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Virginia Livestock, LLC

Name: Virginia Livestock, LLC livestock auction prices — 2024-08-20
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-08-20

Feeder Cattle · Front Royal, Virginia · Tue, Aug 20

● Final49 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2176

← Aug 6Aug 20Sep 3 →

Receipts

249 head

▼ 133 vs last sale 382▼ 295 vs year ago 544 · −54.2%

Also sold hereSlaughter/Replacement CattleThu Oct 22, 2026

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 96, Heifers 122, Bulls 31)

Value Added cattle are Weaned and Vaccinated

Natural cattle are Vaccinated, mostly Weaned

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 $217.93/cwt on 67 head. That ranks 1 of 12 comparable sales and sits −135.10 against this barn's trailing median of $353.04.

Average price

$217.93

67 head · 546 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,191

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$715

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

$113.10/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−26.36

vs VA average

−26.48 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	563	238.10	1,340	35
Medium and Large 1-2	525	199.00	1,045	25
Medium and Large 2	546	194.67	1,063	6thin
Medium and Large 3	500	125.00	625	1thin

One grade step is worth $113.10/cwt here — about $715 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 sale67 hd

217.93

—

VA average9 barns · 447 hd

244.30

−26.36

National average171 barns · 9,778 hd

244.41

−26.48

This barn, trailing median12 sales

353.04

−135.10

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

49 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 · Steers19 lots · lightest first
Steers	250–300	Medium and Large 2	295	292.00/cwt	292.00–292.00	861	1
Steers	350–400	Medium and Large 1	377	301.00/cwt	301.00–301.00	1,135	5
Steers	350–400	Medium and Large 2	382	292.00/cwt	292.00–292.00	1,115	6
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 1Natural	443	272.00/cwt	272.00–272.00	1,205	4
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	460	290.00/cwt	290.00–290.00	1,334	11
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 2	503	243.08/cwt	226.00–260.00	1,223	2
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	554	256.00/cwt	256.00–256.00	1,418	7
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 2	556	230.00/cwt	230.00–230.00	1,279	5
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1Natural	573	249.00/cwt	249.00–249.00	1,427	19
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	590	233.00/cwt	233.00–233.00	1,375	3
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 2	600	230.00/cwt	230.00–230.00	1,380	1
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	638	235.00/cwt	235.00–235.00	1,499	2
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1Value Added	643	230.00/cwt	230.00–230.00	1,479	3
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1Natural	653	230.00/cwt	230.00–230.00	1,502	8
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 2	653	211.00/cwt	211.00–211.00	1,378	2
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	688	220.00/cwt	220.00–220.00	1,514	2
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 1Natural	743	240.00/cwt	240.00–240.00	1,783	6
Steers	750–800	Medium and Large 1	790	236.00/cwt	236.00–236.00	1,864	6
Steers	850–900	Medium and Large 1	853	225.00/cwt	225.00–225.00	1,919	2
Feeder Cattle · Heifers19 lots · lightest first
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 1	358	270.00/cwt	270.00–270.00	967	2
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 2	363	275.00/cwt	275.00–275.00	998	5
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 2	410	200.00/cwt	200.00–200.00	820	1
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1-2Natural	452	243.00/cwt	243.00–243.00	1,098	3
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	456	225.00/cwt	225.00–225.00	1,026	12
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 3	490	100.00/cwt	100.00–100.00	490	1
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 3	500	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	625	1
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 2	505	218.00/cwt	218.00–218.00	1,101	2
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	525	199.00/cwt	199.00–199.00	1,045	25
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 2Value Added	548	155.00/cwt	155.00–155.00	849	2
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	562	228.50/cwt	213.00–236.00	1,284	3
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1Natural	563	239.00/cwt	239.00–239.00	1,346	32
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 2	585	211.00/cwt	211.00–211.00	1,234	2
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1Natural	648	240.00/cwt	240.00–240.00	1,555	12
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1Natural	663	236.00/cwt	236.00–236.00	1,565	3
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 2	665	201.00/cwt	201.00–201.00	1,337	1
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 2Value Added	671	238.00/cwt	238.00–238.00	1,597	13
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 2	725	191.00/cwt	191.00–191.00	1,385	1
Heifers	800–850	Medium and Large 1	805	190.00/cwt	190.00–190.00	1,530	1
Feeder Cattle · Bulls11 lots · lightest first
Bulls	300–350	Medium and Large 1	343	280.00/cwt	280.00–280.00	960	3
Bulls	350–400	Medium and Large 3	380	220.00/cwt	200.00–230.00	836	3
Bulls	350–400	Medium and Large 2	385	195.00/cwt	195.00–195.00	751	1
Bulls	400–450	Medium and Large 3	441	180.00/cwt	180.00–180.00	794	4
Bulls	450–500	Medium and Large 1	461	275.00/cwt	275.00–275.00	1,268	5
Bulls	450–500	Medium and Large 2	464	246.00/cwt	246.00–246.00	1,141	4
Bulls	450–500	Medium and Large 3	480	155.00/cwt	155.00–155.00	744	1
Bulls	550–600	Medium and Large 1	579	211.00/cwt	211.00–211.00	1,222	4
Bulls	550–600	Medium and Large 2	585	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	819	2
Bulls	600–650	Medium and Large 3	623	146.00/cwt	146.00–146.00	910	2
Bulls	650–700	Medium and Large 2	663	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	796	2

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.

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