Virginia Weekly Cattle Auction Summary

Virginia · USDA-reported Auction Livestock

Sale of Monday, May 16, 2022

3,616 head sold ·Official USDA report

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heavy 5-weight M&L 1 steers $174.01/cwt -1.58 vs last sale · ≈ $968/hd at 556 lb · 264 head

heavy 5-weight M&L 1 heifers $143.65/cwt -2.50 vs last sale · ≈ $800/hd at 557 lb · 251 head

light 6-weight M&L 1 steers $160.90/cwt -1.98 vs last sale · ≈ $1,030/hd at 640 lb · 226 head

Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Total receipts	3,616	3,401	2,687
Feeder cattle	3,586	3,401	2,632
Slaughter cattle	30	—	55

Market comments — USDA reporter

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 1197, Heifers 1677, Bulls 712) State Graded Slaughter Cattle (Steers 22, Heifers 8) Value Added cattle are Weaned and Vaccinated Compared to last week: Uneven, ranging 4.00 lower to 3.00 higher Report include sales from: Blackstone, Front Royal, Hollins, Lynchburg, Monterey, Radiant, 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
285	285	1	162.00	$162.00	$462	—
305	305	2	205.00	$205.00	$625	—
365–395	381	20	170.00–207.50	$188.55	$718	+4.21
412 value added	412	11	191.00	$191.00	$787	—
405–435	431	9	150.00–200.00	$183.73	$792	+0.67
465–485	468	103	159.00–191.00	$175.20	$820	-7.16
502–544	525	36	150.00–180.00	$166.40	$874	-8.89
525–546 value added	539	6	173.00–179.00	$177.05	$954	—
550–596	554	238	154.00–183.00	$173.51	$961	-0.43
564 value added	564	17	182.00	$182.00	$1,026	+8.00
597	597	9	172.00	$172.00	$1,027	-18.00
613–622	615	16	163.00–167.00	$166.24	$1,022	+7.55
605–647	642	210	140.00–174.50	$160.49	$1,030	+1.80
655 value added	655	2	161.00	$161.00	$1,055	+1.57
677–690	683	8	149.00–151.00	$150.00	$1,024	-9.28
711 value added	711	4	154.00	$154.00	$1,095	-3.00
708–745	732	42	141.00–151.00	$147.35	$1,079	-0.70
759–775	765	24	131.00–153.50	$149.77	$1,146	+6.47
825–845	830	11	125.00–146.00	$142.50	$1,183	-0.69
850 value added	850	1	140.00	$140.00	$1,190	—
853	853	4	146.00	$146.00	$1,245	+7.32
925	925	2	130.00	$130.00	$1,202	-8.50

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
350–385	374	18	161.00–189.75	$182.45	$682	-7.99
417–448	443	71	146.00–200.00	$176.67	$783	-1.19
450–485	475	22	150.00–180.00	$163.27	$776	-13.78
512–545	541	70	145.00–169.00	$165.53	$896	-2.63
550–598	563	27	107.00–180.50	$164.96	$929	+2.46
585–597 value added	593	3	140.00–147.00	$144.70	$858	—
618–643 value added	633	5	157.00–164.00	$159.73	$1,011	+22.73
615–645	635	36	142.00–160.00	$156.13	$991	-0.74
663–665	665	13	129.00–170.50	$160.95	$1,070	+4.60
702–706 value added	703	12	153.00–153.50	$153.17	$1,077	—
735–738	737	5	125.00–145.50	$141.41	$1,042	+2.79
758–785	766	8	129.00–143.00	$138.29	$1,059	+4.66
784 value added	784	4	150.00	$150.00	$1,176	—
835	835	2	135.00	$135.00	$1,127	+9.00
860	860	1	139.00	$139.00	$1,195	+6.00

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
300–305	302	3	111.00–202.50	$158.24	$478	-9.76
357	357	4	184.00	$184.00	$657	+19.34
405–446	438	12	121.00–174.00	$161.76	$709	+3.11
460–490	468	4	135.00–173.00	$163.04	$763	+19.20
510–520	513	7	144.00–155.00	$152.97	$785	+3.41
551–595	563	15	140.00–163.00	$156.89	$883	+25.84
653–660	655	9	119.00–144.25	$135.03	$884	-2.34

