Virginia Weekly Cattle Auction Summary

Virginia · USDA-reported Auction Livestock

Sale of Monday, July 18, 2022

2,281 head sold ·Official USDA report

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light 6-weight M&L 1 steers $164.87/cwt -4.49 vs last sale · ≈ $1,058/hd at 642 lb · 125 head

light 6-weight M&L 1 heifers $136.02/cwt -6.64 vs last sale · ≈ $872/hd at 641 lb · 121 head

heavy 5-weight M&L 1 heifers $148.07/cwt -1.38 vs last sale · ≈ $823/hd at 556 lb · 116 head

Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Total receipts	2,281	4,464	2,963
Feeder cattle	2,239	4,464	2,903
Slaughter cattle	42	—	60

Market comments — USDA reporter

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 802, Heifers 1009, Bulls 428) State Graded Slaughter Cattle (Steers 21, Heifers 21) Value Added and Natural cattle are Weaned and Vaccinated. Compared to last week: Feeder cattle mostly 2.00 to 9.00 lower. Report includes sales from Blackstone, Front Royal, Lynchburg, Monterey, Radiant, Roanoke-Hollins, Springlake, Staunton 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
308	308	2	182.50	$182.50	$562	+15.00
368	368	3	164.00	$164.00	$604	-4.43
415–445	427	3	125.00–181.00	$157.44	$672	-7.56
464–495	474	40	151.00–181.50	$165.56	$785	-8.70
542–546	545	20	160.00–186.00	$171.00	$932	-1.84
551–573	552	87	158.00–182.50	$166.08	$917	-9.03
610–644	642	125	150.00–180.00	$164.87	$1,058	-4.45
659	659	17	186.00	$186.00	$1,226	+17.23
653–668	662	10	156.00–174.00	$166.90	$1,105	-1.87
723 value added	723	6	166.50	$166.50	$1,204	-9.50
731–749	733	41	150.00–160.00	$151.45	$1,110	-6.16
755–798	770	7	143.00–153.00	$148.00	$1,140	-19.32
825–830	826	4	143.00–154.00	$145.76	$1,204	+5.23
872 value added	872	57	171.50	$171.50	$1,495	+30.50
935	935	2	137.00–150.00	$143.50	$1,342	+16.53
952	952	8	125.00	$125.00	$1,190	—
985 value added	985	2	129.00	$129.00	$1,271	-32.50

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
328	328	4	170.00	$170.00	$558	-0.43
365–385	375	2	155.00–164.00	$159.62	$599	-14.40
425–442	434	10	135.00–178.50	$163.69	$710	-6.87
450–495	454	42	111.00–171.00	$164.00	$745	-12.91
525	525	1	140.00	$140.00	$735	-32.67
552–590	555	48	153.00–180.00	$165.72	$920	-3.59
600–643	631	10	120.00–171.00	$164.18	$1,036	-22.82
657–673	659	31	159.50–161.00	$159.68	$1,052	+6.54
730–735	732	6	148.00–155.50	$152.25	$1,114	+4.23
757–780	763	4	145.00–148.00	$147.23	$1,123	-0.77

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
489	489	18	190.00	$190.00	$929	+17.00
546	546	13	188.00	$188.00	$1,026	+15.11
593	593	31	194.50	$194.50	$1,153	+28.16
616 value added	616	8	179.00	$179.00	$1,103	+11.35
615–634	625	24	175.00–186.00	$181.04	$1,132	+15.54
682	682	10	170.00	$170.00	$1,159	+2.00
716	716	4	168.00	$168.00	$1,203	+28.00
898 value added	898	14	161.50	$161.50	$1,450	—
1008 value added	1008	5	143.00	$143.00	$1,441	—

