Name: Virginia Livestock, LLC livestock auction prices — 2026-08-06
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2026-08-06

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 32, Heifers 96, Dairy Heifers 3, Bulls 24)

Value Added cattle are Weaned and Vaccinated. Natural cattle are Vaccinated and mostly Weaned.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb heifers averaged $359.60/cwt on 41 head, up $6.10 from the prior sale. That ranks 5 of 10 comparable sales and sits −7.43 against this barn's trailing median of $367.03.

Average price

$359.60

▲ 6.10 vs prior sale

41 head · 552 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,985

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$812

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

$128.82/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−9.79

vs VA average

−14.43 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1-2	553	379.72	2,099	29
Medium and Large 1	571	340.00	1,941	5thin
Medium and Large 2	543	306.00	1,662	5thin
Medium and Large 3	513	250.90	1,287	2thin

One grade step is worth $128.82/cwt here — about $812 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 sale41 hd

359.60

—

VA average7 barns · 264 hd

369.40

−9.79

National average160 barns · 6,700 hd

374.03

−14.43

This barn, trailing median10 sales

367.03

−7.43

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

44 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
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	800–850	805	225.00/cwt	225.00–225.00	1,811	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	500–550	513	250.90/cwt	227.50–275.00	1,287	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	300–350	305	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	1,068	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	650–700	663	253.51/cwt	215.00–300.00	1,681	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	522	310.00/cwt	310.00–310.00	1,618	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	672	355.00/cwt	355.00–355.00	2,386	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	375	445.00/cwt	445.00–445.00	1,669	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	750–800	760	220.00/cwt	220.00–220.00	1,672	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	450–500	470	325.00/cwt	325.00–325.00	1,528	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	700–750	745	275.00/cwt	275.00–275.00	2,049	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	500–550	525	346.43/cwt	340.00–352.50	1,819	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	464	365.00/cwt	365.00–365.00	1,694	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	550–600	565	372.00/cwt	372.00–372.00	2,102	13
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	550–600	573	327.50/cwt	327.50–327.50	1,877	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	575	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	1,725	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	600–650	623	359.00/cwt	359.00–359.00	2,237	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	574	432.50/cwt	432.50–432.50	2,483	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	450–500	473	382.50/cwt	382.50–382.50	1,809	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	793	305.00/cwt	305.00–305.00	2,419	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	600–650	630	235.00/cwt	235.00–235.00	1,481	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	566	400.00/cwt	400.00–400.00	2,264	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	463	437.50/cwt	437.50–437.50	2,026	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	368	400.00/cwt	400.00–400.00	1,472	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	350–400	390	400.00/cwt	400.00–400.00	1,560	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	450–500	475	372.84/cwt	350.00–385.00	1,771	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Natural	500–550	543	386.00/cwt	386.00–386.00	2,096	16
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Natural	600–650	609	345.00/cwt	345.00–345.00	2,101	13
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	395	465.00/cwt	465.00–465.00	1,837	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	550–600	577	340.00/cwt	340.00–340.00	1,962	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	705	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	1,763	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	472	400.00/cwt	400.00–400.00	1,888	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	855	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	2,565	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1Natural	600–650	608	402.50/cwt	402.50–402.50	2,447	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	571	340.00/cwt	340.00–340.00	1,941	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	633	330.00/cwt	330.00–330.00	2,089	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	885	225.00/cwt	225.00–225.00	1,991	2
Dairy Heifers	Small and Medium 2-3	750–800	760	160.00/cwt	160.00–160.00	1,216	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	760	225.00/cwt	225.00–225.00	1,710	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	650–700	679	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	2,377	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	650–700	698	312.50/cwt	312.50–312.50	2,181	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	300–350	308	475.00/cwt	475.00–475.00	1,463	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	800–850	840	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	2,100	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	500–550	515	270.00/cwt	270.00–270.00	1,391	1
Dairy Heifers	Large 2-3	550–600	560	195.00/cwt	195.00–195.00	1,092	1

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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