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Virginia Livestock, LLC

Name: Virginia Livestock, LLC livestock auction prices — 2024-05-21
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-05-21

Feeder Cattle · Front Royal, Virginia · Tue, May 21

● Final58 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2176

← May 7May 21Jun 4 →

Receipts

260 head

▼ 72 vs last sale 332▼ 175 vs year ago 435 · −40.2%

Also sold hereSlaughter/Replacement CattleThu Oct 22, 2026

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 115, Heifers 126, Bulls 19)

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 $252.67/cwt on 54 head. That ranks 1 of 12 comparable sales and sits −100.37 against this barn's trailing median of $353.04.

Average price

$252.67

54 head · 539 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,362

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$71

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

$20.46/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−1.33

vs VA average

−23.79 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1-2	529	259.00	1,370	26
Medium and Large 1	551	253.93	1,400	15thin
Medium and Large 2	545	238.54	1,299	13thin

One grade step is worth $20.46/cwt here — about $71 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 sale54 hd

252.67

—

VA average9 barns · 447 hd

254.00

−1.33

National average163 barns · 12,702 hd

276.46

−23.79

This barn, trailing median12 sales

353.04

−100.37

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

58 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 · Steers26 lots · lightest first
Steers	300–350	Medium and Large 1	330	335.00/cwt	335.00–335.00	1,106	1
Steers	350–400	Medium and Large 3	355	305.00/cwt	305.00–305.00	1,083	2
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 3	415	360.00/cwt	360.00–360.00	1,494	1
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 2	445	355.00/cwt	355.00–355.00	1,580	1
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 3	470	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	1,645	2
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	472	336.00/cwt	336.00–336.00	1,586	6
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 2	480	355.00/cwt	355.00–355.00	1,704	1
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 2Value Added	490	340.00/cwt	340.00–340.00	1,666	2
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1Natural	513	335.00/cwt	335.00–335.00	1,719	6
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 3	520	315.00/cwt	315.00–315.00	1,638	1
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 2-3Value Added	535	345.00/cwt	345.00–345.00	1,846	3
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	535	210.00/cwt	210.00–210.00	1,124	1
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2Natural	540	342.50/cwt	335.00–345.00	1,850	28
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	559	335.00/cwt	335.00–335.00	1,873	9
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 2	573	330.00/cwt	330.00–330.00	1,891	2
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 2-3Value Added	610	315.00/cwt	315.00–315.00	1,922	6
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 2	625	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	1,563	1
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1Natural	629	311.00/cwt	311.00–311.00	1,956	12
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	632	315.00/cwt	315.00–315.00	1,991	3
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1-2Natural	636	307.29/cwt	305.00–310.00	1,954	15
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 3	660	285.00/cwt	285.00–285.00	1,881	1
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	675	280.00/cwt	280.00–280.00	1,890	1
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 1-2Natural	726	242.00/cwt	242.00–242.00	1,757	4
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 1	740	262.00/cwt	262.00–262.00	1,939	2
Steers	750–800	Medium and Large 2Value Added	752	218.00/cwt	218.00–218.00	1,639	3
Steers	750–800	Medium and Large 1	780	230.00/cwt	230.00–230.00	1,794	1
Feeder Cattle · Heifers25 lots · lightest first
Heifers	250–300	Medium and Large 2	285	240.00/cwt	240.00–240.00	684	1
Heifers	250–300	Medium and Large 2-3	290	240.00/cwt	240.00–240.00	696	2
Heifers	300–350	Medium and Large 2-3Value Added	305	265.00/cwt	265.00–265.00	808	3
Heifers	300–350	Medium and Large 3	348	260.00/cwt	260.00–260.00	905	6
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 2	375	265.00/cwt	265.00–265.00	994	2
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 2Value Added	390	270.00/cwt	270.00–270.00	1,053	3
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 3	415	195.00/cwt	195.00–195.00	809	1
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 2Value Added	428	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	1,070	2
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	431	274.00/cwt	274.00–274.00	1,181	12
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 2-3Value Added	443	220.00/cwt	220.00–220.00	975	2
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1-2Natural	455	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	1,138	4
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1Natural	461	263.00/cwt	263.00–263.00	1,212	8
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 2	473	247.61/cwt	175.00–273.00	1,171	4
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 3	485	185.00/cwt	185.00–185.00	897	1
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	500	225.00/cwt	225.00–225.00	1,125	1
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 2Value Added	528	231.01/cwt	210.00–235.00	1,220	6
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2Natural	529	259.00/cwt	259.00–259.00	1,370	26
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 2	533	255.00/cwt	255.00–255.00	1,359	3
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1Natural	555	256.00/cwt	256.00–256.00	1,421	14
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 2Natural	578	237.50/cwt	237.50–237.50	1,373	4
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	610	225.00/cwt	225.00–225.00	1,373	1
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 2Value Added	635	207.38/cwt	200.00–215.00	1,317	4
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 2	645	200.00/cwt	200.00–200.00	1,290	3
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 2Natural	697	180.00/cwt	180.00–180.00	1,255	3
Heifers	850–900	Medium and Large 1-2Natural	850	198.00/cwt	198.00–198.00	1,683	10
Feeder Cattle · Bulls7 lots · lightest first
Bulls	350–400	Medium and Large 3	352	305.00/cwt	305.00–305.00	1,074	6
Bulls	450–500	Medium and Large 3	480	230.00/cwt	230.00–230.00	1,104	2
Bulls	550–600	Medium and Large 2	556	287.50/cwt	287.50–287.50	1,599	5
Bulls	550–600	Medium and Large 1	592	272.00/cwt	272.00–272.00	1,610	3
Bulls	650–700	Medium and Large 1	655	255.00/cwt	255.00–255.00	1,670	1
Bulls	700–750	Medium and Large 1	745	190.00/cwt	190.00–190.00	1,416	1
Bulls	850–900	Medium and Large 2	855	160.00/cwt	160.00–160.00	1,368	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 May 21, 2024

