Name: Virginia Livestock, LLC livestock auction prices — 2025-04-01
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-04-01

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 375, Heifers 195, Bulls 53)

Value Added cattle are Weaned and Vaccinated

Natural steers are Vaccinated

Natural heifers are Weaned and Vaccinated

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $364.77/cwt on 110 head. That ranks 1 of 8 comparable sales and sits −101.78 against this barn's trailing median of $466.56.

Average price

$364.77

110 head · 555 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,024

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$458

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

$86.53/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+4.98

vs VA average

−4.24 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	369.70	2,067	39
Medium and Large 1	551	368.05	2,029	66
Medium and Large 2	568	283.17	1,608	5thin

One grade step is worth $86.53/cwt here — about $458 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

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 sale110 hd

364.77

—

VA average8 barns · 585 hd

359.80

+4.98

National average168 barns · 11,835 hd

369.01

−4.24

This barn, trailing median8 sales

466.56

−101.78

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

76 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 2-3Value Added	600–650	612	260.00/cwt	260.00–260.00	1,591	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	500–550	548	312.50/cwt	312.50–312.50	1,713	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	740	270.00/cwt	270.00–270.00	1,998	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	535	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	1,873	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	650–700	665	160.00/cwt	160.00–160.00	1,064	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	568	283.17/cwt	250.00–325.00	1,608	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Natural	650–700	670	256.00/cwt	256.00–256.00	1,715	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 2Natural	550–600	580	290.00/cwt	290.00–290.00	1,682	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	440	365.00/cwt	365.00–365.00	1,606	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	454	345.00/cwt	345.00–345.00	1,566	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	600–650	645	326.00/cwt	326.00–326.00	2,103	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	850–900	858	269.00/cwt	269.00–269.00	2,308	25
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	384	415.00/cwt	415.00–415.00	1,594	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	627	324.69/cwt	312.00–345.00	2,036	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	661	340.00/cwt	340.00–340.00	2,247	28
Steers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	366	395.00/cwt	395.00–395.00	1,446	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	950–1000	978	270.00/cwt	270.00–270.00	2,641	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	500–550	510	385.00/cwt	385.00–385.00	1,964	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	600–650	613	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	1,962	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	1000–1050	1,030	200.00/cwt	200.00–200.00	2,060	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	757	306.00/cwt	306.00–306.00	2,316	54
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	750–800	786	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	2,358	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Natural	750–800	756	287.00/cwt	287.00–287.00	2,170	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	850–900	862	269.00/cwt	269.00–269.00	2,319	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	650–700	662	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	1,986	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	664	340.00/cwt	340.00–340.00	2,258	16
Steers	Medium and Large 1Natural	550–600	561	365.00/cwt	365.00–365.00	2,048	41
Steers	Medium and Large 1Natural	450–500	469	400.67/cwt	400.00–405.00	1,879	37
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	550–600	559	369.70/cwt	355.00–375.00	2,067	39
Steers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	880	261.00/cwt	261.00–261.00	2,297	13
Steers	Medium and Large 1Natural	500–550	538	373.00/cwt	373.00–373.00	2,007	22
Steers	Medium and Large 1Natural	650–700	658	332.00/cwt	332.00–332.00	2,185	13
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	650–700	675	285.00/cwt	285.00–285.00	1,924	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	550–600	568	305.00/cwt	305.00–305.00	1,732	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	450–500	458	375.00/cwt	375.00–375.00	1,718	8
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	650–700	665	252.44/cwt	250.00–255.00	1,679	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	350–400	393	370.00/cwt	370.00–370.00	1,454	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	750–800	760	220.00/cwt	220.00–220.00	1,672	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	600–650	639	275.00/cwt	275.00–275.00	1,757	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	200–250	215	325.00/cwt	325.00–325.00	699	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	250–300	295	410.00/cwt	410.00–410.00	1,210	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	350–400	357	415.00/cwt	415.00–415.00	1,482	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 4	350–400	370	285.00/cwt	285.00–285.00	1,055	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	300–350	320	330.63/cwt	200.00–390.00	1,058	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	700–750	700	220.00/cwt	220.00–220.00	1,540	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	467	336.05/cwt	332.50–337.00	1,569	10
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	500–550	500	245.00/cwt	245.00–245.00	1,225	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	550–600	558	295.00/cwt	295.00–295.00	1,646	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	550–600	597	265.00/cwt	265.00–265.00	1,582	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	800–850	808	170.00/cwt	170.00–170.00	1,374	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	950–1000	950	201.00/cwt	201.00–201.00	1,910	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	384	367.00/cwt	367.00–367.00	1,409	8
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	700–750	735	220.00/cwt	220.00–220.00	1,617	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	450–500	471	355.00/cwt	355.00–355.00	1,672	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	650–700	685	235.00/cwt	235.00–235.00	1,610	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	400–450	442	325.00/cwt	325.00–325.00	1,437	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	469	340.00/cwt	340.00–340.00	1,595	33
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	658	240.00/cwt	240.00–240.00	1,579	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 4	400–450	410	60.00/cwt	60.00–60.00	246	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	900–950	905	209.00/cwt	209.00–209.00	1,891	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	300–350	340	365.00/cwt	365.00–365.00	1,241	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	250–300	260	330.00/cwt	330.00–330.00	858	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Natural	550–600	584	309.00/cwt	309.00–309.00	1,805	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Natural	700–750	700	278.00/cwt	278.00–278.00	1,946	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	775	239.00/cwt	239.00–239.00	1,852	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	532	295.00/cwt	295.00–295.00	1,569	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	750–800	756	266.00/cwt	266.00–266.00	2,011	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	700	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	1,750	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	470	375.00/cwt	375.00–375.00	1,763	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	420	390.00/cwt	390.00–390.00	1,638	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	950–1000	955	225.00/cwt	225.00–225.00	2,149	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	538	307.00/cwt	307.00–307.00	1,652	25
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Natural	650–700	697	275.00/cwt	275.00–275.00	1,917	16
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	650–700	658	253.40/cwt	247.00–276.00	1,667	9
Steers	Medium and Large 3-4	300–350	321	410.00/cwt	410.00–410.00	1,316	6
Steers	Medium and Large 3	400–450	437	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	1,398	3

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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