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Virginia Livestock, LLC

Name: Virginia Livestock, LLC livestock auction prices — 2023-12-05
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2023-12-05

Feeder Cattle · Front Royal, Virginia · Tue, Dec 5

● Final99 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2176

← Nov 7Dec 5Dec 19 →

Receipts

1,177 head

▲ 770 vs last sale 407▼ 38 vs year ago 1,215 · −3.1%

Also sold hereSlaughter/Replacement CattleThu Oct 22, 2026

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 646, Heifers 453, Bulls 78)

Value Added and Natural cattle are Weaned and 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 $232.00/cwt on 646 head.

Average price

$232.00

646 head · 639 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,483

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$1,232

per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Medium and Large 4

$124.69/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+18.49

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	672	239.69	1,612	253
Medium and Large 1	636	238.46	1,517	290
Medium and Large 2-3	586	206.13	1,209	23
Small 1	675	195.00	1,316	1thin
Medium and Large 2	563	193.77	1,091	76
Medium and Large 3	488	149.00	726	2thin
Medium and Large 4	330	115.00	380	1thin

One grade step is worth $124.69/cwt here — about $1,232 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 sale646 hd

232.00

—

VA average9 barns · 1,481 hd

213.51

+18.49

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

Every lot

99 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 · Steers42 lots · lightest first
Steers	—	Medium and Large 4	330	115.00/cwt	115.00–115.00	380	1
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2	375	226.00/cwt	226.00–226.00	848	3
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2	434	218.00/cwt	218.00–218.00	946	17
Steers	—	Medium and Large 3	450	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	675	1
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	466	251.35/cwt	228.00–253.00	1,171	30
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2	470	192.89/cwt	150.00–220.00	907	5
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2Natural	486	255.00/cwt	255.00–255.00	1,239	31
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	515	202.00/cwt	202.00–202.00	1,040	1
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2Natural	520	271.00/cwt	271.00–271.00	1,409	8
Steers	—	Medium and Large 3	525	148.00/cwt	148.00–148.00	777	1
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2	539	195.17/cwt	195.00–197.50	1,052	14
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	561	234.00/cwt	234.00–234.00	1,313	53
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2-3Value Added	561	218.00/cwt	218.00–218.00	1,223	10
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2Natural	580	256.91/cwt	252.00–265.00	1,490	78
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Natural	590	257.01/cwt	254.00–260.00	1,516	24
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2	595	60.00/cwt	60.00–60.00	357	1
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2-3	606	197.00/cwt	197.00–197.00	1,194	13
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Natural	632	243.00/cwt	243.00–243.00	1,536	15
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2	635	188.68/cwt	174.00–200.00	1,198	11
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2Value Added	643	193.00/cwt	193.00–193.00	1,241	4
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2Natural	644	242.00/cwt	242.00–242.00	1,558	19
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	649	210.00/cwt	210.00–210.00	1,363	27
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2Value Added	657	181.00/cwt	181.00–181.00	1,189	17
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2Natural	663	241.00/cwt	241.00–241.00	1,598	22
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Value Added	665	245.78/cwt	243.00–249.00	1,634	41
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	665	205.00/cwt	205.00–205.00	1,363	1
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Natural	672	250.40/cwt	250.00–251.00	1,683	53
Steers	—	Small 1	675	195.00/cwt	195.00–195.00	1,316	1
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Natural	722	236.09/cwt	234.00–239.00	1,705	17
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2	745	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	1,118	1
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	757	211.00/cwt	211.00–211.00	1,597	10
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2	769	170.44/cwt	140.00–186.00	1,311	3
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Natural	775	228.08/cwt	219.00–235.00	1,768	7
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	778	233.00/cwt	233.00–233.00	1,813	47
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2Natural	797	220.00/cwt	220.00–220.00	1,753	16
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2Natural	800	171.00/cwt	171.00–171.00	1,368	5
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Natural	841	226.00/cwt	226.00–226.00	1,901	8
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2Natural	857	215.00/cwt	215.00–215.00	1,843	3
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	866	216.00/cwt	216.00–216.00	1,871	9
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	940	121.00/cwt	121.00–121.00	1,137	1
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	1,009	181.00/cwt	181.00–181.00	1,826	15
