Name: Virginia Livestock, LLC livestock auction prices — 2021-01-05
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2021-01-05

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 127, Heifers 193, Bulls 25)

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 $116.69/cwt on 193 head.

Average price

$116.69

193 head · 610 lb average

Value per head Derived

$712

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$294

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

$50.79/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−0.37

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	586	122.45	717	77
Medium and Large 2	531	115.93	615	14thin
Medium and Large 1	645	115.25	744	95
Small 1	350	90.00	315	1thin
Medium and Large 3	591	71.67	423	6thin

One grade step is worth $50.79/cwt here — about $294 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 sale193 hd

116.69

—

VA average5 barns · 632 hd

117.06

−0.37

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	—	765	102.00/cwt	102.00–102.00	780	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	643	122.00/cwt	122.00–122.00	784	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	476	135.00/cwt	135.00–135.00	643	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	561	128.00/cwt	128.00–128.00	718	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	875	88.00/cwt	88.00–88.00	770	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	665	91.00/cwt	91.00–91.00	605	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1Natural	—	781	131.00/cwt	131.00–131.00	1,023	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1Natural	—	565	151.00/cwt	151.00–151.00	853	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1Natural	—	656	135.00/cwt	135.00–135.00	886	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	943	121.00/cwt	121.00–121.00	1,141	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	522	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	783	3
Heifers	Small 1	—	350	90.00/cwt	90.00–90.00	315	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	818	120.02/cwt	115.00–123.00	982	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	1,097	93.00/cwt	93.00–93.00	1,020	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	653	122.00/cwt	122.00–122.00	797	32
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	563	118.53/cwt	110.00–119.00	667	20
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	857	118.00/cwt	118.00–118.00	1,011	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	925	90.00/cwt	90.00–90.00	833	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	736	116.48/cwt	110.00–118.00	857	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	558	145.00/cwt	145.00–145.00	809	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	645	130.73/cwt	130.00–134.00	843	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	705	114.00/cwt	114.00–114.00	804	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	845	88.00/cwt	88.00–88.00	744	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	740	122.41/cwt	121.00–123.25	906	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	469	123.00/cwt	123.00–123.00	577	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	638	111.00/cwt	111.00–111.00	708	17
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	968	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	1,065	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,036	101.00/cwt	101.00–101.00	1,046	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	764	121.00/cwt	121.00–121.00	924	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	466	156.00/cwt	156.00–156.00	727	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	707	106.00/cwt	106.00–106.00	749	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	629	117.00/cwt	117.00–117.00	736	24
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Natural	—	645	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	710	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	474	129.00/cwt	129.00–129.00	611	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Natural	—	1,219	117.50/cwt	117.50–117.50	1,432	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	755	95.00/cwt	95.00–95.00	717	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Natural	—	999	123.50/cwt	123.50–123.50	1,234	20
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Natural	—	465	133.00/cwt	133.00–133.00	618	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Natural	—	554	133.00/cwt	133.00–133.00	737	21
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	340	132.00/cwt	132.00–132.00	449	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	438	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	613	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	658	134.50/cwt	134.50–134.50	885	8
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	665	115.00/cwt	115.00–115.00	765	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	460	130.80/cwt	130.00–131.00	602	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	539	109.88/cwt	109.00–110.00	592	8
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	480	143.00/cwt	143.00–143.00	686	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	820	90.00/cwt	90.00–90.00	738	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Natural	—	884	126.00/cwt	126.00–126.00	1,114	8
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	595	132.00/cwt	132.00–132.00	785	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	530	70.00/cwt	70.00–70.00	371	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	665	100.00/cwt	100.00–100.00	665	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3Value Added	—	530	66.00/cwt	66.00–66.00	350	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 3Value Added	—	645	64.00/cwt	64.00–64.00	413	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	540	126.00/cwt	126.00–126.00	680	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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