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Virginia Livestock, LLC

Name: Virginia Livestock, LLC livestock auction prices — 2024-04-02
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-04-02

Feeder Cattle · Front Royal, Virginia · Tue, Apr 2

● Final63 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2176

← Mar 19Apr 2Apr 16 →

Receipts

504 head

▲ 58 vs last sale 446▼ 38 vs year ago 542 · −7.0%

Also sold hereSlaughter/Replacement CattleThu Oct 22, 2026

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 189, Heifers 293, Bulls 22)

Value Added and Natural cattle are Weaned and Vaccinated

Weight class — the figures below change to match

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb heifers averaged $256.67/cwt on 80 head. That ranks 1 of 12 comparable sales and sits −96.37 against this barn's trailing median of $353.04.

Average price

$256.67

80 head · 551 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,415

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$399

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

$74.00/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+5.16

vs VA average

−13.92 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1-2	558	274.00	1,529	15thin
Medium and Large 1	548	260.00	1,426	49
Medium and Large 2	558	235.07	1,312	11thin
Medium and Large 3	536	224.39	1,203	4thin
Small 1	565	200.00	1,130	1thin

One grade step is worth $74.00/cwt here — about $399 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 400–500 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 sale80 hd

256.67

—

VA average7 barns · 338 hd

251.51

+5.16

National average179 barns · 13,329 hd

270.59

−13.92

This barn, trailing median12 sales

353.04

−96.37

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

12 sales

Heifers 500–600 lb: high $419.57, low $314.08, median $353.04 across 12 sales. Sales under 10 head in this class are excluded, so a thin day cannot swing the median or the ranking.

Every lot

63 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 · Steers20 lots · lightest first
Steers	200–250	Small 1	230	260.00/cwt	260.00–260.00	598	1
Steers	200–250	Medium and Large 1-2	248	260.00/cwt	260.00–260.00	645	2
Steers	300–350	Medium and Large 1-2	302	304.00/cwt	304.00–304.00	918	3
Steers	300–350	Medium and Large 1	345	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	1,035	2
Steers	350–400	Medium and Large 2	362	302.00/cwt	302.00–302.00	1,093	11
Steers	350–400	Medium and Large 1	369	316.00/cwt	316.00–316.00	1,166	15
Steers	350–400	Medium and Large 3	388	280.00/cwt	280.00–280.00	1,086	2
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	445	290.00/cwt	290.00–290.00	1,291	1
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 2	453	297.00/cwt	297.00–297.00	1,345	8
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	468	330.00/cwt	330.00–330.00	1,544	46
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 3	470	200.00/cwt	200.00–200.00	940	1
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 2	530	279.00/cwt	279.00–279.00	1,479	3
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1Value Added	564	330.00/cwt	330.00–330.00	1,861	9
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	566	327.12/cwt	250.00–332.00	1,851	55
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	649	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	1,947	5
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	668	275.30/cwt	275.00–281.00	1,839	20
Steers	650–700	Small 1	690	220.00/cwt	220.00–220.00	1,518	1
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 1	740	239.00/cwt	239.00–239.00	1,769	1
Steers	750–800	Medium and Large 1	798	209.00/cwt	209.00–209.00	1,668	2
Steers	800–850	Small 1	815	195.00/cwt	195.00–195.00	1,589	1
Feeder Cattle · Heifers32 lots · lightest first
Heifers	250–300	Medium and Large 1	265	260.00/cwt	260.00–260.00	689	1
Heifers	250–300	Medium and Large 1-2	283	265.00/cwt	265.00–265.00	750	7
Heifers	300–350	Medium and Large 3	339	260.00/cwt	260.00–260.00	881	4
Heifers	300–350	Medium and Large 1	340	276.00/cwt	276.00–276.00	938	1
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 2	357	278.22/cwt	270.00–279.00	993	12
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 1	376	283.00/cwt	283.00–283.00	1,064	20
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	445	222.00/cwt	222.00–222.00	988	2
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 2	454	265.00/cwt	265.00–265.00	1,203	6
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1-2	460	270.00/cwt	270.00–270.00	1,242	55
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 3	465	236.28/cwt	230.00–237.50	1,099	6
Heifers	450–500	Small 1	470	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	705	1
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	493	155.10/cwt	135.00–175.00	765	2
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 3	536	224.39/cwt	175.00–240.00	1,203	4
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1Value Added	545	274.00/cwt	274.00–274.00	1,493	21
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	551	249.50/cwt	249.50–249.50	1,375	28
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	558	274.00/cwt	274.00–274.00	1,529	15
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 2	558	243.58/cwt	238.00–245.00	1,359	10
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 2Value Added	560	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	840	1
Heifers	550–600	Small 1	565	200.00/cwt	200.00–200.00	1,130	1
Heifers	600–650	Small 1	605	175.00/cwt	175.00–175.00	1,059	1
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 2	605	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	908	1
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	622	253.00/cwt	253.00–253.00	1,574	10
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	638	220.00/cwt	220.00–220.00	1,404	6
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 2	658	224.00/cwt	224.00–224.00	1,474	3
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1Value Added	663	257.00/cwt	257.00–257.00	1,704	24
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	665	201.00/cwt	201.00–201.00	1,337	1
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1Natural	680	247.00/cwt	247.00–247.00	1,680	16
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 1	718	185.00/cwt	185.00–185.00	1,328	2
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 1Value Added	733	230.00/cwt	230.00–230.00	1,686	3
Heifers	750–800	Medium and Large 1Value Added	772	230.00/cwt	230.00–230.00	1,776	19
Heifers	750–800	Medium and Large 1Natural	790	214.00/cwt	214.00–214.00	1,691	2
Heifers	850–900	Medium and Large 1Value Added	877	205.00/cwt	205.00–205.00	1,798	6
Feeder Cattle · Bulls11 lots · lightest first
Bulls	350–400	Medium and Large 1	390	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	1,170	2
Bulls	350–400	Medium and Large 2	395	290.00/cwt	290.00–290.00	1,146	1
Bulls	400–450	Medium and Large 1	425	270.00/cwt	270.00–270.00	1,148	1
Bulls	450–500	Medium and Large 1	455	316.00/cwt	316.00–316.00	1,438	10
Bulls	450–500	Medium and Large 2	465	240.00/cwt	240.00–240.00	1,116	1
Bulls	500–550	Medium and Large 1	530	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	1,590	1
Bulls	500–550	Medium and Large 3	545	242.50/cwt	242.50–242.50	1,322	1
Bulls	550–600	Medium and Large 2	590	238.00/cwt	238.00–238.00	1,404	2
Bulls	600–650	Small 1	620	230.00/cwt	230.00–230.00	1,426	1
Bulls	750–800	Small 1	770	206.00/cwt	206.00–206.00	1,586	1
Bulls	750–800	Medium and Large 1	770	205.00/cwt	205.00–205.00	1,579	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 Apr 2, 2024

