Virginia Weekly Cattle Auction Summary

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Counts as USDA filed them

Virginia reported 181 priced lines covering 2,893 head across feeder cattle, slaughter cattle. USDA puts feeder cattle receipts at 2,846 head. slaughter cattle receipts at 120 head.

Mon Mar 17, 2025

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 2,846Last week 6,982Year ago 4,902

Slaughter CattleReceipts 120Last week 0Year ago 78

*Correction to Slaughter Cattle Head Count*

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 837, Dairy Steers 14, Heifers 1269, Bulls 726)

State Graded Slaughter Cattle (Steers 56, Heifers 64)

Value Added and Natural cattle are Weaned and Vaccinated.

Compared to last week: Feeder cattle mostly 2.00 to 10.00 lower.

Report includes sales from Blackstone, Front Royal, Lynchburg, 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 1$ per cwt · actual wt
5	250–300	284	397.50	397.50
17	300–350	332	340.00–415.00	390.06
24	350–400	371	350.00–405.00	397.58
92	400–450	422	325.00–398.00	379.32
90	450–500	487	297.50–365.00	344.97
28	500–550	532	301.00–347.50	341.81
71	550–600	565	230.00–323.00	307.99
35	600–650	629	263.00–291.00	283.58
27	650–700	661	250.00–282.00	269.60
8	700–750	734	230.00–235.00	233.77
5	800–850	837	210.00–217.50	212.95
1	850–900	895	210.00	210.00
1	950–1000	970	150.00	150.00
2	1000–1050	1,003	210.00	210.00
Bulls — Small 1$ per cwt · actual wt
4	350–400	357	275.00	275.00
3	400–450	411	330.00	330.00
3	450–500	475	340.00	340.00
2	550–600	560	265.00	265.00
1	600–650	640	250.00	250.00
1	750–800	770	170.00	170.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	250–300	295	290.00	290.00
10	350–400	354	360.00	360.00
5	400–450	432	356.00–367.50	365.16
10	450–500	465	275.00–332.50	309.08
1	500–550	510	315.00	315.00
11	550–600	568	275.00–300.00	289.06
3	600–650	645	235.00	235.00
1	750–800	775	185.00	185.00
6	800–850	803	200.00	200.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
23	300–350	331	375.00–410.00	398.95
6	350–400	372	225.00–395.00	358.23
49	400–450	417	275.00–395.00	369.97
43	450–500	485	270.00–363.00	339.57
46	500–550	545	204.00–345.00	318.33
19	550–600	571	275.00–318.00	310.75
21	600–650	627	256.00–290.50	278.97
6	650–700	667	250.00–267.50	258.88
5	700–750	719	227.00–240.00	234.43
1	750–800	785	200.00	200.00
1	800–850	820	216.00	216.00
2	850–900	865	207.50	207.50
2	900–950	923	170.00	170.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	1000–1050	1,015	152.50	152.50
Dairy Steers — Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	500–550	525	265.00	265.00
1	850–900	850	200.00	200.00
9	900–950	934	198.00	198.00
3	1100–1150	1,107	170.00	170.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
3	500–550	503	355.00	355.00
27	600–650	620	326.00–335.00	334.00
10	650–700	697	311.00	311.00
16	700–750	729	285.00	285.00
31	750–800	788	266.00–271.00	270.21
4	800–850	821	252.00	252.00
3	850–900	850	247.50	247.50
7	900–950	918	243.00	243.00
7	950–1000	952	245.00	245.00
1	1000–1050	1,000	231.00	231.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Natural$ per cwt · actual wt
5	700–750	722	240.00–280.00	255.63
8	850–900	873	230.00	230.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Natural$ per cwt · actual wt
3	450–500	488	390.00	390.00
26	600–650	642	319.00–324.00	319.95
9	650–700	673	315.00	315.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2 · Natural$ per cwt · actual wt
2	450–500	480	400.00	400.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
18	550–600	568	333.00–357.50	345.17
10	650–700	689	280.00	280.00
5	700–750	730	289.00	289.00
15	750–800	769	285.00	285.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	250–300	285	340.00	340.00
2	300–350	315	395.00	395.00
29	350–400	378	384.00–420.00	406.30
14	400–450	427	277.00–395.00	356.65
100	450–500	467	340.00–380.00	373.91
51	500–550	536	315.00–350.00	340.88
46	550–600	557	323.00–350.00	344.50
44	600–650	636	296.00–333.00	302.74
17	650–700	659	280.00–326.00	316.39
18	700–750	730	259.00–272.50	265.76
16	750–800	771	255.00–280.00	259.71
3	800–850	828	242.00–255.00	250.74
19	850–900	883	221.00–250.00	244.37
9	900–950	924	225.00–240.00	230.30
7	950–1000	997	236.00	236.00
6	1050–1100	1,069	227.50	227.50
1	1100–1150	1,115	265.00	265.00
Steers — Small 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	350–400	380	300.00	300.00
1	400–450	425	215.00	215.00
3	450–500	471	295.00–300.00	296.70
