Name: Virginia Livestock, LLC livestock auction prices — 2020-01-07
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2020-01-07

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 144, Heifers 151, Bulls 21)

Value Added cattle are Weaned and Vaccinated

Most Natural cattle are Weaned and Vaccinated

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb heifers averaged $123.45/cwt on 150 head.

Average price

$123.45

150 head · 551 lb average

Value per head Derived

$680

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$569

per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Medium and Large 4

$32.74/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+1.59

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	624	132.74	829	77
Medium and Large 1	550	116.70	641	40
Medium and Large 2-3	396	113.00	447	7thin
Medium and Large 2	414	111.29	461	17thin
Medium and Large 3	319	109.00	348	4thin
Small 1	338	105.00	355	2thin
Medium and Large 4	260	100.00	260	3thin

One grade step is worth $32.74/cwt here — about $569 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

123.45

—

VA average9 barns · 1,328 hd

121.86

+1.59

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

52 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	—	474	162.00/cwt	162.00–162.00	768	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	500	145.00/cwt	145.00–145.00	725	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	280	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	308	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	447	115.00/cwt	115.00–115.00	514	5
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	343	100.00/cwt	100.00–100.00	343	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3Natural	—	509	138.00/cwt	138.00–138.00	702	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1Natural	—	625	138.00/cwt	138.00–138.00	863	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	383	146.00/cwt	146.00–146.00	559	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	240	108.00/cwt	108.00–108.00	259	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	548	104.00/cwt	104.00–104.00	570	2
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	370	106.00/cwt	106.00–106.00	392	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 4	—	260	100.00/cwt	100.00–100.00	260	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	565	102.00/cwt	102.00–102.00	576	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	440	115.00/cwt	115.00–115.00	506	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	396	113.00/cwt	113.00–113.00	447	7
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	410	152.00/cwt	152.00–152.00	623	8
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	361	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	542	6
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	875	102.00/cwt	102.00–102.00	893	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	670	121.00/cwt	121.00–121.00	811	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	538	80.00/cwt	80.00–80.00	430	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	350	115.00/cwt	115.00–115.00	403	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2Natural	—	443	146.00/cwt	146.00–146.00	647	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	319	109.00/cwt	109.00–109.00	348	4
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	565	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	622	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Natural	—	530	160.00/cwt	160.00–160.00	848	33
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	385	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	539	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	346	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	415	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	565	97.50/cwt	95.00–100.00	551	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	632	133.29/cwt	130.00–138.00	842	69
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	471	136.50/cwt	136.50–136.50	643	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Natural	—	632	131.00/cwt	131.00–131.00	828	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	595	151.00/cwt	151.00–151.00	898	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	255	91.00/cwt	91.00–91.00	232	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	467	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	654	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	758	134.00/cwt	134.00–134.00	1,016	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Natural	—	797	122.00/cwt	122.00–122.00	972	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	631	129.00/cwt	129.00–129.00	814	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	433	141.00/cwt	141.00–141.00	611	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Natural	—	631	156.00/cwt	156.00–156.00	984	22
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Natural	—	559	128.00/cwt	128.00–128.00	716	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1Natural	—	889	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	1,156	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1Natural	—	735	134.00/cwt	134.00–134.00	985	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	610	113.00/cwt	113.00–113.00	689	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	553	112.00/cwt	112.00–112.00	619	13
Steers	Small 1	—	375	113.00/cwt	113.00–113.00	424	1
Heifers	Small 1	—	338	105.00/cwt	105.00–105.00	355	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	458	109.00/cwt	109.00–109.00	499	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	383	121.00/cwt	121.00–121.00	463	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	850	91.00/cwt	91.00–91.00	774	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	657	122.00/cwt	122.00–122.00	802	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	480	143.00/cwt	143.00–143.00	686	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	570	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	713	2

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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