Name: Virginia Livestock, LLC livestock auction prices — 2026-04-16
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2026-04-16

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 154, Heifers 147, Bulls 40)

Value Added and Weaned and Vaccinated

Natural cattle are Vaccinated, some Weaned

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $454.92/cwt on 38 head, down $15.35 from the prior sale. That ranks 3 of 8 comparable sales and sits −11.64 against this barn's trailing median of $466.56.

Average price

$454.92

▼ 15.35 vs prior sale

38 head · 555 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,524

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$653

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

$115.00/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−23.55

vs VA average

−33.43 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	551	470.00	2,588	22
Medium and Large 1-2	581	450.00	2,615	7thin
Medium and Large 2	545	430.23	2,345	8thin
Medium and Large 3	545	355.00	1,935	1thin

One grade step is worth $115.00/cwt here — about $653 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 600–700 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 sale38 hd

454.92

—

VA average10 barns · 672 hd

478.46

−23.55

National average180 barns · 13,019 hd

488.35

−33.43

This barn, trailing median8 sales

466.56

−11.64

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

56 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 2	400–450	440	455.00/cwt	455.00–455.00	2,002	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	453	481.41/cwt	450.00–485.00	2,181	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	553	343.01/cwt	315.00–345.00	1,897	24
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	360	495.00/cwt	495.00–495.00	1,782	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	350–400	369	520.57/cwt	425.00–545.00	1,921	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	500–550	522	393.23/cwt	360.00–410.00	2,053	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	450–500	465	315.00/cwt	315.00–315.00	1,465	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	700–750	720	345.00/cwt	345.00–345.00	2,484	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	545	430.23/cwt	395.00–435.00	2,345	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	650–700	662	335.00/cwt	335.00–335.00	2,218	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	435	375.00/cwt	375.00–375.00	1,631	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	462	435.00/cwt	435.00–435.00	2,010	13
Steers	Medium and Large 3	400–450	423	373.76/cwt	330.00–415.00	1,581	2
Steers	Medium and Large 3	700–750	715	200.00/cwt	200.00–200.00	1,430	3
Steers	Medium and Large 3	500–550	545	355.00/cwt	355.00–355.00	1,935	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	550–600	558	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	837	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	900–950	940	205.00/cwt	205.00–205.00	1,927	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	250–300	295	425.00/cwt	425.00–425.00	1,254	1
Steers	Medium and Large 3	600–650	628	200.00/cwt	200.00–200.00	1,256	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	700–750	717	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	1,076	3
Heifers	Small 1	850–900	855	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	2,138	1
Steers	Small 1	650–700	650	305.00/cwt	305.00–305.00	1,983	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1Natural	600–650	643	420.00/cwt	420.00–420.00	2,701	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	500–550	533	465.02/cwt	435.00–470.00	2,479	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	450–500	473	470.00/cwt	470.00–470.00	2,223	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	650–700	664	365.00/cwt	365.00–365.00	2,424	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	900–950	940	230.00/cwt	230.00–230.00	2,162	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	700–750	700	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	2,100	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	449	520.00/cwt	520.00–520.00	2,335	25
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	564	345.00/cwt	345.00–345.00	1,946	14
Steers	Medium and Large 1	900–950	945	295.00/cwt	295.00–295.00	2,788	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	366	560.00/cwt	560.00–560.00	2,050	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	554	460.00/cwt	460.00–460.00	2,548	18
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	656	420.00/cwt	420.00–420.00	2,755	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	449	445.00/cwt	445.00–445.00	1,998	17
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	1000–1050	1,025	245.00/cwt	245.00–245.00	2,511	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	733	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	2,566	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	486	517.36/cwt	515.00–520.00	2,514	15
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	635	420.00/cwt	420.00–420.00	2,667	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Natural	350–400	395	505.00/cwt	505.00–505.00	1,995	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Natural	700–750	724	336.11/cwt	330.00–340.00	2,433	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	895	275.00/cwt	275.00–275.00	2,461	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	661	340.00/cwt	340.00–340.00	2,247	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	778	315.00/cwt	315.00–315.00	2,451	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Natural	400–450	415	550.00/cwt	550.00–550.00	2,283	14
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	790	280.00/cwt	280.00–280.00	2,212	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	353	500.00/cwt	500.00–500.00	1,765	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1Natural	500–550	535	515.00/cwt	515.00–515.00	2,755	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1Natural	700–750	721	375.00/cwt	375.00–375.00	2,704	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	453	400.00/cwt	400.00–400.00	1,812	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	750–800	775	290.00/cwt	290.00–290.00	2,248	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	650–700	660	340.00/cwt	340.00–340.00	2,244	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	400–450	448	535.00/cwt	535.00–535.00	2,397	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	550–600	581	450.00/cwt	450.00–450.00	2,615	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Natural	600–650	649	352.50/cwt	352.50–352.50	2,288	10
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	525	365.00/cwt	365.00–365.00	1,916	5

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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