Virginia Weekly Cattle Auction Summary

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Counts as USDA filed them

Virginia reported 201 priced lines covering 3,451 head across feeder cattle, slaughter cattle. USDA puts feeder cattle receipts at 3,432 head. slaughter cattle receipts at 44 head.

Mon Apr 29, 2024

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 3,432Last week 3,759Year ago 3,553

Slaughter CattleReceipts 44Last week 0Year ago 42

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 1142, Heifers 1503, Bulls 787)

State Graded Slaughter Cattle (Steers 30, Heifers 14)

Value Added cattle are Weaned and Vaccinated.

Compared to last week: Feeder cattle mostly 1.00 to 7.00 higher.

Report includes sales from Blackstone, Culpeper, Front Royal, Lynchburg, Radiant, Roanoke-Hollins, Shenandoah Valley, Springlake and Winchester.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
8	300–350	327	277.50	277.50
35	350–400	372	245.00–280.00	272.77
39	400–450	430	232.50–277.00	265.56
156	450–500	474	250.00–260.50	258.39
200	500–550	538	235.00–269.00	254.00
34	550–600	565	225.00–245.00	236.25
81	600–650	636	130.00–251.00	236.56
15	650–700	661	165.00–237.00	214.77
34	700–750	739	146.00–225.00	214.87
3	750–800	787	180.00	180.00
3	800–850	818	150.00–167.50	155.81
6	850–900	854	202.00	202.00
2	900–950	913	184.00	184.00
2	950–1000	960	142.00–147.50	144.74
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
5	400–450	423	280.00	280.00
3	550–600	550	251.00	251.00
5	600–650	619	267.00	267.00
2	750–800	775	231.00	231.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Natural$ per cwt · actual wt
10	350–400	399	285.00	285.00
8	700–750	722	217.00	217.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
6	450–500	460	254.00	254.00
3	500–550	508	247.00	247.00
18	550–600	583	205.00–253.00	239.98
37	650–700	668	234.00–249.00	243.33
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	350–400	368	256.00	256.00
5	400–450	428	255.00	255.00
6	450–500	466	245.00	245.00
4	650–700	665	245.00	245.00
3	750–800	797	200.00	200.00
2	800–850	820	197.00	197.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
7	400–450	439	267.50	267.50
10	550–600	563	249.00	249.00
4	750–800	778	180.00	180.00
Heifers — Small 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	250–300	280	227.50	227.50
1	300–350	320	235.00	235.00
4	350–400	358	260.00	260.00
3	450–500	480	247.50	247.50
17	550–600	554	249.50	249.50
1	600–650	640	195.00	195.00
1	700–750	730	115.00	115.00
Heifers — Small 1 · Natural$ per cwt · actual wt
3	300–350	313	220.00	220.00
Heifers — Small 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	450–500	480	142.50	142.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Natural$ per cwt · actual wt
14	550–600	589	245.00	245.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	250–300	295	195.00	195.00
43	350–400	358	226.00–279.00	269.72
9	400–450	437	215.00–254.00	244.71
55	450–500	458	219.00–260.50	253.22
24	500–550	543	210.00–249.50	242.90
16	550–600	569	150.00–242.50	224.92
7	600–650	644	195.00–228.00	219.42
9	650–700	654	210.00–228.00	225.90
4	700–750	718	197.50	197.50
2	750–800	775	228.00	228.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
4	450–500	470	249.00	249.00
6	600–650	628	227.50	227.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 4$ per cwt · actual wt
1	550–600	590	150.00	150.00
Heifers — Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
3	900–950	940	157.50	157.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 2 · Natural$ per cwt · actual wt
3	650–700	672	229.00	229.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	250–300	279	275.00	275.00
26	300–350	330	185.00–282.00	271.66
86	350–400	367	260.00–287.00	279.64
79	400–450	434	180.00–268.00	258.13
102	450–500	466	207.00–265.50	261.05
105	500–550	541	235.00–255.00	250.75
10	550–600	578	212.50–245.00	231.97
57	600–650	640	195.00–243.00	231.20
1	650–700	655	215.00	215.00
10	700–750	719	175.00–230.00	211.32
1	900–950	915	202.00	202.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2-3 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
6	650–700	668	202.00	202.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
4	300–350	327	320.00–329.00	322.23
16	350–400	378	322.50–337.50	327.04
31	400–450	435	299.00–335.00	325.98
67	450–500	471	273.00–327.00	316.89
43	500–550	529	268.00–320.00	296.11
192	550–600	555	290.00–306.00	298.08
140	600–650	634	247.50–281.00	272.87
4	650–700	665	245.00–278.00	256.49
29	700–750	731	235.00–245.00	240.87
3	750–800	764	224.00–236.00	232.05
1	800–850	840	201.00	201.00
2	850–900	868	162.50–227.50	194.91
1	900–950	920	186.00	186.00
2	950–1000	965	167.50–205.00	186.54
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
3	450–500	476	300.00	300.00
3	550–600	562	311.00	311.00
12	600–650	627	271.00–281.00	275.14
4	650–700	683	270.00	270.00
8	750–800	792	233.00	233.00
1	800–850	835	222.50	222.50
2	850–900	853	220.00	220.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Natural$ per cwt · actual wt
