Virginia Weekly Cattle Auction Summary

Virginia · USDA-reported Auction Livestock

Sale of Monday, August 15, 2022

3,053 head sold ·Official USDA report

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heavy 5-weight M&L 1 steers $179.66/cwt -1.20 vs last sale · ≈ $1,006/hd at 560 lb · 150 head

light 6-weight M&L 1 steers $179.79/cwt +9.56 vs last sale · ≈ $1,144/hd at 636 lb · 139 head

heavy 5-weight M&L 1 heifers $157.96/cwt +7.55 vs last sale · ≈ $888/hd at 562 lb · 125 head

Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Total receipts	3,053	3,042	4,168
Feeder cattle	2,958	3,042	4,056
Slaughter cattle	95	—	112

Market comments — USDA reporter

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 876, Holstein Steers 280, Heifers 1192, Bulls 610) State Graded Slaughter Cattle (Steers 63, Heifers 32) Value Added cattle are Weaned and Vaccinated. Compared to last week: Feeder cattle mostly steady to 7.00 lower. Report includes sales from Blackstone, Front Royal, Lynchburg, Radiant, Roanoke-Hollins, Shenandoah Valley, Springlake, Staunton, Winchester and Wythe County.

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Feeder Steers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
325–335	332	3	203.00–210.00	$205.29	$682	—
356–387	375	10	186.00–215.00	$195.89	$735	+11.12
425–435	431	14	180.00–206.00	$199.08	$858	+20.87
453–490	469	55	165.00–198.00	$187.31	$878	+3.47
518–541	531	31	145.00–203.00	$188.51	$1,001	+7.19
540 value added	540	1	187.50	$187.50	$1,012	—
550–575	556	136	139.00–187.00	$179.52	$998	-1.05
596	596	14	181.00	$181.00	$1,079	+1.00
600–649	636	137	145.00–216.00	$179.85	$1,144	+9.26
647 value added	647	2	176.00	$176.00	$1,139	+8.57
650–676	658	26	156.00–195.00	$178.26	$1,173	+9.32
656–694	675	28	163.50–179.00	$169.92	$1,147	-1.05
715–739	734	9	167.00–170.00	$167.65	$1,231	+4.69
700–740	737	35	147.00–175.00	$159.37	$1,175	-0.63
753–770	758	12	160.00–166.00	$161.58	$1,225	-2.02
805	805	2	165.00	$165.00	$1,328	—
825	825	1	156.00	$156.00	$1,287	—
908–920	912	5	130.00–146.00	$139.80	$1,275	+10.80

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
320	320	1	171.00	$171.00	$547	+1.85
353–385	363	9	165.00–199.00	$186.59	$677	+3.30
414–447	435	18	167.50–196.00	$181.21	$788	+5.64
466–495	474	34	155.00–189.00	$182.60	$866	-1.00
536	536	10	195.00	$195.00	$1,045	+18.36
552–566	555	61	169.00–182.00	$179.80	$998	+5.55
568 value added	568	8	129.00	$129.00	$733	—
616 value added	616	5	153.00	$153.00	$942	+8.00
620–645	643	19	128.00–168.25	$165.59	$1,065	-3.58
650–675	661	5	136.00–167.00	$152.28	$1,007	-9.52
708 value added	708	4	139.00	$139.00	$984	—
700–742	736	10	153.00–164.00	$157.66	$1,160	—
750	750	1	159.00	$159.00	$1,192	+1.49
800–840	820	2	159.00	$159.00	$1,304	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
377	377	5	205.00	$205.00	$773	—
607 value added	607	3	171.00	$171.00	$1,038	-1.20
705–732 value added	723	15	157.00–171.00	$161.55	$1,168	+3.55
705–748	740	16	160.00–163.00	$160.54	$1,188	—
866	866	17	177.00	$177.00	$1,533	—
912	912	15	160.00	$160.00	$1,459	—

N/N/A ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1285–1445	1360	7	127.00–138.00	$134.03	$1,823	—
1350–1585	1431	5	144.00–150.00	$146.89	$2,102	—
1323–2005	1564	51	127.00–158.00	$150.05	$2,347	—