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

Receipts 260Last week 332Year ago 435

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 115, Heifers 126, Bulls 19)

Value Added and Natural cattle are Weaned and Vaccinated

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	550–600	556	287.50	287.50
1	850–900	855	160.00	160.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	550–600	592	272.00	272.00
1	650–700	655	255.00	255.00
1	700–750	745	190.00	190.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
6	350–400	352	305.00	305.00
2	450–500	480	230.00	230.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
3	600–650	632	315.00	315.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Natural$ per cwt · actual wt
28	500–550	540	335.00–345.00	342.50
15	600–650	636	305.00–310.00	307.29
4	700–750	726	242.00	242.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	400–450	445	355.00	355.00
1	450–500	480	355.00	355.00
2	550–600	573	330.00	330.00
1	600–650	625	250.00	250.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	300–350	330	335.00	335.00
6	450–500	472	336.00	336.00
1	500–550	535	210.00	210.00
9	550–600	559	335.00	335.00
1	650–700	675	280.00	280.00
2	700–750	740	262.00	262.00
1	750–800	780	230.00	230.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Natural$ per cwt · actual wt
6	500–550	513	335.00	335.00
12	600–650	629	311.00	311.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	350–400	355	305.00	305.00
1	400–450	415	360.00	360.00
2	450–500	470	350.00	350.00
1	500–550	520	315.00	315.00
1	650–700	660	285.00	285.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2-3 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
3	500–550	535	345.00	345.00
6	600–650	610	315.00	315.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
2	450–500	490	340.00	340.00
3	750–800	752	218.00	218.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	250–300	285	240.00	240.00
2	350–400	375	265.00	265.00
4	450–500	473	175.00–273.00	247.61
3	500–550	533	255.00	255.00
3	600–650	645	200.00	200.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Natural$ per cwt · actual wt
4	450–500	455	250.00	250.00
26	500–550	529	259.00	259.00
10	850–900	850	198.00	198.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2 · Natural$ per cwt · actual wt
4	550–600	578	237.50	237.50
3	650–700	697	180.00	180.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
12	400–450	431	274.00	274.00
1	500–550	500	225.00	225.00
1	600–650	610	225.00	225.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Natural$ per cwt · actual wt
8	450–500	461	263.00	263.00
14	550–600	555	256.00	256.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
6	300–350	348	260.00	260.00
1	400–450	415	195.00	195.00
1	450–500	485	185.00	185.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	250–300	290	240.00	240.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2-3 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
3	300–350	305	265.00	265.00
2	400–450	443	220.00	220.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
3	350–400	390	270.00	270.00
2	400–450	428	250.00	250.00
6	500–550	528	210.00–235.00	231.01
4	600–650	635	200.00–215.00	207.38

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.