Name: Virginia Livestock, LLC livestock auction prices — 2025-05-06
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-05-06

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 187, Heifers 150, Bulls 57)

Value Added cattle are Weaned and Vaccinated

Natural cattle are Vaccinated, mostly Weaned

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $371.74/cwt on 36 head. That ranks 1 of 8 comparable sales and sits −94.82 against this barn's trailing median of $466.56.

Average price

$371.74

36 head · 540 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,009

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$340

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

$80.78/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+1.06

vs VA average

−7.05 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	531	385.78	2,048	29
Medium and Large 3	550	340.00	1,870	1thin
Medium and Large 1-2	591	310.00	1,832	5thin
Medium and Large 2	560	305.00	1,708	1thin

One grade step is worth $80.78/cwt here — about $340 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 600–700 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 sale36 hd

371.74

—

VA average9 barns · 495 hd

370.67

+1.06

National average168 barns · 13,508 hd

378.79

−7.05

This barn, trailing median8 sales

466.56

−94.82

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

64 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 1Natural	450–500	470	425.00/cwt	425.00–425.00	1,998	20
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	350–400	388	395.00/cwt	395.00–395.00	1,533	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	525	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	1,575	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 2Natural	450–500	467	315.00/cwt	315.00–315.00	1,471	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	300–350	310	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	775	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	300–350	333	445.00/cwt	445.00–445.00	1,482	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	350–400	392	395.00/cwt	395.00–395.00	1,548	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	500–550	505	335.00/cwt	335.00–335.00	1,692	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	445	365.00/cwt	365.00–365.00	1,624	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	483	384.74/cwt	375.00–395.00	1,858	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	600–650	645	265.00/cwt	265.00–265.00	1,709	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	500–550	520	225.00/cwt	225.00–225.00	1,170	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	440	360.00/cwt	360.00–360.00	1,584	16
Steers	Medium and Large 2	700–750	715	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	1,788	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	362	430.00/cwt	430.00–430.00	1,557	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	200–250	240	330.00/cwt	330.00–330.00	792	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	550–600	555	305.00/cwt	305.00–305.00	1,693	1
Steers	Medium and Large 3	550–600	550	340.00/cwt	340.00–340.00	1,870	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	550–600	570	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	1,425	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	363	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	1,271	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	300–350	320	260.00/cwt	260.00–260.00	832	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	450–500	471	260.00/cwt	260.00–260.00	1,225	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	400–450	413	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	1,322	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	600–650	615	155.00/cwt	155.00–155.00	953	1
Steers	Medium and Large 3	450–500	457	375.00/cwt	375.00–375.00	1,714	3
Steers	Medium and Large 3	600–650	625	255.00/cwt	255.00–255.00	1,594	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1Natural	250–300	298	430.00/cwt	430.00–430.00	1,281	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	700–750	746	270.00/cwt	270.00–270.00	2,014	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	600–650	600	315.00/cwt	315.00–315.00	1,890	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1Natural	650–700	677	330.00/cwt	330.00–330.00	2,234	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1Natural	500–550	538	385.00/cwt	385.00–385.00	2,071	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	550–600	560	326.25/cwt	295.00–332.50	1,827	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	345	295.00/cwt	295.00–295.00	1,018	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	750–800	755	290.00/cwt	290.00–290.00	2,190	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	450	420.00/cwt	420.00–420.00	1,890	25
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	543	340.00/cwt	340.00–340.00	1,846	14
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	536	377.50/cwt	377.50–377.50	2,023	15
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	739	283.61/cwt	280.00–295.00	2,096	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	500–550	518	400.00/cwt	400.00–400.00	2,072	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	650–700	677	336.00/cwt	336.00–336.00	2,275	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	650	336.00/cwt	336.00–336.00	2,184	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	636	351.52/cwt	345.00–355.00	2,236	10
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	450–500	466	390.00/cwt	390.00–390.00	1,817	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	376	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	1,316	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Natural	650–700	651	280.00/cwt	280.00–280.00	1,823	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1Natural	350–400	360	400.00/cwt	400.00–400.00	1,440	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	381	405.00/cwt	405.00–405.00	1,543	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	440	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	1,320	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Natural	600–650	628	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	1,884	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	664	285.00/cwt	285.00–285.00	1,892	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Natural	700–750	744	305.00/cwt	305.00–305.00	2,269	10
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	661	305.00/cwt	305.00–305.00	2,016	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	830	235.00/cwt	235.00–235.00	1,951	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	451	390.00/cwt	390.00–390.00	1,759	31
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	800–850	810	225.00/cwt	225.00–225.00	1,823	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Natural	450–500	479	375.00/cwt	375.00–375.00	1,796	19
Heifers	Medium and Large 2Natural	500–550	547	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	1,641	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	450–500	461	370.00/cwt	370.00–370.00	1,706	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	760	260.00/cwt	260.00–260.00	1,976	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Natural	400–450	438	345.00/cwt	345.00–345.00	1,511	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Natural	550–600	591	310.00/cwt	310.00–310.00	1,832	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Natural	600–650	616	340.00/cwt	340.00–340.00	2,094	15
Steers	Medium and Large 2	250–300	297	490.00/cwt	490.00–490.00	1,455	7
Steers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	560	305.00/cwt	305.00–305.00	1,708	1

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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