Name: Virginia Livestock, LLC livestock auction prices — 2025-06-17
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-06-17

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 140, Heifers 142, Bulls 70)

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 $325.56/cwt on 26 head. That ranks 2 of 10 comparable sales and sits −41.47 against this barn's trailing median of $367.03.

Average price

$325.56

26 head · 546 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,776

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$13

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

$26.93/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−1.62

vs VA average

−8.55 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1-2	517	335.00	1,732	3thin
Medium and Large 1	544	334.79	1,821	14thin
Medium and Large 2	558	308.07	1,719	9thin

One grade step is worth $26.93/cwt here — about $13 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

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 sale26 hd

325.56

—

VA average9 barns · 455 hd

327.18

−1.62

National average153 barns · 9,567 hd

334.11

−8.55

This barn, trailing median10 sales

367.03

−41.47

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
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	553	332.00/cwt	332.00–332.00	1,836	11
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	450–500	481	400.00/cwt	400.00–400.00	1,924	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Natural	700–750	725	312.99/cwt	311.00–317.50	2,269	16
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	500–550	510	345.00/cwt	345.00–345.00	1,760	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1Natural	700–750	730	299.52/cwt	285.00–305.00	2,186	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	600–650	630	325.00/cwt	325.00–325.00	2,048	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	650–700	678	325.00/cwt	325.00–325.00	2,204	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	600–650	628	225.00/cwt	225.00–225.00	1,413	4
Steers	Medium and Large 3	250–300	295	405.00/cwt	405.00–405.00	1,195	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2Value Added	750–800	770	275.00/cwt	275.00–275.00	2,118	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2Value Added	700–750	727	290.00/cwt	290.00–290.00	2,108	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	900–950	905	200.00/cwt	200.00–200.00	1,810	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	459	335.00/cwt	335.00–335.00	1,538	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	450–500	493	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	1,726	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	350–400	357	355.00/cwt	355.00–355.00	1,267	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	400–450	449	335.00/cwt	335.00–335.00	1,504	8
Steers	Medium and Large 3	350–400	350	385.00/cwt	385.00–385.00	1,348	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	200–250	230	375.00/cwt	375.00–375.00	863	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	379	325.00/cwt	325.00–325.00	1,232	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	850–900	892	225.00/cwt	225.00–225.00	2,007	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2Natural	350–400	373	405.00/cwt	405.00–405.00	1,511	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	562	307.20/cwt	255.00–315.00	1,726	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	525	315.00/cwt	315.00–315.00	1,654	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	578	332.65/cwt	290.00–340.00	1,923	7
Steers	Medium and Large 2	650–700	650	310.00/cwt	310.00–310.00	2,015	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	766	287.50/cwt	287.50–287.50	2,202	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	550–600	552	357.50/cwt	357.50–357.50	1,973	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	300–350	300	340.00/cwt	340.00–340.00	1,020	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	540	345.00/cwt	345.00–345.00	1,863	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	700–750	725	310.00/cwt	310.00–310.00	2,248	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	550–600	568	315.00/cwt	315.00–315.00	1,789	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	1000–1050	1,020	268.00/cwt	268.00–268.00	2,734	14
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	550–600	577	317.82/cwt	300.00–332.50	1,834	16
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	350–400	358	380.00/cwt	380.00–380.00	1,360	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	600	305.00/cwt	305.00–305.00	1,830	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	465	340.00/cwt	340.00–340.00	1,581	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	575	370.00/cwt	370.00–370.00	2,128	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	613	315.00/cwt	315.00–315.00	1,931	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	473	340.00/cwt	340.00–340.00	1,608	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	730	305.00/cwt	305.00–305.00	2,227	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	661	311.00/cwt	311.00–311.00	2,056	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Natural	600–650	619	314.00/cwt	314.00–314.00	1,944	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	655	325.00/cwt	250.00–350.00	2,129	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	500–550	517	335.00/cwt	335.00–335.00	1,732	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	600–650	621	360.00/cwt	360.00–360.00	2,236	18
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	700–750	730	305.00/cwt	305.00–305.00	2,227	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	352	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	1,232	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Natural	450–500	457	397.00/cwt	397.00–397.00	1,814	21
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	500–550	525	340.00/cwt	340.00–340.00	1,785	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	600–650	601	314.00/cwt	314.00–314.00	1,887	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	750–800	751	292.50/cwt	292.50–292.50	2,197	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	450–500	460	340.00/cwt	340.00–340.00	1,564	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1Natural	500–550	540	375.00/cwt	375.00–375.00	2,025	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	400–450	438	345.00/cwt	345.00–345.00	1,511	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Natural	600–650	632	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	2,212	11
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	250–300	275	405.00/cwt	405.00–405.00	1,114	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	600–650	646	305.00/cwt	305.00–305.00	1,970	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Natural	650–700	681	340.00/cwt	340.00–340.00	2,315	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Natural	550–600	587	385.00/cwt	385.00–385.00	2,260	23
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	465	380.00/cwt	380.00–380.00	1,767	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	650–700	653	275.00/cwt	275.00–275.00	1,796	6
Steers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	482	375.00/cwt	375.00–375.00	1,808	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	600–650	632	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	1,580	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	623	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	1,869	6

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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