Virginia Weekly Cattle Auction Summary

Virginia · USDA-reported Auction Livestock

Sale of Monday, August 18, 2025

2,657 head sold ·Official USDA report

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light 6-weight M&L 1 steers $360.03/cwt +12.52 vs last sale · ≈ $2,282/hd at 634 lb · 111 head

light 5-weight M&L 1 heifers $347.78/cwt +11.37 vs last sale · ≈ $1,880/hd at 540 lb · 110 head

heavy 4-weight M&L 1 heifers $367.75/cwt +6.86 vs last sale · ≈ $1,728/hd at 470 lb · 102 head

Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Head itemized in priced lots	2,657	—	—

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Feeder Steers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
315–330	323	3	417.50–510.00	$462.29	$1,493	—
354–390	374	17	442.50–502.50	$479.94	$1,795	+58.71
419	419	8	500.00	$500.00	$2,095	+53.71
452–490	464	63	350.00–440.00	$411.85	$1,911	+9.20
500–547	538	86	365.00–440.00	$405.48	$2,181	+23.63
557 value added	557	3	335.00	$335.00	$1,866	—
550–577	561	92	355.00–410.00	$381.70	$2,141	+4.09
588	588	4	401.00	$401.00	$2,358	+23.39
616 value added	616	6	375.00	$375.00	$2,310	—
624	624	10	383.00	$383.00	$2,390	+35.49
600–649	636	95	335.00–385.00	$356.67	$2,268	+9.16
660–688	673	11	215.00–356.50	$336.35	$2,264	-13.21
721–724	722	30	369.00–374.00	$373.16	$2,694	+41.90
700–745	734	34	325.00–367.50	$341.84	$2,509	+10.58
755–780	770	9	325.00–337.50	$329.58	$2,538	-4.68
815	815	1	310.00	$310.00	$2,526	-3.39
915–935	925	2	240.00–290.00	$264.73	$2,449	-20.19
987	987	3	280.00	$280.00	$2,764	—
1005	1005	2	290.00	$290.00	$2,914	—
1050	1050	1	287.50	$287.50	$3,019	+47.50
1100–1131	1128	9	200.00–278.00	$269.55	$3,041	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
257	257	5	445.00	$445.00	$1,144	—
344	344	11	485.00	$485.00	$1,668	+40.26
350–392	377	15	409.00–495.00	$454.32	$1,713	+37.99
410–449	440	15	330.00–447.50	$425.21	$1,871	+13.75
453–490	465	50	350.00–415.00	$407.90	$1,897	+6.95
510–538	536	24	355.00–423.00	$389.29	$2,087	+27.43
551–590	554	35	260.00–375.00	$369.14	$2,045	+1.42
577 value added	577	5	400.00	$400.00	$2,308	—
632 value added	632	7	365.00	$365.00	$2,307	+30.00
610–643	634	29	325.00–370.00	$352.48	$2,235	+7.60
705–730	718	2	322.00–342.00	$331.83	$2,383	-2.36
758–790	766	7	155.00–360.00	$313.51	$2,401	-10.64

N/N/A ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1085–1355	1203	16	197.00–225.00	$212.44	$2,556	—
1242–1663	1398	47	228.00–245.00	$236.99	$3,313	—
1465–1735	1553	6	247.00–254.50	$249.87	$3,880	—
1415–1730	1568	27	244.00–256.00	$249.56	$3,913	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
445	445	13	435.00	$435.00	$1,936	—
585	585	22	380.00	$380.00	$2,223	+22.50
592 value added	592	3	395.00	$395.00	$2,338	—
707	707	11	360.00	$360.00	$2,545	—
819–825 value added	820	9	325.00–335.00	$332.77	$2,729	+13.77
868	868	19	340.00	$340.00	$2,951	—

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
345	345	1	400.00	$400.00	$1,380	+15.00
350–373	361	7	360.00–400.00	$382.66	$1,381	-28.87
435–448	444	4	330.00–410.00	$380.32	$1,689	-14.84
460–470	464	10	330.00–380.00	$372.00	$1,726	+12.24
500–541	532	12	300.00–366.00	$355.07	$1,889	+43.32
550	550	1	357.50	$357.50	$1,966	+23.44
668	668	3	360.00	$360.00	$2,405	+75.00
710	710	1	305.00	$305.00	$2,166	-6.52

