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Virginia Livestock, LLC

Name: Virginia Livestock, LLC livestock auction prices — 2021-03-18
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2021-03-18

Slaughter Cattle · Front Royal, Virginia · Thu, Mar 18

● Final7 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2171

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Receipts

50 head

▲ 0 vs last sale 50▼ 2 vs year ago 52 · −3.8%

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

State Graded Slaughter Cattle (Steers 30, Bulls 20)

Natural Cattle are Weaned and Vaccinated.

Slaughter cattle

By class and quality grade · $/cwt

Cull cows and bulls are graded, not weight-classed — grade is what moves the money here.

Class	Grade	Dressing	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Heifers	Choice	Average	1,373	121.75	1,672	17
Heifers	Select	Average	1,190	109.03	1,297	3thin
Steers	Choice	Average	1,539	122.18	1,881	23
Steers	Select	Average	1,323	109.82	1,453	7thin

Every lot

7 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.

Class	Weight	Grade / description	Avg wt	Price	Range	Per head	Head
Slaughter Cattle · Steers4 lots · lightest first
Steers	—	SelectNatural	1,254	108.57/cwt	101.00–113.00	1,361	5
Steers	—	Select	1,495	112.95/cwt	112.00–114.00	1,689	2
Steers	—	ChoiceNatural	1,502	124.08/cwt	111.00–132.00	1,864	10
Steers	—	Choice	1,568	120.71/cwt	117.00–125.00	1,893	13
Slaughter Cattle · Heifers3 lots · lightest first
Heifers	—	SelectNatural	1,190	109.03/cwt	108.00–110.00	1,297	3
Heifers	—	ChoiceNatural	1,332	123.51/cwt	118.00–128.00	1,645	9
Heifers	—	Choice	1,420	119.77/cwt	115.00–124.50	1,701	8

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.

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Virginia Livestock LLC Graded Slaughter Cattle Sale - Front Royal, VA

Thu Mar 18, 2021

USDA Livestock, Poultry & Grain Market News · Federal-State Market News Service, Richmond, VA (LS-RH)

Receipts 50Last week 50Year ago 52

State Graded Slaughter Cattle (Steers 30, Bulls 20)

Natural Cattle are Weaned and Vaccinated.

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	1,420	115.00–124.50	119.77

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Choice · Natural$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	1,332	118.00–128.00	123.51

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Select · Natural$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,190	108.00–110.00	109.03

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
13	—	1,568	117.00–125.00	120.71

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Choice · Natural$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	1,502	111.00–132.00	124.08

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Select$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,495	112.00–114.00	112.95

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Select · Natural$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,254	101.00–113.00	108.57

Head, weight ranges, average weights and price ranges are exactly as USDA AMS filed them — nothing recomputed, nothing rounded — in USDA's own reporting structure. This is RaisedBeef's rendering of that data, not a copy of USDA's document.