Name: Virginia Livestock, LLC livestock auction prices — 2022-10-18
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2022-10-18

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 305, Heifers 220, Bulls 92)

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 $160.55/cwt on 302 head.

Average price

$160.55

302 head · 665 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,067

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$325

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

$72.97/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−0.88

vs VA average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 2-3	561	166.97	936	39
Medium and Large 1	692	164.96	1,142	145
Medium and Large 2	572	160.06	916	52
Medium and Large 1-2	760	151.83	1,154	59
Medium and Large 3	542	113.33	614	6thin
Small 1	650	94.00	611	1thin

One grade step is worth $72.97/cwt here — about $325 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 sale302 hd

160.55

—

VA average12 barns · 2,429 hd

161.43

−0.88

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

82 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 1-2Natural	—	790	156.00/cwt	156.00–156.00	1,232	11
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	960	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	1,056	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	360	190.00/cwt	190.00–190.00	684	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Natural	—	636	127.55/cwt	120.00–133.00	811	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	555	140.27/cwt	110.00–143.00	778	45
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	255	127.50/cwt	127.50–127.50	325	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	505	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	707	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	774	136.00/cwt	136.00–136.00	1,053	5
Steers	Small 1	—	650	94.00/cwt	94.00–94.00	611	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1Natural	—	844	153.00/cwt	153.00–153.00	1,291	18
Steers	Medium and Large 2Natural	—	675	171.00/cwt	171.00–171.00	1,154	14
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	845	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	1,099	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	728	109.00/cwt	109.00–109.00	794	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	464	197.88/cwt	191.00–201.00	918	16
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	533	152.61/cwt	130.00–160.00	813	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	942	136.00/cwt	136.00–136.00	1,281	15
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	555	149.75/cwt	110.00–158.00	831	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	564	162.19/cwt	130.00–166.00	915	28
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	760	136.00/cwt	136.00–136.00	1,034	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1Natural	—	1,277	137.00/cwt	137.00–137.00	1,749	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1Natural	—	648	160.00/cwt	160.00–160.00	1,037	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	652	164.00/cwt	164.00–164.00	1,069	26
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	970	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	1,067	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3Value Added	—	569	158.00/cwt	158.00–158.00	899	20
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	648	154.00/cwt	154.00–154.00	998	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Natural	—	661	156.00/cwt	156.00–156.00	1,031	8
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3Natural	—	570	184.00/cwt	184.00–184.00	1,049	15
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	463	160.00/cwt	160.00–160.00	741	11
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	640	159.00/cwt	159.00–159.00	1,018	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1Natural	—	758	176.75/cwt	176.75–176.75	1,340	31
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	640	141.33/cwt	130.00–147.00	905	3
Steers	Medium and Large 3Value Added	—	478	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	574	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	1,190	90.00/cwt	90.00–90.00	1,071	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3Value Added	—	483	148.00/cwt	148.00–148.00	715	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Natural	—	568	172.00/cwt	172.00–172.00	977	11
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	470	148.55/cwt	148.00–150.00	698	11
Bulls	Small 1	—	690	100.00/cwt	100.00–100.00	690	1
Bulls	Small 1	—	595	100.00/cwt	100.00–100.00	595	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	1,015	82.49/cwt	80.00–85.00	837	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	625	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	813	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	395	180.00/cwt	180.00–180.00	711	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	520	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	728	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	785	110.10/cwt	102.00–114.00	864	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	567	139.35/cwt	136.00–140.00	790	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	935	73.99/cwt	73.00–75.00	692	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	457	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	640	8
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	630	108.00/cwt	108.00–108.00	680	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Natural	—	558	135.00/cwt	135.00–135.00	753	10
Heifers	Small 1	—	527	104.00/cwt	104.00–104.00	548	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	575	112.00/cwt	112.00–112.00	644	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	755	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	831	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	673	129.00/cwt	129.00–129.00	868	18
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	569	156.00/cwt	156.00–156.00	888	17
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	366	124.00/cwt	124.00–124.00	454	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	408	98.04/cwt	96.00–100.00	400	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	657	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	821	9
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	390	166.00/cwt	166.00–166.00	647	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	461	139.00/cwt	139.00–139.00	641	28
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	553	127.89/cwt	126.00–128.00	707	18
Heifers	Small 1	—	425	112.00/cwt	112.00–112.00	476	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	713	90.00/cwt	90.00–90.00	642	2
Bulls	Small 1	—	455	117.50/cwt	117.50–117.50	535	1
Bulls	Small 1	—	340	122.50/cwt	122.50–122.50	417	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	280	80.00/cwt	80.00–80.00	224	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	664	127.00/cwt	127.00–127.00	843	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	803	96.00/cwt	96.00–96.00	771	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	370	90.00/cwt	90.00–90.00	333	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	365	90.00/cwt	90.00–90.00	329	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	605	102.00/cwt	102.00–102.00	617	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	474	136.40/cwt	102.00–141.00	647	17
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	438	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	526	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2Natural	—	600	141.00/cwt	141.00–141.00	846	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Natural	—	661	149.50/cwt	149.50–149.50	988	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	515	116.00/cwt	116.00–116.00	597	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	420	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	462	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2Value Added	—	495	122.00/cwt	122.00–122.00	604	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 2Value Added	—	551	122.00/cwt	122.00–122.00	672	5
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	855	90.00/cwt	90.00–90.00	770	1
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	705	102.50/cwt	102.50–102.50	723	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	270	90.00/cwt	90.00–90.00	243	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	640	131.85/cwt	115.00–136.00	844	20
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Natural	—	846	153.00/cwt	153.00–153.00	1,294	4

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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