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Virginia Livestock, LLC

Name: Virginia Livestock, LLC livestock auction prices — 2022-05-03
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2022-05-03

Feeder Cattle · Front Royal, Virginia · Tue, May 3

● Final90 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2176

← Apr 19May 3May 17 →

Receipts

693 head

▲ 340 vs last sale 353▲ 274 vs year ago 419 · +65.4%

Also sold hereSlaughter/Replacement CattleThu Oct 22, 2026

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 282, Heifers 301, Bulls 110)

Value Added and most Natural cattle are Weaned and Vaccinated

Weight class — the figures below change to match

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb heifers averaged $140.79/cwt on 295 head.

Average price

$140.79

295 head · 551 lb average

Value per head Derived

$776

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$245

per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Small 1

$25.32/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−1.48

vs VA average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1-2	600	144.49	867	66
Medium and Large 1	565	142.79	807	158
Medium and Large 2-3	372	135.00	502	3thin
Medium and Large 2	487	133.76	652	54
Medium and Large 3	419	131.74	552	11thin
Small 1	522	119.17	622	3thin

One grade step is worth $25.32/cwt here — about $245 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 sale295 hd

140.79

—

VA average9 barns · 1,832 hd

142.27

−1.48

A barn can sit above the state average at one weight and below it at another — check the class you actually sell.

Every lot

90 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.

Class	Weight	Grade / description	Avg wt	Price	Range	Per head	Head
Feeder Cattle · Steers29 lots · lightest first
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2	240	132.50/cwt	132.50–132.50	318	1
Steers	—	Medium and Large 3	310	147.50/cwt	147.50–147.50	457	1
Steers	—	Medium and Large 3	355	157.00/cwt	157.00–157.00	557	1
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2	365	175.00/cwt	175.00–175.00	639	4
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	379	191.00/cwt	191.00–191.00	724	4
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	434	186.00/cwt	186.00–186.00	807	7
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2Value Added	443	159.00/cwt	159.00–159.00	704	5
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2	463	149.00/cwt	149.00–149.00	690	4
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	485	184.96/cwt	184.00–185.00	897	25
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Value Added	489	194.00/cwt	194.00–194.00	949	17
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	530	145.00/cwt	145.00–145.00	769	1
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2	537	148.84/cwt	140.00–151.00	799	8
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	562	176.00/cwt	176.00–176.00	989	23
Steers	—	Medium and Large 3	570	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	798	1
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Natural	575	180.00/cwt	180.00–180.00	1,035	37
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2	590	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	885	1
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Value Added	591	188.00/cwt	188.00–188.00	1,111	24
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Natural	615	176.61/cwt	175.00–177.00	1,086	15
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	637	169.00/cwt	169.00–169.00	1,077	13
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Value Added	653	176.00/cwt	176.00–176.00	1,149	24
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Natural	655	170.00/cwt	170.00–170.00	1,114	10
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	655	169.00/cwt	169.00–169.00	1,107	2
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2Natural	673	176.00/cwt	176.00–176.00	1,184	11
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2	702	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	913	3
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	744	144.00/cwt	144.00–144.00	1,071	7
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Natural	781	155.00/cwt	155.00–155.00	1,211	6
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Natural	862	152.00/cwt	152.00–152.00	1,310	3
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	902	141.00/cwt	141.00–141.00	1,272	8
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	1,016	136.00/cwt	136.00–136.00	1,382	15
Feeder Cattle · Heifers37 lots · lightest first
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 3	195	111.00/cwt	111.00–111.00	216	1
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	255	117.50/cwt	117.50–117.50	300	1
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 3	272	136.39/cwt	135.00–137.00	371	3
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	295	128.00/cwt	128.00–128.00	378	1
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	366	144.00/cwt	144.00–144.00	527	11
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	367	130.55/cwt	126.00–145.00	479	13
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2-3	372	135.00/cwt	135.00–135.00	502	3
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	405	80.00/cwt	80.00–80.00	324	1
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 3	420	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	546	1
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	433	145.00/cwt	145.00–145.00	628	14
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2Natural	448	149.00/cwt	149.00–149.00	668	9
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	453	140.50/cwt	140.50–140.50	636	21
Heifers	—	Small 1	460	121.25/cwt	115.00–127.50	558	2
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	483	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	725	26
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	502	141.00/cwt	141.00–141.00	708	6
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 3	526	134.00/cwt	134.00–134.00	705	5
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	533	143.00/cwt	143.00–143.00	762	6
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 3	550	129.00/cwt	129.00–129.00	710	1
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	556	146.00/cwt	146.00–146.00	812	60
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	575	137.00/cwt	137.00–137.00	788	1
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2Natural	589	145.70/cwt	145.00–146.00	858	16
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	595	137.00/cwt	137.00–137.00	815	4
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2Natural	608	118.00/cwt	118.00–118.00	717	2
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	620	87.50/cwt	87.50–87.50	543	1
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	621	145.00/cwt	145.00–145.00	900	5
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2Natural	640	136.00/cwt	136.00–136.00	870	4
Heifers	—	Small 1	645	115.00/cwt	115.00–115.00	742	1
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	651	134.00/cwt	134.00–134.00	872	6
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	654	134.00/cwt	134.00–134.00	876	20
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2Natural	685	145.50/cwt	145.50–145.50	997	22
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1Natural	685	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	959	4
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	730	113.00/cwt	113.00–113.00	825	1
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1Natural	737	145.00/cwt	145.00–145.00	1,069	6
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	761	134.00/cwt	134.00–134.00	1,020	4
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1Natural	826	134.33/cwt	126.00–137.00	1,110	8
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	838	117.00/cwt	117.00–117.00	980	3
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	875	115.00/cwt	115.00–115.00	1,006	2
Feeder Cattle · Bulls24 lots · lightest first
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 3	331	142.00/cwt	142.00–142.00	470	4
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 4	340	142.00/cwt	142.00–142.00	483	1
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	346	175.00/cwt	175.00–175.00	606	4
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1	350	182.00/cwt	182.00–182.00	637	10
Bulls	—	Small 1	375	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	450	1
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 3	415	134.00/cwt	134.00–134.00	556	1
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1	420	151.00/cwt	151.00–151.00	634	1
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 2	422	136.75/cwt	121.00–145.00	577	3
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1	464	174.76/cwt	131.00–180.00	811	26
Bulls	—	Small 1	510	132.00/cwt	132.00–132.00	673	1
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1	520	138.00/cwt	138.00–138.00	718	2
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 3	530	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	636	1
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1	558	164.00/cwt	164.00–164.00	915	21
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 2	561	145.00/cwt	145.00–145.00	813	10
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1	633	154.00/cwt	154.00–154.00	975	6
Bulls	—	Small 1	635	115.00/cwt	115.00–115.00	730	1
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 2	638	137.00/cwt	137.00–137.00	874	2
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 2	653	137.00/cwt	137.00–137.00	895	4
Bulls	—	Small 1	670	100.00/cwt	100.00–100.00	670	1
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1	713	135.00/cwt	135.00–135.00	963	3
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 2	753	116.00/cwt	116.00–116.00	873	2
Bulls	—	Small 1	760	85.00/cwt	85.00–85.00	646	1
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 3	965	89.00/cwt	89.00–89.00	859	1
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 2	975	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	1,073	1

