Name: Virginia Livestock, LLC livestock auction prices — 2024-12-03
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-12-03

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 543, Heifers 335, Bulls 41)

Value Added cattle are Weaned and Vaccinated

Natural cattle are Vaccinated, mostly Weaned

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $283.57/cwt on 159 head. That ranks 1 of 8 comparable sales and sits −182.99 against this barn's trailing median of $466.56.

Average price

$283.57

159 head · 577 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,636

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$783

per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 3-4

$135.44/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+0.38

vs VA average

−41.80 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	577	290.44	1,677	66
Medium and Large 1-2	579	288.18	1,668	72
Medium and Large 2	567	266.00	1,507	16thin
Medium and Large 3	568	224.00	1,272	2thin
Medium and Large 3-4	577	155.00	894	3thin

One grade step is worth $135.44/cwt here — about $783 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 sale159 hd

283.57

—

VA average5 barns · 415 hd

283.19

+0.38

National average187 barns · 33,494 hd

325.37

−41.80

This barn, trailing median8 sales

466.56

−182.99

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

84 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 1-2	800–850	849	243.00/cwt	243.00–243.00	2,063	27
Steers	Small 1	400–450	420	200.00/cwt	200.00–200.00	840	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1Natural	700–750	727	254.31/cwt	248.00–256.50	1,849	20
Steers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	774	240.00/cwt	240.00–240.00	1,858	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1	900–950	948	234.00/cwt	234.00–234.00	2,218	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	815	223.21/cwt	208.00–239.00	1,819	4
Steers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	559	263.00/cwt	263.00–263.00	1,470	8
Steers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	445	180.00/cwt	180.00–180.00	801	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	571	282.93/cwt	225.00–288.00	1,616	27
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	449	314.00/cwt	314.00–314.00	1,410	19
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	659	248.00/cwt	248.00–248.00	1,634	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	690	247.00/cwt	247.00–247.00	1,704	29
Steers	Medium and Large 2	300–350	335	303.00/cwt	303.00–303.00	1,015	2
Steers	Medium and Large 3	550–600	568	224.00/cwt	224.00–224.00	1,272	2
Steers	Medium and Large 3	800–850	835	165.00/cwt	165.00–165.00	1,378	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	600–650	630	235.00/cwt	235.00–235.00	1,481	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	468	289.00/cwt	289.00–289.00	1,353	11
Steers	Medium and Large 2	1050–1100	1,050	145.00/cwt	145.00–145.00	1,523	1
Steers	Medium and Large 3	450–500	468	202.41/cwt	195.00–205.00	947	4
Steers	Medium and Large 3	600–650	625	192.32/cwt	185.00–200.00	1,202	2
Steers	Medium and Large 4	700–750	705	115.00/cwt	115.00–115.00	811	1
Steers	Medium and Large 3-4	550–600	577	155.00/cwt	155.00–155.00	894	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	750–800	792	255.25/cwt	224.00–257.50	2,022	71
Steers	Medium and Large 2	650–700	661	232.00/cwt	232.00–232.00	1,534	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	650–700	660	259.00/cwt	259.00–259.00	1,709	17
Steers	Medium and Large 2Natural	550–600	574	269.00/cwt	269.00–269.00	1,544	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1Natural	750–800	768	246.00/cwt	246.00–246.00	1,889	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	600–650	635	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	1,588	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	550–600	589	290.00/cwt	290.00–290.00	1,708	16
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	700–750	701	241.00/cwt	241.00–241.00	1,689	11
Dairy Steers	Large 3	500–550	535	200.00/cwt	200.00–200.00	1,070	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Natural	450–500	474	312.93/cwt	311.00–314.00	1,483	16
Steers	Medium and Large 1Natural	650–700	664	266.41/cwt	250.00–272.00	1,769	89
Steers	Medium and Large 1Natural	800–850	843	248.00/cwt	248.00–248.00	2,091	14
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Natural	550–600	576	287.66/cwt	280.00–300.00	1,657	56
Steers	Medium and Large 1Natural	550–600	583	297.08/cwt	280.00–300.00	1,732	38
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	355	309.00/cwt	309.00–309.00	1,097	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	600–650	648	200.00/cwt	200.00–200.00	1,296	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	500–550	521	240.00/cwt	240.00–240.00	1,250	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	450–500	450	210.00/cwt	210.00–210.00	945	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	400–450	436	230.00/cwt	230.00–230.00	1,003	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	500–550	540	232.46/cwt	232.00–235.00	1,255	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	450–500	470	270.00/cwt	270.00–270.00	1,269	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	750–800	780	135.00/cwt	135.00–135.00	1,053	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	600–650	640	231.00/cwt	231.00–231.00	1,478	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	700–750	730	145.00/cwt	145.00–145.00	1,059	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	650–700	685	221.00/cwt	221.00–221.00	1,514	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	550–600	555	265.00/cwt	265.00–265.00	1,471	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	744	157.49/cwt	155.00–167.50	1,172	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	666	224.17/cwt	200.00–228.00	1,493	23
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	1050–1100	1,059	190.00/cwt	190.00–190.00	2,012	4
Heifers	Small 1	800–850	815	145.00/cwt	145.00–145.00	1,182	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	467	248.00/cwt	248.00–248.00	1,158	22
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	650–700	690	185.00/cwt	185.00–185.00	1,277	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	400	260.00/cwt	260.00–260.00	1,040	1
Heifers	Small 1	300–350	330	200.00/cwt	200.00–200.00	660	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	365	272.00/cwt	272.00–272.00	993	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	880	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	1,320	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	618	214.21/cwt	200.00–229.00	1,324	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	565	234.00/cwt	234.00–234.00	1,322	19
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	361	253.00/cwt	220.00–265.00	913	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	650–700	665	185.00/cwt	170.00–200.00	1,230	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	474	244.48/cwt	244.00–246.00	1,159	30
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Natural	650–700	681	220.00/cwt	220.00–220.00	1,498	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Natural	500–550	508	251.00/cwt	251.00–251.00	1,275	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Natural	600–650	608	245.00/cwt	245.00–245.00	1,490	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	600–650	607	251.00/cwt	251.00–251.00	1,524	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Natural	550–600	562	258.00/cwt	258.00–258.00	1,450	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	540	241.00/cwt	241.00–241.00	1,301	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	400–450	440	170.00/cwt	170.00–170.00	748	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	850–900	852	170.00/cwt	170.00–170.00	1,448	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Natural	650–700	666	244.00/cwt	244.00–244.00	1,625	18
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Natural	550–600	577	248.46/cwt	248.00–249.00	1,434	52
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Natural	600–650	643	241.00/cwt	241.00–241.00	1,550	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Natural	700–750	733	228.39/cwt	227.00–230.00	1,674	35
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	700–750	749	175.00/cwt	175.00–175.00	1,311	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	563	187.67/cwt	175.00–200.00	1,057	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	250–300	295	200.00/cwt	200.00–200.00	590	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	550–600	578	175.00/cwt	175.00–175.00	1,012	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2Value Added	650–700	693	218.00/cwt	218.00–218.00	1,511	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	550–600	588	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	1,470	15
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	440	205.00/cwt	205.00–205.00	902	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	600–650	605	200.00/cwt	200.00–200.00	1,210	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	537	228.23/cwt	180.00–238.00	1,226	15

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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