Sale reports / Virginia / Virginia Livestock, LLC / 2020-04-21

Virginia Livestock, LLC

Feeder Cattle · Front Royal, Virginia · Tue, Apr 21
● Final44 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2176
Receipts
297 head
▼ 571 vs last sale 868▲ 297 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
View

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 127, Heifers 136, Bulls 34)

Value Added and Natural Cattle are Weaned and Vaccinated

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $116.91/cwt on 135 head.
Average price
$116.91
135 head · 603 lb average
Value per head Derived
$706
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$309
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 3
$28.76/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−2.85
vs VA average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1592119.7670944
Medium and Large 1-2641118.5176066
Medium and Large 2531109.1158023
Medium and Large 344091.004002thin
One grade step is worth $28.76/cwt here — about $309 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 0–100 lb. USDA reports each grade on its own line and never publishes the spread.

How it compared 0–100 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only
This sale135 hd
116.91
—
VA average11 barns · 1,512 hd
119.76
−2.85
A barn can sit above the state average at one weight and below it at another — check the class you actually sell.

Every lot

44 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 · Steers16 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 2375154.00/cwt154.00–154.005782
Steers—Medium and Large 2-3Value Added437155.00/cwt155.00–155.006773
Steers—Medium and Large 2450149.00/cwt149.00–149.006714
Steers—Medium and Large 2Value Added523122.00/cwt122.00–122.006382
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Natural524165.85/cwt150.00–168.0086943
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added526161.00/cwt161.00–161.008478
Steers—Medium and Large 1545150.00/cwt150.00–150.008181
Steers—Medium and Large 1Natural588162.00/cwt162.00–162.0095312
Steers—Medium and Large 2588139.00/cwt139.00–139.008172
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added621148.00/cwt148.00–148.0091910
Steers—Medium and Large 1658130.00/cwt130.00–130.008553
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Natural726134.00/cwt134.00–134.0097317
Steers—Medium and Large 1Natural797120.00/cwt120.00–120.009566
Steers—Medium and Large 1Natural845117.00/cwt117.00–117.009892
Steers—Medium and Large 1Natural913114.00/cwt114.00–114.001,04111
Steers—Medium and Large 1Natural99590.00/cwt90.00–90.008961
Feeder Cattle · Heifers17 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 1365109.00/cwt109.00–109.003981
Heifers—Medium and Large 340097.00/cwt97.00–97.003881
Heifers—Medium and Large 1435114.00/cwt114.00–114.004962
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Value Added443131.00/cwt131.00–131.005804
Heifers—Medium and Large 2462113.34/cwt106.00–114.0052412
Heifers—Medium and Large 348085.00/cwt85.00–85.004081
Heifers—Medium and Large 1520111.00/cwt111.00–111.005771
Heifers—Medium and Large 1558116.00/cwt116.00–116.006477
Heifers—Medium and Large 2570114.50/cwt114.50–114.506537
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Natural584121.17/cwt115.00–123.5070822
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Natural593125.79/cwt119.00–126.5074620
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Natural647112.00/cwt112.00–112.007256
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Natural652117.79/cwt114.00–119.0076825
Heifers—Medium and Large 267187.00/cwt87.00–87.005844
Heifers—Medium and Large 171391.00/cwt91.00–91.006492
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Natural715118.42/cwt113.50–121.5084713
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Natural761112.50/cwt112.50–112.508567
Feeder Cattle · Bulls11 lots · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 1333110.00/cwt110.00–110.003663
Bulls—Medium and Large 2367125.70/cwt120.00–131.004614
Bulls—Medium and Large 1390115.00/cwt115.00–115.004491
Bulls—Medium and Large 2435110.52/cwt99.00–134.004813
Bulls—Medium and Large 1442126.00/cwt126.00–126.005575
Bulls—Medium and Large 1466143.00/cwt143.00–143.006669
Bulls—Medium and Large 2475109.00/cwt109.00–109.005181
Bulls—Medium and Large 2530105.58/cwt91.00–121.005602
Bulls—Medium and Large 1542126.00/cwt126.00–126.006833
Bulls—Medium and Large 262591.00/cwt91.00–91.005691
Bulls—Medium and Large 1640107.00/cwt107.00–107.006851

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.