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Value Added	1,325	162.00/cwt	162.00–162.00	2,147	2
Feeder Cattle · Heifers36 lots · lightest first
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	290	175.00/cwt	175.00–175.00	508	1
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 4	295	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	384	1
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 3	340	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	442	1
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	362	195.00/cwt	195.00–195.00	706	5
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 3	375	100.00/cwt	100.00–100.00	375	1
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	385	192.00/cwt	192.00–192.00	739	6
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2Natural	426	227.00/cwt	227.00–227.00	967	7
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 3	433	157.15/cwt	125.00–187.50	680	2
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2Natural	434	209.00/cwt	209.00–209.00	907	13
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	469	202.38/cwt	202.00–209.00	949	18
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	470	194.00/cwt	194.00–194.00	912	23
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2Natural	488	226.82/cwt	223.00–229.00	1,107	31
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1Natural	518	236.16/cwt	233.00–238.00	1,223	11
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 3	520	160.00/cwt	160.00–160.00	832	1
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	543	202.00/cwt	202.00–202.00	1,097	18
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2Natural	544	233.00/cwt	233.00–233.00	1,268	9
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	555	135.00/cwt	135.00–135.00	749	1
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	560	194.09/cwt	165.00–196.00	1,087	59
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2Natural	567	234.71/cwt	233.00–236.50	1,331	83
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 3	573	188.00/cwt	188.00–188.00	1,077	4
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	615	100.00/cwt	100.00–100.00	615	1
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1Natural	630	225.00/cwt	225.00–225.00	1,418	7
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	641	185.39/cwt	178.00–239.00	1,188	39
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2Natural	648	223.00/cwt	223.00–223.00	1,445	7
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2Natural	667	222.00/cwt	222.00–222.00	1,481	24
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	669	184.00/cwt	184.00–184.00	1,231	7
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1Natural	676	218.00/cwt	218.00–218.00	1,474	7
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	745	176.00/cwt	176.00–176.00	1,311	7
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	747	148.00/cwt	148.00–148.00	1,106	3
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2Natural	774	189.21/cwt	186.00–192.00	1,464	33
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1Value Added	791	197.00/cwt	197.00–197.00	1,558	5
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	802	124.00/cwt	124.00–124.00	994	3
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	863	178.00/cwt	178.00–178.00	1,536	4
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	1,005	166.00/cwt	166.00–166.00	1,668	1
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	1,053	179.00/cwt	179.00–179.00	1,885	6
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	1,140	81.00/cwt	81.00–81.00	923	1
Feeder Cattle · Bulls21 lots · lightest first
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 2	285	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	428	1
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1	344	177.00/cwt	177.00–177.00	609	8
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 2	443	198.00/cwt	198.00–198.00	877	6
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1	445	161.00/cwt	161.00–161.00	716	1
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 2	450	170.00/cwt	170.00–170.00	765	1
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 3	450	127.50/cwt	127.50–127.50	574	2
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1	463	186.00/cwt	186.00–186.00	861	10
Bulls	—	Small 1	465	120.00/cwt	100.00–140.00	558	2
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1	500	127.50/cwt	127.50–127.50	638	1
Bulls	—	Small 1	535	115.00/cwt	115.00–115.00	615	1
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 2	536	147.37/cwt	130.00–153.00	790	4
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 3	552	133.00/cwt	133.00–133.00	734	5
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1	555	212.39/cwt	131.00–231.00	1,179	14
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 2	633	143.00/cwt	143.00–143.00	905	5
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1	648	161.00/cwt	161.00–161.00	1,043	2
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1	658	160.00/cwt	160.00–160.00	1,053	6
Bulls	—	Small 1	680	132.50/cwt	132.50–132.50	901	2
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 2	700	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	910	1
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1	725	152.50/cwt	152.50–152.50	1,106	1
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 3	733	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	806	2
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 2	770	115.00/cwt	115.00–115.00	886	2