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

Receipts 504Last week 446Year ago 542

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 189, Heifers 293, Bulls 22)

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$ per cwt · actual wt
2	300–350	345	300.00	300.00
15	350–400	369	316.00	316.00
1	400–450	445	290.00	290.00
46	450–500	468	330.00	330.00
55	550–600	566	250.00–332.00	327.12
5	600–650	649	300.00	300.00
20	650–700	668	275.00–281.00	275.30
1	700–750	740	239.00	239.00
2	750–800	798	209.00	209.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
9	550–600	564	330.00	330.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Small 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	200–250	230	260.00	260.00
1	650–700	690	220.00	220.00
1	800–850	815	195.00	195.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
11	350–400	362	302.00	302.00
8	450–500	453	297.00	297.00
3	500–550	530	279.00	279.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	350–400	388	280.00	280.00
1	450–500	470	200.00	200.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	200–250	248	260.00	260.00
3	300–350	302	304.00	304.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
21	500–550	545	274.00	274.00
24	650–700	663	257.00	257.00
3	700–750	733	230.00	230.00
19	750–800	772	230.00	230.00
6	850–900	877	205.00	205.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Natural$ per cwt · actual wt
16	650–700	680	247.00	247.00
2	750–800	790	214.00	214.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	250–300	265	260.00	260.00
1	300–350	340	276.00	276.00
20	350–400	376	283.00	283.00
2	400–450	445	222.00	222.00
2	450–500	493	135.00–175.00	155.10
28	550–600	551	249.50	249.50
6	600–650	638	220.00	220.00
1	650–700	665	201.00	201.00
2	700–750	718	185.00	185.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Small 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	450–500	470	150.00	150.00
1	550–600	565	200.00	200.00
1	600–650	605	175.00	175.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
4	300–350	339	260.00	260.00
6	450–500	465	230.00–237.50	236.28
4	500–550	536	175.00–240.00	224.39

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
12	350–400	357	270.00–279.00	278.22
6	450–500	454	265.00	265.00
10	550–600	558	238.00–245.00	243.58
1	600–650	605	150.00	150.00
3	650–700	658	224.00	224.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
15	550–600	558	274.00	274.00
10	600–650	622	253.00	253.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
1	550–600	560	150.00	150.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
7	250–300	283	265.00	265.00
55	450–500	460	270.00	270.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	350–400	390	300.00	300.00
1	400–450	425	270.00	270.00
10	450–500	455	316.00	316.00
1	500–550	530	300.00	300.00
1	750–800	770	205.00	205.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Small 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	600–650	620	230.00	230.00
1	750–800	770	206.00	206.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	500–550	545	242.50	242.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	350–400	395	290.00	290.00
1	450–500	465	240.00	240.00
2	550–600	590	238.00	238.00

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.