Small 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
360	360	2	387.50	$387.50	$1,395	—
415–440	428	3	250.00–365.00	$316.15	$1,353	—
452–463	458	12	380.00–382.50	$381.27	$1,746	+37.72
535–546	544	5	285.00–358.00	$343.64	$1,869	+13.64
565	565	2	332.50	$332.50	$1,879	+10.39
665–674	672	5	330.00–331.00	$330.20	$2,219	+20.20
715	715	1	327.50	$327.50	$2,342	+14.50

Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
540	540	1	270.00	$270.00	$1,458	—

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Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
283–295	285	7	430.00–440.00	$438.52	$1,250	+57.25
305–334	328	5	375.00–430.00	$419.78	$1,377	+28.61
353–394	362	39	355.00–427.50	$408.73	$1,480	-1.36
400–449	440	34	342.50–437.50	$382.45	$1,683	-5.40
451–495	470	102	300.00–380.00	$367.75	$1,728	+6.86
503–542 value added	536	12	360.00–370.00	$368.43	$1,975	—
500–547	541	98	325.00–357.50	$345.25	$1,868	+8.84
555	555	1	280.00	$280.00	$1,554	-63.24
553–595	559	62	312.00–347.50	$341.90	$1,911	-1.34
610–643	629	72	270.00–341.00	$325.42	$2,047	+6.21
652 value added	652	9	330.00	$330.00	$2,152	-8.00
650–695	660	48	302.50–329.00	$322.12	$2,126	+11.07
705–740	723	30	275.00–327.00	$297.61	$2,152	+12.09
755–765	760	4	275.00–307.50	$291.36	$2,214	+6.20
868	868	3	300.00	$300.00	$2,604	—
933–945	935	5	240.00–270.00	$263.94	$2,468	-4.06
1060	1060	1	270.00	$270.00	$2,862	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
330–348	339	10	300.00–430.00	$403.61	$1,368	+17.72
353–384	365	31	350.00–415.00	$409.12	$1,493	+2.55
405–447	431	18	330.00–405.00	$372.67	$1,606	-10.86
453–485	461	68	300.00–372.00	$366.39	$1,689	+13.70
510–547	545	90	310.00–351.00	$344.32	$1,877	+4.96
555–559	556	18	315.00–347.50	$336.61	$1,872	+6.61
610–639	634	39	265.00–327.50	$318.33	$2,018	+7.91
652–670	655	8	275.00–329.00	$313.10	$2,051	-1.72
705–745	723	13	270.00–319.00	$294.45	$2,129	+4.42
747 value added	747	3	285.00	$285.00	$2,129	—
845	845	1	305.00	$305.00	$2,577	+19.00
860	860	1	250.00	$250.00	$2,150	—
915	915	1	270.00	$270.00	$2,470	+100.00

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
344–348	345	13	350.00–370.00	$365.34	$1,260	+9.73
353–375	357	12	280.00–390.00	$367.53	$1,312	-1.51
415–449	445	22	260.00–365.00	$337.62	$1,502	+0.75
460–473	468	14	290.00–340.00	$318.98	$1,493	-38.52
525–543	537	21	210.00–335.00	$323.43	$1,737	+7.02
552–575	555	9	250.00–333.00	$321.88	$1,786	+6.65
603–634	621	8	295.00–325.00	$317.61	$1,972	+24.57

Small 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
320	320	1	335.00	$335.00	$1,072	+5.00
370–395	383	2	285.00–390.00	$339.22	$1,299	-21.82
400	400	1	317.50	$317.50	$1,270	—
453–475	456	9	255.00–310.00	$295.24	$1,346	-11.76
535–546	542	14	315.00–321.00	$318.89	$1,728	-2.11
568	568	2	280.00	$280.00	$1,590	+7.96
635–645	640	6	278.00–297.50	$287.67	$1,841	—
688	688	3	260.00	$260.00	$1,789	-33.52

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
485	485	7	357.50	$357.50	$1,734	—
569	569	15	345.00	$345.00	$1,963	+4.00
623	623	4	310.00	$310.00	$1,931	—
758	758	5	300.00	$300.00	$2,274	—

