Name: Virginia Livestock, LLC livestock auction prices — 2024-05-07
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-05-07

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 148, Heifers 156, Bulls 28)

Value Added and Some Natural Cattle are Weaned and Vaccinated

Weight class

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb heifers averaged $243.56/cwt on 54 head. That ranks 1 of 10 comparable sales and sits −123.47 against this barn's trailing median of $367.03.

Average price

$243.56

54 head · 561 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,367

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$177

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

$25.01/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−2.96

vs VA average

−24.03 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	563	249.01	1,403	39
Medium and Large 2	562	233.00	1,309	9thin
Medium and Large 3	547	224.00	1,225	6thin

One grade step is worth $25.01/cwt here — about $177 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 300–400 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 sale54 hd

243.56

—

VA average9 barns · 486 hd

246.52

−2.96

National average178 barns · 10,823 hd

267.59

−24.03

This barn, trailing median10 sales

367.03

−123.47

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

61 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 1Value Added	550–600	573	247.00/cwt	247.00–247.00	1,415	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Natural	550–600	588	242.00/cwt	242.00–242.00	1,423	7
Steers	Medium and Large 2	600–650	638	230.00/cwt	230.00–230.00	1,467	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	728	229.32/cwt	215.00–233.00	1,669	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	600–650	642	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	963	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	600–650	645	260.00/cwt	260.00–260.00	1,677	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	363	318.00/cwt	318.00–318.00	1,154	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	525	293.00/cwt	293.00–293.00	1,538	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Natural	350–400	380	310.00/cwt	310.00–310.00	1,178	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	1150–1200	1,165	145.00/cwt	145.00–145.00	1,689	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	601	262.00/cwt	262.00–262.00	1,575	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	589	241.00/cwt	241.00–241.00	1,419	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	950–1000	975	167.50/cwt	167.50–167.50	1,633	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	464	265.72/cwt	231.00–267.00	1,233	41
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	550–600	570	310.00/cwt	310.00–310.00	1,767	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	250–300	275	214.96/cwt	206.00–223.00	591	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	769	226.03/cwt	217.00–232.00	1,738	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	870	181.00/cwt	181.00–181.00	1,575	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	600–650	625	200.00/cwt	200.00–200.00	1,250	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	615	241.00/cwt	241.00–241.00	1,482	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	661	249.17/cwt	230.00–253.00	1,647	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	547	253.54/cwt	244.00–254.00	1,387	21
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	663	237.00/cwt	237.00–237.00	1,571	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	386	251.78/cwt	241.00–254.00	972	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1Natural	400–450	445	313.00/cwt	313.00–313.00	1,393	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	555	298.16/cwt	290.00–299.00	1,655	32
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	470	314.62/cwt	310.00–315.00	1,479	13
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	500–550	549	311.00/cwt	311.00–311.00	1,707	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	450–500	475	301.00/cwt	301.00–301.00	1,430	11
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	300–350	333	310.00/cwt	310.00–310.00	1,032	3
Steers	Medium and Large 3	550–600	575	200.00/cwt	200.00–200.00	1,150	1
Steers	Medium and Large 3	450–500	455	225.00/cwt	225.00–225.00	1,024	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	450–500	497	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	621	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	700–750	715	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	1,073	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	400	230.00/cwt	230.00–230.00	920	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	300–350	340	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	425	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	577	248.15/cwt	200.00–260.00	1,432	5
Steers	Medium and Large 2	250–300	270	322.00/cwt	322.00–322.00	869	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	750–800	763	200.00/cwt	200.00–200.00	1,526	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	500–550	547	224.00/cwt	224.00–224.00	1,225	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	500–550	520	109.62/cwt	90.00–130.00	570	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	400–450	440	230.00/cwt	230.00–230.00	1,012	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	150–200	160	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	240	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	390	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	1,170	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	562	233.00/cwt	233.00–233.00	1,309	9
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	300–350	325	260.00/cwt	260.00–260.00	845	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	200–250	228	210.00/cwt	210.00–210.00	479	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	250–300	265	165.00/cwt	165.00–165.00	437	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	300–350	345	226.18/cwt	210.00–230.00	780	5
Steers	Medium and Large 2	800–850	837	200.00/cwt	200.00–200.00	1,674	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	650–700	655	208.00/cwt	208.00–208.00	1,362	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	460	230.00/cwt	230.00–230.00	1,058	13
Steers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	470	280.00/cwt	280.00–280.00	1,316	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	600–650	635	210.00/cwt	210.00–210.00	1,334	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	400–450	425	200.00/cwt	200.00–200.00	850	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	250–300	270	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	864	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	900–950	943	177.50/cwt	177.50–177.50	1,674	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	438	299.77/cwt	280.00–302.00	1,313	19
Steers	Medium and Large 1Natural	600–650	601	293.00/cwt	293.00–293.00	1,761	11
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	250–300	285	284.00/cwt	284.00–284.00	809	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1Natural	500–550	540	301.00/cwt	301.00–301.00	1,625	12

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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