Name: Virginia Livestock, LLC livestock auction prices — 2025-01-14
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-01-14

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 127, Heifers 82, Bulls 8)

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 $300.80/cwt on 20 head. That ranks 1 of 8 comparable sales and sits −165.76 against this barn's trailing median of $466.56.

Average price

$300.80

20 head · 577 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,735

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$135

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

$8.50/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−24.52

vs VA average

−41.65 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	583	302.50	1,763	16thin
Medium and Large 2	554	294.00	1,628	4thin

One grade step is worth $8.50/cwt here — about $135 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 sale20 hd

300.80

—

VA average6 barns · 255 hd

325.32

−24.52

National average190 barns · 32,836 hd

342.45

−41.65

This barn, trailing median8 sales

466.56

−165.76

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

35 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	950–1000	970	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	1,358	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	400–450	446	319.00/cwt	319.00–319.00	1,423	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	530	258.00/cwt	258.00–258.00	1,367	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	475	265.00/cwt	265.00–265.00	1,259	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	649	224.00/cwt	224.00–224.00	1,454	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	734	218.00/cwt	218.00–218.00	1,600	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1Natural	550–600	591	304.00/cwt	304.00–304.00	1,797	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Natural	750–800	763	290.00/cwt	290.00–290.00	2,213	26
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	800–850	833	246.00/cwt	246.00–246.00	2,049	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	600–650	638	278.00/cwt	278.00–278.00	1,774	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	650–700	665	293.33/cwt	292.00–295.00	1,951	9
Steers	Small 1	350–400	375	190.00/cwt	190.00–190.00	713	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Natural	1000–1050	1,046	226.00/cwt	226.00–226.00	2,364	15
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Natural	850–900	882	265.00/cwt	265.00–265.00	2,337	18
Steers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	520	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	1,560	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	495	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	1,733	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	750–800	770	244.00/cwt	244.00–244.00	1,879	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	565	292.00/cwt	292.00–292.00	1,650	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	760	206.73/cwt	167.50–247.00	1,571	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	463	400.00/cwt	400.00–400.00	1,852	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	950–1000	970	239.00/cwt	239.00–239.00	2,318	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	650–700	660	230.00/cwt	230.00–230.00	1,518	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	662	243.00/cwt	243.00–243.00	1,609	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	415	272.50/cwt	272.50–272.50	1,131	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Natural	650–700	675	257.00/cwt	257.00–257.00	1,735	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Natural	750–800	765	253.00/cwt	253.00–253.00	1,935	15
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Natural	600–650	635	294.00/cwt	294.00–294.00	1,867	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Natural	900–950	901	226.00/cwt	226.00–226.00	2,036	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	580	302.00/cwt	302.00–302.00	1,752	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	560	272.00/cwt	272.00–272.00	1,523	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	400–450	400	235.00/cwt	235.00–235.00	940	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	474	285.00/cwt	285.00–285.00	1,351	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	557	262.00/cwt	262.00–262.00	1,459	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	550–600	580	287.00/cwt	287.00–287.00	1,665	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Natural	550–600	593	282.00/cwt	282.00–282.00	1,672	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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