Name: Virginia Livestock, LLC livestock auction prices — 2025-08-19
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-08-19

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 143, Heifers 74, Bulls 20)

Value Added and most Natural cattle are Weaned and Vaccinated

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $381.47/cwt on 44 head. That ranks 1 of 8 comparable sales and sits −85.09 against this barn's trailing median of $466.56.

Average price

$381.47

44 head · 575 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,193

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$669

per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 3

$96.80/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−2.36

vs VA average

−18.42 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	561	404.01	2,266	9thin
Medium and Large 1-2	586	381.80	2,237	25
Medium and Large 2	571	373.63	2,132	8thin
Medium and Large 3	520	307.21	1,597	2thin

One grade step is worth $96.80/cwt here — about $669 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 700–800 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 sale44 hd

381.47

—

VA average9 barns · 315 hd

383.83

−2.36

National average156 barns · 7,040 hd

399.89

−18.42

This barn, trailing median8 sales

466.56

−85.09

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

48 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	350–400	365	410.00/cwt	410.00–410.00	1,497	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	500–550	518	400.00/cwt	400.00–400.00	2,072	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	550–600	565	355.00/cwt	355.00–355.00	2,006	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	650–700	658	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	2,106	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	450–500	471	400.00/cwt	400.00–400.00	1,884	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	730	295.00/cwt	295.00–295.00	2,154	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	350–400	365	370.00/cwt	370.00–370.00	1,351	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	500–550	525	210.00/cwt	210.00–210.00	1,103	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	550–600	575	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	1,438	1
Steers	Medium and Large 3	400–450	435	330.00/cwt	330.00–330.00	1,436	1
Steers	Medium and Large 3	500–550	520	307.21/cwt	300.00–315.00	1,597	2
Steers	Medium and Large 3	350–400	350	360.00/cwt	360.00–360.00	1,260	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	650–700	653	275.00/cwt	275.00–275.00	1,796	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	300–350	347	360.17/cwt	300.00–390.00	1,250	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	510	355.00/cwt	355.00–355.00	1,811	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	750–800	790	155.00/cwt	155.00–155.00	1,225	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	300–350	344	485.00/cwt	485.00–485.00	1,668	11
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	300–350	305	340.00/cwt	340.00–340.00	1,037	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	650–700	678	225.00/cwt	225.00–225.00	1,526	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	585	317.01/cwt	260.00–375.00	1,855	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	600–650	632	326.65/cwt	325.00–330.00	2,064	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	250–300	257	445.00/cwt	445.00–445.00	1,144	5
Steers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	449	420.00/cwt	420.00–420.00	1,886	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	559	315.00/cwt	315.00–315.00	1,761	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	651	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	2,083	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	562	325.00/cwt	325.00–325.00	1,827	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	452	360.00/cwt	360.00–360.00	1,627	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	353	405.00/cwt	405.00–405.00	1,430	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	561	404.01/cwt	355.00–410.00	2,266	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	468	432.50/cwt	432.50–432.50	2,024	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Natural	750–800	758	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	2,274	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	550–600	592	395.00/cwt	395.00–395.00	2,338	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	800–850	825	325.00/cwt	325.00–325.00	2,681	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	630	230.00/cwt	230.00–230.00	1,449	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	644	360.87/cwt	335.00–365.00	2,324	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	315	460.00/cwt	460.00–460.00	1,449	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	445	435.00/cwt	435.00–435.00	1,936	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	485	357.50/cwt	357.50–357.50	1,734	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	623	310.00/cwt	310.00–310.00	1,931	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Natural	850–900	868	340.00/cwt	340.00–340.00	2,951	19
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Natural	700–750	707	360.00/cwt	360.00–360.00	2,545	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Natural	550–600	569	345.00/cwt	345.00–345.00	1,963	15
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	550–600	590	275.00/cwt	275.00–275.00	1,623	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	700–750	715	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	2,145	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	480	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	1,440	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2Value Added	600–650	632	365.00/cwt	365.00–365.00	2,307	7
Steers	Medium and Large 2Value Added	550–600	577	400.00/cwt	400.00–400.00	2,308	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	585	380.00/cwt	380.00–380.00	2,223	22

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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