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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	6	512.50	$512.50	$1,486	+61.04
308–335	324	6	455.00–505.00	$482.23	$1,562	+62.57
358–378	369	14	395.00–497.50	$442.06	$1,631	-20.78
415–440	422	50	381.00–462.50	$426.84	$1,801	-11.69
463–496	490	83	359.50–420.00	$384.94	$1,886	-6.67
505–543	532	23	358.00–417.50	$407.34	$2,167	+23.40
555–580	568	60	325.00–366.00	$356.76	$2,026	-1.73
627–642	637	28	333.00–367.50	$348.77	$2,222	+19.76
658–660	659	8	320.00–340.00	$332.51	$2,191	+16.70
710–740	725	7	315.00–322.50	$317.19	$2,300	+14.77
750	750	2	295.00	$295.00	$2,212	—
835	835	1	270.00	$270.00	$2,254	-7.09

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
255	255	1	330.00	$330.00	$842	—
320–345	339	23	355.00–485.00	$438.33	$1,486	+13.32
374	374	11	487.50	$487.50	$1,823	+59.54
408–423	416	36	395.00–450.00	$426.73	$1,775	-4.13
455–496	487	34	355.50–405.00	$373.78	$1,820	-6.50
540–547	545	21	350.50–380.00	$371.41	$2,024	-9.96
555–590	576	10	260.00–350.00	$327.40	$1,886	-15.55
632	632	4	331.00	$331.00	$2,092	+1.57
650–680	669	22	225.00–345.00	$331.13	$2,215	+15.13
718	718	2	310.00	$310.00	$2,226	+30.00
755	755	1	300.00	$300.00	$2,265	—
820	820	1	270.00	$270.00	$2,214	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
352	352	5	420.00	$420.00	$1,478	—
438	438	4	395.00	$395.00	$1,730	—
596 value added	596	8	372.50	$372.50	$2,220	—
630	630	2	230.00	$230.00	$1,449	—
660	660	10	341.00	$341.00	$2,251	—

Small 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
325–348	343	7	375.00–437.50	$422.34	$1,449	+44.84
405–440	420	4	335.00–385.00	$369.49	$1,552	-10.08
484	484	7	361.00	$361.00	$1,747	+6.23
525	525	1	332.00	$332.00	$1,743	+32.00
555–580	572	3	331.00–345.00	$335.53	$1,919	+2.53
600–615	608	2	320.00–325.00	$322.53	$1,961	—
705	705	1	260.00	$260.00	$1,833	-40.00
780	780	1	285.00	$285.00	$2,223	—

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
305	305	1	340.00	$340.00	$1,037	—
454–495	472	8	325.00–407.50	$380.77	$1,797	—
540	540	1	360.00	$360.00	$1,944	+37.00
575	575	1	360.00	$360.00	$2,070	+24.24
625	625	3	305.00	$305.00	$1,906	—

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Dairy Steers

Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
370	370	9	360.00	$360.00	$1,332	—
455	455	15	355.00	$355.00	$1,615	—
541	541	14	347.50	$347.50	$1,880	—
649	649	16	320.00	$320.00	$2,077	—
738	738	9	290.00	$290.00	$2,140	—
841	841	9	268.00	$268.00	$2,254	—
929	929	4	240.00	$240.00	$2,230	—
1050	1050	2	212.00	$212.00	$2,226	—
1125	1125	1	217.00	$217.00	$2,441	—

Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
377	377	8	360.00	$360.00	$1,357	—
443	443	24	350.00	$350.00	$1,550	—
450	450	1	350.00	$350.00	$1,575	—
515	515	2	340.00	$340.00	$1,751	—
552–590	555	11	325.00–355.00	$352.10	$1,954	—
645	645	10	327.50	$327.50	$2,112	—
690	690	1	285.00	$285.00	$1,966	—
737	737	14	290.00	$290.00	$2,137	—
800–830	820	3	210.00–267.00	$248.46	$2,037	—
915	915	2	240.00	$240.00	$2,196	—

Large 4 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
357–375	360	11	345.00	$345.00	$1,242	—
425	425	1	285.00	$285.00	$1,211	—
451	451	8	355.00	$355.00	$1,601	—
547	547	5	315.00	$315.00	$1,723	—
558	558	5	350.00	$350.00	$1,953	—
630–648	636	6	200.00–275.00	$249.53	$1,587	—
719	719	4	220.00	$220.00	$1,582	—
835	835	1	200.00	$200.00	$1,670	—

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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.