Name: Virginia Livestock, LLC livestock auction prices — 2024-02-06
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-02-06

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 106, Heifers 141, Bulls 57)

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 $197.10/cwt on 140 head.

Average price

$197.10

140 head · 602 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,186

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$734

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

$102.25/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−30.76

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	572	216.00	1,235	12thin
Medium and Large 1	649	206.19	1,337	103
Medium and Large 2	428	162.53	696	18thin
Medium and Large 3	530	128.75	682	2thin
Medium and Large 4	305	118.21	361	3thin
Small 1	440	113.75	501	2thin

One grade step is worth $102.25/cwt here — about $734 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 sale140 hd

197.10

—

VA average10 barns · 2,513 hd

227.86

−30.76

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

68 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
Heifers	Medium and Large 4	—	270	107.31/cwt	102.50–112.50	290	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	378	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	491	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 4	—	375	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	525	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Natural	—	745	207.00/cwt	207.00–207.00	1,542	14
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	550	272.00/cwt	272.00–272.00	1,496	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	681	223.29/cwt	216.00–228.00	1,521	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	225	100.00/cwt	100.00–100.00	225	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Natural	—	675	221.00/cwt	221.00–221.00	1,492	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	960	170.00/cwt	170.00–170.00	1,632	1
Steers	Small 1	—	510	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	612	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	397	281.00/cwt	281.00–281.00	1,116	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	710	185.00/cwt	185.00–185.00	1,314	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1Natural	—	688	189.93/cwt	182.50–200.00	1,307	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	578	214.00/cwt	214.00–214.00	1,237	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	986	190.00/cwt	190.00–190.00	1,873	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	456	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	1,368	13
Steers	Medium and Large 1Natural	—	551	261.00/cwt	261.00–261.00	1,438	4
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	975	100.00/cwt	100.00–100.00	975	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	750	187.50/cwt	187.50–187.50	1,406	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	720	180.00/cwt	180.00–180.00	1,296	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	450	241.00/cwt	241.00–241.00	1,085	8
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	533	246.00/cwt	246.00–246.00	1,311	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	560	271.00/cwt	271.00–271.00	1,518	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	783	211.00/cwt	211.00–211.00	1,652	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	640	160.00/cwt	160.00–160.00	1,024	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	380	310.00/cwt	310.00–310.00	1,178	4
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	1,005	100.00/cwt	100.00–100.00	1,005	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	958	190.00/cwt	190.00–190.00	1,820	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	552	236.00/cwt	236.00–236.00	1,303	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	365	269.00/cwt	269.00–269.00	982	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	760	137.50/cwt	137.50–137.50	1,045	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	1,010	100.00/cwt	100.00–100.00	1,010	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	500	197.50/cwt	197.50–197.50	988	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	285	245.00/cwt	245.00–245.00	698	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	420	260.00/cwt	260.00–260.00	1,092	1
Bulls	Small 1	—	545	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	818	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	270	228.81/cwt	212.00–245.00	618	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	455	155.00/cwt	155.00–155.00	705	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	902	100.00/cwt	100.00–100.00	902	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	654	156.80/cwt	150.00–192.50	1,025	17
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	940	80.00/cwt	80.00–80.00	752	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	437	271.79/cwt	240.00–280.00	1,188	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	579	217.00/cwt	217.00–217.00	1,256	14
Heifers	Small 1	—	560	107.50/cwt	107.50–107.50	602	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	770	145.00/cwt	145.00–145.00	1,117	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	625	177.50/cwt	177.50–177.50	1,109	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Natural	—	789	201.00/cwt	201.00–201.00	1,586	16
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	488	152.50/cwt	152.50–152.50	744	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	530	166.56/cwt	150.00–182.50	883	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	764	168.36/cwt	165.00–170.00	1,286	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	550	216.00/cwt	216.00–216.00	1,188	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 4	—	135	100.00/cwt	100.00–100.00	135	1
Heifers	Small 1	—	320	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	384	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	685	179.00/cwt	179.00–179.00	1,226	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	455	210.00/cwt	210.00–210.00	956	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	583	200.00/cwt	200.00–200.00	1,166	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Natural	—	901	157.50/cwt	157.50–157.50	1,419	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Natural	—	617	178.00/cwt	178.00–178.00	1,098	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	1,060	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	1,484	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	455	235.00/cwt	235.00–235.00	1,069	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	455	147.50/cwt	147.50–147.50	671	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	605	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	666	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	365	230.00/cwt	230.00–230.00	840	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	820	165.00/cwt	165.00–165.00	1,353	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Natural	—	559	220.00/cwt	220.00–220.00	1,230	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	405	217.75/cwt	217.50–218.00	882	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1Natural	—	776	239.00/cwt	239.00–239.00	1,855	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1Natural	—	746	241.00/cwt	241.00–241.00	1,798	11

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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