Name: Virginia Livestock, LLC livestock auction prices — 2025-11-04
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-11-04

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 83, Heifers 79, Bulls 35)

Value Added cattle are Weaned and Vaccinated

Natural cattle are Vaccinated

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $340.80/cwt on 20 head. That ranks 1 of 8 comparable sales and sits −125.76 against this barn's trailing median of $466.56.

Average price

$340.80

20 head · 566 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,930

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$367

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

$48.00/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−28.52

vs VA average

−78.30 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	571	348.00	1,987	17thin
Medium and Large 2-3	540	300.00	1,620	3thin

One grade step is worth $48.00/cwt here — about $367 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 sale20 hd

340.80

—

VA average8 barns · 329 hd

369.32

−28.52

National average195 barns · 36,957 hd

419.10

−78.30

This barn, trailing median8 sales

466.56

−125.76

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

48 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 2-3Value Added	500–550	540	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	1,620	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	478	319.47/cwt	280.00–325.00	1,527	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	900–950	940	220.00/cwt	220.00–220.00	2,068	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	850–900	870	255.00/cwt	255.00–255.00	2,219	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	650–700	695	220.00/cwt	220.00–220.00	1,529	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	600–650	605	190.00/cwt	190.00–190.00	1,150	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	400–450	445	240.00/cwt	240.00–240.00	1,068	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	300–350	330	255.00/cwt	255.00–255.00	842	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	250–300	250	255.00/cwt	255.00–255.00	638	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	200–250	229	236.53/cwt	190.00–260.00	542	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	500–550	535	265.00/cwt	265.00–265.00	1,418	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	350–400	365	280.00/cwt	280.00–280.00	1,022	1
Steers	Small 1	350–400	390	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	975	1
Steers	Small 1	250–300	275	200.00/cwt	200.00–200.00	550	1
Steers	Medium and Large 3	450–500	485	230.00/cwt	230.00–230.00	1,116	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	650–700	670	225.00/cwt	225.00–225.00	1,508	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	550–600	578	252.50/cwt	252.50–252.50	1,459	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	500–550	525	200.00/cwt	200.00–200.00	1,050	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	870	285.00/cwt	285.00–285.00	2,480	15
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Natural	600–650	638	275.00/cwt	275.00–275.00	1,755	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	350–400	368	370.00/cwt	370.00–370.00	1,362	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	650–700	660	275.00/cwt	275.00–275.00	1,815	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	700–750	720	230.00/cwt	230.00–230.00	1,656	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	550–600	580	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	1,856	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	553	335.00/cwt	335.00–335.00	1,853	18
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	465	340.00/cwt	340.00–340.00	1,581	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	571	348.00/cwt	348.00–348.00	1,987	17
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	611	330.87/cwt	310.00–335.00	2,022	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	461	335.00/cwt	335.00–335.00	1,544	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	739	280.00/cwt	280.00–280.00	2,069	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	800–850	843	315.00/cwt	315.00–315.00	2,655	15
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	664	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	1,660	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	450–500	468	385.00/cwt	385.00–385.00	1,802	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	500–550	544	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	1,741	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	364	310.00/cwt	310.00–310.00	1,128	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	538	279.37/cwt	235.00–325.00	1,503	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	350–400	359	323.06/cwt	300.00–345.00	1,160	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	500–550	533	315.00/cwt	315.00–315.00	1,679	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	400–450	445	305.00/cwt	305.00–305.00	1,357	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	950–1000	963	260.00/cwt	260.00–260.00	2,504	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	368	355.00/cwt	355.00–355.00	1,306	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	650–700	699	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	2,097	20
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	300–350	318	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	954	4
Steers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	450	365.00/cwt	365.00–365.00	1,643	5
Steers	Medium and Large 2	650–700	671	272.40/cwt	250.00–280.00	1,828	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	505	245.00/cwt	245.00–245.00	1,237	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	700–750	740	220.00/cwt	220.00–220.00	1,628	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	650–700	685	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	1,713	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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