Virginia Weekly Cattle Auction Summary

Virginia · USDA-reported Auction Livestock

Sale of Monday, March 31, 2025

5,345 head sold ·Official USDA report

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light 5-weight M&L 1 steers $361.30/cwt +9.39 vs last sale · ≈ $1,948/hd at 539 lb · 250 head

heavy 4-weight M&L 1 steers $373.92/cwt +7.51 vs last sale · ≈ $1,743/hd at 466 lb · 198 head

heavy 4-weight M&L 1 heifers $332.79/cwt +14.59 vs last sale · ≈ $1,557/hd at 468 lb · 197 head

Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Head itemized in priced lots	5,345	—	—

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Feeder Steers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
270	270	2	410.00	$410.00	$1,107	—
317	317	3	410.00	$410.00	$1,300	+20.41
350–385	369	56	290.00–430.00	$396.62	$1,464	-26.59
400–440	430	29	350.50–400.00	$385.46	$1,657	+5.71
445 value added	445	1	350.00	$350.00	$1,558	—
455–495	464	127	257.00–380.00	$361.60	$1,678	-4.81
466–469	469	44	400.00–405.00	$401.36	$1,882	+34.95
471–473 value added	472	27	370.00–399.00	$387.16	$1,827	—
505–547 value added	532	19	365.00–385.00	$367.67	$1,956	—
538	538	22	373.00	$373.00	$2,007	+21.09
505–549	540	209	324.00–369.00	$359.49	$1,941	+7.58
561	561	41	365.00	$365.00	$2,048	+39.39
552–594	572	99	330.50–364.00	$352.29	$2,015	+26.68
556–595 value added	586	21	335.00–345.00	$342.74	$2,008	—
605–645 value added	619	21	300.00–326.00	$322.99	$1,999	—
603–646	639	93	309.00–345.00	$327.17	$2,091	+8.65
658	658	13	332.00	$332.00	$2,185	+54.88
655–685	661	42	294.00–340.00	$318.84	$2,108	+41.72
662 value added	662	3	300.00	$300.00	$1,986	—
700–745	735	39	250.00–302.50	$274.65	$2,019	+5.18
753	753	10	298.00	$298.00	$2,244	+28.20
752–762	757	57	272.00–306.00	$304.22	$2,303	+34.42
765–786 value added	772	12	276.00–300.00	$284.15	$2,194	-2.85
800	800	2	259.00	$259.00	$2,072	+9.00
815–848	839	14	245.00–260.00	$256.05	$2,148	+6.05
858 value added	858	25	269.00	$269.00	$2,308	—
850–888	874	28	251.00–265.00	$260.62	$2,278	+15.12
915–925	922	3	200.00–250.00	$226.99	$2,093	—
950–988	977	6	222.50–253.00	$247.89	$2,422	+13.89
978 value added	978	2	270.00	$270.00	$2,641	+30.97
1000–1030	1015	2	206.00–227.50	$216.59	$2,198	-8.41

