Virginia Weekly Cattle Auction Summary

Virginia · USDA-reported Auction Livestock

Sale of Monday, October 3, 2022

4,122 head sold ·Official USDA report

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heavy 5-weight M&L 1 heifers $136.72/cwt -11.28 vs last sale · ≈ $772/hd at 565 lb · 177 head

light 7-weight M&L 1 steers $150.85/cwt -6.45 vs last sale · ≈ $1,109/hd at 735 lb · 145 head

heavy 4-weight M&L 1 heifers $141.78/cwt -12.21 vs last sale · ≈ $665/hd at 469 lb · 142 head

Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Total receipts	4,122	3,518	4,684
Feeder cattle	4,028	3,518	4,624
Slaughter cattle	94	—	60

Market comments — USDA reporter

***Resending with addition of Springlake sale*** State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 1568, Holstein Steers 9, Heifers 1746, Bulls 705) State Graded Slaughter Cattle (Steers 39, Holstein Steers 3, Heifers 22, Holstein Heifers 30) Value Added cattle are Weaned and Vaccinated. Compared to last week: Feeder cattle mostly 3.00 to 9.00 lower. Report includes sales from Blackstone, Culpeper, Front Royal, Lynchburg, Monterey, Radiant, Roanoke-Hollins, Shenandoah Valley, 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
335	335	1	181.00	$181.00	$606	—
352–390	377	12	142.50–206.00	$167.52	$632	-49.36
406 value added	406	4	178.00	$178.00	$723	—
415–443	436	35	137.00–207.00	$187.94	$819	-2.71
460–498	480	98	138.00–206.00	$173.14	$831	-15.26
500 value added	500	1	183.00	$183.00	$915	+8.00
500–548	541	97	135.00–201.00	$181.74	$983	-0.10
551–595	568	139	153.00–198.00	$174.11	$989	-1.36
600–649	635	105	144.00–177.00	$163.86	$1,041	+2.06
650–688	656	52	133.00–175.00	$159.91	$1,049	-10.70
676–679	678	44	168.00–183.50	$176.12	$1,194	+5.51
714–733 value added	718	9	155.00–163.00	$156.81	$1,126	-8.80
714–749	730	70	130.00–166.00	$150.88	$1,101	-3.27
743	743	66	150.00	$150.00	$1,114	-4.15
752–785	766	21	142.00–159.00	$156.10	$1,196	+1.83
793 value added	793	3	150.00	$150.00	$1,190	—
816–836	824	33	150.00–159.00	$155.13	$1,278	+9.33
807–843	828	21	134.00–153.00	$146.73	$1,215	+0.93
800–847 value added	835	34	153.00–164.25	$155.85	$1,301	-2.15
861–873 value added	864	77	163.00–168.00	$165.85	$1,433	+13.85
879	879	5	141.00	$141.00	$1,239	-2.40
958–960	959	8	129.00–144.50	$140.87	$1,351	—
1005–1045	1025	2	135.00–143.00	$138.92	$1,424	—
1008–1046 value added	1036	29	128.00–140.00	$131.22	$1,359	+6.22
1140	1140	1	110.00	$110.00	$1,254	—
1250	1250	1	115.00	$115.00	$1,438	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
306	306	4	157.00	$157.00	$480	—
317–345	330	15	132.50–191.00	$170.87	$564	—
363–387	379	28	139.00–202.00	$170.96	$648	-16.42
400–440	424	18	123.00–179.00	$164.85	$699	-0.97
435 value added	435	1	112.50	$112.50	$489	—
450–495	464	84	150.00–185.00	$168.93	$784	-2.75
480 value added	480	1	138.00	$138.00	$662	-24.50
510–549	546	47	155.00–179.00	$164.76	$900	-3.75
550–598	561	43	125.00–182.00	$168.34	$944	+5.91
606–620 value added	612	14	108.00–137.00	$120.59	$738	—
600–647	637	35	102.50–165.00	$148.88	$948	-8.47
658–665	663	6	140.00–145.00	$143.35	$950	-9.90
705–743	726	14	136.00–166.00	$151.64	$1,101	+3.63
762 value added	762	5	140.00	$140.00	$1,067	-19.22
750–795	764	4	122.00–156.00	$140.77	$1,075	-7.23
800–835	830	8	135.00–146.50	$142.48	$1,183	+2.48
865–882	878	4	117.00–140.00	$134.33	$1,179	-2.62
953	953	2	110.00	$110.00	$1,048	-8.00

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
502 value added	502	10	166.00	$166.00	$833	+1.03
515	515	14	164.00	$164.00	$845	-11.00
522	522	12	185.00	$185.00	$966	+10.00
595 value added	595	8	164.00	$164.00	$976	—
634 value added	634	6	176.00	$176.00	$1,116	+7.00
683–698 value added	691	18	150.00–171.00	$161.78	$1,118	-1.72
703–707 value added	705	17	158.00–165.50	$162.40	$1,145	—
790 value added	790	16	153.50	$153.50	$1,213	-1.84
885–895 value added	886	23	145.50–160.00	$147.41	$1,306	-14.59
912	912	7	140.50	$140.50	$1,281	—
943	943	5	125.00	$125.00	$1,179	—
962	962	15	141.50	$141.50	$1,361	—
1012 value added	1012	30	159.00	$159.00	$1,609	—

