Sale reports / Virginia / Virginia Livestock, LLC / 2022-12-20

Virginia Livestock, LLC

Slaughter Cattle · Front Royal, Virginia · Tue, Dec 20
● Final2 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2171
Receipts
19 head
▲ 6 vs last sale 13▲ 19 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 49, Heifers 21, Bulls 7)

Value Added cattle are Weaned and Vaccinated

Natural cattle are Vaccinated

Slaughter cattle

By class and quality grade · $/cwt
Cull cows and bulls are graded, not weight-classed — grade is what moves the money here.
ClassGradeDressingAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
HeifersChoiceAverage1,420158.002,2441thin
SteersChoiceAverage1,558158.712,47318

Every lot

2 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 · Steers1 lot · lightest first
Steers—Choice1,558158.71/cwt152.00–165.002,47318
Slaughter Cattle · Heifers1 lot · lightest first
Heifers—Choice1,420158.00/cwt158.00–158.002,2441

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.