Name: Virginia Livestock, LLC livestock auction prices — 2025-02-04
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-02-04

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 171, Heifers 158, Bulls 44)

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 $309.84/cwt on 45 head. That ranks 1 of 8 comparable sales and sits −156.72 against this barn's trailing median of $466.56.

Average price

$309.84

45 head · 557 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,727

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$325

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

$43.60/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+1.55

vs VA average

−32.54 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1-2	558	326.00	1,819	20
Medium and Large 1	564	300.54	1,695	20
Medium and Large 2	529	282.40	1,494	5thin

One grade step is worth $43.60/cwt here — about $325 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 sale45 hd

309.84

—

VA average8 barns · 505 hd

308.29

+1.55

National average187 barns · 18,766 hd

342.38

−32.54

This barn, trailing median8 sales

466.56

−156.72

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

51 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	600–650	645	271.00/cwt	271.00–271.00	1,748	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	650–700	666	240.00/cwt	240.00–240.00	1,598	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	536	235.00/cwt	235.00–235.00	1,260	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	363	285.00/cwt	285.00–285.00	1,035	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1Natural	650–700	695	290.00/cwt	290.00–290.00	2,016	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Natural	600–650	607	270.00/cwt	270.00–270.00	1,639	13
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	850–900	868	221.00/cwt	221.00–221.00	1,918	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Natural	400–450	442	360.00/cwt	360.00–360.00	1,591	24
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Natural	550–600	558	326.00/cwt	326.00–326.00	1,819	20
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Natural	800–850	813	233.00/cwt	233.00–233.00	1,894	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Natural	900–950	940	215.00/cwt	215.00–215.00	2,021	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Natural	650–700	650	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	1,950	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1Natural	600–650	619	303.00/cwt	303.00–303.00	1,876	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	890	223.00/cwt	223.00–223.00	1,985	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	755	229.00/cwt	229.00–229.00	1,729	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	950–1000	979	245.00/cwt	245.00–245.00	2,399	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	600–650	646	301.00/cwt	301.00–301.00	1,944	6
Steers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	529	282.40/cwt	270.00–290.00	1,494	5
Steers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	468	308.00/cwt	308.00–308.00	1,441	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	350–400	367	310.00/cwt	310.00–310.00	1,138	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	700–750	735	225.00/cwt	225.00–225.00	1,654	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	450–500	450	230.00/cwt	230.00–230.00	1,035	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	350–400	356	365.00/cwt	365.00–365.00	1,299	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	750–800	773	200.00/cwt	200.00–200.00	1,546	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	650–700	667	261.00/cwt	261.00–261.00	1,741	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	750	235.00/cwt	235.00–235.00	1,763	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	825	190.00/cwt	190.00–190.00	1,568	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	445	225.00/cwt	225.00–225.00	1,001	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	900–950	908	212.00/cwt	212.00–212.00	1,925	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	400–450	448	325.00/cwt	325.00–325.00	1,456	8
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	1000–1050	1,020	180.00/cwt	180.00–180.00	1,836	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	400–450	410	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	513	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	800–850	830	155.00/cwt	155.00–155.00	1,287	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	560	271.96/cwt	225.00–277.00	1,523	21
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	400–450	447	280.00/cwt	280.00–280.00	1,252	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	550–600	562	285.00/cwt	285.00–285.00	1,602	9
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	550–600	572	271.00/cwt	271.00–271.00	1,550	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Natural	600–650	640	275.00/cwt	275.00–275.00	1,760	19
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Natural	500–550	542	291.00/cwt	291.00–291.00	1,577	28
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Natural	450–500	459	295.00/cwt	295.00–295.00	1,354	16
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	250–300	257	275.00/cwt	275.00–275.00	707	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	658	251.00/cwt	251.00–251.00	1,652	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	367	296.36/cwt	295.00–305.00	1,088	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	564	300.54/cwt	245.00–307.00	1,695	20
Steers	Medium and Large 2	650–700	655	241.00/cwt	241.00–241.00	1,579	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	462	322.00/cwt	322.00–322.00	1,488	16
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	600–650	625	228.00/cwt	228.00–228.00	1,425	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	456	276.00/cwt	276.00–276.00	1,259	19
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	456	275.00/cwt	275.00–275.00	1,254	12
Steers	Medium and Large 2	250–300	293	220.00/cwt	220.00–220.00	645	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	388	407.00/cwt	407.00–407.00	1,579	7

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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