Virginia Weekly Cattle Auction Summary

Virginia · USDA-reported Auction Livestock

Sale of Monday, January 24, 2022

2,705 head sold ·Official USDA report

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heavy 6-weight M&L 1-2 steers $161.15/cwt ≈ $1,083/hd at 672 lb · 188 head

heavy 7-weight M&L 1-2 steers $149.56/cwt ≈ $1,150/hd at 769 lb · 141 head

heavy 5-weight M&L 1-2 heifers $150.16/cwt ≈ $857/hd at 571 lb · 108 head

Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Total receipts	2,705	334	1,703
Feeder cattle	2,705	178	1,703
Slaughter cattle	—	156	—

Market comments — USDA reporter

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 1104, Heifers 1225, Bulls 376) Value Added and most Natural cattle are Weaned and Vaccinated. Compared to two weeks ago: Feeder cattle mostly 2.00 to 7.00 higher. Report includes sales from Blackstone, Lynchburg, Radiant, Springlake Weaned and Vaccinated, Springlake and Winchester.

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Feeder Steers

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
503 value added	503	8	171.00	$171.00	$860	—
558	558	22	177.00	$177.00	$988	—
584 value added	584	24	172.00	$172.00	$1,004	—
596	596	20	172.00	$172.00	$1,025	—
655	655	50	162.00	$162.00	$1,061	—
650–689 value added	678	138	156.00–165.50	$160.84	$1,090	—
716–737 value added	721	24	148.00–152.00	$150.98	$1,089	—
756	756	60	149.50	$149.50	$1,130	—
769–793 value added	778	81	143.00–151.25	$149.61	$1,164	—
848 value added	848	9	140.00	$140.00	$1,187	—
923 value added	923	12	137.00	$137.00	$1,265	—
944	944	9	133.00	$133.00	$1,256	—

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
335	335	1	122.00	$122.00	$409	—
365–383	370	7	174.00–190.00	$185.27	$685	—
437–443	440	6	176.00–183.00	$179.48	$790	+21.48
461–483	466	34	161.00–191.00	$185.75	$866	+23.31
500–535	528	7	146.00–160.50	$154.83	$818	—
550–573	555	99	166.00–171.75	$170.24	$945	+6.21
582 value added	582	3	134.00	$134.00	$780	—
611–644	637	43	145.00–166.00	$157.82	$1,005	+10.08
650–695	655	51	140.00–156.00	$154.70	$1,013	—
720–741	738	6	143.00–148.00	$143.81	$1,061	—
753–754	754	41	150.00–159.50	$156.26	$1,178	—
761 value added	761	5	146.00	$146.00	$1,111	—
755–785	762	37	105.00–150.00	$140.91	$1,074	—
833 value added	833	2	136.00	$136.00	$1,133	—
822–846	840	32	135.00–146.00	$141.48	$1,188	—
878	878	17	151.00	$151.00	$1,326	—
883–896 value added	892	12	135.00–142.50	$140.02	$1,249	—
921	921	6	121.00	$121.00	$1,114	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
351–387	363	6	161.00–186.00	$169.88	$617	—
415–445	434	4	137.00–171.00	$161.33	$700	—
451–475	459	32	172.00–193.00	$187.61	$861	+34.65
500–547	542	28	129.00–175.00	$166.74	$904	+25.74
558	558	18	160.00	$160.00	$893	—
605–648	632	34	144.00–160.50	$155.61	$983	—
720–744	736	12	121.00–150.50	$140.63	$1,035	—
761	761	5	136.00	$136.00	$1,035	—
835	835	1	137.00	$137.00	$1,144	—
855	855	1	121.00	$121.00	$1,035	—

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
345	345	3	135.00–170.00	$158.33	$546	+3.33
435	435	1	158.00	$158.00	$687	+11.00
467	467	4	135.00	$135.00	$630	—
523–544	538	14	137.00–150.00	$143.94	$774	—
575	575	2	129.00	$129.00	$742	—
600–635	628	5	137.00–150.50	$147.92	$929	+12.91
670–675	671	4	110.00–129.00	$124.22	$834	—
785	785	1	137.00	$137.00	$1,075	—
855	855	2	110.00	$110.00	$940	—

Small 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
185	185	1	130.00	$130.00	$240	—
325	325	1	152.00	$152.00	$494	—
380	380	1	132.00	$132.00	$502	—
452	452	2	133.00	$133.00	$601	—
508–546	533	9	127.00–130.00	$129.00	$688	—
600	600	1	125.00	$125.00	$750	-7.00
662	662	7	133.00	$133.00	$880	—
728	728	2	114.00	$114.00	$830	—
752	752	2	133.00	$133.00	$1,000	—
855	855	1	99.00	$99.00	$846	—
935	935	1	94.00	$94.00	$879	—

Small 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
478 value added	478	9	157.00	$157.00	$750	—

Medium and Large 2-3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
554 value added	554	6	160.00	$160.00	$886	—

Small 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
400	400	1	115.00	$115.00	$460	—