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
375–394	386	9	160.00–180.00	$172.38	$665	+27.78
425–438	434	6	145.00–173.00	$163.85	$711	+12.16
455–485	465	5	147.50–178.00	$164.74	$766	+16.85
533	533	4	164.00	$164.00	$874	+27.73
558–590	565	9	156.00–161.50	$160.08	$904	+5.05
620–636	634	11	155.00–163.50	$161.46	$1,024	+37.97
655	655	3	163.00	$163.00	$1,068	+13.00
658 value added	658	3	140.00	$140.00	$921	—
715	715	1	145.00	$145.00	$1,037	—
893	893	4	119.00	$119.00	$1,063	—

Small 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
355–360	358	2	115.00–176.00	$145.71	$522	—
435	435	1	101.00	$101.00	$439	-61.00
460–485	481	8	150.00–159.00	$151.13	$727	+35.77
505–545	536	6	145.00–159.00	$155.58	$834	+0.08
575–578	577	4	139.00–148.00	$141.24	$815	—
605–610	608	3	145.00–155.00	$151.68	$922	-4.32
659	659	4	140.00	$140.00	$923	-0.65

Medium and Large 2-3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
630	630	2	139.00	$139.00	$876	-16.00

Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
690	690	1	100.00	$100.00	$690	—

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Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
255	255	1	151.00	$151.00	$385	—
320–343	337	12	150.00–169.00	$154.51	$521	+3.51
358–395	368	17	135.00–174.00	$158.83	$584	-0.60
418–435	426	27	143.00–169.00	$157.74	$672	+3.84
455–493	468	120	140.00–173.00	$158.06	$740	-3.48
510–548	545	72	147.00–156.00	$153.28	$835	-2.07
555–590	560	108	130.00–162.00	$158.49	$888	+12.13
557–577	568	13	150.00–152.00	$151.09	$858	+4.73
592 value added	592	4	166.00	$166.00	$983	—
620–647	642	100	136.00–159.00	$155.33	$997	+1.55
652–685	657	33	142.00–157.00	$153.06	$1,006	+9.77
705–743	734	54	129.00–142.00	$136.83	$1,004	-0.95
758 value added	758	3	140.00	$140.00	$1,061	—
760	760	2	120.00	$120.00	$912	-10.25
840–848	846	5	135.00–149.00	$146.22	$1,237	+16.18
877	877	3	121.00	$121.00	$1,061	-14.00

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
319–335	323	8	160.00–173.00	$163.37	$528	+13.37
361–385	367	58	134.00–170.50	$162.24	$595	+0.87
414–443	424	14	108.00–152.50	$145.42	$617	+20.61
454–485	460	119	145.00–167.00	$161.03	$741	+2.61
517 value added	517	10	168.50	$168.50	$871	—
500–547	538	35	134.00–156.00	$153.15	$824	-2.30
551–586	559	82	147.00–157.25	$154.37	$863	+9.95
619–647	640	35	148.00–152.50	$150.87	$966	+1.19
652–660	653	9	149.00–152.00	$151.66	$990	+15.17
710–740	734	7	127.00–145.00	$139.98	$1,027	+4.31
758–795	770	3	121.00–128.00	$123.41	$950	—

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
342	342	3	138.00	$138.00	$472	—
352–378	363	22	135.00–165.00	$157.19	$571	+6.56
437–443	440	12	143.50–144.00	$143.71	$632	+0.78
451–461	453	42	145.00–155.25	$153.26	$694	+10.34
518–529	525	9	142.00–146.00	$144.69	$760	+3.10
550–595	554	27	103.00–154.00	$148.90	$825	+11.39
614–645	623	21	111.00–146.50	$141.36	$881	+2.63
700–740	720	2	113.00–138.00	$125.15	$901	-5.85

Small 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
356	356	5	163.00	$163.00	$580	+9.00
400–444	438	7	141.00–160.00	$157.52	$690	-4.08
450–480	464	5	119.00–140.00	$130.26	$604	+7.76
520–548	545	10	109.00–159.50	$154.68	$843	-0.74
553–560	558	7	124.00–130.00	$128.30	$716	-8.26
600	600	2	129.00–146.00	$137.50	$825	+0.50
675	675	2	130.00	$130.00	$878	—
740	740	1	104.00	$104.00	$770	-30.00

