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Virginia Livestock, LLC

Name: Virginia Livestock, LLC livestock auction prices — 2023-10-19
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2023-10-19

Slaughter Cattle · Front Royal, Virginia · Thu, Oct 19

● Final7 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2171

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Receipts

76 head

▲ 23 vs last sale 53▲ 51 vs year ago 25 · +204.0%

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

State Graded Slaughter Cattle (Steers 26, Heifers 50)

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	1,314	177.65	2,334	38
Heifers	Select	Average	1,125	154.77	1,741	12
Steers	Choice	Average	1,533	183.23	2,809	25
Steers	Select	Average	1,045	151.00	1,578	1thin

Every lot

7 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	1,045	151.00/cwt	151.00–151.00	1,578	1
Steers	—	Choice	1,520	185.03/cwt	181.00–191.00	2,812	10
Steers	—	ChoiceNatural	1,542	182.03/cwt	172.00–190.00	2,807	15
Slaughter Cattle · Heifers4 lots · lightest first
Heifers	—	SelectNatural	1,070	167.00/cwt	167.00–167.00	1,787	1
Heifers	—	Select	1,130	153.66/cwt	131.00–167.00	1,736	11
Heifers	—	Choice	1,305	177.80/cwt	170.00–185.00	2,320	32
Heifers	—	ChoiceNatural	1,362	176.83/cwt	170.00–183.00	2,408	6

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 19, 2023

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

Receipts 76Last week 53Year ago 25

State Graded Slaughter Cattle (Steers 26, Heifers 50)

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Choice · Natural$ per cwt · actual wt
15	—	1,542	172.00–190.00	182.03

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Select$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,045	151.00	151.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	1,520	181.00–191.00	185.03

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Select · Natural$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,070	167.00	167.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Choice · Natural$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	1,362	170.00–183.00	176.83

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Select$ per cwt · actual wt
11	—	1,130	131.00–167.00	153.66

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
32	—	1,305	170.00–185.00	177.80

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.