Virginia Weekly Cattle Auction Summary

Virginia · USDA-reported Auction Livestock

Sale of Monday, September 15, 2025

4,385 head sold ·Official USDA report

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light 5-weight M&L 1 heifers $348.84/cwt +9.54 vs last sale · ≈ $1,869/hd at 536 lb · 267 head

heavy 5-weight M&L 1 steers $398.00/cwt -1.89 vs last sale · ≈ $2,276/hd at 572 lb · 239 head

heavy 4-weight M&L 2 heifers $370.96/cwt +4.82 vs last sale · ≈ $1,718/hd at 463 lb · 166 head

Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Head itemized in priced lots	4,385	—	—

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Feeder Steers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
317–328	323	5	430.00–495.00	$479.89	$1,550	-15.10
370–395	387	26	365.00–500.00	$472.60	$1,829	-12.48
400–435	430	55	377.00–485.00	$470.68	$2,024	-7.67
460	460	4	435.00	$435.00	$2,001	-25.10
450–491	473	80	385.00–469.00	$447.72	$2,118	-12.38
502 value added	502	7	436.00	$436.00	$2,189	+1.00
521	521	7	415.00	$415.00	$2,162	-2.79
525–545	543	134	382.00–418.00	$416.20	$2,260	-1.59
560–563	563	14	350.00–445.00	$431.49	$2,429	+33.91
551–586	569	196	355.00–416.00	$393.83	$2,241	-3.75
595 value added	595	29	410.00	$410.00	$2,440	+1.22
612–641 value added	620	23	400.00–410.00	$405.62	$2,515	+14.28
606–643	637	105	355.00–374.00	$360.96	$2,299	-14.07
643	643	16	375.00	$375.00	$2,411	+7.11
650–675	655	96	322.50–367.00	$359.01	$2,352	-19.10
662	662	34	390.00	$390.00	$2,582	+11.89
711–747	735	78	307.00–357.50	$347.21	$2,552	-4.62
755–793	765	18	300.00–347.50	$335.32	$2,565	+10.32
825 value added	825	1	335.00	$335.00	$2,764	-26.71
805–845	838	9	310.00–339.00	$334.34	$2,802	+15.01
856–891 value added	874	10	311.00–318.00	$314.57	$2,749	—
900–940	922	13	267.50–322.50	$302.11	$2,785	-30.39
960 value added	960	1	282.50	$282.50	$2,712	—
1005	1005	1	265.00	$265.00	$2,663	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
316–345	322	6	385.00–470.00	$448.58	$1,444	-27.70
356–388	370	15	375.00–510.00	$460.78	$1,705	-25.58
415–443	434	35	405.00–472.50	$455.12	$1,975	-6.13
456–485	465	46	415.00–442.50	$437.11	$2,033	-7.04
505–546	543	53	350.00–405.00	$397.50	$2,158	+20.47
550–595	562	22	335.00–400.00	$378.65	$2,128	-29.33
565 value added	565	5	411.00	$411.00	$2,322	+143.00
613–645	637	46	319.00–355.00	$344.41	$2,194	-20.68
655–695	683	7	341.00–362.00	$351.78	$2,403	-1.87
715 value added	715	1	367.00	$367.00	$2,624	+51.33
710–745	719	21	280.00–348.00	$327.12	$2,352	-23.21
755	755	3	285.00–335.00	$318.33	$2,403	-13.00
807 value added	807	4	329.00	$329.00	$2,655	—
873	873	2	298.00	$298.00	$2,602	—
920–925	923	2	225.00–260.00	$242.55	$2,239	—
1025	1025	1	150.00	$150.00	$1,538	-135.00

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
533	533	5	425.00	$425.00	$2,265	—
668–682 value added	676	38	370.00–382.00	$374.04	$2,529	+4.69
800 value added	800	23	333.00	$333.00	$2,664	-9.17

N/N/A ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1157–1635	1464	8	228.00–242.50	$238.71	$3,495	—
1267–1950	1601	45	232.00–247.00	$239.98	$3,842	—

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
290	290	1	290.00	$290.00	$841	—
375–390	380	4	385.00–430.00	$415.17	$1,578	+36.01
430	430	2	370.00	$370.00	$1,591	+0.86
450–495	459	14	330.00–410.00	$391.60	$1,797	-12.65
503–545 value added	514	4	395.00–400.00	$396.33	$2,037	—
520	520	1	390.00	$390.00	$2,028	+69.44
551–585	560	11	320.00–367.00	$351.66	$1,969	+1.66
620–647	642	6	260.00–340.00	$320.17	$2,055	+4.73
730	730	2	315.00	$315.00	$2,300	-3.00

