Name: Virginia Livestock, LLC livestock auction prices — 2025-10-07
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-10-07

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 247, Heifers 151, Bulls 22)

Natural cattle are Weaned and Vaccinated

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $387.03/cwt on 67 head. That ranks 1 of 8 comparable sales and sits −79.53 against this barn's trailing median of $466.56.

Average price

$387.03

67 head · 562 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,173

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$914

per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Medium and Large 3

$155.00/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+5.97

vs VA average

−58.82 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1-2	558	400.00	2,232	20
Medium and Large 1	566	392.90	2,224	40
Medium and Large 2	548	345.00	1,891	5thin
Medium and Large 3	538	245.00	1,318	2thin

One grade step is worth $155.00/cwt here — about $914 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 sale67 hd

387.03

—

VA average9 barns · 566 hd

381.06

+5.97

National average181 barns · 23,254 hd

445.85

−58.82

This barn, trailing median8 sales

466.56

−79.53

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

58 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	600–650	624	292.56/cwt	290.00–302.50	1,826	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	550–600	562	345.00/cwt	345.00–345.00	1,939	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	700–750	745	275.00/cwt	275.00–275.00	2,049	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	450–500	473	397.50/cwt	397.50–397.50	1,880	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1Natural	750–800	758	315.00/cwt	315.00–315.00	2,388	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	880	165.00/cwt	165.00–165.00	1,452	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	750	230.00/cwt	230.00–230.00	1,725	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	471	352.50/cwt	352.50–352.50	1,660	21
Steers	Medium and Large 1Natural	900–950	920	225.00/cwt	225.00–225.00	2,070	1
Bulls	Small 1	450–500	495	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	743	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	465	447.86/cwt	445.00–450.00	2,083	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	574	401.41/cwt	390.00–407.00	2,304	33
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Natural	650–700	668	332.50/cwt	332.50–332.50	2,221	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	631	309.00/cwt	309.00–309.00	1,950	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	900–950	905	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	2,715	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	377	435.00/cwt	435.00–435.00	1,640	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1Natural	800–850	827	325.00/cwt	325.00–325.00	2,688	27
Steers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	774	314.86/cwt	285.00–320.00	2,437	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Natural	750–800	783	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	2,506	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1Natural	1150–1200	1,163	185.00/cwt	185.00–185.00	2,152	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	550	337.00/cwt	337.00–337.00	1,854	35
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	670	245.00/cwt	245.00–245.00	1,642	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	558	400.00/cwt	400.00–400.00	2,232	20
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	361	357.50/cwt	357.50–357.50	1,291	11
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	550–600	583	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	1,749	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1Natural	950–1000	955	275.00/cwt	275.00–275.00	2,626	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	529	352.79/cwt	305.00–400.00	1,866	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	634	360.00/cwt	360.00–360.00	2,282	7
Steers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	375	417.50/cwt	417.50–417.50	1,566	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	600–650	643	340.00/cwt	340.00–340.00	2,186	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	555	321.02/cwt	275.00–327.00	1,782	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Natural	700–750	714	315.00/cwt	315.00–315.00	2,249	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1Natural	700–750	704	360.00/cwt	360.00–360.00	2,534	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	659	360.25/cwt	345.00–365.00	2,374	34
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	650–700	680	200.00/cwt	200.00–200.00	1,360	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	300–350	310	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	930	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	600–650	645	255.00/cwt	255.00–255.00	1,645	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	750–800	772	265.00/cwt	265.00–265.00	2,046	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Natural	750–800	796	313.00/cwt	313.00–313.00	2,491	15
Steers	Medium and Large 1Natural	650–700	672	371.39/cwt	360.00–376.00	2,496	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	400–450	425	170.00/cwt	170.00–170.00	723	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	450–500	495	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	545	1
Steers	Medium and Large 3	500–550	538	245.00/cwt	245.00–245.00	1,318	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	435	211.64/cwt	175.00–250.00	921	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	472	450.00/cwt	450.00–450.00	2,124	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	1000–1050	1,042	235.00/cwt	235.00–235.00	2,449	14
Steers	Medium and Large 3	300–350	310	200.00/cwt	200.00–200.00	620	1
Steers	Medium and Large 3	400–450	430	325.00/cwt	325.00–325.00	1,398	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	650–700	655	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	852	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3Natural	550–600	598	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	1,495	6
Steers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	548	345.00/cwt	345.00–345.00	1,891	5
Steers	Medium and Large 2	250–300	274	369.85/cwt	325.00–395.00	1,013	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	300–350	318	305.00/cwt	305.00–305.00	970	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 3Natural	500–550	504	200.00/cwt	200.00–200.00	1,008	7
Steers	Medium and Large 3	350–400	350	340.00/cwt	340.00–340.00	1,190	2
Steers	Medium and Large 3	600–650	640	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	1,920	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	461	355.00/cwt	355.00–355.00	1,637	10
Steers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	463	400.00/cwt	400.00–400.00	1,852	6

How this sale compares

Virginia weighted averages

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