Name: Virginia Livestock, LLC livestock auction prices — 2023-09-19
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2023-09-19

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 279, Heifers 332, Bulls 52)

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 $219.15/cwt on 332 head.

Average price

$219.15

332 head · 575 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,260

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$521

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

$62.03/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−1.48

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	581	233.06	1,354	33
Medium and Large 2-3	627	228.06	1,431	93
Medium and Large 1	583	217.32	1,267	118
Medium and Large 2	511	215.55	1,101	71
Medium and Large 3	487	171.03	833	17thin

One grade step is worth $62.03/cwt here — about $521 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 sale332 hd

219.15

—

VA average10 barns · 2,125 hd

220.63

−1.48

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

73 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 2-3Natural	—	446	240.00/cwt	240.00–240.00	1,070	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Natural	—	584	249.00/cwt	249.00–249.00	1,454	7
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3Natural	—	563	235.00/cwt	235.00–235.00	1,323	9
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	469	257.34/cwt	235.00–261.00	1,207	15
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3Value Added	—	733	218.00/cwt	218.00–218.00	1,598	23
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	545	201.00/cwt	201.00–201.00	1,095	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	347	246.00/cwt	246.00–246.00	854	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	843	226.00/cwt	226.00–226.00	1,905	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	745	206.00/cwt	206.00–206.00	1,535	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	555	253.18/cwt	253.00–255.00	1,405	71
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	688	214.00/cwt	214.00–214.00	1,472	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	464	274.00/cwt	274.00–274.00	1,271	26
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	372	265.00/cwt	265.00–265.00	986	6
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	568	243.00/cwt	243.00–243.00	1,380	5
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	245	224.00/cwt	224.00–224.00	549	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	708	227.03/cwt	219.00–235.00	1,607	2
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	591	155.10/cwt	140.00–160.00	917	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	405	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	1,013	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	680	233.02/cwt	229.00–236.00	1,585	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	651	240.00/cwt	240.00–240.00	1,562	24
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	1,050	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	1,155	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3Natural	—	665	200.00/cwt	200.00–200.00	1,330	7
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	375	239.00/cwt	239.00–239.00	896	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	732	246.00/cwt	246.00–246.00	1,801	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	664	214.00/cwt	214.00–214.00	1,421	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1Natural	—	748	246.00/cwt	246.00–246.00	1,840	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	578	244.00/cwt	244.00–244.00	1,410	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1Natural	—	855	228.00/cwt	228.00–228.00	1,949	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	773	235.66/cwt	228.00–246.00	1,822	17
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	634	260.00/cwt	260.00–260.00	1,648	16
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	451	264.00/cwt	264.00–264.00	1,191	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	656	197.50/cwt	197.50–197.50	1,296	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	379	223.82/cwt	212.00–230.00	848	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	763	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	916	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	540	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	810	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	620	177.50/cwt	177.50–177.50	1,101	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	355	216.00/cwt	216.00–216.00	767	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	559	239.00/cwt	239.00–239.00	1,336	15
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	400	155.00/cwt	155.00–155.00	620	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	579	165.00/cwt	165.00–165.00	955	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	463	216.29/cwt	163.00–222.00	1,001	22
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	456	246.00/cwt	246.00–246.00	1,122	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3Natural	—	550	227.00/cwt	227.00–227.00	1,249	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Natural	—	617	236.00/cwt	236.00–236.00	1,456	18
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	785	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	864	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	315	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	473	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	661	216.00/cwt	216.00–216.00	1,428	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	673	165.00/cwt	165.00–165.00	1,110	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	568	187.50/cwt	187.50–187.50	1,065	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	469	177.50/cwt	177.50–177.50	832	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	430	145.00/cwt	145.00–145.00	624	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	630	147.50/cwt	147.50–147.50	929	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	568	222.00/cwt	222.00–222.00	1,261	20
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3Natural	—	659	210.00/cwt	210.00–210.00	1,384	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	546	217.73/cwt	196.00–221.00	1,189	23
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	782	183.00/cwt	183.00–183.00	1,431	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	260	208.00/cwt	208.00–208.00	541	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	368	224.00/cwt	224.00–224.00	824	15
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	651	226.00/cwt	226.00–226.00	1,471	24
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	367	145.00/cwt	145.00–145.00	532	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	457	224.69/cwt	215.00–226.00	1,027	27
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	587	237.55/cwt	237.00–238.00	1,394	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	655	196.05/cwt	170.00–201.00	1,284	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	620	207.94/cwt	191.00–210.00	1,289	19
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Natural	—	677	214.00/cwt	214.00–214.00	1,449	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	347	226.00/cwt	226.00–226.00	784	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3Value Added	—	635	242.00/cwt	242.00–242.00	1,537	32
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3Value Added	—	518	225.00/cwt	225.00–225.00	1,166	19
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	545	207.00/cwt	207.00–207.00	1,128	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	590	236.00/cwt	236.00–236.00	1,392	4
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	661	215.88/cwt	206.00–229.00	1,427	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	752	190.00/cwt	190.00–190.00	1,429	5
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	470	193.33/cwt	140.00–220.00	909	3

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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