Name: Virginia Livestock, LLC livestock auction prices — 2024-07-16
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-07-16

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 298, Heifers 196, Bulls 43)

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 $277.28/cwt on 90 head. That ranks 1 of 8 comparable sales and sits −189.28 against this barn's trailing median of $466.56.

Average price

$277.28

90 head · 560 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,553

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$782

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

$127.86/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−3.95

vs VA average

−13.81 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1-2	574	292.86	1,681	34
Medium and Large 2-3	550	290.00	1,595	14thin
Medium and Large 1	551	286.20	1,578	20
Medium and Large 2	553	240.42	1,331	21
Medium and Large 3	545	165.00	899	1thin

One grade step is worth $127.86/cwt here — about $782 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

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 sale90 hd

277.28

—

VA average11 barns · 568 hd

281.23

−3.95

National average156 barns · 5,844 hd

291.09

−13.81

This barn, trailing median8 sales

466.56

−189.28

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

77 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	450–500	469	305.00/cwt	305.00–305.00	1,430	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Natural	400–450	417	309.00/cwt	309.00–309.00	1,289	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	650–700	670	151.00/cwt	151.00–151.00	1,012	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	550–600	565	210.00/cwt	210.00–210.00	1,187	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Natural	550–600	574	292.86/cwt	287.00–296.50	1,681	34
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Natural	450–500	458	277.00/cwt	277.00–277.00	1,269	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	535	261.00/cwt	261.00–261.00	1,396	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	553	289.00/cwt	289.00–289.00	1,598	18
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Natural	750–800	797	219.00/cwt	219.00–219.00	1,745	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Natural	650–700	650	269.00/cwt	269.00–269.00	1,749	22
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	657	249.00/cwt	249.00–249.00	1,636	13
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	500–550	540	214.00/cwt	214.00–214.00	1,156	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	457	264.00/cwt	264.00–264.00	1,206	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	348	306.00/cwt	306.00–306.00	1,065	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	650–700	698	230.00/cwt	230.00–230.00	1,605	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Natural	500–550	549	243.00/cwt	243.00–243.00	1,334	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	573	239.07/cwt	239.00–240.00	1,370	15
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	450–500	451	264.00/cwt	264.00–264.00	1,191	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	540	220.00/cwt	220.00–220.00	1,188	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	750–800	780	143.00/cwt	143.00–143.00	1,115	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	950–1000	985	201.00/cwt	201.00–201.00	1,980	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	615	271.00/cwt	271.00–271.00	1,667	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	388	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	970	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	730	221.00/cwt	221.00–221.00	1,613	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	900–950	910	229.00/cwt	229.00–229.00	2,084	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	650–700	657	170.29/cwt	151.00–180.00	1,119	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	825	238.00/cwt	238.00–238.00	1,964	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	725	231.00/cwt	231.00–231.00	1,675	1
Heifers	Small 1	650–700	650	200.00/cwt	200.00–200.00	1,300	1
Steers	Small 1	350–400	350	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	438	1
Bulls	Small 1	500–550	515	158.00/cwt	158.00–158.00	814	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	658	226.00/cwt	226.00–226.00	1,487	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	600–650	600	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	900	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	550–600	561	241.00/cwt	241.00–241.00	1,352	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	430	200.00/cwt	200.00–200.00	860	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1Natural	800–850	826	246.00/cwt	246.00–246.00	2,032	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1Natural	650–700	666	282.50/cwt	282.50–282.50	1,881	32
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	445	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	556	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	200–250	243	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	729	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	455	266.00/cwt	266.00–266.00	1,210	25
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	250–300	295	230.00/cwt	230.00–230.00	679	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Natural	550–600	555	233.00/cwt	233.00–233.00	1,293	42
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Natural	600–650	617	261.00/cwt	261.00–261.00	1,610	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Natural	700–750	737	262.89/cwt	262.50–264.00	1,937	23
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	448	307.00/cwt	307.00–307.00	1,375	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	750–800	764	226.00/cwt	226.00–226.00	1,727	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	350–400	370	240.00/cwt	240.00–240.00	888	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	500–550	549	210.00/cwt	210.00–210.00	1,153	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	460	200.00/cwt	200.00–200.00	920	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2Natural	750–800	798	238.00/cwt	238.00–238.00	1,899	8
Steers	Medium and Large 2	600–650	626	204.08/cwt	140.00–226.00	1,278	5
Steers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	445	310.00/cwt	310.00–310.00	1,380	26
Steers	Medium and Large 2	300–350	320	165.00/cwt	165.00–165.00	528	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	700–750	720	128.00/cwt	128.00–128.00	922	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Natural	850–900	872	239.00/cwt	239.00–239.00	2,084	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	362	240.00/cwt	240.00–240.00	869	17
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	595	210.00/cwt	210.00–210.00	1,250	1
Steers	Medium and Large 3	250–300	275	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	344	1
Steers	Medium and Large 3	300–350	305	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	381	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	544	216.87/cwt	200.00–220.00	1,180	12
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	450–500	463	251.56/cwt	238.00–254.00	1,165	7
Steers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	368	303.60/cwt	245.00–308.00	1,117	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	800–850	810	230.00/cwt	230.00–230.00	1,863	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	500–550	500	105.00/cwt	105.00–105.00	525	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	400–450	415	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	623	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	580	182.97/cwt	175.00–200.00	1,061	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	600–650	645	200.00/cwt	200.00–200.00	1,290	6
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3Natural	550–600	550	290.00/cwt	290.00–290.00	1,595	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	200–250	203	230.00/cwt	230.00–230.00	467	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	300–350	323	165.00/cwt	165.00–165.00	533	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3Natural	600–650	601	230.00/cwt	230.00–230.00	1,382	9
Steers	Medium and Large 3	450–500	453	215.00/cwt	215.00–215.00	974	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	549	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	1,373	18
Steers	Medium and Large 3	500–550	545	165.00/cwt	165.00–165.00	899	1
Steers	Medium and Large 3	700–750	718	190.00/cwt	190.00–190.00	1,364	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Natural	700–750	711	201.00/cwt	201.00–201.00	1,429	9
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	350–400	390	285.00/cwt	285.00–285.00	1,112	2

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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