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Virginia Livestock, LLC

Name: Virginia Livestock, LLC livestock auction prices — 2022-05-05
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2022-05-05

Slaughter Cattle · Front Royal, Virginia · Thu, May 5

● Final7 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2171

← Apr 21May 5May 19 →

Receipts

66 head

▲ 18 vs last sale 48▼ 16 vs year ago 82 · −19.5%

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

State Graded Slaughter Cattle (Steers 35, Heifers 31)

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	1,368	135.78	1,858	30
Heifers	Select	Average	1,230	125.00	1,538	1thin
Steers	Choice	Average	1,612	137.63	2,218	32
Steers	Select	Average	1,402	123.34	1,729	3thin

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	—	Select	1,175	124.00/cwt	124.00–124.00	1,457	1
Steers	—	ChoiceNatural	1,480	135.10/cwt	131.00–138.00	1,999	6
Steers	—	SelectNatural	1,515	123.01/cwt	122.00–124.00	1,864	2
Steers	—	Choice	1,642	138.21/cwt	126.00–150.10	2,269	26
Slaughter Cattle · Heifers3 lots · lightest first
Heifers	—	SelectNatural	1,230	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	1,538	1
Heifers	—	ChoiceNatural	1,362	135.35/cwt	124.00–144.00	1,843	28
Heifers	—	Choice	1,455	141.87/cwt	139.00–145.00	2,064	2

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 May 5, 2022

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

Receipts 66Last week 48Year ago 82

State Graded Slaughter Cattle (Steers 35, Heifers 31)

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Select · Natural$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,515	122.00–124.00	123.01

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Choice · Natural$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	1,480	131.00–138.00	135.10

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Select$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,175	124.00	124.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
26	—	1,642	126.00–150.10	138.21

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Select · Natural$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,230	125.00	125.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Choice · Natural$ per cwt · actual wt
28	—	1,362	124.00–144.00	135.35

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,455	139.00–145.00	141.87

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.