Name: Virginia Livestock, LLC livestock auction prices — 2024-08-20
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-08-20

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 96, Heifers 122, Bulls 31)

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 $217.93/cwt on 67 head. That ranks 1 of 10 comparable sales and sits −149.10 against this barn's trailing median of $367.03.

Average price

$217.93

67 head · 546 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,191

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$715

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

$113.10/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−26.36

vs VA average

−26.48 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	563	238.10	1,340	35
Medium and Large 1-2	525	199.00	1,045	25
Medium and Large 2	546	194.67	1,063	6thin
Medium and Large 3	500	125.00	625	1thin

One grade step is worth $113.10/cwt here — about $715 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 sale67 hd

217.93

—

VA average9 barns · 447 hd

244.30

−26.36

National average171 barns · 9,778 hd

244.41

−26.48

This barn, trailing median10 sales

367.03

−149.10

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

49 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	343	280.00/cwt	280.00–280.00	960	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	550–600	579	211.00/cwt	211.00–211.00	1,222	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	450–500	461	275.00/cwt	275.00–275.00	1,268	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	450–500	480	155.00/cwt	155.00–155.00	744	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	350–400	385	195.00/cwt	195.00–195.00	751	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	350–400	380	220.00/cwt	200.00–230.00	836	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1Natural	700–750	743	240.00/cwt	240.00–240.00	1,783	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	377	301.00/cwt	301.00–301.00	1,135	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	550–600	590	233.00/cwt	233.00–233.00	1,375	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	556	230.00/cwt	230.00–230.00	1,279	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	600–650	643	230.00/cwt	230.00–230.00	1,479	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	250–300	295	292.00/cwt	292.00–292.00	861	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1Natural	400–450	443	272.00/cwt	272.00–272.00	1,205	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	554	256.00/cwt	256.00–256.00	1,418	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1Natural	550–600	573	249.00/cwt	249.00–249.00	1,427	19
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	460	290.00/cwt	290.00–290.00	1,334	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	638	235.00/cwt	235.00–235.00	1,499	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	688	220.00/cwt	220.00–220.00	1,514	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	600–650	600	230.00/cwt	230.00–230.00	1,380	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Natural	450–500	452	243.00/cwt	243.00–243.00	1,098	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	503	243.08/cwt	226.00–260.00	1,223	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1Natural	650–700	653	230.00/cwt	230.00–230.00	1,502	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	853	225.00/cwt	225.00–225.00	1,919	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	650–700	653	211.00/cwt	211.00–211.00	1,378	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	450–500	464	246.00/cwt	246.00–246.00	1,141	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	600–650	623	146.00/cwt	146.00–146.00	910	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	400–450	441	180.00/cwt	180.00–180.00	794	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	550–600	585	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	819	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	562	228.50/cwt	213.00–236.00	1,284	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	358	270.00/cwt	270.00–270.00	967	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Natural	550–600	563	239.00/cwt	239.00–239.00	1,346	32
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Natural	650–700	663	236.00/cwt	236.00–236.00	1,565	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	410	200.00/cwt	200.00–200.00	820	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	805	190.00/cwt	190.00–190.00	1,530	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	585	211.00/cwt	211.00–211.00	1,234	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	650–700	663	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	796	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	505	218.00/cwt	218.00–218.00	1,101	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	500–550	500	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	625	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	363	275.00/cwt	275.00–275.00	998	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	650–700	665	201.00/cwt	201.00–201.00	1,337	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2Value Added	500–550	548	155.00/cwt	155.00–155.00	849	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	456	225.00/cwt	225.00–225.00	1,026	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	700–750	725	191.00/cwt	191.00–191.00	1,385	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Natural	600–650	648	240.00/cwt	240.00–240.00	1,555	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 2Value Added	650–700	671	238.00/cwt	238.00–238.00	1,597	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	500–550	525	199.00/cwt	199.00–199.00	1,045	25
Steers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	790	236.00/cwt	236.00–236.00	1,864	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	450–500	490	100.00/cwt	100.00–100.00	490	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	382	292.00/cwt	292.00–292.00	1,115	6

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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