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
330 value added	330	3	182.00	$182.00	$601	—
344	344	4	182.00	$182.00	$626	—
499 value added	499	4	192.00	$192.00	$958	—
517–547	532	10	177.00–182.00	$179.57	$955	-4.43
981	981	15	129.50	$129.50	$1,270	—

N/N/A ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1495–1815	1655	5	140.00–147.00	$142.46	$2,358	—
1520–1760	1659	17	127.00–151.00	$140.14	$2,325	—

Small 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
340	340	1	139.00	$139.00	$473	-31.00
380	380	1	156.00	$156.00	$593	+5.00
467–490	472	8	121.00–146.00	$140.26	$662	-11.64
528	528	2	135.00	$135.00	$713	+6.28
565	565	2	120.00–140.00	$130.00	$734	+6.03
642	642	3	129.00	$129.00	$828	—

Medium and Large 3-4 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1065	1065	2	91.00	$91.00	$969	—

Medium and Large 4 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
810	810	1	95.00	$95.00	$770	—

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Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
320–335	325	8	139.00–146.00	$142.48	$463	—
360–380	370	31	131.00–161.50	$150.64	$557	-5.63
430 value added	430	16	165.50	$165.50	$712	—
428–440	432	17	149.00–152.00	$151.10	$653	+1.43
457–499	465	177	135.00–157.00	$148.69	$691	-2.22
514	514	9	146.00	$146.00	$750	+0.98
516 value added	516	3	153.00	$153.00	$789	-1.00
505–547	544	57	101.00–158.50	$152.69	$831	+7.67
550–590	557	245	130.00–153.50	$143.22	$798	-0.34
562 value added	562	6	161.00	$161.00	$905	+3.50
605	605	8	140.00	$140.00	$847	+2.65
601–635 value added	607	17	137.50–149.00	$146.06	$887	-7.34
609–648	639	124	121.00–143.00	$137.78	$880	+0.43
650–685	660	23	118.00–135.00	$130.73	$863	-5.69
659–680 value added	662	7	131.00–147.50	$145.08	$960	—
733–744	736	24	114.00–129.50	$127.42	$938	+0.98
747 value added	747	3	134.00	$134.00	$1,001	—
753–762	757	17	120.00–129.00	$126.95	$961	-9.30
780 value added	780	10	130.50	$130.50	$1,018	-0.50
821	821	8	125.50	$125.50	$1,030	-7.50
826 value added	826	5	134.00	$134.00	$1,107	—
852–860	858	10	123.00–128.50	$126.86	$1,088	+0.56
870 value added	870	2	127.00	$127.00	$1,105	-3.00
920–925	923	2	70.00–100.00	$85.04	$785	—
967	967	3	118.50	$118.50	$1,146	+13.50
983 value added	983	2	116.00	$116.00	$1,140	—
1230	1230	7	108.00	$108.00	$1,328	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
280–285	283	2	134.00–154.00	$143.91	$407	-7.09
335–343	338	5	131.00–133.00	$132.19	$447	-30.41
358–387	364	72	136.00–165.00	$158.07	$575	+4.71
420–445	438	55	142.50–153.00	$146.79	$643	-6.04
454–496	463	137	115.00–152.75	$146.75	$679	-4.32
470 value added	470	1	161.00	$161.00	$757	—
510–545	541	118	132.00–144.00	$142.79	$772	-3.49
551–590	554	40	133.00–139.50	$138.41	$767	-8.25
623–648	641	63	124.00–141.00	$137.05	$878	-0.27
658–660	659	8	134.50–135.50	$135.25	$891	+7.25
694	694	9	135.00	$135.00	$937	+7.00
713 value added	713	10	134.00	$134.00	$955	—
725–744	738	20	110.00–133.00	$131.87	$973	+7.12
773	773	2	124.00	$124.00	$959	+4.00
810 value added	810	1	123.00	$123.00	$996	—
816	816	3	127.00	$127.00	$1,036	—

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
254	254	4	136.00	$136.00	$345	—
325–346	337	10	121.00–135.00	$123.86	$417	-27.58
357–385	360	20	112.50–159.00	$148.64	$535	+2.27
410–448	440	32	110.00–142.00	$135.47	$596	-12.28
455–465	465	22	144.00–149.00	$148.78	$692	+7.62
530–545	533	31	118.00–149.00	$138.28	$737	-1.16
550 value added	550	2	146.00	$146.00	$803	—
550–562	551	21	126.00–141.00	$138.38	$762	+2.86
600–645	631	13	115.00–135.00	$129.08	$814	+5.17