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
428	428	6	171.00	$171.00	$732	—
471	471	6	160.00	$160.00	$754	-5.00
557	557	14	150.00	$150.00	$836	-12.00
672 value added	672	9	158.00	$158.00	$1,062	+1.07
703 value added	703	3	124.00	$124.00	$872	—

N/N/A ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1214–1405	1305	23	142.00–151.00	$148.67	$1,940	—
1235–1410	1341	9	142.00–152.00	$146.89	$1,970	—

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Feeder Bulls

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
323–340	334	19	179.00–209.00	$192.93	$644	+6.87
370–395	387	13	181.00–225.00	$207.55	$803	+22.55
402–423	412	54	167.00–212.00	$189.46	$781	+9.16
450–498	490	95	137.00–190.00	$175.49	$860	+4.21
505–548	543	23	120.00–182.00	$175.08	$951	+19.01
550–590	568	75	113.00–184.00	$160.47	$911	+3.67
625–643	630	29	111.00–174.00	$159.67	$1,006	+11.32
650–664	659	25	136.00–155.00	$151.01	$995	+10.44
728–743	731	10	100.00–161.00	$148.26	$1,084	+15.07
755–783	766	5	140.00–150.00	$145.91	$1,118	+17.19
846	846	4	132.00	$132.00	$1,117	+29.00
855	855	1	119.00	$119.00	$1,017	+23.00
965	965	1	95.00	$95.00	$917	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
305–332	325	4	189.00	$189.00	$614	+15.63
350–368	355	21	148.00–211.00	$193.18	$686	+1.97
400–442	420	49	160.00–187.00	$180.59	$758	+4.55
465–496	485	51	146.00–175.50	$171.68	$833	+7.56
500–533	528	15	160.00–169.00	$168.43	$889	+20.84
553–588	567	33	113.00–165.00	$158.23	$897	-1.62
615–635	623	8	154.00–159.00	$157.50	$981	+12.63
685	685	1	122.00	$122.00	$836	-23.00
760	760	3	136.00	$136.00	$1,034	+2.00
800	800	1	99.00	$99.00	$792	-15.00

Small 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
290	290	1	161.00	$161.00	$467	—
347	347	2	160.00	$160.00	$555	+7.00
435	435	2	175.00	$175.00	$761	+2.50
450–490	478	8	150.00–165.00	$155.83	$745	-1.69
566–595	570	7	149.00–159.50	$157.93	$900	+2.93
648	648	2	140.00	$140.00	$907	—
740	740	1	69.00	$69.00	$511	—

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
453–480	457	7	141.00–170.00	$165.65	$757	+4.40
635	635	1	136.00	$136.00	$864	—
713	713	2	59.00	$59.00	$421	-61.00

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Dairy Steers

Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
192	192	3	150.00	$150.00	$288	—
384–398	387	9	155.00–157.00	$156.54	$606	—
448	448	27	152.50	$152.50	$683	—
467	467	5	137.00	$137.00	$640	—
557–560	557	39	127.00–144.00	$142.94	$796	—
631–635	632	5	127.00–132.00	$130.99	$828	—
652	652	20	136.50	$136.50	$890	—
748	748	14	127.50	$127.50	$954	—
785	785	1	102.00	$102.00	$801	—
866	866	8	119.00	$119.00	$1,031	—
985	985	1	95.00	$95.00	$936	—

Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
180	180	2	165.00	$165.00	$297	—
455	455	11	152.00	$152.00	$692	—
552–565	553	10	131.00–139.00	$138.18	$764	—
654–675	657	15	130.00–136.00	$135.18	$888	—
749	749	23	128.50	$128.50	$962	—
859	859	16	120.00	$120.00	$1,031	—
951	951	6	116.00	$116.00	$1,103	—
1045	1045	3	100.00	$100.00	$1,045	—
1243	1243	3	87.00	$87.00	$1,081	—
1310	1310	2	91.00	$91.00	$1,192	—

Large 4 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
300–346	341	18	147.00–164.00	$162.34	$554	—
443	443	4	131.00	$131.00	$580	—
450–480	454	15	130.00–141.00	$139.45	$633	—
555–573	570	10	119.00–141.00	$134.86	$769	—
650–675	658	4	101.00–121.00	$106.20	$699	—
718	718	2	122.00	$122.00	$876	—
875	875	2	97.00	$97.00	$849	—
968	968	2	100.00	$100.00	$968	—

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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.