Name: Virginia Livestock, LLC livestock auction prices — 2024-04-16
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-04-16

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 414, Heifers 234, Bulls 59)

Value Added cattle are Weaned and Vaccinated

Natural cattle are Vaccinated, some Weaned

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $315.86/cwt on 121 head. That ranks 1 of 8 comparable sales and sits −150.70 against this barn's trailing median of $466.56.

Average price

$315.86

121 head · 551 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,740

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$169

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

$53.82/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+16.88

vs VA average

+11.47 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 2-3	519	354.00	1,837	21
Medium and Large 1-2	576	340.00	1,958	12thin
Medium and Large 2	553	320.86	1,773	14thin
Medium and Large 1	556	300.18	1,668	74

One grade step is worth $53.82/cwt here — about $169 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 600–700 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 sale121 hd

315.86

—

VA average11 barns · 588 hd

298.98

+16.88

National average171 barns · 11,979 hd

304.39

+11.47

This barn, trailing median8 sales

466.56

−150.70

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

84 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 1-2Value Added	550–600	576	340.00/cwt	340.00–340.00	1,958	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	700–750	706	270.00/cwt	270.00–270.00	1,906	9
Steers	Medium and Large 2	700–750	720	232.00/cwt	232.00–232.00	1,670	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2Value Added	500–550	548	344.00/cwt	344.00–344.00	1,885	8
Steers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	559	290.00/cwt	290.00–290.00	1,621	6
Steers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	369	315.00/cwt	315.00–315.00	1,162	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	525	245.00/cwt	245.00–245.00	1,286	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	614	229.85/cwt	200.00–285.00	1,411	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	250–300	276	235.00/cwt	235.00–235.00	649	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	352	255.00/cwt	255.00–255.00	898	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	1000–1050	1,016	196.00/cwt	196.00–196.00	1,991	14
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	650–700	675	263.00/cwt	263.00–263.00	1,775	38
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	750–800	765	175.00/cwt	175.00–175.00	1,339	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	459	256.97/cwt	229.00–258.00	1,179	56
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	850–900	867	220.00/cwt	220.00–220.00	1,907	32
Steers	Medium and Large 1Natural	800–850	805	212.00/cwt	212.00–212.00	1,707	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1Natural	450–500	475	322.75/cwt	321.00–326.00	1,533	34
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	750–800	770	256.00/cwt	256.00–256.00	1,971	64
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	300–350	334	287.50/cwt	287.50–287.50	960	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	700–750	725	185.00/cwt	185.00–185.00	1,341	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	559	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	1,677	34
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	472	303.89/cwt	301.00–314.00	1,434	28
Steers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	775	200.00/cwt	200.00–200.00	1,550	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	735	225.00/cwt	225.00–225.00	1,654	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	550–600	555	265.00/cwt	265.00–265.00	1,471	11
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	400–450	446	258.53/cwt	135.00–285.00	1,153	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	536	243.63/cwt	218.00–248.00	1,306	32
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	638	239.17/cwt	239.00–240.00	1,526	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	651	265.00/cwt	265.00–265.00	1,725	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	364	315.00/cwt	315.00–315.00	1,147	7
Steers	Small 1	650–700	685	160.00/cwt	160.00–160.00	1,096	1
Bulls	Small 1	450–500	460	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	690	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	373	260.00/cwt	260.00–260.00	970	11
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	250–300	270	260.00/cwt	260.00–260.00	702	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	779	174.05/cwt	135.00–194.00	1,356	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	575	229.00/cwt	229.00–229.00	1,317	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	600–650	644	230.00/cwt	230.00–230.00	1,481	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Natural	450–500	483	265.00/cwt	265.00–265.00	1,280	30
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Natural	900–950	902	165.00/cwt	165.00–165.00	1,488	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1Natural	500–550	546	302.62/cwt	300.00–304.00	1,652	26
Steers	Medium and Large 1Natural	550–600	569	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	1,707	13
Steers	Medium and Large 1Natural	650–700	673	261.44/cwt	250.00–271.00	1,759	9
Steers	Medium and Large 3	300–350	335	285.30/cwt	275.00–295.00	956	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	200–250	200	220.00/cwt	220.00–220.00	440	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 4	250–300	250	165.00/cwt	165.00–165.00	413	1
Steers	Medium and Large 4	450–500	485	175.00/cwt	175.00–175.00	849	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 3-4	200–250	240	175.00/cwt	175.00–175.00	420	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	400–450	415	167.95/cwt	155.00–180.00	697	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	350–400	360	240.00/cwt	240.00–240.00	864	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	300–350	320	245.00/cwt	245.00–245.00	784	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	500–550	537	203.49/cwt	155.00–219.00	1,093	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	250–300	275	178.05/cwt	170.00–185.00	490	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	350–400	360	220.00/cwt	220.00–220.00	792	1
Steers	Medium and Large 3	650–700	655	180.00/cwt	180.00–180.00	1,179	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3Value Added	650–700	658	189.00/cwt	189.00–189.00	1,244	6
Steers	Medium and Large 2	250–300	290	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	928	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	450–500	467	180.00/cwt	180.00–180.00	841	3
Steers	Medium and Large 3Value Added	650–700	698	180.00/cwt	180.00–180.00	1,256	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 3Value Added	600–650	640	185.00/cwt	185.00–185.00	1,184	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	450–500	490	220.00/cwt	220.00–220.00	1,078	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	750–800	760	180.00/cwt	180.00–180.00	1,368	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	650–700	680	210.00/cwt	210.00–210.00	1,428	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	250–300	255	240.00/cwt	240.00–240.00	612	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3Value Added	500–550	519	354.00/cwt	354.00–354.00	1,837	21
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3Value Added	600–650	607	329.00/cwt	329.00–329.00	1,997	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3Value Added	500–550	534	241.00/cwt	241.00–241.00	1,287	20
Steers	Medium and Large 2	600–650	625	265.00/cwt	265.00–265.00	1,656	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	600–650	637	220.00/cwt	220.00–220.00	1,401	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	200–250	230	280.00/cwt	280.00–280.00	644	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	300–350	345	275.00/cwt	275.00–275.00	949	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	458	295.00/cwt	295.00–295.00	1,351	5
Steers	Medium and Large 2	1000–1050	1,010	182.50/cwt	182.50–182.50	1,843	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	443	255.00/cwt	255.00–255.00	1,130	12
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	500–550	548	239.00/cwt	239.00–239.00	1,310	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	480	170.00/cwt	170.00–170.00	816	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	200–250	210	265.00/cwt	265.00–265.00	557	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	800–850	815	159.64/cwt	110.00–184.00	1,301	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	528	224.00/cwt	224.00–224.00	1,183	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2Natural	550–600	578	265.00/cwt	265.00–265.00	1,532	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	450–500	465	195.00/cwt	195.00–195.00	907	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	350–400	390	270.00/cwt	270.00–270.00	1,053	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	300–350	343	285.00/cwt	285.00–285.00	978	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	360	234.86/cwt	225.00–240.00	845	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	400–450	445	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	1,113	3

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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