Name: Virginia Livestock, LLC livestock auction prices — 2025-04-15
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-04-15

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 148, Heifers 114, Bulls 40)

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 $362.03/cwt on 59 head. That ranks 1 of 8 comparable sales and sits −104.52 against this barn's trailing median of $466.56.

Average price

$362.03

59 head · 564 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,041

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$558

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

$91.70/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+6.46

vs VA average

−2.73 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	565	366.70	2,070	56
Medium and Large 2	550	275.00	1,513	3thin

One grade step is worth $91.70/cwt here — about $558 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 sale59 hd

362.03

—

VA average11 barns · 580 hd

355.58

+6.46

National average169 barns · 11,281 hd

364.76

−2.73

This barn, trailing median8 sales

466.56

−104.52

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

62 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	1000–1050	1,004	219.00/cwt	219.00–219.00	2,199	7
Steers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	448	345.00/cwt	345.00–345.00	1,546	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	351	425.00/cwt	425.00–425.00	1,492	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	600–650	633	285.00/cwt	285.00–285.00	1,804	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	770	245.00/cwt	245.00–245.00	1,887	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2Natural	800–850	809	259.00/cwt	259.00–259.00	2,095	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	445	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	1,335	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	650–700	651	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	1,953	5
Steers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	464	345.47/cwt	305.00–360.00	1,603	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2Natural	900–950	916	210.00/cwt	210.00–210.00	1,924	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Natural	550–600	560	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	1,792	7
Steers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	560	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	1,680	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	750–800	770	240.00/cwt	240.00–240.00	1,848	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2Value Added	450–500	485	360.00/cwt	360.00–360.00	1,746	5
Steers	Medium and Large 2Value Added	700–750	727	255.00/cwt	255.00–255.00	1,854	6
Steers	Medium and Large 2	250–300	265	450.00/cwt	450.00–450.00	1,193	1
Steers	Medium and Large 3	400–450	400	285.00/cwt	285.00–285.00	1,140	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	545	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	1,744	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	675	305.00/cwt	305.00–305.00	2,059	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1Natural	550–600	569	375.00/cwt	375.00–375.00	2,134	45
Steers	Medium and Large 1Natural	500–550	547	340.00/cwt	340.00–340.00	1,860	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	755	240.00/cwt	240.00–240.00	1,812	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	530	225.00/cwt	225.00–225.00	1,193	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	600–650	636	330.00/cwt	330.00–330.00	2,099	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	800–850	848	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	2,120	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	450–500	490	275.00/cwt	275.00–275.00	1,348	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	700–750	740	200.00/cwt	200.00–200.00	1,480	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	650–700	660	275.00/cwt	275.00–275.00	1,815	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	300–350	340	380.00/cwt	380.00–380.00	1,292	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	550–600	562	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	1,686	8
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	350–400	383	380.00/cwt	380.00–380.00	1,455	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 4	150–200	190	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	285	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	500–550	542	225.00/cwt	225.00–225.00	1,220	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	350–400	388	305.00/cwt	305.00–305.00	1,183	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2Natural	750–800	785	225.00/cwt	225.00–225.00	1,766	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	650–700	653	220.00/cwt	220.00–220.00	1,437	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	700–750	733	200.00/cwt	200.00–200.00	1,466	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	450–500	490	245.00/cwt	245.00–245.00	1,201	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	300–350	316	405.00/cwt	405.00–405.00	1,280	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	650–700	660	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	1,650	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	150–200	160	360.00/cwt	360.00–360.00	576	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	400–450	445	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	1,113	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	350–400	395	345.00/cwt	345.00–345.00	1,363	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	550–600	575	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	1,438	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	600–650	615	197.87/cwt	175.00–220.00	1,217	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	300–350	349	330.00/cwt	330.00–330.00	1,152	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	800–850	843	224.00/cwt	224.00–224.00	1,888	2
Heifers	Small 1	300–350	325	255.00/cwt	255.00–255.00	829	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	350–400	363	400.00/cwt	400.00–400.00	1,452	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	563	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	1,408	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	700–750	710	210.00/cwt	210.00–210.00	1,491	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2Value Added	750–800	768	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	1,920	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 2Value Added	550–600	591	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	1,773	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	200–250	210	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	672	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	200–250	215	339.88/cwt	335.00–345.00	731	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	567	310.00/cwt	310.00–310.00	1,758	20
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	455	340.00/cwt	340.00–340.00	1,547	14
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	743	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	2,229	30
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	483	385.00/cwt	385.00–385.00	1,860	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	442	291.70/cwt	275.00–300.00	1,289	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	950–1000	959	229.00/cwt	229.00–229.00	2,196	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	500–550	547	310.00/cwt	310.00–310.00	1,696	5

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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