Sale reports / Virginia / Virginia Livestock, LLC / 2022-01-04

Virginia Livestock, LLC

Feeder Cattle · Front Royal, Virginia · Tue, Jan 4
● Final25 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2176
Receipts
74 head
1,140 vs last sale 1,214 271 vs year ago 345 · 78.6%
Also sold hereSlaughter/Replacement CattleThu Aug 13, 2026
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 30, Heifers 31, Bulls 13)

Value Added cattle are Weaned and Vaccinated

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb steers averaged $132.39/cwt on 30 head.
Average price
$132.39
30 head · 868 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,149
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
−$399
per head · Medium and Large 2 over Medium and Large 1
$7.87/cwt at this weight
vs the market
14.76
vs VA average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 2545140.007631thin
Medium and Large 1879132.131,16229
One grade step is worth $7.87/cwt here — about −$399 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 sale30 hd
132.39
VA average3 barns · 148 hd
147.15
−14.76
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

25 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.
ClassGrade / descriptionWeightAvg wtPriceRangePer headHead
HeifersMedium and Large 1929106.00/cwt106.00–106.009853
HeifersMedium and Large 1490125.00/cwt125.00–125.006131
HeifersMedium and Large 1725105.00/cwt105.00–105.007611
BullsMedium and Large 2460141.00/cwt141.00–141.006491
BullsMedium and Large 2385140.00/cwt140.00–140.005391
HeifersMedium and Large 1600105.00/cwt105.00–105.006301
HeifersMedium and Large 2520116.00/cwt116.00–116.006032
HeifersMedium and Large 2485120.00/cwt120.00–120.005821
HeifersMedium and Large 1Value Added883121.00/cwt121.00–121.001,0686
HeifersMedium and Large 1658115.00/cwt115.00–115.007574
SteersMedium and Large 2545140.00/cwt140.00–140.007631
HeifersMedium and Large 179785.00/cwt85.00–85.006773
SteersMedium and Large 1690110.00/cwt110.00–110.007591
SteersMedium and Large 1Value Added821147.00/cwt147.00–147.001,20710
SteersMedium and Large 1Value Added698106.00/cwt106.00–106.007404
SteersMedium and Large 1Value Added972135.00/cwt135.00–135.001,3125
SteersMedium and Large 1Value Added1,104129.00/cwt129.00–129.001,4247
HeifersMedium and Large 1552125.00/cwt125.00–125.006908
SteersMedium and Large 1610124.84/cwt115.00–135.007622
BullsMedium and Large 2595115.00/cwt115.00–115.006841
BullsMedium and Large 173091.00/cwt91.00–91.006643
BullsMedium and Large 1658121.00/cwt121.00–121.007962
BullsMedium and Large 162591.00/cwt91.00–91.005692
BullsMedium and Large 1570135.00/cwt135.00–135.007702
BullsMedium and Large 1495139.00/cwt139.00–139.006881

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.