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
305–333	326	11	350.00–403.00	$391.15	$1,275	+4.52
350–380	367	23	325.00–410.00	$390.47	$1,433	-16.40
354–376 value added	371	20	415.00–430.00	$426.42	$1,582	+26.42
416–441 value added	436	31	427.50–434.00	$432.80	$1,887	—
418–445	439	76	352.00–410.00	$377.00	$1,655	+18.06
454–495	469	34	345.00–380.00	$365.43	$1,714	-8.89
489 value added	489	6	397.50	$397.50	$1,944	—
507–523 value added	513	5	332.50–355.00	$345.83	$1,774	—
515–544	537	48	226.00–365.00	$345.51	$1,855	+1.82
551–590	565	54	250.00–370.00	$347.46	$1,963	+8.02
613–645	626	16	275.00–335.00	$317.88	$1,990	-0.12
655–688	674	19	160.00–318.00	$304.05	$2,049	+3.97
678–679 value added	679	17	332.50	$332.50	$2,258	—
695	695	2	305.00	$305.00	$2,120	—
705–743	728	12	220.00–282.50	$268.25	$1,953	-26.03
765–778	773	5	249.00–270.00	$257.32	$1,989	-4.63
840	840	1	247.50	$247.50	$2,079	-2.01
865–885	877	4	225.00–247.50	$240.59	$2,110	—
968	968	2	225.00	$225.00	$2,178	—
1020–1030	1025	2	200.00–230.00	$214.93	$2,203	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
415 value added	415	6	380.00	$380.00	$1,577	—
535–542 value added	540	27	341.00–377.00	$369.08	$1,993	+21.08
551–569 value added	563	98	355.00–375.00	$369.82	$2,082	-21.18
580	580	7	339.00	$339.00	$1,966	—
578–599	592	17	357.50–365.00	$362.41	$2,145	—
607	607	5	327.50	$327.50	$1,988	+2.50
608–619 value added	611	19	325.00–337.00	$333.16	$2,036	-20.34
635–649	645	32	297.00–327.50	$318.98	$2,057	-6.02
661	661	28	340.00	$340.00	$2,247	+55.00
659–682 value added	666	31	290.00–343.00	$327.81	$2,183	—
703–735	716	10	282.50–297.00	$288.46	$2,065	+28.46
729 value added	729	23	301.00	$301.00	$2,194	+15.00
770	770	5	266.00	$266.00	$2,048	-4.00
756–774	772	58	287.00–305.00	$303.48	$2,343	+33.48
862 value added	862	10	269.00	$269.00	$2,319	+14.00

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
289 value added	289	7	420.00	$420.00	$1,214	—
360–380	367	13	275.00–400.00	$384.21	$1,410	-10.85
373 value added	373	2	360.00	$360.00	$1,343	—
420–440	435	26	320.00–395.00	$374.20	$1,628	-6.87
451	451	8	377.50	$377.50	$1,703	+11.93
515–541	535	23	324.00–347.50	$340.04	$1,819	+7.04
580–584	583	7	120.00–320.00	$291.60	$1,700	-5.97
615–633	627	3	295.00–310.00	$305.10	$1,913	+52.43
663	663	4	315.00	$315.00	$2,088	—
740	740	1	225.00	$225.00	$1,665	—

N/N/A ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1335–1400	1368	3	202.00–205.00	$203.66	$2,786	—
1190–1800	1559	28	205.00–220.00	$211.56	$3,298	—
1520–1660	1612	3	218.00–220.00	$218.97	$3,530	—

Medium and Large 2-3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
435 value added	435	12	429.00	$429.00	$1,866	—
546 value added	546	7	330.00	$330.00	$1,802	—

Small 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
385–395	390	2	330.00–335.00	$332.53	$1,297	—
495	495	1	320.00	$320.00	$1,584	+15.42
553	553	4	315.00	$315.00	$1,742	—
631	631	3	307.50	$307.50	$1,940	+8.50

Medium and Large 3-4 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
321	321	6	410.00	$410.00	$1,316	—

Medium and Large 4 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
310	310	1	155.00	$155.00	$480	—