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.

Virginia feeder prices, every weight →Every state and region →

Virginia Livestock LLC Graded Feeder Cattle Sale - Front Royal, VA

Tue May 3, 2022

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

Receipts 693Last week 353Year ago 419

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 282, Heifers 301, Bulls 110)

Value Added and most Natural cattle are Weaned and Vaccinated

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
14	—	433	145.00	145.00
11	—	366	144.00	144.00
3	—	838	117.00	117.00
1	—	620	87.50	87.50
60	—	556	146.00	146.00
26	—	483	150.00	150.00
4	—	761	134.00	134.00
1	—	295	128.00	128.00
20	—	654	134.00	134.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Natural$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	685	140.00	140.00
6	—	737	145.00	145.00
8	—	826	126.00–137.00	134.33

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Natural$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	640	136.00	136.00
22	—	685	145.50	145.50
16	—	589	145.00–146.00	145.70
9	—	448	149.00	149.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	595	137.00	137.00
6	—	502	141.00	141.00
5	—	621	145.00	145.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2 · Natural$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	608	118.00	118.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	372	135.00	135.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Small 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	460	115.00–127.50	121.25
1	—	645	115.00	115.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	875	115.00	115.00
1	—	575	137.00	137.00
21	—	453	140.50	140.50
1	—	730	113.00	113.00
1	—	405	80.00	80.00
1	—	255	117.50	117.50
6	—	533	143.00	143.00
13	—	367	126.00–145.00	130.55
6	—	651	134.00	134.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	195	111.00	111.00
5	—	526	134.00	134.00
3	—	272	135.00–137.00	136.39
1	—	420	130.00	130.00
1	—	550	129.00	129.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	240	132.50	132.50
4	—	365	175.00	175.00
3	—	702	130.00	130.00
4	—	463	149.00	149.00
1	—	590	150.00	150.00
8	—	537	140.00–151.00	148.84

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	570	140.00	140.00
1	—	355	157.00	157.00
1	—	310	147.50	147.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Natural$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	862	152.00	152.00
10	—	655	170.00	170.00
37	—	575	180.00	180.00
15	—	615	175.00–177.00	176.61
6	—	781	155.00	155.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
15	—	1,016	136.00	136.00
8	—	902	141.00	141.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
25	—	485	184.00–185.00	184.96
7	—	744	144.00	144.00
4	—	379	191.00	191.00
2	—	655	169.00	169.00
23	—	562	176.00	176.00
1	—	530	145.00	145.00
7	—	434	186.00	186.00
13	—	637	169.00	169.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
24	—	591	188.00	188.00
17	—	489	194.00	194.00
24	—	653	176.00	176.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Natural$ per cwt · actual wt
11	—	673	176.00	176.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	443	159.00	159.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	420	151.00	151.00
26	—	464	131.00–180.00	174.76
21	—	558	164.00	164.00
10	—	350	182.00	182.00
6	—	633	154.00	154.00
2	—	520	138.00	138.00
3	—	713	135.00	135.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Small 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	375	120.00	120.00
1	—	510	132.00	132.00
1	—	760	85.00	85.00
1	—	670	100.00	100.00
1	—	635	115.00	115.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	965	89.00	89.00
1	—	530	120.00	120.00
1	—	415	134.00	134.00
4	—	331	142.00	142.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 4$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	340	142.00	142.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	638	137.00	137.00
3	—	422	121.00–145.00	136.75
2	—	753	116.00	116.00
10	—	561	145.00	145.00
1	—	975	110.00	110.00
4	—	653	137.00	137.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	346	175.00	175.00

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.