Name: Virginia Livestock, LLC livestock auction prices — 2024-08-06
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-08-06

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 126, Dairy Steers 2, Heifers 213, Bulls 41)

Value Added cattle are Weaned and Vaccinated

Natural cattle are Vaccinated, mostly Weaned

Weight class

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb heifers averaged $240.83/cwt on 76 head. That ranks 1 of 10 comparable sales and sits −126.21 against this barn's trailing median of $367.03.

Average price

$240.83

76 head · 555 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,336

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$273

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

$58.93/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−1.51

vs VA average

−4.24 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1-2	553	256.92	1,420	50
Medium and Large 2	548	220.00	1,206	7thin
Medium and Large 1	551	212.07	1,168	11thin
Medium and Large 3	579	197.99	1,147	8thin

One grade step is worth $58.93/cwt here — about $273 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 700–800 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 sale76 hd

240.83

—

VA average9 barns · 501 hd

242.33

−1.51

National average152 barns · 6,273 hd

245.07

−4.24

This barn, trailing median10 sales

367.03

−126.21

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

75 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 2	650–700	685	203.21/cwt	200.00–210.00	1,392	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	350–400	365	224.00/cwt	224.00–224.00	818	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	850–900	892	238.00/cwt	238.00–238.00	2,123	20
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Natural	600–650	631	262.72/cwt	260.00–265.00	1,658	13
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	550–600	551	210.00/cwt	210.00–210.00	1,157	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	825	170.00/cwt	170.00–170.00	1,403	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Natural	500–550	509	260.00/cwt	260.00–260.00	1,323	10
Steers	Medium and Large 2	1050–1100	1,051	166.00/cwt	166.00–166.00	1,745	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	250–300	277	210.00/cwt	210.00–210.00	582	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Natural	550–600	574	255.00/cwt	255.00–255.00	1,464	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1	1150–1200	1,150	139.00/cwt	139.00–139.00	1,599	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	554	218.78/cwt	214.00–220.00	1,212	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Natural	450–500	474	233.00/cwt	233.00–233.00	1,104	10
Steers	Medium and Large 2	850–900	871	200.00/cwt	200.00–200.00	1,742	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	450–500	451	237.00/cwt	237.00–237.00	1,069	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	750	224.00/cwt	224.00–224.00	1,680	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	1150–1200	1,150	160.00/cwt	160.00–160.00	1,840	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	300	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	750	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	520	145.00/cwt	145.00–145.00	754	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Natural	550–600	571	251.00/cwt	251.00–251.00	1,433	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	545	261.00/cwt	261.00–261.00	1,422	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	870	181.00/cwt	181.00–181.00	1,575	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	446	245.00/cwt	245.00–245.00	1,093	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	665	200.00/cwt	200.00–200.00	1,330	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	500–550	521	259.00/cwt	259.00–259.00	1,349	24
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	550–600	586	255.00/cwt	255.00–255.00	1,494	17
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	369	234.00/cwt	234.00–234.00	863	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	460	235.00/cwt	235.00–235.00	1,081	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	582	246.70/cwt	244.00–255.00	1,436	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	635	259.00/cwt	259.00–259.00	1,645	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	646	210.00/cwt	210.00–210.00	1,357	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	800	216.00/cwt	216.00–216.00	1,728	1
Bulls	Small 1	650–700	690	145.00/cwt	145.00–145.00	1,001	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	665	237.04/cwt	235.00–239.00	1,576	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	720	205.56/cwt	201.00–210.00	1,480	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	550–600	582	232.00/cwt	232.00–232.00	1,350	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	450–500	488	208.00/cwt	208.00–208.00	1,015	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	700–750	743	188.00/cwt	188.00–188.00	1,397	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	600–650	630	202.46/cwt	200.00–205.00	1,275	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	350–400	390	235.00/cwt	235.00–235.00	917	1
Dairy Steers	Large 3	450–500	495	166.00/cwt	166.00–166.00	822	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	350–400	380	200.00/cwt	200.00–200.00	760	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	500–550	505	200.00/cwt	200.00–200.00	1,010	1
Steers	Medium and Large 3	700–750	713	153.00/cwt	153.00–153.00	1,091	2
Steers	Medium and Large 3	250–300	270	266.00/cwt	266.00–266.00	718	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	550–600	590	197.70/cwt	190.00–199.00	1,166	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	470	238.00/cwt	238.00–238.00	1,119	15
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	350–400	365	176.48/cwt	155.00–185.00	644	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	450–500	488	185.00/cwt	185.00–185.00	903	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	700–750	745	200.00/cwt	200.00–200.00	1,490	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	548	220.00/cwt	220.00–220.00	1,206	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	600–650	610	155.00/cwt	155.00–155.00	946	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	300–350	340	190.00/cwt	190.00–190.00	646	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	700–750	735	185.00/cwt	185.00–185.00	1,360	1
Steers	Medium and Large 3	300–350	347	256.00/cwt	256.00–256.00	888	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	300–350	345	244.00/cwt	244.00–244.00	842	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	650–700	652	204.00/cwt	204.00–204.00	1,330	9
Steers	Medium and Large 3	600–650	615	185.00/cwt	185.00–185.00	1,138	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	750–800	755	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	944	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	650–700	662	180.00/cwt	180.00–180.00	1,192	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	550–600	572	216.41/cwt	210.00–230.00	1,238	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	1000–1050	1,035	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	1,346	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2Value Added	700–750	712	249.00/cwt	249.00–249.00	1,773	31
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	450–500	484	208.19/cwt	201.00–230.00	1,008	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	450–500	495	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	743	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	300–350	315	260.00/cwt	260.00–260.00	819	1
Steers	Medium and Large 3	400–450	433	230.00/cwt	230.00–230.00	996	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	393	200.00/cwt	200.00–200.00	786	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	850–900	860	175.00/cwt	175.00–175.00	1,505	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	550	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	1,375	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Natural	600–650	633	247.00/cwt	247.00–247.00	1,564	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 2Value Added	650–700	665	230.00/cwt	230.00–230.00	1,530	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	375	248.03/cwt	246.00–250.00	930	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	466	237.21/cwt	180.00–249.00	1,105	12
Steers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	515	238.00/cwt	238.00–238.00	1,226	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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