Virginia Weekly Cattle Auction Summary

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Counts as USDA filed them

Virginia reported 150 priced lines covering 2,685 head across feeder cattle, slaughter cattle. USDA puts feeder cattle receipts at 2,693 head. slaughter cattle receipts at 48 head.

Mon May 12, 2025

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 2,693Last week 4,387Year ago 2,646

Slaughter CattleReceipts 48Last week 0Year ago 27

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 967, Heifers 1105, Bulls 621)

State Graded Slaughter Cattle (Steers 35, Heifers 13)

Value Added cattle are Weaned and Vaccinated.

Compared to last week: Feeder cattle mostly 3.00 to 12.00 higher.

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

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
5	450–500	477	407.50	407.50
6	550–600	581	329.00	329.00
11	600–650	609	322.50–379.00	353.59
2	1050–1100	1,055	240.00	240.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
13	300–350	341	340.00–450.00	414.71
8	350–400	387	395.00–422.50	413.09
14	400–450	439	340.00–435.00	415.95
37	450–500	462	325.00–418.00	405.70
30	500–550	544	350.00–380.00	368.61
18	550–600	561	325.00–376.00	367.23
25	600–650	638	305.00–365.00	351.20
7	700–750	732	297.00–315.00	305.97
5	800–850	824	277.50–290.00	282.01
1	900–950	945	257.50	257.50
Steers — Medium and Large 2-3 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
8	500–550	514	382.50	382.50
11	600–650	636	350.00	350.00
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
11	350–400	366	345.00–428.00	404.02
20	450–500	462	315.00–415.00	394.92
14	500–550	529	371.00	371.00
7	550–600	551	342.50	342.50
1	650–700	680	280.00	280.00
1	700–750	720	292.50	292.50
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
10	700–750	740	300.00	300.00
40	950–1000	983	270.00	270.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
5	550–600	597	339.00	339.00
7	650–700	677	316.00–318.00	316.56
3	700–750	735	301.00	301.00
7	750–800	770	302.00	302.00
20	850–900	851	296.00	296.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Natural$ per cwt · actual wt
5	500–550	533	381.00	381.00
13	600–650	641	365.00	365.00
40	700–750	736	312.00–316.00	314.82
9	800–850	828	300.00	300.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	250–300	270	440.00	440.00
7	300–350	330	390.00–462.50	430.03
11	350–400	375	405.00–430.00	414.46
15	400–450	440	395.00–435.00	428.14
69	450–500	468	392.50–405.50	400.85
72	500–550	544	345.00–395.00	376.94
125	550–600	561	320.00–382.00	372.52
155	600–650	640	325.00–359.25	352.52
36	650–700	661	308.00–364.00	358.96
25	700–750	730	304.00–319.50	316.80
7	750–800	759	290.00–291.00	290.28
2	800–850	835	290.00	290.00
1	900–950	935	252.50	252.50
4	950–1000	956	262.50	262.50
6	1000–1050	1,007	255.00	255.00
Steers — Small 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	350–400	355	400.00	400.00
3	450–500	467	350.00–367.00	355.46
4	550–600	573	335.00–338.00	335.74
1	650–700	670	342.00	342.00
2	700–750	733	252.00	252.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
6	450–500	496	351.00	351.00
8	500–550	508	365.00	365.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	250–300	285	310.00	310.00
9	300–350	333	330.00–395.00	377.81
60	350–400	363	335.00–407.50	395.62
85	400–450	435	327.00–410.00	377.96
32	450–500	465	325.00–371.00	346.41
66	500–550	530	310.00–358.00	336.24
18	550–600	562	330.00–338.00	332.25
18	600–650	621	275.00–309.00	299.95
14	650–700	656	299.00	299.00
16	700–750	733	240.00–282.50	270.31
3	750–800	766	286.00	286.00
1	900–950	910	225.00	225.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
8	650–700	651	309.00	309.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
5	550–600	553	357.00	357.00
