Name: Virginia Livestock, LLC livestock auction prices — 2021-12-07
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2021-12-07

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 734, Heifers 377, Bulls 103)

Value Added and Natural cattle are Weaned and Vaccinated

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb steers averaged $158.08/cwt on 729 head.

Average price

$158.08

729 head · 659 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,042

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$375

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

$51.25/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+5.08

vs VA average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	637	160.92	1,024	260
Medium and Large 1-2	693	159.46	1,105	397
Medium and Large 2	555	143.89	798	64
Small 1	518	114.00	590	2thin
Medium and Large 3	593	109.67	650	6thin

One grade step is worth $51.25/cwt here — about $375 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 sale729 hd

158.08

—

VA average10 barns · 2,292 hd

153.00

+5.08

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

105 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 2	—	615	57.50/cwt	57.50–57.50	354	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	853	146.00/cwt	146.00–146.00	1,245	24
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	369	149.00/cwt	149.00–149.00	550	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	913	136.00/cwt	136.00–136.00	1,242	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	758	142.84/cwt	141.00–144.00	1,083	13
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	749	136.00/cwt	136.00–136.00	1,019	14
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	469	170.92/cwt	169.00–171.00	802	27
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	370	132.00/cwt	132.00–132.00	488	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	410	141.00/cwt	141.00–141.00	578	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	1,155	68.00/cwt	68.00–68.00	785	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Natural	—	459	149.50/cwt	149.50–149.50	686	26
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Natural	—	675	124.00/cwt	124.00–124.00	837	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Natural	—	662	139.00/cwt	139.00–139.00	920	10
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	485	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	582	1
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	840	50.00/cwt	50.00–50.00	420	1
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	595	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	744	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	353	139.00/cwt	139.00–139.00	491	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	757	119.89/cwt	116.00–127.00	908	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	644	119.00/cwt	119.00–119.00	766	28
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	662	159.00/cwt	159.00–159.00	1,053	29
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	860	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	1,118	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	364	146.00/cwt	146.00–146.00	531	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	476	141.50/cwt	141.50–141.50	674	26
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	561	134.11/cwt	125.00–135.00	752	66
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	310	127.50/cwt	127.50–127.50	395	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Natural	—	770	138.50/cwt	138.50–138.50	1,066	15
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Natural	—	549	144.50/cwt	144.50–144.50	793	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	546	157.00/cwt	157.00–157.00	857	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	662	122.00/cwt	122.00–122.00	808	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	459	140.50/cwt	140.50–140.50	645	23
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	459	120.51/cwt	118.00–126.00	553	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Natural	—	575	139.00/cwt	139.00–139.00	799	24
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Natural	—	643	138.00/cwt	138.00–138.00	887	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Natural	—	570	139.96/cwt	138.00–142.50	798	23
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	655	116.00/cwt	116.00–116.00	760	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	600	116.00/cwt	116.00–116.00	696	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	380	107.75/cwt	92.50–120.00	409	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	546	116.41/cwt	112.00–123.00	636	5
Heifers	Small 1	—	453	113.00/cwt	113.00–113.00	512	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	458	144.50/cwt	144.50–144.50	662	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	830	70.00/cwt	70.00–70.00	581	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	640	116.00/cwt	116.00–116.00	742	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	450	144.00/cwt	144.00–144.00	648	13
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	925	62.50/cwt	62.50–62.50	578	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	835	90.00/cwt	90.00–90.00	752	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	445	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	534	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	671	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	839	15
Steers	Medium and Large 1Natural	—	582	182.26/cwt	182.00–183.00	1,061	27
Steers	Medium and Large 1Natural	—	668	163.60/cwt	161.50–165.50	1,093	57
Steers	Medium and Large 1Natural	—	745	159.00/cwt	159.00–159.00	1,185	13
Steers	Medium and Large 1Natural	—	766	159.00/cwt	159.00–159.00	1,218	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1Natural	—	621	167.21/cwt	160.00–173.50	1,038	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	526	154.00/cwt	154.00–154.00	810	22
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Natural	—	516	185.00/cwt	185.00–185.00	955	15
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Natural	—	768	157.91/cwt	157.00–161.00	1,213	27
Dairy Steers	Large 2	—	825	70.00/cwt	70.00–70.00	578	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	551	157.00/cwt	157.00–157.00	865	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	561	161.00/cwt	161.00–161.00	903	40
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	671	139.00/cwt	139.00–139.00	933	9
Steers	Medium and Large 2Natural	—	592	174.00/cwt	174.00–174.00	1,030	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Natural	—	664	157.47/cwt	140.00–170.00	1,046	75
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Natural	—	852	143.50/cwt	143.50–143.50	1,223	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	635	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	794	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	656	135.00/cwt	135.00–135.00	886	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	803	149.00/cwt	149.00–149.00	1,196	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	494	143.00/cwt	143.00–143.00	706	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Natural	—	473	172.47/cwt	170.00–177.00	816	32
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Natural	—	570	178.60/cwt	172.00–183.00	1,018	68
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	720	133.43/cwt	120.00–140.00	961	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	929	144.19/cwt	142.00–145.00	1,340	47
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	786	150.50/cwt	150.50–150.50	1,183	17
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	713	170.50/cwt	170.50–170.50	1,216	19
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	830	109.00/cwt	109.00–109.00	905	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1Natural	—	1,053	128.00/cwt	128.00–128.00	1,348	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	567	149.00/cwt	149.00–149.00	845	16
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	982	139.71/cwt	138.00–141.00	1,372	14
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	660	99.00/cwt	99.00–99.00	653	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	454	136.87/cwt	98.00–147.00	621	16
Steers	Small 1	—	560	108.00/cwt	108.00–108.00	605	1
Steers	Small 1	—	475	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	570	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	945	59.00/cwt	59.00–59.00	558	1
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	605	132.00/cwt	132.00–132.00	799	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	568	127.00/cwt	127.00–127.00	721	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	278	122.50/cwt	122.50–122.50	341	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	775	100.00/cwt	100.00–100.00	775	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	740	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	814	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	1,110	85.00/cwt	85.00–85.00	944	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	340	132.50/cwt	132.50–132.50	451	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	730	97.50/cwt	97.50–97.50	712	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	553	137.14/cwt	109.00–140.00	758	22
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	325	122.50/cwt	122.50–122.50	398	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	965	85.00/cwt	85.00–85.00	820	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	869	121.00/cwt	121.00–121.00	1,051	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	648	115.00/cwt	115.00–115.00	745	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	860	70.00/cwt	70.00–70.00	602	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	283	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	311	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	490	123.00/cwt	123.00–123.00	603	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	382	134.00/cwt	134.00–134.00	512	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	915	80.00/cwt	80.00–80.00	732	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	459	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	574	12
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	356	131.00/cwt	131.00–131.00	466	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	435	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	522	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	374	155.00/cwt	155.00–155.00	580	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	688	97.50/cwt	97.50–97.50	671	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	530	138.00/cwt	138.00–138.00	731	7

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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