Sale reports / Virginia / Virginia Livestock, LLC / 2026-03-19

Virginia Livestock, LLC

Feeder Cattle · Front Royal, Virginia · Thu, Mar 19
● Final80 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2176
Receipts
471 head
▲ 14 vs last sale 457▲ 471 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 173, Heifers 185, Bulls 113)

Value Added and Natural cattle are Weaned and Vaccinated

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb heifers averaged $374.46/cwt on 55 head, down $45.11 from the prior sale. That ranks 9 of 12 comparable sales and sits +21.42 against this barn's trailing median of $353.04.
Average price
$374.46
▼ 45.11 vs prior sale
55 head · 553 lb average
Value per head Derived
$2,071
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$595
per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Medium and Large 3
$121.52/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−4.26
vs VA average
−41.66 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1-2552411.562,27229
Medium and Large 1546345.001,8846thin
Medium and Large 2554333.891,85018thin
Medium and Large 3578290.041,6762thin
One grade step is worth $121.52/cwt here — about $595 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 400–500 lb. USDA reports each grade on its own line and never publishes the spread.

How it compared 500–600 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only
This sale55 hd
374.46
—
VA average8 barns · 410 hd
378.72
−4.26
National average164 barns · 8,069 hd
416.12
−41.66
This barn, trailing median12 sales
353.04
+21.42
A barn can sit above the state average at one weight and below it at another — check the class you actually sell.

This barn's trailing prices 500–600 lb

12 sales
434389345300median 353.0403/0504/1607/1609/1710/15
Heifers 500–600 lb: high $419.57, low $314.08, median $353.04 across 12 sales. Sales under 10 head in this class are excluded, so a thin day cannot swing the median or the ranking.

Every lot

80 lots · USDA AMS · Virginia Livestock LLC Graded Feeder 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.
ClassWeightGrade / descriptionAvg wtPriceRangePer headHead
Feeder Cattle · Steers33 lots · lightest first
Steers200–250Medium and Large 3210420.00/cwt420.00–420.008822
Steers250–300Medium and Large 1-2275510.00/cwt510.00–510.001,4032
Steers300–350Medium and Large 3334532.00/cwt450.00–560.001,7776
Steers300–350Medium and Large 2349557.50/cwt557.50–557.501,9469
Steers350–400Medium and Large 1357530.00/cwt530.00–530.001,89213
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1420530.00/cwt530.00–530.002,2261
Steers400–450Medium and Large 2420474.70/cwt450.00–500.001,9942
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1-2Value Added446525.00/cwt525.00–525.002,34210
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1453522.50/cwt522.50–522.502,36713
Steers450–500Medium and Large 3459410.00/cwt410.00–410.001,8824
Steers450–500Medium and Large 2463516.02/cwt465.00–525.002,3897
Steers450–500Medium and Large 2Value Added495515.00/cwt515.00–515.002,5492
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1527436.55/cwt400.00–455.002,3013
Steers500–550Medium and Large 3530310.00/cwt310.00–310.001,6431
Steers500–550Medium and Large 2531430.74/cwt385.00–445.002,2874
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1-2Value Added543595.00/cwt595.00–595.003,2316
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1Natural545540.00/cwt540.00–540.002,9435
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1551430.00/cwt430.00–430.002,3699
Steers550–600Medium and Large 3560350.00/cwt350.00–350.001,9601
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1-2Value Added605515.00/cwt515.00–515.003,1164
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1-2Natural643465.00/cwt465.00–465.002,9905
Steers600–650Medium and Large 2Value Added643450.00/cwt450.00–450.002,8948
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1660385.00/cwt385.00–385.002,5411
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1-2Value Added668395.00/cwt395.00–395.002,6393
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1-2Natural674505.00/cwt505.00–505.003,4049
Steers650–700Medium and Large 3675365.00/cwt365.00–365.002,4641
Steers650–700Medium and Large 2695350.00/cwt350.00–350.002,4331
Steers750–800Medium and Large 1-2Natural766367.22/cwt365.00–370.002,81320
Steers750–800Medium and Large 2782345.00/cwt345.00–345.002,6983
Steers750–800Medium and Large 1785325.00/cwt325.00–325.002,5511
Steers850–900Medium and Large 1Value Added881339.00/cwt339.00–339.002,98712
Steers950–1000Medium and Large 2965265.00/cwt265.00–265.002,5571
Steers1000–1050Medium and Large 11,005280.00/cwt280.00–280.002,8142
Feeder Cattle · Heifers29 lots · lightest first
Heifers200–250Medium and Large 2242485.79/cwt485.00–490.001,1766
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 2300440.00/cwt440.00–440.001,3202
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 1339445.00/cwt445.00–445.001,5098
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 2350460.00/cwt460.00–460.001,6102
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 3359435.00/cwt435.00–435.001,5624
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1-2Value Added373425.00/cwt425.00–425.001,5852
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1374450.00/cwt450.00–450.001,68317
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 2Natural412420.00/cwt420.00–420.001,7307
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 4425260.00/cwt260.00–260.001,1051
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 2433395.09/cwt390.00–400.001,7112
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 2Value Added438425.00/cwt425.00–425.001,86210
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 3445395.00/cwt395.00–395.001,7582
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 2458430.00/cwt430.00–430.001,96910
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1459430.00/cwt430.00–430.001,97412
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1-2Natural498415.00/cwt415.00–415.002,06712
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 2544340.00/cwt340.00–340.001,8506
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1546345.00/cwt345.00–345.001,8846
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1-2Value Added552411.56/cwt410.00–412.502,27229
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 2Value Added558330.00/cwt330.00–330.001,84111
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 2570340.00/cwt340.00–340.001,9381
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 3578290.04/cwt280.00–300.001,6762
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1-2Value Added632349.00/cwt349.00–349.002,20619
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 2685265.00/cwt265.00–265.001,8155
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 3685260.00/cwt260.00–260.001,7811
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 3720260.00/cwt260.00–260.001,8721
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 1738325.00/cwt325.00–325.002,3992
Heifers750–800Medium and Large 1Value Added768345.00/cwt345.00–345.002,6502
Heifers900–950Medium and Large 2930240.00/cwt240.00–240.002,2321
Heifers950–1000Medium and Large 3980230.00/cwt230.00–230.002,2541
Feeder Cattle · Bulls18 lots · lightest first
Bulls150–200Medium and Large 2193525.00/cwt525.00–525.001,0132
Bulls250–300Medium and Large 2259552.72/cwt545.00–560.001,4328
Bulls250–300Medium and Large 3282535.00/cwt535.00–535.001,5093
Bulls300–350Medium and Large 1-2306520.00/cwt520.00–520.001,5916
Bulls300–350Medium and Large 4328370.00/cwt370.00–370.001,2142
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 2372485.00/cwt485.00–485.001,8045
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 1374476.91/cwt470.00–485.001,78417
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 3411440.00/cwt440.00–440.001,8084
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 1464500.00/cwt500.00–500.002,32017
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 2464415.00/cwt415.00–415.001,9266
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 1505400.00/cwt400.00–400.002,0201
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 2530355.00/cwt355.00–355.001,8821
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 1556420.00/cwt420.00–420.002,33519
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 2558410.00/cwt410.00–410.002,2889
Bulls600–650Medium and Large 2632362.00/cwt362.00–362.002,2885
Bulls600–650Medium and Large 3645310.00/cwt310.00–310.002,0001
Bulls700–750Medium and Large 1700330.00/cwt330.00–330.002,3101
Bulls750–800Medium and Large 1769312.50/cwt312.50–312.502,4035

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.