Name: Virginia Livestock, LLC livestock auction prices — 2024-03-05
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-03-05

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 410, Heifers 423, Bulls 52)

Value Added and most Natural cattle are Weaned and Vaccinated

Weight class

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb heifers averaged $249.95/cwt on 123 head. That ranks 1 of 10 comparable sales and sits −117.09 against this barn's trailing median of $367.03.

Average price

$249.95

123 head · 564 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,409

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$209

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

$34.55/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+3.71

vs VA average

−21.96 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1-2	567	259.55	1,472	40
Medium and Large 2-3	562	257.00	1,444	22
Medium and Large 1	563	245.88	1,384	40
Medium and Large 2	561	233.66	1,311	17thin
Medium and Large 3	561	225.00	1,262	4thin

One grade step is worth $34.55/cwt here — about $209 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 500–600 lb. USDA reports each grade on its own line and never publishes the spread.

This barn's trailing prices 500–600 lb

10 sales

Heifers 500–600 lb: high $429.16, low $317.32, median $367.03 across 10 sales. Sales under 10 head in this class are excluded, so a thin day cannot swing the median or the ranking.

How it compared 500–600 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only

This sale123 hd

249.95

—

VA average7 barns · 490 hd

246.24

+3.71

National average176 barns · 15,352 hd

271.91

−21.96

This barn, trailing median10 sales

367.03

−117.09

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

90 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 1Natural	500–550	537	285.00/cwt	285.00–285.00	1,530	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	650–700	666	292.28/cwt	270.00–305.00	1,947	22
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	750–800	768	220.00/cwt	220.00–220.00	1,690	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1Natural	450–500	459	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	1,469	20
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	659	248.76/cwt	229.00–251.00	1,639	30
Steers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	757	215.00/cwt	215.00–215.00	1,628	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Natural	650–700	668	248.00/cwt	248.00–248.00	1,657	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Natural	550–600	572	257.00/cwt	257.00–257.00	1,470	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Natural	800–850	847	200.00/cwt	200.00–200.00	1,694	25
Steers	Medium and Large 1Natural	800–850	828	234.67/cwt	228.00–241.00	1,943	23
Steers	Medium and Large 1Natural	650–700	688	251.00/cwt	251.00–251.00	1,727	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1Natural	750–800	750	236.00/cwt	236.00–236.00	1,770	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1Natural	550–600	578	307.00/cwt	307.00–307.00	1,774	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Natural	750–800	777	215.00/cwt	215.00–215.00	1,671	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Natural	500–550	546	317.00/cwt	317.00–317.00	1,731	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Natural	600–650	645	252.00/cwt	252.00–252.00	1,625	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Natural	750–800	788	219.00/cwt	219.00–219.00	1,726	18
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Natural	700–750	729	225.00/cwt	225.00–225.00	1,640	24
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Natural	650–700	662	228.00/cwt	228.00–228.00	1,509	28
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Natural	550–600	567	259.55/cwt	258.00–260.00	1,472	40
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	750–800	767	225.00/cwt	225.00–225.00	1,726	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	800–850	836	201.00/cwt	201.00–201.00	1,680	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	556	279.00/cwt	279.00–279.00	1,551	30
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	900–950	931	189.00/cwt	189.00–189.00	1,760	14
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	600–650	636	245.00/cwt	245.00–245.00	1,558	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	550–600	593	260.00/cwt	260.00–260.00	1,542	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	754	212.00/cwt	212.00–212.00	1,598	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	465	229.00/cwt	229.00–229.00	1,065	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	449	254.00/cwt	254.00–254.00	1,140	16
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	372	251.65/cwt	225.00–262.00	936	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	464	289.90/cwt	205.00–301.00	1,345	26
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	376	335.00/cwt	335.00–335.00	1,260	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	950–1000	985	170.00/cwt	170.00–170.00	1,675	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	450–500	455	283.00/cwt	283.00–283.00	1,288	10
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	550–600	551	251.00/cwt	251.00–251.00	1,383	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	551	237.59/cwt	221.00–240.00	1,309	24
