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Virginia Livestock, LLC

Name: Virginia Livestock, LLC livestock auction prices — 2023-03-16
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2023-03-16

Slaughter Cattle · Front Royal, Virginia · Thu, Mar 16

● Final6 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2171

← Mar 2Mar 16Apr 13 →

Receipts

82 head

▲ 51 vs last sale 31▲ 11 vs year ago 71 · +15.5%

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

State Graded Slaughter Cattle (Steers 55, Heifers 27)

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	1,377	161.57	2,224	25
Heifers	Select	Average	1,310	118.40	1,551	2thin
Steers	Choice	Average	1,580	162.82	2,573	53
Steers	Select	Average	1,180	146.01	1,723	2thin

Every lot

6 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	1,180	146.01/cwt	144.00–148.00	1,723	2
Steers	—	ChoiceNatural	1,495	160.30/cwt	156.00–168.00	2,396	4
Steers	—	Choice	1,587	163.03/cwt	150.00–175.00	2,587	49
Slaughter Cattle · Heifers3 lots · lightest first
Heifers	—	ChoiceNatural	1,252	156.81/cwt	155.00–159.00	1,963	5
Heifers	—	Select	1,310	118.40/cwt	92.00–145.00	1,551	2
Heifers	—	Choice	1,408	162.76/cwt	155.00–180.00	2,292	20

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 16, 2023

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

Receipts 82Last week 31Year ago 71

State Graded Slaughter Cattle (Steers 55, Heifers 27)

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Choice · Natural$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,495	156.00–168.00	160.30

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Select$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,180	144.00–148.00	146.01

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
49	—	1,587	150.00–175.00	163.03

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Choice · Natural$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,252	155.00–159.00	156.81

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Select$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,310	92.00–145.00	118.40

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
20	—	1,408	155.00–180.00	162.76

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.