Virginia Weekly Cattle Auction Summary

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Counts as USDA filed them

Virginia reported 240 priced lines covering 4,907 head across feeder cattle, slaughter cattle. USDA puts feeder cattle receipts at 4,902 head. slaughter cattle receipts at 78 head.

Mon Mar 18, 2024

USDA Livestock, Poultry & Grain Market News · Federal-State Market News Service, Richmond, VA (LS-RH)

Feeder CattleReceipts 4,902Last week 4,710Year ago 4,166

Slaughter CattleReceipts 78Last week 0Year ago 35

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 1593, Dairy Steers 63, Heifers 2208, Dairy Heifers 4, Bulls 1034)

State Graded Slaughter Cattle (Steers 34, Heifers 44)

Value Added and most Natural cattle are Weaned and Vaccinated.

Compared to last week: Feeder cattle uneven, mostly 5.00 lower to 5.00 higher.

Report includes sales from Blackstone, Front Royal, Lynchburg, Marshall, Monterey, Radiant, Roanoke-Hollins, Rockingham, Springlake, Staunton and Winchester.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	250–300	295	200.00	200.00
16	300–350	330	338.00–345.00	341.10
61	350–400	359	250.00–348.00	331.63
97	400–450	422	205.00–326.00	309.89
85	450–500	486	280.00–303.00	293.79
30	500–550	545	220.00–281.50	274.01
46	550–600	566	180.00–281.50	257.81
47	600–650	630	145.00–268.00	246.32
3	650–700	678	110.00–225.00	157.68
6	750–800	767	100.00–200.00	164.59
1	800–850	840	182.50	182.50
2	900–950	930	170.00	170.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
2	600–650	627	230.00	230.00
Bulls — Small 1$ per cwt · actual wt
6	300–350	340	180.00–290.00	265.93
12	400–450	415	265.00–297.50	284.16
16	450–500	496	269.00–283.00	270.76
1	500–550	545	200.00	200.00
10	550–600	564	235.00	235.00
1	650–700	685	223.00	223.00
Bulls — Small 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	250–300	270	100.00	100.00
1	400–450	445	105.00	105.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
13	300–350	330	330.00–345.00	334.42
50	350–400	367	265.00–346.00	331.23
106	400–450	424	227.50–380.00	336.76
125	450–500	482	170.00–318.00	288.79
85	500–550	541	250.00–277.50	273.17
25	550–600	566	242.00–269.00	260.27
53	600–650	634	210.00–267.50	244.90
2	650–700	683	180.00–235.00	208.00
9	700–750	735	165.00–230.00	217.28
4	750–800	785	170.00	170.00
2	800–850	810	205.00–215.00	210.03
1	1050–1100	1,085	134.00	134.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
15	350–400	354	294.00	294.00
1	400–450	420	220.00	220.00
24	450–500	460	228.00–302.50	267.60
32	500–550	542	150.00–272.50	252.66
6	600–650	638	220.00–227.50	226.32
3	850–900	877	182.50	182.50
Bulls — Medium and Large 4$ per cwt · actual wt
1	550–600	585	145.00	145.00
1	700–750	705	100.00	100.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
11	650–700	671	211.00–220.00	216.70
1	700–750	745	190.00	190.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
7	450–500	479	280.00	280.00
5	500–550	522	251.00	251.00
9	550–600	574	220.00–256.00	252.03
11	650–700	681	230.00–236.00	234.92
3	700–750	730	164.00	164.00
15	750–800	766	203.00–216.00	213.29
32	800–850	813	211.00	211.00
11	950–1000	957	151.00–155.00	154.63
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
7	200–250	249	287.50	287.50
3	250–300	288	226.00	226.00
11	300–350	331	270.00–287.00	283.89
65	350–400	379	255.00–296.00	287.83
64	400–450	432	237.50–285.00	275.28
141	450–500	463	242.50–274.00	269.66
158	500–550	547	165.00–263.00	253.19
56	550–600	563	187.50–257.00	247.05
37	600–650	639	217.00–231.00	226.13
67	650–700	661	190.00–238.50	229.84
32	700–750	733	196.00–220.00	212.43
27	750–800	779	150.00–209.00	199.98
4	800–850	830	208.00	208.00
9	850–900	858	150.00–207.00	200.50
2	900–950	923	190.00	190.00
1	1000–1050	1,000	139.00	139.00
2	1050–1100	1,095	178.00	178.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Natural$ per cwt · actual wt
7	500–550	534	285.00	285.00
11	600–650	616	244.00–246.00	244.82
13	700–750	722	244.00	244.00
5	750–800	766	216.00	216.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Natural$ per cwt · actual wt
38	500–550	516	228.00–284.00	280.97
