Virginia Weekly Cattle Auction Summary

Virginia · USDA-reported Auction Livestock

Sale of Monday, October 31, 2022

4,448 head sold ·Official USDA report

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heavy 5-weight M&L 1 heifers $139.62/cwt +0.41 vs last sale · ≈ $776/hd at 556 lb · 318 head

heavy 5-weight M&L 1 steers $168.07/cwt -4.48 vs last sale · ≈ $950/hd at 565 lb · 306 head

light 6-weight M&L 1 steers $162.29/cwt +6.93 vs last sale · ≈ $1,033/hd at 637 lb · 197 head

Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Total receipts	4,448	4,476	5,535
Feeder cattle	4,430	4,476	5,512
Slaughter cattle	18	—	23

Market comments — USDA reporter

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 1504, Heifers 1938, Bulls 988) State Graded Slaughter Cattle (Steers 9, Heifers 9) Value Added and most Natural cattle are Weaned and Vaccinated. Compared to last week: Feeder cattle uneven, mostly 7.00 lower to 6.00 higher. Report includes sales from Blackstone, Culpeper, Front Royal, Lynchburg, 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
328–345	334	4	132.50–189.00	$164.28	$549	+16.78
360–396	387	10	160.00–185.00	$174.79	$676	+2.23
420–437	434	11	140.00–182.00	$173.86	$755	-23.28
460–491	475	126	159.50–195.00	$180.96	$860	+6.93
533–543	537	20	164.00–186.00	$175.92	$945	+1.58
551–590	565	306	109.00–179.00	$168.07	$950	-1.68
611	611	23	176.00	$176.00	$1,075	+20.64
600–647	640	174	125.00–176.00	$160.48	$1,027	+5.12
653–659	658	71	141.00–170.00	$162.85	$1,072	-3.28
664 value added	664	6	142.00	$142.00	$943	-17.00
669	669	12	170.00	$170.00	$1,137	+3.87
726	726	7	162.00	$162.00	$1,176	+14.50
710–746	737	75	109.00–160.00	$152.72	$1,126	+5.22
750–795	767	18	123.00–145.00	$135.40	$1,039	-2.92
778 value added	778	3	156.00	$156.00	$1,214	—
825	825	4	154.00	$154.00	$1,270	+10.03
830–842	839	16	134.00–147.00	$144.77	$1,215	+0.80
879	879	4	138.00	$138.00	$1,213	+16.30
865–890	885	5	136.00–150.00	$147.26	$1,303	+25.56
890 value added	890	4	137.00	$137.00	$1,219	-0.81
948	948	9	141.00	$141.00	$1,337	+5.00
960–990	975	2	130.00–139.00	$134.57	$1,312	-2.43
998	998	6	133.00	$133.00	$1,327	-4.00
1060	1060	1	110.00	$110.00	$1,166	—
1164	1164	11	130.00	$130.00	$1,513	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
337	337	3	145.00	$145.00	$489	-26.00
355–397	372	23	145.00–194.50	$183.93	$684	+19.31
413–445	421	23	142.50–201.00	$177.98	$749	+2.79
458–478	467	49	147.50–180.00	$172.94	$808	-4.93
510–542	535	76	157.00–172.25	$168.82	$903	+8.22
550–597	569	20	135.00–170.00	$153.76	$875	+1.36
605–648	639	16	135.00–156.00	$149.20	$953	+2.48
653–680	656	24	126.00–157.00	$143.21	$939	-10.20
715–735	725	5	92.50–139.00	$120.47	$873	-25.83
755–785	761	15	110.00–150.00	$145.25	$1,105	—
803	803	2	137.00	$137.00	$1,100	-0.70
863–895	869	7	121.00–144.00	$140.62	$1,222	+6.62
925–945	940	4	101.00–120.00	$115.33	$1,084	—
950	950	2	121.00	$121.00	$1,150	—
1000–1030	1015	2	110.00–129.00	$119.64	$1,214	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
469	469	27	183.00	$183.00	$858	—
472	472	5	176.00	$176.00	$831	—
514	514	8	157.00	$157.00	$807	-34.20
516–529 value added	522	16	164.00–184.00	$172.87	$902	-5.13
552	552	9	178.00	$178.00	$983	—
610	610	6	171.00	$171.00	$1,043	-9.00
656–664 value added	660	20	140.00–141.00	$140.50	$927	-21.01
665	665	5	155.00	$155.00	$1,031	—
711 value added	711	4	165.00	$165.00	$1,173	+19.95
768	768	4	135.00	$135.00	$1,037	—
797 value added	797	8	145.00	$145.00	$1,156	-12.00
800	800	9	144.00	$144.00	$1,152	—
872 value added	872	27	152.00	$152.00	$1,325	—

