Name: Virginia Livestock, LLC livestock auction prices — 2021-06-01
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2021-06-01

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 211, Heifers 155, Bulls 54)

Value Added Cattle are Weaned and Vaccinated

Natural Cattle are Vaccinated, most Weaned

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb steers averaged $144.43/cwt on 210 head.

Average price

$144.43

210 head · 628 lb average

Value per head Derived

$907

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$428

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

$49.63/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+1.26

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	642	150.13	963	65
Medium and Large 1	635	144.33	916	124
Medium and Large 3	380	134.00	509	1thin
Medium and Large 2	559	130.00	726	18thin
Small 1	533	100.50	535	2thin

One grade step is worth $49.63/cwt here — about $428 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 sale210 hd

144.43

—

VA average7 barns · 837 hd

143.16

+1.26

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

61 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 1-2Natural	—	785	137.00/cwt	137.00–137.00	1,075	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Natural	—	670	148.56/cwt	148.00–149.00	995	29
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	469	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	657	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1Natural	—	670	139.05/cwt	106.00–146.00	932	45
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	600	81.00/cwt	81.00–81.00	486	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	703	115.00/cwt	115.00–115.00	808	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Natural	—	570	160.78/cwt	160.00–162.00	916	18
Steers	Medium and Large 1Natural	—	636	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	954	15
Heifers	Medium and Large 2Value Added	—	564	123.00/cwt	123.00–123.00	694	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1Natural	—	738	115.59/cwt	101.00–137.00	853	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	685	127.00/cwt	127.00–127.00	870	22
Steers	Medium and Large 1Natural	—	853	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	1,024	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	556	152.00/cwt	152.00–152.00	845	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1Natural	—	495	163.00/cwt	163.00–163.00	807	8
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	485	121.00/cwt	121.00–121.00	587	8
Bulls	Small 2	—	685	61.00/cwt	61.00–61.00	418	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	466	160.00/cwt	160.00–160.00	746	9
Bulls	Small 2	—	637	86.00/cwt	86.00–86.00	548	3
Steers	Small 1	—	640	85.00/cwt	85.00–85.00	544	1
Steers	Small 1	—	425	116.00/cwt	116.00–116.00	493	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1Natural	—	759	121.97/cwt	101.00–129.00	926	13
Heifers	Small 2	—	460	86.00/cwt	86.00–86.00	396	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1Natural	—	569	160.09/cwt	158.00–161.00	911	21
Bulls	Small 2	—	360	88.00/cwt	88.00–88.00	317	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	565	122.55/cwt	120.00–125.00	692	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	477	127.00/cwt	127.00–127.00	606	13
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	463	129.09/cwt	110.00–135.00	598	9
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	557	133.00/cwt	133.00–133.00	741	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	648	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	778	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	390	131.00/cwt	131.00–131.00	511	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	625	51.00/cwt	51.00–51.00	319	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 4	—	505	82.00/cwt	82.00–82.00	414	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3Natural	—	597	114.00/cwt	114.00–114.00	681	3
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	380	134.00/cwt	134.00–134.00	509	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	576	97.95/cwt	95.00–108.00	564	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	368	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	405	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	535	108.00/cwt	108.00–108.00	578	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 3-4	—	538	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	646	8
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	530	104.40/cwt	99.00–110.00	553	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 3Value Added	—	683	89.00/cwt	89.00–89.00	608	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	575	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	719	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	448	123.00/cwt	123.00–123.00	551	8
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	650	68.00/cwt	68.00–68.00	442	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	725	104.00/cwt	104.00–104.00	754	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2Natural	—	498	127.00/cwt	127.00–127.00	632	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	460	105.00/cwt	105.00–105.00	483	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2Natural	—	618	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	773	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	810	91.00/cwt	91.00–91.00	737	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	708	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	779	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	665	113.00/cwt	113.00–113.00	751	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	430	88.00/cwt	88.00–88.00	378	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3Value Added	—	653	109.00/cwt	109.00–109.00	712	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	370	135.00/cwt	135.00–135.00	500	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	465	125.12/cwt	120.00–126.00	582	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Natural	—	504	158.00/cwt	158.00–158.00	796	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Natural	—	659	133.00/cwt	133.00–133.00	876	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Natural	—	645	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	806	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2Natural	—	578	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	751	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Natural	—	497	131.00/cwt	131.00–131.00	651	11
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	383	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	421	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Natural	—	564	138.00/cwt	138.00–138.00	778	19

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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