Virginia Weekly Cattle Auction Summary

Virginia · USDA-reported Auction Livestock

Sale of Monday, April 4, 2022

4,423 head sold ·Official USDA report

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light 5-weight M&L 1 heifers $145.04/cwt +1.70 vs last sale · ≈ $773/hd at 533 lb · 250 head

heavy 4-weight M&L 1 heifers $149.26/cwt -0.23 vs last sale · ≈ $704/hd at 471 lb · 175 head

heavy 5-weight M&L 1 bulls $159.68/cwt +1.51 vs last sale · ≈ $896/hd at 561 lb · 152 head

Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Total receipts	4,423	3,774	5,845
Feeder cattle	4,363	3,774	5,845
Slaughter cattle	60	—	0

Market comments — USDA reporter

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 1525, Heifers 1936, Bulls 902) Value Added and most Natural cattle are Weaned and Vaccinated. Compared to last week: Feeder cattle mostly steady to 5.00 higher. Report includes sales from Blackstone, Front Royal, Lynchburg, Marshall, Radiant, Roanoke-Hollins, 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
314–348	320	12	120.00–180.00	$172.65	$552	+0.12
364 value added	364	6	200.00	$200.00	$728	—
370–396	385	23	168.00–190.00	$182.09	$701	-5.26
420–446	438	47	129.00–188.00	$175.41	$768	-7.64
452–485	464	113	140.00–192.00	$178.25	$827	-1.52
478 value added	478	10	183.00	$183.00	$875	-11.00
523–549	541	124	155.00–189.50	$177.47	$960	+1.49
553–572	560	100	115.00–184.00	$172.22	$964	-6.79
565	565	16	177.00	$177.00	$1,000	-2.01
583 value added	583	14	179.00	$179.00	$1,044	-6.99
622–643	636	99	157.50–173.00	$166.75	$1,061	+2.92
647 value added	647	9	190.00	$190.00	$1,229	+8.42
651–675	653	37	113.00–177.25	$172.49	$1,126	+14.82
652–665 value added	657	74	174.50–180.00	$177.93	$1,169	+6.95
700–747	730	77	130.00–160.00	$151.71	$1,107	+1.08
754–772 value added	765	29	158.50–163.00	$160.29	$1,226	+7.52
753–785	769	26	142.00–156.50	$152.26	$1,171	+5.64
820–846	844	16	129.00–140.50	$137.26	$1,158	-3.74
863	863	3	130.00	$130.00	$1,122	-10.29
863 value added	863	6	125.00	$125.00	$1,079	-19.52
978	978	2	128.00	$128.00	$1,252	-7.00
1080–1090	1085	2	85.00–106.00	$95.45	$1,036	-7.08
1135	1135	1	120.00	$120.00	$1,362	—
1205	1205	4	130.00	$130.00	$1,566	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
327	327	9	180.00	$180.00	$589	-8.06
370–395	375	20	158.00–182.00	$175.23	$657	-2.74
415 value added	415	2	145.00	$145.00	$602	—
406–449	427	35	139.00–191.00	$180.62	$771	-0.98
450–495	460	65	146.00–172.50	$168.87	$777	-2.64
473–486	483	13	165.00–174.00	$171.97	$831	+0.46
508 value added	508	4	183.00	$183.00	$930	-12.00
507–548	539	50	111.00–181.00	$162.59	$876	-10.22
551–575	553	32	135.00–178.50	$173.46	$959	+1.27
555–590	560	7	135.00–180.00	$173.23	$970	+1.04
600–645	622	25	151.00–168.00	$161.60	$1,005	-8.27
643	643	4	175.00	$175.00	$1,125	+5.13
652 value added	652	19	164.50	$164.50	$1,073	—
650–671	657	20	122.00–173.00	$164.69	$1,082	+8.94
702	702	13	154.00	$154.00	$1,081	+1.43
700–748	735	13	121.00–159.50	$144.59	$1,063	-7.98
750–796	787	26	121.00–149.00	$143.33	$1,128	—
823	823	4	127.00	$127.00	$1,045	—
1095	1095	1	116.00	$116.00	$1,270	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
424 value added	424	10	174.00	$174.00	$738	—
499	499	12	201.00	$201.00	$1,003	-10.00
524–546 value added	538	13	168.00–187.00	$175.12	$942	-23.45
571	571	12	205.00	$205.00	$1,171	+11.00
554–599 value added	582	86	144.00–196.00	$184.58	$1,074	-5.84
623–634 value added	629	8	172.00–175.00	$173.51	$1,091	+3.08
636	636	4	167.00	$167.00	$1,062	+2.00
643	643	4	175.00	$175.00	$1,125	+10.00
656–670 value added	663	8	171.00–173.00	$172.01	$1,140	+3.14
664	664	29	174.50	$174.50	$1,159	-12.00
753 value added	753	9	158.00	$158.00	$1,190	—
759	759	6	150.00	$150.00	$1,138	+0.50
850 value added	850	5	142.50	$142.50	$1,211	—
920 value added	920	3	131.50	$131.50	$1,210	+8.50
979	979	15	124.00	$124.00	$1,214	—

