Name: Virginia Livestock, LLC livestock auction prices — 2024-03-19
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-03-19

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 207, Heifers 195, Bulls 44)

Value Added and Natural cattle are Weaned and Vaccinated

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $306.93/cwt on 49 head. That ranks 1 of 8 comparable sales and sits −159.62 against this barn's trailing median of $466.56.

Average price

$306.93

49 head · 540 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,657

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$1,159

per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Medium and Large 4

$225.00/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+8.40

vs VA average

−11.36 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1-2	510	340.00	1,734	12thin
Medium and Large 1	551	312.02	1,721	32
Medium and Large 2	545	230.00	1,254	2thin
Medium and Large 3	548	200.00	1,096	2thin
Medium and Large 4	500	115.00	575	1thin

One grade step is worth $225.00/cwt here — about $1,159 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

8 sales

Steers 500–600 lb: high $509.08, low $427.25, median $466.56 across 8 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 sale49 hd

306.93

—

VA average10 barns · 719 hd

298.53

+8.40

National average173 barns · 12,551 hd

318.29

−11.36

This barn, trailing median8 sales

466.56

−159.62

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

77 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 2	300–350	310	170.00/cwt	170.00–170.00	527	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	450–500	471	280.00/cwt	280.00–280.00	1,319	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	350–400	361	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	903	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Natural	700–750	722	244.00/cwt	244.00–244.00	1,762	13
Steers	Medium and Large 1Natural	500–550	520	326.96/cwt	323.00–331.00	1,700	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1Natural	650–700	676	302.86/cwt	302.00–305.50	2,047	24
Heifers	Medium and Large 2Value Added	450–500	451	276.00/cwt	276.00–276.00	1,245	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 2Value Added	750–800	797	145.00/cwt	145.00–145.00	1,156	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2Natural	600–650	630	311.00/cwt	311.00–311.00	1,959	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	950–1000	955	155.00/cwt	155.00–155.00	1,480	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	500–550	522	251.00/cwt	251.00–251.00	1,310	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1Natural	700–750	745	257.12/cwt	255.00–258.00	1,916	33
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Natural	600–650	623	239.00/cwt	239.00–239.00	1,489	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Natural	700–750	719	235.00/cwt	235.00–235.00	1,690	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1Natural	550–600	560	331.00/cwt	331.00–331.00	1,854	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	700–750	731	280.00/cwt	280.00–280.00	2,047	20
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	471	320.84/cwt	319.00–325.00	1,511	16
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	550–600	550	330.00/cwt	330.00–330.00	1,815	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Natural	600–650	612	244.74/cwt	244.00–246.00	1,498	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	561	297.00/cwt	297.00–297.00	1,666	17
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	880	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	1,320	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	671	210.00/cwt	210.00–210.00	1,409	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	448	317.00/cwt	317.00–317.00	1,420	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	763	183.19/cwt	150.00–200.00	1,398	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	650–700	663	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	1,989	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	464	270.00/cwt	270.00–270.00	1,253	23
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	372	303.41/cwt	275.00–319.00	1,129	3
Heifers	Small 1	600–650	643	160.00/cwt	160.00–160.00	1,029	1
Heifers	Small 1	750–800	790	135.00/cwt	135.00–135.00	1,067	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	388	268.00/cwt	268.00–268.00	1,040	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	510	225.00/cwt	225.00–225.00	1,148	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	561	247.00/cwt	247.00–247.00	1,386	18
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	450–500	462	299.00/cwt	299.00–299.00	1,381	9
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	500–550	544	260.00/cwt	260.00–260.00	1,414	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	750–800	785	170.00/cwt	170.00–170.00	1,335	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	350–400	380	280.00/cwt	280.00–280.00	1,064	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	600–650	632	232.50/cwt	232.50–232.50	1,469	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	1050–1100	1,085	134.00/cwt	134.00–134.00	1,454	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	600–650	610	254.59/cwt	205.00–305.00	1,553	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	550–600	570	216.00/cwt	216.00–216.00	1,231	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	400–450	435	210.00/cwt	210.00–210.00	914	3
Steers	Medium and Large 3	350–400	360	245.00/cwt	245.00–245.00	882	1
Steers	Medium and Large 4	500–550	500	115.00/cwt	115.00–115.00	575	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	400–450	420	220.00/cwt	220.00–220.00	924	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	850–900	855	152.50/cwt	152.50–152.50	1,304	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3Value Added	300–350	349	221.00/cwt	221.00–221.00	771	4
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3Value Added	600–650	603	302.00/cwt	302.00–302.00	1,821	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	350–400	358	211.33/cwt	200.00–222.50	757	2
Steers	Medium and Large 3	450–500	475	225.00/cwt	225.00–225.00	1,069	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	300–350	325	195.00/cwt	195.00–195.00	634	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	600–650	623	195.00/cwt	195.00–195.00	1,215	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	458	311.00/cwt	311.00–311.00	1,424	5
Steers	Medium and Large 2Value Added	400–450	430	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	1,376	7
Steers	Medium and Large 3	500–550	548	200.00/cwt	200.00–200.00	1,096	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	450–500	485	195.00/cwt	195.00–195.00	946	2
Steers	Medium and Large 3	250–300	278	245.00/cwt	245.00–245.00	681	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	650–700	678	240.00/cwt	240.00–240.00	1,627	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	433	267.00/cwt	267.00–267.00	1,156	12
Steers	Medium and Large 2	700–750	725	220.00/cwt	220.00–220.00	1,595	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	375	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	938	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	510	305.00/cwt	305.00–305.00	1,556	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	850–900	858	205.00/cwt	205.00–205.00	1,759	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Natural	500–550	510	340.00/cwt	340.00–340.00	1,734	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	250–300	290	225.00/cwt	225.00–225.00	653	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	388	273.00/cwt	273.00–273.00	1,059	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	556	245.00/cwt	245.00–245.00	1,362	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	468	167.57/cwt	165.00–170.00	784	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	600–650	628	211.02/cwt	160.00–228.00	1,325	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	750–800	758	216.00/cwt	216.00–216.00	1,637	12
Steers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	580	155.00/cwt	155.00–155.00	899	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	410	275.00/cwt	275.00–275.00	1,128	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	650–700	650	224.00/cwt	224.00–224.00	1,456	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	550–600	552	240.00/cwt	240.00–240.00	1,325	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	500	175.00/cwt	175.00–175.00	875	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	653	260.40/cwt	235.00–269.00	1,700	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	600–650	619	312.00/cwt	312.00–312.00	1,931	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Natural	500–550	530	228.00/cwt	228.00–228.00	1,208	2

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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