Sale reports / Virginia / Virginia Livestock, LLC / 2023-04-18

Virginia Livestock, LLC

Feeder Cattle · Front Royal, Virginia · Tue, Apr 18
● Final66 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2176
Receipts
503 head
39 vs last sale 542 150 vs year ago 353 · +42.5%
Also sold hereSlaughter/Replacement CattleThu Aug 13, 2026
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 234, Heifers 198, Bulls 71)

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 $227.45/cwt on 234 head.
Average price
$227.45
234 head · 528 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,200
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$400
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 3
$79.79/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+5.23
vs VA average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1524238.481,250179
Medium and Large 1-2553198.091,09522
Medium and Large 2529196.321,03825
Medium and Large 3536158.698508thin
One grade step is worth $79.79/cwt here — about $400 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 sale234 hd
227.45
VA average13 barns · 2,495 hd
222.22
+5.23
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

66 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
SteersMedium and Large 2531210.29/cwt160.00–217.001,11713
SteersMedium and Large 1280202.00/cwt202.00–202.005661
HeifersMedium and Large 1Natural465203.00/cwt203.00–203.0094412
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2Value Added520200.00/cwt200.00–200.001,04011
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2Value Added680158.00/cwt158.00–158.001,0746
SteersMedium and Large 3405173.00/cwt173.00–173.007011
SteersMedium and Large 3395177.50/cwt177.50–177.507011
SteersMedium and Large 1-2Natural420211.00/cwt211.00–211.008866
SteersMedium and Large 1-2Natural688219.00/cwt219.00–219.001,5073
SteersMedium and Large 1Natural559237.00/cwt237.00–237.001,32544
SteersMedium and Large 2565150.00/cwt150.00–150.008481
SteersMedium and Large 2663187.67/cwt121.00–210.001,2444
SteersMedium and Large 1-2760156.00/cwt156.00–156.001,1862
SteersMedium and Large 3536160.26/cwt157.00–171.008594
SteersMedium and Large 3865107.00/cwt107.00–107.009261
SteersMedium and Large 3475171.00/cwt171.00–171.008121
SteersMedium and Large 1672207.44/cwt150.00–219.001,3946
SteersMedium and Large 1567234.00/cwt170.00–238.001,32738
SteersMedium and Large 1405210.00/cwt210.00–210.008511
SteersMedium and Large 2480169.81/cwt165.00–172.008153
SteersMedium and Large 2425181.00/cwt181.00–181.007693
SteersMedium and Large 1Natural538220.00/cwt220.00–220.001,18410
SteersMedium and Large 1-2Value Added551193.00/cwt193.00–193.001,06311
SteersMedium and Large 1Value Added583220.00/cwt220.00–220.001,2833
SteersMedium and Large 2380221.00/cwt221.00–221.008401
SteersMedium and Large 1458260.00/cwt260.00–260.001,19123
SteersMedium and Large 1370249.00/cwt249.00–249.0092117
BullsMedium and Large 1464221.13/cwt160.00–235.001,02613
BullsMedium and Large 1544210.74/cwt208.00–211.001,14611
BullsMedium and Large 1343219.00/cwt219.00–219.007516
BullsMedium and Large 1555195.98/cwt194.00–199.001,0885
BullsMedium and Large 1705131.00/cwt131.00–131.009241
BullsMedium and Large 1665185.00/cwt185.00–185.001,2301
BullsSmall 1380180.00/cwt180.00–180.006841
BullsMedium and Large 3560142.52/cwt126.00–146.007986
BullsMedium and Large 3801129.00/cwt129.00–129.001,0335
BullsMedium and Large 3671146.95/cwt144.00–149.009865
BullsMedium and Large 3503140.00/cwt140.00–140.007042
BullsMedium and Large 3385170.00/cwt170.00–170.006551
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2Natural693175.00/cwt175.00–175.001,2139
BullsMedium and Large 2541175.86/cwt131.00–194.009517
BullsMedium and Large 2643160.00/cwt160.00–160.001,0292
BullsMedium and Large 2493225.00/cwt225.00–225.001,1092
BullsMedium and Large 2380196.00/cwt196.00–196.007451
BullsMedium and Large 2205117.50/cwt117.50–117.502411
HeifersMedium and Large 3600144.00/cwt144.00–144.008641
HeifersMedium and Large 3410138.00/cwt138.00–138.005661
HeifersMedium and Large 2437155.00/cwt155.00–155.006773
HeifersMedium and Large 3377145.72/cwt130.00–175.005493
HeifersMedium and Large 3463146.00/cwt146.00–146.006762
HeifersMedium and Large 378090.00/cwt90.00–90.007021
HeifersMedium and Large 1295206.00/cwt206.00–206.006081
HeifersMedium and Large 2675125.00/cwt125.00–125.008441
HeifersMedium and Large 2454190.63/cwt150.00–195.0086511
HeifersMedium and Large 2545185.37/cwt180.00–186.001,0109
HeifersMedium and Large 2344214.00/cwt214.00–214.007367
HeifersMedium and Large 2641159.73/cwt158.00–167.001,0245
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2Value Added567198.00/cwt198.00–198.001,1235
HeifersMedium and Large 1563195.11/cwt169.00–197.001,09829
HeifersMedium and Large 1476196.37/cwt171.00–199.0093524
HeifersMedium and Large 1432210.00/cwt210.00–210.0090723
HeifersMedium and Large 1374207.00/cwt207.00–207.0077412
HeifersMedium and Large 1540188.00/cwt188.00–188.001,0151
SteersMedium and Large 1Natural474247.84/cwt210.00–257.001,17525
SteersMedium and Large 1Natural648222.00/cwt222.00–222.001,43911
HeifersMedium and Large 1Natural574201.00/cwt201.00–201.001,15419

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.