Virginia Weekly Cattle Auction Summary

The state in one line

Counts as USDA filed them

Virginia reported 137 priced lines covering 1,995 head across feeder cattle. USDA puts receipts at 2,034 head.

Mon Aug 17, 2026

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

Receipts 2,034Last week 4,287Year ago 2,637

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 623, Heifers 915, Bulls 496)

Value Added and Natural cattle are Weaned and Vaccinated.

Compared to last week: Feeder cattle sharply lower.

Report includes sales from Blackstone, Front Royal, Lynchburg, Radiant, Shenandoah Valley, Springlake and Winchester.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	250–300	284	400.00–490.00	459.86
9	300–350	328	370.00–480.00	420.66
19	350–400	369	370.00–480.00	447.63
31	400–450	432	370.00–440.00	407.00
61	450–500	486	270.00–410.00	382.31
17	500–550	531	350.00–375.00	373.23
46	550–600	571	327.50–392.50	365.19
13	600–650	626	310.00–359.00	351.74
19	650–700	658	315.00–340.00	326.33
9	700–750	728	250.00–300.00	294.58
1	800–850	820	350.00	350.00
1	850–900	870	235.00	235.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
6	350–400	368	365.00	365.00
3	400–450	439	280.00–290.00	283.19
1	450–500	495	305.00	305.00
8	500–550	534	305.00–332.50	322.13
2	600–650	610	190.00	190.00
1	700–750	710	175.00	175.00
3	750–800	778	185.00	185.00
Bulls — Small 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	400–450	440	327.00–370.00	348.26
4	450–500	483	338.00–340.00	338.48
3	500–550	543	332.00	332.00
8	550–600	564	235.00–330.00	295.13
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
7	250–300	284	310.00–470.00	422.08
28	300–350	340	420.00–490.00	442.91
14	350–400	375	310.00–462.50	418.64
41	400–450	420	360.00–435.00	413.68
31	450–500	484	340.00–400.00	371.03
19	500–550	537	290.00–370.00	339.28
34	550–600	569	250.00–392.50	369.97
5	600–650	628	245.00–340.00	315.35
13	650–700	660	310.00–322.50	319.56
6	750–800	768	312.50	312.50
5	800–850	847	247.50	247.50
1	850–900	855	145.00	145.00
1	950–1000	990	170.00	170.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
13	350–400	368	400.00–470.00	444.93
8	400–450	433	415.00–445.00	426.52
47	450–500	465	250.00–430.00	411.90
33	500–550	532	280.00–405.00	397.07
6	550–600	567	375.00–400.00	384.74
19	600–650	627	250.00–355.00	340.72
3	650–700	665	180.00–330.00	281.10
8	700–750	729	320.00–345.00	333.57
3	800–850	810	240.00–305.00	282.80
1	850–900	875	265.00	265.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
11	300–350	342	340.00–425.00	417.44
4	350–400	375	437.50	437.50
13	400–450	428	435.00–465.00	456.54
54	450–500	469	350.00–429.00	406.26
21	500–550	538	377.00–470.00	430.00
72	550–600	559	345.00–395.00	380.17
59	600–650	639	338.00–360.00	348.21
22	650–700	665	355.00–387.50	374.68
26	700–750	734	315.00–352.00	330.84
4	750–800	772	220.00–330.00	279.09
1	800–850	805	290.00	290.00
2	900–950	925	210.00–265.00	237.20
4	950–1000	969	165.00–205.00	180.17
2	1050–1100	1,068	195.00	195.00
1	1150–1200	1,170	175.00	175.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	750–800	780	230.00	230.00
Steers — Small 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	400–450	435	365.00	365.00
3	450–500	475	377.50	377.50
1	500–550	535	340.00	340.00
2	600–650	607	330.00	330.00
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
6	350–400	363	330.00–430.00	412.07
10	400–450	434	325.00–422.00	396.18
1	450–500	455	300.00	300.00
9	500–550	528	255.00–399.00	377.10
1	550–600	550	250.00	250.00
2	600–650	627	344.00	344.00
1	650–700	690	320.00	320.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
2	450–500	492	437.50	437.50
22	550–600	563	400.00–495.00	463.38
17	600–650	621	392.50–405.00	398.91
19	700–750	741	340.00	340.00
17	750–800	751	327.50–344.00	342.05
4	800–850	806	308.00	308.00
11	850–900	865	245.00–291.00	282.45
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
17	700–750	716	347.00	347.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2 · Natural$ per cwt · actual wt
3	600–650	633	361.00	361.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
5	850–900	884	290.00	290.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2-3 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
5	650–700	668	287.50	287.50
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Natural$ per cwt · actual wt
14	700–750	711	354.00	354.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
10	500–550	516	388.00	388.00
13	600–650	611	360.00–364.00	362.18
2	700–750	712	290.00	290.00
9	750–800	758	305.00	305.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2 · Natural$ per cwt · actual wt
3	650–700	678	290.00	290.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Natural$ per cwt · actual wt
3	550–600	563	340.00	340.00
17	650–700	674	295.00–325.00	310.06
Heifers — Medium and Large 2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
5	450–500	476	340.00	340.00
11	600–650	630	299.00–320.00	310.21
Heifers — Small 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
9	600–650	638	305.00	305.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
27	350–400	356	305.00–385.00	371.98
38	400–450	446	315.00–380.00	366.98
11	450–500	472	315.00–347.50	333.25
5	500–550	518	210.00	210.00
4	550–600	567	317.50–330.00	320.69
6	600–650	619	306.00–315.00	310.87
1	700–750	720	220.00	220.00
1	800–850	825	275.00	275.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Natural$ per cwt · actual wt
38	550–600	576	350.00–365.00	361.96
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	300–350	340	330.00–375.00	359.79
14	350–400	378	360.00–412.50	388.84
31	400–450	432	300.00–405.00	361.34
71	450–500	471	330.00–380.00	361.81
22	500–550	541	330.00–355.00	337.98
93	550–600	559	270.00–405.00	356.01
64	600–650	631	290.00–358.00	324.49
15	650–700	666	285.00–339.00	321.06
12	700–750	736	295.00–310.00	308.76
4	750–800	774	200.00	200.00
1	800–850	815	200.00	200.00
1	1050–1100	1,075	220.00	220.00
Heifers — Small 1$ per cwt · actual wt
5	350–400	375	337.50–361.00	342.14
5	400–450	426	317.50	317.50
14	450–500	474	275.00–335.00	330.88
12	500–550	539	305.00–325.00	320.40
3	600–650	615	292.50–295.00	293.34
2	700–750	730	255.00–272.50	263.57
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
10	600–650	643	327.50	327.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
8	250–300	276	340.00–395.00	377.58
17	300–350	343	360.00–397.50	375.89
44	350–400	367	255.00–395.00	373.39
11	400–450	433	295.00–400.00	376.07
86	450–500	460	300.00–384.00	370.45
80	500–550	541	315.00–370.00	352.96
13	550–600	555	280.00–372.00	339.80
14	600–650	621	200.00–357.50	314.37
17	650–700	655	200.00–317.50	289.72
8	700–750	727	270.00–305.00	279.33
7	750–800	756	230.00–313.00	277.35
1	850–900	850	220.00	220.00
3	900–950	937	180.00	180.00
4	1100–1150	1,118	192.50	192.50

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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