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Virginia Weekly Cattle Auction Summary

Virginia · USDA-reported Auction Livestock

Sale of Monday, January 10, 2022

3,123 head sold ·Official USDA report

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heavy 7-weight M&L 1-2 steers $159.06/cwt ≈ $1,250/hd at 786 lb · 144 head
heavy 6-weight M&L 1 steers $153.25/cwt +21.34 vs last sale · ≈ $1,032/hd at 673 lb · 138 head
heavy 5-weight M&L 1-2 heifers $148.88/cwt +1.88 vs last sale · ≈ $850/hd at 571 lb · 118 head

Receipts

HeadThis saleLast saleLast year
Total receipts 3,123 1,340 4,948
Feeder cattle 3,123 1,272 4,948
Slaughter cattle — 68 —

Market comments — USDA reporter

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 1223, Heifers 1465, Bulls 435) Value Added cattle are Weaned and Vaccinated. In comparison to pre-holiday prices: Feeder cattle mostly steady to 15.00 higher. Report includes sales from Blackstone, Dublin, Front Royal, Lynchburg, Marshall, Radiant, Roanoke-Hollins, Rockingham, Shenandoah and Winchester.

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Feeder Steers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb) Avg wt Head Price range Avg $ ≈ $/hdΔ last sale
300–349 337 10 171.00–195.00 $189.15 $637 +29.15
390 390 1 165.00 $165.00 $644 —
415–443 436 4 157.50–175.00 $170.84 $745 +13.80
450–490 467 46 154.00–184.00 $177.77 $830 +16.66
500–549 538 75 136.00–178.00 $165.19 $889 +6.34
553 553 7 173.00 $173.00 $957 +12.24
550–590 559 47 119.00–170.00 $164.71 $921 +3.95
578–592 value added 589 40 171.00–184.50 $180.77 $1,065 +4.77
610 value added 610 1 120.00 $120.00 $732 -26.00
614–642 632 60 142.50–170.00 $158.48 $1,002 +4.91
638 638 16 169.00 $169.00 $1,078 +15.43
666–677 value added 670 40 142.50–156.00 $153.23 $1,027 +47.23
650–698 672 64 138.00–167.00 $156.51 $1,052 +11.65
661–685 679 34 133.00–157.00 $147.14 $999 +2.28
718–727 value added 723 10 145.00–149.00 $147.01 $1,063 -1.99
720–745 736 34 139.00–157.00 $144.42 $1,063 +1.89
751–780 756 12 136.00–143.00 $140.28 $1,061 +22.71
760 value added 760 6 150.00 $150.00 $1,140 +2.00
776 776 9 121.00 $121.00 $939 +3.43
805–845 832 3 136.00–139.00 $138.03 $1,148 -3.97
847 value added 847 10 149.00 $149.00 $1,262 +2.00
855 855 3 135.00–142.50 $137.50 $1,176 —
930 value added 930 5 138.00 $138.00 $1,283 —
952 value added 952 30 146.00 $146.00 $1,390 +11.00
1000 1000 1 131.00 $131.00 $1,310 —
1100 1100 1 91.00 $91.00 $1,001 —
Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb) Avg wt Head Price range Avg $ ≈ $/hdΔ last sale
444 444 11 187.00 $187.00 $830 —
470 470 3 165.00 $165.00 $776 —
473 473 4 150.00 $150.00 $710 —
485 value added 485 4 173.00 $173.00 $839 +2.00
531–541 538 32 166.00–183.50 $178.10 $958 —
552–590 value added 572 36 167.00–183.00 $176.92 $1,012 +7.42
577 577 2 161.00 $161.00 $929 —
601–629 value added 622 45 149.50–169.00 $163.80 $1,019 —
644 644 4 155.00 $155.00 $998 —
660–690 value added 670 34 129.00–157.00 $147.42 $988 -8.58
702–738 value added 715 37 135.00–159.00 $151.65 $1,084 —
728–733 730 17 153.00–158.00 $155.36 $1,134 —
776–794 781 32 150.00–162.00 $153.18 $1,196 —
776–791 value added 787 112 139.50–166.00 $160.74 $1,265 —
808–825 value added 820 11 132.00–141.00 $138.58 $1,136 —
860–873 value added 864 16 119.00–147.00 $137.57 $1,189 —
950 value added 950 1 125.50 $125.50 $1,192 —
975 975 10 139.00 $139.00 $1,355 —
Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb) Avg wt Head Price range Avg $ ≈ $/hdΔ last sale
320 320 2 170.00–174.00 $172.00 $550 +7.00
360–390 363 11 155.00–192.00 $186.29 $676 +29.26
415–444 439 34 113.00–186.50 $176.29 $774 +18.56
451–480 469 7 130.00–179.00 $159.23 $747 -8.27
509–548 530 12 140.00–167.50 $155.66 $825 +2.41
550–573 553 51 130.00–165.50 $161.79 $895 +6.47
553 553 3 125.00 $125.00 $691 -30.32
580 value added 580 2 166.00 $166.00 $963 —
618–648 635 37 120.00–169.00 $153.69 $976 +10.69
650–680 656 5 127.00–153.50 $143.05 $938 +3.05
667–696 value added 686 6 130.00–150.00 $143.52 $985 —
728–742 738 10 119.00–159.00 $133.46 $985 -2.54
750 750 1 146.00 $146.00 $1,095 —
752 value added 752 3 120.00 $120.00 $902 -1.00
815 815 1 103.00 $103.00 $839 -13.00
955 955 1 95.00 $95.00 $907 —
Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb) Avg wt Head Price range Avg $ ≈ $/hdΔ last sale
362 362 2 147.00 $147.00 $532 +3.00
407–448 442 7 131.00–145.50 $143.59 $635 -5.41
543–549 546 12 141.00–145.00 $143.01 $781 +18.51
660 660 3 75.00–150.00 $125.00 $825 —
Small 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb) Avg wt Head Price range Avg $ ≈ $/hdΔ last sale
370 370 1 133.00 $133.00 $492 —
451–490 458 8 132.00–152.00 $135.69 $621 —
525–538 536 8 123.00–132.50 $124.16 $665 +8.16
595 595 1 129.00 $129.00 $768 —
615 615 1 110.00 $110.00 $676 —
743 743 2 120.00 $120.00 $892 —

