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Virginia Livestock, LLC

Name: Virginia Livestock, LLC livestock auction prices — 2024-03-19
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-03-19

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

● Final77 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2176

← Mar 5Mar 19Apr 2 →

Receipts

446 head

▼ 439 vs last sale 885▲ 33 vs year ago 413 · +8.0%

Also sold hereSlaughter/Replacement CattleThu Oct 22, 2026

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 207, Heifers 195, Bulls 44)

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 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $306.93/cwt on 49 head. That ranks 1 of 11 comparable sales and sits −147.98 against this barn's trailing median of $454.92.

Average price

$306.93

49 head · 540 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,657

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$1,159

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

$225.00/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+8.40

vs VA average

−11.36 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1-2	510	340.00	1,734	12thin
Medium and Large 1	551	312.02	1,721	32
Medium and Large 2	545	230.00	1,254	2thin
Medium and Large 3	548	200.00	1,096	2thin
Medium and Large 4	500	115.00	575	1thin

One grade step is worth $225.00/cwt here — about $1,159 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 500–600 lb. USDA reports each grade on its own line and never publishes the spread.

How it compared 500–600 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only

This sale49 hd

306.93

—

VA average10 barns · 719 hd

298.53

+8.40

National average173 barns · 12,551 hd

318.29

−11.36

This barn, trailing median11 sales

454.92

−147.98

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

This barn's trailing prices 500–600 lb

11 sales

Steers 500–600 lb: high $509.08, low $330.45, median $454.92 across 11 sales. Sales under 10 head in this class are excluded, so a thin day cannot swing the median or the ranking.

