Virginia Weekly Cattle Auction Summary

Virginia · USDA-reported Auction Livestock

Sale of Monday, August 4, 2025

3,446 head sold ·Official USDA report

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heavy 5-weight M&L 1 heifers $340.09/cwt -1.26 vs last sale · ≈ $1,886/hd at 554 lb · 221 head

heavy 5-weight M&L 1 steers $372.54/cwt -1.97 vs last sale · ≈ $2,075/hd at 557 lb · 164 head

light 6-weight M&L 1 heifers $313.33/cwt -3.08 vs last sale · ≈ $2,004/hd at 640 lb · 140 head

Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Head itemized in priced lots	3,446	—	—

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Feeder Steers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
324–342	333	12	430.00–460.00	$444.59	$1,480	+44.59
362–367	365	5	415.00–450.00	$436.12	$1,592	+5.41
410–443	429	17	335.00–440.00	$411.30	$1,764	-13.68
460–488	469	61	386.00–410.00	$403.50	$1,892	+12.59
500–542	530	11	300.00–372.00	$346.81	$1,838	-21.79
550–590	557	164	217.50–397.50	$372.54	$2,075	-1.04
633	633	8	360.00	$360.00	$2,279	+14.97
610–648	639	41	275.00–380.00	$348.36	$2,226	+3.33
640 value added	640	6	390.00	$390.00	$2,496	—
650–689	656	137	323.00–355.00	$350.40	$2,299	-9.96
701 value added	701	19	371.00	$371.00	$2,601	—
705–748	741	77	255.00–360.00	$333.83	$2,474	+2.30
747	747	22	340.00	$340.00	$2,540	+8.47
751	751	22	354.00	$354.00	$2,659	+34.84
754–786	760	7	303.00–315.00	$309.55	$2,353	-9.61
825–848	844	13	215.00–311.00	$295.62	$2,495	—
916–920	917	6	294.00–300.00	$297.99	$2,733	—
1020 value added	1020	4	272.50	$272.50	$2,780	—
1038	1038	6	273.00	$273.00	$2,834	—
1058	1058	2	290.00	$290.00	$3,068	—
1100	1100	1	242.00	$242.00	$2,662	—
1168–1186 value added	1183	11	270.00–280.00	$271.80	$3,215	—
1233	1233	5	280.00	$280.00	$3,452	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
313	313	3	465.00	$465.00	$1,455	+37.52
360–390	374	17	365.00–426.00	$409.37	$1,531	-13.41
424 value added	424	6	380.00	$380.00	$1,611	-60.00
430–447	443	15	410.00–425.00	$413.58	$1,832	+14.76
450–495	461	51	360.00–415.00	$403.46	$1,860	+5.94
476 value added	476	4	410.00	$410.00	$1,952	—
505 value added	505	2	355.00	$355.00	$1,793	—
500–549	545	57	350.00–380.00	$368.54	$2,009	-1.87
550–585	561	21	320.00–375.00	$355.18	$1,993	—
609–644	639	35	314.00–352.50	$345.62	$2,209	-9.81
650–694	662	7	325.00–350.00	$336.02	$2,224	-10.93
728–745	733	6	300.00–325.00	$314.08	$2,302	-6.64
750–777	769	7	310.00–333.00	$326.59	$2,511	+29.10
778	778	9	329.00	$329.00	$2,560	+31.51
805	805	1	270.00	$270.00	$2,174	-14.77
880	880	3	290.00	$290.00	$2,552	—
1015	1015	2	180.00	$180.00	$1,827	—
1088	1088	4	285.00	$285.00	$3,101	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
593	593	3	370.00	$370.00	$2,194	—
609 value added	609	5	365.00	$365.00	$2,223	—
615–647	630	43	374.00–377.00	$375.50	$2,366	—
692	692	11	359.00	$359.00	$2,484	—
710–729	719	30	369.00–374.00	$371.63	$2,672	+26.63
811	811	9	312.50	$312.50	$2,534	+37.50
1030	1030	3	280.00	$280.00	$2,884	—

N/N/A ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1240–1650	1524	4	242.00–250.00	$247.84	$3,777	—
1145–1875	1557	56	229.50–255.50	$244.67	$3,810	—
1635	1635	1	256.50	$256.50	$4,194	—

