Virginia Weekly Cattle Auction Summary

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Counts as USDA filed them

Virginia reported 133 priced lines covering 1,773 head across feeder cattle, slaughter cattle. USDA puts feeder cattle receipts at 1,738 head. slaughter cattle receipts at 62 head.

Mon Dec 15, 2025

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 1,738Last week 1,903Year ago 2,222

Slaughter CattleReceipts 62Last week 0Year ago 62

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 549, Heifers 774, Bulls 415)

State Graded Slaughter Cattle (Steers 22, Heifers 40)

Value Added and Natural cattle are Weaned and Vaccinated

Compared to last week: Feeder cattle uneven, with steers trending mostly 9.00 to 31.00 lower and heifers 6.00 to 28.00 higher

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

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	300–350	336	410.00–470.00	443.93
13	350–400	376	455.00–485.00	472.57
10	400–450	425	425.00–468.00	454.87
33	450–500	467	410.00–457.50	448.22
28	500–550	542	374.00–413.00	399.09
23	550–600	557	335.00–391.00	376.52
14	600–650	624	340.00–377.50	362.49
21	650–700	653	348.00	348.00
3	700–750	732	305.00–345.00	332.25
4	750–800	771	270.00–320.00	299.95
Steers — Medium and Large 2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
4	450–500	450	460.00	460.00
6	500–550	545	427.50	427.50
6	600–650	610	350.00–372.50	364.80
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
5	600–650	648	375.00	375.00
36	650–700	667	365.00–375.00	369.02
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Natural$ per cwt · actual wt
6	450–500	460	420.00	420.00
20	500–550	511	433.00	433.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Natural$ per cwt · actual wt
17	600–650	633	380.00	380.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
13	550–600	584	345.00–400.00	374.22
3	650–700	673	374.00	374.00
4	750–800	771	350.00	350.00
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	300–350	345	425.00	425.00
2	350–400	370	430.00	430.00
2	400–450	425	425.00–455.00	440.18
10	450–500	455	370.00–396.00	393.17
5	500–550	529	220.00–340.00	316.08
3	550–600	552	365.00	365.00
2	600–650	623	335.00	335.00
2	650–700	660	311.00	311.00
Steers — Small 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	350–400	355	360.00	360.00
4	400–450	420	325.00	325.00
3	500–550	542	267.50–310.00	281.49
5	650–700	652	280.00	280.00
1	800–850	835	265.00	265.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
4	350–400	370	405.00–480.00	432.58
7	400–450	434	475.00–476.00	475.57
37	450–500	474	420.00–465.00	444.86
19	500–550	538	347.50–447.50	397.07
77	550–600	559	380.00–423.00	396.23
39	600–650	643	311.00–378.00	361.85
20	650–700	669	300.00–366.00	354.22
22	700–750	738	323.00–341.00	326.75
2	750–800	765	316.50–345.00	330.75
3	800–850	811	285.00–343.00	323.70
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
14	300–350	334	335.00–415.00	375.71
58	350–400	372	339.00–429.00	406.88
31	400–450	427	320.00–409.00	383.68
84	450–500	464	350.00–377.50	372.33
79	500–550	540	316.00–352.50	345.56
6	550–600	574	320.00–352.50	346.98
34	600–650	626	301.00–330.00	323.88
8	650–700	669	280.00–317.00	300.62
14	700–750	734	235.00–300.00	271.94
1	750–800	755	292.50	292.50
2	800–850	812	260.00	260.00
1	1050–1100	1,085	175.00	175.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	450–500	488	365.00	365.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
4	700–750	725	260.00	260.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Natural$ per cwt · actual wt
4	1050–1100	1,070	218.00	218.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
9	300–350	343	360.00–390.00	373.34
16	350–400	357	376.00–377.50	376.47
9	400–450	427	230.00–380.00	351.47
23	450–500	451	356.00–390.00	362.98
10	500–550	542	295.00–315.00	300.90
20	550–600	554	320.00–350.00	324.50
8	600–650	640	270.00–317.00	277.45
1	650–700	650	310.00	310.00
2	700–750	743	247.00–260.00	253.48
Heifers — Small 1$ per cwt · actual wt
6	350–400	355	305.00–324.00	308.30
16	400–450	436	267.00–311.00	304.45
6	500–550	528	237.00–310.00	261.30
2	600–650	610	210.00–235.00	222.30
3	650–700	678	237.50	237.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	250–300	275	357.50	357.50
5	300–350	348	402.50	402.50
14	350–400	368	340.00–401.00	382.35
24	400–450	425	307.00–405.00	370.16
66	450–500	466	330.00–381.00	361.95
21	500–550	537	285.00–353.00	340.18
70	550–600	559	295.00–348.00	340.17
47	600–650	639	280.00–330.00	313.39
16	700–750	730	220.00–325.00	295.22
9	750–800	765	280.00	280.00
1	800–850	830	275.00	275.00
4	850–900	862	250.00–285.00	267.57
3	900–950	905	247.50	247.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
6	700–750	708	318.00	318.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
20	300–350	337	350.00–482.00	459.13
14	350–400	366	325.00–480.00	435.06
27	400–450	424	415.00–460.00	433.73
40	450–500	485	385.00–432.50	392.27
16	500–550	524	350.00–400.00	366.67
26	550–600	568	303.00–361.00	354.68
18	600–650	616	311.00–357.50	334.16
4	650–700	650	327.50	327.50
2	700–750	723	277.50–317.50	297.43
1	800–850	815	240.00	240.00
1	950–1000	950	185.00	185.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	300–350	305	415.00	415.00
1	400–450	400	410.00	410.00
2	450–500	455	410.00–417.50	413.75
1	500–550	525	352.50	352.50
1	650–700	655	315.00	315.00
1	750–800	770	250.00	250.00
Bulls — Small 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	350–400	365	340.00	340.00
5	400–450	426	341.00	341.00
2	450–500	490	316.00	316.00
9	550–600	564	280.00–325.00	318.30
1	600–650	645	330.00	330.00
1	650–700	655	227.00	227.00
2	750–800	768	300.00	300.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
3	600–650	625	340.00	340.00
9	700–750	740	317.00	317.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	250–300	260	490.00	490.00
4	300–350	331	380.00–465.00	423.91
20	350–400	360	405.00–480.00	463.29
28	400–450	422	300.00–455.00	425.32
36	450–500	486	380.00–437.50	399.22
6	500–550	529	350.00–365.00	360.90
48	550–600	560	347.50–377.50	363.06
19	600–650	632	300.00–341.00	322.23
14	650–700	658	285.00–330.00	310.90
12	700–750	734	237.00–318.00	297.44
3	750–800	755	265.00–282.50	276.63
1	800–850	810	230.00	230.00
1	850–900	880	215.00	215.00
1	1050–1100	1,050	200.00	200.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Standard$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,290	178.00	178.00
Heifers — Select$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	1,351	191.00–217.00	208.25
Heifers — Prime$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,493	195.00	195.00
Heifers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
28	—	1,557	215.00–231.00	220.90
Steers — Select$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,393	205.00	205.00
Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
20	—	1,571	204.00–233.00	222.62

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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