Virginia Weekly Cattle Auction Summary

Virginia · USDA-reported Auction Livestock

Sale of Monday, December 13, 2021

2,778 head sold ·Official USDA report

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light 6-weight M&L 1 steers $153.11/cwt -3.35 vs last sale · ≈ $975/hd at 636 lb · 149 head

heavy 5-weight M&L 1 heifers $135.39/cwt +1.69 vs last sale · ≈ $757/hd at 559 lb · 145 head

light 6-weight M&L 1 heifers $125.38/cwt +0.55 vs last sale · ≈ $792/hd at 632 lb · 141 head

Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Total receipts	2,778	5,989	3,742
Feeder cattle	2,724	5,989	3,720
Slaughter cattle	54	—	22

Market comments — USDA reporter

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 789, Heifers 1306, Bulls 629) State Graded Slaughter Cattle (Steers 43, Heifers 11) Value Added cattle are Weaned and Vaccinated Compared to last week: Feeder cattle uneven, with steers trending 1.00 to 11.00 lower and heifers steady to 5.00 higher Report includes sales from: Blackstone, Front Royal, Hollins, Lynchburg, Monterey, 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
327	327	3	170.00	$170.00	$556	—
351–395	366	15	145.00–184.00	$159.98	$586	+6.60
415–444	434	9	147.00–176.00	$161.00	$699	+14.01
437 value added	437	3	154.00	$154.00	$673	—
450–479	462	70	145.00–172.50	$166.38	$769	-0.52
534 value added	534	9	169.00	$169.00	$902	—
508–549	543	79	153.00–160.00	$159.26	$865	-2.16
550–570	554	64	128.00–165.00	$154.07	$854	-5.96
627–630 value added	629	25	153.50–161.00	$157.09	$988	-5.31
610–643	638	124	128.00–161.00	$152.31	$972	-2.54
655–685	670	2	133.00–144.00	$138.38	$927	-25.22
705–730	725	31	130.00–148.00	$144.76	$1,050	+3.86
732 value added	732	5	145.50	$145.50	$1,065	—
767–783 value added	776	16	134.00–141.00	$137.97	$1,071	-10.32
763–790	778	9	110.00–140.00	$127.83	$995	-27.60
825–848	835	8	118.00–134.00	$123.05	$1,027	-9.74
854 value added	854	6	143.50	$143.50	$1,225	—
880	880	1	125.00	$125.00	$1,100	+2.00
910 value added	910	2	140.00	$140.00	$1,274	-4.50
917	917	3	134.50	$134.50	$1,233	+0.40
978 value added	978	3	137.00	$137.00	$1,340	+19.00
980	980	1	135.00	$135.00	$1,323	—
1275	1275	1	115.00	$115.00	$1,466	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
275	275	1	89.00	$89.00	$245	-69.00
305–338	332	7	147.00–170.00	$164.07	$545	+16.41
360–375	367	6	155.00–180.00	$169.33	$621	+4.01
415–432	428	12	142.00–170.00	$164.48	$704	-3.89
454–493	462	48	154.00–171.00	$167.52	$774	+8.94
527 value added	527	3	138.00	$138.00	$727	-12.00
533–546	538	69	148.00–160.75	$156.62	$843	+4.87
565–585	570	7	121.00–155.00	$140.22	$799	-13.05
612–625	614	16	139.00–156.50	$152.34	$935	+6.94
650–660	654	24	116.00–151.00	$142.00	$929	+2.11
710–745	728	2	111.00–140.00	$125.85	$916	-6.73
750–780	756	7	120.00–133.00	$130.52	$987	-13.48
841	841	4	120.00	$120.00	$1,009	-7.00
975–990	983	2	101.00–116.00	$108.44	$1,066	—

N/N/A ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1325–1935	1642	23	124.00–152.00	$144.58	$2,374	—
1390–1835	1645	20	140.00–156.00	$149.84	$2,465	—

