Name: Virginia Livestock, LLC livestock auction prices — 2025-09-16
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-09-16

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 80, Heifers 78, Bulls 43)

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 $433.95/cwt on 21 head. That ranks 3 of 8 comparable sales and sits −32.61 against this barn's trailing median of $466.56.

Average price

$433.95

21 head · 551 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,389

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$201

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

$39.20/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+33.04

vs VA average

+29.31 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	556	439.20	2,441	15thin
Medium and Large 1-2	533	425.00	2,265	5thin
Medium and Large 2	560	400.00	2,240	1thin

One grade step is worth $39.20/cwt here — about $201 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 900–1000 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 sale21 hd

433.95

—

VA average9 barns · 458 hd

400.91

+33.04

National average165 barns · 10,728 hd

404.64

+29.31

This barn, trailing median8 sales

466.56

−32.61

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

55 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	850–900	878	240.00/cwt	240.00–240.00	2,107	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	650–700	665	275.00/cwt	275.00–275.00	1,829	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	700–750	745	240.00/cwt	240.00–240.00	1,788	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	700–750	715	330.00/cwt	330.00–330.00	2,360	4
Steers	Medium and Large 2	900–950	925	260.00/cwt	260.00–260.00	2,405	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	1000–1050	1,025	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	1,538	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	365	375.00/cwt	375.00–375.00	1,369	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	900–950	910	215.00/cwt	215.00–215.00	1,957	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	365	425.00/cwt	425.00–425.00	1,551	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	540	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	1,620	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	418	410.03/cwt	405.00–415.00	1,714	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	600–650	648	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	1,944	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	250–300	270	400.00/cwt	400.00–400.00	1,080	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	550–600	555	100.00/cwt	100.00–100.00	555	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	750–800	760	275.00/cwt	275.00–275.00	2,090	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	350–400	375	335.00/cwt	335.00–335.00	1,256	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3Value Added	550–600	573	352.00/cwt	352.00–352.00	2,017	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	466	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	1,631	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	550–600	563	355.00/cwt	355.00–355.00	1,999	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	350–400	395	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	514	1
Bulls	Small 2	550–600	550	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	770	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1Natural	450–500	460	435.00/cwt	435.00–435.00	2,001	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	300–350	338	455.00/cwt	455.00–455.00	1,538	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	700–750	718	330.00/cwt	330.00–330.00	2,369	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	645	305.00/cwt	305.00–305.00	1,967	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	550–600	562	388.66/cwt	380.00–390.00	2,184	11
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	750–800	755	285.00/cwt	285.00–285.00	2,152	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	900–950	930	195.00/cwt	195.00–195.00	1,814	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	900–950	930	302.52/cwt	270.00–307.00	2,813	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	527	416.00/cwt	416.00–416.00	2,192	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	672	305.00/cwt	305.00–305.00	2,050	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	400–450	445	400.00/cwt	400.00–400.00	1,780	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	395	365.00/cwt	365.00–365.00	1,442	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	600–650	620	375.00/cwt	375.00–375.00	2,325	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	577	320.66/cwt	295.00–325.00	1,850	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	700–750	730	305.00/cwt	305.00–305.00	2,227	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	950–1000	955	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	1,433	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	500–550	525	180.00/cwt	180.00–180.00	945	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	755	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	2,265	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1Natural	550–600	563	445.00/cwt	445.00–445.00	2,505	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Natural	450–500	475	385.00/cwt	385.00–385.00	1,829	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	650–700	690	355.00/cwt	355.00–355.00	2,450	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1Natural	650–700	662	390.00/cwt	390.00–390.00	2,582	34
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	394	406.00/cwt	406.00–406.00	1,600	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	455	357.58/cwt	355.00–365.00	1,627	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	600–650	633	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	2,216	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	800–850	811	290.00/cwt	290.00–290.00	2,352	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	533	425.00/cwt	425.00–425.00	2,265	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	1050–1100	1,065	270.00/cwt	270.00–270.00	2,876	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Natural	600–650	636	336.00/cwt	336.00–336.00	2,137	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	805	200.00/cwt	200.00–200.00	1,610	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	560	400.00/cwt	400.00–400.00	2,240	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	350–400	390	415.00/cwt	415.00–415.00	1,619	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	400–450	447	395.00/cwt	395.00–395.00	1,766	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 2Value Added	650–700	665	270.00/cwt	270.00–270.00	1,796	1

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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