Name: Virginia Livestock, LLC livestock auction prices — 2025-10-21
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-10-21

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 158, Heifers 112, Bulls 26)

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 $395.85/cwt on 34 head. That ranks 1 of 8 comparable sales and sits −70.70 against this barn's trailing median of $466.56.

Average price

$395.85

34 head · 558 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,209

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$297

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

$40.26/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−2.06

vs VA average

−62.29 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	563	406.51	2,289	25
Medium and Large 2	544	366.25	1,992	9thin

One grade step is worth $40.26/cwt here — about $297 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 400–500 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 sale34 hd

395.85

—

VA average9 barns · 361 hd

397.92

−2.06

National average182 barns · 38,495 hd

458.14

−62.29

This barn, trailing median8 sales

466.56

−70.70

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

43 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	650–700	690	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	2,208	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	800–850	825	247.47/cwt	220.00–260.00	2,042	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	450–500	482	392.61/cwt	380.00–395.00	1,892	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	550–600	576	356.98/cwt	355.00–360.00	2,056	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	646	315.00/cwt	315.00–315.00	2,035	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	375	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	1,313	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	350–400	365	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	913	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	650–700	665	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	2,328	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	450–500	450	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	1,125	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	393	345.00/cwt	345.00–345.00	1,356	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	478	400.00/cwt	400.00–400.00	1,912	4
Steers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	360	405.00/cwt	405.00–405.00	1,458	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3Natural	500–550	510	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	1,785	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	250–300	280	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	980	1
Steers	Medium and Large 3	450–500	472	345.00/cwt	345.00–345.00	1,628	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	475	327.38/cwt	270.00–350.00	1,555	11
Steers	Medium and Large 2	750–800	767	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	2,301	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	600–650	642	325.00/cwt	325.00–325.00	2,087	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	600–650	619	310.65/cwt	300.00–312.50	1,923	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Natural	650–700	656	360.00/cwt	360.00–360.00	2,362	32
Steers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	544	366.25/cwt	335.00–375.00	1,992	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	750–800	767	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	2,685	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Natural	650–700	651	425.00/cwt	425.00–425.00	2,767	20
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Natural	750–800	757	392.50/cwt	392.50–392.50	2,971	19
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Natural	700–750	712	375.00/cwt	375.00–375.00	2,670	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1Natural	650–700	669	372.00/cwt	372.00–372.00	2,489	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	544	325.00/cwt	325.00–325.00	1,768	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1Natural	550–600	569	412.50/cwt	412.50–412.50	2,347	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	474	460.00/cwt	460.00–460.00	2,180	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	850–900	860	285.00/cwt	285.00–285.00	2,451	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	365	400.00/cwt	400.00–400.00	1,460	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	636	378.00/cwt	378.00–378.00	2,404	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Natural	600–650	611	360.00/cwt	360.00–360.00	2,200	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	567	347.50/cwt	347.50–347.50	1,970	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	810	270.00/cwt	270.00–270.00	2,187	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	850	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	2,550	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1Natural	900–950	915	303.32/cwt	300.00–305.00	2,775	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	471	360.00/cwt	360.00–360.00	1,696	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	780	310.00/cwt	310.00–310.00	2,418	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	562	405.37/cwt	390.00–412.00	2,278	21
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	377	447.50/cwt	447.50–447.50	1,687	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	660	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	1,980	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	650–700	655	377.50/cwt	377.50–377.50	2,473	13

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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