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Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb) Avg wt Head Price range Avg $ ≈ $/hdΔ last sale
300–348 328 7 130.00–134.00 $131.82 $432 -11.54
360–395 369 22 125.00–157.50 $150.56 $556 +5.06
432–444 441 10 132.00–148.00 $138.26 $610 -9.37
450–496 469 77 130.00–146.50 $143.32 $672 +2.86
511 value added 511 6 155.00 $155.00 $792 —
512–548 541 97 123.00–142.00 $137.49 $744 -0.27
556–595 571 84 123.00–146.00 $139.30 $795 +0.03
581 581 7 110.00 $110.00 $639 -29.27
570–597 value added 587 19 153.00–157.00 $154.43 $907 —
605 605 5 140.00 $140.00 $847 +23.74
605–647 641 88 101.00–149.00 $126.70 $812 +10.44
660 660 2 123.00 $123.00 $812 -2.04
658–670 664 29 115.00–141.50 $126.60 $841 +1.56
698 value added 698 11 130.00 $130.00 $907 —
725 725 4 110.00 $110.00 $798 -8.19
705–742 733 34 119.00–140.00 $127.78 $937 +9.59
750–765 762 5 113.00–127.00 $124.24 $947 +27.08
828–840 831 5 100.00–125.00 $107.83 $896 +1.17
875 875 2 114.00 $114.00 $998 —
905 value added 905 1 90.00 $90.00 $814 —
Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb) Avg wt Head Price range Avg $ ≈ $/hdΔ last sale
373–377 376 13 132.00–138.00 $133.37 $501 —
433 value added 433 2 125.00 $125.00 $541 -30.00
444 444 21 157.00 $157.00 $697 —
453–488 value added 460 10 135.50–157.00 $152.44 $701 —
473 473 14 140.00 $140.00 $662 —
505–535 value added 529 14 151.00–152.00 $151.80 $803 —
549 549 10 153.00 $153.00 $840 —
554 554 6 129.00 $129.00 $715 —
566 566 18 134.00–149.00 $144.00 $815 —
556–587 value added 573 94 138.00–157.50 $151.08 $866 +4.08
605 605 40 148.00 $148.00 $895 —
613–640 value added 635 64 121.00–142.50 $140.76 $894 —
655–675 value added 657 23 95.50–150.00 $145.13 $954 +6.13
752–796 value added 762 59 122.00–142.00 $139.90 $1,066 —
811–833 value added 813 34 125.00–142.00 $140.46 $1,142 —
870–885 value added 884 30 129.50–137.25 $130.01 $1,149 —
920 value added 920 1 89.00 $89.00 $819 —
Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb) Avg wt Head Price range Avg $ ≈ $/hdΔ last sale
300–348 341 15 110.00–144.50 $138.17 $471 +2.75
352–390 357 32 131.00–159.00 $155.51 $555 +9.40
398 398 2 131.00 $131.00 $521 -15.11
407–446 428 29 130.00–147.00 $139.11 $595 +1.60
452–495 459 84 127.00–149.50 $145.93 $670 +4.94
463 value added 463 9 145.00 $145.00 $671 —
496 496 9 153.50 $153.50 $761 —
504–547 532 77 110.00–170.00 $134.03 $713 +0.46
555–592 564 33 120.00–140.00 $134.64 $759 +0.24
605–640 635 36 95.00–154.00 $128.19 $814 +8.50
651–680 653 12 115.00–124.00 $119.00 $777 +11.45
668 value added 668 2 121.00 $121.00 $808 —
707–740 722 9 105.00–127.50 $122.11 $882 +16.09
751–790 762 6 84.50–121.00 $113.84 $867 -1.16
811 811 5 122.00 $122.00 $989 —
900 900 1 100.00 $100.00 $900 —
985 value added 985 1 117.00 $117.00 $1,152 —
Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb) Avg wt Head Price range Avg $ ≈ $/hdΔ last sale
354–390 364 24 130.00–144.00 $140.97 $513 +0.19
441–445 443 27 121.00–140.50 $138.74 $615 +19.83
452 452 3 125.00 $125.00 $565 -7.77
508–537 531 25 130.00–133.00 $132.39 $703 +21.25
572–595 582 8 100.00–123.00 $118.88 $692 -17.12
630–633 633 10 124.00–125.00 $124.10 $786 —
705 705 1 118.00 $118.00 $832 —
Small 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb) Avg wt Head Price range Avg $ ≈ $/hdΔ last sale
367 367 6 144.50 $144.50 $530 +21.00
400–445 437 11 82.00–134.50 $129.29 $565 +18.19
545–547 547 8 114.00–117.00 $114.75 $628 +12.75
647 647 2 115.00 $115.00 $744 —
680 680 1 115.00 $115.00 $782 —
700 700 1 114.00 $114.00 $798 +9.00
785 785 2 117.50 $117.50 $922 —

