Name: Virginia Livestock, LLC livestock auction prices — 2020-11-03
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2020-11-03

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 110, Heifers 124, Bulls 43)

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb heifers averaged $113.52/cwt on 124 head.

Average price

$113.52

124 head · 533 lb average

Value per head Derived

$605

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

−$81

per head · Medium and Large 2-3 over Small 1

$27.11/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−2.55

vs VA average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 2-3	400	121.00	484	4thin
Medium and Large 1	543	117.58	638	75
Medium and Large 2	534	111.58	596	29
Medium and Large 3	407	99.00	403	7thin
Small 1	602	93.89	565	9thin

One grade step is worth $27.11/cwt here — about −$81 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 sale124 hd

113.52

—

VA average9 barns · 1,216 hd

116.07

−2.55

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

51 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	Small 1	—	685	89.00/cwt	89.00–89.00	610	1
Heifers	Small 1	—	569	95.00/cwt	95.00–95.00	541	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	445	152.00/cwt	152.00–152.00	676	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	555	156.00/cwt	156.00–156.00	866	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	568	131.00/cwt	131.00–131.00	744	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	653	101.00/cwt	101.00–101.00	660	6
Heifers	Small 1	—	768	87.00/cwt	87.00–87.00	668	2
Bulls	Small 1	—	600	100.00/cwt	100.00–100.00	600	1
Steers	Small 1	—	665	114.00/cwt	114.00–114.00	758	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	460	139.00/cwt	139.00–139.00	639	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	780	91.00/cwt	91.00–91.00	710	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	382	151.00/cwt	151.00–151.00	577	3
Heifers	Small 1	—	460	101.00/cwt	101.00–101.00	465	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	510	131.00/cwt	131.00–131.00	668	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,065	126.00/cwt	126.00–126.00	1,342	15
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	516	163.00/cwt	163.00–163.00	841	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	295	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	384	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	748	100.00/cwt	100.00–100.00	748	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	648	145.00/cwt	145.00–145.00	940	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	476	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	571	16
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	560	139.00/cwt	139.00–139.00	778	11
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	651	124.00/cwt	124.00–124.00	807	8
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	460	148.88/cwt	141.00–150.00	685	8
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	792	112.00/cwt	112.00–112.00	887	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	340	156.00/cwt	156.00–156.00	530	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	533	109.00/cwt	109.00–109.00	581	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	343	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	429	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	458	117.00/cwt	117.00–117.00	536	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	588	100.64/cwt	96.00–110.00	592	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	790	95.00/cwt	95.00–95.00	751	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	675	113.00/cwt	113.00–113.00	763	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	563	119.03/cwt	119.00–120.00	670	29
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	1,173	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	1,525	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	763	118.00/cwt	118.00–118.00	900	5
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	275	170.00/cwt	170.00–170.00	468	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2Value Added	—	510	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	612	6
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	355	163.00/cwt	163.00–163.00	579	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	731	100.00/cwt	100.00–100.00	731	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	558	155.04/cwt	155.00–156.00	865	25
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	645	149.00/cwt	149.00–149.00	961	24
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	420	109.00/cwt	109.00–109.00	458	2
Steers	Medium and Large 3Value Added	—	373	154.00/cwt	154.00–154.00	574	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 3Value Added	—	290	93.00/cwt	93.00–93.00	270	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	649	113.00/cwt	113.00–113.00	733	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	429	121.00/cwt	121.00–121.00	519	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	505	117.00/cwt	117.00–117.00	591	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	568	98.00/cwt	98.00–98.00	557	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3Value Added	—	400	121.00/cwt	121.00–121.00	484	4
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	460	152.00/cwt	152.00–152.00	699	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	380	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	494	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	469	164.00/cwt	164.00–164.00	769	15

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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