Sale reports / Virginia / Wythe County Livestock Exchange / 2026-04-09

Wythe County Livestock Exchange

Feeder Cattle · Wytheville, Virginia · Thu, Apr 9
● Final35 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2181
Receipts
1,277 head
▲ 1,108 vs last sale 169▲ 1,277 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Feeder Cattle (Steers 796, Heifers 481)

All cattle Weaned and Vaccinated.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb steers averaged $502.27/cwt on 250 head. That ranks 2 of 2 comparable sales and sits +44.54 against this barn's trailing median of $457.72.
Average price
$502.27
250 head · 559 lb average
Value per head Derived
$2,809
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
−$66
per head · Small and Medium 1-2 over Medium and Large 1-2
$5.59/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+10.97
vs VA average
+11.44 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Small and Medium 1-2540507.502,7412thin
Medium and Large 2-3564507.162,86015thin
Medium and Large 1-2559501.912,806233
One grade step is worth $5.59/cwt here — about −$66 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 400–500 lb. USDA reports each grade on its own line and never publishes the spread.

How it compared 500–600 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only
This sale250 hd
502.27
—
VA average8 barns · 485 hd
491.30
+10.97
National average167 barns · 10,529 hd
490.83
+11.44
This barn, trailing median2 sales
457.72
+44.54
A barn can sit above the state average at one weight and below it at another — check the class you actually sell.

Every lot

35 lots · USDA AMS · Appalachian Regional Stockyard, LLC. Graded Feeder Cattle Sale - Wytheville, VA
Nothing removed and nothing rounded — the same lots as the USDA report, with per-head values added. Grouped by class and set lightest first; USDA files them in sale-ring order.
ClassWeightGrade / descriptionAvg wtPriceRangePer headHead
Feeder Cattle · Steers21 lots · lightest first
Steers350–400Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed368642.00/cwt642.00–642.002,3632
Steers350–400Medium and Large 2-3Thin Fleshed382607.37/cwt601.00–617.502,3208
Steers350–400Medium and Large 1-2Value Added395564.00/cwt564.00–564.002,2285
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1-2Value Added443600.00/cwt600.00–600.002,6582
Steers450–500Medium and Large 2-3Value Added457475.00/cwt475.00–475.002,1713
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1-2Value Added475546.00/cwt546.00–546.002,5948
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed481550.83/cwt549.00–553.002,64921
Steers450–500Small and Medium 1-2Value Added484502.50/cwt502.50–502.502,4325
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1-2Value Added516549.22/cwt533.00–559.002,83478
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy534506.00/cwt506.00–506.002,7024
Steers500–550Small and Medium 1-2Value Added540507.50/cwt507.50–507.502,7412
Steers550–600Medium and Large 2-3Value Added564507.16/cwt470.00–517.002,86015
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1-2Value Added582478.23/cwt457.00–510.002,783149
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy583412.50/cwt412.50–412.502,4052
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1-2Value Added622462.71/cwt426.00–480.002,878120
Steers600–650Medium and Large 2-3Value Added633375.00/cwt375.00–375.002,3743
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy641399.10/cwt386.00–412.002,55816
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1-2Value Added680428.16/cwt417.00–439.002,911123
Steers700–750Medium and Large 1-2Value Added720398.70/cwt346.00–430.002,871132
Steers750–800Medium and Large 1-2Value Added763380.85/cwt356.00–390.502,90645
Steers800–850Medium and Large 1-2Value Added824342.25/cwt300.00–349.002,82040
Feeder Cattle · Heifers14 lots · lightest first
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 2-3Thin Fleshed303551.00/cwt551.00–551.001,6704
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 3Thin Fleshed372507.50/cwt507.50–507.501,8883
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1-2Value Added390400.00/cwt400.00–400.001,5603
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 3Thin Fleshed403510.00/cwt510.00–510.002,0552
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed435525.50/cwt517.00–534.002,28637
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1-2Value Added471495.93/cwt480.00–502.502,33624
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed506500.00/cwt500.00–500.002,53034
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1-2Value Added523473.82/cwt457.00–501.002,47847
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1-2Value Added565446.04/cwt419.00–453.002,52086
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed588419.00/cwt419.00–419.002,46426
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1-2Value Added613427.34/cwt394.00–440.002,62078
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1-2Value Added676391.84/cwt383.00–397.002,64979
Heifers750–800Medium and Large 1-2Value Added754339.85/cwt321.00–345.002,56219
Heifers800–850Medium and Large 1-2Value Added811319.96/cwt316.00–328.002,59512

This sale against other markets

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.