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Feeder Bulls

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb) Avg wt Head Price range Avg $ ≈ $/hdΔ last sale
344 344 6 188.50 $188.50 $648 +30.62
370–395 380 3 152.00–164.00 $156.29 $594 -4.43
400–435 416 32 141.00–185.50 $174.15 $724 +14.97
455–484 478 44 147.00–179.00 $169.95 $812 +14.53
500–544 519 17 142.00–160.00 $150.74 $782 -1.68
558 value added 558 2 152.00 $152.00 $848 —
553–580 566 63 126.00–162.00 $153.38 $868 +7.46
615–645 629 18 135.00–161.00 $147.21 $926 +25.01
653 653 3 144.00 $144.00 $940 +11.06
705–735 720 26 101.00–152.00 $123.29 $888 +11.64
770–771 771 12 93.00–121.00 $111.67 $861 —
840 840 1 124.00 $124.00 $1,042 +8.32
Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb) Avg wt Head Price range Avg $ ≈ $/hdΔ last sale
310–339 336 26 150.00–189.50 $185.88 $625 +17.34
350–386 362 14 125.00–179.00 $164.76 $596 +15.11
400–440 420 28 135.00–183.50 $172.48 $724 +8.17
463–492 489 40 140.00–170.25 $167.03 $817 +10.90
550–590 565 23 113.00–157.50 $142.65 $806 -2.93
615–636 630 8 110.00–147.00 $133.28 $840 -1.72
662 662 5 134.00 $134.00 $887 +0.34
735 735 2 130.00 $130.00 $956 —
835 835 1 127.00 $127.00 $1,060 —
Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb) Avg wt Head Price range Avg $ ≈ $/hdΔ last sale
470 470 2 161.00 $161.00 $757 —
506 506 13 127.00 $127.00 $643 —
584–593 585 27 127.00–143.00 $141.20 $826 —
650 650 5 127.00 $127.00 $826 —
Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb) Avg wt Head Price range Avg $ ≈ $/hdΔ last sale
320 320 1 165.00 $165.00 $528 +24.00
415 415 1 120.00 $120.00 $498 -10.00
550 550 1 145.00 $145.00 $798 +15.00
666 666 4 131.00 $131.00 $872 —
Small 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb) Avg wt Head Price range Avg $ ≈ $/hdΔ last sale
315 315 1 137.00 $137.00 $432 —
405 405 2 136.50 $136.50 $553 -5.50
470 470 1 133.00 $133.00 $625 +4.00
560 560 3 122.50 $122.50 $686 +4.50

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Dairy Steers

Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb) Avg wt Head Price range Avg $ ≈ $/hdΔ last sale
975 value added 975 7 115.00 $115.00 $1,121 —

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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.