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Virginia Livestock, LLC

Name: Virginia Livestock, LLC livestock auction prices — 2023-11-02
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2023-11-02

Slaughter Cattle · Front Royal, Virginia · Thu, Nov 2

● Final7 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2171

← Oct 19Nov 2Nov 16 →

Receipts

55 head

▼ 21 vs last sale 76▲ 37 vs year ago 18 · +205.6%

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

State Graded Slaughter Cattle (Steers 39, Heifers 16)

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	1,295	177.78	2,303	14
Heifers	Select	Average	1,225	167.45	2,051	2thin
Steers	Choice	Average	1,542	182.60	2,816	27
Steers	Select	Average	1,354	162.28	2,197	12

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 · Steers4 lots · lightest first
Steers	—	Select	1,319	160.31/cwt	120.00–181.00	2,114	11
Steers	—	Choice	1,530	181.49/cwt	161.00–188.50	2,777	18
Steers	—	ChoiceNatural	1,566	184.83/cwt	178.00–190.50	2,894	9
Steers	—	SelectNatural	1,735	184.00/cwt	184.00–184.00	3,192	1
Slaughter Cattle · Heifers3 lots · lightest first
Heifers	—	SelectNatural	1,225	167.45/cwt	165.00–170.00	2,051	2
Heifers	—	Choice	1,290	177.98/cwt	170.00–186.00	2,296	10
Heifers	—	ChoiceNatural	1,308	177.28/cwt	175.00–180.00	2,319	4

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 Nov 2, 2023

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

Receipts 55Last week 76Year ago 18

State Graded Slaughter Cattle (Steers 39, Heifers 16)

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Select · Natural$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,735	184.00	184.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Choice · Natural$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	1,566	178.00–190.50	184.83

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Select$ per cwt · actual wt
11	—	1,319	120.00–181.00	160.31

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
18	—	1,530	161.00–188.50	181.49

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Select · Natural$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,225	165.00–170.00	167.45

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Choice · Natural$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,308	175.00–180.00	177.28

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	1,290	170.00–186.00	177.98

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.