5	500–550	520	302.00	302.00
15	600–650	640	261.00–270.00	268.19
14	650–700	668	255.00	255.00
5	750–800	770	240.00	240.00
12	900–950	941	220.00	220.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Natural$ per cwt · actual wt
11	350–400	377	334.00	334.00
24	450–500	478	342.00	342.00
12	650–700	692	245.00	245.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
2	450–500	457	312.50	312.50
22	650–700	685	280.00	280.00
4	700–750	705	251.00	251.00
9	750–800	761	210.00	210.00
6	800–850	805	236.00	236.00
62	850–900	892	208.00–219.25	218.21
Steers — Small 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	400–450	435	287.50–290.00	288.34
2	450–500	485	125.00–231.00	176.91
8	550–600	561	200.00–282.50	271.83
3	600–650	615	237.50	237.50
4	700–750	738	195.00–218.00	206.54
Steers — Small 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
1	800–850	830	190.00	190.00
Steers — Small 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	450–500	465	130.00	130.00
Steers — Small 1 · Natural$ per cwt · actual wt
3	300–350	328	255.00	255.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	250–300	275	315.00	315.00
8	300–350	319	210.00–327.50	299.61
45	350–400	373	271.00–338.50	324.99
10	400–450	428	297.50–320.00	316.56
63	450–500	462	200.00–319.50	311.25
63	500–550	540	251.00–301.50	297.18
7	550–600	575	125.00–289.00	252.68
21	600–650	633	268.00–277.50	272.36
8	650–700	665	225.00–270.00	251.93
10	700–750	713	175.00–236.00	229.62
7	750–800	763	218.00	218.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
1	400–450	430	295.00	295.00
12	500–550	532	239.00–312.50	273.99
2	600–650	622	262.50	262.50
3	650–700	655	229.00	229.00
6	700–750	715	223.00	223.00
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
8	300–350	323	285.00	285.00
4	350–400	370	200.00–300.00	275.66
9	400–450	442	240.00–313.00	280.54
6	450–500	466	297.50–318.00	314.48
7	500–550	545	255.00–290.00	271.41
7	550–600	565	199.00–245.00	238.26
6	600–650	628	236.00–265.00	259.00
4	750–800	761	180.00	180.00
5	850–900	889	225.00	225.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
9	550–600	571	257.50–265.00	260.91
Bulls — Small 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	250–300	260	215.00	215.00
2	350–400	375	300.00–325.00	312.50
8	400–450	428	277.00–280.00	278.89
15	450–500	487	195.00–260.00	252.00
2	500–550	513	160.00–240.00	199.41
6	550–600	570	195.00–232.50	226.09
1	650–700	670	250.00	250.00
1	750–800	755	150.00	150.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	250–300	290	317.50	317.50
10	300–350	336	266.00–330.00	314.09
17	350–400	376	282.50–330.00	315.30
64	400–450	424	236.00–322.00	300.68
78	450–500	488	262.50–302.50	286.29
32	500–550	536	256.00–296.00	287.06
106	550–600	568	231.00–287.50	270.23
41	600–650	629	220.00–260.00	248.32
16	650–700	664	243.00–251.00	245.11
18	700–750	740	190.00–221.00	206.98
1	750–800	795	170.00	170.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
3	300–350	338	250.00	250.00
7	350–400	373	250.00–285.00	272.42
8	400–450	428	185.00–315.00	280.10
3	450–500	459	235.00–290.00	272.01
11	500–550	522	259.00–270.00	266.00
3	550–600	564	250.00–270.00	263.08
2	600–650	610	217.50	217.50
1	650–700	675	190.00	190.00
1	700–750	745	75.00	75.00
5	750–800	771	175.00	175.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
5	600–650	640	220.00	220.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
17	300–350	331	235.00–332.00	307.50
39	350–400	367	298.00–339.00	324.34
70	400–450	421	243.00–327.00	318.12
52	450–500	481	255.00–302.00	290.19
8	500–550	534	252.50–292.00	275.45
48	550–600	562	222.50–288.00	274.48
15	600–650	630	185.00–272.00	244.51
15	650–700	661	180.00–252.00	224.44
6	700–750	721	187.00–209.00	196.07
2	750–800	768	170.00	170.00
2	800–850	840	175.00	175.00
4	850–900	850	170.00	170.00
3	900–950	912	160.00–175.00	164.93
1	950–1000	990	160.00	160.00
1	1000–1050	1,020	160.00	160.00
2	1050–1100	1,088	136.00	136.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Premium White 65-75%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,195	109.00	109.00
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,370	122.00	122.00
1	—	1,410	123.00	123.00
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	1,224	120.00–137.00	128.50
11	—	1,191	100.00–124.00	114.32
1	—	1,270	90.00	90.00
Cows — Boner 80-85% · Light Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,268	119.00–129.00	123.97
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	1,083	70.00–117.00	103.33
3	—	852	13.00–60.00	43.09
2	—	1,058	60.00–75.00	67.98
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,400	130.00–132.00	131.31
1	—	1,195	110.00	110.00
5	—	1,976	125.00–167.00	155.58
Steers — Select$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,518	147.00–170.00	160.41
Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
27	—	1,617	174.00–190.00	179.26
Heifers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
14	—	1,469	177.00–190.00	181.93

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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