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
365–395	371	5	400.00–415.00	$411.81	$1,528	-0.69
410–425	420	3	390.00–430.00	$416.98	$1,751	+19.19
456–480	467	14	180.00–405.00	$361.34	$1,687	+11.34
520–548	542	13	150.00–351.00	$322.70	$1,749	-4.80
551	551	4	342.50	$342.50	$1,887	+5.24
638	638	4	315.00	$315.00	$2,010	-38.00
730–735	733	3	265.00–310.00	$295.07	$2,163	-22.51

Small 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
330	330	1	260.00	$260.00	$858	—
368	368	3	394.00	$394.00	$1,450	—
405	405	1	275.00	$275.00	$1,114	-55.00
456–465	457	12	325.00–354.00	$351.54	$1,607	-12.28
510	510	1	340.00	$340.00	$1,734	+35.00
550	550	5	343.00	$343.00	$1,886	+34.84
628	628	5	325.00	$325.00	$2,041	—
735	735	1	320.00	$320.00	$2,352	+37.00

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Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
300–332	328	8	330.00–410.00	$391.35	$1,284	-10.38
353–387	366	48	350.00–407.50	$400.95	$1,467	-3.22
400–447	435	52	262.50–400.00	$365.09	$1,588	-41.87
457–486	461	129	320.00–371.00	$360.40	$1,661	-0.06
510–545	537	32	300.00–350.00	$341.03	$1,831	-6.24
550–573	553	210	275.00–344.58	$339.47	$1,877	-1.88
580–583 value added	582	11	315.00–360.00	$351.85	$2,048	—
601 value added	601	5	343.00	$343.00	$2,061	—
605–649	641	135	255.00–325.00	$312.23	$2,001	-4.18
653	653	9	314.00	$314.00	$2,050	+13.05
712–734	731	29	235.00–298.00	$283.04	$2,069	+11.50
760–790	769	7	285.00–305.00	$292.72	$2,251	+7.30
825–835	830	2	235.00–245.00	$239.97	$1,992	-47.53
870	870	1	247.50	$247.50	$2,153	—
945	945	4	249.00–255.00	$250.50	$2,367	-15.16
971	971	4	275.00	$275.00	$2,670	—
1069 value added	1069	5	255.00	$255.00	$2,726	—
1171 value added	1171	8	258.00	$258.00	$3,021	—
1190	1190	1	235.00	$235.00	$2,796	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
330–335	332	7	380.00–407.50	$396.03	$1,315	+10.42
356–393	368	27	270.00–409.00	$385.82	$1,420	-12.29
421–430	422	22	282.00–391.00	$380.90	$1,607	+1.96
434 value added	434	4	340.00	$340.00	$1,476	—
453–483	460	119	310.00–370.00	$360.90	$1,660	+1.87
483	483	3	370.00	$370.00	$1,787	+10.97
515–548	546	128	256.00–362.50	$338.91	$1,850	-0.32
549 value added	549	4	375.00	$375.00	$2,059	—
554–590	563	31	307.00–366.00	$331.16	$1,864	-3.87
589 value added	589	4	364.00	$364.00	$2,144	—
610–642	634	62	245.00–337.50	$318.97	$2,022	+10.56
651–675	659	13	225.00–321.00	$306.49	$2,020	—
663–672 value added	666	9	319.00–320.00	$319.34	$2,127	+15.59
722	722	7	280.50	$280.50	$2,025	-9.50
760	760	1	260.00	$260.00	$1,976	-39.00
814–843	833	12	280.00–305.00	$285.48	$2,378	—
905	905	1	237.50	$237.50	$2,149	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
398	398	2	260.00	$260.00	$1,035	—
519–548 value added	536	15	345.00–369.00	$359.71	$1,928	—
550–582	566	54	330.00–365.00	$346.52	$1,961	-11.48
585	585	9	335.00	$335.00	$1,960	+35.00
615–639	625	26	338.00–360.25	$350.63	$2,191	—
656	656	20	320.00	$320.00	$2,099	—
667	667	7	297.50	$297.50	$1,984	—
752–774	762	9	255.00–305.00	$277.58	$2,115	—
842	842	3	250.00	$250.00	$2,105	—
943 value added	943	6	267.50	$267.50	$2,523	—
975 value added	975	7	265.00	$265.00	$2,584	—
1050	1050	7	235.00	$235.00	$2,468	—

