Virginia Weekly Cattle Auction Summary

Virginia · USDA-reported Auction Livestock

Sale of Monday, March 23, 2026

3,673 head sold ·Official USDA report

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light 5-weight M&L 1 heifers $381.37/cwt -11.26 vs last sale · ≈ $2,060/hd at 540 lb · 201 head

heavy 4-weight M&L 1 heifers $440.54/cwt +0.37 vs last sale · ≈ $2,083/hd at 473 lb · 157 head

light 5-weight M&L 1 steers $468.50/cwt -15.98 vs last sale · ≈ $2,517/hd at 537 lb · 152 head

Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Total receipts	3,673	3,889	3,654
Feeder cattle	3,617	3,803	3,654
Slaughter cattle	56	86	0

Market comments — USDA reporter

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 1193, Heifers 1542, Bulls 882) State Graded Slaughter Cattle (Steers 31, Heifers 25) Value Added and most Natural cattle are Weaned and Vaccinated. Compared to last week: Feeder cattle mostly steady to 10.00 higher. Report includes sales from Blackstone, Front Royal, Lynchburg, Marshall, Radiant, Roanoke-Hollins, Springlake and Winchester.

▲ Feeder cattle: Feeder cattle mostly steady to 10.00 higher
→ Feeder heifers: Heifers 1542
→ Slaughter cattle: Bulls 882) State Graded Slaughter Cattle (Steers 31

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Feeder Steers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
263	263	1	170.00	$170.00	$447	—
319–346	334	13	445.00–585.00	$570.70	$1,906	+15.10
373–385	377	27	435.00–576.00	$541.91	$2,043	-7.55
425–443	435	19	430.00–545.00	$514.46	$2,238	+27.36
449 value added	449	4	490.00	$490.00	$2,200	—
450–490	465	130	475.00–526.00	$494.56	$2,300	-2.03
502	502	5	496.00	$496.00	$2,490	—
509 value added	509	7	500.00	$500.00	$2,545	—
513–546	540	140	442.00–487.50	$465.94	$2,516	-14.27
550–584	569	47	400.00–501.00	$473.59	$2,695	+21.67
579	579	8	480.00	$480.00	$2,779	+28.08
601–635 value added	612	9	405.00–450.00	$434.44	$2,659	+19.44
619	619	11	420.00	$420.00	$2,600	+17.02
615–641	637	51	375.00–402.50	$397.43	$2,532	-5.55
650–690	660	31	400.00–442.50	$427.74	$2,823	+38.40
692	692	28	395.00	$395.00	$2,733	+5.66
717	717	14	388.00	$388.00	$2,782	+39.57
716–736 value added	723	17	365.00–380.00	$374.93	$2,711	+6.93
705–738	727	31	340.00–385.00	$368.38	$2,678	+19.95
759 value added	759	17	370.00	$370.00	$2,808	-4.52
762	762	66	374.00	$374.00	$2,850	-2.00
755–791	782	24	331.00–359.00	$354.52	$2,772	+19.70
810–819	818	12	327.00–339.00	$338.01	$2,765	+5.22
847 value added	847	21	346.00	$346.00	$2,931	—
870–885	874	4	265.00–315.00	$302.34	$2,642	-13.27
926 value added	926	10	348.00	$348.00	$3,222	—
952	952	5	331.00	$331.00	$3,151	—
985 value added	985	6	335.00	$335.00	$3,300	+60.00

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
329–345	338	3	455.00–555.00	$512.50	$1,732	-41.14
350–390	369	21	450.00–595.00	$530.09	$1,956	-9.06
410–448	438	58	415.00–515.00	$485.98	$2,129	+8.37
469–481	474	10	500.00–501.00	$500.41	$2,372	-0.63
515–535	525	2	412.00–451.00	$431.13	$2,263	-27.28
543 value added	543	2	450.00	$450.00	$2,444	-59.62
550–595	558	54	425.00–495.00	$447.92	$2,499	-6.43
563	563	6	465.00	$465.00	$2,618	+10.65
608 value added	608	27	422.50	$422.50	$2,569	-27.50
610	610	2	385.00	$385.00	$2,348	-1.38
605–644	635	18	380.00–400.00	$389.97	$2,476	+3.59
660–690	667	20	360.00–395.00	$388.02	$2,588	+6.23
696 value added	696	8	395.00	$395.00	$2,749	—
720–745	738	12	330.00–355.00	$343.45	$2,535	+1.29
785	785	1	340.00	$340.00	$2,669	-11.13
855–875	862	3	325.00–327.00	$325.68	$2,807	—

