Name: Virginia Livestock, LLC livestock auction prices — 2019-12-17
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2019-12-17

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 70, Heifers 81, Bulls 41)

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 $92.87/cwt on 81 head.

Average price

$92.87

81 head · 593 lb average

Value per head Derived

$551

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$336

per head · Medium and Large 1 over Small 1

$49.00/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−22.19

vs VA average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	506	115.50	584	14thin
Medium and Large 2	498	111.16	554	16thin
Medium and Large 4	395	99.00	391	1thin
Medium and Large 3	535	85.49	457	21
Medium and Large 2-3	763	77.78	594	27
Small 1	373	66.50	248	2thin

One grade step is worth $49.00/cwt here — about $336 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 sale81 hd

92.87

—

VA average10 barns · 1,486 hd

115.06

−22.19

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

54 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
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	735	86.00/cwt	86.00–86.00	632	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	577	115.00/cwt	115.00–115.00	664	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	458	131.00/cwt	131.00–131.00	600	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	638	106.00/cwt	106.00–106.00	676	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	638	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	829	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	428	144.00/cwt	144.00–144.00	616	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	465	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	558	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	575	145.00/cwt	145.00–145.00	834	1
Bulls	Small 1	—	380	85.00/cwt	85.00–85.00	323	1
Heifers	Small 1	—	325	112.00/cwt	112.00–112.00	364	1
Heifers	Small 1	—	420	21.00/cwt	21.00–21.00	88	1
Bulls	Small 2	—	275	50.00/cwt	50.00–50.00	138	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	400	90.00/cwt	90.00–90.00	360	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	660	106.00/cwt	106.00–106.00	700	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	555	151.00/cwt	151.00–151.00	838	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1Natural	—	561	148.00/cwt	148.00–148.00	830	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	375	103.00/cwt	103.00–103.00	386	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	535	118.00/cwt	118.00–118.00	631	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	615	96.00/cwt	96.00–96.00	590	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	385	126.00/cwt	126.00–126.00	485	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	870	82.00/cwt	82.00–82.00	713	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Natural	—	464	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	696	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Natural	—	1,110	99.00/cwt	99.00–99.00	1,099	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	385	119.99/cwt	119.99–119.99	462	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	410	102.00/cwt	102.00–102.00	418	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	523	111.12/cwt	104.00–115.00	581	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	522	94.05/cwt	69.00–107.00	491	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	835	59.00/cwt	59.00–59.00	493	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	590	91.00/cwt	91.00–91.00	537	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	625	91.00/cwt	91.00–91.00	569	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3Natural	—	673	85.00/cwt	85.00–85.00	572	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3Natural	—	590	90.00/cwt	90.00–90.00	531	9
Steers	Medium and Large 2Natural	—	880	79.00/cwt	79.00–79.00	695	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	610	72.00/cwt	72.00–72.00	439	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	459	121.00/cwt	121.00–121.00	555	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	350	107.00/cwt	107.00–107.00	375	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	433	99.00/cwt	99.00–99.00	429	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	465	89.00/cwt	89.00–89.00	414	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	458	121.00/cwt	121.00–121.00	554	6
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3Natural	—	610	95.00/cwt	95.00–95.00	580	7
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3Natural	—	705	87.00/cwt	87.00–87.00	613	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3Natural	—	991	61.00/cwt	61.00–61.00	605	10
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	695	85.00/cwt	85.00–85.00	591	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3Natural	—	832	67.00/cwt	67.00–67.00	557	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	442	105.00/cwt	105.00–105.00	464	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	370	73.00/cwt	73.00–73.00	270	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	330	104.00/cwt	104.00–104.00	343	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	355	106.00/cwt	106.00–106.00	376	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 4	—	395	99.00/cwt	99.00–99.00	391	1
Steers	Medium and Large 4	—	425	30.00/cwt	30.00–30.00	128	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	815	45.00/cwt	45.00–45.00	367	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	328	108.00/cwt	108.00–108.00	354	2
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	535	94.50/cwt	93.00–96.00	506	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	523	83.42/cwt	61.00–105.00	436	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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