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Virginia Livestock, LLC

Name: Virginia Livestock, LLC livestock auction prices — 2022-10-06
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2022-10-06

Slaughter Cattle · Front Royal, Virginia · Thu, Oct 6

● Final8 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2171

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Receipts

94 head

▲ 63 vs last sale 31▲ 34 vs year ago 60 · +56.7%

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

State Graded Slaughter Cattle (Steers 39, Holstein Steers 3, Heifers 22, Holstein Heifers 30)

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
Dairy Heifers	Choice	Average	1,436	115.78	1,663	30
Dairy Steers	Choice	Average	1,475	112.00	1,652	3thin
Heifers	Choice	Average	1,354	144.00	1,950	20
Heifers	Select	Average	1,323	125.64	1,662	2thin
Steers	Choice	Average	1,598	143.06	2,287	38
Steers	Select	Average	1,360	132.50	1,802	1thin

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.

Class	Weight	Grade / description	Avg wt	Price	Range	Per head	Head
Slaughter Cattle · Steers3 lots · lightest first
Steers	—	Select	1,360	132.50/cwt	132.50–132.50	1,802	1
Steers	—	Choice	1,596	142.80/cwt	100.00–152.00	2,279	34
Steers	—	ChoiceNatural	1,618	145.28/cwt	144.00–146.00	2,351	4
Slaughter Cattle · Heifers3 lots · lightest first
Heifers	—	ChoiceNatural	1,175	139.00/cwt	137.00–141.00	1,633	2
Heifers	—	Select	1,323	125.64/cwt	119.00–133.00	1,662	2
Heifers	—	Choice	1,374	144.55/cwt	136.00–151.00	1,986	18
Slaughter Cattle · Dairy Steers1 lot · lightest first
Dairy Steers	—	Choice	1,475	112.00/cwt	112.00–112.00	1,652	3
Slaughter Cattle · Dairy Heifers1 lot · lightest first
Dairy Heifers	—	Choice	1,436	115.78/cwt	110.50–118.50	1,663	30

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 Oct 6, 2022

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

Receipts 94Last week 31Year ago 60

State Graded Slaughter Cattle (Steers 39, Holstein Steers 3, Heifers 22, Holstein Heifers 30)

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Dairy Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,475	112.00	112.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Dairy Heifers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
30	—	1,436	110.50–118.50	115.78

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Choice · Natural$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,618	144.00–146.00	145.28

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Select$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,360	132.50	132.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
34	—	1,596	100.00–152.00	142.80

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Choice · Natural$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,175	137.00–141.00	139.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Select$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,323	119.00–133.00	125.64

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
18	—	1,374	136.00–151.00	144.55

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.