Name: Virginia Livestock, LLC livestock auction prices — 2024-09-03
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-09-03

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 196, Heifers 78, Bulls 30)

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 $282.21/cwt on 19 head. That ranks 1 of 8 comparable sales and sits −184.35 against this barn's trailing median of $466.56.

Average price

$282.21

19 head · 555 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,566

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$348

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

$67.29/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+2.47

vs VA average

+12.81 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	554	289.29	1,602	17thin
Medium and Large 2	565	222.00	1,254	2thin

One grade step is worth $67.29/cwt here — about $348 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

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 sale19 hd

282.21

—

VA average6 barns · 194 hd

279.74

+2.47

National average147 barns · 6,928 hd

269.40

+12.81

This barn, trailing median8 sales

466.56

−184.35

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

59 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	650–700	665	236.00/cwt	236.00–236.00	1,569	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	500–550	546	242.00/cwt	242.00–242.00	1,321	9
Steers	Medium and Large 2	650–700	655	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	786	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	393	303.01/cwt	301.00–305.00	1,191	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	445	275.00/cwt	275.00–275.00	1,224	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	730	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	1,825	70
Steers	Medium and Large 3	250–300	265	175.00/cwt	175.00–175.00	464	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	638	238.00/cwt	238.00–238.00	1,518	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	450	220.00/cwt	220.00–220.00	990	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	750	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	1,125	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	750–800	775	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	930	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	750–800	797	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	956	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	600–650	634	195.24/cwt	195.00–196.00	1,238	4
Steers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	565	222.00/cwt	222.00–222.00	1,254	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	792	240.00/cwt	240.00–240.00	1,901	23
Steers	Medium and Large 2	250–300	285	270.00/cwt	270.00–270.00	770	1
Steers	Medium and Large 3	650–700	659	195.00/cwt	195.00–195.00	1,285	5
Steers	Medium and Large 3	600–650	625	154.92/cwt	145.00–165.00	968	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	415	230.00/cwt	230.00–230.00	955	2
Steers	Medium and Large 3	400–450	400	165.00/cwt	165.00–165.00	660	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	600–650	649	211.00/cwt	211.00–211.00	1,369	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	750–800	791	221.00/cwt	221.00–221.00	1,748	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	650–700	664	239.00/cwt	239.00–239.00	1,587	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	450–500	495	135.00/cwt	135.00–135.00	668	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	550–600	568	228.18/cwt	190.00–236.00	1,296	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	450–500	483	266.26/cwt	255.00–272.00	1,286	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	800–850	825	100.00/cwt	100.00–100.00	825	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	600–650	615	180.00/cwt	180.00–180.00	1,107	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	350–400	370	275.00/cwt	275.00–275.00	1,018	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	761	162.50/cwt	162.50–162.50	1,237	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	400–450	443	240.00/cwt	240.00–240.00	1,063	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	800–850	800	145.00/cwt	145.00–145.00	1,160	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	600–650	620	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	775	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	500–550	510	215.00/cwt	215.00–215.00	1,097	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	300–350	340	175.00/cwt	175.00–175.00	595	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	630	190.00/cwt	175.00–205.00	1,197	2
Bulls	Small 1	500–550	545	50.00/cwt	50.00–50.00	273	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	895	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	1,074	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	563	208.75/cwt	200.00–210.00	1,175	18
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	700–750	701	200.00/cwt	200.00–200.00	1,402	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	395	210.00/cwt	210.00–210.00	830	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	753	160.00/cwt	160.00–160.00	1,205	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	550–600	599	180.00/cwt	180.00–180.00	1,078	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	541	190.00/cwt	190.00–190.00	1,028	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	650–700	675	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	1,013	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	342	220.00/cwt	220.00–220.00	752	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	461	215.94/cwt	215.00–216.00	995	17
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	550–600	558	286.00/cwt	286.00–286.00	1,596	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	655	200.00/cwt	190.00–205.00	1,310	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	300–350	325	115.00/cwt	115.00–115.00	374	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	560	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	840	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	750–800	770	135.00/cwt	135.00–135.00	1,040	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	368	235.00/cwt	235.00–235.00	865	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	553	290.00/cwt	290.00–290.00	1,604	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	455	205.00/cwt	205.00–205.00	933	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	454	295.00/cwt	295.00–295.00	1,339	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1Natural	950–1000	975	200.00/cwt	200.00–200.00	1,950	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1Natural	800–850	817	223.18/cwt	218.00–231.00	1,823	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1Natural	600–650	642	256.50/cwt	251.00–263.00	1,647	13

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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