Name: Virginia Livestock, LLC livestock auction prices — 2022-01-11
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2022-01-11

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 56, Heifers 59, Bulls 27)

Value Added and Natural cattle are Weaned and Vaccinated

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb heifers averaged $121.24/cwt on 58 head.

Average price

$121.24

58 head · 604 lb average

Value per head Derived

$733

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

−$49

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

$6.56/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−16.16

vs VA average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 2	551	126.21	695	14thin
Medium and Large 1	621	119.66	744	44

One grade step is worth $6.56/cwt here — about −$49 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 sale58 hd

121.24

—

VA average9 barns · 956 hd

137.40

−16.16

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

28 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
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	420	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	630	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	575	156.00/cwt	156.00–156.00	897	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	544	154.00/cwt	154.00–154.00	838	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	624	135.00/cwt	135.00–135.00	842	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	770	93.00/cwt	93.00–93.00	716	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	729	107.00/cwt	107.00–107.00	780	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	485	173.00/cwt	173.00–173.00	839	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	1,100	91.00/cwt	91.00–91.00	1,001	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	662	115.00/cwt	115.00–115.00	761	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	828	100.00/cwt	100.00–100.00	828	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Natural	—	780	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	1,170	21
Steers	Medium and Large 1Natural	—	553	173.00/cwt	173.00–173.00	957	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	442	132.00/cwt	132.00–132.00	583	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	638	95.00/cwt	95.00–95.00	606	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1Natural	—	661	133.00/cwt	133.00–133.00	879	7
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	415	113.00/cwt	113.00–113.00	469	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	452	134.00/cwt	134.00–134.00	606	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	633	101.00/cwt	101.00–101.00	639	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	568	152.00/cwt	152.00–152.00	863	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	558	152.00/cwt	152.00–152.00	848	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1Natural	—	776	121.00/cwt	121.00–121.00	939	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Natural	—	728	153.00/cwt	153.00–153.00	1,114	9
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	420	151.00/cwt	151.00–151.00	634	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Natural	—	581	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	639	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	555	135.00/cwt	135.00–135.00	749	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	573	134.00/cwt	134.00–134.00	768	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Natural	—	725	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	798	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Natural	—	660	123.00/cwt	123.00–123.00	812	2

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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