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Virginia Livestock, LLC

Name: Virginia Livestock, LLC livestock auction prices — 2024-07-16
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-07-16

Feeder Cattle · Front Royal, Virginia · Tue, Jul 16

● Final77 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2176

← Jun 4Jul 16Aug 6 →

Receipts

537 head

▲ 253 vs last sale 284▲ 222 vs year ago 315 · +70.5%

Also sold hereSlaughter/Replacement CattleThu Oct 22, 2026

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 298, Heifers 196, Bulls 43)

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 $277.28/cwt on 90 head. That ranks 1 of 11 comparable sales and sits −177.64 against this barn's trailing median of $454.92.

Average price

$277.28

90 head · 560 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,553

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$782

per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Medium and Large 3

$127.86/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−3.95

vs VA average

−13.81 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1-2	574	292.86	1,681	34
Medium and Large 2-3	550	290.00	1,595	14thin
Medium and Large 1	551	286.20	1,578	20
Medium and Large 2	553	240.42	1,331	21
Medium and Large 3	545	165.00	899	1thin

One grade step is worth $127.86/cwt here — about $782 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 300–400 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 sale90 hd

277.28

—

VA average11 barns · 568 hd

281.23

−3.95

National average156 barns · 5,844 hd

291.09

−13.81

This barn, trailing median11 sales

454.92

−177.64

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 · Steers33 lots · lightest first
Steers	250–300	Medium and Large 3	275	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	344	1
Steers	300–350	Medium and Large 3	305	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	381	2
Steers	300–350	Medium and Large 2	320	165.00/cwt	165.00–165.00	528	1
Steers	300–350	Medium and Large 1	348	306.00/cwt	306.00–306.00	1,065	2
Steers	350–400	Small 1	350	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	438	1
Steers	350–400	Medium and Large 2	368	303.60/cwt	245.00–308.00	1,117	14
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 1-2Natural	417	309.00/cwt	309.00–309.00	1,289	3
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 2	445	310.00/cwt	310.00–310.00	1,380	26
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 1-2	448	307.00/cwt	307.00–307.00	1,375	2
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 3	453	215.00/cwt	215.00–215.00	974	3
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1-2	460	200.00/cwt	200.00–200.00	920	2
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	469	305.00/cwt	305.00–305.00	1,430	9
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	535	261.00/cwt	261.00–261.00	1,396	2
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 3	545	165.00/cwt	165.00–165.00	899	1
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 2	549	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	1,373	18
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 2-3Natural	550	290.00/cwt	290.00–290.00	1,595	14
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	553	289.00/cwt	289.00–289.00	1,598	18
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2Natural	574	292.86/cwt	287.00–296.50	1,681	34
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 2	580	182.97/cwt	175.00–200.00	1,061	3
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 2-3Natural	601	230.00/cwt	230.00–230.00	1,382	9
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	615	271.00/cwt	271.00–271.00	1,667	1
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1-2Natural	617	261.00/cwt	261.00–261.00	1,610	6
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 2	626	204.08/cwt	140.00–226.00	1,278	5
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1-2Natural	650	269.00/cwt	269.00–269.00	1,749	22
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	657	249.00/cwt	249.00–249.00	1,636	13
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1Natural	666	282.50/cwt	282.50–282.50	1,881	32
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 3	718	190.00/cwt	190.00–190.00	1,364	2
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 1	725	231.00/cwt	231.00–231.00	1,675	1
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 1-2Natural	737	262.89/cwt	262.50–264.00	1,937	23
Steers	750–800	Medium and Large 2Natural	798	238.00/cwt	238.00–238.00	1,899	8
Steers	800–850	Medium and Large 1Natural	826	246.00/cwt	246.00–246.00	2,032	8
Steers	850–900	Medium and Large 1-2Natural	872	239.00/cwt	239.00–239.00	2,084	9
Steers	950–1000	Medium and Large 1	985	201.00/cwt	201.00–201.00	1,980	1
Feeder Cattle · Heifers29 lots · lightest first
Heifers	200–250	Medium and Large 2-3	203	230.00/cwt	230.00–230.00	467	2
Heifers	250–300	Medium and Large 2	295	230.00/cwt	230.00–230.00	679	1
Heifers	300–350	Medium and Large 3	323	165.00/cwt	165.00–165.00	533	2
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 2	362	240.00/cwt	240.00–240.00	869	17
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 1	388	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	970	2
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 3	415	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	623	1
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	430	200.00/cwt	200.00–200.00	860	1
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1-2	445	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	556	2
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 2	455	266.00/cwt	266.00–266.00	1,210	25
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	457	264.00/cwt	264.00–264.00	1,206	11
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1-2Natural	458	277.00/cwt	277.00–277.00	1,269	10
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 3	500	105.00/cwt	105.00–105.00	525	1
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	540	220.00/cwt	220.00–220.00	1,188	1
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 2	544	216.87/cwt	200.00–220.00	1,180	12
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2Natural	549	243.00/cwt	243.00–243.00	1,334	9
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2Natural	555	233.00/cwt	233.00–233.00	1,293	42
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	573	239.07/cwt	239.00–240.00	1,370	15
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 2	595	210.00/cwt	210.00–210.00	1,250	1
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 2	645	200.00/cwt	200.00–200.00	1,290	6
Heifers	650–700	Small 1	650	200.00/cwt	200.00–200.00	1,300	1
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	658	226.00/cwt	226.00–226.00	1,487	6
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	698	230.00/cwt	230.00–230.00	1,605	3
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 1Natural	711	201.00/cwt	201.00–201.00	1,429	9
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 1	730	221.00/cwt	221.00–221.00	1,613	2
Heifers	750–800	Medium and Large 2	764	226.00/cwt	226.00–226.00	1,727	4
Heifers	750–800	Medium and Large 1-2Natural	797	219.00/cwt	219.00–219.00	1,745	7
Heifers	800–850	Medium and Large 2	810	230.00/cwt	230.00–230.00	1,863	1
Heifers	800–850	Medium and Large 1	825	238.00/cwt	238.00–238.00	1,964	1
Heifers	900–950	Medium and Large 1	910	229.00/cwt	229.00–229.00	2,084	1
Feeder Cattle · Bulls15 lots · lightest first
Bulls	200–250	Medium and Large 1-2	243	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	729	2
Bulls	350–400	Medium and Large 2	370	240.00/cwt	240.00–240.00	888	1
Bulls	350–400	Medium and Large 1	390	285.00/cwt	285.00–285.00	1,112	2
Bulls	450–500	Medium and Large 1	451	264.00/cwt	264.00–264.00	1,191	5
Bulls	450–500	Medium and Large 2	463	251.56/cwt	238.00–254.00	1,165	7
Bulls	500–550	Small 1	515	158.00/cwt	158.00–158.00	814	1
Bulls	500–550	Medium and Large 1	540	214.00/cwt	214.00–214.00	1,156	1
Bulls	500–550	Medium and Large 2	549	210.00/cwt	210.00–210.00	1,153	5
Bulls	550–600	Medium and Large 1	561	241.00/cwt	241.00–241.00	1,352	6
Bulls	550–600	Medium and Large 2	565	210.00/cwt	210.00–210.00	1,187	1
Bulls	600–650	Medium and Large 1	600	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	900	1
Bulls	650–700	Medium and Large 1	657	170.29/cwt	151.00–180.00	1,119	6
Bulls	650–700	Medium and Large 2	670	151.00/cwt	151.00–151.00	1,012	3
Bulls	700–750	Medium and Large 2	720	128.00/cwt	128.00–128.00	922	1
Bulls	750–800	Medium and Large 1	780	143.00/cwt	143.00–143.00	1,115	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 Jul 16, 2024