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
330 value added	330	12	160.00	$160.00	$528	—
349	349	9	162.00	$162.00	$565	—
376	376	5	154.00	$154.00	$579	—
539	539	7	114.00	$114.00	$614	-38.00
609–615 value added	611	12	135.00–143.00	$140.32	$857	-9.37
615	615	4	130.00	$130.00	$800	-16.91
654 value added	654	8	146.00	$146.00	$955	+6.33
688	688	11	144.00	$144.00	$991	+3.75

Small 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
300	300	1	124.00	$124.00	$372	—
370–395	378	4	115.00–146.00	$130.54	$493	-7.46
435	435	2	131.00	$131.00	$570	-5.50
455	455	9	139.50	$139.50	$635	+12.79
538–549	545	11	125.00–136.00	$132.05	$720	+14.85
560	560	1	113.00	$113.00	$633	-18.36
660–690	668	4	107.00–121.00	$117.38	$784	-2.62
715	715	1	71.00	$71.00	$508	-23.00

N/N/A ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1385–1500	1443	3	138.00–145.00	$141.72	$2,045	—
1320–1590	1468	5	145.00–154.00	$150.23	$2,205	—

Medium and Large 4 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
255	255	1	114.00	$114.00	$291	—
458	458	2	93.00	$93.00	$426	—
750	750	3	80.00	$80.00	$600	—
880	880	1	68.00	$68.00	$598	—

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Feeder Bulls

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
300–343	332	9	166.00–190.00	$174.50	$579	-10.50
353–390	375	14	145.00–187.50	$172.76	$648	+8.84
412–449	430	49	157.00–174.50	$169.27	$728	+2.45
455–493	479	65	118.00–170.00	$164.62	$789	-0.95
500–540	505	23	136.00–154.00	$151.90	$767	+1.44
553–587	566	104	123.00–158.00	$151.69	$859	-0.28
610–645	633	42	130.00–153.00	$145.54	$921	+4.84
651–672	660	27	120.00–139.00	$132.31	$873	-5.77
710–748	730	15	104.00–137.00	$132.27	$966	+7.27
755–765	763	5	100.00–101.00	$100.80	$769	—
813–830	822	4	109.00–113.00	$111.02	$913	+10.02
940	940	1	90.00	$90.00	$846	—
960–972	969	4	61.00–116.00	$102.38	$992	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
290	290	1	132.00	$132.00	$383	—
313–347	342	22	165.00–188.50	$176.29	$603	-7.64
350–392	376	5	153.00–182.50	$173.68	$653	+5.44
420–440	429	53	149.00–178.50	$170.19	$730	-0.87
455–492	481	67	147.50–175.25	$164.95	$793	+1.46
503–545	530	26	148.00–157.00	$155.75	$825	+9.57
555–587	568	42	119.00–154.00	$149.96	$852	-6.14
635–643	642	19	117.50–149.00	$140.20	$900	+1.08
650–670	662	9	120.00–131.00	$127.36	$843	-0.64
758–770	769	23	110.00–120.00	$119.31	$917	-0.69
800–833	819	4	102.00–119.00	$110.89	$908	+5.89

Small 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
340	340	1	147.00	$147.00	$500	—
355	355	1	154.00	$154.00	$547	+4.00
420–428	424	6	126.00–145.00	$135.59	$575	-22.91
455–478	474	10	117.00–151.00	$141.46	$671	-1.00
557–590	565	8	110.00–138.00	$132.09	$746	-2.87
725	725	1	111.00	$111.00	$805	-1.00

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
358	358	2	165.00	$165.00	$591	+40.00
437	437	3	150.00	$150.00	$656	-5.00
456–468	461	7	137.00–155.00	$144.83	$668	-4.17
525–538	535	6	120.00–142.50	$136.56	$731	+36.56
645	645	2	117.50	$117.50	$758	—
780	780	2	103.00	$103.00	$803	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
390	390	3	171.00	$171.00	$667	—
535	535	2	133.00	$133.00	$712	—

Medium and Large 4 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
430	430	1	121.00	$121.00	$520	—
610	610	1	90.00	$90.00	$549	—

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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.