Name: Virginia Livestock, LLC livestock auction prices — 2021-03-16
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2021-03-16

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 405, Heifers 441, Bulls 120)

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 $121.71/cwt on 439 head.

Average price

$121.71

439 head · 593 lb average

Value per head Derived

$721

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$281

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

$33.25/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−2.07

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	608	130.05	791	118
Medium and Large 1	639	119.69	765	194
Medium and Large 2	520	118.59	617	104
Medium and Large 3	424	113.78	483	18thin
Small 1	527	96.80	510	5thin

One grade step is worth $33.25/cwt here — about $281 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 sale439 hd

121.71

—

VA average11 barns · 3,265 hd

123.78

−2.07

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

102 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 1Natural	—	515	179.00/cwt	179.00–179.00	922	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	965	101.00/cwt	101.00–101.00	975	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	460	170.00/cwt	170.00–170.00	782	19
Steers	Medium and Large 1Natural	—	557	180.00/cwt	180.00–180.00	1,003	15
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	1,125	107.00/cwt	107.00–107.00	1,204	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	1,003	105.00/cwt	105.00–105.00	1,053	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	675	131.00/cwt	131.00–131.00	884	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	1,145	102.00/cwt	102.00–102.00	1,168	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	440	154.00/cwt	154.00–154.00	678	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	649	136.00/cwt	136.00–136.00	883	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	363	129.00/cwt	129.00–129.00	468	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	832	100.00/cwt	100.00–100.00	832	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	557	115.00/cwt	115.00–115.00	641	32
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	654	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	719	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	732	100.00/cwt	100.00–100.00	732	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	557	157.74/cwt	110.00–160.00	879	22
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	547	133.91/cwt	105.00–136.00	732	14
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	445	148.93/cwt	105.00–151.00	663	20
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	925	79.00/cwt	79.00–79.00	731	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	439	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	571	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	898	119.00/cwt	119.00–119.00	1,069	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	543	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	597	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	537	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	671	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Natural	—	571	138.33/cwt	138.00–138.50	790	48
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Natural	—	623	155.57/cwt	139.00–159.50	969	16
Steers	Medium and Large 1Natural	—	801	135.50/cwt	135.50–135.50	1,085	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	833	117.43/cwt	116.50–122.00	978	30
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Natural	—	552	142.50/cwt	142.50–142.50	787	29
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	755	125.67/cwt	121.00–128.00	949	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	366	162.00/cwt	162.00–162.00	593	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Natural	—	617	126.95/cwt	115.00–134.00	783	20
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Natural	—	936	103.50/cwt	103.50–103.50	969	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1Natural	—	854	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	1,110	35
Steers	Small 1	—	460	76.00/cwt	76.00–76.00	350	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1Natural	—	632	158.00/cwt	158.00–158.00	999	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1Natural	—	1,012	123.00/cwt	123.00–123.00	1,245	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Natural	—	710	103.00/cwt	103.00–103.00	731	15
Steers	Medium and Large 1Natural	—	723	154.54/cwt	146.00–162.00	1,117	42
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Natural	—	828	116.50/cwt	116.50–116.50	965	39
Heifers	Small 1	—	458	91.00/cwt	91.00–91.00	417	2
Heifers	Small 1	—	650	91.00/cwt	91.00–91.00	592	1
Heifers	Small 1	—	550	100.00/cwt	100.00–100.00	550	1
Bulls	Small 1	—	325	114.00/cwt	114.00–114.00	371	1
Heifers	Small 1	—	520	111.00/cwt	111.00–111.00	577	1
Steers	Small 1	—	615	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	677	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	654	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	818	11
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	368	135.46/cwt	127.00–137.00	498	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	800	87.00/cwt	87.00–87.00	696	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	490	105.00/cwt	105.00–105.00	515	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	330	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	429	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	265	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	371	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	465	119.00/cwt	119.00–119.00	553	1
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	540	131.00/cwt	131.00–131.00	707	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	300	109.00/cwt	109.00–109.00	327	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	376	115.00/cwt	115.00–115.00	432	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	575	108.00/cwt	108.00–108.00	621	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	443	118.00/cwt	118.00–118.00	523	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	364	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	455	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	255	115.00/cwt	115.00–115.00	293	1
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	465	124.00/cwt	124.00–124.00	577	6
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	323	124.00/cwt	124.00–124.00	401	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	655	65.00/cwt	65.00–65.00	426	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	570	115.00/cwt	115.00–115.00	656	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	520	114.00/cwt	114.00–114.00	593	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	532	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	638	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	390	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	546	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	780	90.00/cwt	90.00–90.00	702	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	459	124.00/cwt	124.00–124.00	569	36
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	560	112.64/cwt	100.00–115.00	631	20
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	642	128.32/cwt	105.00–132.00	824	16
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	645	111.00/cwt	111.00–111.00	716	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	761	104.00/cwt	104.00–104.00	791	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	362	113.93/cwt	89.00–130.00	412	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	730	112.21/cwt	104.00–115.00	819	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	660	105.00/cwt	105.00–105.00	693	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	531	140.95/cwt	131.00–151.00	748	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Natural	—	560	164.00/cwt	164.00–164.00	918	20
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Natural	—	775	113.00/cwt	113.00–113.00	876	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	458	124.00/cwt	124.00–124.00	568	20
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Natural	—	628	126.00/cwt	126.00–126.00	791	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Natural	—	661	124.92/cwt	118.00–128.00	826	30
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Natural	—	845	129.50/cwt	129.50–129.50	1,094	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Natural	—	671	156.00/cwt	156.00–156.00	1,047	14
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	648	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	778	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	703	135.00/cwt	135.00–135.00	949	24
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	469	132.63/cwt	110.00–135.00	622	11
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	540	124.00/cwt	124.00–124.00	670	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	690	124.00/cwt	124.00–124.00	856	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	715	114.00/cwt	114.00–114.00	815	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	920	91.00/cwt	91.00–91.00	837	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Natural	—	493	131.00/cwt	131.00–131.00	646	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 2Natural	—	484	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	629	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2Natural	—	568	119.00/cwt	119.00–119.00	676	6
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	433	159.30/cwt	131.00–166.00	690	5
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	382	154.00/cwt	154.00–154.00	588	7
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	466	151.00/cwt	151.00–151.00	704	12
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	554	125.01/cwt	107.00–127.00	693	10
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	555	131.00/cwt	131.00–131.00	727	18
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	320	154.00/cwt	154.00–154.00	493	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	270	122.00/cwt	122.00–122.00	329	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	305	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	381	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	445	122.00/cwt	122.00–122.00	543	1

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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