Sale reports / Virginia / Virginia Livestock, LLC / 2021-02-20

Virginia Livestock, LLC

Slaughter Cattle · Front Royal, Virginia · Sat, Feb 20
● Final8 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2171
Receipts
68 head
▲ 25 vs last sale 43▲ 25 vs year ago 43 · +58.1%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

State Graded Slaughter Cattle (Steers 50, Heifers 18)

Slaughter cattle

By class and quality grade · $/cwt
Cull cows and bulls are graded, not weight-classed — grade is what moves the money here.
ClassGradeDressingAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
HeifersChoiceAverage1,427121.841,73915
HeifersSelectAverage1,372113.001,5503thin
SteersChoiceAverage1,649119.881,97738
SteersSelectAverage1,537109.171,67812

Every lot

8 lots · USDA AMS · Virginia Livestock LLC Graded Slaughter Cattle Sale - Front Royal, 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
Slaughter Cattle · Steers4 lots · lightest first
Steers—Select1,537108.37/cwt97.00–115.501,66611
Steers—SelectNatural1,540118.00/cwt118.00–118.001,8171
Steers—ChoiceNatural1,543125.65/cwt121.00–131.501,9395
Steers—Choice1,665119.01/cwt115.00–125.001,98233
Slaughter Cattle · Heifers4 lots · lightest first
Heifers—SelectNatural1,195115.00/cwt115.00–115.001,3741
Heifers—ChoiceNatural1,417124.21/cwt117.00–129.501,7609
Heifers—Choice1,443118.28/cwt115.00–121.001,7076
Heifers—Select1,460112.00/cwt112.00–112.001,6352

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.