Every lot

77 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 · Steers31 lots · lightest first
Steers	250–300	Medium and Large 3	278	245.00/cwt	245.00–245.00	681	2
Steers	350–400	Medium and Large 3	360	245.00/cwt	245.00–245.00	882	1
Steers	350–400	Medium and Large 1	372	303.41/cwt	275.00–319.00	1,129	3
Steers	350–400	Medium and Large 2	375	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	938	2
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 2	410	275.00/cwt	275.00–275.00	1,128	1
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 2Value Added	430	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	1,376	7
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	448	317.00/cwt	317.00–317.00	1,420	2
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 2	458	311.00/cwt	311.00–311.00	1,424	5
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	471	320.84/cwt	319.00–325.00	1,511	16
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 3	475	225.00/cwt	225.00–225.00	1,069	1
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 4	500	115.00/cwt	115.00–115.00	575	1
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2Natural	510	340.00/cwt	340.00–340.00	1,734	12
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 2	510	305.00/cwt	305.00–305.00	1,556	1
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1Natural	520	326.96/cwt	323.00–331.00	1,700	6
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 3	548	200.00/cwt	200.00–200.00	1,096	2
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1Value Added	550	330.00/cwt	330.00–330.00	1,815	5
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1Natural	560	331.00/cwt	331.00–331.00	1,854	4
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	561	297.00/cwt	297.00–297.00	1,666	17
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 2	580	155.00/cwt	155.00–155.00	899	1
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 2-3Value Added	603	302.00/cwt	302.00–302.00	1,821	6
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 2	610	254.59/cwt	205.00–305.00	1,553	2
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	619	312.00/cwt	312.00–312.00	1,931	12
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 2Natural	630	311.00/cwt	311.00–311.00	1,959	3
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	653	260.40/cwt	235.00–269.00	1,700	4
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1Value Added	663	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	1,989	7
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1Natural	676	302.86/cwt	302.00–305.50	2,047	24
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 2	678	240.00/cwt	240.00–240.00	1,627	2
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 2	725	220.00/cwt	220.00–220.00	1,595	2
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 1Value Added	731	280.00/cwt	280.00–280.00	2,047	20
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 1Natural	745	257.12/cwt	255.00–258.00	1,916	33
Steers	850–900	Medium and Large 2	858	205.00/cwt	205.00–205.00	1,759	2
Feeder Cattle · Heifers35 lots · lightest first
Heifers	250–300	Medium and Large 2	290	225.00/cwt	225.00–225.00	653	1
Heifers	300–350	Medium and Large 2	310	170.00/cwt	170.00–170.00	527	1
Heifers	300–350	Medium and Large 3	325	195.00/cwt	195.00–195.00	634	1
Heifers	300–350	Medium and Large 2-3Value Added	349	221.00/cwt	221.00–221.00	771	4
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 3	358	211.33/cwt	200.00–222.50	757	2
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 2	388	273.00/cwt	273.00–273.00	1,059	8
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 1	388	268.00/cwt	268.00–268.00	1,040	7
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 2	433	267.00/cwt	267.00–267.00	1,156	12
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 3	435	210.00/cwt	210.00–210.00	914	3
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 2Value Added	451	276.00/cwt	276.00–276.00	1,245	7
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	464	270.00/cwt	270.00–270.00	1,253	23
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 2	468	167.57/cwt	165.00–170.00	784	2
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 3	485	195.00/cwt	195.00–195.00	946	2
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 2	500	175.00/cwt	175.00–175.00	875	1
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	510	225.00/cwt	225.00–225.00	1,148	1
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1Value Added	522	251.00/cwt	251.00–251.00	1,310	5
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2Natural	530	228.00/cwt	228.00–228.00	1,208	2
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 2	556	245.00/cwt	245.00–245.00	1,362	6
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	561	247.00/cwt	247.00–247.00	1,386	18
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 3	570	216.00/cwt	216.00–216.00	1,231	2
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1Natural	612	244.74/cwt	244.00–246.00	1,498	8
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1-2Natural	623	239.00/cwt	239.00–239.00	1,489	8
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 2	628	211.02/cwt	160.00–228.00	1,325	7
Heifers	600–650	Small 1	643	160.00/cwt	160.00–160.00	1,029	1
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 2	650	224.00/cwt	224.00–224.00	1,456	2
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	671	210.00/cwt	210.00–210.00	1,409	6
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 1-2Natural	719	235.00/cwt	235.00–235.00	1,690	8
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 1Natural	722	244.00/cwt	244.00–244.00	1,762	13
Heifers	750–800	Medium and Large 1Value Added	758	216.00/cwt	216.00–216.00	1,637	12
Heifers	750–800	Medium and Large 1	763	183.19/cwt	150.00–200.00	1,398	3
Heifers	750–800	Small 1	790	135.00/cwt	135.00–135.00	1,067	1
Heifers	750–800	Medium and Large 2Value Added	797	145.00/cwt	145.00–145.00	1,156	3
Heifers	850–900	Medium and Large 2	855	152.50/cwt	152.50–152.50	1,304	1
Heifers	850–900	Medium and Large 1	880	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	1,320	1
Heifers	950–1000	Medium and Large 1Value Added	955	155.00/cwt	155.00–155.00	1,480	10
Feeder Cattle · Bulls11 lots · lightest first
Bulls	350–400	Medium and Large 2	361	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	903	5
Bulls	350–400	Medium and Large 1	380	280.00/cwt	280.00–280.00	1,064	4
Bulls	400–450	Medium and Large 3	420	220.00/cwt	220.00–220.00	924	1
Bulls	450–500	Medium and Large 1	462	299.00/cwt	299.00–299.00	1,381	9
Bulls	450–500	Medium and Large 2	471	280.00/cwt	280.00–280.00	1,319	5
Bulls	500–550	Medium and Large 1	544	260.00/cwt	260.00–260.00	1,414	7
Bulls	550–600	Medium and Large 2	552	240.00/cwt	240.00–240.00	1,325	3
Bulls	600–650	Medium and Large 2	623	195.00/cwt	195.00–195.00	1,215	2
Bulls	600–650	Medium and Large 1	632	232.50/cwt	232.50–232.50	1,469	3
Bulls	750–800	Medium and Large 1	785	170.00/cwt	170.00–170.00	1,335	4
Bulls	1050–1100	Medium and Large 1	1,085	134.00/cwt	134.00–134.00	1,454	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 Mar 19, 2024