Medium and Large 2-3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
395	395	19	173.00	$173.00	$683	—
619	619	12	150.00	$150.00	$928	—
676	676	23	168.00	$168.00	$1,136	—
754	754	18	150.00	$150.00	$1,131	—

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
255	255	1	140.00	$140.00	$357	—
332	332	3	110.00	$110.00	$365	+45.00
351	351	8	179.50	$179.50	$630	+31.82
432–435	433	6	132.00–155.50	$151.56	$656	+31.42
460–495	486	4	85.00–146.00	$123.43	$600	-9.35
535–548	544	12	110.00–138.00	$129.15	$703	+2.34
555	555	2	137.00	$137.00	$760	-4.64
605–636	630	5	120.00–131.00	$122.11	$769	-24.89
670–695	683	2	75.00–120.00	$97.09	$663	-38.91
700–747	733	5	130.00–132.00	$131.60	$965	-0.77

Small 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
325	325	1	110.00	$110.00	$358	±0.00
365	365	1	130.00	$130.00	$474	-14.40
445	445	3	151.00	$151.00	$672	+41.00
465–480	473	2	107.50–131.00	$119.44	$565	-24.27
505–530	523	5	90.00–137.00	$127.27	$666	—
632	632	3	107.50	$107.50	$679	-16.50
670–675	673	2	127.00–135.00	$130.99	$882	-2.65
780	780	1	141.00	$141.00	$1,100	+36.00
920	920	1	89.00	$89.00	$819	—

N/N/A ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1455–1670	1565	9	151.00–159.00	$156.13	$2,443	—

Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
645	645	1	119.00	$119.00	$768	—

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Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
305–321	319	10	132.50–146.00	$142.71	$455	+3.04
350–398	368	44	117.50–156.00	$147.80	$544	+3.81
400–448	437	65	102.50–157.50	$147.69	$645	+10.36
450–495	467	191	119.00–149.00	$140.91	$658	+0.30
537 value added	537	10	142.00	$142.00	$763	-4.68
520–549	542	83	114.00–143.50	$135.46	$734	-3.96
551–595	556	318	101.00–146.50	$139.62	$776	+0.41
610–648	634	171	116.00–142.00	$133.15	$844	+3.83
638 value added	638	6	147.00	$147.00	$938	+9.00
650–670	654	31	101.00–131.00	$127.59	$834	-5.66
662–698 value added	676	8	131.00–138.00	$133.71	$904	—
720–745	730	35	115.00–130.00	$125.63	$917	+3.78
755–777	762	13	106.00–124.00	$118.46	$903	-12.04
870–890	880	2	100.00–129.00	$114.34	$1,006	-9.72
913–920	918	9	120.00–128.00	$126.23	$1,159	+6.23
993	993	3	107.50	$107.50	$1,067	+5.51
1068	1068	3	105.00	$105.00	$1,121	—
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
315–346	331	18	117.00–138.00	$126.11	$417	-10.27
350–390	361	84	75.00–161.00	$148.37	$536	+7.20
375	375	1	55.00	$55.00	$206	-86.17
400–448	440	129	75.00–159.50	$142.17	$626	+10.32
450–494	466	74	116.00–149.00	$139.05	$648	-3.45
505–549	542	116	128.00–145.50	$138.27	$749	+1.50
550–586	565	30	116.00–140.00	$133.86	$756	+33.86
600–648	633	34	110.00–137.00	$131.86	$835	+1.08
650–680	655	49	114.00–137.00	$131.55	$862	+4.91
705 value added	705	1	107.50	$107.50	$758	—
705–736	728	16	95.00–129.00	$122.00	$888	+4.88
750–761	758	14	130.00–142.50	$133.54	$1,012	+38.65
818–825	822	4	94.00–121.00	$107.56	$884	+6.56
876	876	5	122.00	$122.00	$1,069	+15.00

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
325–345	333	3	105.00–131.00	$118.26	$394	-25.11
360–388	371	26	105.00–151.00	$139.02	$516	+19.45
440–449	449	20	113.00–142.50	$141.05	$633	+16.12
450–495	462	21	115.50–140.00	$124.38	$575	-9.41
528–549	538	31	114.00–137.50	$131.02	$705	+7.12
553–584	563	18	110.00–125.00	$115.48	$650	+0.47
600–646	638	18	116.00–135.00	$125.28	$799	+11.76
656–680	661	7	99.00–124.00	$116.73	$772	—
750	750	4	109.00	$109.00	$818	+7.00

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
458	458	6	155.00	$155.00	$710	—
580–589 value added	585	11	141.00–145.00	$142.80	$835	-6.01
623 value added	623	4	138.00	$138.00	$860	-0.62
661–665	663	11	137.00–145.50	$140.85	$934	—
696 value added	696	8	140.00	$140.00	$974	—
718–744 value added	723	29	140.50–144.00	$143.26	$1,036	—
864 value added	864	5	135.50	$135.50	$1,171	—

