Name: Appalachian Regional Stockyard - Wytheville livestock auction prices — 2026-08-13
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2026-08-13

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Feeder Cattle (Steers 971, Heifers 1146)

All cattle Weaned and Vaccinated.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb heifers averaged $384.35/cwt on 221 head, down $74.32 from the prior sale. That ranks 2 of 2 comparable sales and sits −37.16 against this barn's trailing median of $421.51.

Average price

$384.35

▼ 74.32 vs prior sale

221 head · 545 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,094

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$216

per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 2-3

$46.08/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+6.19

vs VA average

+17.70 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	537	388.94	2,090	35
Medium and Large 1-2	546	385.07	2,103	179
Medium and Large 2-3	547	342.86	1,874	7thin

One grade step is worth $46.08/cwt here — about $216 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 700–800 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 sale221 hd

384.35

—

VA average9 barns · 472 hd

378.16

+6.19

National average163 barns · 7,070 hd

366.65

+17.70

This barn, trailing median2 sales

421.51

−37.16

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

63 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 3	350–400	358	367.50/cwt	367.50–367.50	1,316	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	673	332.57/cwt	327.50–340.50	2,238	45
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	383	417.50/cwt	417.50–417.50	1,599	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	570	380.00/cwt	380.00–380.00	2,166	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	522	389.97/cwt	370.00–415.00	2,036	74
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	858	298.00/cwt	298.00–298.00	2,557	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	677	342.51/cwt	322.00–347.00	2,319	175
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	600–650	620	317.50/cwt	317.50–317.50	1,969	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	700–750	742	257.00/cwt	257.00–257.00	1,907	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	451	407.50/cwt	407.50–407.50	1,838	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	428	430.00/cwt	430.00–430.00	1,840	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	613	347.57/cwt	337.50–357.00	2,131	80
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	771	321.14/cwt	314.50–324.50	2,476	303
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	475	420.00/cwt	420.00–420.00	1,995	30
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	433	420.51/cwt	410.00–427.50	1,821	25
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	711	320.49/cwt	318.00–323.00	2,279	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	800–850	803	311.71/cwt	300.00–315.00	2,503	78
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	563	381.62/cwt	344.50–389.50	2,149	105
Steers	Medium 1-2Fleshy	600–650	618	349.00/cwt	349.00–349.00	2,157	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy	800–850	806	315.00/cwt	315.00–315.00	2,539	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	950–1000	965	477.50/cwt	477.50–477.50	4,608	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	650–700	673	308.00/cwt	308.00–308.00	2,073	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	550–600	558	325.00/cwt	325.00–325.00	1,814	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	835	299.00/cwt	299.00–299.00	2,497	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	532	426.21/cwt	400.00–450.00	2,267	46
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	800–850	809	336.03/cwt	327.00–338.00	2,718	45
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	610	410.05/cwt	380.00–422.00	2,501	136
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	718	324.65/cwt	316.00–327.00	2,331	99
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	600–650	608	317.50/cwt	317.50–317.50	1,930	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	500–550	518	387.50/cwt	387.50–387.50	2,007	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	869	325.00/cwt	325.00–325.00	2,824	4
Steers	Medium and Large 2	600–650	648	340.00/cwt	340.00–340.00	2,203	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	832	330.63/cwt	328.00–339.00	2,751	20
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy	650–700	673	321.00/cwt	321.00–321.00	2,160	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	650–700	698	332.50/cwt	332.50–332.50	2,321	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy	700–750	728	323.00/cwt	323.00–323.00	2,351	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	850–900	899	308.00/cwt	308.00–308.00	2,769	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	766	336.52/cwt	336.00–337.00	2,578	25
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	900–950	901	301.00/cwt	301.00–301.00	2,712	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	574	408.98/cwt	375.00–430.00	2,348	40
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	579	407.64/cwt	376.00–432.50	2,360	64
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	488	467.39/cwt	461.00–472.50	2,281	66
Steers	Medium and Large 3	750–800	785	310.00/cwt	310.00–310.00	2,434	4
Steers	Medium and Large 3	650–700	688	315.00/cwt	315.00–315.00	2,167	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	422	481.17/cwt	477.00–505.00	2,031	28
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	736	358.11/cwt	334.00–364.50	2,636	64
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	680	359.00/cwt	348.00–375.00	2,441	45
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	645	368.31/cwt	365.00–375.00	2,376	15
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	900–950	918	272.50/cwt	272.50–272.50	2,502	4
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	500–550	530	387.50/cwt	387.50–387.50	2,054	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	376	510.00/cwt	510.00–510.00	1,918	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	763	330.71/cwt	330.00–331.00	2,523	7
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	650–700	652	315.00/cwt	315.00–315.00	2,054	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1	1000–1050	1,004	281.00/cwt	281.00–281.00	2,821	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	719	365.55/cwt	344.00–371.00	2,628	125
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	690	361.47/cwt	329.00–372.00	2,494	71
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	485	476.81/cwt	465.00–479.00	2,313	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	525	395.88/cwt	395.00–396.00	2,078	26
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	631	338.94/cwt	320.00–350.00	2,139	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	772	324.50/cwt	324.50–324.50	2,505	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	650–700	696	317.00/cwt	317.00–317.00	2,206	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	750–800	793	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	2,379	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	550–600	585	330.00/cwt	330.00–330.00	1,931	2

