Name: Virginia Livestock, LLC livestock auction prices — 2026-01-15
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2026-01-15

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 226, Dairy Steers 4, Heifers 66, Bulls 22)

Natural cattle are Weaned and Vaccinated

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $429.51/cwt on 53 head. That ranks 2 of 8 comparable sales and sits −37.05 against this barn's trailing median of $466.56.

Average price

$429.51

53 head · 549 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,358

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$62

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

$21.76/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+4.38

vs VA average

−42.47 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1-2	543	436.76	2,370	34
Medium and Large 2	563	417.42	2,351	12thin
Medium and Large 1	556	415.00	2,307	7thin

One grade step is worth $21.76/cwt here — about $62 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.

This barn's trailing prices 500–600 lb

8 sales

Steers 500–600 lb: high $509.08, low $427.25, median $466.56 across 8 sales. Sales under 10 head in this class are excluded, so a thin day cannot swing the median or the ranking.

How it compared 500–600 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only

This sale53 hd

429.51

—

VA average8 barns · 371 hd

425.13

+4.38

National average187 barns · 29,067 hd

471.98

−42.47

This barn, trailing median8 sales

466.56

−37.05

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

56 lots · USDA AMS · Virginia Livestock LLC Graded Feeder Cattle Sale - Front Royal, 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
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Natural	550–600	568	400.00/cwt	400.00–400.00	2,272	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Natural	700–750	706	355.00/cwt	355.00–355.00	2,506	4
Steers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	545	400.00/cwt	400.00–400.00	2,180	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	375	375.00/cwt	375.00–375.00	1,406	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	468	446.65/cwt	410.00–455.00	2,090	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	446	390.00/cwt	390.00–390.00	1,739	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	750–800	768	265.00/cwt	265.00–265.00	2,035	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	375	340.00/cwt	340.00–340.00	1,275	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	300–350	330	420.00/cwt	420.00–420.00	1,386	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	300–350	315	440.00/cwt	440.00–440.00	1,386	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	900–950	930	324.95/cwt	320.00–330.00	3,022	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	477	330.00/cwt	330.00–330.00	1,574	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	900–950	945	240.00/cwt	240.00–240.00	2,268	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	565	419.00/cwt	419.00–419.00	2,367	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	300–350	315	275.00/cwt	275.00–275.00	866	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	300–350	335	440.00/cwt	440.00–440.00	1,474	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	547	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	1,915	11
Steers	Medium and Large 2	1100–1150	1,135	290.00/cwt	290.00–290.00	3,292	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	800–850	805	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	2,576	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	650–700	693	290.00/cwt	290.00–290.00	2,010	2
Steers	Medium and Large 3	350–400	365	440.00/cwt	440.00–440.00	1,606	1
Steers	Medium and Large 3	400–450	448	380.00/cwt	380.00–380.00	1,702	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1Natural	950–1000	998	331.00/cwt	331.00–331.00	3,303	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	645	335.00/cwt	335.00–335.00	2,161	10
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	450–500	484	395.00/cwt	395.00–395.00	1,912	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	350–400	377	430.00/cwt	430.00–430.00	1,621	3
Dairy Steers	Large 3	600–650	622	260.00/cwt	260.00–260.00	1,617	3
Dairy Steers	Large 3	550–600	590	230.00/cwt	230.00–230.00	1,357	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Natural	500–550	536	446.29/cwt	380.00–467.50	2,392	27
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	550–600	558	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	1,786	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	400–450	415	440.00/cwt	440.00–440.00	1,826	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	650–700	685	265.00/cwt	265.00–265.00	1,815	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	479	376.40/cwt	305.00–390.00	1,803	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	561	340.00/cwt	340.00–340.00	1,907	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1Natural	600–650	633	405.00/cwt	405.00–405.00	2,564	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	700–750	715	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	2,288	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Natural	600–650	629	389.50/cwt	335.00–420.00	2,450	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Natural	450–500	458	512.50/cwt	512.50–512.50	2,347	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	510	340.00/cwt	340.00–340.00	1,734	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	1000–1050	1,045	270.00/cwt	270.00–270.00	2,822	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	660	330.00/cwt	330.00–330.00	2,178	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	720	330.00/cwt	330.00–330.00	2,376	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1Natural	650–700	667	412.01/cwt	410.00–412.50	2,748	45
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	550–600	571	355.00/cwt	355.00–355.00	2,027	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	840	340.00/cwt	340.00–340.00	2,856	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	644	385.00/cwt	385.00–385.00	2,479	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	751	335.00/cwt	335.00–335.00	2,516	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	556	415.00/cwt	415.00–415.00	2,307	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	600–650	623	345.00/cwt	345.00–345.00	2,149	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	1050–1100	1,085	285.00/cwt	285.00–285.00	3,092	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1Natural	850–900	854	352.50/cwt	352.50–352.50	3,010	20
Steers	Medium and Large 1Natural	700–750	733	387.82/cwt	362.50–394.00	2,843	30
Steers	Medium and Large 1	1150–1200	1,185	285.00/cwt	285.00–285.00	3,377	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	478	460.00/cwt	460.00–460.00	2,199	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	735	278.75/cwt	257.50–300.00	2,049	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	333	425.00/cwt	425.00–425.00	1,415	3

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.

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