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
350–378	366	11	450.00–515.00	$493.26	$1,805	+35.10
426	426	4	495.00	$495.00	$2,109	+32.02
458–468	465	31	415.00–495.00	$487.72	$2,268	+77.72
510–545	541	14	290.00–460.00	$414.26	$2,241	+13.08
557	557	1	350.00	$350.00	$1,950	-50.58
605–638	631	13	350.00–395.00	$388.90	$2,454	+13.90
675	675	1	377.50	$377.50	$2,548	+24.46
715	715	3	320.00	$320.00	$2,288	+20.00
750	750	2	342.50	$342.50	$2,569	—
955	955	1	205.00	$205.00	$1,958	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
473 value added	473	14	497.50	$497.50	$2,353	—
520–531	527	28	475.00–497.50	$483.73	$2,549	+2.73
758–759 value added	759	31	370.00–375.00	$370.48	$2,812	—

N/N/A ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1395–1900	1673	31	230.00–252.00	$241.01	$4,032	—

Small 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
400	400	1	415.00	$415.00	$1,660	-0.77
451–470	455	5	449.00–475.00	$454.37	$2,067	—
505–520	513	2	325.00–340.00	$332.39	$1,705	-12.61
550	550	4	360.00	$360.00	$1,980	-50.00
615–630	623	3	325.00–360.00	$343.48	$2,140	—
715	715	1	310.00	$310.00	$2,216	—

Medium and Large 2-3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
558	558	4	410.00	$410.00	$2,288	—

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Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
242	242	3	190.00	$190.00	$460	—
262–281	275	9	495.00	$495.00	$1,361	-25.00
325–330	325	20	475.00–499.00	$497.78	$1,618	+15.21
351–375	368	49	370.00–501.00	$472.02	$1,737	-1.64
425–449	435	64	385.00–455.00	$447.29	$1,946	+4.61
457–492	470	141	415.00–455.00	$440.49	$2,070	+0.31
498 value added	498	16	441.00	$441.00	$2,196	+1.00
506 value added	506	5	406.00	$406.00	$2,054	—
510–548	541	196	290.00–400.00	$380.74	$2,060	-11.89
560–574 value added	570	24	379.00–383.00	$381.85	$2,177	+31.85
554–585	573	33	325.00–410.00	$383.90	$2,200	+23.24
618–631 value added	624	19	355.00–360.00	$357.39	$2,230	—
620–647	640	76	315.00–363.00	$346.29	$2,216	+4.77
661–669	663	7	300.00–350.00	$330.63	$2,192	-10.13
718–749	743	43	297.00–320.00	$310.88	$2,310	+1.11
780–795	787	3	283.00–300.00	$291.01	$2,290	-9.93
843	843	4	290.00	$290.00	$2,445	-15.00
860 value added	860	9	321.00	$321.00	$2,761	—
860–875	871	4	285.00–304.00	$294.54	$2,565	+11.30
910	910	1	275.00	$275.00	$2,502	-5.00
913 value added	913	4	265.00	$265.00	$2,419	-2.50
963	963	6	280.00	$280.00	$2,696	+7.50
1150	1150	1	265.00	$265.00	$3,048	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
237	237	1	280.00	$280.00	$664	-205.79
284	284	4	505.00	$505.00	$1,434	+26.58
305–345	320	9	430.00–507.50	$484.44	$1,550	+5.72
350–379	359	64	425.00–524.00	$500.92	$1,798	+20.16
412–447 value added	434	16	445.00–495.00	$462.80	$2,009	+37.80
432–441	436	56	415.00–464.00	$457.23	$1,994	+6.76
450–481	458	88	400.00–459.00	$452.03	$2,070	+9.44
495 value added	495	7	425.00	$425.00	$2,104	—
515–547	541	87	300.00–392.00	$383.01	$2,072	+3.01
542 value added	542	25	370.00	$370.00	$2,005	-20.80
550–560	550	33	300.00–359.00	$354.60	$1,950	+15.47
552–576 value added	569	43	335.00–376.00	$369.64	$2,103	+39.64
605–643	637	33	323.00–340.00	$333.48	$2,124	+3.71
653 value added	653	18	363.00	$363.00	$2,370	—
650–678	656	15	335.00–350.00	$345.78	$2,268	+34.92
710–729	726	13	302.00–327.50	$318.74	$2,314	+18.50
750–774	771	7	257.00–305.00	$298.33	$2,300	—
850	850	1	295.00	$295.00	$2,508	—