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Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
367–373	370	25	149.00–164.50	$158.56	$587	+16.56
420–424	424	16	154.00–155.00	$154.12	$653	+19.12
450–491	460	66	138.00–156.00	$151.31	$696	+17.31
525–549	542	61	126.00–144.50	$141.50	$767	+15.33
550–564	559	64	136.00–141.50	$140.33	$784	+18.00
605–648	638	76	123.00–147.00	$137.83	$879	+16.33
653–680	656	27	116.00–143.00	$127.74	$838	—
723–748	731	27	101.00–131.00	$123.56	$903	+6.04
749 value added	749	12	131.00	$131.00	$981	—
750–781	752	73	123.00–142.00	$141.46	$1,064	—
820	820	1	134.00	$134.00	$1,099	—
850	850	25	127.00	$127.00	$1,080	—
895 value added	895	5	115.00	$115.00	$1,029	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
330–345	334	8	140.00–151.00	$142.84	$477	+2.77
350–390	366	34	130.00–165.50	$156.96	$574	+24.96
426–442	438	64	142.00–156.50	$152.46	$668	+37.46
455–488	478	29	137.00–153.00	$146.08	$698	+7.58
520–547	540	80	134.00–146.50	$140.53	$759	+14.56
552–563	559	6	120.00–128.50	$122.80	$686	—
611–642	634	52	120.00–136.00	$130.60	$828	+22.13
660	660	1	135.00	$135.00	$891	+14.00
725	725	2	130.50	$130.50	$946	+12.50
750–785	755	15	114.00–131.50	$127.47	$962	—
850	850	1	124.00	$124.00	$1,054	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
374	374	6	141.00	$141.00	$527	—
418	418	3	141.00	$141.00	$589	—
480 value added	480	7	149.00	$149.00	$715	—
548	548	2	124.00	$124.00	$680	—
567	567	23	148.00	$148.00	$839	—
551–589 value added	572	85	150.00–152.00	$150.75	$862	—
623–647 value added	638	76	142.50–147.00	$144.24	$920	—
654	654	76	146.00	$146.00	$955	—
705 value added	705	6	132.00	$132.00	$931	—
860	860	4	114.00	$114.00	$980	—

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
335	335	4	139.00	$139.00	$466	—
368–385	381	14	131.00–150.25	$146.27	$557	—
403–447	434	9	118.00–145.00	$127.06	$551	+20.06
452–468	454	23	100.00–147.00	$143.02	$649	—
525–549	546	16	110.00–139.25	$136.64	$746	—
550–565	555	15	118.00–129.00	$123.32	$684	+8.32
620–639	636	7	117.00–123.00	$122.16	$777	+11.16
665–670	668	2	61.00–114.00	$87.60	$585	—
735	735	1	102.00	$102.00	$750	—
762	762	2	118.00	$118.00	$899	—

Small 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
360–375	365	6	130.00–137.00	$134.60	$491	—
450–495	456	15	121.00–140.00	$137.25	$626	+8.25
530	530	4	138.00	$138.00	$731	—
557	557	8	119.00	$119.00	$663	+4.00
631	631	3	123.00	$123.00	$776	—
666	666	10	110.00	$110.00	$733	—
750	750	4	98.00	$98.00	$735	—
858	858	2	97.00	$97.00	$832	—

Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
590	590	1	101.00	$101.00	$596	—

Medium and Large 4 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
540	540	1	116.00	$116.00	$626	—

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Feeder Bulls

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
300–345	323	2	177.50–179.00	$178.30	$576	+8.30
353–374	365	19	174.00–192.00	$186.29	$680	—
403–445	418	21	160.00–190.00	$184.78	$772	+19.32
450–487	484	44	159.00–179.00	$175.96	$852	+25.96
500–546	539	28	126.00–179.00	$149.75	$807	+2.69
563–585	565	33	127.00–160.00	$155.99	$881	—
600–645	631	33	121.00–149.00	$142.81	$901	+7.81
663	663	2	148.00	$148.00	$981	+10.51
715–736	734	13	132.00–138.00	$132.76	$974	—
874–895	878	6	81.00–122.00	$115.03	$1,010	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
325–349	344	13	175.00–192.00	$188.93	$650	+18.06
360–384	380	6	171.00–179.00	$177.74	$675	—
400–445	425	34	170.00–192.00	$189.18	$804	+27.69
470–490	480	23	121.00–179.00	$171.13	$821	+13.99
503–546	539	15	146.00–158.00	$154.93	$835	—
560–595	568	12	111.00–161.25	$155.05	$881	+4.39
600–629	626	20	128.00–144.00	$142.20	$890	+10.20
730	730	4	135.00	$135.00	$986	—
935	935	3	110.00	$110.00	$1,028	—

Small 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
330	330	1	148.50	$148.50	$490	+48.50
390	390	1	144.00	$144.00	$562	—
500–501	501	5	123.00–135.00	$130.21	$652	—
565–578	571	6	123.00–146.00	$137.74	$786	—
630	630	1	125.00	$125.00	$788	—

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
363	363	3	130.00	$130.00	$472	—
430	430	2	131.00	$131.00	$563	—
450–470	463	3	121.00–146.00	$137.91	$639	—
505–535	520	2	117.00–140.00	$128.17	$666	—
633	633	2	127.00	$127.00	$804	—
730	730	1	123.00	$123.00	$898	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
649	649	4	131.00	$131.00	$850	—
720	720	2	118.00	$118.00	$850	—

Medium and Large 2-3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
263	263	3	147.00	$147.00	$387	—

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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.