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
372	372	2	161.00	$161.00	$599	-3.00
450–490	462	17	130.00–162.50	$153.79	$711	+26.05
549	549	5	149.00	$149.00	$818	+22.17
555–598	584	3	120.00–135.00	$124.75	$729	-18.85
600	600	1	140.00	$140.00	$840	-23.00
660	660	1	153.00	$153.00	$1,010	+1.00
725	725	1	145.00	$145.00	$1,051	+10.00
775	775	3	143.00	$143.00	$1,108	—

Small 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
335–340	337	4	103.00–140.00	$127.69	$430	—
370	370	2	140.00	$140.00	$518	-7.00
448	448	4	149.50	$149.50	$670	-5.50
470	470	1	130.00	$130.00	$611	—
535	535	1	128.00	$128.00	$685	-28.25
553–555	553	14	133.00–143.00	$142.28	$787	-0.94
610–640	622	3	110.00–151.00	$132.33	$823	-23.67
670	670	1	105.00	$105.00	$704	-10.54

N/N/A ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1005–1570	1318	5	108.00–127.00	$118.80	$1,566	—
1440–1710	1568	12	139.00–156.00	$148.05	$2,321	—
1470–1720	1593	4	139.00–146.00	$142.93	$2,277	—

Medium and Large 4 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
430–443	439	3	119.00–124.00	$122.37	$537	—
618	618	3	136.00	$136.00	$840	—
680	680	1	94.00	$94.00	$639	—

Small 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
668	668	3	114.00	$114.00	$762	—

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Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
335	335	1	134.00	$134.00	$449	-16.66
355–370	368	13	145.00–151.00	$150.11	$552	-7.94
423–449	438	16	149.00–153.50	$152.03	$666	+3.42
455–478	462	59	100.00–156.00	$148.47	$686	-5.82
500–547	538	39	125.00–148.75	$145.15	$781	-2.59
551–574	556	116	130.00–165.00	$148.07	$823	+0.33
600–648	641	121	106.00–141.00	$136.02	$872	-5.69
668	668	4	129.50	$129.50	$865	-10.98
700–740	726	7	120.00–134.00	$129.22	$938	+1.08
754–773	757	24	125.00–143.00	$127.98	$969	-4.72
805–843	823	5	125.00–140.00	$131.34	$1,081	+7.27
867	867	5	124.00	$124.00	$1,075	-6.00
900	900	1	102.00	$102.00	$918	—
991 value added	991	7	124.00	$124.00	$1,229	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
328–339	334	9	135.00–140.00	$137.18	$458	-7.23
358–385	363	41	142.00–156.00	$153.64	$558	-7.44
413–447	429	12	140.00–158.00	$151.81	$651	-2.63
438	438	7	152.00	$152.00	$666	-2.44
450–498	458	107	124.00–155.00	$149.34	$684	-2.35
529–549	545	60	110.00–148.00	$142.40	$776	-4.70
551–593	563	16	118.00–141.50	$136.24	$767	-8.47
623–637	634	39	127.00–142.25	$141.43	$897	+3.75
668–685	671	5	122.00–127.00	$123.02	$825	-10.49
700–742	724	6	111.00–123.00	$115.48	$836	-12.00
752	752	5	129.50	$129.50	$974	—
815–820	818	2	123.00–131.00	$127.01	$1,039	-4.00
910	910	1	141.00	$141.00	$1,283	—

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
340–348	346	9	146.50–149.00	$148.45	$514	-0.46
385–390	387	5	125.00–154.00	$136.69	$529	-13.51
402–428	419	9	116.00–150.00	$131.78	$552	-9.03
457–490	461	38	89.00–145.00	$141.77	$654	-5.56
537–544	538	22	124.00–145.00	$141.14	$759	+0.64
551–558	553	7	134.00–138.00	$136.85	$757	+12.54
629	629	5	129.00	$129.00	$811	+1.11
665–690	675	3	90.00–124.00	$106.28	$717	-31.72
700–745	723	2	110.00–111.00	$110.48	$799	—
755	755	1	131.00	$131.00	$989	+9.00
903	903	2	116.00	$116.00	$1,047	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
465 value added	465	3	132.00	$132.00	$614	-2.00
509	509	24	156.50	$156.50	$797	—
553–570	567	32	154.00–156.50	$156.04	$885	+19.25
602	602	5	145.00	$145.00	$873	+0.20
618 value added	618	6	143.00	$143.00	$884	+2.72
657	657	17	137.00	$137.00	$900	-10.00

