Sale reports / Virginia / Virginia Livestock, LLC / 2020-03-17

Virginia Livestock, LLC

Feeder Cattle · Front Royal, Virginia · Tue, Mar 17
● Final45 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2176
Receipts
147 head
905 vs last sale 1,052 147 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Also sold hereSlaughter/Replacement CattleThu Aug 13, 2026
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 42, Heifers 78, Bulls 27)

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 $120.12/cwt on 77 head.
Average price
$120.12
77 head · 541 lb average
Value per head Derived
$650
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$386
per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Medium and Large 3
$20.00/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+4.59
vs VA average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1-2636125.007955thin
Medium and Large 2520120.9662928
Medium and Large 1553120.4266533
Medium and Large 2-3545117.006379thin
Medium and Large 3390105.004102thin
One grade step is worth $20.00/cwt here — about $386 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 sale77 hd
120.12
VA average10 barns · 1,298 hd
115.52
+4.59
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

45 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.
ClassGrade / descriptionWeightAvg wtPriceRangePer headHead
BullsMedium and Large 1583124.00/cwt124.00–124.007232
BullsMedium and Large 249581.00/cwt81.00–81.004011
BullsMedium and Large 2520125.00/cwt125.00–125.006501
BullsMedium and Large 266065.00/cwt65.00–65.004291
BullsMedium and Large 388551.00/cwt51.00–51.004511
BullsMedium and Large 164081.00/cwt81.00–81.005182
SteersMedium and Large 1734141.00/cwt141.00–141.001,0354
SteersMedium and Large 1544161.00/cwt161.00–161.008766
SteersMedium and Large 2260133.00/cwt133.00–133.003461
SteersMedium and Large 2480145.00/cwt145.00–145.006961
SteersMedium and Large 1315140.00/cwt140.00–140.004411
SteersMedium and Large 1420110.00/cwt110.00–110.004621
SteersMedium and Large 1475138.00/cwt138.00–138.006561
SteersMedium and Large 1560140.00/cwt140.00–140.007841
SteersMedium and Large 2743115.00/cwt115.00–115.008542
SteersMedium and Large 1380155.00/cwt155.00–155.005891
SteersMedium and Large 1643138.00/cwt138.00–138.008873
HeifersMedium and Large 2-3453126.00/cwt126.00–126.005716
HeifersMedium and Large 2557125.00/cwt125.00–125.006963
HeifersMedium and Large 2434110.00/cwt110.00–110.004774
HeifersMedium and Large 3380100.00/cwt100.00–100.003801
HeifersMedium and Large 3400110.00/cwt110.00–110.004401
SteersMedium and Large 2610120.00/cwt120.00–120.007321
HeifersMedium and Large 1360120.00/cwt120.00–120.004323
HeifersMedium and Large 1449114.00/cwt114.00–114.005127
HeifersMedium and Large 1558118.00/cwt118.00–118.006589
HeifersMedium and Large 2265101.00/cwt101.00–101.002681
HeifersMedium and Large 2690110.00/cwt110.00–110.007591
HeifersMedium and Large 2-372899.00/cwt99.00–99.007213
BullsMedium and Large 1359140.00/cwt140.00–140.005034
BullsMedium and Large 1452140.00/cwt140.00–140.006337
BullsMedium and Large 2340122.00/cwt122.00–122.004152
BullsMedium and Large 2-3425110.00/cwt110.00–110.004682
BullsMedium and Large 2-3514110.00/cwt110.00–110.005654
HeifersMedium and Large 1660115.00/cwt115.00–115.007592
HeifersMedium and Large 2Value Added513124.00/cwt124.00–124.0063614
HeifersMedium and Large 2Value Added603125.00/cwt125.00–125.007545
SteersMedium and Large 2Value Added687145.00/cwt145.00–145.009963
SteersMedium and Large 1Value Added589160.00/cwt160.00–160.009425
SteersMedium and Large 1-2Value Added615150.00/cwt150.00–150.009232
SteersMedium and Large 2Value Added600150.00/cwt150.00–150.009001
HeifersMedium and Large 1Natural537134.00/cwt134.00–134.007206
HeifersMedium and Large 1Natural741120.00/cwt120.00–120.008896
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2Natural636125.00/cwt125.00–125.007955
SteersMedium and Large 1Natural706136.00/cwt136.00–136.009607

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.