Name: Virginia Livestock, LLC livestock auction prices — 2026-07-16
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2026-07-16

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 64, Heifers 92, Bulls 23)

Natural cattle are Vaccinated, some Weaned

Weight class

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb heifers averaged $353.50/cwt on 30 head, down $27.06 from the prior sale. That ranks 4 of 10 comparable sales and sits −13.53 against this barn's trailing median of $367.03.

Average price

$353.50

▼ 27.06 vs prior sale

30 head · 542 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,916

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$54

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

$23.08/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−15.67

vs VA average

−42.55 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1-2	530	365.00	1,935	14thin
Medium and Large 2	563	350.00	1,971	3thin
Medium and Large 1	550	341.92	1,880	13thin

One grade step is worth $23.08/cwt here — about $54 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 300–400 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 sale30 hd

353.50

—

VA average7 barns · 422 hd

369.17

−15.67

National average163 barns · 8,583 hd

396.05

−42.55

This barn, trailing median10 sales

367.03

−13.53

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

43 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	450–500	473	400.00/cwt	400.00–400.00	1,892	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	650–700	662	330.00/cwt	330.00–330.00	2,185	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1Natural	550–600	564	440.00/cwt	440.00–440.00	2,482	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1Natural	750–800	775	410.00/cwt	410.00–410.00	3,178	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	463	420.73/cwt	420.00–425.00	1,948	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1Natural	700–750	713	400.00/cwt	400.00–400.00	2,852	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	400–450	440	330.00/cwt	330.00–330.00	1,452	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	300–350	302	433.15/cwt	400.00–450.00	1,308	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	300–350	300	260.00/cwt	260.00–260.00	780	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	600–650	623	280.00/cwt	280.00–280.00	1,744	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	350–400	352	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	1,232	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	250–300	267	362.31/cwt	340.00–375.00	967	3
Steers	Medium and Large 3	550–600	565	375.00/cwt	375.00–375.00	2,119	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	300–350	305	270.00/cwt	270.00–270.00	824	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	400–450	408	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	1,306	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	450	425.00/cwt	425.00–425.00	1,913	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	447	415.00/cwt	415.00–415.00	1,855	11
Steers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	554	420.00/cwt	420.00–420.00	2,327	8
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	250–300	273	505.00/cwt	505.00–505.00	1,379	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	500–550	532	350.02/cwt	340.00–355.00	1,862	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	250–300	268	505.00/cwt	505.00–505.00	1,353	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	563	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	1,971	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	250–300	253	460.00/cwt	460.00–460.00	1,164	4
Steers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	453	455.00/cwt	455.00–455.00	2,061	6
Steers	Medium and Large 2	650–700	651	375.00/cwt	375.00–375.00	2,441	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Natural	600–650	606	385.00/cwt	385.00–385.00	2,333	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	360	430.00/cwt	430.00–430.00	1,548	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Natural	500–550	530	365.00/cwt	365.00–365.00	1,935	14
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	350–400	360	380.00/cwt	380.00–380.00	1,368	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	750–800	785	275.00/cwt	275.00–275.00	2,159	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	450–500	458	430.00/cwt	430.00–430.00	1,969	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1Natural	450–500	455	455.00/cwt	455.00–455.00	2,070	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 2Natural	600–650	608	360.00/cwt	360.00–360.00	2,189	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Natural	500–550	531	340.00/cwt	340.00–340.00	1,805	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Natural	750–800	760	340.00/cwt	340.00–340.00	2,584	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	483	432.91/cwt	430.00–435.00	2,091	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	820	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	2,460	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	375	430.00/cwt	430.00–430.00	1,613	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Natural	400–450	416	400.00/cwt	400.00–400.00	1,664	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	613	395.00/cwt	395.00–395.00	2,421	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	660	325.00/cwt	325.00–325.00	2,145	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	580	345.00/cwt	345.00–345.00	2,001	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	523	425.00/cwt	425.00–425.00	2,223	2

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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