Name: Virginia Livestock, LLC livestock auction prices — 2024-09-17
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-09-17

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 186, Heifers 149, Bulls 34)

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 $271.81/cwt on 111 head. That ranks 1 of 8 comparable sales and sits −194.75 against this barn's trailing median of $466.56.

Average price

$271.81

111 head · 565 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,536

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$107

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

$21.08/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+3.57

vs VA average

+5.17 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1-2	559	274.08	1,531	61
Medium and Large 1	573	269.71	1,546	48
Medium and Large 2	563	253.00	1,424	2thin

One grade step is worth $21.08/cwt here — about $107 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 sale111 hd

271.81

—

VA average9 barns · 657 hd

268.24

+3.57

National average174 barns · 10,991 hd

266.64

+5.17

This barn, trailing median8 sales

466.56

−194.75

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	350–400	393	260.00/cwt	260.00–260.00	1,022	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	650–700	673	200.00/cwt	200.00–200.00	1,346	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	550–600	573	219.00/cwt	200.00–225.00	1,255	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	500–550	546	226.00/cwt	226.00–226.00	1,234	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	400–450	437	258.00/cwt	258.00–258.00	1,127	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	600–650	600	145.00/cwt	145.00–145.00	870	1
Steers	Medium and Large 3	400–450	420	200.00/cwt	200.00–200.00	840	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	700–750	740	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	1,110	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	550–600	562	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	1,405	12
Steers	Medium and Large 3	450–500	465	180.00/cwt	180.00–180.00	837	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	563	253.00/cwt	253.00–253.00	1,424	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Natural	500–550	529	279.00/cwt	279.00–279.00	1,476	25
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Natural	550–600	588	281.00/cwt	281.00–281.00	1,652	24
Steers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	769	199.09/cwt	185.00–204.00	1,531	4
Steers	Medium and Large 2Value Added	450–500	494	226.00/cwt	226.00–226.00	1,116	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	378	304.00/cwt	304.00–304.00	1,149	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	650–700	678	201.90/cwt	170.00–235.00	1,369	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	432	243.00/cwt	243.00–243.00	1,050	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	490	253.00/cwt	253.00–253.00	1,240	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1Natural	700–750	720	252.00/cwt	252.00–252.00	1,814	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	380	294.00/cwt	294.00–294.00	1,117	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	440	278.00/cwt	278.00–278.00	1,223	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	549	272.00/cwt	272.00–272.00	1,493	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	472	292.00/cwt	292.00–292.00	1,378	9
Steers	Medium and Large 2	600–650	600	210.00/cwt	210.00–210.00	1,260	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	557	217.00/cwt	217.00–217.00	1,209	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	656	235.00/cwt	235.00–235.00	1,542	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Natural	600–650	637	225.00/cwt	225.00–225.00	1,433	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	550–600	585	220.00/cwt	220.00–220.00	1,287	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1Natural	800–850	847	247.40/cwt	245.00–249.00	2,095	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	605	210.00/cwt	210.00–210.00	1,271	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	350–400	380	185.00/cwt	185.00–185.00	703	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	450–500	460	221.68/cwt	215.00–225.00	1,020	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	450–500	470	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	705	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	649	229.00/cwt	229.00–229.00	1,486	15
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	539	220.00/cwt	220.00–220.00	1,186	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	560	218.35/cwt	215.00–220.00	1,223	9
Heifers	Small 1	450–500	470	190.00/cwt	190.00–190.00	893	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Natural	550–600	568	247.00/cwt	247.00–247.00	1,403	21
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Natural	650–700	673	230.00/cwt	230.00–230.00	1,548	6
Heifers	Small 1	650–700	660	180.00/cwt	180.00–180.00	1,188	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	500–550	515	212.00/cwt	212.00–212.00	1,092	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	600–650	646	181.00/cwt	181.00–181.00	1,169	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	250–300	295	175.00/cwt	175.00–175.00	516	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	663	215.00/cwt	215.00–215.00	1,425	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	353	231.00/cwt	231.00–231.00	815	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	700–750	720	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	1,008	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	457	216.21/cwt	196.00–220.00	988	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	520	210.00/cwt	210.00–210.00	1,092	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	200–250	220	175.00/cwt	175.00–175.00	385	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	750–800	791	181.00/cwt	181.00–181.00	1,432	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	413	216.00/cwt	216.00–216.00	892	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	550–600	593	176.00/cwt	176.00–176.00	1,044	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	800–850	820	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	1,230	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	750–800	770	135.00/cwt	135.00–135.00	1,040	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	376	221.00/cwt	221.00–221.00	831	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	400–450	435	185.00/cwt	185.00–185.00	805	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	350–400	350	185.00/cwt	185.00–185.00	648	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	579	269.18/cwt	263.00–275.00	1,559	39
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	469	227.00/cwt	227.00–227.00	1,065	14
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Natural	650–700	652	267.00/cwt	267.00–267.00	1,741	16

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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