Name: Virginia Livestock, LLC livestock auction prices — 2026-03-05
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2026-03-05

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 133, Heifers 280, Bulls 44)

Value Added and Most Natural Cattle are Weaned and Vaccinated

Weight class

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb heifers averaged $419.57/cwt on 122 head, down $9.59 from the prior sale. That ranks 9 of 10 comparable sales and sits +52.54 against this barn's trailing median of $367.03.

Average price

$419.57

▼ 9.59 vs prior sale

122 head · 534 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,241

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$310

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

$106.07/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+25.62

vs VA average

−1.39 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	521	431.07	2,244	84
Medium and Large 1-2	567	408.76	2,317	26
Medium and Large 2	544	375.00	2,040	9thin
Medium and Large 3	595	325.00	1,934	3thin

One grade step is worth $106.07/cwt here — about $310 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 sale122 hd

419.57

—

VA average7 barns · 668 hd

393.95

+25.62

National average181 barns · 13,944 hd

420.96

−1.39

This barn, trailing median10 sales

367.03

+52.54

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

78 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 1-2Natural	450–500	455	525.00/cwt	525.00–525.00	2,389	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2Natural	400–450	449	460.00/cwt	460.00–460.00	2,065	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	400–450	431	449.68/cwt	415.00–485.00	1,938	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Natural	450–500	491	410.00/cwt	410.00–410.00	2,013	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	520	415.29/cwt	400.00–430.00	2,160	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	392	585.00/cwt	585.00–585.00	2,293	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	550–600	583	475.00/cwt	475.00–475.00	2,769	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	600–650	638	485.00/cwt	485.00–485.00	3,094	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	500–550	541	420.00/cwt	420.00–420.00	2,272	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	376	400.00/cwt	400.00–400.00	1,504	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	566	454.39/cwt	390.00–460.00	2,572	13
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	743	310.00/cwt	310.00–310.00	2,303	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	460	541.25/cwt	445.00–550.00	2,490	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Natural	700–750	745	315.00/cwt	315.00–315.00	2,347	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Natural	550–600	583	401.74/cwt	340.00–415.00	2,342	16
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	571	361.40/cwt	325.00–365.00	2,064	11
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	550–600	589	405.00/cwt	405.00–405.00	2,385	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	668	295.00/cwt	295.00–295.00	1,971	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	900–950	925	255.00/cwt	255.00–255.00	2,359	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	650–700	695	310.00/cwt	310.00–310.00	2,155	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	625	400.00/cwt	400.00–400.00	2,500	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	350–400	370	460.00/cwt	460.00–460.00	1,702	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	750–800	785	275.00/cwt	275.00–275.00	2,159	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	250–300	280	390.00/cwt	390.00–390.00	1,092	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	760	280.00/cwt	280.00–280.00	2,128	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	678	420.00/cwt	420.00–420.00	2,848	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	471	442.88/cwt	375.00–448.00	2,086	15
Heifers	Small 2	150–200	175	200.00/cwt	200.00–200.00	350	1
Steers	Small 1	650–700	660	280.00/cwt	280.00–280.00	1,848	1
Steers	Small 1	450–500	480	505.00/cwt	505.00–505.00	2,424	1
Bulls	Small 1	750–800	780	290.00/cwt	290.00–290.00	2,262	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	250–300	260	405.00/cwt	405.00–405.00	1,053	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	650–700	658	365.00/cwt	365.00–365.00	2,402	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	450–500	456	436.59/cwt	270.00–450.00	1,991	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	750–800	758	325.00/cwt	325.00–325.00	2,464	25
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	800–850	801	317.00/cwt	317.00–317.00	2,539	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Natural	500–550	513	441.57/cwt	437.50–450.00	2,265	73
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Natural	600–650	644	368.12/cwt	367.50–370.00	2,371	24
Steers	Medium and Large 1Natural	500–550	529	505.00/cwt	505.00–505.00	2,671	7
Steers	Medium and Large 3	550–600	565	375.00/cwt	375.00–375.00	2,119	1
Steers	Medium and Large 3	450–500	485	410.00/cwt	410.00–410.00	1,989	3
Steers	Medium and Large 3Value Added	750–800	798	315.00/cwt	315.00–315.00	2,514	3
Steers	Medium and Large 3	350–400	375	470.00/cwt	470.00–470.00	1,763	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	550–600	595	325.00/cwt	325.00–325.00	1,934	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	950–1000	965	220.00/cwt	220.00–220.00	2,123	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	550–600	595	335.00/cwt	335.00–335.00	1,993	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	800–850	835	265.00/cwt	265.00–265.00	2,213	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	700–750	740	305.00/cwt	305.00–305.00	2,257	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	650–700	695	360.00/cwt	360.00–360.00	2,502	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	800–850	825	190.00/cwt	190.00–190.00	1,568	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	450–500	490	370.00/cwt	370.00–370.00	1,813	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	600–650	640	430.00/cwt	430.00–430.00	2,752	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	365	460.00/cwt	460.00–460.00	1,679	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	1000–1050	1,030	265.00/cwt	265.00–265.00	2,730	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	650–700	656	330.00/cwt	330.00–330.00	2,165	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 3Natural	800–850	810	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	2,592	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	350–400	388	455.00/cwt	455.00–455.00	1,765	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	300–350	320	445.23/cwt	430.00–460.00	1,425	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	250–300	275	460.00/cwt	460.00–460.00	1,265	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	700–750	725	275.00/cwt	275.00–275.00	1,994	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	600–650	640	325.00/cwt	325.00–325.00	2,080	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	561	405.00/cwt	405.00–405.00	2,272	10
Steers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	460	470.00/cwt	470.00–470.00	2,162	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	544	375.00/cwt	375.00–375.00	2,040	9
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	600–650	645	355.00/cwt	355.00–355.00	2,290	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2Natural	400–450	438	505.00/cwt	505.00–505.00	2,212	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2Natural	550–600	567	500.00/cwt	500.00–500.00	2,835	5
Steers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	545	405.00/cwt	405.00–405.00	2,207	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	750–800	784	306.75/cwt	265.00–320.00	2,405	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	500–550	544	380.00/cwt	380.00–380.00	2,067	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	750–800	765	310.00/cwt	310.00–310.00	2,372	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	950–1000	964	275.00/cwt	275.00–275.00	2,651	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	450–500	493	530.00/cwt	530.00–530.00	2,613	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	300–350	325	450.00/cwt	450.00–450.00	1,463	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	451	467.50/cwt	467.50–467.50	2,108	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	600–650	625	340.00/cwt	340.00–340.00	2,125	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Natural	650–700	679	470.00/cwt	470.00–470.00	3,191	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Natural	550–600	589	510.00/cwt	510.00–510.00	3,004	9

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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