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
220	220	1	116.00	$116.00	$255	—
335	335	3	115.00–135.00	$128.33	$430	—
448	448	8	145.00	$145.00	$650	+15.00
463–470	465	4	120.00–136.00	$129.48	$602	-16.83
510–538	531	4	125.00–130.00	$126.20	$670	-20.13
563	563	2	124.00	$124.00	$698	-3.32
600–606	605	4	132.00–135.00	$132.74	$803	+10.88
653 value added	653	3	135.00	$135.00	$882	—
695	695	1	110.00	$110.00	$764	+0.50

Small 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
310	310	1	131.00	$131.00	$406	+20.00
433 value added	433	4	148.00	$148.00	$641	—
410–448	437	6	127.00–133.00	$129.05	$564	—
493 value added	493	4	134.00	$134.00	$661	—
507	507	2	110.00	$110.00	$558	-5.00
635	635	2	134.00	$134.00	$851	+11.78
830	830	1	125.00	$125.00	$1,038	+40.79

Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
640	640	1	123.00	$123.00	$787	—

Small 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
120	120	1	120.00	$120.00	$144	—

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Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
308–333	323	13	134.00–143.00	$138.01	$446	+8.26
358–383	372	29	132.00–154.50	$146.67	$546	+7.81
405 value added	405	18	151.00	$151.00	$612	—
430–445	432	26	128.00–144.00	$142.58	$616	+9.10
450–479	462	133	128.00–147.50	$141.51	$654	+5.67
518–548	543	117	126.50–140.50	$131.05	$712	-1.82
552	552	6	141.00	$141.00	$778	+10.01
552–563	558	135	122.00–142.00	$135.14	$754	+4.15
596 value added	596	4	135.50	$135.50	$808	—
610–643	632	141	116.00–138.50	$125.38	$792	+1.48
650–660	656	5	101.00–124.00	$118.58	$778	-7.11
651–673 value added	668	18	122.00–130.00	$128.27	$857	+8.27
708 value added	708	6	131.00	$131.00	$927	—
719–743	731	56	96.00–125.75	$120.17	$878	-9.83
755–763	760	5	112.00–132.00	$124.05	$943	+2.26
765 value added	765	3	131.00	$131.00	$1,002	-4.00
804–813	806	8	105.00–130.00	$111.30	$897	-26.70
857–873	862	9	101.00–143.50	$118.76	$1,024	-3.57

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
296 value added	296	4	137.00	$137.00	$406	—
327–346	336	10	125.00–130.00	$127.43	$428	+1.52
352–395	362	48	124.00–158.50	$147.51	$534	+2.41
425–447	442	52	98.00–146.50	$139.30	$616	+1.30
450–487	461	79	120.00–142.50	$141.30	$651	+1.79
510–540	537	108	124.00–142.00	$132.65	$712	+0.27
560–580	566	9	121.50–129.00	$124.01	$702	-4.74
610–640	636	22	116.00–132.00	$119.79	$762	-7.03
652–689	668	30	110.00–129.00	$122.42	$818	+4.29
724–745	726	12	105.00–124.00	$120.45	$874	+0.69
770	770	1	112.00	$112.00	$862	-8.32
863	863	2	92.00	$92.00	$794	—

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
220	220	1	109.00	$109.00	$240	—
315–346	334	5	100.00–146.50	$134.22	$448	+9.22
367–393	379	10	123.00–134.00	$129.02	$489	+1.06
415–445	438	24	124.00–141.00	$135.61	$594	+14.01
453–475	459	9	105.00–127.00	$123.34	$566	-4.88
536–545	537	11	101.00–127.75	$125.28	$673	+0.74
558–588	569	10	121.00–126.00	$123.85	$705	+1.69
626 value added	626	10	126.50	$126.50	$792	—
634–645	638	8	119.00–120.00	$119.62	$763	+7.04
665–675	670	2	80.00–118.00	$99.14	$664	+66.14
755–790	773	2	81.00–106.00	$93.22	$721	-14.45

