Name: Virginia Livestock, LLC livestock auction prices — 2022-02-01
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2022-02-01

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 80, Heifers 104, Bulls 28)

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 $140.14/cwt on 104 head.

Average price

$140.14

104 head · 581 lb average

Value per head Derived

$814

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$541

per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Medium and Large 3

$73.06/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−2.51

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	582	148.56	864	32
Medium and Large 1	602	140.73	847	52
Medium and Large 2	539	131.41	708	17thin
Small 1	495	118.00	584	1thin
Medium and Large 3	428	75.50	323	2thin

One grade step is worth $73.06/cwt here — about $541 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 sale104 hd

140.14

—

VA average6 barns · 1,029 hd

142.65

−2.51

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

48 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 3	—	373	155.45/cwt	153.00–158.00	580	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Natural	—	661	165.00/cwt	165.00–165.00	1,091	15
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Natural	—	773	153.00/cwt	153.00–153.00	1,183	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1Natural	—	629	173.00/cwt	173.00–173.00	1,088	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1Natural	—	585	187.00/cwt	187.00–187.00	1,094	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	383	200.00/cwt	200.00–200.00	766	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	430	190.00/cwt	190.00–190.00	817	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	350	137.00/cwt	137.00–137.00	480	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	450	190.00/cwt	190.00–190.00	855	7
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	550	139.00/cwt	139.00–139.00	765	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	653	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	914	4
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	468	126.86/cwt	104.00–149.00	594	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2Value Added	—	673	141.00/cwt	141.00–141.00	949	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	569	151.86/cwt	146.00–155.00	864	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1Natural	—	713	160.00/cwt	160.00–160.00	1,141	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	640	146.00/cwt	146.00–146.00	934	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	549	184.00/cwt	184.00–184.00	1,010	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	472	192.00/cwt	192.00–192.00	906	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	495	141.00/cwt	141.00–141.00	698	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	833	102.00/cwt	102.00–102.00	850	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	431	155.00/cwt	155.00–155.00	668	8
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	580	156.00/cwt	156.00–156.00	905	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	676	131.00/cwt	131.00–131.00	886	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	365	151.00/cwt	151.00–151.00	551	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	558	146.00/cwt	146.00–146.00	815	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Natural	—	578	154.00/cwt	154.00–154.00	890	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Natural	—	605	148.00/cwt	148.00–148.00	895	16
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	350	135.00/cwt	135.00–135.00	473	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Natural	—	636	147.00/cwt	147.00–147.00	935	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Natural	—	733	134.00/cwt	134.00–134.00	982	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	473	128.00/cwt	128.00–128.00	605	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	449	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	629	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	610	126.00/cwt	126.00–126.00	769	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Natural	—	667	143.60/cwt	143.00–145.00	958	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	533	145.00/cwt	145.00–145.00	773	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	686	129.00/cwt	129.00–129.00	885	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	458	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	641	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	364	139.00/cwt	139.00–139.00	506	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	620	131.00/cwt	131.00–131.00	812	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	550	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	660	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	580	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	812	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	445	135.00/cwt	135.00–135.00	601	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	563	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	788	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	625	124.54/cwt	119.00–130.00	778	2
Heifers	Small 1	—	495	118.00/cwt	118.00–118.00	584	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	720	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	792	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	870	87.00/cwt	87.00–87.00	757	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	305	31.00/cwt	31.00–31.00	95	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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