Sale reports / Virginia / Virginia Livestock, LLC / 2022-10-06

Virginia Livestock, LLC

Slaughter Cattle · Front Royal, Virginia · Thu, Oct 6
● Final8 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2171
Receipts
94 head
▲ 63 vs last sale 31▲ 34 vs year ago 60 · +56.7%
Also sold hereGraded Feeder Cattle SaleThu Oct 1, 2026
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

State Graded Slaughter Cattle (Steers 39, Holstein Steers 3, Heifers 22, Holstein Heifers 30)

Slaughter cattle

By class and quality grade · $/cwt
Cull cows and bulls are graded, not weight-classed — grade is what moves the money here.
ClassGradeDressingAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Dairy HeifersChoiceAverage1,436115.781,66330
Dairy SteersChoiceAverage1,475112.001,6523thin
HeifersChoiceAverage1,354144.001,95020
HeifersSelectAverage1,323125.641,6622thin
SteersChoiceAverage1,598143.062,28738
SteersSelectAverage1,360132.501,8021thin

Every lot, as filed

8 lots · USDA AMS · Virginia Livestock LLC Graded Slaughter Cattle Sale - Front Royal, VA
Nothing removed and nothing rounded — the same lots as the USDA report, with per-head values added.
ClassGrade / descriptionWeightAvg wtPriceRangePer headHead
Dairy SteersChoice—1,475112.00/cwt112.00–112.001,6523
Dairy HeifersChoice—1,436115.78/cwt110.50–118.501,66330
SteersChoiceNatural—1,618145.28/cwt144.00–146.002,3514
SteersSelect—1,360132.50/cwt132.50–132.501,8021
SteersChoice—1,596142.80/cwt100.00–152.002,27934
HeifersChoiceNatural—1,175139.00/cwt137.00–141.001,6332
HeifersSelect—1,323125.64/cwt119.00–133.001,6622
HeifersChoice—1,374144.55/cwt136.00–151.001,98618

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.