Name: Virginia Livestock, LLC livestock auction prices — 2024-04-02
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-04-02

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 189, Heifers 293, Bulls 22)

Value Added and Natural cattle are Weaned and Vaccinated

Weight class

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb heifers averaged $256.67/cwt on 80 head. That ranks 1 of 10 comparable sales and sits −110.37 against this barn's trailing median of $367.03.

Average price

$256.67

80 head · 551 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,415

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$399

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

$74.00/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+5.16

vs VA average

−13.92 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1-2	558	274.00	1,529	15thin
Medium and Large 1	548	260.00	1,426	49
Medium and Large 2	558	235.07	1,312	11thin
Medium and Large 3	536	224.39	1,203	4thin
Small 1	565	200.00	1,130	1thin

One grade step is worth $74.00/cwt here — about $399 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 400–500 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 sale80 hd

256.67

—

VA average7 barns · 338 hd

251.51

+5.16

National average179 barns · 13,329 hd

270.59

−13.92

This barn, trailing median10 sales

367.03

−110.37

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

63 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 1	700–750	740	239.00/cwt	239.00–239.00	1,769	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	798	209.00/cwt	209.00–209.00	1,668	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	345	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	1,035	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	500–550	545	274.00/cwt	274.00–274.00	1,493	21
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Natural	750–800	790	214.00/cwt	214.00–214.00	1,691	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Natural	650–700	680	247.00/cwt	247.00–247.00	1,680	16
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	750–800	772	230.00/cwt	230.00–230.00	1,776	19
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	369	316.00/cwt	316.00–316.00	1,166	15
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	718	185.00/cwt	185.00–185.00	1,328	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	550–600	564	330.00/cwt	330.00–330.00	1,861	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	340	276.00/cwt	276.00–276.00	938	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	551	249.50/cwt	249.50–249.50	1,375	28
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	376	283.00/cwt	283.00–283.00	1,064	20
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	450–500	455	316.00/cwt	316.00–316.00	1,438	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	638	220.00/cwt	220.00–220.00	1,404	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	250–300	265	260.00/cwt	260.00–260.00	689	1
Bulls	Small 1	600–650	620	230.00/cwt	230.00–230.00	1,426	1
Heifers	Small 1	600–650	605	175.00/cwt	175.00–175.00	1,059	1
Steers	Small 1	650–700	690	220.00/cwt	220.00–220.00	1,518	1
Bulls	Small 1	750–800	770	206.00/cwt	206.00–206.00	1,586	1
Steers	Small 1	200–250	230	260.00/cwt	260.00–260.00	598	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	493	155.10/cwt	135.00–175.00	765	2
Heifers	Small 1	450–500	470	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	705	1
Heifers	Small 1	550–600	565	200.00/cwt	200.00–200.00	1,130	1
Steers	Small 1	800–850	815	195.00/cwt	195.00–195.00	1,589	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	665	201.00/cwt	201.00–201.00	1,337	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	445	290.00/cwt	290.00–290.00	1,291	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	649	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	1,947	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	750–800	770	205.00/cwt	205.00–205.00	1,579	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	500–550	530	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	1,590	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	400–450	425	270.00/cwt	270.00–270.00	1,148	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	362	302.00/cwt	302.00–302.00	1,093	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	500–550	536	224.39/cwt	175.00–240.00	1,203	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	450–500	465	236.28/cwt	230.00–237.50	1,099	6
Steers	Medium and Large 3	450–500	470	200.00/cwt	200.00–200.00	940	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	454	265.00/cwt	265.00–265.00	1,203	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	600–650	605	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	908	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	650–700	658	224.00/cwt	224.00–224.00	1,474	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	300–350	339	260.00/cwt	260.00–260.00	881	4
Steers	Medium and Large 3	350–400	388	280.00/cwt	280.00–280.00	1,086	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	500–550	545	242.50/cwt	242.50–242.50	1,322	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	300–350	302	304.00/cwt	304.00–304.00	918	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	530	279.00/cwt	279.00–279.00	1,479	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	600–650	622	253.00/cwt	253.00–253.00	1,574	10
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	350–400	395	290.00/cwt	290.00–290.00	1,146	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	357	278.22/cwt	270.00–279.00	993	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	558	243.58/cwt	238.00–245.00	1,359	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	650–700	663	257.00/cwt	257.00–257.00	1,704	24
Heifers	Medium and Large 2Value Added	550–600	560	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	840	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	566	327.12/cwt	250.00–332.00	1,851	55
Steers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	453	297.00/cwt	297.00–297.00	1,345	8
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	550–600	590	238.00/cwt	238.00–238.00	1,404	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	450–500	465	240.00/cwt	240.00–240.00	1,116	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	850–900	877	205.00/cwt	205.00–205.00	1,798	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	200–250	248	260.00/cwt	260.00–260.00	645	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	460	270.00/cwt	270.00–270.00	1,242	55
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	250–300	283	265.00/cwt	265.00–265.00	750	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	550–600	558	274.00/cwt	274.00–274.00	1,529	15
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	350–400	390	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	1,170	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	700–750	733	230.00/cwt	230.00–230.00	1,686	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	445	222.00/cwt	222.00–222.00	988	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	668	275.30/cwt	275.00–281.00	1,839	20
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	468	330.00/cwt	330.00–330.00	1,544	46

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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