Name: Virginia Livestock, LLC livestock auction prices — 2026-02-19
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2026-02-19

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 38, Heifers 120, Bulls 33)

Value Added and Natural cattle are Weaned and Vaccinated

Weight class

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb heifers averaged $429.16/cwt on 47 head, up $83.05 from the prior sale (only 18 head in that comparison). That ranks 10 of 10 comparable sales and sits +62.13 against this barn's trailing median of $367.03.

Average price

$429.16

▲ 83.05 vs prior sale

47 head · 538 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,310

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$205

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

$62.00/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+32.42

vs VA average

−0.01 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1-2	534	470.00	2,510	15thin
Medium and Large 2	536	410.39	2,198	27
Medium and Large 1	565	408.00	2,305	5thin

One grade step is worth $62.00/cwt here — about $205 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

Heifers 500–600 lb: high $429.16, low $317.32, median $367.03 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 sale47 hd

429.16

—

VA average8 barns · 332 hd

396.74

+32.42

National average184 barns · 15,729 hd

429.17

−0.01

This barn, trailing median10 sales

367.03

+62.13

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

49 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	450–500	477	505.00/cwt	505.00–505.00	2,409	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	300–350	345	496.21/cwt	495.00–500.00	1,712	4
Steers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	570	325.00/cwt	325.00–325.00	1,853	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2Value Added	500–550	533	470.00/cwt	470.00–470.00	2,505	6
Steers	Medium and Large 2	900–950	910	280.00/cwt	280.00–280.00	2,548	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2Value Added	500–550	522	430.00/cwt	430.00–430.00	2,245	15
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	500–550	525	400.00/cwt	400.00–400.00	2,100	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	575	315.30/cwt	280.00–350.00	1,813	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	250–300	263	476.19/cwt	450.00–500.00	1,252	2
Steers	Medium and Large 3	700–750	730	315.00/cwt	315.00–315.00	2,300	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	300–350	314	593.24/cwt	590.00–600.00	1,863	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	300–350	315	435.00/cwt	435.00–435.00	1,370	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	469	430.00/cwt	430.00–430.00	2,017	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	400–450	425	410.00/cwt	410.00–410.00	1,743	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	700–750	730	360.00/cwt	360.00–360.00	2,628	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	250–300	270	500.00/cwt	500.00–500.00	1,350	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	750–800	795	330.00/cwt	330.00–330.00	2,624	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	450–500	485	390.00/cwt	390.00–390.00	1,892	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	433	490.49/cwt	405.00–575.00	2,124	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	373	480.00/cwt	480.00–480.00	1,790	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	880	310.00/cwt	310.00–310.00	2,728	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	575	393.75/cwt	380.00–435.00	2,264	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Natural	700–750	714	385.00/cwt	385.00–385.00	2,749	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	450–500	480	440.00/cwt	440.00–440.00	2,112	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2Value Added	450–500	479	480.00/cwt	480.00–480.00	2,299	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	550–600	575	380.00/cwt	380.00–380.00	2,185	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2Value Added	450–500	451	455.00/cwt	455.00–455.00	2,052	6
Steers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	430	455.00/cwt	455.00–455.00	1,957	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	650–700	670	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	2,010	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	600–650	640	410.00/cwt	410.00–410.00	2,624	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	750–800	755	330.00/cwt	330.00–330.00	2,492	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Natural	750–800	792	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	2,772	16
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	650–700	665	370.00/cwt	370.00–370.00	2,461	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	350–400	360	480.00/cwt	480.00–480.00	1,728	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	450–500	450	400.00/cwt	400.00–400.00	1,800	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	250–300	265	460.00/cwt	460.00–460.00	1,219	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2Value Added	550–600	582	400.00/cwt	400.00–400.00	2,328	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	363	571.51/cwt	555.00–580.00	2,075	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	548	400.00/cwt	400.00–400.00	2,192	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Natural	650–700	662	400.00/cwt	400.00–400.00	2,648	16
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Natural	550–600	575	505.00/cwt	505.00–505.00	2,904	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Natural	900–950	948	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	3,034	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Natural	500–550	534	470.00/cwt	470.00–470.00	2,510	15
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	566	500.00/cwt	500.00–500.00	2,830	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	800–850	800	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	2,400	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	525	465.00/cwt	465.00–465.00	2,441	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	455	410.00/cwt	410.00–410.00	1,866	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	798	325.00/cwt	325.00–325.00	2,594	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	683	386.68/cwt	350.00–450.00	2,641	8

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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