8	600–650	623	239.00	239.00
7	650–700	651	245.00	245.00
8	700–750	719	235.00	235.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	350–400	388	240.00	240.00
15	450–500	483	233.00–277.00	262.94
10	550–600	555	225.00–258.00	248.15
3	650–700	652	219.00	219.00
9	700–750	716	206.00	206.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
21	450–500	467	251.00–284.00	263.58
8	550–600	570	243.00	243.00
44	600–650	622	215.00–250.00	241.57
27	650–700	691	225.00–234.00	230.88
8	700–750	736	211.00	211.00
19	750–800	768	225.00	225.00
Heifers — Small 1$ per cwt · actual wt
11	350–400	357	242.50–283.00	277.36
14	400–450	442	264.00	264.00
2	450–500	460	247.00	247.00
22	500–550	540	165.00–242.50	239.01
3	550–600	560	240.00	240.00
17	600–650	630	160.00–216.00	210.38
1	650–700	650	205.00	205.00
1	700–750	720	150.00	150.00
5	750–800	767	135.00–178.00	169.14
2	850–900	863	115.00–145.00	130.22
Heifers — Small 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
3	550–600	568	229.00	229.00
Heifers — Small 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	150–200	180	205.00	205.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2 · Natural$ per cwt · actual wt
1	350–400	385	100.00	100.00
4	400–450	433	285.00	285.00
2	850–900	863	162.50	162.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 2-3 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
4	300–350	349	221.00	221.00
5	500–550	509	237.50	237.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
5	550–600	569	237.50	237.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
3	300–350	325	195.00–232.50	220.00
71	350–400	361	200.00–299.00	285.33
15	400–450	432	210.00–263.00	246.99
115	450–500	456	178.00–274.00	263.61
75	500–550	540	208.00–254.50	249.32
5	550–600	564	216.00–235.00	225.81
23	600–650	645	213.00–235.00	222.40
2	650–700	650	215.00	215.00
4	700–750	729	160.00–175.00	171.30
2	750–800	775	165.00–182.50	173.69
Heifers — Medium and Large 4$ per cwt · actual wt
2	450–500	488	198.00	198.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	250–300	290	225.00	225.00
27	300–350	322	170.00–290.00	274.98
89	350–400	370	260.00–304.00	291.62
48	400–450	430	210.00–288.00	274.56
189	450–500	459	165.00–279.00	269.36
123	500–550	544	175.00–261.00	252.58
87	550–600	555	170.00–262.00	251.06
79	600–650	633	160.00–243.00	225.81
14	650–700	661	205.00–232.00	228.94
24	700–750	729	183.00–220.00	210.37
5	750–800	771	175.00–210.00	193.10
3	800–850	812	192.50	192.50
2	850–900	858	152.50–192.50	172.56
Heifers — Medium and Large 2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
7	450–500	451	276.00	276.00
11	550–600	571	205.00–239.00	235.94
1	600–650	606	177.50	177.50
2	650–700	675	210.00	210.00
5	750–800	785	145.00–172.50	155.74
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
1	450–500	477	301.00	301.00
14	550–600	564	279.00–330.00	313.39
3	600–650	620	280.00	280.00
26	650–700	672	285.00–300.00	288.99
40	700–750	725	242.50–280.00	265.32
5	750–800	768	225.00–240.00	236.99
7	800–850	815	244.00	244.00
15	850–900	865	222.00–232.50	223.38
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Natural$ per cwt · actual wt
3	400–450	434	362.50	362.50
6	500–550	520	323.00–331.00	326.96
4	550–600	560	331.00	331.00
5	600–650	632	263.00	263.00
28	650–700	679	254.00–305.50	295.70
33	700–750	745	255.00–258.00	257.12
17	750–800	753	247.00–251.00	250.06
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
6	300–350	329	320.00–350.00	334.09
27	350–400	370	274.00–359.00	337.88
27	400–450	420	265.00–332.50	319.18
142	450–500	467	307.00–334.00	318.37
27	500–550	527	237.50–302.00	286.30
197	550–600	557	284.00–315.00	295.11
77	600–650	640	257.50–292.50	265.20
21	650–700	667	235.00–280.00	267.51
45	700–750	730	225.00–265.00	248.16
8	750–800	768	155.00–228.00	204.20
5	800–850	827	206.00–225.00	219.39
9	850–900	866	220.00–221.00	220.33
1	900–950	945	182.00	182.00
21	950–1000	972	201.00–214.00	207.86
6	1000–1050	1,010	167.50–204.00	197.71
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
19	550–600	593	305.00–310.00	308.96
39	600–650	620	160.00–312.00	261.15
11	650–700	677	288.50	288.50
