Name: Virginia Livestock, LLC livestock auction prices — 2021-07-13
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2021-07-13

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 218, Heifers 174, Bulls 30)

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 $144.07/cwt on 215 head.

Average price

$144.07

215 head · 668 lb average

Value per head Derived

$962

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$1,016

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

$130.95/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−0.13

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	698	151.95	1,061	112
Medium and Large 1	671	143.45	963	73
Medium and Large 2	549	123.91	680	26
Medium and Large 3	627	81.00	508	3thin
Small 2	215	21.00	45	1thin

One grade step is worth $130.95/cwt here — about $1,016 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 sale215 hd

144.07

—

VA average10 barns · 2,011 hd

144.20

−0.13

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

69 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 3	—	555	100.00/cwt	100.00–100.00	555	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	385	51.00/cwt	51.00–51.00	196	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2Value Added	—	508	139.00/cwt	139.00–139.00	706	4
Dairy Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	760	72.00/cwt	72.00–72.00	547	1
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	700	73.00/cwt	73.00–73.00	511	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	646	121.00/cwt	121.00–121.00	782	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	475	89.00/cwt	89.00–89.00	423	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	556	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	723	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	583	91.13/cwt	81.00–101.00	531	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	805	92.00/cwt	92.00–92.00	741	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	650	109.00/cwt	109.00–109.00	709	2
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	680	69.00/cwt	69.00–69.00	469	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2Value Added	—	711	130.50/cwt	130.50–130.50	928	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	632	118.00/cwt	118.00–118.00	746	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	590	101.33/cwt	100.00–102.00	598	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	495	127.00/cwt	127.00–127.00	629	2
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	500	101.00/cwt	101.00–101.00	505	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 4	—	699	80.00/cwt	80.00–80.00	559	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2Natural	—	479	139.00/cwt	139.00–139.00	666	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	997	129.50/cwt	129.50–129.50	1,291	26
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Natural	—	663	134.00/cwt	134.00–134.00	888	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	618	114.91/cwt	112.00–118.00	710	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	479	135.00/cwt	135.00–135.00	647	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	549	145.00/cwt	145.00–145.00	796	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	468	124.00/cwt	124.00–124.00	580	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	763	101.00/cwt	101.00–101.00	771	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	643	119.00/cwt	119.00–119.00	765	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	477	127.00/cwt	127.00–127.00	606	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	717	132.50/cwt	132.50–132.50	950	23
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Natural	—	515	144.59/cwt	140.00–148.00	745	23
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Natural	—	567	142.00/cwt	142.00–142.00	805	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Natural	—	618	135.00/cwt	135.00–135.00	834	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1Natural	—	633	146.09/cwt	140.00–154.00	925	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1Natural	—	725	133.42/cwt	129.00–136.00	967	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1Natural	—	683	148.01/cwt	146.00–148.50	1,011	30
Steers	Small 2	—	215	21.00/cwt	21.00–21.00	45	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	610	71.00/cwt	71.00–71.00	433	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	650	109.00/cwt	109.00–109.00	709	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	751	126.74/cwt	123.00–128.00	952	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Natural	—	613	141.00/cwt	141.00–141.00	864	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	478	160.00/cwt	160.00–160.00	765	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	562	151.00/cwt	151.00–151.00	849	6
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	483	142.00/cwt	142.00–142.00	686	6
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	305	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	336	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	395	124.00/cwt	124.00–124.00	490	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	696	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	905	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Natural	—	670	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	871	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	873	61.00/cwt	61.00–61.00	533	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	780	109.00/cwt	109.00–109.00	850	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	485	113.00/cwt	109.00–117.00	548	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Natural	—	670	154.00/cwt	154.00–154.00	1,032	21
Steers	Medium and Large 1Natural	—	804	129.00/cwt	129.00–129.00	1,037	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	637	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	892	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	658	129.50/cwt	129.50–129.50	852	5
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	363	131.00/cwt	131.00–131.00	476	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	435	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	544	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Natural	—	541	148.00/cwt	148.00–148.00	801	16
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	569	120.57/cwt	101.00–124.00	686	14
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	725	94.00/cwt	94.00–94.00	682	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Natural	—	607	151.01/cwt	149.00–153.00	917	16
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	830	74.00/cwt	74.00–74.00	614	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	980	83.00/cwt	83.00–83.00	813	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	368	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	478	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Natural	—	579	164.70/cwt	164.50–165.00	954	41
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	593	156.00/cwt	156.00–156.00	925	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	545	123.50/cwt	123.50–123.50	673	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	462	97.03/cwt	81.00–105.00	448	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	545	122.89/cwt	110.00–126.00	670	5
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	990	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	1,089	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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