Name: Wythe County Livestock Exchange livestock auction prices — 2026-04-09
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2026-04-09

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Feeder Cattle (Steers 796, Heifers 481)

All cattle Weaned and Vaccinated.

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $502.27/cwt on 250 head. That ranks 2 of 2 comparable sales and sits +44.54 against this barn's trailing median of $457.72.

Average price

$502.27

250 head · 559 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,809

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

−$66

per head · Small and Medium 1-2 over Medium and Large 1-2

$5.59/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+10.97

vs VA average

+11.44 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Small and Medium 1-2	540	507.50	2,741	2thin
Medium and Large 2-3	564	507.16	2,860	15thin
Medium and Large 1-2	559	501.91	2,806	233

One grade step is worth $5.59/cwt here — about −$66 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 400–500 lb. USDA reports each grade on its own line and never publishes the spread.

How it compared 500–600 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only

This sale250 hd

502.27

—

VA average8 barns · 485 hd

491.30

+10.97

National average167 barns · 10,529 hd

490.83

+11.44

This barn, trailing median2 sales

457.72

+44.54

A barn can sit above the state average at one weight and below it at another — check the class you actually sell.

Every lot, as filed

35 lots · USDA AMS · Appalachian Regional Stockyard, LLC. Graded Feeder Cattle Sale - Wytheville, VA

Nothing removed and nothing rounded — the same lots as the USDA report, with per-head values added.

Class	Grade / description	Weight	Avg wt	Price	Range	Per head	Head
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed	550–600	588	419.00/cwt	419.00–419.00	2,464	26
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed	500–550	506	500.00/cwt	500.00–500.00	2,530	34
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed	400–450	435	525.50/cwt	517.00–534.00	2,286	37
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3Thin Fleshed	300–350	303	551.00/cwt	551.00–551.00	1,670	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 3Thin Fleshed	400–450	403	510.00/cwt	510.00–510.00	2,055	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 3Thin Fleshed	350–400	372	507.50/cwt	507.50–507.50	1,888	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	700–750	720	398.70/cwt	346.00–430.00	2,871	132
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	600–650	622	462.71/cwt	426.00–480.00	2,878	120
Steers	Small and Medium 1-2Value Added	500–550	540	507.50/cwt	507.50–507.50	2,741	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	400–450	443	600.00/cwt	600.00–600.00	2,658	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3Value Added	450–500	457	475.00/cwt	475.00–475.00	2,171	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3Value Added	600–650	633	375.00/cwt	375.00–375.00	2,374	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3Value Added	550–600	564	507.16/cwt	470.00–517.00	2,860	15
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	550–600	582	478.23/cwt	457.00–510.00	2,783	149
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	500–550	516	549.22/cwt	533.00–559.00	2,834	78
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3Thin Fleshed	350–400	382	607.37/cwt	601.00–617.50	2,320	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	350–400	395	564.00/cwt	564.00–564.00	2,228	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed	350–400	368	642.00/cwt	642.00–642.00	2,363	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	450–500	475	546.00/cwt	546.00–546.00	2,594	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	650–700	680	428.16/cwt	417.00–439.00	2,911	123
Steers	Small and Medium 1-2Value Added	450–500	484	502.50/cwt	502.50–502.50	2,432	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	650–700	676	391.84/cwt	383.00–397.00	2,649	79
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	750–800	763	380.85/cwt	356.00–390.50	2,906	45
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy	500–550	534	506.00/cwt	506.00–506.00	2,702	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy	600–650	641	399.10/cwt	386.00–412.00	2,558	16
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy	550–600	583	412.50/cwt	412.50–412.50	2,405	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed	450–500	481	550.83/cwt	549.00–553.00	2,649	21
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	800–850	811	319.96/cwt	316.00–328.00	2,595	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	800–850	824	342.25/cwt	300.00–349.00	2,820	40
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	750–800	754	339.85/cwt	321.00–345.00	2,562	19
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	500–550	523	473.82/cwt	457.00–501.00	2,478	47
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	600–650	613	427.34/cwt	394.00–440.00	2,620	78
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	350–400	390	400.00/cwt	400.00–400.00	1,560	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	550–600	565	446.04/cwt	419.00–453.00	2,520	86
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	450–500	471	495.93/cwt	480.00–502.50	2,336	24

How this sale compares

Virginia weighted averages

One sale is one barn on one day. The state ladder is every Virginia auction USDA reported that week, weighted by head — the fairer test of whether a lot sold well.

Virginia feeder prices, every weight →Every state and region →

Appalachian Regional Stockyard, LLC. Graded Feeder Cattle Sale - Wytheville, VA

Thu Apr 9, 2026

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

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Feeder Cattle (Steers 796, Heifers 481)

All cattle Weaned and Vaccinated.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
37	400–450	435	517.00–534.00	525.50
34	500–550	506	500.00	500.00
26	550–600	588	419.00	419.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2-3 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
4	300–350	303	551.00	551.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 3 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
3	350–400	372	507.50	507.50
2	400–450	403	510.00	510.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
3	350–400	390	400.00	400.00
24	450–500	471	480.00–502.50	495.93
47	500–550	523	457.00–501.00	473.82
86	550–600	565	419.00–453.00	446.04
78	600–650	613	394.00–440.00	427.34
79	650–700	676	383.00–397.00	391.84
19	750–800	754	321.00–345.00	339.85
12	800–850	811	316.00–328.00	319.96
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
5	350–400	395	564.00	564.00
2	400–450	443	600.00	600.00
8	450–500	475	546.00	546.00
78	500–550	516	533.00–559.00	549.22
149	550–600	582	457.00–510.00	478.23
120	600–650	622	426.00–480.00	462.71
123	650–700	680	417.00–439.00	428.16
132	700–750	720	346.00–430.00	398.70
45	750–800	763	356.00–390.50	380.85
40	800–850	824	300.00–349.00	342.25
Steers — Small and Medium 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
5	450–500	484	502.50	502.50
2	500–550	540	507.50	507.50
Steers — Medium and Large 2-3 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
3	450–500	457	475.00	475.00
15	550–600	564	470.00–517.00	507.16
3	600–650	633	375.00	375.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2-3 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
8	350–400	382	601.00–617.50	607.37
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
2	350–400	368	642.00	642.00
21	450–500	481	549.00–553.00	550.83
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
4	500–550	534	506.00	506.00
2	550–600	583	412.50	412.50
16	600–650	641	386.00–412.00	399.10

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.

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