Virginia Weekly Cattle Auction Summary

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Counts as USDA filed them

Virginia reported 124 priced lines covering 2,070 head across feeder cattle, slaughter cattle. USDA puts feeder cattle receipts at 2,142 head. slaughter cattle receipts at 42 head.

Mon Feb 23, 2026

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 2,142Last week 2,589Year ago 3,713

Slaughter CattleReceipts 42Last week 22Year ago 0

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 696, Heifers 900, Bulls 546)

State Graded Slaughter Cattle (Steers 24, Heifers 18)

Value Added and Natural cattle are Weaned and Vaccinated.

Compared to last week: Feeder cattle sharply higher.

Report includes sales from Blackstone, Front Royal, Lynchburg, Radiant, Roanoke-Hollins, Springlake and Winchester.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
4	300–350	319	630.00	630.00
12	350–400	358	510.00–592.50	578.15
39	400–450	443	447.50–575.00	534.14
28	450–500	454	475.00–539.00	521.28
31	500–550	546	476.00–495.00	476.68
49	550–600	556	407.50–493.00	477.09
84	600–650	640	397.50–446.00	422.71
43	650–700	655	385.00–440.00	430.97
35	700–750	744	351.00–404.00	356.95
23	750–800	763	385.00	385.00
2	850–900	878	320.00	320.00
1	900–950	930	325.00	325.00
1	950–1000	975	285.00	285.00
2	1050–1100	1,068	255.00–280.00	267.65
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
5	300–350	335	471.00–505.00	498.40
1	350–400	395	485.00	485.00
10	450–500	465	450.00–490.00	458.00
11	500–550	525	392.00–455.00	397.83
11	600–650	631	345.00–385.00	366.88
2	750–800	755	300.00	300.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	300–350	328	580.00	580.00
14	350–400	361	525.00–610.00	597.95
4	400–450	430	520.00–540.00	535.17
38	450–500	458	497.00–535.00	512.88
13	500–550	545	479.00	479.00
32	550–600	552	425.00–465.00	454.39
14	600–650	625	410.00–432.50	423.74
21	650–700	654	360.00	360.00
9	700–750	724	354.00–375.00	365.00
1	950–1000	985	250.00	250.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Natural$ per cwt · actual wt
5	650–700	651	445.00	445.00
2	750–800	768	375.00	375.00
Steers — Small 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	450–500	463	420.00–425.00	423.36
7	550–600	567	380.00–450.00	419.06
5	600–650	644	340.00	340.00
1	650–700	675	365.00	365.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
5	500–550	503	535.00	535.00
28	700–750	715	413.00	413.00
17	750–800	771	390.00	390.00
8	800–850	813	358.00	358.00
11	850–900	897	346.00	346.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
16	550–600	598	486.00	486.00
9	650–700	673	420.00–450.00	440.20
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Natural$ per cwt · actual wt
6	750–800	789	365.00	365.00
3	850–900	853	335.00	335.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
2	500–550	523	500.00	500.00
Heifers — Small 1$ per cwt · actual wt
5	350–400	368	451.00	451.00
5	400–450	434	350.00–410.00	391.43
5	500–550	523	380.00–412.50	392.73
4	600–650	640	275.00–276.00	275.75
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	250–300	285	500.00	500.00
7	300–350	331	425.00–535.00	518.64
36	350–400	370	455.00–542.50	501.98
36	400–450	444	432.00–542.50	466.12
46	450–500	465	380.00–490.00	458.04
86	500–550	541	400.00–445.00	413.05
33	550–600	564	335.00–451.00	441.10
41	600–650	635	280.00–436.00	422.83
52	650–700	656	340.00–388.00	367.69
29	700–750	731	280.00–375.00	332.87
3	800–850	817	290.00–305.00	300.01
1	1150–1200	1,175	270.00	270.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
39	550–600	573	430.00	430.00
20	600–650	644	412.50	412.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
5	650–700	672	400.00	400.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Natural$ per cwt · actual wt
20	650–700	658	400.00	400.00
3	700–750	703	390.00	390.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Natural$ per cwt · actual wt
6	550–600	555	425.00	425.00
5	650–700	677	365.00	365.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
3	300–350	332	375.00–475.00	418.77
17	350–400	357	460.00–500.00	462.34
18	400–450	439	400.00–475.00	463.51
19	450–500	451	385.00–450.00	440.63
34	500–550	536	338.00–385.00	368.06
1	550–600	575	340.00	340.00
4	600–650	614	267.50–352.50	309.41
1	700–750	725	300.00	300.00
1	750–800	795	262.50	262.50
3	900–950	903	285.00	285.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
34	300–350	344	425.00–545.00	505.35
22	350–400	373	375.00–540.00	516.25
51	400–450	438	437.00–535.00	481.21
43	450–500	463	385.00–494.00	459.50
76	500–550	539	384.00–431.00	412.63
6	550–600	563	373.00–430.00	420.13
18	600–650	630	330.00–377.50	359.96
17	650–700	659	325.00–335.00	326.78
8	700–750	723	317.00–333.00	326.97
1	750–800	765	255.00	255.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
15	650–700	657	415.00	415.00
12	750–800	776	365.00	365.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
6	250–300	272	640.00	640.00
23	300–350	341	535.00–595.00	587.48
1	350–400	380	610.00	610.00
57	400–450	420	440.00–540.00	494.50
34	450–500	483	455.00–517.50	476.31
41	500–550	510	395.00–505.00	461.55
60	550–600	568	380.00–440.00	403.99
14	600–650	631	355.00–407.50	371.43
22	650–700	662	345.00–417.00	358.47
1	900–950	900	285.00	285.00
1	1050–1100	1,075	260.00	260.00
Bulls — Small 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	300–350	335	512.50	512.50
1	350–400	370	450.00	450.00
10	400–450	418	462.00–470.00	466.71
3	450–500	488	380.00	380.00
2	500–550	518	435.00–455.00	444.66
1	650–700	660	305.00	305.00
1	700–750	730	330.00	330.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
8	400–450	431	395.00–448.00	441.85
1	450–500	495	460.00	460.00
2	500–550	530	360.00–395.00	377.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
27	300–350	332	570.00–587.50	581.71
21	350–400	363	460.00–610.00	580.08
41	400–450	414	465.00–540.00	512.18
36	450–500	481	410.00–510.00	461.68
6	500–550	507	400.00–485.00	444.77
25	550–600	564	348.00–410.00	399.66
12	600–650	638	340.00–375.00	347.64
2	650–700	668	320.00–350.00	334.94
1	800–850	820	270.00	270.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	600–650	648	387.50	387.50

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
24	—	1,633	224.00–254.00	244.80
Heifers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
18	—	1,517	238.00–255.00	247.15

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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