Virginia cattle prices

Week of Nov 2–6, 2026, Medium and Large 1 feeder steers averaging 500–600 lb, priced per cwt. Across 8 Virginia auctions and 326 head, the head-weighted average was $399.83/cwt (lot range $355.00–$439.50). That ranked 12th of 21 states in our cattle prices by state snapshot.

More than half the Virginia head in this band sold at one board sale in Abingdon, in two equal 84-head lots. The other barns were smaller graded feeder sales.

By weight band (same week, same grade)

Weight	Head	Avg $/cwt
400–499 lb	85	$415.26
500–600 lb	326	$399.83
601–700 lb	287	$352.85

Lighter calves bring more per cwt and less per head. Compare inside one band.

Biggest Virginia barns this week (500–600 lb steers)

Auction	Head	Avg $/cwt
Tri-State Feeder Cattle Board Sale, Abingdon	168	$414.00
Farmers Livestock Exchange Graded Feeder Cattle Sale, Winchester	58	$410.08
Lynchburg Graded Feeder Cattle Sale, Rustburg	42	$377.38
Roanoke-Hollins Graded Feeder Cattle Sale, Roanoke	33	$355.27

Worked example from a real sale

From Tri-State Feeder Cattle Board Sale (Abingdon, VA) on 2026-11-03, one lot in our API:

{ "auction_name": "Tri-State Feeder Cattle Board Sale",
  "state": "VA", "report_date": "2026-11-03",
  "category": "FEEDER CATTLE", "class_name": "STEERS",
  "grade": "Medium and Large 1", "head_count": 84,
  "weight_avg": 515, "price_avg": 439.5,
  "unit": "Per Cwt / Actual Wt", "comments": "" }

Reading it: 84 steers, about 515 lb average, at $439.50 per cwt. That is about $2,300 a head (515 ÷ 100 × 439.50), or roughly $190,100 for the lot. Source: USDA AMS; we are not affiliated with USDA.

Pull Virginia lots as JSON

curl -s -H "X-API-Key: kl_free_demo_2026" \
  "https://api.kossinlabs.com/v1/prices?state=VA&class=STEERS&category=FEEDER%20CATTLE&limit=50"

Free demo key (no sign-up): kl_free_demo_2026. Docs: api.kossinlabs.com. Product page: cattle auction prices API. Starter is $29/mo for higher limits — subscribe. 30-day money-back guarantee.

This page is a dated snapshot from USDA AMS Livestock, Poultry & Grain Market News auction reports (public); the API has current lots. Other states: cattle prices by state. For weight bands, see feeder cattle prices. For the cwt math, see cattle price per cwt.