Name: Virginia Livestock, LLC livestock auction prices — 2022-11-15
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2022-11-15

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 136, Heifers 120, Bulls 51)

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 $169.18/cwt on 133 head.

Average price

$169.18

133 head · 659 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,114

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$681

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

$68.27/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+3.95

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	652	172.27	1,123	63
Medium and Large 1	683	169.79	1,159	52
Medium and Large 2	622	159.71	994	17thin
Small 1	425	104.00	442	1thin

One grade step is worth $68.27/cwt here — about $681 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 sale133 hd

169.18

—

VA average11 barns · 1,884 hd

165.23

+3.95

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

60 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	—	780	154.00/cwt	154.00–154.00	1,201	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	715	145.00/cwt	145.00–145.00	1,037	1
Steers	Small 1	—	425	104.00/cwt	104.00–104.00	442	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	467	144.00/cwt	144.00–144.00	672	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 3Natural	—	602	144.00/cwt	144.00–144.00	867	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3Natural	—	780	147.00/cwt	147.00–147.00	1,147	9
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	632	169.00/cwt	169.00–169.00	1,068	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	530	133.00/cwt	133.00–133.00	705	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	555	168.00/cwt	168.00–168.00	932	4
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	462	179.00/cwt	179.00–179.00	827	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Natural	—	631	164.00/cwt	164.00–164.00	1,035	17
Steers	Medium and Large 1Natural	—	731	160.00/cwt	160.00–160.00	1,170	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	563	190.00/cwt	190.00–190.00	1,070	21
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	758	163.00/cwt	163.00–163.00	1,236	17
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	915	133.00/cwt	133.00–133.00	1,217	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	487	192.76/cwt	189.00–194.00	939	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	667	174.00/cwt	174.00–174.00	1,161	21
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	776	162.00/cwt	162.00–162.00	1,257	9
Dairy Steers	Large 3	—	717	92.00/cwt	92.00–92.00	660	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	625	172.00/cwt	172.00–172.00	1,075	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2Natural	—	778	147.00/cwt	147.00–147.00	1,144	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	571	184.00/cwt	184.00–184.00	1,051	4
Steers	Medium and Large 2Value Added	—	748	143.00/cwt	143.00–143.00	1,070	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	704	163.00/cwt	163.00–163.00	1,148	8
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	440	169.00/cwt	169.00–169.00	744	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	635	127.00/cwt	127.00–127.00	806	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	830	122.00/cwt	122.00–122.00	1,013	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	546	164.00/cwt	164.00–164.00	895	5
Bulls	Small 1	—	370	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	444	1
Bulls	Small 1	—	428	116.00/cwt	116.00–116.00	496	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	750	91.00/cwt	91.00–91.00	683	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 4	—	515	41.00/cwt	41.00–41.00	211	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 3-4	—	550	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	660	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	533	157.00/cwt	157.00–157.00	837	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	654	137.00/cwt	137.00–137.00	896	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 3-4	—	446	82.00/cwt	82.00–82.00	366	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	638	61.00/cwt	61.00–61.00	389	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	473	94.00/cwt	94.00–94.00	445	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	430	161.00/cwt	161.00–161.00	692	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	365	152.00/cwt	152.00–152.00	555	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	471	160.00/cwt	160.00–160.00	754	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	720	83.00/cwt	83.00–83.00	598	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	357	129.00/cwt	129.00–129.00	461	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	619	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	805	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	456	105.00/cwt	105.00–105.00	479	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	430	84.00/cwt	84.00–84.00	361	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	755	70.00/cwt	70.00–70.00	529	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	554	138.00/cwt	138.00–138.00	765	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	430	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	538	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	385	121.00/cwt	121.00–121.00	466	1
Heifers	Small 1	—	390	81.00/cwt	81.00–81.00	316	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	476	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	666	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	652	135.00/cwt	135.00–135.00	880	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	425	128.07/cwt	110.00–134.00	544	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3Natural	—	676	154.00/cwt	154.00–154.00	1,041	26
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	658	149.00/cwt	149.00–149.00	980	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	645	136.00/cwt	136.00–136.00	877	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	553	148.00/cwt	148.00–148.00	818	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	559	136.00/cwt	136.00–136.00	760	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	476	138.00/cwt	138.00–138.00	657	5

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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