USDA market reports from 20 Virginia auction
markets, most recently
Thursday, October 22, 2026. Every report in full — prices
by weight, grade, and class, with head counts and the reporter's comments.
What cattle are bringing in Virginia
Head-weighted average across 3,718 head at the
13 Virginia markets that sold
these classes by the hundredweight,
Sep 22, 2026 – Oct 22, 2026.
Virginia cattle classes by head count, head-weighted $/cwt
Class
$/cwt
Avg wt (lb)
≈ $/hd est.
Head
Markets
heavy 5-weight M&L 1 steers
$396.96
565
$2,243
917
11
heavy 5-weight M&L 1 heifers
$332.36
563
$1,871
742
13
heavy 4-weight M&L 1 heifers
$358.21
477
$1,709
637
12
light 6-weight M&L 1 steers
$356.10
636
$2,265
534
12
light 6-weight M&L 1 heifers
$312.50
635
$1,984
466
12
heavy 6-weight M&L 1 steers
$354.61
663
$2,351
422
11
Head-weighted average of per-hundredweight lots only — per-head classes such
as bred cows and cow-calf pairs are excluded, never converted. The ≈ $/hd
column is an estimate: that row's average price × its average weight ÷ 100.
Cattle Market