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 2 of 10 comparable sales and sits −71.85 against this barn's trailing median of $458.88.

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

10 sales

Steers 500–600 lb: high $509.08, low $330.45, median $458.88 across 10 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 median10 sales

458.88

−71.85

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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