Small 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
315	315	1	118.00	$118.00	$372	+0.09
360–370	361	9	107.00–140.00	$136.24	$492	-15.71
425	425	1	134.00	$134.00	$570	-8.96
455–458	458	25	129.00–143.50	$142.92	$655	+25.92
538–547	540	17	125.00–142.00	$138.96	$750	+4.58
565	565	2	115.00–123.00	$119.00	$672	-22.66
652–665	656	3	70.00–135.00	$113.05	$742	+19.79
740	740	1	91.00	$91.00	$673	-22.88

N/N/A ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1330	1330	1	104.00	$104.00	$1,383	—
1315–1350	1333	2	135.00–150.00	$142.40	$1,898	—
1220–1533	1349	18	136.00–156.00	$143.79	$1,940	—

Medium and Large 4 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
298	298	2	118.00	$118.00	$352	—
485	485	1	91.00	$91.00	$441	—
518	518	3	123.00	$123.00	$637	—
715	715	1	79.00	$79.00	$565	—

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Feeder Bulls

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
280	280	1	150.00	$150.00	$420	—
325–340	339	13	152.00–169.00	$167.75	$569	-5.77
350	350	1	164.00	$164.00	$574	-2.50
412–429	416	36	159.00–177.50	$167.59	$697	-0.93
455–490	484	35	130.00–180.00	$157.71	$763	-3.06
503–533	510	14	151.00–170.00	$163.61	$834	-3.65
555–575	563	56	147.00–185.00	$155.98	$878	-1.58
631	631	8	144.50	$144.50	$912	-5.30
653–661	656	14	120.50–157.00	$146.52	$961	+3.02
743–749	747	7	130.00–148.00	$141.74	$1,059	+5.95
807–845	817	4	126.00–140.00	$136.38	$1,114	+10.75

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
340–345	343	29	159.00–175.50	$170.57	$585	-4.06
365–393	384	5	120.00–160.00	$150.34	$577	-11.96
411–435	413	33	155.00–172.00	$170.53	$704	+1.45
450–495	481	36	147.50–175.00	$155.54	$748	-4.16
500–547	528	9	125.00–185.00	$156.46	$826	-1.53
562–589	579	17	146.00–150.00	$148.63	$861	-9.85
610–637	626	15	117.00–146.00	$136.57	$855	-14.24
659	659	4	146.00	$146.00	$962	+6.03
753–775	760	3	128.00–143.00	$137.90	$1,048	+22.42
813	813	2	130.00	$130.00	$1,057	+13.48

Small 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
350–365	358	2	120.00–145.00	$132.76	$475	-31.24
403–412	411	19	132.00–149.00	$147.25	$605	-11.86
480–493	492	22	89.00–134.50	$131.90	$649	-8.31
552–585	558	6	142.00–146.00	$142.70	$796	-3.99
618–635	624	3	138.00–141.00	$139.98	$873	+4.98

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
340	340	2	101.00	$101.00	$343	-29.00
395	395	1	160.00	$160.00	$632	+86.00
445	445	1	150.00	$150.00	$668	—
465	465	1	142.50	$142.50	$663	+3.90
505	505	1	135.00	$135.00	$682	—
558	558	2	140.00	$140.00	$781	+5.44
610	610	1	127.50	$127.50	$778	—
753–790	765	6	115.00–132.00	$120.85	$925	—

Small 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
565	565	1	94.00	$94.00	$531	—

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Dairy Heifers

Large 2-3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
865	865	2	80.00	$80.00	$692	—

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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.