Name: Virginia Livestock, LLC livestock auction prices — 2024-05-21
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-05-21

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 115, Heifers 126, Bulls 19)

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 $252.67/cwt on 54 head. That ranks 1 of 10 comparable sales and sits −114.36 against this barn's trailing median of $367.03.

Average price

$252.67

54 head · 539 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,362

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$71

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

$20.46/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−1.33

vs VA average

−23.79 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1-2	529	259.00	1,370	26
Medium and Large 1	551	253.93	1,400	15thin
Medium and Large 2	545	238.54	1,299	13thin

One grade step is worth $20.46/cwt here — about $71 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 sale54 hd

252.67

—

VA average9 barns · 447 hd

254.00

−1.33

National average163 barns · 12,702 hd

276.46

−23.79

This barn, trailing median10 sales

367.03

−114.36

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

58 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
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	550–600	556	287.50/cwt	287.50–287.50	1,599	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	600–650	632	315.00/cwt	315.00–315.00	1,991	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Natural	600–650	636	307.29/cwt	305.00–310.00	1,954	15
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	375	265.00/cwt	265.00–265.00	994	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	600–650	625	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	1,563	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Natural	500–550	540	342.50/cwt	335.00–345.00	1,850	28
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Natural	850–900	850	198.00/cwt	198.00–198.00	1,683	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Natural	450–500	455	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	1,138	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	472	336.00/cwt	336.00–336.00	1,586	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 2Natural	550–600	578	237.50/cwt	237.50–237.50	1,373	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2Natural	650–700	697	180.00/cwt	180.00–180.00	1,255	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	330	335.00/cwt	335.00–335.00	1,106	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	559	335.00/cwt	335.00–335.00	1,873	9
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	700–750	745	190.00/cwt	190.00–190.00	1,416	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	431	274.00/cwt	274.00–274.00	1,181	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Natural	700–750	726	242.00/cwt	242.00–242.00	1,757	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Natural	500–550	529	259.00/cwt	259.00–259.00	1,370	26
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	610	225.00/cwt	225.00–225.00	1,373	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	675	280.00/cwt	280.00–280.00	1,890	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	740	262.00/cwt	262.00–262.00	1,939	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	535	210.00/cwt	210.00–210.00	1,124	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	780	230.00/cwt	230.00–230.00	1,794	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	500	225.00/cwt	225.00–225.00	1,125	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1Natural	600–650	629	311.00/cwt	311.00–311.00	1,956	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1Natural	500–550	513	335.00/cwt	335.00–335.00	1,719	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Natural	550–600	555	256.00/cwt	256.00–256.00	1,421	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Natural	450–500	461	263.00/cwt	263.00–263.00	1,212	8
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	650–700	655	255.00/cwt	255.00–255.00	1,670	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	550–600	592	272.00/cwt	272.00–272.00	1,610	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	400–450	415	195.00/cwt	195.00–195.00	809	1
Steers	Medium and Large 3	500–550	520	315.00/cwt	315.00–315.00	1,638	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	350–400	352	305.00/cwt	305.00–305.00	1,074	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	450–500	480	230.00/cwt	230.00–230.00	1,104	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	300–350	348	260.00/cwt	260.00–260.00	905	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	450–500	485	185.00/cwt	185.00–185.00	897	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	250–300	290	240.00/cwt	240.00–240.00	696	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3Value Added	300–350	305	265.00/cwt	265.00–265.00	808	3
Steers	Medium and Large 3	650–700	660	285.00/cwt	285.00–285.00	1,881	1
Steers	Medium and Large 3	450–500	470	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	1,645	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3Value Added	400–450	443	220.00/cwt	220.00–220.00	975	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	445	355.00/cwt	355.00–355.00	1,580	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	573	330.00/cwt	330.00–330.00	1,891	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2Value Added	400–450	428	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	1,070	2
Steers	Medium and Large 3	400–450	415	360.00/cwt	360.00–360.00	1,494	1
Steers	Medium and Large 3	350–400	355	305.00/cwt	305.00–305.00	1,083	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2Value Added	500–550	528	231.01/cwt	210.00–235.00	1,220	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	250–300	285	240.00/cwt	240.00–240.00	684	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	473	247.61/cwt	175.00–273.00	1,171	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	533	255.00/cwt	255.00–255.00	1,359	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3Value Added	600–650	610	315.00/cwt	315.00–315.00	1,922	6
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3Value Added	500–550	535	345.00/cwt	345.00–345.00	1,846	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	480	355.00/cwt	355.00–355.00	1,704	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	600–650	645	200.00/cwt	200.00–200.00	1,290	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2Value Added	600–650	635	207.38/cwt	200.00–215.00	1,317	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2Value Added	350–400	390	270.00/cwt	270.00–270.00	1,053	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2Value Added	750–800	752	218.00/cwt	218.00–218.00	1,639	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2Value Added	450–500	490	340.00/cwt	340.00–340.00	1,666	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	850–900	855	160.00/cwt	160.00–160.00	1,368	1

How this sale compares

Virginia weighted averages

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