Name: Virginia Livestock, LLC livestock auction prices — 2021-11-16
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2021-11-16

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 123, Heifers 186, Bulls 94)

Value Added cattle are Weaned and Vaccinated

Natural cattle are Vaccinated

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb heifers averaged $112.09/cwt on 186 head.

Average price

$112.09

186 head · 549 lb average

Value per head Derived

$615

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$589

per head · Medium and Large 1 over Small 1

$97.36/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−6.76

vs VA average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	579	117.36	680	117
Medium and Large 2-3	411	111.00	456	8thin
Medium and Large 2	525	105.53	554	40
Medium and Large 3	477	99.45	474	20
Small 1	455	20.00	91	1thin

One grade step is worth $97.36/cwt here — about $589 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 sale186 hd

112.09

—

VA average11 barns · 2,154 hd

118.85

−6.76

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

67 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	—	665	131.00/cwt	131.00–131.00	871	13
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	480	82.50/cwt	82.50–82.50	396	1
Heifers	Small 1	—	455	20.00/cwt	20.00–20.00	91	1
Steers	Small 1	—	320	47.50/cwt	47.50–47.50	152	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	645	119.00/cwt	119.00–119.00	768	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	578	99.36/cwt	89.00–110.00	574	2
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	420	30.00/cwt	30.00–30.00	126	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	465	142.00/cwt	142.00–142.00	660	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	336	142.00/cwt	142.00–142.00	477	4
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	438	147.00/cwt	147.00–147.00	644	6
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	730	129.00/cwt	129.00–129.00	942	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	535	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	696	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	396	141.00/cwt	141.00–141.00	558	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	569	154.00/cwt	154.00–154.00	876	23
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	548	136.00/cwt	136.00–136.00	745	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	969	126.42/cwt	124.50–130.00	1,225	23
Steers	Small 1-2	—	335	72.50/cwt	72.50–72.50	243	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	610	126.00/cwt	126.00–126.00	769	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	750	124.00/cwt	124.00–124.00	930	1
Steers	Small 1	—	425	50.00/cwt	50.00–50.00	213	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	790	109.00/cwt	109.00–109.00	861	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	469	170.00/cwt	170.00–170.00	797	11
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	543	121.00/cwt	121.00–121.00	657	9
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	807	86.87/cwt	86.00–87.00	701	8
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	638	98.00/cwt	98.00–98.00	625	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	1,085	68.00/cwt	68.00–68.00	738	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	415	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	519	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	390	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	507	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	653	94.00/cwt	94.00–94.00	614	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	476	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	595	15
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	478	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	598	19
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	809	134.00/cwt	134.00–134.00	1,084	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	848	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	1,060	2
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	333	105.24/cwt	62.50–121.00	350	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	410	88.05/cwt	70.00–107.00	361	2
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	270	40.00/cwt	40.00–40.00	108	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	1,005	105.00/cwt	105.00–105.00	1,055	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	846	109.00/cwt	109.00–109.00	922	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	500	106.00/cwt	106.00–106.00	530	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	430	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	538	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	630	88.00/cwt	88.00–88.00	554	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1Natural	—	735	117.00/cwt	117.00–117.00	860	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	775	90.00/cwt	90.00–90.00	698	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	544	113.00/cwt	113.00–113.00	615	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	560	118.26/cwt	107.00–119.00	662	50
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	385	127.00/cwt	127.00–127.00	489	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	411	111.00/cwt	111.00–111.00	456	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	655	113.00/cwt	113.00–113.00	740	21
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	361	124.56/cwt	124.00–125.00	450	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	335	95.00/cwt	95.00–95.00	318	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	590	90.00/cwt	90.00–90.00	531	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	273	80.00/cwt	80.00–80.00	218	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	605	94.00/cwt	94.00–94.00	569	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	655	58.00/cwt	58.00–58.00	380	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	758	95.00/cwt	95.00–95.00	720	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	450	112.20/cwt	109.00–113.00	505	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	530	50.00/cwt	50.00–50.00	265	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	865	95.00/cwt	95.00–95.00	822	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	591	86.00/cwt	86.00–86.00	508	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	451	106.00/cwt	106.00–106.00	478	14
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	558	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	670	9
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	689	95.00/cwt	95.00–95.00	655	19
Bulls	Small 2	—	320	30.00/cwt	30.00–30.00	96	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	372	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	484	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	550	114.00/cwt	114.00–114.00	627	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	461	123.82/cwt	116.00–125.00	571	8
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	260	112.00/cwt	112.00–112.00	291	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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