N/N/A ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1360	1360	1	132.50	$132.50	$1,802	—
1330–2165	1596	34	100.00–152.00	$142.80	$2,279	—
1460–1735	1618	4	144.00–146.00	$145.28	$2,351	—

Small 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
340	340	1	117.00	$117.00	$398	—
380	380	3	145.00	$145.00	$551	-16.00
405–415	410	2	115.00–145.00	$130.18	$534	—
455–483	477	5	120.00–135.00	$125.90	$601	-19.72
528–542	537	14	130.00–138.00	$132.81	$713	-0.19
627–645	635	4	117.50–144.00	$136.33	$866	—
720–734	731	5	123.00–141.00	$126.54	$925	—

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
353	353	2	150.00	$150.00	$530	±0.00
405–438	425	4	141.00–170.00	$151.11	$642	—
453	453	3	133.00	$133.00	$602	-16.11
505–538	531	6	85.00–144.00	$123.38	$655	-20.46
590	590	1	142.00	$142.00	$838	+15.11
635	635	4	51.00–147.00	$123.00	$781	-21.53

Medium and Large 4 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
555–573	567	3	109.00–138.00	$128.54	$729	—

Medium and Large 3-4 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
435	435	2	83.00	$83.00	$361	—

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Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
313–320	315	8	144.00–155.00	$146.80	$462	+7.80
360–389	379	37	118.00–157.00	$144.26	$547	-14.51
420–445	429	42	119.00–161.00	$144.20	$619	-7.48
450–495	469	142	134.00–149.00	$141.78	$665	-12.55
510–549	544	106	107.00–149.00	$141.50	$770	-4.37
550–599	562	161	127.00–144.00	$136.48	$767	-11.99
586–594	590	14	136.00–145.00	$140.53	$829	-7.94
593 value added	593	2	129.00	$129.00	$765	-16.64
615 value added	615	6	134.50	$134.50	$827	+8.00
600–647	637	103	102.50–135.50	$129.35	$824	-11.98
653–690	669	49	123.00–136.00	$129.77	$868	-11.08
692	692	10	143.00	$143.00	$990	-8.50
718 value added	718	6	131.00	$131.00	$941	-9.00
700–745	724	40	106.00–139.00	$125.95	$912	-15.05
756–785	770	32	110.00–136.00	$121.61	$936	-27.89
772 value added	772	11	129.00	$129.00	$996	—
779	779	9	125.00	$125.00	$974	-15.00
830–848	842	5	105.00–124.00	$115.95	$976	-27.55
850–859	857	8	113.50–114.00	$113.62	$974	-10.82
900–915	905	3	100.00–124.00	$115.91	$1,049	-10.34
965	965	1	112.00	$112.00	$1,081	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
290	290	1	119.00	$119.00	$345	—
319–345	329	27	126.00–149.00	$139.98	$461	-15.02
338	338	6	134.00	$134.00	$453	-21.00
350–385	364	50	116.00–153.50	$145.73	$530	-15.73
400–439	436	85	131.00–155.00	$139.77	$609	-12.51
450–490	469	70	124.00–149.00	$141.56	$664	-8.59
472 value added	472	4	138.00	$138.00	$651	+3.00
500–548	541	60	68.00–143.00	$132.97	$719	-8.91
550–590	559	64	116.00–138.50	$133.27	$745	-6.81
610–648	644	67	111.00–140.00	$131.61	$848	-4.62
650–685	666	21	115.00–144.50	$132.38	$882	+2.71
700–747	736	36	94.00–130.00	$125.52	$924	-7.29
760–785	766	8	105.00–141.50	$132.81	$1,017	+12.81
800–822	817	4	108.00–130.00	$124.61	$1,018	-13.39
875	875	1	69.00	$69.00	$604	-31.42
910	910	1	100.00	$100.00	$910	-13.00

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
364–388	372	16	133.00–158.00	$141.16	$525	—
443	443	2	129.00	$129.00	$571	—
521	521	6	140.00	$140.00	$729	±0.00
585–589 value added	587	24	139.00–141.00	$140.08	$822	-1.92
608 value added	608	6	120.00	$120.00	$730	-23.00
656–697 value added	682	50	131.00–138.00	$134.41	$917	—
689	689	45	130.00	$130.00	$896	—
779	779	5	134.00	$134.00	$1,044	—
822	822	9	129.00	$129.00	$1,060	—
949	949	15	129.00	$129.00	$1,224	—

