Name: Virginia Livestock, LLC livestock auction prices — 2024-06-04
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-06-04

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 121, Heifers 108, Bulls 55)

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 $323.98/cwt on 40 head. That ranks 1 of 8 comparable sales and sits −142.58 against this barn's trailing median of $466.56.

Average price

$323.98

40 head · 562 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,822

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$95

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

$18.98/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+14.51

vs VA average

+14.82 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1-2	561	330.62	1,855	26
Medium and Large 1	565	311.64	1,760	14thin

One grade step is worth $18.98/cwt here — about $95 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

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 sale40 hd

323.98

—

VA average8 barns · 701 hd

309.47

+14.51

National average164 barns · 13,053 hd

309.16

+14.82

This barn, trailing median8 sales

466.56

−142.58

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
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	300–350	315	334.00/cwt	334.00–334.00	1,052	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	500–550	545	220.00/cwt	220.00–220.00	1,199	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	700–750	710	165.00/cwt	165.00–165.00	1,172	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	400–450	428	252.19/cwt	245.00–260.00	1,079	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	600–650	625	255.00/cwt	255.00–255.00	1,594	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	750–800	750	190.00/cwt	190.00–190.00	1,425	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	390	260.00/cwt	260.00–260.00	1,014	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	455	225.00/cwt	225.00–225.00	1,024	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	623	230.00/cwt	230.00–230.00	1,433	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	581	311.00/cwt	311.00–311.00	1,807	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	538	234.00/cwt	234.00–234.00	1,259	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	450–500	482	275.00/cwt	275.00–275.00	1,326	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	558	252.00/cwt	252.00–252.00	1,406	16
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	600–650	611	269.00/cwt	269.00–269.00	1,644	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	735	200.00/cwt	200.00–200.00	1,470	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Natural	550–600	566	255.00/cwt	255.00–255.00	1,443	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	461	257.00/cwt	257.00–257.00	1,185	8
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	350–400	368	326.00/cwt	326.00–326.00	1,200	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	550–600	561	281.00/cwt	281.00–281.00	1,576	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Natural	950–1000	968	218.00/cwt	218.00–218.00	2,110	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1Natural	650–700	653	286.00/cwt	286.00–286.00	1,868	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Natural	600–650	646	238.00/cwt	238.00–238.00	1,537	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	365	321.00/cwt	321.00–321.00	1,172	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	650	237.00/cwt	237.00–237.00	1,541	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	435	225.00/cwt	225.00–225.00	979	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	650–700	693	271.00/cwt	271.00–271.00	1,878	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1Natural	500–550	505	314.00/cwt	304.00–319.00	1,586	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	650–700	670	245.00/cwt	245.00–245.00	1,642	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	435	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	1,392	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	663	216.96/cwt	205.00–240.00	1,438	3
Steers	Medium and Large 3	600–650	635	240.00/cwt	240.00–240.00	1,524	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	500–550	546	234.00/cwt	234.00–234.00	1,278	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	400–450	443	220.00/cwt	220.00–220.00	975	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	400–450	445	260.00/cwt	260.00–260.00	1,157	2
Steers	Medium and Large 3	450–500	470	255.00/cwt	255.00–255.00	1,199	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	550–600	563	225.00/cwt	225.00–225.00	1,267	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	390	260.00/cwt	260.00–260.00	1,014	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	470	219.08/cwt	213.00–222.00	1,030	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	300–350	329	255.00/cwt	255.00–255.00	839	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	550–600	595	165.00/cwt	165.00–165.00	982	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	559	229.00/cwt	229.00–229.00	1,280	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	300–350	310	65.00/cwt	65.00–65.00	202	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	450–500	452	265.00/cwt	265.00–265.00	1,198	13
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	500–550	542	265.00/cwt	265.00–265.00	1,436	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	600–650	645	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	1,613	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	250–300	260	175.00/cwt	175.00–175.00	455	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	250–300	253	230.00/cwt	230.00–230.00	582	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	350–400	382	234.92/cwt	215.00–255.00	897	4
Steers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	482	275.00/cwt	275.00–275.00	1,326	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2Value Added	400–450	411	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	1,028	4
Steers	Medium and Large 2	700–750	703	220.00/cwt	220.00–220.00	1,547	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	750–800	765	170.00/cwt	170.00–170.00	1,301	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	375	316.00/cwt	316.00–316.00	1,185	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	400	240.00/cwt	240.00–240.00	960	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Natural	450–500	472	326.29/cwt	322.00–327.00	1,540	28
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Natural	550–600	561	330.62/cwt	326.00–332.00	1,855	26
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Natural	650–700	657	288.00/cwt	288.00–288.00	1,892	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	350–400	358	313.54/cwt	290.00–320.00	1,122	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	750–800	779	215.00/cwt	215.00–215.00	1,675	4
Steers	Medium and Large 2	300–350	315	275.00/cwt	275.00–275.00	866	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Natural	750–800	753	220.00/cwt	220.00–220.00	1,657	5

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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