Name: Virginia Livestock, LLC livestock auction prices — 2019-08-20
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2019-08-20

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 168, Heifers 267, Bulls 32)

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 $126.50/cwt on 267 head.

Average price

$126.50

267 head · 550 lb average

Value per head Derived

$695

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$391

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

$47.82/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+7.22

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	577	131.82	760	177
Medium and Large 1	498	118.09	588	60
Medium and Large 2	495	112.93	559	29
Small 1	440	84.00	370	1thin

One grade step is worth $47.82/cwt here — about $391 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 sale267 hd

126.50

—

VA average12 barns · 1,354 hd

119.28

+7.22

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

47 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 2	—	285	129.00/cwt	129.00–129.00	368	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Natural	—	567	140.90/cwt	135.00–143.00	799	62
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Natural	—	674	128.83/cwt	128.00–129.50	868	23
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Natural	—	452	135.00/cwt	135.00–135.00	610	15
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Natural	—	1,021	115.00/cwt	115.00–115.00	1,174	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	484	133.57/cwt	131.00–134.00	646	26
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	575	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	748	23
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	373	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	410	15
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	585	121.50/cwt	121.50–121.50	711	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	618	123.00/cwt	123.00–123.00	760	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	553	115.23/cwt	115.00–116.00	637	17
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	465	118.55/cwt	110.00–121.00	551	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	370	131.00/cwt	131.00–131.00	485	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	648	101.00/cwt	101.00–101.00	654	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	261	127.00/cwt	127.00–127.00	331	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	190	41.00/cwt	41.00–41.00	78	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	558	112.00/cwt	112.00–112.00	625	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	450	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	495	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	630	101.00/cwt	101.00–101.00	636	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	553	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	719	10
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	457	132.00/cwt	132.00–132.00	603	9
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	678	108.00/cwt	108.00–108.00	732	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	365	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	475	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	438	119.35/cwt	112.00–120.00	523	12
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	359	164.00/cwt	164.00–164.00	589	5
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	647	114.00/cwt	114.00–114.00	738	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	532	132.00/cwt	132.00–132.00	702	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	270	89.00/cwt	89.00–89.00	240	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Natural	—	660	156.95/cwt	156.00–160.00	1,036	21
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Natural	—	736	145.16/cwt	144.00–148.00	1,068	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Natural	—	569	158.00/cwt	158.00–158.00	899	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	891	133.50/cwt	133.50–133.50	1,189	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	710	132.00/cwt	132.00–132.00	937	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	878	130.11/cwt	126.00–133.00	1,142	41
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	461	142.00/cwt	142.00–142.00	655	18
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	559	137.00/cwt	137.00–137.00	766	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	636	147.00/cwt	147.00–147.00	935	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	376	174.00/cwt	174.00–174.00	654	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	653	121.00/cwt	121.00–121.00	790	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	740	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	888	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	505	129.00/cwt	129.00–129.00	651	1
Heifers	Small 1	—	440	84.00/cwt	84.00–84.00	370	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	474	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	521	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	561	107.00/cwt	107.00–107.00	600	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	369	129.00/cwt	129.00–129.00	476	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	633	115.00/cwt	115.00–115.00	728	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	425	112.00/cwt	112.00–112.00	476	1

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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