Small 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
365	365	1	380.00	$380.00	$1,387	+9.73
455	455	6	380.00	$380.00	$1,729	+46.02
534	534	5	381.00	$381.00	$2,035	+29.44
550–580	565	2	300.00–332.00	$315.58	$1,783	+23.63
600–631	620	5	305.00–352.50	$335.98	$2,083	—
730	730	2	316.00	$316.00	$2,307	—

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Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
286–295	287	9	335.00–434.00	$422.69	$1,213	+44.10
325–342	337	16	350.00–429.00	$396.33	$1,336	-25.77
360–394	383	49	330.00–422.50	$407.76	$1,562	-19.06
399 value added	399	5	357.50	$357.50	$1,426	—
400–448	433	99	327.50–430.00	$399.45	$1,730	+4.58
450–487	468	105	340.00–395.00	$377.53	$1,767	+4.60
475	475	2	385.00	$385.00	$1,829	+12.07
522 value added	522	3	367.00	$367.00	$1,916	—
505–549	536	264	285.00–370.00	$348.63	$1,869	+9.33
553–590	561	89	285.00–350.00	$338.04	$1,896	-10.86
567	567	10	357.00	$357.00	$2,024	+8.10
631 value added	631	9	355.00	$355.00	$2,240	-19.39
615–646	642	131	280.00–350.00	$326.30	$2,095	-14.14
655–690	663	30	295.00–341.00	$323.23	$2,143	-11.13
730 value added	730	3	305.00	$305.00	$2,226	-53.58
705–747	735	32	270.00–320.00	$286.57	$2,106	-22.90
750 value added	750	1	300.00	$300.00	$2,250	—
750–771	763	13	255.00–322.50	$293.47	$2,239	-19.53
805–840	817	3	200.00–312.50	$254.11	$2,076	—
844 value added	844	15	327.00	$327.00	$2,760	+36.00
856	856	5	305.00	$305.00	$2,611	+5.00
871 value added	871	13	310.00	$310.00	$2,700	—
930	930	1	195.00	$195.00	$1,814	-87.00
955–978	973	5	150.00–280.00	$254.49	$2,476	—
1001 value added	1001	7	264.00	$264.00	$2,643	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
270	270	1	400.00	$400.00	$1,080	—
290 value added	290	5	340.00	$340.00	$986	—
328–345	331	19	350.00–427.50	$420.81	$1,393	+0.55
353–381	371	80	322.50–425.00	$401.64	$1,490	-19.13
410–445	430	34	347.00–425.00	$402.95	$1,733	+14.49
451–495	463	166	285.00–385.00	$370.96	$1,718	+30.96
502–522 value added	507	4	330.00–343.00	$333.35	$1,690	—
515–546	545	137	300.00–354.00	$345.97	$1,886	-6.21
550–590	561	33	280.00–348.00	$334.20	$1,875	-14.14
608–620 value added	613	5	290.00–352.50	$327.21	$2,006	—
615–649	642	81	275.00–339.00	$323.72	$2,078	-15.76
650–665	659	10	275.00–338.00	$313.72	$2,067	+20.65
665–675 value added	673	4	270.00–320.00	$307.64	$2,070	—
730 value added	730	1	300.00	$300.00	$2,190	—
710–745	735	24	240.00–325.00	$318.50	$2,341	-5.92
750–751	751	8	255.00–279.00	$273.01	$2,050	-14.82
795 value added	795	1	310.00	$310.00	$2,464	—
805–823	821	10	275.00–319.00	$314.69	$2,584	-5.31
910–920	917	3	215.00–280.00	$258.49	$2,370	—
925 value added	925	1	302.00	$302.00	$2,794	—

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
240	240	1	285.00	$285.00	$684	—
303–348	336	11	300.00–380.00	$360.31	$1,211	-13.81
363–395	372	7	130.00–395.00	$336.80	$1,253	-60.67
405–436	433	24	302.50–375.00	$360.47	$1,561	+49.69
480–483	482	3	300.00–340.00	$326.72	$1,575	-26.71
534–549	538	28	250.00–342.00	$330.98	$1,781	+2.93
555–570	568	16	100.00–343.00	$310.77	$1,765	-21.95
600–635	626	4	304.00–325.00	$309.03	$1,935	-0.64
680	680	1	257.50	$257.50	$1,751	-30.00
700–745	723	2	245.00–260.00	$252.73	$1,827	-2.27
795	795	1	205.00	$205.00	$1,630	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
427	427	5	387.50	$387.50	$1,655	—
465	465	3	367.50	$367.50	$1,709	-0.50
571 value added	571	4	358.00	$358.00	$2,044	-5.05
636	636	7	336.00	$336.00	$2,137	±0.00
644 value added	644	9	318.00	$318.00	$2,048	-34.50
655–693 value added	678	27	321.00–345.00	$330.45	$2,240	-0.55
704 value added	704	13	323.00	$323.00	$2,274	-37.00
811	811	9	290.00	$290.00	$2,352	+15.00
1065	1065	3	270.00	$270.00	$2,876	—

