Name: Virginia Livestock, LLC livestock auction prices — 2026-03-19
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2026-03-19

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 173, Heifers 185, Bulls 113)

Value Added and Natural cattle are Weaned and Vaccinated

Weight class

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb heifers averaged $374.46/cwt on 55 head, down $45.11 from the prior sale. That ranks 6 of 10 comparable sales and sits +7.43 against this barn's trailing median of $367.03.

Average price

$374.46

▼ 45.11 vs prior sale

55 head · 553 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,071

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$595

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

$121.52/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−4.26

vs VA average

−41.66 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1-2	552	411.56	2,272	29
Medium and Large 1	546	345.00	1,884	6thin
Medium and Large 2	554	333.89	1,850	18thin
Medium and Large 3	578	290.04	1,676	2thin

One grade step is worth $121.52/cwt here — about $595 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

10 sales

Heifers 500–600 lb: high $429.16, low $317.32, median $367.03 across 10 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 sale55 hd

374.46

—

VA average8 barns · 410 hd

378.72

−4.26

National average164 barns · 8,069 hd

416.12

−41.66

This barn, trailing median10 sales

367.03

+7.43

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

80 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
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	459	430.00/cwt	430.00–430.00	1,974	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	374	450.00/cwt	450.00–450.00	1,683	17
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	300–350	306	520.00/cwt	520.00–520.00	1,591	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	150–200	193	525.00/cwt	525.00–525.00	1,013	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	500–550	543	595.00/cwt	595.00–595.00	3,231	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Natural	450–500	498	415.00/cwt	415.00–415.00	2,067	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	357	530.00/cwt	530.00–530.00	1,892	13
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	420	530.00/cwt	530.00–530.00	2,226	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	250–300	275	510.00/cwt	510.00–510.00	1,403	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	600–650	632	349.00/cwt	349.00–349.00	2,206	19
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	750–800	769	312.50/cwt	312.50–312.50	2,403	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	546	345.00/cwt	345.00–345.00	1,884	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	453	522.50/cwt	522.50–522.50	2,367	13
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	551	430.00/cwt	430.00–430.00	2,369	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Natural	650–700	674	505.00/cwt	505.00–505.00	3,404	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Natural	750–800	766	367.22/cwt	365.00–370.00	2,813	20
Steers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	785	325.00/cwt	325.00–325.00	2,551	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	527	436.55/cwt	400.00–455.00	2,301	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	738	325.00/cwt	325.00–325.00	2,399	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	339	445.00/cwt	445.00–445.00	1,509	8
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	700–750	700	330.00/cwt	330.00–330.00	2,310	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	450–500	464	500.00/cwt	500.00–500.00	2,320	17
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	660	385.00/cwt	385.00–385.00	2,541	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	1000–1050	1,005	280.00/cwt	280.00–280.00	2,814	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	850–900	881	339.00/cwt	339.00–339.00	2,987	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1Natural	500–550	545	540.00/cwt	540.00–540.00	2,943	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	500–550	505	400.00/cwt	400.00–400.00	2,020	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	550–600	556	420.00/cwt	420.00–420.00	2,335	19
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	750–800	768	345.00/cwt	345.00–345.00	2,650	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	350–400	374	476.91/cwt	470.00–485.00	1,784	17
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	700–750	720	260.00/cwt	260.00–260.00	1,872	1
Steers	Medium and Large 3	550–600	560	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	1,960	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	950–1000	980	230.00/cwt	230.00–230.00	2,254	1
Steers	Medium and Large 3	500–550	530	310.00/cwt	310.00–310.00	1,643	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 4	400–450	425	260.00/cwt	260.00–260.00	1,105	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 4	300–350	328	370.00/cwt	370.00–370.00	1,214	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	400–450	445	395.00/cwt	395.00–395.00	1,758	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	650–700	685	260.00/cwt	260.00–260.00	1,781	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	600–650	632	362.00/cwt	362.00–362.00	2,288	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	600–650	645	310.00/cwt	310.00–310.00	2,000	1
Steers	Medium and Large 3	450–500	459	410.00/cwt	410.00–410.00	1,882	4
Steers	Medium and Large 3	300–350	334	532.00/cwt	450.00–560.00	1,777	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	350–400	359	435.00/cwt	435.00–435.00	1,562	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	550–600	578	290.04/cwt	280.00–300.00	1,676	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	433	395.09/cwt	390.00–400.00	1,711	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2Value Added	550–600	558	330.00/cwt	330.00–330.00	1,841	11
Steers	Medium and Large 3	650–700	675	365.00/cwt	365.00–365.00	2,464	1
Steers	Medium and Large 3	200–250	210	420.00/cwt	420.00–420.00	882	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2Value Added	400–450	438	425.00/cwt	425.00–425.00	1,862	10
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	500–550	530	355.00/cwt	355.00–355.00	1,882	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	463	516.02/cwt	465.00–525.00	2,389	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	900–950	930	240.00/cwt	240.00–240.00	2,232	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	400–450	446	525.00/cwt	525.00–525.00	2,342	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Natural	600–650	643	465.00/cwt	465.00–465.00	2,990	5
Steers	Medium and Large 2	950–1000	965	265.00/cwt	265.00–265.00	2,557	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2Value Added	450–500	495	515.00/cwt	515.00–515.00	2,549	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	350–400	373	425.00/cwt	425.00–425.00	1,585	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	600–650	605	515.00/cwt	515.00–515.00	3,116	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	250–300	259	552.72/cwt	545.00–560.00	1,432	8
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	350–400	372	485.00/cwt	485.00–485.00	1,804	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	650–700	685	265.00/cwt	265.00–265.00	1,815	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	200–250	242	485.79/cwt	485.00–490.00	1,176	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	550–600	552	411.56/cwt	410.00–412.50	2,272	29
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	650–700	668	395.00/cwt	395.00–395.00	2,639	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	650–700	695	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	2,433	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	300–350	349	557.50/cwt	557.50–557.50	1,946	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	544	340.00/cwt	340.00–340.00	1,850	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	300–350	300	440.00/cwt	440.00–440.00	1,320	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2Natural	400–450	412	420.00/cwt	420.00–420.00	1,730	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	550–600	558	410.00/cwt	410.00–410.00	2,288	9
Steers	Medium and Large 2	750–800	782	345.00/cwt	345.00–345.00	2,698	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	420	474.70/cwt	450.00–500.00	1,994	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	450–500	464	415.00/cwt	415.00–415.00	1,926	6
Steers	Medium and Large 2Value Added	600–650	643	450.00/cwt	450.00–450.00	2,894	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	350	460.00/cwt	460.00–460.00	1,610	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	531	430.74/cwt	385.00–445.00	2,287	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	570	340.00/cwt	340.00–340.00	1,938	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	458	430.00/cwt	430.00–430.00	1,969	10
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	400–450	411	440.00/cwt	440.00–440.00	1,808	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	250–300	282	535.00/cwt	535.00–535.00	1,509	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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