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

Receipts 446Last week 885Year ago 413

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 207, Heifers 195, Bulls 44)

Value Added and Natural cattle are Weaned and Vaccinated

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	250–300	290	225.00	225.00
1	300–350	310	170.00	170.00
8	350–400	388	273.00	273.00
12	400–450	433	267.00	267.00
2	450–500	468	165.00–170.00	167.57
1	500–550	500	175.00	175.00
6	550–600	556	245.00	245.00
7	600–650	628	160.00–228.00	211.02
2	650–700	650	224.00	224.00
1	850–900	855	152.50	152.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Natural$ per cwt · actual wt
8	600–650	612	244.00–246.00	244.74
13	700–750	722	244.00	244.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
7	450–500	451	276.00	276.00
3	750–800	797	145.00	145.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
5	500–550	522	251.00	251.00
12	750–800	758	216.00	216.00
10	950–1000	955	155.00	155.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Natural$ per cwt · actual wt
2	500–550	530	228.00	228.00
8	600–650	623	239.00	239.00
8	700–750	719	235.00	235.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
7	350–400	388	268.00	268.00
23	450–500	464	270.00	270.00
1	500–550	510	225.00	225.00
18	550–600	561	247.00	247.00
6	650–700	671	210.00	210.00
3	750–800	763	150.00–200.00	183.19
1	850–900	880	150.00	150.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Small 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	600–650	643	160.00	160.00
1	750–800	790	135.00	135.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	300–350	325	195.00	195.00
2	350–400	358	200.00–222.50	211.33
3	400–450	435	210.00	210.00
2	450–500	485	195.00	195.00
2	550–600	570	216.00	216.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2-3 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
4	300–350	349	221.00	221.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	350–400	361	250.00	250.00
5	450–500	471	280.00	280.00
3	550–600	552	240.00	240.00
2	600–650	623	195.00	195.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
4	350–400	380	280.00	280.00
9	450–500	462	299.00	299.00
7	500–550	544	260.00	260.00
3	600–650	632	232.50	232.50
4	750–800	785	170.00	170.00
1	1050–1100	1,085	134.00	134.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	400–450	420	220.00	220.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Natural$ per cwt · actual wt
6	500–550	520	323.00–331.00	326.96
4	550–600	560	331.00	331.00
24	650–700	676	302.00–305.50	302.86
33	700–750	745	255.00–258.00	257.12

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2 · Natural$ per cwt · actual wt
3	600–650	630	311.00	311.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
5	550–600	550	330.00	330.00
7	650–700	663	300.00	300.00
20	700–750	731	280.00	280.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	350–400	372	275.00–319.00	303.41
2	400–450	448	317.00	317.00
16	450–500	471	319.00–325.00	320.84
17	550–600	561	297.00	297.00
4	650–700	653	235.00–269.00	260.40

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	350–400	375	250.00	250.00
1	400–450	410	275.00	275.00
5	450–500	458	311.00	311.00
1	500–550	510	305.00	305.00
1	550–600	580	155.00	155.00
2	600–650	610	205.00–305.00	254.59
2	650–700	678	240.00	240.00
2	700–750	725	220.00	220.00
2	850–900	858	205.00	205.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	250–300	278	245.00	245.00
1	350–400	360	245.00	245.00
1	450–500	475	225.00	225.00
2	500–550	548	200.00	200.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 4$ per cwt · actual wt
1	500–550	500	115.00	115.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2-3 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
6	600–650	603	302.00	302.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
7	400–450	430	320.00	320.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Natural$ per cwt · actual wt
12	500–550	510	340.00	340.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
12	600–650	619	312.00	312.00

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.