Virginia Weekly Cattle Auction Summary

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Counts as USDA filed them

Virginia reported 217 priced lines covering 3,932 head across feeder cattle, slaughter cattle. USDA puts feeder cattle receipts at 3,896 head. slaughter cattle receipts at 111 head.

Mon Apr 14, 2025

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 3,896Last week 3,773Year ago 4,642

Slaughter CattleReceipts 111Last week 0Year ago 106

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 1215, Dairy Steers 162, Heifers 1749, Bulls 770)

State Graded Slaughter Cattle (Steers 58, Heifers 53)

Value Added and Natural cattle are Weaned and Vaccinated

Compared to last week: Feeder cattle 2.00 to 19.00 higher

Report includes sales from: Blackstone, Front Royal, Hollins, Lynchburg, Monterey, Radiant, Springlake, Staunton, Winchester and Wythe County

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
6	250–300	274	455.00	455.00
13	300–350	331	385.00–400.00	397.22
19	350–400	374	380.00–400.00	389.32
15	400–450	430	300.00–428.00	410.52
105	450–500	466	342.00–385.00	379.71
46	500–550	529	300.00–373.00	351.17
182	550–600	556	350.50–384.00	360.77
126	600–650	634	315.00–363.00	330.82
13	650–700	670	275.00–337.00	310.51
61	700–750	736	270.00–302.50	294.61
2	750–800	758	240.00–283.00	261.57
5	800–850	824	250.00–271.00	266.82
4	850–900	852	240.00–264.00	258.01
1	950–1000	965	230.00	230.00
3	1000–1050	1,028	217.50	217.50
1	1100–1150	1,115	227.50	227.50
3	1150–1200	1,150	225.00	225.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
5	450–500	485	360.00	360.00
3	600–650	642	292.50	292.50
3	650–700	667	285.00	285.00
6	700–750	727	255.00	255.00
2	850–900	880	235.00	235.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
23	450–500	471	395.00	395.00
15	550–600	579	372.50	372.50
9	600–650	648	340.00	340.00
5	750–800	798	270.00	270.00
25	800–850	817	266.00–290.00	284.14
77	900–950	935	245.00–267.50	258.06
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
3	500–550	515	305.00	305.00
35	600–650	638	315.00–330.00	318.84
10	650–700	692	315.00	315.00
7	800–850	822	250.00–292.50	279.98
Steers — Small 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	400–450	445	337.50	337.50
2	500–550	547	320.00	320.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	250–300	265	450.00	450.00
12	300–350	338	240.00–409.00	369.94
20	350–400	372	260.00–425.00	393.35
20	400–450	430	270.00–431.00	398.97
49	450–500	463	305.00–382.00	370.56
47	500–550	535	225.00–373.00	353.96
14	550–600	555	300.00–360.00	336.28
4	600–650	649	320.00	320.00
17	650–700	665	299.00–335.00	311.15
5	700–750	722	277.00–296.00	290.72
9	750–800	770	240.00–280.00	264.10
5	800–850	849	255.00	255.00
6	950–1000	970	230.00–235.00	230.82
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
3	300–350	346	325.00–377.50	360.07
4	350–400	381	370.00–385.00	373.79
4	400–450	432	285.00–345.00	331.10
18	450–500	465	245.00–372.00	348.80
16	500–550	537	322.50–357.50	345.10
11	600–650	642	250.00–312.50	304.83
3	650–700	665	270.00–325.00	307.07
1	700–750	735	277.00	277.00
1	800–850	810	255.00	255.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Natural$ per cwt · actual wt
5	600–650	627	320.00	320.00
10	700–750	735	290.00	290.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Natural$ per cwt · actual wt
7	500–550	547	340.00	340.00
45	550–600	569	375.00	375.00
5	900–950	912	244.00	244.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2 · Natural$ per cwt · actual wt
5	800–850	809	259.00	259.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
6	450–500	463	330.00–335.00	334.19
10	500–550	526	325.00	325.00
21	700–750	734	255.00	255.00
4	750–800	759	258.00	258.00
53	850–900	870	241.00–246.50	242.84
22	900–950	944	230.00–246.50	242.03
22	950–1000	958	246.50	246.50
38	1000–1050	1,026	219.00–239.00	235.40
7	1100–1150	1,142	229.00	229.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2 · Natural$ per cwt · actual wt
3	750–800	785	225.00	225.00
7	900–950	916	210.00	210.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Natural$ per cwt · actual wt
7	550–600	560	320.00	320.00
19	600–650	638	309.00	309.00
15	750–800	788	257.50	257.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
5	500–550	547	310.00	310.00
6	600–650	633	285.00	285.00
12	650–700	650	270.00	270.00
10	700–750	712	255.00–257.00	256.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
4	550–600	591	300.00	300.00
7	700–750	705	263.00	263.00
6	750–800	768	250.00	250.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	200–250	210	320.00	320.00
18	300–350	337	235.00–382.50	353.07
49	350–400	362	364.00–380.00	375.47
28	400–450	431	275.00–380.00	339.54
142	450–500	462	296.00–365.00	350.15
100	500–550	546	225.00–323.00	315.16
37	550–600	561	250.00–348.00	319.28
62	600–650	634	175.00–289.50	271.85
20	650–700	664	210.00–277.00	272.33
18	700–750	728	210.00–260.00	248.54
2	800–850	843	224.00	224.00
1	850–900	850	227.50	227.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	150–200	160	360.00	360.00
2	200–250	215	335.00–345.00	339.88
16	300–350	345	358.00–362.50	360.82
29	350–400	361	295.00–365.00	354.22
45	400–450	442	255.00–348.00	338.75
34	450–500	453	282.50–347.50	333.43
34	500–550	539	255.00–320.00	308.82
28	550–600	557	250.00–335.00	308.42
5	600–650	619	240.00–265.00	254.65
