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Virginia Livestock, LLC

Name: Virginia Livestock, LLC livestock auction prices — 2023-12-19
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2023-12-19

Feeder Cattle · Front Royal, Virginia · Tue, Dec 19

● Final40 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2176

← Dec 5Dec 19Jan 9 →

Receipts

107 head

▼ 1,070 vs last sale 1,177▲ 30 vs year ago 77 · +39.0%

Also sold hereSlaughter/Replacement CattleThu Oct 22, 2026

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 27, Heifers 58, Bulls 22)

Value Added 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 $166.05/cwt on 58 head.

Average price

$166.05

58 head · 556 lb average

Value per head Derived

$923

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$494

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

$60.82/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−27.90

vs VA average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	574	177.82	1,021	40
Medium and Large 2	567	150.72	854	11thin
Medium and Large 1-2	395	137.50	543	2thin
Medium and Large 3	450	117.00	527	5thin

One grade step is worth $60.82/cwt here — about $494 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 sale58 hd

166.05

—

VA average11 barns · 1,026 hd

193.95

−27.90

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

Every lot

40 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 · Steers12 lots · lightest first
Steers	—	Medium and Large 3	290	82.50/cwt	82.50–82.50	239	1
Steers	—	Medium and Large 3	369	111.09/cwt	102.50–127.50	410	3
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2	445	226.00/cwt	226.00–226.00	1,006	2
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	456	235.00/cwt	235.00–235.00	1,072	4
Steers	—	Medium and Large 3	490	97.50/cwt	97.50–97.50	478	1
Steers	—	Medium and Large 3	515	145.00/cwt	145.00–145.00	747	1
Steers	—	Medium and Large 4	515	85.00/cwt	85.00–85.00	438	1
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	547	238.00/cwt	238.00–238.00	1,302	5
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	575	224.00/cwt	224.00–224.00	1,288	2
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	674	216.00/cwt	216.00–216.00	1,456	4
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2	773	147.50/cwt	147.50–147.50	1,140	2
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2	850	132.50/cwt	132.50–132.50	1,126	1
Feeder Cattle · Heifers14 lots · lightest first
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 3	240	127.50/cwt	127.50–127.50	306	1
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 3	280	100.00/cwt	100.00–100.00	280	1
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	395	137.50/cwt	137.50–137.50	543	2
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 3	430	117.50/cwt	117.50–117.50	505	1
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	441	160.65/cwt	157.50–161.00	708	9
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	466	145.00/cwt	145.00–145.00	676	4
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 3	510	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	638	1
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	532	159.32/cwt	147.50–170.00	848	3
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	544	195.85/cwt	165.00–200.00	1,065	17
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	560	185.00/cwt	185.00–185.00	1,036	1
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	635	180.00/cwt	180.00–180.00	1,143	8
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2Value Added	694	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	1,041	4
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 3	790	115.00/cwt	115.00–115.00	909	1
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	821	142.50/cwt	142.50–142.50	1,170	5
Feeder Cattle · Bulls14 lots · lightest first
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 3	220	147.50/cwt	147.50–147.50	325	1
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 2	240	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	312	1
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 3	335	135.00/cwt	135.00–135.00	452	1
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1	360	157.50/cwt	157.50–157.50	567	1
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 3	365	142.50/cwt	142.50–142.50	520	1
Bulls	—	Small 1	420	100.00/cwt	100.00–100.00	420	1
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 2	424	232.00/cwt	232.00–232.00	984	4
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1	458	196.26/cwt	195.00–197.50	899	2
Bulls	—	Small 1	495	100.00/cwt	100.00–100.00	495	1
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 2	545	177.50/cwt	177.50–177.50	967	1
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1	575	164.11/cwt	150.00–177.50	944	2
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 2	600	177.50/cwt	177.50–177.50	1,065	1
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	620	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	868	3
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1	745	142.50/cwt	142.50–142.50	1,062	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 19, 2023

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

Receipts 107Last week 1,177Year ago 77

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 27, Heifers 58, Bulls 22)

Value Added cattle are Weaned and Vaccinated

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	360	157.50	157.50
2	—	458	195.00–197.50	196.26
2	—	575	150.00–177.50	164.11
2	—	745	142.50	142.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	365	142.50	142.50
1	—	220	147.50	147.50
1	—	335	135.00	135.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	545	177.50	177.50
4	—	424	232.00	232.00
1	—	240	130.00	130.00
1	—	600	177.50	177.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Small 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	420	100.00	100.00
1	—	495	100.00	100.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	620	140.00	140.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	515	145.00	145.00
3	—	369	102.50–127.50	111.09
1	—	490	97.50	97.50
1	—	290	82.50	82.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	547	238.00	238.00
2	—	575	224.00	224.00
4	—	674	216.00	216.00
4	—	456	235.00	235.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	773	147.50	147.50
1	—	850	132.50	132.50
2	—	445	226.00	226.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 4$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	515	85.00	85.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	510	125.00	125.00
1	—	790	115.00	115.00
1	—	280	100.00	100.00
1	—	430	117.50	117.50
1	—	240	127.50	127.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	821	142.50	142.50
1	—	560	185.00	185.00
17	—	544	165.00–200.00	195.85
8	—	635	180.00	180.00
9	—	441	157.50–161.00	160.65

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	694	150.00	150.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	532	147.50–170.00	159.32
4	—	466	145.00	145.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	395	137.50	137.50

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.