Small 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
360–370	367	3	295.00–320.00	$311.82	$1,144	-37.13
455	455	10	290.00–320.00	$308.00	$1,401	-41.00
525–540	537	14	245.00–310.00	$297.87	$1,600	-26.49
615–640	628	4	245.00–280.00	$264.83	$1,663	-16.06
705	705	1	272.50	$272.50	$1,921	+67.50

Medium and Large 2-3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
573 value added	573	13	352.00	$352.00	$2,017	—
704	704	12	326.00	$326.00	$2,295	—

N/N/A ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1192–1355	1236	11	237.50–238.00	$237.65	$2,937	—
1255–1459	1328	10	205.00–239.25	$234.67	$3,116	—

Medium and Large 4 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
490	490	1	245.00	$245.00	$1,200	—

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Feeder Bulls

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
291	291	6	440.00	$440.00	$1,280	-92.19
324–346	336	33	425.00–517.50	$469.59	$1,578	-44.13
350–395	380	24	400.00–502.50	$481.16	$1,828	-15.22
416–445	430	95	390.00–485.00	$448.64	$1,929	-3.05
450–499	487	151	375.00–450.00	$417.75	$2,034	-20.75
502–542	535	98	180.00–395.00	$382.76	$2,048	-28.81
550–587	568	114	363.00–390.00	$378.89	$2,152	-5.92
620–649	640	83	332.00–375.00	$341.48	$2,185	+4.68
662–695	672	8	285.00–355.00	$312.48	$2,100	-31.00
718–741	736	10	305.00–330.00	$309.88	$2,281	+17.30
755–790	778	8	285.00–318.00	$306.81	$2,387	+11.81
825–829	828	6	270.00–280.00	$276.68	$2,291	+6.68
960	960	1	197.50	$197.50	$1,896	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
280 value added	280	2	400.00	$400.00	$1,120	—
315–336	325	19	430.00–580.00	$474.22	$1,541	+1.14
352–390	364	57	385.00–490.00	$471.46	$1,716	-2.38
412–448	426	100	395.00–460.00	$440.82	$1,878	-9.17
463 value added	463	2	410.00	$410.00	$1,898	—
455–495	484	80	362.00–425.00	$407.96	$1,975	-6.36
530–545	543	54	340.00–370.00	$368.52	$2,001	+29.46
562–590	567	24	339.00–381.00	$372.57	$2,112	-20.98
620–642	636	35	320.00–352.50	$341.13	$2,170	+17.87
661	661	5	325.00	$325.00	$2,148	-0.60
739	739	8	292.50	$292.50	$2,162	+15.85
750	750	1	215.00	$215.00	$1,612	—
878	878	2	240.00	$240.00	$2,107	—

Small 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
338	338	3	375.00	$375.00	$1,268	-38.60
388–395	390	3	300.00–350.00	$316.87	$1,236	—
414–445	418	8	372.50–395.00	$375.50	$1,570	-39.44
465–488	486	12	290.00–366.00	$359.94	$1,749	-17.42
511–535	516	5	255.00–337.00	$319.99	$1,651	+24.99
558	558	6	350.00	$350.00	$1,953	-19.76
695	695	1	260.00	$260.00	$1,807	—
760	760	1	170.00	$170.00	$1,292	—

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
359–375	362	5	335.00–440.00	$418.26	$1,514	+134.55
437–449	445	9	345.00–430.00	$372.82	$1,659	+10.48
547	547	3	325.00	$325.00	$1,778	+65.09
560	560	5	300.00	$300.00	$1,680	+59.48
634	634	7	282.50	$282.50	$1,791	+22.50
760	760	1	275.00	$275.00	$2,090	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
758	758	3	288.00	$288.00	$2,183	—

Small 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
550	550	1	140.00	$140.00	$770	—

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Dairy Steers

Large 2-3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
669–685	671	9	275.00–290.00	$288.30	$1,934	—
728	728	8	290.00	$290.00	$2,111	—
830	830	12	289.00	$289.00	$2,399	—
941	941	30	275.00	$275.00	$2,588	—
1124	1124	4	250.00	$250.00	$2,810	—
1258	1258	3	235.00	$235.00	$2,956	—

Large 4 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
555	555	1	270.00	$270.00	$1,498	—

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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.