12	650–700	697	282.00	282.00
5	750–800	792	251.00	251.00
5	950–1000	959	251.00	251.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
8	500–550	549	329.00	329.00
12	750–800	771	272.00	272.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
5	300–350	322	365.00–397.50	385.31
39	350–400	367	352.00–407.50	393.90
63	400–450	436	310.00–408.00	359.18
97	450–500	471	315.00–390.00	363.47
41	500–550	529	314.00–335.00	330.82
150	550–600	554	310.00–340.00	326.75
98	600–650	640	262.00–302.50	295.62
16	650–700	662	268.00–300.00	291.77
18	700–750	735	240.00–290.00	263.29
6	750–800	776	240.00–270.00	259.12
2	850–900	850	195.00–242.50	218.75
1	900–950	905	233.00	233.00
3	950–1000	952	232.50–235.00	234.17
1	1000–1050	1,035	222.50	222.50
1	1100–1150	1,125	220.00	220.00
Heifers — Small 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	250–300	295	295.00	295.00
4	350–400	352	360.00	360.00
3	450–500	485	325.00–330.00	328.31
2	500–550	548	292.00	292.00
5	550–600	552	287.00–300.00	294.82
1	650–700	650	245.00	245.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 4$ per cwt · actual wt
2	350–400	395	290.00	290.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
6	300–350	341	310.00–370.00	324.89
26	350–400	358	335.00–406.00	380.58
5	400–450	413	245.00–330.00	308.44
51	450–500	455	315.00–362.50	346.03
15	500–550	530	257.50–327.50	319.04
18	550–600	551	242.50–344.00	321.69
5	600–650	625	272.50–296.00	282.18
5	650–700	694	185.00–260.00	233.96
1	700–750	715	200.00	200.00
1	750–800	765	230.00	230.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
28	300–350	340	370.00–445.00	429.97
11	350–400	385	350.00–425.00	410.07
56	400–450	421	365.00–431.00	411.68
38	450–500	483	325.00–403.00	386.72
26	500–550	538	308.00–355.00	344.22
10	550–600	574	324.00–350.00	342.53
21	600–650	630	292.00–367.00	324.30
1	650–700	685	279.00	279.00
2	700–750	733	252.00–260.00	255.93
6	750–800	767	262.50	262.50
10	800–850	829	253.00–259.00	256.67
1	850–900	885	215.00	215.00
1	950–1000	970	217.50	217.50
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
15	300–350	334	365.00–470.00	438.28
17	350–400	374	350.00–417.50	407.28
60	400–450	427	394.00–424.00	405.25
64	450–500	487	350.00–396.00	390.67
30	500–550	504	300.00–367.00	355.02
89	550–600	560	332.50–386.00	357.13
38	600–650	633	285.00–348.00	324.12
5	650–700	674	299.00–310.00	305.59
6	700–750	740	271.00	271.00
3	850–900	855	257.00–257.50	257.33
2	950–1000	983	190.00–222.50	206.46
2	1000–1050	1,010	215.00–217.50	216.26
Bulls — Small 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	450–500	450	260.00	260.00
Bulls — Small 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	350–400	361	412.50	412.50
5	400–450	424	413.00	413.00
5	450–500	490	383.00	383.00
5	550–600	579	317.00–320.00	318.81
Bulls — Medium and Large 4$ per cwt · actual wt
6	400–450	428	325.00–340.00	327.45
1	500–550	525	175.00	175.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	300–350	345	405.00	405.00
2	350–400	375	285.00–345.00	315.00
2	400–450	435	350.00–380.00	365.34
7	450–500	464	270.00–380.00	364.75
3	500–550	545	327.50	327.50
6	550–600	560	285.00–320.00	309.09
2	600–650	625	315.00	315.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	1,424	215.00–228.00	223.84
Heifers — Choice · Natural$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,270	210.00–216.00	211.90
Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
26	—	1,626	201.00–230.00	221.35
Steers — Choice · Natural$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,473	226.00–228.00	226.70
Steers — Select$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	1,428	185.00–210.00	203.40

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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