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
320–345	333	2	275.00–355.00	$316.50	$1,054	-51.00
362–395	369	19	377.50–387.50	$379.89	$1,402	-0.18
429–444	441	5	330.00–350.00	$346.11	$1,526	-18.36
455–482	462	35	245.00–367.50	$347.55	$1,606	+2.57
525–535	532	17	287.50–342.50	$325.39	$1,731	-12.13
556–560	557	16	320.00–331.00	$329.62	$1,836	+26.70
637–645	638	7	170.00–297.00	$278.66	$1,778	-6.34
672	672	3	310.00	$310.00	$2,083	+127.50
703	703	2	297.50	$297.50	$2,091	—

Small 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
325	325	1	300.00	$300.00	$975	—
395	395	1	350.00	$350.00	$1,382	-25.00
437	437	5	267.50	$267.50	$1,169	-7.50
450–453	451	12	340.00–345.00	$340.84	$1,537	+6.84
505–525	520	4	277.50–315.00	$286.60	$1,490	+121.60
541	541	5	335.00	$335.00	$1,812	—
579	579	8	320.00	$320.00	$1,853	+18.42
615–647	641	5	275.00–291.00	$287.93	$1,846	+22.93

N/N/A ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
930–1495	1300	26	214.00–255.00	$238.37	$3,099	—

Medium and Large 4 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
370	370	1	230.00	$230.00	$851	—

Small 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
275	275	1	240.00	$240.00	$660	—

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Feeder Bulls

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
260–270	265	2	450.00–480.00	$464.72	$1,232	—
315–346	339	39	295.00–465.00	$415.77	$1,409	-19.18
375	375	7	482.50	$482.50	$1,809	+41.52
405–445	419	88	367.00–425.00	$405.09	$1,697	-10.47
465–496	489	106	349.00–395.00	$375.40	$1,836	-6.25
535–543	543	31	335.00–360.00	$359.21	$1,951	+0.63
560–590	571	100	325.00–372.00	$353.54	$2,019	+4.37
603–645	629	58	280.00–345.00	$327.41	$2,059	-14.90
652–665	655	13	290.00–340.00	$329.07	$2,155	+14.28
715–745	733	3	317.00–333.00	$323.21	$2,369	+24.21
762–788	769	7	180.00–290.00	$257.81	$1,983	+12.45
842	842	3	240.00	$240.00	$2,021	+9.00
927	927	3	200.00	$200.00	$1,854	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
316–349	340	46	385.00–447.50	$424.85	$1,444	-0.97
368–391	378	20	405.00–445.00	$427.63	$1,616	+3.99
405–440	420	44	320.00–440.00	$422.00	$1,772	-1.13
450–496	485	59	255.00–407.00	$377.66	$1,832	-3.20
505–549	545	34	330.00–375.00	$367.45	$2,003	+17.29
550–575	569	26	300.00–369.00	$350.44	$1,994	+3.93
620–629	628	28	320.00–344.00	$332.98	$2,091	-6.60
668–695	682	2	270.00–295.00	$282.25	$1,925	-27.75
716	716	10	295.00	$295.00	$2,112	—
775	775	2	250.00	$250.00	$1,938	—
800	800	2	225.00	$225.00	$1,800	—
865–898	887	3	185.00–202.50	$196.81	$1,746	-73.19

Small 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
340–345	344	5	285.00–365.00	$349.19	$1,201	—
375	375	1	310.00	$310.00	$1,162	—
413	413	4	365.00	$365.00	$1,507	-17.50
484–493	486	13	300.00–343.00	$332.94	$1,618	+0.56
505	505	1	325.00	$325.00	$1,641	—
560–569	568	7	329.00–340.00	$330.55	$1,878	+15.55
623–635	626	4	315.00–339.00	$332.91	$2,084	+25.91

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
225	225	1	250.00	$250.00	$562	—
320	320	1	285.00	$285.00	$912	—
385–388	387	3	305.00–375.00	$328.21	$1,270	-25.00
440–442	442	4	365.00–415.00	$377.46	$1,668	-12.50
532–537	535	8	305.00–336.00	$324.44	$1,736	-12.72
550–580	565	2	180.00–270.00	$223.81	$1,265	—
620–638	634	5	225.00–250.00	$245.11	$1,554	-49.89
665	665	1	180.00	$180.00	$1,197	—
760	760	1	230.00	$230.00	$1,748	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
393	393	3	400.00	$400.00	$1,572	—
450	450	2	275.00	$275.00	$1,238	—
720	720	2	320.00	$320.00	$2,304	—

Medium and Large 4 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
370	370	1	235.00	$235.00	$870	—

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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.