Sale reports / Virginia / Virginia Livestock, LLC / 2023-12-19

Virginia Livestock, LLC

Feeder Cattle · Front Royal, Virginia · Tue, Dec 19
● Final40 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2176
Receipts
107 head
1,070 vs last sale 1,177 30 vs year ago 77 · +39.0%
Also sold hereSlaughter/Replacement CattleThu Aug 13, 2026
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 27, Heifers 58, Bulls 22)

Value Added cattle are Weaned and Vaccinated

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $166.05/cwt on 58 head.
Average price
$166.05
58 head · 556 lb average
Value per head Derived
$923
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$494
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 3
$60.82/cwt at this weight
vs the market
27.90
vs VA average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1574177.821,02140
Medium and Large 2567150.7285411thin
Medium and Large 1-2395137.505432thin
Medium and Large 3450117.005275thin
One grade step is worth $60.82/cwt here — about $494 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 sale58 hd
166.05
VA average11 barns · 1,026 hd
193.95
−27.90
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

40 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
BullsMedium and Large 1360157.50/cwt157.50–157.505671
BullsMedium and Large 1458196.26/cwt195.00–197.508992
BullsMedium and Large 1575164.11/cwt150.00–177.509442
BullsMedium and Large 1745142.50/cwt142.50–142.501,0622
BullsMedium and Large 3365142.50/cwt142.50–142.505201
BullsMedium and Large 2545177.50/cwt177.50–177.509671
SteersMedium and Large 3515145.00/cwt145.00–145.007471
SteersMedium and Large 3369111.09/cwt102.50–127.504103
SteersMedium and Large 1547238.00/cwt238.00–238.001,3025
SteersMedium and Large 1575224.00/cwt224.00–224.001,2882
SteersMedium and Large 2773147.50/cwt147.50–147.501,1402
SteersMedium and Large 2850132.50/cwt132.50–132.501,1261
HeifersMedium and Large 3510125.00/cwt125.00–125.006381
HeifersMedium and Large 1821142.50/cwt142.50–142.501,1705
SteersMedium and Large 2445226.00/cwt226.00–226.001,0062
SteersMedium and Large 349097.50/cwt97.50–97.504781
SteersMedium and Large 451585.00/cwt85.00–85.004381
SteersMedium and Large 1674216.00/cwt216.00–216.001,4564
HeifersMedium and Large 2Value Added694150.00/cwt150.00–150.001,0414
HeifersMedium and Large 1560185.00/cwt185.00–185.001,0361
SteersMedium and Large 329082.50/cwt82.50–82.502391
SteersMedium and Large 1456235.00/cwt235.00–235.001,0724
HeifersMedium and Large 2532159.32/cwt147.50–170.008483
HeifersMedium and Large 2466145.00/cwt145.00–145.006764
BullsMedium and Large 2424232.00/cwt232.00–232.009844
BullsSmall 1420100.00/cwt100.00–100.004201
HeifersMedium and Large 1544195.85/cwt165.00–200.001,06517
HeifersMedium and Large 3790115.00/cwt115.00–115.009091
HeifersMedium and Large 3280100.00/cwt100.00–100.002801
HeifersMedium and Large 3430117.50/cwt117.50–117.505051
BullsSmall 1495100.00/cwt100.00–100.004951
BullsMedium and Large 2240130.00/cwt130.00–130.003121
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2395137.50/cwt137.50–137.505432
HeifersMedium and Large 3240127.50/cwt127.50–127.503061
BullsMedium and Large 2600177.50/cwt177.50–177.501,0651
BullsMedium and Large 3220147.50/cwt147.50–147.503251
BullsMedium and Large 3335135.00/cwt135.00–135.004521
BullsMedium and Large 1-2620140.00/cwt140.00–140.008683
HeifersMedium and Large 1635180.00/cwt180.00–180.001,1438
HeifersMedium and Large 1441160.65/cwt157.50–161.007089

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.