Name: Virginia Livestock, LLC livestock auction prices — 2024-10-01
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-10-01

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 58, Heifers 50, Bulls 7)

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 $276.67/cwt on 6 head. That ranks 1 of 8 comparable sales and sits −189.89 against this barn's trailing median of $466.56.

Average price

$276.67

6 head · 540 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,494

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$219

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

$32.00/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+19.04

vs VA average

−10.15 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	543	282.00	1,531	5thin
Medium and Large 2	525	250.00	1,313	1thin

One grade step is worth $32.00/cwt here — about $219 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 sale6 hd

276.67

—

VA average7 barns · 173 hd

257.63

+19.04

National average167 barns · 15,497 hd

286.82

−10.15

This barn, trailing median8 sales

466.56

−189.89

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

20 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	800–850	815	135.00/cwt	135.00–135.00	1,100	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	450–500	472	210.00/cwt	210.00–210.00	991	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	500–550	538	205.00/cwt	205.00–205.00	1,103	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	770	179.00/cwt	179.00–179.00	1,378	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	678	190.00/cwt	190.00–190.00	1,288	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	555	205.00/cwt	205.00–205.00	1,138	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	543	282.00/cwt	282.00–282.00	1,531	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	600–650	605	275.00/cwt	275.00–275.00	1,664	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	579	214.00/cwt	214.00–214.00	1,239	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	555	208.00/cwt	208.00–208.00	1,154	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1Natural	750–800	796	255.00/cwt	255.00–255.00	2,030	25
Steers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	525	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	1,313	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1Natural	650–700	665	264.00/cwt	264.00–264.00	1,756	9
Steers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	476	252.00/cwt	252.00–252.00	1,200	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	464	200.00/cwt	200.00–200.00	928	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Natural	650–700	657	228.00/cwt	228.00–228.00	1,498	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	450–500	480	290.00/cwt	290.00–290.00	1,392	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Natural	1100–1150	1,108	200.00/cwt	200.00–200.00	2,216	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Natural	700–750	735	222.00/cwt	222.00–222.00	1,632	18
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	600–650	606	219.00/cwt	219.00–219.00	1,327	4

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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