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

Receipts 537Last week 284Year ago 315

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 298, Heifers 196, Bulls 43)

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	348	306.00	306.00
9	450–500	469	305.00	305.00
2	500–550	535	261.00	261.00
18	550–600	553	289.00	289.00
1	600–650	615	271.00	271.00
13	650–700	657	249.00	249.00
1	700–750	725	231.00	231.00
1	950–1000	985	201.00	201.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Natural$ per cwt · actual wt
3	400–450	417	309.00	309.00
34	550–600	574	287.00–296.50	292.86
6	600–650	617	261.00	261.00
22	650–700	650	269.00	269.00
23	700–750	737	262.50–264.00	262.89
9	850–900	872	239.00	239.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Small 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	350–400	350	125.00	125.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Natural$ per cwt · actual wt
32	650–700	666	282.50	282.50
8	800–850	826	246.00	246.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	400–450	448	307.00	307.00
2	450–500	460	200.00	200.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2 · Natural$ per cwt · actual wt
8	750–800	798	238.00	238.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	300–350	320	165.00	165.00
14	350–400	368	245.00–308.00	303.60
26	400–450	445	310.00	310.00
18	500–550	549	250.00	250.00
3	550–600	580	175.00–200.00	182.97
5	600–650	626	140.00–226.00	204.08

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	250–300	275	125.00	125.00
2	300–350	305	125.00	125.00
3	450–500	453	215.00	215.00
1	500–550	545	165.00	165.00
2	700–750	718	190.00	190.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2-3 · Natural$ per cwt · actual wt
14	550–600	550	290.00	290.00
9	600–650	601	230.00	230.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	350–400	370	240.00	240.00
7	450–500	463	238.00–254.00	251.56
5	500–550	549	210.00	210.00
1	550–600	565	210.00	210.00
3	650–700	670	151.00	151.00
1	700–750	720	128.00	128.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	350–400	390	285.00	285.00
5	450–500	451	264.00	264.00
1	500–550	540	214.00	214.00
6	550–600	561	241.00	241.00
1	600–650	600	150.00	150.00
6	650–700	657	151.00–180.00	170.29
1	750–800	780	143.00	143.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Small 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	500–550	515	158.00	158.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	200–250	243	300.00	300.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Natural$ per cwt · actual wt
10	450–500	458	277.00	277.00
9	500–550	549	243.00	243.00
42	550–600	555	233.00	233.00
7	750–800	797	219.00	219.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	350–400	388	250.00	250.00
1	400–450	430	200.00	200.00
11	450–500	457	264.00	264.00
1	500–550	540	220.00	220.00
15	550–600	573	239.00–240.00	239.07
6	650–700	658	226.00	226.00
2	700–750	730	221.00	221.00
1	800–850	825	238.00	238.00
1	900–950	910	229.00	229.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
3	650–700	698	230.00	230.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Small 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	650–700	650	200.00	200.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	400–450	445	125.00	125.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	250–300	295	230.00	230.00
17	350–400	362	240.00	240.00
25	450–500	455	266.00	266.00
12	500–550	544	200.00–220.00	216.87
1	550–600	595	210.00	210.00
6	600–650	645	200.00	200.00
4	750–800	764	226.00	226.00
1	800–850	810	230.00	230.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	300–350	323	165.00	165.00
1	400–450	415	150.00	150.00
1	500–550	500	105.00	105.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	200–250	203	230.00	230.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Natural$ per cwt · actual wt
9	700–750	711	201.00	201.00

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.