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	643	233.00/cwt	233.00–233.00	1,498	16
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	664	222.33/cwt	210.00–231.00	1,476	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	748	213.00/cwt	213.00–213.00	1,593	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	350–400	373	295.00/cwt	295.00–295.00	1,100	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	500–550	506	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	1,265	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	650–700	673	205.97/cwt	200.00–218.00	1,386	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	600–650	635	190.00/cwt	190.00–190.00	1,207	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	850–900	895	145.00/cwt	145.00–145.00	1,298	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	250–300	260	260.00/cwt	260.00–260.00	676	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	350–400	395	155.00/cwt	155.00–155.00	612	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	450–500	460	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	575	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	350–400	366	236.00/cwt	236.00–236.00	864	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	450–500	456	229.00/cwt	229.00–229.00	1,044	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	400–450	415	205.00/cwt	205.00–205.00	851	1
Steers	Medium and Large 3	400–450	440	195.00/cwt	195.00–195.00	858	2
Steers	Medium and Large 3	350–400	393	230.00/cwt	230.00–230.00	904	2
Steers	Medium and Large 3	250–300	260	235.00/cwt	235.00–235.00	611	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	550–600	561	225.00/cwt	225.00–225.00	1,262	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	200–250	200	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	260	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3Natural	450–500	461	258.00/cwt	258.00–258.00	1,189	21
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3Natural	400–450	446	257.00/cwt	257.00–257.00	1,146	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3Natural	550–600	562	257.00/cwt	257.00–257.00	1,444	22
Steers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	368	302.00/cwt	302.00–302.00	1,111	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	750–800	755	198.00/cwt	198.00–198.00	1,495	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2Value Added	550–600	578	302.00/cwt	302.00–302.00	1,746	8
Steers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	400	282.00/cwt	282.00–282.00	1,128	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	458	284.72/cwt	280.00–285.00	1,304	18
Steers	Medium and Large 2Value Added	700–750	703	238.00/cwt	238.00–238.00	1,673	19
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	650–700	650	172.50/cwt	172.50–172.50	1,121	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	460	200.00/cwt	200.00–200.00	920	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	377	257.60/cwt	249.00–260.00	971	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	700–750	733	165.00/cwt	165.00–165.00	1,209	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	550	260.00/cwt	260.00–260.00	1,430	8
Steers	Medium and Large 2	650–700	688	238.00/cwt	238.00–238.00	1,637	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	700–750	740	152.50/cwt	152.50–152.50	1,129	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	450–500	459	230.00/cwt	230.00–230.00	1,056	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	500–550	534	201.00/cwt	201.00–201.00	1,073	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	448	247.88/cwt	175.00–254.00	1,111	22
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	561	233.66/cwt	215.00–238.00	1,311	17
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	650–700	650	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	813	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	850–900	880	160.00/cwt	160.00–160.00	1,408	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2Natural	600–650	616	240.00/cwt	240.00–240.00	1,478	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 2Natural	450–500	471	265.00/cwt	265.00–265.00	1,248	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 2Natural	1000–1050	1,012	100.00/cwt	100.00–100.00	1,012	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2Natural	750–800	750	217.00/cwt	217.00–217.00	1,628	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2Natural	450–500	468	315.83/cwt	314.00–320.00	1,478	17
Steers	Medium and Large 2Natural	550–600	573	290.00/cwt	290.00–290.00	1,662	15
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	600–650	635	220.00/cwt	220.00–220.00	1,397	13
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Natural	550–600	560	292.00/cwt	292.00–292.00	1,635	28
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Natural	650–700	667	286.00/cwt	286.00–286.00	1,908	25
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Natural	750–800	759	243.00/cwt	243.00–243.00	1,844	13
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Natural	850–900	869	210.00/cwt	210.00–210.00	1,825	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Natural	600–650	628	301.00/cwt	301.00–301.00	1,890	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	753	216.00/cwt	216.00–216.00	1,626	2

How this sale compares

Virginia weighted averages

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