5	550–600	555	292.50	292.50
1	600–650	615	289.00	289.00
1	750–800	795	220.00	220.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	300–350	332	375.00–410.00	392.95
13	350–400	371	400.00–420.00	405.53
11	400–450	427	330.00–400.00	373.22
30	450–500	461	350.00–376.00	370.46
28	500–550	540	315.00–340.00	335.31
22	550–600	562	287.00–350.00	329.63
27	600–650	637	225.00–329.75	315.49
7	650–700	658	245.00–297.50	284.32
12	750–800	756	250.00–276.00	264.86
3	800–850	844	238.00–259.00	252.07
2	850–900	855	235.00	235.00
1	900–950	940	285.00	285.00
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	300–350	305	352.50	352.50
7	350–400	362	365.00–375.00	373.54
9	400–450	440	360.00–395.00	369.61
3	450–500	473	340.00–355.00	348.36
11	500–550	539	250.00–338.00	323.40
8	600–650	630	282.00–295.00	289.32
1	750–800	790	220.00	220.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
13	750–800	784	221.00	221.00
Steers — Small 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	200–250	230	255.00	255.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
19	300–350	340	310.00–361.00	348.76
25	350–400	367	278.00–339.00	324.84
44	400–450	437	251.00–345.00	322.12
79	450–500	463	280.00–325.50	309.99
57	500–550	543	200.00–315.00	283.06
47	550–600	555	244.00–283.00	277.94
29	600–650	631	241.00–286.00	255.69
49	650–700	665	200.00–269.00	259.58
11	700–750	734	175.00–238.00	227.16
3	750–800	770	185.00–210.00	193.23
1	800–850	845	182.50	182.50
4	850–900	859	190.00	190.00
3	1000–1050	1,010	155.00	155.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
17	300–350	335	280.00–335.00	319.39
22	350–400	362	185.00–340.00	310.59
27	400–450	439	250.00–325.00	290.73
39	450–500	454	280.00–305.50	297.54
24	500–550	531	190.00–285.00	271.88
13	550–600	552	200.00–271.50	266.02
15	600–650	625	210.00–240.00	230.97
8	650–700	655	255.00	255.00
5	700–750	722	165.00–233.00	208.01
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
4	250–300	268	340.00	340.00
24	300–350	334	250.00–340.00	329.31
28	350–400	370	272.50–357.00	333.96
42	400–450	421	275.00–348.00	323.78
115	450–500	460	251.00–339.00	317.80
124	500–550	544	250.00–314.00	285.04
39	550–600	563	260.00–300.00	270.88
71	600–650	637	240.00–273.00	263.10
10	650–700	676	200.00–275.00	251.28
21	700–750	727	220.00–232.50	227.85
3	750–800	765	200.00–225.00	216.45
10	800–850	842	228.00	228.00
1	850–900	855	194.00	194.00
1	1050–1100	1,065	180.00	180.00
6	1300–1350	1,323	170.00	170.00
Heifers — Small 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	300–350	348	230.00	230.00
1	350–400	385	301.00	301.00
2	450–500	457	265.00	265.00
1	500–550	530	203.00	203.00
5	550–600	591	245.00	245.00
1	600–650	605	215.00	215.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
3	350–400	360	302.00	302.00
22	400–450	402	327.00	327.00
12	550–600	551	301.00–305.00	302.67
Heifers — Medium and Large 2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
12	550–600	562	300.00	300.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
1	450–500	485	285.00	285.00
2	500–550	530	276.00	276.00
10	600–650	646	268.00	268.00
22	650–700	694	271.00	271.00
9	700–750	742	241.00	241.00
21	800–850	809	237.00–242.00	239.09
1	900–950	935	227.00	227.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2 · Natural$ per cwt · actual wt
4	550–600	558	268.00	268.00
4	600–650	603	288.00	288.00
4	700–750	714	255.00	255.00
3	850–900	885	218.00	218.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2-3 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
5	550–600	550	306.00	306.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Natural$ per cwt · actual wt
5	650–700	662	257.00	257.00
6	700–750	703	276.00	276.00
5	800–850	829	220.00	220.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Natural$ per cwt · actual wt
3	550–600	552	300.00	300.00
29	650–700	688	271.00	271.00
8	700–750	728	260.00	260.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Choice and Prime$ per cwt · actual wt
27	—	1,665	211.50–216.00	213.32
Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
29	—	1,638	205.00–222.00	216.42
Heifers — Choice and Prime$ per cwt · actual wt
47	—	1,541	211.75–215.10	214.15
Heifers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
16	—	1,436	206.00–222.00	216.39
Heifers — Prime$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,610	205.00	205.00

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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