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Virginia Livestock, LLC

Name: Virginia Livestock, LLC livestock auction prices — 2023-05-04
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2023-05-04

Slaughter Cattle · Front Royal, Virginia · Thu, May 4

● Final6 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2171

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Receipts

42 head

▼ 10 vs last sale 52▼ 24 vs year ago 66 · −36.4%

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

State Graded Slaughter Cattle ( Steers 35, Heifers 7)

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	1,371	168.02	2,304	5thin
Heifers	Select	Average	1,320	153.13	2,021	2thin
Steers	Choice	Average	1,596	166.06	2,650	31
Steers	Select	Average	1,414	148.14	2,095	4thin

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	1,414	148.14/cwt	140.00–155.00	2,095	4
Steers	—	ChoiceNatural	1,587	163.94/cwt	155.00–170.00	2,602	11
Steers	—	Choice	1,601	167.22/cwt	162.00–180.00	2,677	20
Slaughter Cattle · Heifers3 lots · lightest first
Heifers	—	ChoiceNatural	1,160	163.50/cwt	163.00–164.00	1,897	2
Heifers	—	Select	1,320	153.13/cwt	151.00–155.00	2,021	2
Heifers	—	Choice	1,512	171.03/cwt	168.00–172.50	2,586	3

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 4, 2023

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

Receipts 42Last week 52Year ago 66

State Graded Slaughter Cattle ( Steers 35, Heifers 7)

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Choice · Natural$ per cwt · actual wt
11	—	1,587	155.00–170.00	163.94

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Select$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,414	140.00–155.00	148.14

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
20	—	1,601	162.00–180.00	167.22

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Choice · Natural$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,160	163.00–164.00	163.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Select$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,320	151.00–155.00	153.13

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,512	168.00–172.50	171.03

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.