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Virginia Livestock, LLC

Name: Virginia Livestock, LLC livestock auction prices — 2022-12-20
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2022-12-20

Feeder Cattle · Front Royal, Virginia · Tue, Dec 20

● Final23 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2176

← Dec 6Dec 20Jan 3 →

Receipts

77 head

▼ 1,138 vs last sale 1,215▲ 77 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago

Also sold hereSlaughter/Replacement CattleThu Oct 22, 2026

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 49, Heifers 21, Bulls 7)

Value Added cattle are Weaned and Vaccinated

Natural cattle are Vaccinated

Weight class — the figures below change to match

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb steers averaged $163.61/cwt on 49 head.

Average price

$163.61

49 head · 592 lb average

Value per head Derived

$969

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$804

per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 3

$121.98/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+0.15

vs VA average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	615	170.98	1,052	38
Medium and Large 2	514	147.06	756	10thin
Medium and Large 3	505	49.00	247	1thin

One grade step is worth $121.98/cwt here — about $804 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 sale49 hd

163.61

—

VA average6 barns · 251 hd

163.46

+0.15

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

Every lot

23 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 · Steers10 lots · lightest first
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2	472	147.10/cwt	145.00–151.00	694	6
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	477	181.00/cwt	181.00–181.00	863	3
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Value Added	495	161.00/cwt	161.00–161.00	797	2
Steers	—	Medium and Large 3	505	49.00/cwt	49.00–49.00	247	1
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	530	156.75/cwt	152.00–166.00	831	3
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	561	166.00/cwt	166.00–166.00	931	4
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2	578	147.00/cwt	147.00–147.00	850	4
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Natural	630	180.00/cwt	180.00–180.00	1,134	18
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Value Added	648	167.00/cwt	167.00–167.00	1,082	2
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Natural	748	154.00/cwt	154.00–154.00	1,152	6
Feeder Cattle · Heifers8 lots · lightest first
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	338	132.00/cwt	132.00–132.00	446	2
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	352	127.00/cwt	127.00–127.00	447	3
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 3	450	62.00/cwt	62.00–62.00	279	1
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	466	115.00/cwt	115.00–115.00	536	6
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	555	103.00/cwt	103.00–103.00	572	1
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	578	118.00/cwt	118.00–118.00	682	4
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	580	112.00/cwt	112.00–112.00	650	3
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	735	76.00/cwt	76.00–76.00	559	1
Feeder Cattle · Bulls5 lots · lightest first
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 2	323	143.51/cwt	143.00–144.00	464	2
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 3	365	157.00/cwt	157.00–157.00	573	1
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	483	154.00/cwt	154.00–154.00	744	2
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 2	550	100.00/cwt	100.00–100.00	550	1
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 2	700	75.00/cwt	75.00–75.00	525	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.

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