–145.00	$135.30	$854	+7.70
648 value added	648	3	139.00	$139.00	$901	—
658–693	676	29	100.00–147.00	$140.10	$947	+13.49
719 value added	719	12	147.00	$147.00	$1,057	—
710–746	737	19	100.00–134.75	$126.79	$934	+0.39
780	780	1	116.00	$116.00	$905	+12.05
800	800	1	103.00	$103.00	$824	-17.55
858–865	860	9	128.00–129.50	$129.16	$1,111	+5.33
909	909	6	127.00	$127.00	$1,154	—
1049	1049	5	118.00	$118.00	$1,238	—
1075	1075	1	80.00	$80.00	$860	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
398	398	2	141.00	$141.00	$561	—
424 value added	424	7	168.00	$168.00	$712	—
443	443	8	134.00	$134.00	$594	-39.00
450–497	472	17	155.00–168.00	$161.44	$762	-8.48
472 value added	472	5	149.00	$149.00	$703	-21.50
532 value added	532	8	148.00	$148.00	$787	-11.28
519–544	537	22	133.00–154.00	$148.47	$797	—
579 value added	579	11	154.00	$154.00	$892	-7.25
639	639	14	150.00	$150.00	$958	-2.94
680 value added	680	4	139.00	$139.00	$945	—
703–734 value added	729	12	137.00–144.50	$143.29	$1,045	+1.55
767–790 value added	784	18	139.00–142.50	$141.55	$1,110	—
806–816 value added	814	38	142.00–144.00	$143.58	$1,169	+2.58
810–845	828	4	115.00–134.00	$124.30	$1,029	+3.30
855–883 value added	871	18	123.00–148.00	$137.09	$1,194	+0.09

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
325	325	1	116.00	$116.00	$377	-4.00
350	350	1	99.00	$99.00	$346	-32.25
400–434	423	7	72.00–120.00	$112.35	$475	-16.28
458–470	459	13	130.00–131.00	$130.84	$601	-22.26
513–543	536	11	91.00–132.00	$106.57	$571	-9.82
552–578	554	21	117.00–128.00	$126.91	$703	-1.47
600–647	632	13	108.00–122.00	$117.74	$744	-0.62
655–675	662	3	110.00–131.00	$117.14	$775	—
708	708	2	116.00	$116.00	$821	+13.79
755	755	1	116.00	$116.00	$876	+11.90

Small 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
360–388	381	8	94.00–123.00	$117.57	$448	—
440	440	1	115.00	$115.00	$506	—
450–456	454	8	119.50–133.00	$124.52	$565	-8.64
505–535	523	4	110.00–120.00	$113.18	$592	-10.49
552–562	553	14	112.00–114.00	$113.71	$629	-5.29
620–635	632	5	96.00–120.00	$115.29	$729	-1.71
668–695	675	4	120.00–125.00	$121.29	$819	+7.29
707–730	717	4	96.00–117.00	$107.87	$773	—
755	755	2	99.00–106.00	$102.50	$774	—
870	870	1	104.00	$104.00	$905	—

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Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
295	295	1	98.00	$98.00	$289	+5.50
300–346	340	14	110.00–134.50	$127.95	$435	+5.29
361–395	375	28	107.50–133.00	$122.41	$459	-8.79
427–445	435	68	112.00–135.50	$129.55	$564	-1.62
455–489	470	160	95.00–138.50	$128.62	$605	-1.81
506–546	534	84	105.00–138.00	$127.74	$682	+3.67
550–599	555	262	114.00–132.00	$121.98	$677	-0.95
601–646 value added	612	33	130.00–135.00	$133.40	$816	+9.40
605–649	637	132	114.00–130.50	$122.36	$779	-2.82
650–678	659	28	106.00–137.00	$124.47	$820	+5.25
672	672	19	117.00	$117.00	$786	-2.22
685 value added	685	20	133.50	$133.50	$914	+11.50
710–745	731	31	102.00–124.00	$112.33	$821	-7.82
753	753	3	108.00	$108.00	$813	-5.77
810	810	1	90.00	$90.00	$729	-28.77
838	838	2	90.00	$90.00	$754	-28.77
868–878	871	11	118.00–123.00	$119.38	$1,040	+4.38
1010 value added	1010	2	110.00	$110.00	$1,111	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
312–349	343	44	114.00–144.00	$136.62	$469	+13.85
352–395	369	52	110.00–133.50	$124.06	$458	-10.54
410–445	433	58	70.00–135.00	$124.44	$539	-0.02
450–495	456	142	118.00–135.00	$127.40	$581	+0.12
505–545	543	120	105.00–126.00	$119.29	$648	-3.27
550–595	560	49	100.00–129.50	$125.26	$701	+5.27
625–648	639	82	83.00–127.00	$117.73	$752	-2.88
670	670	1	119.00	$119.00	$797	+9.98
705–740	731	22	102.00–118.75	$116.92	$855	-0.97
750	750	1	101.00	$101.00	$758	+0.91
815	815	1	64.00	$64.00	$522	-48.71
858–895	870	3	81.00–95.00	$90.20	$785	—

