Name: Virginia Livestock, LLC livestock auction prices — 2026-05-07
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2026-05-07

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 360, Heifers 153, Bulls 65)

Value Added and Natural cattle are Weaned and Vaccinated

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $509.08/cwt on 126 head, up $54.16 from the prior sale. That ranks 8 of 8 comparable sales and sits +42.52 against this barn's trailing median of $466.56.

Average price

$509.08

▲ 54.16 vs prior sale

126 head · 528 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,690

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$321

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

$25.49/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+42.36

vs VA average

+21.53 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 2	551	526.67	2,901	12thin
Medium and Large 1	535	512.13	2,740	63
Medium and Large 1-2	515	501.18	2,580	51

One grade step is worth $25.49/cwt here — about $321 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 300–400 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 sale126 hd

509.08

—

VA average9 barns · 677 hd

466.72

+42.36

National average180 barns · 14,267 hd

487.55

+21.53

This barn, trailing median8 sales

466.56

+42.52

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

81 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	300–350	324	565.00/cwt	565.00–565.00	1,831	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1Natural	600–650	608	472.00/cwt	472.00–472.00	2,870	21
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Natural	550–600	568	365.00/cwt	365.00–365.00	2,073	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	650–700	675	345.00/cwt	345.00–345.00	2,329	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	646	415.00/cwt	415.00–415.00	2,681	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	750–800	788	270.00/cwt	270.00–270.00	2,128	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	459	441.64/cwt	330.00–450.00	2,027	31
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	560	352.58/cwt	330.00–355.00	1,974	21
Steers	Medium and Large 1Natural	500–550	516	560.00/cwt	560.00–560.00	2,890	33
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	700–750	701	330.00/cwt	330.00–330.00	2,313	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	665	325.00/cwt	325.00–325.00	2,161	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	358	510.00/cwt	510.00–510.00	1,826	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	700–750	704	375.00/cwt	375.00–375.00	2,640	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	600–650	625	420.00/cwt	420.00–420.00	2,625	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	300–350	345	575.00/cwt	575.00–575.00	1,984	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	467	502.44/cwt	445.00–520.00	2,346	26
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	860	270.00/cwt	270.00–270.00	2,322	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	800–850	825	255.00/cwt	255.00–255.00	2,104	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	450–500	487	464.82/cwt	425.00–495.00	2,264	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	500–550	536	435.00/cwt	435.00–435.00	2,332	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Natural	500–550	512	510.00/cwt	510.00–510.00	2,611	45
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	415	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	1,328	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	557	463.24/cwt	440.00–465.00	2,580	29
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	600–650	648	435.00/cwt	435.00–435.00	2,819	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	300–350	339	490.00/cwt	490.00–490.00	1,661	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	423	360.17/cwt	285.00–400.00	1,524	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 2Value Added	650–700	658	345.00/cwt	345.00–345.00	2,270	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	550–600	586	365.00/cwt	365.00–365.00	2,139	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	950–1000	965	230.00/cwt	230.00–230.00	2,220	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	525	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	1,838	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	362	503.57/cwt	375.00–530.00	1,823	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	650–700	657	330.00/cwt	330.00–330.00	2,168	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	250–300	253	500.00/cwt	500.00–500.00	1,265	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Natural	400–450	423	578.90/cwt	557.50–605.00	2,449	34
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Natural	750–800	751	390.00/cwt	390.00–390.00	2,929	22
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Natural	600–650	619	480.00/cwt	480.00–480.00	2,971	22
Steers	Medium and Large 2Natural	400–450	449	560.00/cwt	560.00–560.00	2,514	10
Steers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	480	420.00/cwt	420.00–420.00	2,016	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	400–450	423	395.00/cwt	395.00–395.00	1,671	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	600–650	640	315.00/cwt	315.00–315.00	2,016	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	550–600	554	409.46/cwt	380.00–415.00	2,268	13
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	450–500	454	454.31/cwt	375.00–465.00	2,063	17
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	350–400	384	502.25/cwt	350.00–555.00	1,929	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	600–650	648	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	2,268	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	800–850	800	335.00/cwt	335.00–335.00	2,680	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	345	375.00/cwt	375.00–375.00	1,294	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	400–450	425	314.94/cwt	310.00–320.00	1,338	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	300–350	325	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	975	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	500–550	525	315.00/cwt	315.00–315.00	1,654	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	250–300	255	200.00/cwt	200.00–200.00	510	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	350–400	375	330.00/cwt	330.00–330.00	1,238	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	700–750	705	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	1,058	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	450–500	490	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	1,568	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	200–250	237	355.00/cwt	355.00–355.00	841	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	600–650	640	255.00/cwt	255.00–255.00	1,632	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2Natural	350–400	373	555.00/cwt	555.00–555.00	2,070	4
Steers	Medium and Large 2Natural	550–600	551	541.00/cwt	541.00–541.00	2,981	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	465	310.00/cwt	310.00–310.00	1,442	1
Steers	Medium and Large 3	350–400	360	420.00/cwt	420.00–420.00	1,512	2
Steers	Medium and Large 3	250–300	285	450.00/cwt	450.00–450.00	1,283	1
Steers	Medium and Large 3	700–750	725	275.00/cwt	275.00–275.00	1,994	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	750–800	750	310.00/cwt	310.00–310.00	2,325	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	442	444.01/cwt	370.00–455.00	1,963	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	543	331.66/cwt	315.00–335.00	1,801	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	750–800	750	315.00/cwt	315.00–315.00	2,363	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	450–500	470	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	1,504	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	350–400	365	248.63/cwt	200.00–300.00	907	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2Value Added	400–450	424	470.00/cwt	470.00–470.00	1,993	21
Heifers	Medium and Large 2Value Added	500–550	528	330.00/cwt	330.00–330.00	1,742	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	350–400	368	465.00/cwt	465.00–465.00	1,711	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2Natural	850–900	883	315.00/cwt	315.00–315.00	2,781	5
Steers	Medium and Large 2Natural	700–750	729	370.00/cwt	370.00–370.00	2,697	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	500–550	513	330.00/cwt	330.00–330.00	1,693	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	450–500	495	325.00/cwt	325.00–325.00	1,609	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	700–750	730	220.00/cwt	220.00–220.00	1,606	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	700–750	745	305.00/cwt	305.00–305.00	2,272	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	850–900	865	205.00/cwt	205.00–205.00	1,773	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	550	455.00/cwt	455.00–455.00	2,503	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2Value Added	400–450	436	553.00/cwt	550.00–554.00	2,411	19
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	250–300	264	500.00/cwt	500.00–500.00	1,320	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	550–600	557	380.00/cwt	380.00–380.00	2,117	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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