56	700–750	721	253.00–267.50	255.37
6	750–800	764	235.00	235.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
9	600–650	644	289.00	289.00
13	650–700	681	252.50	252.50
12	700–750	708	235.00	235.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Natural$ per cwt · actual wt
12	500–550	510	340.00	340.00
21	550–600	565	295.50–304.00	298.74
14	900–950	918	209.00	209.00
Steers — Small 1$ per cwt · actual wt
4	300–350	344	285.00–292.00	288.51
16	400–450	446	265.00	265.00
2	450–500	463	247.50–282.00	264.28
3	550–600	553	235.00	235.00
9	600–650	635	160.00–247.50	218.58
1	650–700	680	202.50	202.50
3	700–750	720	100.00–200.00	156.90
2	750–800	753	110.00	110.00
Steers — Medium and Large 3 · Natural$ per cwt · actual wt
1	1000–1050	1,000	167.50	167.50
Steers — Medium and Large 3 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
1	750–800	780	175.00	175.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
8	350–400	368	315.00	315.00
7	400–450	430	320.00	320.00
9	450–500	492	321.00–337.50	330.06
4	500–550	529	330.00	330.00
5	550–600	567	305.00	305.00
3	600–650	602	275.00	275.00
4	650–700	693	232.50	232.50
13	700–750	733	191.00–246.00	228.03
1	900–950	904	170.00	170.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2-3 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
6	600–650	603	302.00	302.00
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	250–300	278	245.00	245.00
1	300–350	300	220.00	220.00
7	350–400	369	210.00–332.50	274.31
13	400–450	439	317.00	317.00
10	450–500	464	225.00–315.00	284.30
22	500–550	542	200.00–295.00	272.44
23	550–600	591	230.00–295.00	275.22
4	600–650	628	200.00–259.00	240.27
1	650–700	670	252.00	252.00
4	700–750	718	227.50	227.50
3	750–800	764	165.00–220.00	183.48
1	850–900	860	170.00	170.00
Steers — Medium and Large 4$ per cwt · actual wt
1	500–550	500	115.00	115.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2 · Natural$ per cwt · actual wt
14	400–450	435	330.00	330.00
4	600–650	624	257.50–311.00	298.03
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
7	300–350	333	295.00–350.00	329.35
32	350–400	382	250.00–355.00	338.18
61	400–450	441	275.00–326.00	317.15
44	450–500	469	175.00–324.00	291.50
80	500–550	542	195.00–332.50	294.14
22	550–600	576	155.00–290.00	257.85
23	600–650	643	185.00–305.00	261.36
18	650–700	661	180.00–267.00	250.07
19	700–750	731	195.00–240.00	233.19
7	850–900	861	205.00–219.00	215.01
4	900–950	940	175.00–185.00	182.57
Dairy Heifers — Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	750–800	787	152.00	152.00
Dairy Heifers — Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	700–750	710	162.50	162.50
Dairy Steers — Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	500–550	525	255.00	255.00
2	550–600	583	215.00	215.00
8	700–750	708	195.00	195.00
1	800–850	820	202.50	202.50
6	850–900	874	170.00–172.50	171.67
6	900–950	936	168.00	168.00
Dairy Steers — Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
3	350–400	358	232.50	232.50
3	400–450	412	182.50–245.00	224.00
3	500–550	515	227.50–265.00	252.01
12	550–600	583	262.00	262.00
15	650–700	688	175.00–241.00	233.98
1	750–800	760	200.00	200.00
Dairy Steers — Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	1100–1150	1,143	155.00	155.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
32	—	1,608	170.00–195.00	184.07
Steers — Select$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,433	164.00	164.00
Heifers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
40	—	1,361	170.50–195.00	181.80
Heifers — Select$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,317	160.50–166.00	164.60

Head, weight ranges, average weights and price ranges are exactly as USDA AMS filed them — nothing recomputed, nothing rounded — in USDA's own reporting structure. This is RaisedBeef's rendering of that data, not a copy of USDA's document.

Source: USDA AMS, as filed — nothing recomputed and nothing rounded. This summary aggregates the same sales the Virginia barn reports cover, so it must never be added to a state total built from those barns.

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