Sale reports / Virginia / Virginia Livestock, LLC / 2023-05-02

Virginia Livestock, LLC

Feeder Cattle · Front Royal, Virginia · Tue, May 2
● Final66 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2176
Receipts
362 head
141 vs last sale 503 331 vs year ago 693 · 47.8%
Also sold hereSlaughter/Replacement CattleThu Aug 13, 2026
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

State Graded Feeder Cattle ( Steers 155, Heifers 187, Bulls 20)

Value Added and Most Natural Cattle are Weaned and Vaccinated.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $193.77/cwt on 183 head.
Average price
$193.77
183 head · 567 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,099
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$442
per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Medium and Large 3
$41.70/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+0.72
vs VA average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1-2610202.131,23245
Medium and Large 1558193.791,08063
Medium and Large 2554192.091,06467
Small 1685161.001,1031thin
Medium and Large 3492160.437907thin
One grade step is worth $41.70/cwt here — about $442 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 sale183 hd
193.77
VA average10 barns · 1,283 hd
193.04
+0.72
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 1-2Natural474230.00/cwt230.00–230.001,0908
SteersMedium and Large 1-2Natural562251.00/cwt251.00–251.001,41116
SteersMedium and Large 1Natural662253.50/cwt253.50–253.501,67820
SteersMedium and Large 21,205154.00/cwt154.00–154.001,8562
SteersMedium and Large 21,075155.00/cwt155.00–155.001,6662
SteersMedium and Large 2870150.00/cwt150.00–150.001,3051
SteersMedium and Large 2554230.02/cwt210.00–240.001,2749
SteersMedium and Large 2458201.00/cwt201.00–201.009215
SteersMedium and Large 3450174.00/cwt174.00–174.007833
SteersMedium and Large 2948147.00/cwt147.00–147.001,3943
SteersMedium and Large 1670230.00/cwt230.00–230.001,5411
SteersMedium and Large 1420210.00/cwt210.00–210.008821
SteersMedium and Large 1365230.00/cwt230.00–230.008401
SteersMedium and Large 2373218.00/cwt218.00–218.008133
SteersMedium and Large 2715125.00/cwt125.00–125.008943
SteersMedium and Large 1-2Value Added505223.00/cwt223.00–223.001,1263
SteersMedium and Large 1Value Added563252.82/cwt246.00–257.001,42324
SteersMedium and Large 1768180.00/cwt180.00–180.001,3826
SteersMedium and Large 1524250.00/cwt250.00–250.001,3104
SteersMedium and Large 2785130.00/cwt130.00–130.001,0211
SteersMedium and Large 2-3590110.00/cwt110.00–110.006492
SteersMedium and Large 1Natural832161.00/cwt161.00–161.001,3406
SteersMedium and Large 1-2Natural733216.00/cwt216.00–216.001,5838
SteersMedium and Large 1Natural641240.00/cwt240.00–240.001,5385
SteersMedium and Large 1Value Added666254.50/cwt254.50–254.501,6956
SteersMedium and Large 2Value Added558250.00/cwt250.00–250.001,3953
SteersMedium and Large 1458250.00/cwt250.00–250.001,1452
BullsMedium and Large 2473175.00/cwt175.00–175.008284
BullsMedium and Large 2555175.00/cwt175.00–175.009711
BullsSmall 1403157.50/cwt157.50–157.506353
BullsMedium and Large 1665174.96/cwt172.50–182.501,1634
BullsMedium and Large 1490240.00/cwt240.00–240.001,1763
BullsMedium and Large 1795121.00/cwt121.00–121.009621
HeifersMedium and Large 2477178.80/cwt176.00–180.0085310
HeifersMedium and Large 2349204.00/cwt204.00–204.007125
HeifersMedium and Large 3462168.26/cwt160.00–171.007774
HeifersSmall 1685161.00/cwt161.00–161.001,1031
BullsMedium and Large 3405160.00/cwt160.00–160.006481
BullsSmall 2548125.00/cwt125.00–125.006852
HeifersMedium and Large 1460205.00/cwt205.00–205.0094316
HeifersMedium and Large 1554200.00/cwt200.00–200.001,10810
HeifersMedium and Large 1640184.00/cwt184.00–184.001,1782
HeifersMedium and Large 2571177.00/cwt177.00–177.001,0118
HeifersMedium and Large 3533150.00/cwt150.00–150.008003
HeifersMedium and Large 2423181.00/cwt181.00–181.007666
HeifersMedium and Large 1384190.00/cwt190.00–190.007306
HeifersMedium and Large 1Natural664206.00/cwt206.00–206.001,3685
HeifersMedium and Large 1Natural816131.00/cwt131.00–131.001,0694
HeifersMedium and Large 1535190.00/cwt190.00–190.001,0171
HeifersMedium and Large 1425161.00/cwt161.00–161.006841
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2Value Added652209.00/cwt209.00–209.001,36314
HeifersMedium and Large 2Value Added832130.00/cwt130.00–130.001,0823
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2Value Added615204.53/cwt189.00–213.001,25817
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2Value Added740184.00/cwt184.00–184.001,3625
HeifersMedium and Large 2Natural552217.00/cwt217.00–217.001,19817
HeifersMedium and Large 2Natural659200.00/cwt200.00–200.001,31811
HeifersMedium and Large 1Value Added558207.00/cwt207.00–207.001,1554
SteersSmall 1455120.00/cwt120.00–120.005461
SteersSmall 1390140.00/cwt140.00–140.005461
HeifersMedium and Large 1Natural577201.00/cwt201.00–201.001,1608
HeifersMedium and Large 1Natural708180.00/cwt180.00–180.001,2746
HeifersMedium and Large 2Natural621183.00/cwt183.00–183.001,1367
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2Natural461197.00/cwt197.00–197.009089
SteersMedium and Large 3385180.00/cwt180.00–180.006932
SteersMedium and Large 3670120.00/cwt120.00–120.008041
SteersMedium and Large 3530160.00/cwt160.00–160.008481

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.