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
350–375	363	41	415.00–495.00	$476.89	$1,731	+25.58
420–441	435	15	415.00–443.00	$435.80	$1,896	+0.95
453–459	457	67	300.00–446.00	$435.31	$1,989	+13.61
529–548	545	40	275.00–379.00	$366.65	$1,998	+11.77
550–584	575	8	307.50–350.00	$335.12	$1,927	+9.84
620–638	635	13	310.00–335.00	$319.59	$2,029	+6.93
655–658	657	3	295.00–320.00	$311.69	$2,048	+51.69
715–735	728	5	281.00–300.00	$286.53	$2,086	+26.53

Small 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
340–346	345	6	270.00–426.00	$400.38	$1,381	—
357–380	366	5	345.00–430.00	$394.72	$1,445	+2.22
448	448	2	425.00	$425.00	$1,904	—
454–485	456	20	315.00–387.00	$383.17	$1,747	-19.10
527–540	535	14	330.00–361.00	$351.16	$1,879	-13.84
580	580	1	290.00	$290.00	$1,682	-65.00
625–634	633	6	275.00–315.00	$308.41	$1,952	+18.41
650	650	1	280.00	$280.00	$1,820	—
740	740	1	280.00	$280.00	$2,072	±0.00

N/N/A ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1185–1585	1447	25	232.00–250.00	$242.16	$3,504	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
381	381	14	435.00	$435.00	$1,657	—

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Feeder Bulls

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
235	235	2	570.00	$570.00	$1,340	—
252–292	277	17	440.00–598.00	$571.69	$1,584	-8.31
326–346	339	35	487.50–600.00	$532.21	$1,804	-17.08
350–399	382	16	415.00–570.00	$512.97	$1,960	+8.29
410–445	426	66	400.00–515.00	$473.04	$2,015	-7.86
461–493	483	51	425.00–483.00	$466.34	$2,252	+2.29
500–545	508	67	385.00–449.00	$440.47	$2,238	+5.24
550–580	560	90	345.00–424.00	$412.58	$2,310	-9.65
621–635	622	22	300.00–385.00	$377.87	$2,350	+34.04
650–685	654	29	330.00–372.50	$365.27	$2,389	+6.84
747	747	5	305.00	$305.00	$2,278	-4.08
751	751	7	327.50	$327.50	$2,460	+3.41
805	805	1	270.00	$270.00	$2,174	-5.00
853	853	4	295.00	$295.00	$2,516	—
1000–1035	1011	7	245.00–277.50	$268.46	$2,714	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
284	284	7	555.00	$555.00	$1,576	-6.67
307–345	329	54	470.00–590.00	$538.52	$1,772	+0.89
355–395	383	14	435.00–577.50	$554.58	$2,124	+52.62
405–438	420	73	450.00–525.00	$498.10	$2,092	+24.16
460–496	483	57	437.50–485.00	$462.60	$2,234	+10.52
505–533	515	9	350.00–422.00	$406.59	$2,094	-20.12
551–583	555	57	385.00–424.00	$412.83	$2,291	-3.42
601–637	617	15	355.00–400.00	$371.17	$2,290	+10.30
651–655	652	16	365.00–387.50	$370.65	$2,417	+27.88
715–731	727	9	325.00–330.00	$326.09	$2,371	+8.59
770	770	1	295.00	$295.00	$2,272	+25.00
826–830	827	6	265.00–290.00	$285.82	$2,364	—
935	935	1	280.00	$280.00	$2,618	+10.00

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
357–394	369	12	390.00–555.00	$496.33	$1,831	+76.33
438–444	440	16	450.00–490.00	$479.90	$2,112	+47.21
458	458	6	425.00	$425.00	$1,946	-5.91
505–541	538	19	375.00–395.00	$393.74	$2,118	-31.26
645	645	4	355.00	$355.00	$2,290	+23.59
733	733	2	275.00	$275.00	$2,016	-30.00
885	885	1	225.00	$225.00	$1,991	—

Small 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
350–395	354	11	450.00–457.50	$456.74	$1,617	-5.76
410–421	420	12	415.00–450.00	$447.15	$1,878	-1.65
475–488	485	12	403.00–445.00	$414.76	$2,012	+6.56
530	530	1	350.00	$350.00	$1,855	-20.00
566	566	14	412.50	$412.50	$2,335	+63.22
615–636	632	5	220.00–354.00	$327.91	$2,072	—
750	750	1	285.00	$285.00	$2,138	—

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Dairy Steers

Large 4 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1015	1015	1	205.00	$205.00	$2,081	—

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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.