14	650–700	654	258.00–274.00	269.44
5	700–750	713	217.50–242.50	227.63
Heifers — Medium and Large 4$ per cwt · actual wt
1	250–300	270	245.00	245.00
Heifers — Small 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	300–350	325	255.00	255.00
4	350–400	356	332.50–360.00	339.55
3	400–450	428	320.00	320.00
6	450–500	454	327.50	327.50
9	550–600	568	235.00–292.00	279.18
1	600–650	620	215.00	215.00
1	750–800	755	220.00	220.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
8	250–300	288	372.50	372.50
7	300–350	336	357.00–370.00	364.48
58	350–400	369	345.00–376.00	368.00
46	400–450	428	315.00–365.00	351.68
177	450–500	465	231.00–355.00	341.40
215	500–550	543	290.00–340.00	316.84
24	550–600	564	275.00–310.00	305.08
66	600–650	639	215.00–283.00	274.07
25	650–700	653	260.00–270.00	268.77
31	700–750	733	235.00–260.00	247.80
2	750–800	783	234.00–245.00	239.41
8	800–850	824	227.50–246.00	238.89
1	850–900	870	220.00	220.00
1	900–950	920	177.50	177.50
1	950–1000	970	180.00	180.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 3 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
4	800–850	803	205.00	205.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	350–400	365	322.00	322.00
9	400–450	446	365.00	365.00
21	500–550	510	360.00	360.00
4	650–700	673	283.00	283.00
5	700–750	748	247.00	247.00
4	950–1000	959	229.00	229.00
Heifers — Small 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	450–500	470	220.00	220.00
Heifers — Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	600–650	610	215.00	215.00
Bulls — Small 1$ per cwt · actual wt
4	350–400	361	340.00–365.00	358.59
1	400–450	410	380.00	380.00
9	450–500	467	270.00–362.00	326.72
2	500–550	528	313.00–342.00	327.16
3	550–600	573	290.00–298.00	295.30
3	650–700	667	304.00	304.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
25	300–350	336	380.00–435.00	419.27
20	350–400	375	380.00–402.50	393.96
71	400–450	421	273.00–427.50	402.52
106	450–500	483	218.00–365.00	352.57
21	500–550	530	334.00–342.00	335.46
88	550–600	563	265.00–335.50	324.45
28	600–650	634	190.00–325.00	298.55
20	650–700	655	275.00–303.00	282.96
2	700–750	733	200.00–255.00	227.22
7	750–800	755	282.00	282.00
3	800–850	835	225.00–235.00	231.71
3	1000–1050	1,018	217.50	217.50
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
38	300–350	341	370.00–430.00	409.21
18	350–400	372	325.00–400.00	383.58
51	400–450	421	250.00–426.00	403.35
63	450–500	487	245.00–368.50	359.38
24	500–550	539	225.00–344.00	313.72
28	550–600	564	265.00–333.00	314.92
16	600–650	637	303.00–323.00	308.02
4	650–700	662	220.00–262.50	231.07
10	700–750	738	200.00–280.00	247.64
1	800–850	820	230.00	230.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	300–350	348	365.00	365.00
17	350–400	365	345.00–395.00	383.49
1	400–450	400	390.00	390.00
12	450–500	461	220.00–330.00	310.03
7	500–550	533	257.50–295.00	273.54
16	550–600	563	245.00–317.50	303.31
6	600–650	636	225.00–235.00	228.20
1	650–700	655	210.00	210.00
3	700–750	727	235.00–240.00	238.36
Bulls — Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	800–850	845	135.00	135.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
12	500–550	547	310.00	310.00
4	600–650	631	290.00	290.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 4$ per cwt · actual wt
1	150–200	190	150.00	150.00
Dairy Steers — Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
9	550–600	572	309.00	309.00
3	600–650	638	300.50	300.50
1	700–750	705	261.00	261.00
12	750–800	755	258.00	258.00
8	800–850	846	200.00	200.00
6	950–1000	961	218.00	218.00
1	1000–1050	1,005	175.00	175.00
1	1150–1200	1,165	142.00	142.00
Dairy Steers — Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
3	650–700	665	290.00	290.00
7	750–800	765	243.00	243.00
Dairy Steers — Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	350–400	360	297.00	297.00
11	400–450	447	313.50	313.50
1	450–500	460	307.00	307.00
16	550–600	560	332.25	332.25
1	600–650	645	245.00	245.00
23	650–700	659	313.00	313.00
9	700–750	737	257.50	257.50
5	850–900	855	200.00	200.00
3	900–950	930	211.00	211.00
Dairy Steers — Large 4$ per cwt · actual wt
3	350–400	360	272.00	272.00
7	400–450	440	299.00	299.00
2	450–500	475	290.00	290.00
3	500–550	520	280.00	280.00
8	550–600	560	265.00–300.00	295.10
6	600–650	630	252.00–284.00	267.94
3	700–750	722	202.00–231.00	221.49
7	750–800	767	240.00	240.00
1	850–900	880	190.00	190.00
1	1000–1050	1,015	170.00	170.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Choice · Natural$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,362	206.00–210.00	208.10
Heifers — Choice and Prime$ per cwt · actual wt
41	—	1,433	211.00–216.25	213.89
1	—	1,480	184.00	184.00
Heifers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	1,433	211.00–217.00	213.07
Steers — Select$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,573	121.00–181.00	151.62
Steers — Choice · Natural$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,508	210.00–216.00	212.70
Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
15	—	1,659	205.00–220.00	211.80
Steers — Choice and Prime$ per cwt · actual wt
37	—	1,620	208.00–217.00	213.37
Steers — Select and Choice · Light Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,170	201.00	201.00

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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