Name: Virginia Livestock, LLC livestock auction prices — 2025-08-05
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-08-05

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 101, Heifers 50, Bulls 8)

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 $350.00/cwt on 10 head. That ranks 1 of 8 comparable sales and sits −116.55 against this barn's trailing median of $466.56.

Average price

$350.00

10 head · 551 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,929

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$393

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

$36.65/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−19.85

vs VA average

−40.02 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1-2	593	370.00	2,194	3thin
Medium and Large 2	528	347.50	1,833	4thin
Medium and Large 1	540	333.35	1,801	3thin

One grade step is worth $36.65/cwt here — about $393 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 sale10 hd

350.00

—

VA average9 barns · 322 hd

369.85

−19.85

National average145 barns · 8,057 hd

390.02

−40.02

This barn, trailing median8 sales

466.56

−116.55

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

35 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 1	650–700	665	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	1,995	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	550–600	560	355.00/cwt	355.00–355.00	1,988	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	330	330.00/cwt	330.00–330.00	1,089	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	1150–1200	1,190	235.00/cwt	235.00–235.00	2,797	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	700–750	701	371.00/cwt	371.00–371.00	2,601	19
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	466	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	1,491	10
Steers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	466	387.64/cwt	360.00–395.00	1,806	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	200–250	225	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	563	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	500–550	535	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	1,712	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	300–350	320	275.00/cwt	275.00–275.00	880	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2Value Added	400–450	434	340.00/cwt	340.00–340.00	1,476	4
Steers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	550	340.00/cwt	340.00–340.00	1,870	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	463	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	1,621	4
Steers	Medium and Large 2Value Added	400–450	424	380.00/cwt	380.00–380.00	1,611	6
Steers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	370	405.00/cwt	405.00–405.00	1,499	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Natural	550–600	593	370.00/cwt	370.00–370.00	2,194	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	555	325.00/cwt	325.00–325.00	1,804	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	500–550	519	345.00/cwt	345.00–345.00	1,791	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	667	297.50/cwt	297.50–297.50	1,984	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	400–450	440	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	1,408	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	550–600	565	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	1,695	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	600–650	640	390.00/cwt	390.00–390.00	2,496	6
Steers	Medium and Large 2Value Added	500–550	505	355.00/cwt	355.00–355.00	1,793	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	435	394.45/cwt	335.00–425.00	1,716	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	585	390.00/cwt	390.00–390.00	2,282	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Natural	700–750	719	371.63/cwt	369.00–374.00	2,672	30
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	585	335.00/cwt	335.00–335.00	1,960	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	620	380.00/cwt	380.00–380.00	2,356	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Natural	600–650	625	375.00/cwt	375.00–375.00	2,344	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	725	340.00/cwt	340.00–340.00	2,465	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	1200–1250	1,233	280.00/cwt	280.00–280.00	3,452	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	870	247.50/cwt	247.50–247.50	2,153	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	518	305.02/cwt	300.00–310.00	1,580	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	465	400.00/cwt	400.00–400.00	1,860	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	522	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	1,827	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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