Virginia Weekly Cattle Auction Summary

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Counts as USDA filed them

Virginia reported 130 priced lines covering 1,729 head across feeder cattle, slaughter cattle. USDA puts feeder cattle receipts at 1,734 head. slaughter cattle receipts at 51 head.

Mon Aug 24, 2026

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 1,734Last week 2,034Year ago 2,560

Slaughter CattleReceipts 51Last week 0Year ago 0

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 513, Heifers 734, Bulls 487)

State Graded Slaughter Cattle (Steers 39, Heifers 12)

Value Added cattle are Weaned and Vaccinated. Natural cattle are Weaned, some Vaccinated.

Compared to last week: Feeder cattle mostly 1.00 to 17.00 lower.

Report includes sales from Blackstone, Front Royal, Lynchburg, Radiant, 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
1	250–300	295	500.00	500.00
6	350–400	382	405.00–470.00	439.17
1	400–450	415	460.00	460.00
31	450–500	460	357.00–432.50	395.04
13	500–550	539	315.00–340.00	318.71
66	550–600	559	385.00–452.50	401.60
15	600–650	637	330.00–366.00	355.26
49	650–700	655	265.00–375.00	357.11
28	700–750	737	315.00–345.00	327.46
3	750–800	758	342.00	342.00
6	800–850	840	272.00–310.00	291.17
2	850–900	863	287.50	287.50
1	900–950	910	292.50	292.50
6	950–1000	965	200.00–246.00	238.09
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
3	300–350	348	445.00	445.00
1	350–400	350	325.00	325.00
10	400–450	434	335.00–431.00	413.14
3	450–500	487	335.00–360.00	344.81
5	500–550	548	369.00	369.00
6	550–600	555	275.00–344.00	303.63
3	600–650	607	325.00	325.00
5	650–700	663	280.00–331.00	310.60
3	700–750	735	275.00–316.00	302.42
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
12	350–400	361	357.50–485.00	426.32
2	400–450	428	445.00	445.00
42	450–500	454	365.00–439.00	423.50
30	500–550	542	310.00–385.00	381.57
9	550–600	568	332.50–360.00	350.67
19	600–650	639	340.00–350.00	344.19
1	650–700	660	330.00	330.00
3	700–750	748	315.00	315.00
4	750–800	750	312.50	312.50
Steers — Small 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	350–400	360	400.00	400.00
8	400–450	438	342.50–380.00	365.55
8	500–550	539	342.50–372.50	357.40
8	600–650	628	315.00–332.00	321.97
3	700–750	730	300.00	300.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Natural$ per cwt · actual wt
15	500–550	546	385.00	385.00
7	600–650	638	360.00	360.00
9	700–750	703	325.00	325.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
8	400–450	420	467.50	467.50
16	750–800	773	320.00	320.00
2	850–900	873	280.00	280.00
8	900–950	903	262.50	262.50
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
9	500–550	533	455.00	455.00
4	550–600	550	435.00	435.00
Steers — Medium and Large 3 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
4	450–500	469	350.00	350.00
4	600–650	645	302.50	302.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Natural$ per cwt · actual wt
11	650–700	686	295.00	295.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
2	500–550	548	325.00	325.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	250–300	275	345.00	345.00
9	300–350	320	340.00–380.00	375.21
39	350–400	361	350.00–392.50	373.39
32	400–450	432	335.00–377.50	355.70
41	450–500	464	335.00–365.00	358.23
25	500–550	536	320.00–350.00	336.41
53	550–600	554	332.00–354.00	353.59
47	600–650	641	285.00–321.00	311.34
1	650–700	685	255.00	255.00
1	700–750	700	282.00	282.00
9	750–800	760	190.00–295.00	282.87
1	850–900	865	235.00	235.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
13	450–500	483	360.00–390.00	368.87
11	550–600	570	345.00	345.00
3	850–900	880	240.00	240.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 3 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
7	450–500	491	305.00	305.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	300–350	310	350.00	350.00
11	350–400	356	335.00–365.00	360.26
3	400–450	440	320.00–330.00	323.29
28	450–500	455	340.00–355.00	348.24
24	500–550	541	310.00–344.00	340.43
1	550–600	585	295.00	295.00
6	600–650	632	287.00–305.00	301.98
2	650–700	650	285.00	285.00
4	700–750	733	260.00–285.00	272.46
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	250–300	275	350.00	350.00
2	300–350	335	390.00	390.00
21	350–400	367	345.00–390.00	372.19
44	400–450	440	346.00–367.50	355.97
36	450–500	461	332.50–370.00	351.67
47	500–550	544	320.00–359.00	357.27
68	550–600	559	310.00–370.00	342.01
55	600–650	638	295.00–319.00	314.28
16	650–700	660	270.00–315.00	306.42
8	700–750	729	270.00–300.00	290.72
2	750–800	763	275.00	275.00
1	950–1000	995	260.00	260.00
Heifers — Small 1$ per cwt · actual wt
5	350–400	378	337.50–350.00	340.08
6	400–450	429	322.00	322.00
3	450–500	467	230.00–330.00	296.43
2	500–550	538	305.00	305.00
7	550–600	554	257.50–325.00	296.28
3	600–650	625	207.50–270.00	229.53
1	750–800	795	250.00	250.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	400–450	444	400.00	400.00
Dairy Steers — Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	650–700	685	200.00	200.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
22	300–350	333	375.00–462.50	453.40
7	350–400	375	430.00–460.00	455.49
38	400–450	429	350.00–442.50	406.00
51	450–500	487	336.00–375.00	360.43
23	500–550	537	335.00–380.00	371.74
29	550–600	569	320.00–343.00	335.18
19	600–650	629	290.00–341.00	328.21
1	700–750	720	215.00	215.00
1	750–800	780	235.00	235.00
1	850–900	890	195.00	195.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
4	450–500	467	330.00–355.00	346.18
6	500–550	535	277.50–320.00	291.53
1	600–650	640	270.00	270.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
6	400–450	417	457.50	457.50
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	250–300	290	480.00	480.00
11	300–350	335	370.00–447.50	431.76
10	350–400	372	310.00–490.00	437.90
38	400–450	420	325.00–450.00	406.83
34	450–500	480	376.00–407.50	388.12
42	500–550	517	347.00–450.00	398.79
30	550–600	567	320.00–375.00	336.31
32	600–650	635	341.00–400.00	371.12
3	650–700	668	325.00	325.00
7	750–800	767	250.00–287.00	281.83
2	800–850	843	200.00	200.00
1	900–950	930	200.00	200.00
Bulls — Small 1$ per cwt · actual wt
5	300–350	337	387.50	387.50
9	400–450	416	373.00	373.00
12	450–500	486	330.00–350.00	332.31
3	550–600	563	305.00–315.00	311.54
Bulls — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
3	550–600	555	345.00	345.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	550–600	555	335.00	335.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
39	—	1,592	205.00–223.00	216.78
Heifers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
12	—	1,403	213.00–222.00	218.85

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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