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Virginia Livestock, LLC

Name: Virginia Livestock, LLC livestock auction prices — 2023-04-20
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2023-04-20

Slaughter Cattle · Front Royal, Virginia · Thu, Apr 20

● Final6 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2171

← Apr 13Apr 20May 4 →

Receipts

52 head

▲ 15 vs last sale 37▲ 4 vs year ago 48 · +8.3%

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

State Graded Slaughter Cattle (Steers 42, Heifers 10)

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	1,421	176.98	2,515	7thin
Heifers	Select	Average	1,262	159.67	2,015	3thin
Steers	Choice	Average	1,647	172.71	2,844	40
Steers	Select	Average	1,463	131.50	1,924	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	—	ChoiceNatural	1,419	171.81/cwt	169.00–173.50	2,438	4
Steers	—	Select	1,463	131.50/cwt	131.00–132.00	1,924	2
Steers	—	Choice	1,672	172.81/cwt	151.50–181.50	2,889	36
Slaughter Cattle · Heifers3 lots · lightest first
Heifers	—	SelectNatural	1,195	164.01/cwt	163.00–165.00	1,960	2
Heifers	—	Select	1,395	151.00/cwt	151.00–151.00	2,106	1
Heifers	—	Choice	1,421	176.98/cwt	164.00–182.00	2,515	7

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 Apr 20, 2023

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

Receipts 52Last week 37Year ago 48

State Graded Slaughter Cattle (Steers 42, Heifers 10)

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	1,421	164.00–182.00	176.98

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Select$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,395	151.00	151.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Select · Natural$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,195	163.00–165.00	164.01

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
36	—	1,672	151.50–181.50	172.81

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Select$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,463	131.00–132.00	131.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Choice · Natural$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,419	169.00–173.50	171.81

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.