Name: Virginia Livestock, LLC livestock auction prices — 2019-07-09
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2019-07-09

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 127, Heifers 153, Bulls 78)

Value Added and Natural Cattle are Weaned and Vaccinated

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb heifers averaged $121.52/cwt on 150 head.

Average price

$121.52

150 head · 533 lb average

Value per head Derived

$647

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$521

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

$41.50/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+0.96

vs VA average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1-2	647	129.50	838	20
Medium and Large 1	539	124.63	672	82
Medium and Large 2	477	116.16	554	41
Medium and Large 3	464	94.67	439	6thin
Small 1	360	88.00	317	1thin

One grade step is worth $41.50/cwt here — about $521 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 0–100 lb. USDA reports each grade on its own line and never publishes the spread.

How it compared 0–100 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only

This sale150 hd

121.52

—

VA average7 barns · 1,315 hd

120.56

+0.96

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

55 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 1Natural	—	459	129.00/cwt	129.00–129.00	592	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Natural	—	605	126.00/cwt	126.00–126.00	762	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	548	123.75/cwt	123.75–123.75	678	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	574	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	718	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	453	121.00/cwt	121.00–121.00	548	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	433	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	541	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	670	113.50/cwt	113.50–113.50	760	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	364	130.50/cwt	130.50–130.50	475	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	793	99.00/cwt	99.00–99.00	785	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	740	93.00/cwt	93.00–93.00	688	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	640	100.00/cwt	100.00–100.00	640	1
Bulls	Small 1	—	800	77.00/cwt	77.00–77.00	616	1
Bulls	Small 1	—	430	101.00/cwt	101.00–101.00	434	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	515	90.00/cwt	90.00–90.00	464	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	300	85.00/cwt	85.00–85.00	255	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	449	119.00/cwt	119.00–119.00	534	11
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	357	128.00/cwt	128.00–128.00	457	9
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	548	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	603	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	785	77.00/cwt	77.00–77.00	604	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	570	107.00/cwt	107.00–107.00	610	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	205	114.00/cwt	114.00–114.00	234	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	552	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	718	21
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	460	129.50/cwt	129.50–129.50	596	14
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	634	113.00/cwt	113.00–113.00	716	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	733	83.00/cwt	83.00–83.00	608	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	510	86.00/cwt	86.00–86.00	439	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	330	86.00/cwt	86.00–86.00	284	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Natural	—	562	133.00/cwt	133.00–133.00	747	15
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Natural	—	647	129.50/cwt	129.50–129.50	838	20
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	560	79.00/cwt	79.00–79.00	442	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	285	113.00/cwt	113.00–113.00	322	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	368	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	442	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	633	104.48/cwt	101.00–107.00	661	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	513	116.00/cwt	116.00–116.00	595	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	469	123.00/cwt	123.00–123.00	577	15
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	378	100.00/cwt	100.00–100.00	378	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	425	93.00/cwt	93.00–93.00	395	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	588	91.00/cwt	91.00–91.00	535	2
Heifers	Small 1	—	360	88.00/cwt	88.00–88.00	317	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	1,145	91.00/cwt	91.00–91.00	1,042	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	475	149.00/cwt	149.00–149.00	708	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	933	111.00/cwt	111.00–111.00	1,036	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	1,193	105.00/cwt	105.00–105.00	1,253	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	375	142.00/cwt	142.00–142.00	533	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	543	149.69/cwt	148.00–150.00	813	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	643	123.84/cwt	118.00–125.00	796	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1Natural	—	468	141.00/cwt	141.00–141.00	660	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1Natural	—	667	149.38/cwt	136.00–151.00	996	25
Steers	Medium and Large 1Natural	—	573	153.01/cwt	152.50–155.50	877	40
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	696	139.00/cwt	139.00–139.00	967	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Natural	—	481	138.00/cwt	138.00–138.00	664	5
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	390	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	546	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	456	145.00/cwt	145.00–145.00	661	5
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	560	129.00/cwt	129.00–129.00	722	5
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	619	128.95/cwt	128.50–130.00	798	10

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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