Sale reports / Virginia / Virginia Livestock, LLC / 2024-06-04

Virginia Livestock, LLC

Feeder Cattle · Front Royal, Virginia · Tue, Jun 4
● Final61 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2176
Receipts
284 head
▲ 24 vs last sale 260▼ 67 vs year ago 351 · −19.1%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 121, Heifers 108, Bulls 55)

Value Added and Natural cattle are Weaned and Vaccinated

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb steers averaged $323.98/cwt on 40 head. That ranks 1 of 11 comparable sales and sits −130.94 against this barn's trailing median of $454.92.
Average price
$323.98
40 head · 562 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,822
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$95
per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Medium and Large 1
$18.98/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+14.51
vs VA average
+14.82 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1-2561330.621,85526
Medium and Large 1565311.641,76014thin
One grade step is worth $18.98/cwt here — about $95 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 sale40 hd
323.98
—
VA average8 barns · 701 hd
309.47
+14.51
National average164 barns · 13,053 hd
309.16
+14.82
This barn, trailing median11 sales
454.92
−130.94
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
523454385316median 454.9203/0504/0206/1809/1710/15
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

61 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.
ClassWeightGrade / descriptionAvg wtPriceRangePer headHead
Feeder Cattle · Steers22 lots · lightest first
Steers300–350Medium and Large 2315275.00/cwt275.00–275.008661
Steers350–400Medium and Large 1365321.00/cwt321.00–321.001,1721
Steers350–400Medium and Large 2375316.00/cwt316.00–316.001,1853
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1435320.00/cwt320.00–320.001,3921
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1455225.00/cwt225.00–225.001,0241
Steers450–500Medium and Large 3470255.00/cwt255.00–255.001,1992
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1-2Natural472326.29/cwt322.00–327.001,54028
Steers450–500Medium and Large 2482275.00/cwt275.00–275.001,3263
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1Natural505314.00/cwt304.00–319.001,5863
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1-2Natural561330.62/cwt326.00–332.001,85526
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1581311.00/cwt311.00–311.001,80711
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1Value Added611269.00/cwt269.00–269.001,6447
Steers600–650Medium and Large 3635240.00/cwt240.00–240.001,5243
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1Natural653286.00/cwt286.00–286.001,8684
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1-2Natural657288.00/cwt288.00–288.001,8925
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1663216.96/cwt205.00–240.001,4383
Steers650–700Medium and Large 2670245.00/cwt245.00–245.001,6421
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1-2Value Added693271.00/cwt271.00–271.001,8788
Steers700–750Medium and Large 2703220.00/cwt220.00–220.001,5472
Steers750–800Medium and Large 2765170.00/cwt170.00–170.001,3011
Steers750–800Medium and Large 1-2Value Added779215.00/cwt215.00–215.001,6754
Steers950–1000Medium and Large 1-2Natural968218.00/cwt218.00–218.002,1103
Feeder Cattle · Heifers23 lots · lightest first
Heifers250–300Medium and Large 2253230.00/cwt230.00–230.005822
Heifers250–300Medium and Large 3260175.00/cwt175.00–175.004551
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 2329255.00/cwt255.00–255.008394
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 3382234.92/cwt215.00–255.008974
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1390260.00/cwt260.00–260.001,0141
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 2390260.00/cwt260.00–260.001,0141
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 2400240.00/cwt240.00–240.009601
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 2Value Added411250.00/cwt250.00–250.001,0284
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1435225.00/cwt225.00–225.009791
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 3443220.00/cwt220.00–220.009752
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1461257.00/cwt257.00–257.001,1858
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 2470219.08/cwt213.00–222.001,03013
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1538234.00/cwt234.00–234.001,2593
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 3546234.00/cwt234.00–234.001,2785
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1558252.00/cwt252.00–252.001,40616
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 2559229.00/cwt229.00–229.001,2805
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1Natural566255.00/cwt255.00–255.001,44312
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 3595165.00/cwt165.00–165.009821
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1623230.00/cwt230.00–230.001,4333
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1-2Natural646238.00/cwt238.00–238.001,5375
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1650237.00/cwt237.00–237.001,5419
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 1735200.00/cwt200.00–200.001,4701
Heifers750–800Medium and Large 1Natural753220.00/cwt220.00–220.001,6575
Feeder Cattle · Bulls16 lots · lightest first
Bulls300–350Medium and Large 331065.00/cwt65.00–65.002021
Bulls300–350Medium and Large 1315334.00/cwt334.00–334.001,0521
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 2358313.54/cwt290.00–320.001,1225
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 1368326.00/cwt326.00–326.001,2003
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 1428252.19/cwt245.00–260.001,0792
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 3445260.00/cwt260.00–260.001,1572
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 2452265.00/cwt265.00–265.001,19813
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 1482275.00/cwt275.00–275.001,3263
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 2542265.00/cwt265.00–265.001,4366
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 1545220.00/cwt220.00–220.001,1991
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 1561281.00/cwt281.00–281.001,5769
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 3563225.00/cwt225.00–225.001,2672
Bulls600–650Medium and Large 1625255.00/cwt255.00–255.001,5942
Bulls600–650Medium and Large 2645250.00/cwt250.00–250.001,6131
Bulls700–750Medium and Large 1710165.00/cwt165.00–165.001,1721
Bulls750–800Medium and Large 1750190.00/cwt190.00–190.001,4252

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.