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Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
240	240	1	270.00	$270.00	$648	-55.00
270–290	278	12	267.50–345.00	$280.68	$780	-86.82
329–345	330	16	335.00–362.50	$354.64	$1,170	+4.16
361–384	372	81	322.00–368.00	$360.15	$1,340	+23.93
402–446	433	98	285.00–360.00	$338.02	$1,464	+3.35
452–490	466	183	265.00–358.00	$333.00	$1,552	+14.85
493 value added	493	14	330.00	$330.00	$1,627	+11.00
505 value added	505	6	290.00	$290.00	$1,464	—
503–546	535	100	294.00–322.25	$305.44	$1,634	+11.80
550–594	559	153	212.00–311.00	$296.08	$1,655	+7.17
569 value added	569	14	299.00	$299.00	$1,701	—
584	584	11	309.00	$309.00	$1,805	+20.09
625	625	11	281.00	$281.00	$1,756	+11.68
635 value added	635	3	270.00	$270.00	$1,714	-16.00
610–648	641	29	228.00–295.00	$275.47	$1,766	+6.15
650–695	653	97	225.00–274.50	$266.92	$1,743	-6.19
697	697	16	275.00	$275.00	$1,917	—
700–701	701	78	278.00–289.00	$288.44	$2,022	+64.34
700–748	727	42	227.50–260.00	$239.09	$1,738	+14.99
756 value added	756	7	266.00	$266.00	$2,011	+31.00
753–799	781	24	235.00–257.50	$245.77	$1,919	+20.81
808–840	824	7	220.00–242.00	$233.45	$1,924	—
885 value added	885	5	231.00	$231.00	$2,044	—
928–941	931	15	227.50–228.00	$227.87	$2,121	+15.55
955	955	1	225.00	$225.00	$2,149	—
1060 value added	1060	7	217.00	$217.00	$2,300	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
260	260	2	330.00	$330.00	$858	-5.00
305–345	334	30	327.00–365.00	$360.47	$1,204	+24.16
336 value added	336	12	420.00	$420.00	$1,411	—
351–381	362	102	260.00–372.50	$354.12	$1,282	+9.80
400–445	426	67	270.00–360.00	$327.30	$1,394	+8.60
440–446 value added	445	35	344.00–402.00	$392.17	$1,745	+49.67
450–499	465	163	210.00–351.00	$334.52	$1,556	+12.51
475 value added	475	9	343.00	$343.00	$1,629	—
510–543	535	84	272.50–325.00	$302.41	$1,618	+5.27
550–590	558	92	281.00–307.00	$296.07	$1,652	+7.77
580	580	2	290.00	$290.00	$1,682	+1.70
609 value added	609	5	247.50	$247.50	$1,507	+87.50
600–649	639	58	180.00–283.00	$273.68	$1,749	+10.83
652 value added	652	9	282.50	$282.50	$1,842	+27.50
650–685	659	15	235.00–269.00	$264.02	$1,740	-3.10
700–743	736	22	210.00–245.00	$239.74	$1,764	+11.74
749 value added	749	6	245.00	$245.00	$1,835	—
751–755	752	7	217.50–257.00	$251.33	$1,890	+29.68
842	842	3	220.00	$220.00	$1,852	+7.50
885	885	1	197.50	$197.50	$1,748	-2.50
905	905	1	209.00	$209.00	$1,891	+19.00
950	950	1	201.00	$201.00	$1,910	—

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
353 value added	353	9	375.00	$375.00	$1,324	—
356–395	359	49	290.00–392.50	$355.54	$1,276	+28.80
415–448	442	22	225.00–325.00	$309.37	$1,367	-6.48
451–461	453	100	305.00–347.50	$336.88	$1,526	+20.56
505–549	536	48	190.00–305.00	$292.63	$1,568	+6.27
597	597	5	265.00	$265.00	$1,582	+35.14
600–633	629	17	185.00–280.00	$268.99	$1,692	+9.95
705–715	710	3	207.50–243.00	$225.95	$1,604	+0.95
808	808	2	170.00	$170.00	$1,374	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
443	443	3	265.00	$265.00	$1,174	—
534	534	9	313.00	$313.00	$1,671	+40.50
533–548 value added	541	13	302.00–312.50	$307.36	$1,663	-14.64
559 value added	559	50	320.00	$320.00	$1,789	+19.00
589	589	4	309.00	$309.00	$1,820	—
623 value added	623	34	283.00	$283.00	$1,763	+1.58
630–641	634	18	267.00–284.00	$277.32	$1,758	-3.68
653–659 value added	656	36	247.00–279.00	$272.59	$1,788	—
670–678	674	15	256.00–259.00	$257.41	$1,735	—
723 value added	723	32	265.00	$265.00	$1,916	—
765	765	2	240.00	$240.00	$1,836	—

