Virginia Weekly Cattle Auction Summary

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Counts as USDA filed them

Virginia reported 95 priced lines covering 928 head across feeder cattle, slaughter cattle. USDA puts feeder cattle receipts at 896 head. slaughter cattle receipts at 34 head.

Mon Dec 30, 2024

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 896Last week 2,222Year ago 140

Slaughter CattleReceipts 34Last week 62Year ago 36

*INCLUDES UPDATED INFORMATION FROM SHENANDOAH*

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 267, Heifers 393, Bulls 236)

State Graded Slaughter Cattle (Steers 29, Heifers 5)

Value Added and Natural cattle are Weaned and Vaccinated

No trends due to light holiday trading

Report includes sales from: Front Royal, Shenandoah and Winchester

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	300–350	310	240.00	240.00
8	350–400	373	255.00	255.00
2	400–450	440	227.50	227.50
3	450–500	467	210.00	210.00
3	550–600	550	207.50	207.50
1	650–700	685	185.00	185.00
1	700–750	720	170.00	170.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	300–350	340	247.50	247.50
9	350–400	368	245.00–280.00	259.63
11	400–450	434	225.00–287.00	252.86
25	450–500	486	230.00–266.00	241.76
11	500–550	534	229.00	229.00
13	550–600	585	210.00–237.00	235.05
15	600–650	648	210.00–232.00	230.54
2	650–700	650	197.50	197.50
3	750–800	752	203.00	203.00
1	800–850	830	200.00	200.00
2	950–1000	990	170.00	170.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
7	400–450	412	293.00	293.00
17	550–600	587	251.00–253.00	251.68
8	600–650	616	244.00	244.00
3	700–750	701	218.00	218.00
2	850–900	852	186.00	186.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	250–300	280	265.00	265.00
6	300–350	328	234.00–260.00	251.76
14	350–400	377	250.00–285.00	269.75
24	400–450	434	225.00–285.00	264.52
58	450–500	478	212.50–270.00	256.94
15	500–550	546	217.50–239.00	237.65
34	550–600	562	192.50–239.00	233.08
25	600–650	634	185.00–244.00	239.35
20	650–700	653	224.00	224.00
16	700–750	741	205.00–214.00	212.47
2	750–800	758	192.50–212.00	202.22
3	800–850	826	201.00	201.00
1	850–900	855	200.00	200.00
3	1050–1100	1,072	185.00	185.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	250–300	280	375.00	375.00
8	400–450	432	350.00–360.00	357.53
11	450–500	473	265.00–352.50	324.74
25	500–550	527	324.00–332.00	327.05
9	550–600	591	289.00	289.00
35	650–700	665	267.00–268.00	267.75
4	700–750	737	256.00	256.00
15	750–800	751	251.00	251.00
2	850–900	858	228.00	228.00
2	1000–1050	1,028	197.00	197.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
30	500–550	544	264.00–324.00	286.03
14	550–600	582	300.00–308.00	302.82
23	600–650	627	272.00–281.00	277.80
10	650–700	686	270.00	270.00
23	750–800	764	254.00–257.00	256.08
7	850–900	872	218.00–232.00	226.06
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	350–400	387	350.00	350.00
6	400–450	422	285.00–340.00	303.57
12	450–500	482	225.00–325.00	303.57
4	500–550	531	267.50–305.00	295.73
10	550–600	552	315.00	315.00
7	600–650	637	250.00	250.00
3	650–700	668	172.50–262.00	232.76
8	700–750	743	225.00	225.00
2	850–900	890	190.00–224.00	206.90
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	300–350	325	275.00	275.00
3	350–400	385	287.50	287.50
1	500–550	525	222.50	222.50
2	600–650	635	222.50	222.50
3	800–850	820	214.00	214.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
5	550–600	576	210.00–222.50	217.72
1	600–650	640	227.50	227.50
2	750–800	765	215.00	215.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	300–350	310	255.00	255.00
7	350–400	383	270.00–329.00	312.27
8	400–450	428	265.00–316.00	294.73
10	450–500	482	282.00–297.50	293.92
1	500–550	525	290.00	290.00
27	550–600	562	235.00–275.00	263.20
10	650–700	660	228.00–241.00	235.72
2	700–750	713	237.50	237.50
1	800–850	805	210.00	210.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	300–350	318	375.00	375.00
23	350–400	383	337.50–351.00	346.84
18	400–450	432	322.00–340.00	330.83
19	450–500	477	232.50–330.00	305.91
16	500–550	549	280.00	280.00
20	550–600	582	220.00–248.00	243.62
9	600–650	626	255.00–260.00	255.54
16	650–700	677	225.00–232.00	231.57
11	700–750	731	205.00–235.00	224.29
19	750–800	762	197.00–211.00	208.98
5	800–850	820	221.00	221.00
1	950–1000	975	165.00	165.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Choice · Natural$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	1,668	187.00–197.00	193.39
Steers — Select$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	1,387	171.00–187.00	179.10
Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
16	—	1,590	186.00–210.00	198.26
Heifers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,428	193.00–206.00	201.68

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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