Virginia Weekly Cattle Auction Summary

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Counts as USDA filed them

Virginia reported 130 priced lines covering 2,130 head across feeder cattle, slaughter cattle. USDA puts feeder cattle receipts at 1,987 head. slaughter cattle receipts at 115 head.

Mon May 18, 2026

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 1,987Last week 4,789Year ago 2,800

Slaughter CattleReceipts 115Last week 60Year ago 71

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 722, Dairy Steers 8, Heifers 791, Bulls 466)

State Graded Slaughter Cattle (Steers 53, Heifers 62)

Value Added and Natural cattle are Weaned and Vaccinated.

Compared to last week: Feeder cattle mostly 2.00 to 20.00 lower.

Report includes sales from Blackstone, Lynchburg, Radiant, Staunton and Winchester.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	250–300	280	545.00	545.00
7	300–350	339	485.00–519.00	513.19
47	350–400	367	501.00–523.00	506.26
26	400–450	431	420.00–503.00	452.11
75	450–500	461	400.00–475.50	463.99
65	500–550	540	350.00–422.00	405.34
1	550–600	565	370.00	370.00
10	600–650	644	345.50	345.50
15	650–700	653	367.00	367.00
14	700–750	726	270.00–315.00	299.21
1	800–850	825	325.00	325.00
2	850–900	860	300.00	300.00
2	900–950	915	305.00	305.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	250–300	283	540.00	540.00
6	300–350	346	500.00	500.00
13	350–400	376	425.00–512.50	488.36
12	400–450	424	375.00–480.00	465.23
87	450–500	464	420.00–469.00	452.05
126	500–550	541	365.00–420.00	399.53
60	600–650	637	325.00–357.50	345.97
6	650–700	684	315.00–350.00	340.86
10	700–750	735	280.00–340.00	325.08
3	750–800	750	296.00	296.00
6	800–850	832	325.00	325.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Natural$ per cwt · actual wt
10	850–900	877	320.00	320.00
Heifers — Small 1$ per cwt · actual wt
4	350–400	373	425.00	425.00
6	400–450	448	420.00	420.00
2	450–500	468	360.00	360.00
10	500–550	538	320.00–362.50	353.89
2	550–600	565	300.00–355.00	327.26
4	650–700	662	250.00–280.00	272.52
1	700–750	705	280.00	280.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	200–250	240	435.00	435.00
1	300–350	320	400.00	400.00
32	350–400	359	280.00–490.00	478.79
8	400–450	414	300.00–407.00	377.30
48	450–500	452	400.00–446.00	445.05
9	500–550	543	350.00–360.00	352.23
18	550–600	574	347.50–376.00	366.38
4	600–650	645	302.00–335.00	310.13
9	650–700	659	320.00–340.00	324.52
1	700–750	700	275.00	275.00
5	750–800	769	250.00–285.00	278.08
Heifers — Medium and Large 2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
5	450–500	487	410.00	410.00
14	600–650	646	378.50	378.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
5	600–650	600	372.50	372.50
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	300–350	325	570.00	570.00
24	350–400	372	440.00–580.00	538.99
6	400–450	429	515.00	515.00
49	450–500	457	420.00–505.00	500.27
46	500–550	537	400.00–451.00	448.61
16	550–600	563	480.00	480.00
7	600–650	633	380.00–390.00	388.60
14	650–700	653	395.00–455.00	446.34
5	700–750	736	397.00	397.00
2	800–850	805	330.00–335.00	332.52
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
9	250–300	266	655.00	655.00
3	300–350	343	605.00	605.00
16	350–400	371	515.00–525.00	518.75
8	400–450	432	470.00–535.00	518.69
91	450–500	464	430.00–490.00	488.77
28	500–550	549	481.00	481.00
129	550–600	550	430.00–495.00	456.23
96	600–650	641	410.00–455.00	424.04
9	650–700	665	380.00–425.00	411.31
22	700–750	738	357.50–375.00	360.40
Steers — Small 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	350–400	350	450.00	450.00
1	400–450	440	437.50	437.50
1	450–500	455	450.00	450.00
4	550–600	563	370.00	370.00
2	650–700	667	354.00	354.00
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
10	350–400	358	502.50–560.00	508.12
3	400–450	448	425.00	425.00
15	450–500	453	430.00–470.00	464.71
16	500–550	533	425.00–445.00	431.16
5	600–650	627	350.00–380.00	374.11
1	700–750	735	327.00	327.00
1	750–800	790	332.50	332.50
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
9	400–450	434	542.50	542.50
7	450–500	476	525.00	525.00
3	500–550	533	490.00	490.00
14	550–600	598	477.50	477.50
13	850–900	876	350.00	350.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
5	450–500	462	526.00	526.00
6	700–750	701	407.50	407.50
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
6	400–450	424	520.00	520.00
13	700–750	702	414.00	414.00
17	800–850	828	350.00	350.00
Dairy Steers — Small and Medium 3$ per cwt · actual wt
8	650–700	665	250.00	250.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
5	350–400	364	480.00	480.00
3	400–450	422	465.00	465.00
2	450–500	468	400.00	400.00
14	550–600	553	392.50–420.00	412.14
4	600–650	649	340.00	340.00
1	650–700	665	280.00	280.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	300–350	322	510.00–625.00	573.60
16	350–400	370	500.00–575.00	549.08
42	400–450	423	430.00–520.00	482.47
21	450–500	485	435.00–500.00	478.94
24	500–550	504	415.00–460.00	439.61
68	550–600	563	260.00–445.00	412.81
28	600–650	633	329.00–388.00	382.10
4	650–700	659	367.00–380.00	370.31
11	700–750	736	330.00–360.00	346.78
1	800–850	815	325.00	325.00
1	850–900	890	345.00	345.00
Bulls — Small 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	350–400	350	457.50	457.50
8	400–450	418	400.00–430.00	426.01
8	450–500	492	350.00–392.50	371.51
1	600–650	600	330.00	330.00
1	650–700	650	280.00	280.00
1	700–750	715	307.00	307.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	200–250	245	620.00	620.00
38	300–350	341	230.00–600.00	548.34
9	350–400	378	475.00–555.00	546.65
45	400–450	421	440.00–485.00	480.53
34	450–500	485	360.00–462.50	442.63
39	500–550	543	310.00–432.50	421.10
8	550–600	553	410.00	410.00
18	600–650	630	340.00–390.00	376.26
5	650–700	670	235.00–342.00	289.51
7	700–750	737	310.00–320.00	312.82
1	750–800	765	205.00	205.00
1	850–900	860	310.00	310.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Prime$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,534	260.50	260.50
Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
49	—	1,562	240.50–260.50	252.85
Steers — Select$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,365	210.00–241.00	225.62
Heifers — Select$ per cwt · actual wt
12	—	1,220	211.00–247.50	235.11
Heifers — Prime$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,462	255.00	255.00
Heifers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
48	—	1,389	246.00–262.00	252.33

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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