Name: Virginia Livestock, LLC livestock auction prices — 2026-04-02
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2026-04-02

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 155, Heifers 286, Bulls 70)

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 $382.35/cwt on 33 head, up $7.89 from the prior sale. That ranks 8 of 10 comparable sales and sits +15.32 against this barn's trailing median of $367.03.

Average price

$382.35

▲ 7.89 vs prior sale

33 head · 541 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,068

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$1,362

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

$262.92/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−7.48

vs VA average

−40.84 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1-2	523	422.92	2,210	12thin
Medium and Large 1	550	370.31	2,037	8thin
Medium and Large 2	554	368.33	2,041	12thin
Medium and Large 3	530	160.00	848	1thin

One grade step is worth $262.92/cwt here — about $1,362 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 sale33 hd

382.35

—

VA average9 barns · 427 hd

389.82

−7.48

National average175 barns · 10,886 hd

423.19

−40.84

This barn, trailing median10 sales

367.03

+15.32

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 2	650–700	680	400.00/cwt	400.00–400.00	2,720	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	600–650	623	324.88/cwt	315.00–335.00	2,024	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	495	470.00/cwt	470.00–470.00	2,327	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	300–350	310	465.00/cwt	465.00–465.00	1,442	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	368	525.00/cwt	525.00–525.00	1,932	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	700–750	725	260.00/cwt	260.00–260.00	1,885	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	650–700	680	315.00/cwt	315.00–315.00	2,142	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	600–650	610	310.00/cwt	310.00–310.00	1,891	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	515	335.00/cwt	310.00–360.00	1,725	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2Value Added	400–450	436	475.00/cwt	475.00–475.00	2,071	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	850–900	885	255.00/cwt	255.00–255.00	2,257	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	650–700	683	310.00/cwt	310.00–310.00	2,117	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	450–500	470	391.94/cwt	375.00–410.00	1,842	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	350–400	350	495.00/cwt	495.00–495.00	1,733	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	500–550	500	385.00/cwt	385.00–385.00	1,925	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	500–550	510	380.00/cwt	380.00–380.00	1,938	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	562	375.00/cwt	375.00–375.00	2,108	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	439	480.00/cwt	480.00–480.00	2,107	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	750–800	785	305.00/cwt	305.00–305.00	2,394	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	200–250	248	485.00/cwt	485.00–485.00	1,203	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	850–900	850	280.00/cwt	280.00–280.00	2,380	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	300–350	343	515.00/cwt	515.00–515.00	1,766	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	500–550	530	160.00/cwt	160.00–160.00	848	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	750–800	795	285.00/cwt	285.00–285.00	2,266	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	600–650	628	313.32/cwt	310.00–320.00	1,968	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	450–500	475	383.32/cwt	380.00–385.00	1,821	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	900–950	920	240.00/cwt	240.00–240.00	2,208	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 3-4	350–400	350	405.00/cwt	405.00–405.00	1,418	2
Steers	Medium and Large 3	600–650	610	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	1,952	1
Steers	Medium and Large 3	500–550	535	370.00/cwt	370.00–370.00	1,980	1
Steers	Medium and Large 3	400–450	405	370.00/cwt	370.00–370.00	1,499	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	450–500	473	420.00/cwt	420.00–420.00	1,987	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	400–450	428	224.85/cwt	200.00–250.00	962	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	600–650	635	420.00/cwt	420.00–420.00	2,667	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1Natural	650–700	671	430.00/cwt	430.00–430.00	2,885	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1Natural	600–650	621	480.00/cwt	480.00–480.00	2,981	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1Natural	550–600	578	475.00/cwt	475.00–475.00	2,746	34
Steers	Medium and Large 1Natural	450–500	473	530.00/cwt	530.00–530.00	2,507	17
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Natural	700–750	720	363.44/cwt	355.00–370.00	2,617	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	875	285.00/cwt	285.00–285.00	2,494	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	366	595.00/cwt	595.00–595.00	2,178	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	585	440.00/cwt	440.00–440.00	2,574	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	450	450.00/cwt	450.00–450.00	2,025	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	652	420.00/cwt	420.00–420.00	2,738	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	625	376.90/cwt	340.00–415.00	2,356	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	700–750	722	356.50/cwt	345.00–360.00	2,574	47
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	538	455.00/cwt	455.00–455.00	2,448	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	359	520.00/cwt	520.00–520.00	1,867	15
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	550	370.31/cwt	355.00–372.50	2,037	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	672	325.00/cwt	325.00–325.00	2,184	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	462	466.00/cwt	466.00–466.00	2,153	29
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	900–950	907	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	2,721	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	790	270.00/cwt	270.00–270.00	2,133	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	635	345.00/cwt	345.00–345.00	2,191	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	550–600	555	407.00/cwt	407.00–407.00	2,259	11
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	700–750	745	330.00/cwt	330.00–330.00	2,459	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	450–500	495	425.00/cwt	425.00–425.00	2,104	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	600–650	639	445.00/cwt	445.00–445.00	2,844	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	600–650	603	375.00/cwt	375.00–375.00	2,261	39
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	400–450	444	515.00/cwt	515.00–515.00	2,287	10
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	350–400	380	550.00/cwt	550.00–550.00	2,090	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	650–700	688	475.00/cwt	475.00–475.00	3,268	32
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	1050–1100	1,085	285.00/cwt	285.00–285.00	3,092	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	250–300	281	485.00/cwt	485.00–485.00	1,363	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	728	280.00/cwt	280.00–280.00	2,038	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	650–700	691	360.00/cwt	360.00–360.00	2,488	35
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	600–650	630	370.00/cwt	370.00–370.00	2,331	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	500–550	503	450.00/cwt	450.00–450.00	2,264	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	550–600	550	385.00/cwt	385.00–385.00	2,118	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	550–600	551	390.00/cwt	390.00–390.00	2,149	4
Steers	Medium and Large 2Value Added	300–350	338	490.00/cwt	490.00–490.00	1,656	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 2Natural	700–750	706	345.00/cwt	345.00–345.00	2,436	4
Steers	Medium and Large 2Value Added	700–750	730	315.00/cwt	315.00–315.00	2,300	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2Natural	600–650	605	370.00/cwt	370.00–370.00	2,239	16
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	400–450	431	470.00/cwt	470.00–470.00	2,026	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	465	430.00/cwt	430.00–430.00	2,000	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	435	492.83/cwt	420.00–510.00	2,144	5
Steers	Medium and Large 2	900–950	928	285.00/cwt	285.00–285.00	2,645	3

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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