Virginia Weekly Cattle Auction Summary

Virginia · USDA-reported Auction Livestock

Sale of Monday, April 28, 2025

4,008 head sold ·Official USDA report

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light 5-weight M&L 1 heifers $321.54/cwt +4.80 vs last sale · ≈ $1,746/hd at 543 lb · 244 head

heavy 5-weight M&L 1 steers $366.37/cwt +7.51 vs last sale · ≈ $2,060/hd at 562 lb · 243 head

heavy 4-weight M&L 1 heifers $354.45/cwt +6.24 vs last sale · ≈ $1,659/hd at 468 lb · 222 head

Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Head itemized in priced lots	4,008	—	—

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Feeder Steers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
323	323	5	465.00	$465.00	$1,502	+43.93
360–384	374	34	392.50–430.00	$411.58	$1,539	-7.39
410–424	416	24	407.50–410.00	$408.94	$1,701	+1.76
405–448	437	60	381.00–420.00	$401.13	$1,753	-6.05
464	464	17	383.00	$383.00	$1,777	-0.81
450–490	471	125	320.00–396.00	$387.92	$1,827	+4.11
531	531	16	370.00	$370.00	$1,965	+7.56
535 value added	535	4	364.00	$364.00	$1,947	+10.00
505–545	537	19	360.00–384.00	$376.05	$2,019	+13.61
553–569	558	202	335.00–380.00	$366.96	$2,048	+8.10
580–589	583	41	355.00–367.00	$363.45	$2,119	+4.59
603–625 value added	623	30	316.00–357.50	$324.83	$2,024	—
611–646	638	82	315.00–357.50	$344.93	$2,201	+9.51
650–667	654	35	301.00–335.00	$329.64	$2,156	+0.68
713 value added	713	3	325.00	$325.00	$2,317	+26.03
713	713	10	305.00	$305.00	$2,175	+15.32
700–748	729	28	250.00–311.00	$292.69	$2,134	+3.01
750–795	765	24	280.00–302.00	$292.23	$2,236	-5.72
800	800	1	277.50	$277.50	$2,220	+4.99
860 value added	860	20	286.00	$286.00	$2,460	—
885	885	1	240.00	$240.00	$2,124	-11.00
910–921	918	10	255.00–270.00	$267.52	$2,456	—
980 value added	980	26	264.00	$264.00	$2,587	—
1010–1030	1017	3	220.00–262.50	$248.15	$2,524	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
305–345	333	22	355.00–470.00	$424.53	$1,414	+24.92
354–395	373	27	390.00–433.00	$408.19	$1,523	+12.73
385	385	1	427.50	$427.50	$1,646	+32.04
420–449	439	54	360.00–404.00	$392.46	$1,723	+6.13
435–446	444	7	355.00–434.00	$422.95	$1,878	+36.62
454–488	467	48	330.00–402.00	$393.58	$1,838	+13.87
500–545	540	36	341.00–383.00	$363.06	$1,961	-1.20
550–595	561	33	325.00–373.50	$370.74	$2,080	+8.58
601–649	637	34	315.00–346.00	$339.92	$2,165	+8.23
672 value added	672	4	318.00	$318.00	$2,137	+67.00
695	695	1	300.00	$300.00	$2,085	-8.64
730–748	745	12	285.00–303.00	$289.20	$2,155	+9.00
755–795	768	5	170.00–290.00	$261.23	$2,006	-24.77
809–848	826	7	267.50–277.50	$271.90	$2,246	+21.90
890	890	1	235.00	$235.00	$2,092	-22.50
975	975	1	225.00	$225.00	$2,194	—
1035–1045	1038	4	210.00–255.00	$243.67	$2,529	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
370	370	7	412.50	$412.50	$1,526	—
470	470	33	388.00	$388.00	$1,824	—
547	547	45	388.00	$388.00	$2,122	-9.50
624	624	4	325.00	$325.00	$2,028	—
643	643	35	365.00	$365.00	$2,347	—
653 value added	653	12	351.00	$351.00	$2,292	—
721 value added	721	13	302.50	$302.50	$2,181	—
822 value added	822	7	288.00	$288.00	$2,367	—
855–878	860	29	260.00–270.00	$267.89	$2,304	—