Small 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
337	337	2	305.00	$305.00	$1,028	—
453	453	8	320.00	$320.00	$1,450	+48.00
505–538	530	4	270.00–290.00	$285.23	$1,512	—
720–730	725	3	170.00–243.00	$203.33	$1,474	-17.67

Medium and Large 2-3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
612 value added	612	14	260.00	$260.00	$1,591	—

N/N/A ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1180–1465	1368	3	203.00–216.00	$212.26	$2,904	—
1250–1605	1469	11	211.00–218.00	$215.74	$3,169	—

Medium and Large 4 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
400–410	405	2	60.00–220.00	$139.01	$563	—

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Feeder Bulls

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
290	290	1	340.00	$340.00	$986	-35.00
305–345	330	31	365.00–411.00	$395.74	$1,306	-8.24
368–395	381	18	345.00–410.00	$377.42	$1,438	-30.66
400–435	423	99	335.00–409.00	$387.94	$1,641	+8.05
450–498	486	146	312.00–398.00	$352.16	$1,711	+9.32
500–548	537	54	315.00–361.00	$357.12	$1,918	+37.03
560–596	566	94	285.00–340.00	$319.13	$1,806	+4.82
613–643	632	40	290.00–305.00	$294.52	$1,861	+17.69
650–698	663	28	250.00–295.00	$277.63	$1,841	+7.91
720–745	736	12	250.00–263.00	$256.64	$1,889	+5.50
760–789	778	8	219.00–220.00	$219.37	$1,707	-15.63
815–835	822	3	224.00–242.50	$236.23	$1,942	-3.77
865	865	3	223.00	$223.00	$1,929	—
915	915	1	210.00	$210.00	$1,922	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
295	295	1	410.00	$410.00	$1,210	—
315–345	339	60	335.00–415.00	$405.52	$1,375	+30.97
357–380	372	21	340.00–415.00	$388.53	$1,445	-24.23
408–430	416	94	340.00–405.00	$389.68	$1,621	+10.66
460–495	486	87	320.00–380.00	$354.41	$1,722	+13.80
516–545	531	32	300.00–358.00	$341.83	$1,815	+34.52
550–585	564	45	275.00–327.50	$307.74	$1,736	-9.61
620–640	632	13	262.50–315.00	$286.84	$1,813	-22.66
650–675	663	22	267.00–285.00	$278.53	$1,847	+2.08
735	735	1	220.00	$220.00	$1,617	-23.27
751	751	10	260.00	$260.00	$1,953	—
830–845	842	5	220.00–240.00	$236.06	$1,988	+19.06

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
215	215	1	325.00	$325.00	$699	—
300–330	320	3	200.00–390.00	$330.63	$1,058	+115.63
364–390	380	13	365.00–385.00	$372.37	$1,415	+12.37
434–449	444	19	292.50–375.00	$359.85	$1,598	—
500–546	528	26	195.00–342.50	$328.99	$1,737	+18.99
573	573	2	320.00	$320.00	$1,834	+20.00
639–646	643	9	275.00–285.00	$280.58	$1,804	—

Small 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
313	313	2	340.00	$340.00	$1,064	+65.00
351	351	5	307.00	$307.00	$1,078	+11.01
422–425	422	10	245.00–312.00	$305.26	$1,288	-29.74
450–483	473	9	185.00–335.00	$295.43	$1,397	-22.57
546	546	6	260.00	$260.00	$1,420	—
550–580	556	5	235.00–280.00	$247.36	$1,375	-23.39
755	755	3	155.00	$155.00	$1,170	—
935	935	1	165.00	$165.00	$1,543	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
379	379	6	315.00	$315.00	$1,194	—
438 value added	438	13	434.00	$434.00	$1,901	—
750–770	764	7	210.00–221.00	$217.92	$1,665	—

Medium and Large 4 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
370	370	1	285.00	$285.00	$1,054	—

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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.