Name: Virginia Livestock, LLC livestock auction prices — 2024-10-15
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-10-15

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 250, Heifers 242, Bulls 61)

Natural cattle are Weaned and Vaccinated

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $271.37/cwt on 103 head. That ranks 1 of 8 comparable sales and sits −195.19 against this barn's trailing median of $466.56.

Average price

$271.37

103 head · 558 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,514

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$308

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

$48.55/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+11.74

vs VA average

−27.96 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	558	283.46	1,582	60
Medium and Large 1-2	573	275.00	1,576	21
Medium and Large 2	543	234.92	1,274	22

One grade step is worth $48.55/cwt here — about $308 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 sale103 hd

271.37

—

VA average10 barns · 697 hd

259.63

+11.74

National average188 barns · 32,793 hd

299.33

−27.96

This barn, trailing median8 sales

466.56

−195.19

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

66 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
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Natural	500–550	501	236.00/cwt	236.00–236.00	1,182	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Natural	600–650	635	215.00/cwt	215.00–215.00	1,365	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Natural	650–700	650	246.00/cwt	246.00–246.00	1,599	36
Steers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	761	230.00/cwt	230.00–230.00	1,750	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	389	284.82/cwt	250.00–301.00	1,108	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	1050–1100	1,085	200.00/cwt	200.00–200.00	2,170	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2Natural	550–600	567	235.00/cwt	235.00–235.00	1,332	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1Natural	400–450	444	272.50/cwt	272.50–272.50	1,210	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	559	284.25/cwt	260.00–289.00	1,589	55
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	649	258.00/cwt	258.00–258.00	1,674	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	573	275.00/cwt	275.00–275.00	1,576	21
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	672	230.00/cwt	230.00–230.00	1,546	13
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	465	260.00/cwt	260.00–260.00	1,209	13
Steers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	387	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	968	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	661	227.00/cwt	227.00–227.00	1,500	8
Steers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	442	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	1,105	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	800–850	835	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	1,253	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	650–700	655	240.00/cwt	240.00–240.00	1,572	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	550	195.00/cwt	195.00–195.00	1,073	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	300–350	320	225.00/cwt	225.00–225.00	720	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	600–650	630	228.27/cwt	200.00–257.00	1,438	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	538	237.12/cwt	235.00–260.00	1,276	18
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Natural	650–700	657	275.00/cwt	275.00–275.00	1,807	30
Steers	Medium and Large 1Natural	500–550	545	278.00/cwt	278.00–278.00	1,515	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1Natural	550–600	555	270.00/cwt	270.00–270.00	1,499	2
Steers	Medium and Large 3	450–500	485	205.00/cwt	205.00–205.00	994	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	453	235.46/cwt	205.00–242.50	1,067	14
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	300–350	340	200.00/cwt	200.00–200.00	680	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	350–400	368	245.00/cwt	245.00–245.00	902	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	450–500	452	226.00/cwt	226.00–226.00	1,022	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	400–450	405	175.00/cwt	175.00–175.00	709	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	750–800	775	105.00/cwt	105.00–105.00	814	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	550–600	550	200.00/cwt	200.00–200.00	1,100	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	700–750	740	195.00/cwt	195.00–195.00	1,443	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	650–700	676	170.00/cwt	170.00–170.00	1,149	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	500–550	540	209.00/cwt	209.00–209.00	1,129	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	550–600	574	243.00/cwt	243.00–243.00	1,395	14
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	1050–1100	1,050	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	1,260	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	950–1000	950	145.00/cwt	145.00–145.00	1,378	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	900–950	915	194.00/cwt	194.00–194.00	1,775	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	783	213.50/cwt	212.00–214.00	1,672	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	250–300	285	170.00/cwt	170.00–170.00	485	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	850–900	850	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	1,063	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	450–500	483	245.00/cwt	245.00–245.00	1,183	11
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	650–700	656	210.36/cwt	206.00–211.00	1,380	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	883	185.00/cwt	185.00–185.00	1,634	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	1350–1400	1,355	185.00/cwt	185.00–185.00	2,507	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	950–1000	950	170.00/cwt	170.00–170.00	1,615	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	445	175.00/cwt	175.00–175.00	779	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	380	237.00/cwt	237.00–237.00	901	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	459	232.00/cwt	232.00–232.00	1,065	18
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	545	225.00/cwt	225.00–225.00	1,226	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	600–650	638	220.00/cwt	220.00–220.00	1,404	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	400–450	448	165.00/cwt	165.00–165.00	739	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	800–850	810	220.00/cwt	220.00–220.00	1,782	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	564	228.86/cwt	223.00–235.00	1,291	51
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	652	220.24/cwt	215.00–221.00	1,436	24
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	550–600	570	175.00/cwt	175.00–175.00	998	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	435	176.57/cwt	175.00–180.00	768	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	550	216.00/cwt	216.00–216.00	1,188	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	700–750	740	170.00/cwt	170.00–170.00	1,258	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	456	226.00/cwt	226.00–226.00	1,031	27
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	374	234.53/cwt	215.00–238.00	877	14
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	639	246.27/cwt	246.00–252.00	1,574	22
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	461	292.42/cwt	290.00–296.00	1,348	15
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	350–400	358	190.00/cwt	190.00–190.00	680	5

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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