Name: Virginia Livestock, LLC livestock auction prices — 2021-05-04
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2021-05-04

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 255, Heifers 123, Bulls 41)

Value Added and most Natural Cattle are Weaned and Vaccinated

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb steers averaged $133.99/cwt on 255 head.

Average price

$133.99

255 head · 673 lb average

Value per head Derived

$901

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$413

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

$65.01/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−8.12

vs VA average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	600	143.67	862	166
Medium and Large 2	707	121.19	857	39
Medium and Large 1-2	907	113.94	1,034	47
Medium and Large 3	570	78.67	448	3thin

One grade step is worth $65.01/cwt here — about $413 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 sale255 hd

133.99

—

VA average9 barns · 1,491 hd

142.11

−8.12

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

58 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	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	534	124.00/cwt	124.00–124.00	662	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	345	156.00/cwt	156.00–156.00	538	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	960	112.00/cwt	112.00–112.00	1,075	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	695	111.00/cwt	111.00–111.00	771	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2Value Added	—	575	115.00/cwt	115.00–115.00	661	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	833	108.02/cwt	106.00–110.00	900	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1Natural	—	695	157.87/cwt	154.00–160.00	1,097	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Natural	—	480	122.68/cwt	120.00–126.00	589	24
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	539	116.00/cwt	116.00–116.00	625	10
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	460	116.29/cwt	111.00–118.00	535	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	775	81.00/cwt	81.00–81.00	628	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1Natural	—	489	151.00/cwt	151.00–151.00	738	17
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	539	141.00/cwt	141.00–141.00	760	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	646	129.00/cwt	129.00–129.00	833	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1Natural	—	626	141.80/cwt	138.00–145.00	888	17
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,028	101.00/cwt	101.00–101.00	1,038	19
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,174	95.00/cwt	95.00–95.00	1,115	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1Natural	—	585	146.05/cwt	143.00–147.50	854	37
Steers	Medium and Large 1Natural	—	812	133.00/cwt	133.00–133.00	1,080	25
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	667	107.00/cwt	107.00–107.00	714	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Natural	—	560	119.48/cwt	118.00–121.00	669	16
Bulls	Small 1	—	600	89.00/cwt	89.00–89.00	534	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	434	155.00/cwt	155.00–155.00	673	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	478	121.38/cwt	116.00–122.00	580	16
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	380	115.00/cwt	115.00–115.00	437	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	471	132.00/cwt	132.00–132.00	622	12
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	553	131.54/cwt	128.00–132.00	727	9
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	366	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	458	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	720	81.00/cwt	81.00–81.00	583	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	630	101.00/cwt	101.00–101.00	636	3
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	530	90.00/cwt	90.00–90.00	477	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	578	131.00/cwt	131.00–131.00	757	9
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	485	121.00/cwt	121.00–121.00	587	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	525	101.00/cwt	101.00–101.00	530	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	1,005	86.00/cwt	86.00–86.00	864	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	375	146.00/cwt	146.00–146.00	548	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	415	82.00/cwt	82.00–82.00	340	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	456	118.00/cwt	118.00–118.00	538	4
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	685	65.00/cwt	65.00–65.00	445	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2Value Added	—	545	132.00/cwt	132.00–132.00	719	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	270	122.00/cwt	122.00–122.00	329	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	570	114.00/cwt	114.00–114.00	650	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	352	122.00/cwt	122.00–122.00	429	3
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	495	81.00/cwt	81.00–81.00	401	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	750	60.00/cwt	60.00–60.00	450	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2Gaunt	—	560	116.00/cwt	116.00–116.00	650	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Natural	—	649	137.00/cwt	137.00–137.00	889	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Natural	—	590	141.00/cwt	141.00–141.00	832	7
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	760	90.00/cwt	90.00–90.00	684	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	400	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	440	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	955	80.00/cwt	80.00–80.00	764	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	647	108.00/cwt	108.00–108.00	699	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	559	139.12/cwt	132.00–140.00	778	19
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	425	115.00/cwt	115.00–115.00	489	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	548	114.00/cwt	114.00–114.00	625	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	445	119.00/cwt	119.00–119.00	530	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	861	118.15/cwt	114.00–121.00	1,017	17
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	472	142.00/cwt	142.00–142.00	670	14

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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