Sale reports / Virginia / Virginia Livestock, LLC / 2026-06-18

Virginia Livestock, LLC

Feeder Cattle · Front Royal, Virginia · Thu, Jun 18
● Final77 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2176
Receipts
668 head
▲ 90 vs last sale 578▲ 668 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 317, Heifers 275, Bulls 76)

Value Added and most Natural cattle are Weaned and Vaccinated

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb steers averaged $484.77/cwt on 116 head, down $24.31 from the prior sale. That ranks 10 of 11 comparable sales and sits +29.85 against this barn's trailing median of $454.92.
Average price
$484.77
▼ 24.31 vs prior sale
116 head · 558 lb average
Value per head Derived
$2,705
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$382
per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Medium and Large 2
$72.26/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+22.86
vs VA average
+25.72 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1-2550507.882,79241
Medium and Large 1564476.492,68567
Medium and Large 2553435.632,4118thin
One grade step is worth $72.26/cwt here — about $382 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 sale116 hd
484.77
—
VA average8 barns · 514 hd
461.91
+22.86
National average161 barns · 9,107 hd
459.05
+25.72
This barn, trailing median11 sales
454.92
+29.85
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

11 sales
523454385316median 454.9203/0504/0206/1809/1710/15
Steers 500–600 lb: high $509.08, low $330.45, median $454.92 across 11 sales. Sales under 10 head in this class are excluded, so a thin day cannot swing the median or the ranking.

Every lot

77 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 · Steers32 lots · lightest first
Steers250–300Medium and Large 2278530.00/cwt530.00–530.001,4732
Steers300–350Medium and Large 2325505.00/cwt505.00–505.001,6411
Steers350–400Medium and Large 2378546.52/cwt535.00–550.002,0669
Steers350–400Medium and Large 1395525.00/cwt525.00–525.002,0742
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1-2Natural440557.50/cwt557.50–557.502,45326
Steers400–450Medium and Large 3440400.00/cwt400.00–400.001,7601
Steers400–450Medium and Large 2443445.00/cwt400.00–460.001,9718
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1445460.00/cwt460.00–460.002,0471
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1Value Added452540.00/cwt540.00–540.002,4415
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1453440.00/cwt440.00–440.001,9937
Steers450–500Medium and Large 2480315.57/cwt260.00–370.001,5152
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1-2Natural481542.50/cwt542.50–542.502,6099
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1-2Value Added503515.00/cwt515.00–515.002,5909
Steers500–550Medium and Large 2505460.00/cwt460.00–460.002,3231
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1Value Added522500.00/cwt500.00–500.002,6109
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1535470.00/cwt470.00–470.002,5151
Steers550–600Medium and Large 2559400.00/cwt400.00–400.002,2364
Steers550–600Medium and Large 2Natural562475.00/cwt475.00–475.002,6703
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1-2Natural563505.88/cwt500.00–507.502,84832
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1Natural568485.00/cwt485.00–485.002,75537
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1569455.00/cwt455.00–455.002,58914
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1Value Added590440.00/cwt440.00–440.002,5966
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1630425.00/cwt425.00–425.002,6782
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1Natural635462.50/cwt462.50–462.502,93711
Steers600–650Medium and Large 3645295.00/cwt295.00–295.001,9031
Steers650–700Medium and Large 2650380.00/cwt380.00–380.002,4701
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1Natural656448.43/cwt447.50–450.002,94262
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1663420.00/cwt420.00–420.002,78517
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1-2Natural673419.34/cwt405.00–427.502,82211
Steers700–750Medium and Large 1-2Natural717385.00/cwt385.00–385.002,7603
Steers700–750Medium and Large 1735367.57/cwt355.00–370.002,7026
Steers950–1000Medium and Large 1-2950335.00/cwt335.00–335.003,18312
Feeder Cattle · Heifers31 lots · lightest first
Heifers250–300Medium and Large 3268435.00/cwt435.00–435.001,1662
Heifers250–300Medium and Large 2275474.82/cwt400.00–540.001,3064
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 3335400.00/cwt400.00–400.001,3401
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1-2362500.00/cwt500.00–500.001,8106
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 2369470.00/cwt470.00–470.001,7345
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 2Natural387527.50/cwt527.50–527.502,04114
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 2Value Added391525.00/cwt525.00–525.002,0535
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 3416392.38/cwt375.00–405.001,6325
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 2430355.00/cwt355.00–355.001,5271
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1-2Natural453465.00/cwt465.00–465.002,10615
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 2458454.76/cwt425.00–457.502,08324
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 2Natural461479.88/cwt477.50–495.002,21243
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1470445.96/cwt425.00–452.502,09617
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1520345.00/cwt345.00–345.001,7942
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 3525340.00/cwt340.00–340.001,7851
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 2542375.00/cwt375.00–375.002,03311
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 2Natural544415.00/cwt415.00–415.002,2587
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1-2Natural545375.00/cwt375.00–375.002,0444
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 2553380.00/cwt380.00–380.002,1012
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1Natural560400.00/cwt400.00–400.002,24012
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1560367.93/cwt355.00–370.002,06036
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 2Natural592410.00/cwt410.00–410.002,4276
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1639367.50/cwt367.50–367.502,3488
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1Natural642370.00/cwt370.00–370.002,3757
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1655362.50/cwt360.00–365.002,3742
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1-2Natural676360.00/cwt360.00–360.002,4348
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 2680355.00/cwt355.00–355.002,4142
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 3690270.00/cwt270.00–270.001,8631
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 1Natural713355.00/cwt355.00–355.002,5312
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 1743329.98/cwt325.00–335.002,4522
Heifers750–800Medium and Large 1-2798340.00/cwt340.00–340.002,71318
Feeder Cattle · Bulls14 lots · lightest first
Bulls300–350Medium and Large 1315525.00/cwt525.00–525.001,6543
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 2364500.00/cwt500.00–500.001,8204
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 1373515.00/cwt515.00–515.001,9215
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 1454470.00/cwt470.00–470.002,13416
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 2468386.69/cwt380.00–420.001,8106
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 3475320.00/cwt320.00–320.001,5201
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 1538400.00/cwt400.00–400.002,1522
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 2555375.00/cwt375.00–375.002,0813
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 1571389.98/cwt380.00–400.002,22724
Bulls600–650Medium and Large 1640390.00/cwt390.00–390.002,4968
Bulls650–700Medium and Large 2685350.00/cwt350.00–350.002,3981
Bulls700–750Medium and Large 3700265.00/cwt265.00–265.001,8551
Bulls750–800Medium and Large 1760325.00/cwt325.00–325.002,4701
Bulls750–800Medium and Large 2765295.00/cwt295.00–295.002,2571

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.