Name: Virginia Livestock, LLC livestock auction prices — 2025-07-15
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-07-15

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 107, Heifers 149, Bulls 22)

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 $349.95/cwt on 47 head. That ranks 4 of 10 comparable sales and sits −17.09 against this barn's trailing median of $367.03.

Average price

$349.95

47 head · 574 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,010

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$955

per head · Medium and Large 2 over Medium and Large 3

$164.20/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+16.60

vs VA average

+11.21 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 2	578	354.20	2,048	30
Medium and Large 1-2	582	354.00	2,060	11thin
Medium and Large 1	535	347.50	1,859	5thin
Medium and Large 3	575	190.00	1,093	1thin

One grade step is worth $164.20/cwt here — about $955 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

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 sale47 hd

349.95

—

VA average10 barns · 396 hd

333.35

+16.60

National average151 barns · 8,478 hd

338.74

+11.21

This barn, trailing median10 sales

367.03

−17.09

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

50 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
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	450–500	490	305.00/cwt	305.00–305.00	1,495	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	350–400	368	330.00/cwt	330.00–330.00	1,214	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	350–400	385	345.00/cwt	345.00–345.00	1,328	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	479	356.00/cwt	356.00–356.00	1,705	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	200–250	233	335.00/cwt	335.00–335.00	781	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	500–550	525	270.00/cwt	270.00–270.00	1,418	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	900–950	920	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	1,150	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	550–600	575	190.00/cwt	190.00–190.00	1,093	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	400–450	421	355.00/cwt	355.00–355.00	1,495	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	563	351.00/cwt	351.00–351.00	1,976	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 2Natural	700–750	712	307.50/cwt	307.50–307.50	2,189	9
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	650–700	665	225.00/cwt	225.00–225.00	1,496	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	600–650	649	345.00/cwt	345.00–345.00	2,239	4
Steers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	445	340.00/cwt	340.00–340.00	1,513	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	350–400	380	360.00/cwt	360.00–360.00	1,368	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	750–800	757	305.00/cwt	305.00–305.00	2,309	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	650–700	671	315.00/cwt	315.00–315.00	2,114	6
Bulls	Small 1	500–550	540	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	1,350	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	450–500	475	185.00/cwt	185.00–185.00	879	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Natural	650–700	678	340.00/cwt	340.00–340.00	2,305	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1Natural	650–700	663	382.00/cwt	382.00–382.00	2,533	40
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	650–700	668	317.00/cwt	317.00–317.00	2,118	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1Natural	750–800	770	335.00/cwt	335.00–335.00	2,580	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1Natural	850–900	850	290.00/cwt	290.00–290.00	2,465	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	450–500	468	358.65/cwt	340.00–365.00	1,678	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	360	325.00/cwt	325.00–325.00	1,170	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	550–600	582	354.00/cwt	354.00–354.00	2,060	11
Steers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	561	365.00/cwt	365.00–365.00	2,048	4
Steers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	380	185.00/cwt	185.00–185.00	703	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	642	255.00/cwt	255.00–255.00	1,637	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	450–500	464	368.00/cwt	368.00–368.00	1,708	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	488	355.00/cwt	355.00–355.00	1,732	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1Natural	700–750	720	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	2,304	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2Natural	450–500	481	370.00/cwt	370.00–370.00	1,780	26
Heifers	Medium and Large 2Natural	550–600	582	355.00/cwt	355.00–355.00	2,066	24
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	450–500	498	345.00/cwt	345.00–345.00	1,718	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	535	347.50/cwt	347.50–347.50	1,859	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	605	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	1,936	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	650–700	665	260.00/cwt	260.00–260.00	1,729	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Natural	550–600	579	399.00/cwt	399.00–399.00	2,310	30
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	340	340.00/cwt	340.00–340.00	1,156	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	670	315.00/cwt	315.00–315.00	2,111	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	840	200.00/cwt	200.00–200.00	1,680	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	385	370.00/cwt	370.00–370.00	1,425	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	495	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	1,733	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	550–600	558	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	1,786	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	557	348.17/cwt	325.00–360.00	1,939	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	487	367.33/cwt	355.00–380.00	1,789	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	780	310.00/cwt	310.00–310.00	2,418	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	664	327.52/cwt	325.00–330.00	2,175	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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