Name: Virginia Livestock, LLC livestock auction prices — 2025-09-02
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-09-02

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 295, Heifers 146, Bulls 44)

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 $400.59/cwt on 51 head. That ranks 1 of 8 comparable sales and sits −65.97 against this barn's trailing median of $466.56.

Average price

$400.59

51 head · 559 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,241

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$143

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

$16.07/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−19.58

vs VA average

−15.94 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	563	405.00	2,280	37
Medium and Large 2	550	388.93	2,137	14thin

One grade step is worth $16.07/cwt here — about $143 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 300–400 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 sale51 hd

400.59

—

VA average6 barns · 231 hd

420.17

−19.58

National average140 barns · 6,808 hd

416.53

−15.94

This barn, trailing median8 sales

466.56

−65.97

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

57 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 1-2	800–850	830	360.00/cwt	360.00–360.00	2,988	38
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	800–850	810	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	2,025	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2Value Added	550–600	568	340.00/cwt	340.00–340.00	1,931	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	700–750	711	357.50/cwt	357.50–357.50	2,542	10
Steers	Medium and Large 2	300–350	345	405.00/cwt	405.00–405.00	1,397	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	850–900	895	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	1,343	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	600–650	615	295.00/cwt	295.00–295.00	1,814	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	500–550	505	135.00/cwt	135.00–135.00	682	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2Natural	500–550	528	450.00/cwt	450.00–450.00	2,376	4
Steers	Medium and Large 2Natural	600–650	622	400.00/cwt	400.00–400.00	2,488	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	750–800	765	170.00/cwt	170.00–170.00	1,301	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	377	415.00/cwt	415.00–415.00	1,565	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	513	315.00/cwt	315.00–315.00	1,616	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	750–800	780	170.00/cwt	170.00–170.00	1,326	1
Steers	Medium and Large 3	450–500	463	400.00/cwt	400.00–400.00	1,852	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	600–650	638	100.00/cwt	100.00–100.00	638	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	476	393.71/cwt	345.00–400.00	1,874	9
Steers	Medium and Large 2	600–650	640	340.00/cwt	340.00–340.00	2,176	7
Steers	Medium and Large 2Natural	750–800	773	360.00/cwt	360.00–360.00	2,783	6
Steers	Medium and Large 2Natural	800–850	848	359.50/cwt	359.50–359.50	3,049	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	500–550	541	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	1,894	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	450–500	468	425.00/cwt	425.00–425.00	1,989	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	341	420.00/cwt	420.00–420.00	1,432	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	673	324.00/cwt	324.00–324.00	2,181	16
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	541	331.23/cwt	330.00–335.00	1,792	12
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	850–900	865	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	2,163	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	650–700	654	333.17/cwt	330.00–341.00	2,179	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	550–600	577	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	2,020	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	645	345.00/cwt	345.00–345.00	2,225	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	450–500	460	372.00/cwt	315.00–410.00	1,711	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	750–800	752	365.00/cwt	365.00–365.00	2,745	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	460	485.00/cwt	485.00–485.00	2,231	18
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	755	290.57/cwt	290.00–295.00	2,194	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	474	340.00/cwt	340.00–340.00	1,612	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	1050–1100	1,050	297.50/cwt	297.50–297.50	3,124	14
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	749	325.00/cwt	325.00–325.00	2,434	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	877	275.00/cwt	275.00–275.00	2,412	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	350–400	390	405.00/cwt	405.00–405.00	1,580	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	855	270.00/cwt	270.00–270.00	2,309	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	500–550	543	360.00/cwt	360.00–360.00	1,955	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	650–700	659	345.89/cwt	345.00–346.00	2,279	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Natural	600–650	612	412.50/cwt	412.50–412.50	2,525	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Natural	650–700	660	371.00/cwt	371.00–371.00	2,449	33
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	563	405.00/cwt	405.00–405.00	2,280	37
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	654	400.00/cwt	400.00–400.00	2,616	32
Steers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	782	285.00/cwt	285.00–285.00	2,229	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2Value Added	600–650	622	345.00/cwt	345.00–345.00	2,146	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	470	335.00/cwt	335.00–335.00	1,575	13
Steers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	554	375.00/cwt	375.00–375.00	2,078	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Natural	750–800	765	285.00/cwt	285.00–285.00	2,180	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	700–750	735	315.00/cwt	315.00–315.00	2,315	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	380	515.00/cwt	515.00–515.00	1,957	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2Natural	700–750	718	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	2,154	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	566	315.00/cwt	315.00–315.00	1,783	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	600–650	642	306.03/cwt	295.00–320.00	1,965	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Natural	550–600	562	360.00/cwt	360.00–360.00	2,023	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	900–950	904	353.00/cwt	353.00–353.00	3,191	56

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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