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
289–290	289	17	114.00–125.00	$124.35	$359	—
329–348	334	8	125.00–127.00	$126.48	$422	-23.02
353–396	377	19	110.00–137.00	$123.72	$466	+1.37
400–447	436	44	82.50–145.50	$131.88	$575	-0.58
456 value added	456	6	135.00	$135.00	$616	—
450–465	460	11	81.00–138.00	$115.79	$533	-20.82
539–545	542	27	121.00–132.25	$129.70	$703	-3.64
552–585	559	17	118.00–135.00	$130.81	$731	+11.81
630–640	633	12	113.00–129.00	$123.61	$782	-1.14
685–695	688	3	71.00–114.00	$99.53	$685	+8.53
710–730	718	4	107.00–118.00	$110.48	$793	-19.32
803	803	2	76.00	$76.00	$610	—

Small 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
330	330	3	120.00	$120.00	$396	—
371	371	4	137.50	$137.50	$510	-11.87
428–435	432	8	133.00–133.50	$133.25	$576	-3.28
520–543	540	13	105.00–128.00	$119.49	$645	-15.21
585	585	1	105.00	$105.00	$614	+18.00
620–630	626	8	75.00–125.00	$105.15	$658	-15.85
825	825	1	85.00	$85.00	$701	—

Medium and Large 2-3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
380 value added	380	3	129.00	$129.00	$490	—
478	478	10	141.00	$141.00	$674	—
486 value added	486	13	139.00	$139.00	$676	—
567 value added	567	3	107.00	$107.00	$607	—

N/N/A ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1175	1175	2	137.00–141.00	$139.00	$1,633	—
1255–1390	1323	2	119.00–133.00	$125.64	$1,662	—
1240–1560	1374	18	136.00–151.00	$144.55	$1,986	—

Medium and Large 4 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
295	295	1	67.00	$67.00	$198	-29.00
455	455	1	21.00	$21.00	$96	-79.99

Small 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
215	215	1	100.00	$100.00	$215	—

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Feeder Bulls

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
305–340	335	8	132.00–169.00	$149.67	$501	-37.83
350–387	371	11	137.50–172.00	$157.29	$584	-51.34
400–440	428	35	144.00–195.00	$153.17	$656	-24.66
453–499	486	85	143.00–172.00	$151.54	$736	-18.34
515–543	534	14	130.00–167.00	$154.10	$823	-8.62
550–595	574	84	138.00–159.00	$152.87	$877	-0.44
622–648	630	15	51.00–151.50	$143.46	$904	-2.98
650–682	657	41	124.00–146.00	$133.87	$880	-14.35
701–740	713	18	118.00–128.00	$124.43	$887	-19.57
780	780	1	115.00	$115.00	$897	—
950	950	1	91.00	$91.00	$864	—
1165	1165	1	85.00	$85.00	$990	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
305–345	333	31	147.50–186.00	$163.51	$544	-16.79
368–391	384	17	138.00–175.00	$149.46	$574	-31.99
402–447	422	55	126.00–177.00	$153.63	$648	-5.70
470–490	485	62	125.00–170.00	$152.70	$741	-5.87
525–545	534	11	142.00–161.00	$149.83	$800	-1.33
550–576	567	21	128.00–150.00	$141.68	$803	-4.30
614–648	634	18	130.00–144.00	$134.29	$851	-0.50
650–663	659	12	124.00–137.00	$132.27	$872	-20.73
710	710	1	123.00	$123.00	$873	—
763–788	767	12	98.00–129.00	$123.69	$949	-4.31
860	860	5	91.00	$91.00	$783	—
965	965	1	56.00	$56.00	$540	—

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
337	337	3	136.00	$136.00	$458	—
395	395	1	115.00	$115.00	$454	—
425–443	432	5	115.00–125.00	$119.10	$515	+9.10
485–488	487	5	109.00–149.00	$120.16	$585	-0.05
525–540	528	6	126.00–135.00	$127.54	$673	+0.38
550–598	593	15	106.00–132.00	$109.22	$648	—
620–630	625	2	125.00–128.00	$126.49	$791	+6.97
760–779	776	7	81.00–89.00	$87.88	$682	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
397	397	7	150.00	$150.00	$596	—
590	590	7	144.00	$144.00	$850	-16.00
732	732	3	125.00	$125.00	$915	—
765	765	4	116.00	$116.00	$887	—

Small 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
365	365	1	145.00	$145.00	$529	-19.00
477	477	3	135.00	$135.00	$644	-0.60
507–525	512	4	126.00–144.00	$139.38	$714	-2.49
560	560	6	126.00	$126.00	$706	-12.00
645	645	1	100.00	$100.00	$645	—
690	690	1	121.00	$121.00	$835	+12.00
775	775	4	119.00	$119.00	$922	—
1040	1040	1	89.00	$89.00	$926	—

Medium and Large 2-3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
475 value added	475	5	158.00	$158.00	$750	—
594 value added	594	8	141.00	$141.00	$838	—

Medium and Large 4 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
433 value added	433	3	103.00	$103.00	$446	—
753 value added	753	2	86.00	$86.00	$648	—

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Dairy Heifers

N/N/A ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1330–1490	1436	30	110.50–118.50	$115.78	$1,663	—

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Dairy Steers

Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
504	504	6	105.00	$105.00	$529	—
768	768	3	99.00	$99.00	$760	—

N/N/A ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1475	1475	3	112.00	$112.00	$1,652	—

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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.