Name: Virginia Livestock, LLC livestock auction prices — 2025-03-18
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-03-18

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 109, Heifers 123, Bulls 33)

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 $260.27/cwt on 22 head. That ranks 1 of 10 comparable sales and sits −106.76 against this barn's trailing median of $367.03.

Average price

$260.27

22 head · 565 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,470

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$556

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

$100.00/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−22.60

vs VA average

−54.31 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1-2	552	300.00	1,656	3thin
Medium and Large 1	580	263.00	1,525	12thin
Medium and Large 2	543	245.00	1,330	6thin
Medium and Large 3	550	200.00	1,100	1thin

One grade step is worth $100.00/cwt here — about $556 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 500–600 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 sale22 hd

260.27

—

VA average11 barns · 767 hd

282.88

−22.60

National average174 barns · 12,680 hd

314.58

−54.31

This barn, trailing median10 sales

367.03

−106.76

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

59 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	650–700	675	280.00/cwt	280.00–280.00	1,890	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	576	313.00/cwt	290.00–321.00	1,803	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	550–600	550	200.00/cwt	200.00–200.00	1,100	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	250–300	285	340.00/cwt	340.00–340.00	969	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	455	378.91/cwt	370.00–380.00	1,724	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	558	344.00/cwt	344.00–344.00	1,920	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	758	275.02/cwt	270.00–280.00	2,085	2
Steers	Medium and Large 3	450–500	465	355.00/cwt	355.00–355.00	1,651	1
Steers	Medium and Large 3	500–550	520	290.00/cwt	290.00–290.00	1,508	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	900–950	940	285.00/cwt	285.00–285.00	2,679	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	420	330.00/cwt	330.00–330.00	1,386	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	1100–1150	1,115	265.00/cwt	265.00–265.00	2,955	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1Natural	850–900	873	230.00/cwt	230.00–230.00	2,008	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	370	420.00/cwt	420.00–420.00	1,554	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	700–750	730	289.00/cwt	289.00–289.00	2,110	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	650–700	689	280.00/cwt	280.00–280.00	1,929	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	550–600	571	333.00/cwt	333.00–333.00	1,901	9
Steers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	385	420.00/cwt	420.00–420.00	1,617	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	650–700	655	245.00/cwt	245.00–245.00	1,605	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1Natural	700–750	705	280.00/cwt	280.00–280.00	1,974	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Natural	600–650	642	319.95/cwt	319.00–324.00	2,054	26
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Natural	450–500	488	390.00/cwt	390.00–390.00	1,903	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2Natural	450–500	480	400.00/cwt	400.00–400.00	1,920	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	650–700	657	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	1,643	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	600–650	638	291.00/cwt	291.00–291.00	1,857	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	550–600	554	293.74/cwt	290.00–295.00	1,627	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	850–900	895	210.00/cwt	210.00–210.00	1,880	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	700–750	710	230.00/cwt	230.00–230.00	1,633	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	350–400	370	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	1,295	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	550–600	550	275.00/cwt	275.00–275.00	1,513	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	500–550	525	280.00/cwt	280.00–280.00	1,470	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	550–600	578	277.47/cwt	275.00–280.00	1,604	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	250–300	295	290.00/cwt	290.00–290.00	856	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	400–450	434	359.00/cwt	359.00–359.00	1,558	8
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	350–400	395	225.00/cwt	225.00–225.00	889	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Natural	800–850	829	220.00/cwt	220.00–220.00	1,824	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	700–750	725	240.00/cwt	240.00–240.00	1,740	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Natural	700–750	703	276.00/cwt	276.00–276.00	1,940	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Natural	650–700	662	257.00/cwt	257.00–257.00	1,701	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	400–450	446	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	1,115	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	400–450	445	337.00/cwt	337.00–337.00	1,500	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	543	245.00/cwt	245.00–245.00	1,330	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	600–650	603	280.00/cwt	280.00–280.00	1,688	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	438	260.00/cwt	260.00–260.00	1,139	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	650–700	657	230.00/cwt	230.00–230.00	1,511	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	337	301.63/cwt	250.00–325.00	1,016	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	429	290.00/cwt	290.00–290.00	1,244	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	464	280.00/cwt	280.00–280.00	1,299	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Natural	550–600	552	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	1,656	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	700–750	730	210.00/cwt	210.00–210.00	1,533	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	350–400	382	231.83/cwt	185.00–260.00	886	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	397	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	1,270	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	580	263.00/cwt	263.00–263.00	1,525	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	633	306.00/cwt	306.00–306.00	1,937	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	470	251.00/cwt	251.00–251.00	1,180	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Natural	650–700	673	315.00/cwt	315.00–315.00	2,120	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Natural	700–750	728	260.00/cwt	260.00–260.00	1,893	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 2Natural	600–650	603	288.00/cwt	288.00–288.00	1,737	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Natural	650–700	688	271.00/cwt	271.00–271.00	1,864	29

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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