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
347	347	4	397.00	$397.00	$1,378	+40.36
375–376	376	11	305.00–450.00	$406.84	$1,530	+62.10
439–449	445	13	320.00–355.00	$341.72	$1,521	-20.74
453–477	457	21	370.00–389.00	$380.51	$1,739	+15.50
509–538	529	20	302.50–357.50	$347.04	$1,836	—
605–642	633	6	290.00–318.00	$305.08	$1,931	-14.15
715–745	730	4	281.00–282.50	$281.77	$2,057	—

N/N/A ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1345	1345	1	185.00	$185.00	$2,488	—
1470	1470	1	200.00	$200.00	$2,940	—
1485–1785	1601	4	220.00–226.00	$223.24	$3,574	—
1565–1940	1763	24	222.00–230.00	$225.54	$3,976	—

Small 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
367	367	6	370.00	$370.00	$1,358	+50.00
455–460	459	4	275.00–362.50	$340.80	$1,564	-29.20
540	540	2	225.00–255.00	$240.00	$1,296	—
562–575	566	3	340.00	$340.00	$1,924	+33.58
630	630	2	314.00	$314.00	$1,978	+20.25
740	740	1	180.00	$180.00	$1,332	—

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Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
250–278	271	4	360.00–375.00	$363.46	$985	—
300–340	321	17	330.00–392.50	$379.96	$1,220	-4.68
350–398	375	52	325.00–392.50	$380.03	$1,425	+1.49
405–436	434	48	340.00–385.00	$377.74	$1,639	+13.60
447	447	6	400.00	$400.00	$1,788	+35.86
452–495	468	222	305.00–370.00	$354.45	$1,659	+6.24
500–548	543	238	287.00–330.00	$321.10	$1,744	+4.36
545 value added	545	6	339.00	$339.00	$1,848	—
555–575	558	21	275.00–314.00	$307.54	$1,716	-4.65
551–590 value added	572	32	310.00–352.00	$334.99	$1,916	—
600–648	639	90	266.00–301.00	$280.72	$1,794	+1.39
640 value added	640	36	294.00	$294.00	$1,882	—
651–660	652	14	265.00–300.00	$293.17	$1,911	+32.54
664 value added	664	10	293.00	$293.00	$1,946	+21.86
715–738	736	37	240.00–278.00	$269.48	$1,983	+18.74
750–760	753	10	240.00–284.00	$276.17	$2,080	+14.46
764 value added	764	7	270.00	$270.00	$2,063	+17.52
800–832	829	11	230.00–240.00	$239.12	$1,982	+1.60
860	860	1	205.00	$205.00	$1,763	—
880 value added	880	6	275.00	$275.00	$2,420	—
905	905	1	215.00	$215.00	$1,946	-5.00
945 value added	945	5	247.50	$247.50	$2,339	—
1060	1060	1	167.50	$167.50	$1,776	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
285	285	1	370.00	$370.00	$1,054	+113.60
323–345	326	16	350.00–387.50	$375.71	$1,225	-0.15
360–395	373	85	200.00–399.00	$385.69	$1,439	+11.30
410–440	424	41	290.00–389.00	$371.60	$1,576	+11.71
436 value added	436	5	355.00	$355.00	$1,548	—
438	438	2	380.00	$380.00	$1,664	+16.00
450–488	462	127	344.00–363.00	$358.22	$1,655	+13.92
500–548	535	51	303.00–364.00	$329.14	$1,761	+10.22
550–575	555	63	285.00–350.00	$323.51	$1,795	+7.02
623 value added	623	6	322.00	$322.00	$2,006	—
601–647	633	55	175.00–325.00	$293.81	$1,860	-2.86
653–670	656	5	235.00–311.00	$295.49	$1,938	+20.71
705–749	738	7	250.00–265.00	$262.24	$1,935	+4.63
757	757	2	265.00	$265.00	$2,006	+5.94
873	873	2	145.00	$145.00	$1,266	—
965	965	1	200.00	$200.00	$1,930	—

