Virginia Weekly Cattle Auction Summary

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Counts as USDA filed them

Virginia reported 74 priced lines covering 1,104 head across feeder cattle, slaughter cattle. USDA puts feeder cattle receipts at 1,126 head. slaughter cattle receipts at 40 head.

Mon Jan 20, 2025

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 1,126Last week 3,358Year ago 1,963

Slaughter CattleReceipts 40Last week 48Year ago 0

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 286, Heifers 479, Bulls 361)

State Graded Slaughter Cattle (Steers 39, Heifers 1)

Value Added cattle are Weaned and Vaccinated.

Compared to last week: No trend due to weather related closures.

Report includes sales from Blackstone, Lynchburg, Springlake and Staunton.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Small 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	350–400	362	330.00	330.00
2	400–450	432	296.00	296.00
5	450–500	489	285.00	285.00
2	550–600	567	227.50	227.50
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
13	350–400	355	390.00–395.00	392.30
21	400–450	413	330.00–388.00	366.94
40	450–500	490	298.00–323.00	319.47
8	500–550	540	275.00–282.00	275.86
10	550–600	576	288.00	288.00
3	650–700	662	227.50–242.50	237.36
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
5	300–350	322	386.00–395.00	393.32
7	350–400	359	347.50–390.00	377.93
41	400–450	423	368.00–388.00	377.34
64	450–500	492	300.00–330.00	320.36
1	500–550	510	296.00	296.00
67	550–600	571	257.50–292.00	287.48
13	600–650	627	235.00–276.00	272.83
22	650–700	656	259.50	259.50
Bulls — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	450–500	453	317.50	317.50
2	550–600	583	240.00	240.00
Heifers — Small 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	300–350	341	242.50–255.00	246.65
3	400–450	446	235.00	235.00
3	550–600	556	236.00	236.00
1	600–650	610	212.00	212.00
1	700–750	720	191.00	191.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
20	350–400	357	304.00–314.00	309.27
61	450–500	458	264.00–298.75	292.76
96	500–550	546	269.00–280.00	275.40
3	550–600	579	235.00–244.00	240.94
69	600–650	643	222.00–243.00	239.68
1	650–700	680	224.00	224.00
23	700–750	727	191.00–225.00	204.32
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
7	350–400	380	285.00	285.00
8	400–450	441	258.50	258.50
5	450–500	455	250.00	250.00
8	500–550	523	210.00–259.00	241.31
4	600–650	638	200.00–214.00	210.63
1	700–750	710	170.00	170.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
16	350–400	365	309.00–318.00	310.69
7	400–450	414	267.00–289.00	282.24
42	450–500	456	265.00–297.00	292.20
52	500–550	544	247.00–280.50	275.78
2	550–600	570	230.00–253.00	241.30
10	600–650	643	227.00–253.00	250.51
11	650–700	654	200.00–235.00	231.81
3	700–750	735	192.00–197.00	195.38
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	350–400	368	380.00–390.00	386.70
7	400–450	445	347.50	347.50
18	450–500	457	354.00	354.00
54	550–600	553	293.00–332.25	319.40
54	600–650	644	269.00–281.50	280.38
27	700–750	739	233.00–249.00	247.67
1	750–800	775	230.00	230.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
8	350–400	369	377.50–390.00	380.76
21	400–450	445	350.00	350.00
13	450–500	461	335.00–345.00	344.22
27	500–550	545	311.50–333.50	316.25
3	550–600	566	286.00	286.00
13	600–650	639	271.00–280.00	276.50
3	700–750	703	239.00–248.00	244.00
1	750–800	785	237.00	237.00
Steers — Small 1$ per cwt · actual wt
4	300–350	341	285.00	285.00
1	450–500	450	287.50	287.50
1	500–550	535	247.50	247.50
1	550–600	585	232.50	232.50
2	750–800	755	230.00	230.00
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	300–350	320	295.00	295.00
2	350–400	350	330.00	330.00
1	400–450	430	330.00	330.00
5	450–500	471	308.00	308.00
3	500–550	548	280.50	280.50

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
38	—	1,707	212.00–219.00	213.97
Steers — Select$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,382	205.00	205.00
Heifers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,502	214.50	214.50

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.

Feeder Cattle — prices, barns, and planning

Fed Cattle — the cash market and what quality pays

Beef & Retail — from the box to the grocery shelf

Feed & Hay — the cost side, cash not futures

Cows & Bred Stock — the rebuild market

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