Name: Virginia Livestock, LLC livestock auction prices — 2025-05-20
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-05-20

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

*State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 217, Heifers 162, Bulls 37)*

Natural Cattle are Weaned and Vaccinated

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $411.54/cwt on 99 head. That ranks 1 of 8 comparable sales and sits −55.02 against this barn's trailing median of $466.56.

Average price

$411.54

99 head · 544 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,237

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$311

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

$66.76/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+33.32

vs VA average

+33.49 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	543	416.93	2,262	91
Medium and Large 2	557	350.17	1,950	8thin

One grade step is worth $66.76/cwt here — about $311 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 400–500 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 sale99 hd

411.54

—

VA average8 barns · 487 hd

378.21

+33.32

National average157 barns · 12,981 hd

378.05

+33.49

This barn, trailing median8 sales

466.56

−55.02

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

51 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	800–850	825	290.00/cwt	290.00–290.00	2,393	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	600–650	641	301.33/cwt	190.00–320.00	1,932	7
Steers	Medium and Large 2	800–850	800	290.00/cwt	290.00–290.00	2,320	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	557	350.17/cwt	160.00–385.00	1,950	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	900–950	935	225.00/cwt	225.00–225.00	2,104	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	566	398.55/cwt	395.00–405.00	2,256	32
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	363	405.00/cwt	405.00–405.00	1,470	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	374	395.00/cwt	395.00–395.00	1,477	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Natural	400–450	447	375.00/cwt	375.00–375.00	1,676	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Natural	700–750	720	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	2,160	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	651	330.00/cwt	330.00–330.00	2,148	19
Steers	Medium and Large 1	1000–1050	1,018	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	2,545	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	552	327.78/cwt	295.00–330.00	1,809	33
Steers	Medium and Large 1Natural	600–650	614	380.00/cwt	380.00–380.00	2,333	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1Natural	950–1000	973	260.00/cwt	260.00–260.00	2,530	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	462	360.00/cwt	360.00–360.00	1,663	24
Steers	Medium and Large 1Natural	650–700	660	360.00/cwt	360.00–360.00	2,376	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	378	370.00/cwt	370.00–370.00	1,399	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Natural	550–600	554	340.00/cwt	340.00–340.00	1,884	17
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	462	420.00/cwt	420.00–420.00	1,940	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	530	397.79/cwt	350.00–410.00	2,108	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	743	325.00/cwt	325.00–325.00	2,415	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	550–600	557	319.63/cwt	255.00–335.00	1,780	9
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	400–450	448	395.00/cwt	395.00–395.00	1,770	9
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	700–750	725	255.00/cwt	255.00–255.00	1,849	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	380	368.40/cwt	240.00–400.00	1,400	5
Steers	Medium and Large 2	300–350	327	425.81/cwt	420.00–430.00	1,392	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	543	327.50/cwt	327.50–327.50	1,778	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	300–350	313	325.00/cwt	325.00–325.00	1,017	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	700–750	720	220.00/cwt	220.00–220.00	1,584	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	437	355.41/cwt	350.00–385.00	1,553	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	550–600	556	287.01/cwt	240.00–295.00	1,596	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	450–500	483	330.10/cwt	310.00–350.00	1,594	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Natural	450–500	461	420.00/cwt	420.00–420.00	1,936	6
Steers	Medium and Large 3	400–450	430	380.00/cwt	380.00–380.00	1,634	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	350–400	395	215.00/cwt	215.00–215.00	849	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	550–600	570	159.87/cwt	155.00–165.00	911	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	445	375.00/cwt	375.00–375.00	1,669	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	755	225.00/cwt	225.00–225.00	1,699	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	545	275.00/cwt	275.00–275.00	1,499	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	650–700	650	200.00/cwt	200.00–200.00	1,300	1
Steers	Medium and Large 3	450–500	450	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	630	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	450–500	498	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	1,594	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	664	295.00/cwt	295.00–295.00	1,959	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1Natural	500–550	510	436.06/cwt	435.00–445.00	2,224	28
Steers	Medium and Large 1Natural	550–600	556	428.55/cwt	425.00–430.00	2,383	21
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	433	364.00/cwt	364.00–364.00	1,576	16
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	390	356.28/cwt	250.00–383.00	1,389	11
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	400–450	410	385.00/cwt	385.00–385.00	1,579	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Natural	500–550	527	321.07/cwt	305.00–330.00	1,692	14
Steers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	768	315.00/cwt	315.00–315.00	2,419	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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