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
315–338	327	5	137.50–162.00	$149.57	$489	-3.43
382	382	2	145.00	$145.00	$554	+5.00
405–438	433	14	138.00–169.00	$162.03	$702	+16.03
457–480	460	10	131.00–164.00	$157.72	$726	+6.58
525–547	541	8	105.00–159.50	$150.55	$814	+3.44
570–590	573	7	128.00–161.00	$156.14	$895	+7.93
600–610	605	2	118.00–151.00	$134.36	$813	-19.02
725	725	1	139.00	$139.00	$1,008	—
795	795	1	106.00	$106.00	$843	—

N/N/A ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1185–1490	1313	5	117.00–127.00	$122.13	$1,604	—
1340–1870	1646	21	125.00–149.00	$137.03	$2,256	—
1435–1885	1649	15	135.00–146.00	$140.11	$2,310	—

Small 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
410	410	1	151.00	$151.00	$619	-6.00
480–490	483	3	131.00–160.00	$150.20	$725	—
520	520	1	145.00	$145.00	$754	—
560	560	2	135.00	$135.00	$756	-4.00
643–647	646	6	132.00–148.00	$142.69	$922	—
720	720	2	116.00	$116.00	$835	-16.00

Small 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
250	250	1	110.00	$110.00	$275	—

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Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
285	285	4	140.00	$140.00	$399	—
326–335	330	30	136.00–150.00	$149.03	$492	-1.51
355–387	370	38	130.00–159.00	$149.73	$554	-4.19
424–445	429	70	131.00–164.00	$149.06	$639	-1.26
455–490	468	153	138.00–164.00	$148.22	$694	-1.27
485–499 value added	495	22	156.00–158.00	$156.53	$775	—
503 value added	503	8	152.00	$152.00	$765	—
500–549	534	242	122.00–150.00	$144.81	$773	+1.47
552–595	563	70	140.00–146.50	$142.64	$803	-4.33
558–597	581	19	152.00–159.00	$156.17	$907	+9.20
637	637	14	158.00	$158.00	$1,006	+22.46
605–649	640	136	128.00–139.75	$133.60	$855	-1.94
657–689	667	18	124.00–136.50	$133.39	$890	+3.24
651–699 value added	681	8	133.00–137.00	$134.43	$915	—
703–733 value added	716	14	120.00–125.00	$122.81	$879	-14.51
704–745	725	32	120.00–143.00	$131.29	$952	+4.10
755–769	764	32	115.00–143.75	$129.90	$992	+9.67
767 value added	767	8	126.00	$126.00	$966	-7.00
773	773	14	120.00	$120.00	$928	-0.23
827–845	837	7	109.00–125.00	$115.77	$969	-4.66
914	914	27	121.00	$121.00	$1,106	+10.00
955–957	957	5	110.00–111.00	$110.80	$1,060	-10.20
1000	1000	1	93.00	$93.00	$930	-1.00

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
292–295	293	4	136.00–140.00	$138.99	$407	—
300–349	327	17	136.00–159.00	$146.17	$478	-9.97
355–395	369	100	139.00–163.50	$154.20	$569	-3.26
410–438	431	39	124.00–157.50	$152.13	$656	+2.08
452–480	460	148	143.00–159.00	$149.93	$690	-2.70
500–548	541	139	132.50–153.50	$145.57	$788	+0.67
550–585	561	33	133.00–145.50	$141.00	$791	-7.16
615–648	641	43	119.00–139.00	$131.38	$842	-3.55
654–679	669	19	105.00–136.00	$122.43	$819	-7.17
700–745	727	18	112.00–130.00	$116.60	$848	-7.52
755–765	758	3	109.00–118.00	$112.03	$849	-4.29
900	900	1	110.00	$110.00	$990	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
344 value added	344	5	147.00	$147.00	$506	—
512–545 value added	531	14	144.00–153.00	$149.28	$793	—
552–597 value added	567	42	143.00–150.00	$148.01	$839	-7.49
612	612	16	147.00	$147.00	$900	-9.50
620 value added	620	10	139.00	$139.00	$862	-7.43
651–695	663	29	137.00–143.00	$141.27	$937	—
679 value added	679	20	143.00	$143.00	$971	+9.00
742	742	7	125.00	$125.00	$928	—
771	771	9	119.00	$119.00	$917	—
831 value added	831	12	127.00	$127.00	$1,055	—
855	855	4	109.00	$109.00	$932	—