Small 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
345	345	1	85.00	$85.00	$293	-57.33
360–370	363	9	75.00–141.00	$122.30	$444	—
425–445	438	3	118.00–130.00	$121.88	$534	+13.88
457–495	463	16	85.00–135.00	$125.11	$579	-3.80
505–540	536	24	105.00–136.50	$130.08	$697	-0.98
550–557	555	4	100.00–117.00	$112.79	$626	+6.35
625–631	630	5	92.00–102.00	$100.02	$630	-9.45
655	655	7	125.50	$125.50	$822	+24.48
720	720	1	78.00	$78.00	$562	-9.00

Medium and Large 4 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
227	227	7	107.00	$107.00	$243	—
297	297	3	95.00	$95.00	$282	—
390	390	6	119.00	$119.00	$464	—
598	598	2	95.00	$95.00	$568	—

Medium and Large 2-3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
409	409	15	160.00	$160.00	$654	—

N/N/A ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1170	1170	1	123.00	$123.00	$1,439	—
1225–1600	1366	8	144.00–158.50	$149.30	$2,039	—

Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
320	320	1	108.00	$108.00	$346	—

Small 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
410	410	1	107.00	$107.00	$439	—

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Feeder Bulls

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
265	265	2	140.00	$140.00	$371	—
320–348	336	34	115.00–185.00	$165.76	$557	+10.39
350–377	372	15	120.00–178.00	$166.81	$621	-9.11
403–428	418	54	134.00–180.00	$171.45	$717	+1.44
455–493	481	115	146.00–174.00	$166.54	$801	+6.30
510–543	531	16	133.00–155.00	$146.41	$777	-12.06
550–585	561	148	110.00–164.00	$156.99	$881	+10.34
605–648	627	50	132.00–153.00	$135.40	$849	-6.41
650–665	651	60	126.00–152.00	$148.56	$967	+18.73
700–743	727	41	105.00–150.00	$132.60	$964	+5.64
730 value added	730	2	126.00	$126.00	$920	—
750–783	769	9	112.00–137.50	$119.08	$916	+7.08
820	820	1	100.00	$100.00	$820	-24.00
850–890	870	2	110.00–128.00	$118.79	$1,033	+1.79

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
240	240	1	127.00	$127.00	$305	—
308–340	334	37	110.00–190.50	$177.36	$592	-2.32
350–395	366	17	100.00–166.00	$146.47	$536	-11.58
409–447	422	54	115.00–176.00	$163.98	$692	+4.27
460–490	483	48	131.00–165.00	$158.08	$764	-0.09
501–545	521	53	131.00–160.00	$154.87	$807	+9.92
550–590	569	45	127.00–152.00	$142.13	$809	-7.33
610–644	631	31	120.00–146.00	$132.02	$833	-7.95
710	710	1	124.00	$124.00	$880	+1.62
772	772	5	92.00	$92.00	$710	-8.91
845	845	1	112.00	$112.00	$946	+32.91
892–895	894	2	77.00–110.00	$93.53	$836	+2.69
930	930	1	75.00	$75.00	$698	-5.00
1080	1080	1	70.00	$70.00	$756	—

Small 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
419–443	426	9	116.00–151.00	$145.68	$621	-14.92
460–480	473	6	71.00–135.00	$114.27	$540	-14.32
501–517	504	18	75.00–127.50	$117.04	$590	-14.95
555–573	570	6	126.00–127.00	$126.84	$723	-12.91
610	610	1	106.00	$106.00	$647	—
670	670	1	90.00	$90.00	$603	—
705–745	728	3	60.00–95.00	$79.82	$581	-20.18
880	880	1	65.00	$65.00	$572	—

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
385	385	1	132.50	$132.50	$510	+67.50
435	435	1	135.00	$135.00	$587	+34.00
468–480	472	7	113.00–145.00	$131.87	$622	-13.13
546	546	6	142.00	$142.00	$775	+57.00
569–580	570	9	75.00–134.00	$126.44	$721	+9.33
630–645	635	3	122.00	$122.00	$775	+24.77
650	650	1	72.50	$72.50	$471	-46.50
780–790	783	4	87.50–90.00	$88.13	$690	—

Medium and Large 4 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
253–266	261	8	95.00–108.00	$99.72	$260	—
350–395	354	11	85.00–136.00	$115.37	$408	—
525	525	1	65.00	$65.00	$341	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
358	358	3	160.00	$160.00	$573	—
666	666	6	135.50	$135.50	$902	+6.30
853	853	4	101.00	$101.00	$862	—

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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.