Name: Virginia Livestock, LLC livestock auction prices — 2025-03-04
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-03-04

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 316, Heifers 426, Bulls 60)

Value Added and Natural cattle are Weaned and Vaccinated

Weight class

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb heifers averaged $281.35/cwt on 112 head. That ranks 1 of 10 comparable sales and sits −85.69 against this barn's trailing median of $367.03.

Average price

$281.35

112 head · 551 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,550

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$133

per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Medium and Large 3

$27.83/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+14.90

vs VA average

−23.67 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1-2	559	287.83	1,608	54
Medium and Large 2	534	277.41	1,482	20
Medium and Large 1	545	276.88	1,509	32
Medium and Large 3	567	260.00	1,474	6thin

One grade step is worth $27.83/cwt here — about $133 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

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 sale112 hd

281.35

—

VA average8 barns · 739 hd

266.45

+14.90

National average185 barns · 16,988 hd

305.02

−23.67

This barn, trailing median10 sales

367.03

−85.69

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
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	600–650	642	259.00/cwt	259.00–259.00	1,663	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	400–450	430	263.90/cwt	257.50–285.00	1,135	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	650–700	677	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	1,693	27
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Natural	500–550	529	289.00/cwt	289.00–289.00	1,529	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Natural	700–750	718	257.41/cwt	257.00–258.00	1,848	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Natural	650–700	660	258.76/cwt	255.00–260.00	1,708	20
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Natural	1050–1100	1,073	170.00/cwt	170.00–170.00	1,824	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Natural	650–700	661	258.70/cwt	256.00–263.00	1,710	55
Heifers	Medium and Large 2Natural	500–550	519	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	1,557	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	879	227.97/cwt	224.00–230.00	2,004	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	900–950	933	228.00/cwt	228.00–228.00	2,127	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	795	232.00/cwt	232.00–232.00	1,844	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	1050–1100	1,055	217.00/cwt	217.00–217.00	2,289	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Natural	550–600	560	286.55/cwt	286.00–287.00	1,605	34
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Natural	600–650	634	261.63/cwt	259.00–265.00	1,659	23
Steers	Medium and Large 2	300–350	310	315.00/cwt	315.00–315.00	977	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	525	255.00/cwt	255.00–255.00	1,339	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	463	335.00/cwt	335.00–335.00	1,551	13
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	567	309.00/cwt	309.00–309.00	1,752	23
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	364	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	1,274	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	643	279.00/cwt	279.00–279.00	1,794	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	550–600	560	303.00/cwt	303.00–303.00	1,697	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	650–700	664	299.00/cwt	299.00–299.00	1,985	23
Steers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	555	293.62/cwt	261.00–299.00	1,630	14
Steers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	468	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	1,404	8
Steers	Medium and Large 2	650–700	656	280.00/cwt	280.00–280.00	1,837	4
Steers	Medium and Large 2	750–800	758	235.34/cwt	235.00–236.00	1,784	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1Natural	500–550	528	333.00/cwt	333.00–333.00	1,758	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1Natural	650–700	662	302.00/cwt	302.00–302.00	1,999	5
Steers	Medium and Large 2Natural	650–700	688	255.00/cwt	255.00–255.00	1,754	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	550–600	557	325.00/cwt	325.00–325.00	1,810	20
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	750–800	778	251.00/cwt	251.00–251.00	1,953	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	650–700	666	302.00/cwt	302.00–302.00	2,011	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Natural	650–700	676	312.13/cwt	308.00–315.00	2,110	52
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Natural	750–800	757	278.36/cwt	276.00–281.00	2,107	36
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Natural	550–600	556	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	1,779	26
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Natural	800–850	816	246.79/cwt	241.00–249.00	2,014	15
Steers	Medium and Large 1Natural	600–650	648	288.00/cwt	288.00–288.00	1,866	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1Natural	750–800	757	264.16/cwt	244.00–271.00	2,000	12
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	250–300	295	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	944	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	450–500	485	255.69/cwt	250.00–280.00	1,240	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	250–300	267	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	668	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	550–600	565	267.50/cwt	260.00–275.00	1,511	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	300–350	349	320.31/cwt	280.00–326.00	1,118	8
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	300–350	328	282.63/cwt	265.00–300.00	927	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	500–550	528	270.00/cwt	270.00–270.00	1,426	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	850–900	890	200.00/cwt	200.00–200.00	1,780	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	700–750	730	230.00/cwt	230.00–230.00	1,679	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	400–450	400	270.00/cwt	270.00–270.00	1,080	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	250–300	285	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	912	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	350–400	369	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	1,181	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	550–600	562	265.00/cwt	265.00–265.00	1,489	8
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	550–600	560	265.00/cwt	265.00–265.00	1,484	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	650–700	658	262.49/cwt	260.00–265.00	1,727	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	800–850	815	225.00/cwt	225.00–225.00	1,834	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	600–650	635	255.00/cwt	255.00–255.00	1,619	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	600–650	633	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	1,583	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	464	296.65/cwt	290.00–297.00	1,376	21
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	549	263.00/cwt	263.00–263.00	1,444	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	374	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	1,197	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	768	201.27/cwt	190.00–204.00	1,546	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	639	251.00/cwt	251.00–251.00	1,604	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	450–500	454	320.54/cwt	318.00–321.00	1,455	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	535	266.46/cwt	245.00–269.00	1,426	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	572	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	1,430	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	720	239.00/cwt	239.00–239.00	1,721	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	459	299.00/cwt	299.00–299.00	1,372	31
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	650–700	654	249.00/cwt	249.00–249.00	1,628	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	300–350	337	307.90/cwt	290.00–312.00	1,038	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	550–600	567	260.00/cwt	260.00–260.00	1,474	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	250–300	281	292.47/cwt	225.00–310.00	822	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	250–300	265	288.75/cwt	285.00–290.00	765	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	800–850	848	160.00/cwt	160.00–160.00	1,357	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	408	260.03/cwt	255.00–265.00	1,061	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	600–650	605	225.00/cwt	225.00–225.00	1,361	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	550–600	556	290.00/cwt	290.00–290.00	1,612	20
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	750–800	793	215.00/cwt	215.00–215.00	1,705	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	450–500	468	275.00/cwt	275.00–275.00	1,287	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	150–200	195	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	293	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	750–800	775	135.00/cwt	135.00–135.00	1,046	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	300–350	346	270.83/cwt	270.00–280.00	937	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Natural	700–750	734	255.39/cwt	255.00–257.00	1,875	31
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3Natural	400–450	418	314.00/cwt	314.00–314.00	1,313	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	550–600	568	285.00/cwt	285.00–285.00	1,619	6

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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