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 Dec 5, 2023

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

Receipts 1,177Last week 407Year ago 1,215

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 646, Heifers 453, Bulls 78)

Value Added and Natural cattle are Weaned and Vaccinated

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Natural$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	520	271.00	271.00
31	—	486	255.00	255.00
22	—	663	241.00	241.00
16	—	797	220.00	220.00
5	—	800	171.00	171.00
78	—	580	252.00–265.00	256.91
3	—	857	215.00	215.00
19	—	644	242.00	242.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	525	148.00	148.00
1	—	450	150.00	150.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
15	—	1,009	181.00	181.00
47	—	778	233.00	233.00
9	—	866	216.00	216.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
17	—	657	181.00	181.00
4	—	643	193.00	193.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
53	—	561	234.00	234.00
10	—	757	211.00	211.00
30	—	466	228.00–253.00	251.35
1	—	940	121.00	121.00
1	—	665	205.00	205.00
1	—	515	202.00	202.00
27	—	649	210.00	210.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
14	—	539	195.00–197.50	195.17
1	—	595	60.00	60.00
11	—	635	174.00–200.00	188.68
3	—	769	140.00–186.00	170.44
5	—	470	150.00–220.00	192.89
17	—	434	218.00	218.00
3	—	375	226.00	226.00
1	—	745	150.00	150.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 4$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	330	115.00	115.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,325	162.00	162.00
41	—	665	243.00–249.00	245.78

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Natural$ per cwt · actual wt
17	—	722	234.00–239.00	236.09
8	—	841	226.00	226.00
7	—	775	219.00–235.00	228.08
15	—	632	243.00	243.00
53	—	672	250.00–251.00	250.40
24	—	590	254.00–260.00	257.01

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Small 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	675	195.00	195.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2-3 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	561	218.00	218.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
13	—	606	197.00	197.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Natural$ per cwt · actual wt
33	—	774	186.00–192.00	189.21
13	—	434	209.00	209.00
24	—	667	222.00	222.00
83	—	567	233.00–236.50	234.71
31	—	488	223.00–229.00	226.82
9	—	544	233.00	233.00
7	—	648	223.00	223.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Natural$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	676	218.00	218.00
11	—	518	233.00–238.00	236.16
7	—	630	225.00	225.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	362	195.00	195.00
7	—	745	176.00	176.00
6	—	1,053	179.00	179.00
4	—	863	178.00	178.00
1	—	1,005	166.00	166.00
59	—	560	165.00–196.00	194.09
39	—	641	178.00–239.00	185.39
23	—	470	194.00	194.00
1	—	290	175.00	175.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2 · Natural$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	426	227.00	227.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,140	81.00	81.00
1	—	615	100.00	100.00
18	—	543	202.00	202.00
18	—	469	202.00–209.00	202.38
3	—	802	124.00	124.00
1	—	555	135.00	135.00
7	—	669	184.00	184.00
6	—	385	192.00	192.00
3	—	747	148.00	148.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	573	188.00	188.00
1	—	520	160.00	160.00
2	—	433	125.00–187.50	157.15
1	—	340	130.00	130.00
1	—	375	100.00	100.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	791	197.00	197.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 4$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	295	130.00	130.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Small 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	465	100.00–140.00	120.00
1	—	535	115.00	115.00
2	—	680	132.50	132.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
14	—	555	131.00–231.00	212.39
10	—	463	186.00	186.00
8	—	344	177.00	177.00
6	—	658	160.00	160.00
1	—	500	127.50	127.50
1	—	725	152.50	152.50
1	—	445	161.00	161.00
2	—	648	161.00	161.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	633	143.00	143.00
1	—	450	170.00	170.00
1	—	285	150.00	150.00
4	—	536	130.00–153.00	147.37
1	—	700	130.00	130.00
6	—	443	198.00	198.00
2	—	770	115.00	115.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	450	127.50	127.50
5	—	552	133.00	133.00
2	—	733	110.00	110.00

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.