Virginia Weekly Cattle Auction Summary

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Counts as USDA filed them

Virginia reported 138 priced lines covering 1,781 head across feeder cattle, slaughter cattle. USDA puts feeder cattle receipts at 1,796 head. slaughter cattle receipts at 39 head.

Mon May 25, 2026

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 1,796Last week 1,987Year ago 2,126

Slaughter CattleReceipts 39Last week 115Year ago 0

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 678, Heifers 767, Bulls 351)

State Graded Slaughter Cattle (Steers 19, Heifers 19, Dairy Heifers 1)

Value Added and most Natural cattle are Weaned and Vaccinated

Compared to last week: In a light test, mostly steady to 16.00 lower

Report includes: Blackstone, Front Royal, Lynchburg, Marshall, 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
5	350–400	374	475.00–575.00	523.72
18	400–450	433	491.00–552.50	516.87
33	450–500	466	465.00–500.00	481.85
27	500–550	541	468.00–475.00	472.12
133	550–600	558	415.00–470.00	447.55
83	600–650	636	397.00–420.00	408.12
5	650–700	668	365.00–425.00	401.69
19	700–750	729	353.00–385.00	359.28
1	800–850	805	332.50	332.50
1	900–950	925	320.00	320.00
2	1050–1100	1,065	250.00	250.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
6	300–350	337	460.00–595.00	533.66
27	350–400	369	492.50–530.00	498.19
21	400–450	436	365.00–532.50	491.47
61	450–500	459	440.00–510.00	491.67
57	500–550	540	420.00–465.00	452.62
15	550–600	556	300.00–452.00	441.58
20	600–650	632	395.00–425.00	404.35
2	650–700	668	355.00–360.00	357.53
4	700–750	730	340.00–373.00	360.32
2	750–800	795	335.00	335.00
1	850–900	860	330.00	330.00
1	900–950	930	305.00	305.00
Steers — Small 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	300–350	310	470.00	470.00
1	350–400	399	345.00	345.00
2	500–550	513	350.00–435.00	392.29
1	650–700	675	386.00	386.00
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
5	300–350	324	517.50	517.50
8	350–400	367	300.00–505.00	467.72
9	400–450	441	355.00–505.00	468.62
12	450–500	453	450.00–475.00	472.75
13	500–550	532	405.00–430.00	423.83
2	550–600	593	400.00	400.00
6	600–650	630	255.00–386.00	357.31
1	650–700	690	295.00	295.00
2	700–750	725	330.00–358.00	344.39
Steers — Medium and Large 2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
2	450–500	465	495.00	495.00
1	500–550	509	400.00	400.00
4	550–600	579	467.50	467.50
5	600–650	623	421.00	421.00
1	650–700	656	390.00	390.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
6	550–600	573	455.00	455.00
11	600–650	612	410.00–446.00	439.15
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Natural$ per cwt · actual wt
9	550–600	582	465.00	465.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Natural$ per cwt · actual wt
11	400–450	425	542.50	542.50
Steers — Medium and Large 2 · Natural$ per cwt · actual wt
2	250–300	268	545.00	545.00
8	350–400	366	540.00–550.00	547.55
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
1	650–700	652	345.00	345.00
Heifers — Small 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
1	200–250	237	375.00	375.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2 · Natural$ per cwt · actual wt
11	400–450	424	533.00	533.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Natural$ per cwt · actual wt
5	400–450	402	515.00	515.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Natural$ per cwt · actual wt
3	450–500	495	415.00	415.00
1	500–550	510	430.00	430.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	250–300	298	450.00	450.00
4	300–350	320	495.00–505.00	497.69
31	350–400	363	405.00–500.00	477.12
45	400–450	438	395.00–465.00	461.02
70	450–500	458	385.00–450.00	428.66
74	500–550	533	345.00–400.00	385.78
2	550–600	551	370.00	370.00
20	600–650	629	320.00–355.00	337.84
2	650–700	670	305.00–332.50	318.75
9	700–750	733	285.00–315.00	298.20
1	750–800	755	300.00	300.00
2	800–850	848	300.00	300.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	250–300	251	350.00	350.00
11	300–350	335	467.50	467.50
25	350–400	373	425.00–510.00	472.32
36	400–450	444	382.50–450.00	426.65
8	450–500	459	325.00–427.50	391.40
13	500–550	539	200.00–360.00	345.53
22	550–600	564	312.00–350.00	340.90
15	600–650	631	240.00–340.00	311.72
2	650–700	680	200.00–315.00	257.08
2	750–800	768	285.00–300.00	292.62
2	850–900	876	225.00	225.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 3 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
7	450–500	468	445.00	445.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
7	550–600	563	390.00	390.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
10	700–750	746	327.50	327.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
11	400–450	409	495.00	495.00
8	450–500	484	460.00	460.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	250–300	270	465.00	465.00
2	300–350	340	505.00	505.00
13	350–400	377	430.00–505.00	484.65
14	400–450	437	445.00–465.00	457.47
73	450–500	463	410.00–460.00	443.43
88	500–550	544	350.00–398.00	382.17
26	550–600	553	340.00–377.50	374.20
34	600–650	628	315.00–352.50	330.01
2	650–700	683	315.00–330.00	322.37
13	700–750	726	295.00–350.00	327.21
4	750–800	785	325.00	325.00
1	1050–1100	1,066	210.00	210.00
Heifers — Small 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	350–400	387	395.00–420.00	403.41
5	400–450	431	350.00–362.00	357.46
2	450–500	470	385.00	385.00
1	500–550	500	350.00	350.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	200–250	232	555.00	555.00
3	250–300	283	440.00	440.00
11	300–350	344	501.00–585.00	523.13
17	350–400	365	465.00–555.00	509.49
53	400–450	420	447.50–510.00	475.12
29	450–500	491	375.00–480.00	427.73
3	500–550	540	390.00	390.00
18	550–600	566	350.00–410.00	392.47
8	600–650	625	337.50–394.00	380.72
2	650–700	660	367.00	367.00
3	700–750	725	312.00–330.00	324.13
1	750–800	780	250.00	250.00
2	800–850	828	282.50	282.50
Bulls — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	350–400	355	465.00	465.00
3	400–450	430	495.00	495.00
1	450–500	470	405.00	405.00
6	550–600	563	357.50	357.50
1	600–650	615	335.00	335.00
4	700–750	733	125.00	125.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	250–300	285	460.00–585.00	521.40
3	300–350	322	625.00	625.00
3	350–400	373	477.50–497.50	489.13
19	400–450	430	442.50–520.00	468.09
28	450–500	488	410.00–490.00	434.37
28	500–550	515	428.00–462.50	437.62
41	550–600	564	377.00–410.00	396.85
26	600–650	632	330.00–385.00	367.00
1	650–700	660	385.00	385.00
3	700–750	723	290.00–345.00	308.00
2	800–850	830	280.00–330.00	305.15
1	850–900	890	260.00	260.00
Bulls — Small 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	300–350	340	472.50	472.50
1	400–450	415	440.00	440.00
3	450–500	462	385.00–400.00	394.86

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Dairy Heifers — Standard$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,255	141.00	141.00
Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
13	—	1,638	245.00–263.00	255.27
Steers — Select$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,378	225.00–244.00	234.34
Steers — Prime$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,857	245.00–255.00	251.16
Heifers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
12	—	1,508	225.00–260.00	251.50
Heifers — Standard$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,258	181.00–190.00	185.10
Heifers — Select$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,440	208.00–235.00	220.39

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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