Name: Virginia Livestock, LLC livestock auction prices — 2025-11-18
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-11-18

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 87, Heifers 46, Bulls 13)

Natural cattle are Weaned and Vaccinated

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $390.14/cwt on 14 head. That ranks 1 of 8 comparable sales and sits −76.42 against this barn's trailing median of $466.56.

Average price

$390.14

14 head · 540 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,106

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$249

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

$44.00/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+11.33

vs VA average

−19.94 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	541	409.00	2,213	8thin
Medium and Large 2	538	365.00	1,964	6thin

One grade step is worth $44.00/cwt here — about $249 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 800–900 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 sale14 hd

390.14

—

VA average9 barns · 319 hd

378.81

+11.33

National average185 barns · 23,076 hd

410.08

−19.94

This barn, trailing median8 sales

466.56

−76.42

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

42 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	800–850	805	185.00/cwt	185.00–185.00	1,489	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	705	225.00/cwt	225.00–225.00	1,586	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	585	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	1,872	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	467	330.00/cwt	330.00–330.00	1,541	6
Steers	Medium and Large 3	250–300	261	400.00/cwt	400.00–400.00	1,044	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	450–500	488	360.00/cwt	360.00–360.00	1,757	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	500–550	543	345.00/cwt	345.00–345.00	1,873	2
Steers	Medium and Large 3	350–400	384	345.00/cwt	345.00–345.00	1,325	6
Steers	Medium and Large 4	800–850	840	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	1,260	1
Heifers	Small 1	400–450	400	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	600	1
Heifers	Small 1	550–600	565	225.00/cwt	225.00–225.00	1,271	1
Steers	Small 1	700–750	730	215.00/cwt	215.00–215.00	1,570	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	375	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	1,125	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	850–900	875	172.24/cwt	150.00–195.00	1,507	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	400–450	420	270.00/cwt	270.00–270.00	1,134	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	300–350	313	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	1,096	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	250–300	295	275.20/cwt	270.00–276.00	812	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	350–400	357	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	1,142	9
Steers	Medium and Large 2	300–350	348	365.00/cwt	365.00–365.00	1,270	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	750–800	752	290.00/cwt	290.00–290.00	2,181	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	555	325.00/cwt	325.00–325.00	1,804	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	650–700	680	255.00/cwt	255.00–255.00	1,734	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	445	385.00/cwt	385.00–385.00	1,713	5
Steers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	538	365.00/cwt	365.00–365.00	1,964	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	200–250	225	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	563	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	700–750	737	260.00/cwt	260.00–260.00	1,916	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	600–650	645	285.00/cwt	285.00–285.00	1,838	4
Steers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	495	315.00/cwt	315.00–315.00	1,559	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	650–700	655	330.00/cwt	330.00–330.00	2,162	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	1100–1150	1,100	100.00/cwt	100.00–100.00	1,100	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Natural	600–650	600	405.00/cwt	405.00–405.00	2,430	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	850–900	875	314.00/cwt	314.00–314.00	2,748	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	1050–1100	1,071	220.00/cwt	220.00–220.00	2,356	12
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	800–850	840	145.00/cwt	145.00–145.00	1,218	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	950–1000	950	170.00/cwt	170.00–170.00	1,615	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	1000–1050	1,025	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	1,538	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	375	410.00/cwt	410.00–410.00	1,538	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	643	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	2,251	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	480	425.00/cwt	425.00–425.00	2,040	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	810	295.00/cwt	295.00–295.00	2,390	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	541	409.00/cwt	409.00–409.00	2,213	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Natural	850–900	881	317.50/cwt	317.50–317.50	2,797	11

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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