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
336–348	339	10	127.00–145.00	$136.93	$464	+11.93
355–395	373	20	109.00–162.50	$149.86	$559	-6.33
433–443	440	46	130.00–150.00	$145.10	$638	-0.77
454–466	458	14	135.50–140.00	$137.13	$628	-0.42
526–545	536	26	105.00–144.00	$139.51	$748	+4.75
555–580	559	9	122.00–139.00	$133.17	$744	+13.12
610–645	630	10	112.00–129.00	$123.83	$780	+1.80
665–690	678	2	106.00–126.00	$115.82	$785	-9.18
725–742	737	4	81.00–120.00	$105.54	$778	-13.44

Small 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
370	370	6	135.00	$135.00	$500	-9.30
410–443	440	11	121.00–129.00	$128.32	$565	+6.32
465–470	467	3	130.00–134.00	$131.34	$613	-9.16
508–545	532	18	114.00–134.00	$130.99	$697	+13.95
560–595	578	2	97.00–123.00	$110.39	$638	-24.61
650–665	658	2	119.00–135.00	$127.09	$836	+27.09

N/N/A ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1125	1125	1	112.00	$112.00	$1,260	—
1220–1700	1419	11	139.00–151.00	$144.27	$2,047	—
1235–1610	1465	7	129.00–147.50	$137.39	$2,013	—

Medium and Large 4 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
442	442	6	134.00	$134.00	$592	—
560	560	1	101.00	$101.00	$566	—

Medium and Large 2-3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
596	596	6	144.00	$144.00	$858	—

Small 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
355	355	1	115.00	$115.00	$408	—
510	510	1	60.00	$60.00	$306	—

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Feeder Bulls

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
325–341	339	11	153.00–173.00	$170.97	$580	+4.85
350–380	370	26	150.00–181.00	$168.89	$625	-13.57
409–447	429	77	152.00–179.00	$169.78	$728	-1.58
457–499	485	130	150.00–174.00	$164.82	$799	-1.25
500–540	517	5	127.00–158.00	$147.15	$761	-11.39
550–578	561	152	147.00–165.00	$159.68	$896	+1.51
631 value added	631	4	152.00	$152.00	$959	—
622–649	633	41	149.50–151.50	$150.24	$951	+4.78
652–659	654	20	140.00–150.00	$143.81	$941	+10.85
720–740	735	4	129.00–132.00	$129.73	$954	—
750	750	3	130.00	$130.00	$975	+19.00
810	810	1	112.00	$112.00	$907	-7.60
853	853	3	115.00	$115.00	$981	+5.00

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
305–343	338	30	130.00–183.50	$175.47	$593	+1.11
360–395	375	13	155.00–180.00	$172.60	$647	-8.20
410–438	421	88	152.00–175.00	$169.91	$715	-6.90
450–489	481	54	145.00–168.00	$162.13	$780	-2.90
500–546	527	55	152.50–172.00	$159.26	$839	+1.99
550–590	565	38	108.00–158.00	$150.35	$849	-1.25
605–645	639	25	130.00–149.50	$146.50	$936	+1.14
651	651	4	145.00	$145.00	$944	+9.85
715–745	735	3	108.00–120.00	$116.11	$853	+4.11
763	763	2	120.00	$120.00	$916	-8.98
835	835	1	103.00	$103.00	$860	-22.00
905	905	1	80.00	$80.00	$724	—
965 value added	965	2	93.00	$93.00	$897	—

Small 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
330–337	335	3	149.00–151.00	$149.66	$501	—
370	370	2	131.00	$131.00	$485	-19.52
404–445	410	7	123.00–157.00	$151.73	$622	+7.73
450–485	477	11	127.00–146.00	$141.96	$677	—
550–566	564	10	126.00–146.50	$143.23	$808	—
750	750	1	106.00	$106.00	$795	—
935	935	1	85.00	$85.00	$795	—

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
343	343	8	154.00	$154.00	$528	—
380	380	1	155.00	$155.00	$589	+19.00
428–440	436	6	150.00–160.00	$156.73	$683	-13.27
460–480	465	6	119.00–165.00	$149.86	$697	-9.13
534–547	540	11	129.00–140.00	$134.93	$729	-11.55
610	610	1	103.00	$103.00	$628	-17.00

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
660	660	6	140.00	$140.00	$924	—
700	700	2	127.00	$127.00	$889	—

Small 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
190	190	1	140.00	$140.00	$266	—
398	398	2	125.00	$125.00	$498	—

Medium and Large 4 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
280	280	1	127.00	$127.00	$356	—

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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.