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
346	346	16	378.00	$378.00	$1,308	+25.85
360–383	366	24	355.00–375.00	$371.82	$1,361	+30.22
405–445	436	15	322.50–392.50	$359.82	$1,569	+10.71
457–491	462	70	300.00–370.00	$349.17	$1,613	+19.40
510–545	541	30	280.00–330.00	$297.26	$1,608	-14.25
550–561	555	36	313.00–317.50	$316.40	$1,756	-2.84
639–645	641	11	205.00–280.00	$265.49	$1,702	-6.33
680–685	683	2	230.00–240.00	$235.02	$1,605	-42.48
705	705	1	247.50	$247.50	$1,745	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
371	371	4	365.00	$365.00	$1,354	+65.00
381	381	10	398.00	$398.00	$1,516	+98.00
407–427	419	31	380.00–415.00	$393.15	$1,647	—
544	544	8	328.00	$328.00	$1,784	—
573 value added	573	12	331.00	$331.00	$1,897	-5.00
657–696 value added	664	26	245.00–310.00	$293.96	$1,952	+20.98
755–758 value added	757	19	274.00–285.00	$279.80	$2,118	—

Small 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
362–380	366	5	295.00–320.00	$314.80	$1,152	-22.20
410–441	437	8	270.00–338.00	$330.03	$1,442	+45.03
455–490	473	2	295.00–315.00	$304.63	$1,441	+1.32
531	531	3	292.50	$292.50	$1,553	+16.12
550–575	556	4	257.00–290.00	$275.29	$1,531	—
655–680	674	4	150.00–250.00	$225.70	$1,521	—

N/N/A ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1300	1300	1	209.00	$209.00	$2,717	—
1270–1450	1360	2	210.00–211.00	$210.53	$2,863	—
1275–1460	1385	5	220.00–225.00	$222.98	$3,088	—
1245–1680	1476	14	218.00–230.00	$226.65	$3,345	—

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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	9	480.00	$480.00	$1,344	—
325–343	340	13	425.00–450.00	$435.75	$1,482	+17.51
350–380	368	53	360.00–427.00	$411.89	$1,516	+2.78
400–440	424	76	345.00–414.00	$402.61	$1,707	+0.20
464–497	486	116	315.00–391.00	$376.22	$1,828	+17.36
500–545	519	34	225.00–369.00	$331.78	$1,722	-15.40
550–578	564	121	280.00–337.50	$332.22	$1,874	+6.66
610–637	623	29	280.00–324.00	$318.29	$1,983	-2.41
650–660	656	35	275.00–315.00	$306.61	$2,011	+18.56
708–746	740	12	230.00–269.00	$262.78	$1,945	-10.51
763–765	764	8	245.00–290.00	$256.27	$1,958	-36.73
863	863	2	255.00	$255.00	$2,201	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
300 value added	300	13	300.00	$300.00	$900	—
328–335	334	24	400.00–430.00	$413.96	$1,383	-26.36
355–380	372	11	388.00–405.00	$402.65	$1,498	-7.93
410–448	421	64	347.50–417.00	$408.06	$1,718	-1.13
460–496	483	34	272.50–392.00	$365.06	$1,763	-6.07
501–530	515	50	275.00–349.00	$341.11	$1,757	-5.13
555–578	567	42	302.00–334.25	$320.90	$1,820	+1.05
600–643	636	33	280.00–324.00	$291.25	$1,852	-24.27
695	695	1	275.00	$275.00	$1,911	-3.03
753–785	761	8	235.00–245.00	$236.29	$1,798	—
820	820	1	195.00	$195.00	$1,599	-76.00

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
375–395	378	8	335.00–410.00	$398.97	$1,508	+13.97
416–436	431	14	325.00–387.00	$370.65	$1,598	+9.71
450–480	456	5	290.00–300.00	$292.11	$1,332	-11.90
528–543	536	4	320.00–345.00	$332.32	$1,781	+30.50
560–570	563	9	292.50–320.00	$310.72	$1,749	+43.80
638–645	642	5	265.00–285.00	$271.00	$1,740	+1.00
675	675	2	255.00	$255.00	$1,721	—
725	725	1	195.00	$195.00	$1,414	-75.00

Small 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
370	370	2	365.00	$365.00	$1,350	+25.00
416–423	418	7	385.00–397.50	$393.89	$1,646	+52.89
485–490	488	11	310.00–380.00	$365.41	$1,783	—
506–535	511	6	322.00–325.00	$324.48	$1,658	-19.04
550–590	562	6	278.00–314.00	$292.14	$1,642	—
600	600	1	312.00	$312.00	$1,872	—
683	683	2	152.50	$152.50	$1,042	—

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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.