Sale reports / Virginia / Virginia Livestock, LLC / 2022-02-03

Virginia Livestock, LLC

Slaughter Cattle · Front Royal, Virginia · Thu, Feb 3
● Final5 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2171
Receipts
68 head
▼ 20 vs last sale 88▲ 25 vs year ago 43 · +58.1%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

State Graded Slaughter Cattle (Steers 42, Heifers 26)

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
HeifersChoiceAverage1,447149.532,16426
SteersChoiceAverage1,651148.182,44636
SteersSelectAverage1,322131.731,7416thin

Every lot

5 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 · Steers3 lots · lightest first
Steers—SelectNatural1,322131.73/cwt125.00–138.001,7416
Steers—ChoiceNatural1,586146.81/cwt134.00–152.002,32813
Steers—Choice1,687148.95/cwt143.00–153.002,51323
Slaughter Cattle · Heifers2 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Choice1,412149.84/cwt147.00–153.002,11610
Heifers—ChoiceNatural1,469149.34/cwt144.00–155.002,19416

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.