Name: Virginia Livestock, LLC livestock auction prices — 2024-11-19
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-11-19

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 37, Heifers 44, Bulls 27)

Value Added cattle are Weaned and Vaccinated

Weight class

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb heifers averaged $218.40/cwt on 10 head. That ranks 1 of 10 comparable sales and sits −148.63 against this barn's trailing median of $367.03.

Average price

$218.40

10 head · 548 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,197

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$151

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

$16.00/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−12.09

vs VA average

−48.65 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	551	220.00	1,212	9thin
Medium and Large 2	520	204.00	1,061	1thin

One grade step is worth $16.00/cwt here — about $151 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 300–400 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 sale10 hd

218.40

—

VA average10 barns · 756 hd

230.49

−12.09

National average196 barns · 21,141 hd

267.05

−48.65

This barn, trailing median10 sales

367.03

−148.63

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

40 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	450–500	490	266.00/cwt	266.00–266.00	1,303	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	350–400	380	286.00/cwt	286.00–286.00	1,087	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	500–550	535	255.00/cwt	255.00–255.00	1,364	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	650–700	675	218.00/cwt	218.00–218.00	1,472	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	750–800	765	172.04/cwt	160.00–175.00	1,316	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	400–450	431	212.96/cwt	190.00–220.00	918	4
Steers	Medium and Large 2Value Added	650–700	683	264.00/cwt	264.00–264.00	1,803	6
Steers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	470	290.00/cwt	290.00–290.00	1,363	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	450	260.00/cwt	260.00–260.00	1,170	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	645	268.00/cwt	268.00–268.00	1,729	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	650–700	655	265.00/cwt	265.00–265.00	1,736	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	576	287.00/cwt	287.00–287.00	1,653	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	430	220.00/cwt	220.00–220.00	946	2
Heifers	Small 2	300–350	340	75.00/cwt	75.00–75.00	255	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	525	272.50/cwt	272.50–272.50	1,431	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2Thin Fleshed	350–400	355	290.00/cwt	290.00–290.00	1,030	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	438	306.00/cwt	306.00–306.00	1,340	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	679	263.00/cwt	263.00–263.00	1,786	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	300–350	325	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	406	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	475	199.00/cwt	199.00–199.00	945	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	750	210.00/cwt	210.00–210.00	1,575	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	863	211.00/cwt	210.00–212.00	1,821	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	520	204.00/cwt	204.00–204.00	1,061	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	450–500	475	145.00/cwt	145.00–145.00	689	2
Bulls	Small 1	550–600	555	175.00/cwt	175.00–175.00	971	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	459	225.00/cwt	225.00–225.00	1,033	6
Steers	Medium and Large 2Value Added	850–900	865	232.00/cwt	232.00–232.00	2,007	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	700–750	739	258.00/cwt	258.00–258.00	1,907	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	400–450	445	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	579	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	644	183.21/cwt	183.00–185.00	1,180	9
Bulls	Small 1	500–550	500	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	700	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	550–600	577	156.82/cwt	145.00–165.00	905	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	551	220.00/cwt	220.00–220.00	1,212	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	388	224.00/cwt	224.00–224.00	869	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	350–400	380	261.00/cwt	261.00–261.00	992	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	750–800	795	105.00/cwt	105.00–105.00	835	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	450–500	485	258.69/cwt	256.00–260.00	1,255	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	350–400	390	283.00/cwt	283.00–283.00	1,104	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	650–700	684	188.00/cwt	188.00–188.00	1,286	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	750–800	762	170.00/cwt	170.00–170.00	1,295	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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