Small 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
347	347	5	139.00	$139.00	$482	—
365–370	368	4	109.00–125.00	$116.95	$430	-10.96
425–438	435	10	117.00–120.00	$119.41	$519	+4.80
451	451	4	116.00	$116.00	$523	-4.19
525–547	545	11	118.00–124.50	$123.93	$675	+9.28
637	637	4	111.00	$111.00	$707	—
656–668	660	6	109.50–112.00	$110.34	$728	+2.05
730	730	2	118.50	$118.50	$865	+34.82
820	820	1	92.00	$92.00	$754	+5.00

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
365	365	3	141.00	$141.00	$515	+12.00
405 value added	405	3	131.00	$131.00	$531	—
461	461	5	136.00	$136.00	$627	-7.70
560	560	2	123.00	$123.00	$689	-16.37

N/N/A ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1280–1720	1453	9	123.00–148.00	$139.82	$2,032	—
1470–1535	1503	2	147.00–149.00	$147.98	$2,224	—

Medium and Large 4 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
365	365	1	106.00	$106.00	$387	—
415	415	3	125.00	$125.00	$519	—
510	510	1	120.00	$120.00	$612	+7.00

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Feeder Bulls

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
270	270	1	139.00	$139.00	$375	—
340–345	341	12	118.00–165.00	$152.87	$521	-9.13
350–385	368	18	158.00–186.00	$170.96	$629	+2.77
405–449	422	47	143.00–177.00	$169.19	$714	+3.23
470–493	487	65	148.00–168.00	$156.46	$762	+3.75
520–548	539	44	144.50–151.00	$146.20	$788	+0.33
558–570	564	57	128.00–165.00	$141.82	$800	+2.61
618–642	627	54	122.00–164.00	$140.00	$878	+9.11
655–675	665	2	110.00–115.00	$112.46	$748	-15.17
705–743	733	12	94.00–128.00	$113.75	$834	-2.04
755	755	1	121.00	$121.00	$914	+46.00
850–880	860	3	95.00–105.00	$101.59	$874	—
900	900	1	100.00	$100.00	$900	+37.50

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
285	285	1	110.00	$110.00	$314	—
318	318	5	150.00	$150.00	$477	-15.88
351–390	359	27	151.00–189.00	$176.47	$634	+6.95
410–440	416	50	156.00–175.50	$171.18	$712	+8.98
459–496	483	58	140.00–161.00	$154.57	$747	+5.64
515–547	539	4	121.00–148.00	$127.45	$687	-8.26
550–580	563	34	123.00–162.00	$140.08	$789	+4.68
620–625	622	17	127.00–142.25	$134.21	$835	+7.00
683–690	685	4	87.00–161.00	$134.45	$921	—
705	705	1	97.00	$97.00	$684	-24.79
756–780	760	6	109.00–116.00	$110.20	$838	+7.47
878	878	2	96.00	$96.00	$843	+9.00

Small 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
335	335	2	130.00	$130.00	$436	—
390	390	2	124.00	$124.00	$484	-0.20
411	411	4	149.00	$149.00	$612	+16.39
489–490	489	8	97.00–126.00	$122.37	$598	-1.38
503	503	3	131.00	$131.00	$659	-5.00
553–570	566	11	112.00–149.00	$124.12	$703	-0.05
667–670	668	4	110.00–115.00	$111.25	$743	-4.21
730	730	2	105.00	$105.00	$766	+25.00

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
338	338	3	126.00	$126.00	$426	+7.24
430–443	440	6	119.00–141.00	$128.89	$567	-1.06
515	515	1	110.00	$110.00	$566	+0.32
575–595	580	4	90.00–124.00	$112.75	$654	-3.25
615	615	2	112.00	$112.00	$689	—
800	800	1	70.00	$70.00	$560	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
671	671	5	130.00	$130.00	$872	—
764	764	6	114.00	$114.00	$871	+2.00

Medium and Large 4 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
444	444	7	127.00	$127.00	$564	+46.00

Small 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
360	360	2	110.00	$110.00	$396	—
415	415	2	101.00	$101.00	$419	—

Medium and Large 3-4 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
482	482	3	108.00	$108.00	$521	—

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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.