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

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Feeder Cattle (Steers 971, Heifers 1146)

All cattle Weaned and Vaccinated.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
3	350–400	358	367.50	367.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
8	400–450	428	430.00	430.00
5	450–500	451	407.50	407.50
26	500–550	525	395.00–396.00	395.88
7	550–600	570	380.00	380.00
13	600–650	631	320.00–350.00	338.94
45	650–700	673	327.50–340.50	332.57
8	700–750	711	318.00–323.00	320.49
5	750–800	772	324.50	324.50
2	800–850	835	299.00	299.00
10	850–900	858	298.00	298.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	350–400	383	417.50	417.50
2	600–650	620	317.50	317.50
5	650–700	673	308.00	308.00
9	700–750	742	257.00	257.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
25	400–450	433	410.00–427.50	420.51
30	450–500	475	420.00	420.00
74	500–550	522	370.00–415.00	389.97
105	550–600	563	344.50–389.50	381.62
80	600–650	613	337.50–357.00	347.57
175	650–700	677	322.00–347.00	342.51
99	700–750	718	316.00–327.00	324.65
303	750–800	771	314.50–324.50	321.14
78	800–850	803	300.00–315.00	311.71
Heifers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	500–550	518	387.50	387.50
5	550–600	558	325.00	325.00
2	600–650	608	317.50	317.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
2	550–600	585	330.00	330.00
4	650–700	696	317.00	317.00
2	750–800	793	300.00	300.00
Steers — Medium 1-2 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
3	600–650	618	349.00	349.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
2	650–700	673	321.00	321.00
3	700–750	728	323.00	323.00
5	800–850	806	315.00	315.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
28	400–450	422	477.00–505.00	481.17
66	450–500	488	461.00–472.50	467.39
46	500–550	532	400.00–450.00	426.21
64	550–600	579	376.00–432.50	407.64
136	600–650	610	380.00–422.00	410.05
71	650–700	690	329.00–372.00	361.47
125	700–750	719	344.00–371.00	365.55
7	750–800	763	330.00–331.00	330.71
45	800–850	809	327.00–338.00	336.03
8	900–950	901	301.00	301.00
2	950–1000	965	477.50	477.50
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
13	450–500	485	465.00–479.00	476.81
40	550–600	574	375.00–430.00	408.98
15	600–650	645	365.00–375.00	368.31
45	650–700	680	348.00–375.00	359.00
64	700–750	736	334.00–364.50	358.11
25	750–800	766	336.00–337.00	336.52
20	800–850	832	328.00–339.00	330.63
4	850–900	869	325.00	325.00
4	1000–1050	1,004	281.00	281.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	350–400	376	510.00	510.00
9	600–650	648	340.00	340.00
5	850–900	899	308.00	308.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
3	650–700	698	332.50	332.50
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	650–700	688	315.00	315.00
4	750–800	785	310.00	310.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
3	500–550	530	387.50	387.50
7	650–700	652	315.00	315.00
4	900–950	918	272.50	272.50

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.

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