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
348	348	2	107.00	$107.00	$372	—
362–383	368	23	97.00–126.00	$117.40	$432	+3.32
425–448	443	26	109.00–123.00	$115.08	$510	+6.35
451–480	453	28	95.00–128.75	$123.07	$558	+1.34
500–546	542	34	100.00–124.00	$118.66	$643	-0.63
552–590	555	27	109.50–125.00	$116.75	$648	+12.95
635–643	639	17	99.00–114.00	$109.12	$697	+2.90
650	650	1	98.00	$98.00	$637	-29.00
745	745	4	112.00	$112.00	$834	-0.53
785	785	1	123.00	$123.00	$966	+34.00

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
413	413	11	139.00	$139.00	$574	—
437 value added	437	8	135.00	$135.00	$590	—
458	458	12	125.00	$125.00	$572	+6.43
531 value added	531	8	135.00	$135.00	$717	—
540	540	20	130.50	$130.50	$705	—
542	542	13	133.00	$133.00	$721	—
614–615 value added	614	27	131.00	$131.00	$804	—
625	625	3	105.00	$105.00	$656	-12.00
718–743 value added	727	8	91.00–132.75	$115.88	$842	-21.12
730	730	3	105.00	$105.00	$766	-39.00
856	856	6	120.00	$120.00	$1,027	—
871 value added	871	6	110.00	$110.00	$958	—

Small 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
364–365	364	6	92.00–115.00	$100.50	$366	-28.50
420–448	442	5	80.00–111.00	$99.65	$440	-9.35
451–483	455	17	90.00–119.00	$110.62	$503	-10.82
530–549	548	16	75.00–121.75	$118.92	$652	+14.69
550–562	554	12	89.00–125.00	$109.61	$607	-8.25
623	623	3	109.00	$109.00	$679	-8.00
628–635	629	13	80.00–109.00	$106.14	$668	-10.86
652	652	3	94.00	$94.00	$613	+25.04
710–740	730	11	77.00–101.00	$96.11	$702	-13.89

Medium and Large 2-3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
748	748	10	129.00	$129.00	$965	—

Medium and Large 4 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
383	383	2	71.00	$71.00	$272	—

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Feeder Bulls

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
235	235	1	99.00	$99.00	$233	—
310–343	337	11	100.00–165.00	$145.21	$489	-8.75
355–395	377	27	130.00–165.00	$153.86	$580	-0.39
405–432	423	51	126.00–163.00	$156.05	$660	+6.56
455–497	484	79	122.00–159.50	$142.50	$690	+1.86
510–547	541	89	122.00–151.00	$145.54	$787	+7.65
550–581	568	102	121.50–145.00	$130.87	$743	-7.25
600–647	637	81	111.00–140.00	$126.49	$806	+2.85
650–675	658	27	111.00–128.00	$115.81	$762	-2.80
705–739	736	10	85.00–108.00	$105.80	$779	+1.66
750–755	753	2	100.00–101.00	$100.50	$757	-6.93
830–845	838	4	80.00–110.00	$94.87	$795	—
870	870	1	102.00	$102.00	$887	-1.50

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
228	228	2	106.00	$106.00	$242	—
295	295	1	103.00	$103.00	$304	-14.50
338–345	342	15	130.00–150.00	$147.35	$504	-9.99
350–381	359	38	120.00–164.00	$153.09	$550	+12.85
410–445	422	105	117.00–154.50	$151.52	$639	+1.99
450–493	482	95	124.00–150.00	$135.93	$655	-0.37
503–548	533	28	110.00–131.00	$124.42	$663	-10.04
550–595	560	57	111.00–144.00	$129.00	$722	-1.05
615–647	633	41	110.00–131.00	$114.94	$728	+3.59
675	675	2	113.00–115.00	$114.00	$770	-6.46
740–744	743	9	94.00–115.00	$110.35	$820	+8.53
800	800	1	96.00	$96.00	$768	—
875	875	1	97.00	$97.00	$849	—

Small 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
340	340	1	105.00	$105.00	$357	—
361	361	3	117.00	$117.00	$422	-8.00
428–436	433	5	115.00–123.00	$119.84	$519	-10.17
470–492	487	9	112.00–114.00	$112.43	$548	-3.88
560–563	562	12	105.00–110.00	$108.76	$611	-0.24
600–630	615	2	91.00–96.00	$93.56	$575	-6.12
659	659	6	96.00	$96.00	$633	-8.00
735	735	1	74.00	$74.00	$544	-17.00
770	770	2	80.00	$80.00	$616	-20.00
825	825	1	75.00	$75.00	$619	—

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
205	205	1	96.00	$96.00	$197	+46.00
391	391	5	129.00	$129.00	$504	+1.41
460–470	467	21	116.00–132.00	$120.45	$563	-2.55
515–537	530	5	110.00–127.00	$113.95	$604	-0.88
553	553	3	140.00	$140.00	$774	+19.00
601	601	3	115.00	$115.00	$691	+26.39
660	660	3	109.00	$109.00	$719	+4.00

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
633	633	4	117.00	$117.00	$741	—
720	720	2	106.00	$106.00	$763	—

Medium and Large 4 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
295	295	1	83.00	$83.00	$245	—

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Dairy Steers

Large 4 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
495	495	1	70.00	$70.00	$346	—

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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.