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Virginia Livestock, LLC

Name: Virginia Livestock, LLC livestock auction prices — 2024-10-01
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-10-01

Feeder Cattle · Front Royal, Virginia · Tue, Oct 1

● Final20 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2176

← Sep 17Oct 1Oct 15 →

Receipts

115 head

▼ 254 vs last sale 369▼ 184 vs year ago 299 · −61.5%

Also sold hereSlaughter/Replacement CattleThu Oct 22, 2026

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 58, Heifers 50, Bulls 7)

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 $276.67/cwt on 6 head. That ranks 1 of 11 comparable sales and sits −178.25 against this barn's trailing median of $454.92.

Average price

$276.67

6 head · 540 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,494

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$219

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

$32.00/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+19.04

vs VA average

−10.15 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	543	282.00	1,531	5thin
Medium and Large 2	525	250.00	1,313	1thin

One grade step is worth $32.00/cwt here — about $219 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 sale6 hd

276.67

—

VA average7 barns · 173 hd

257.63

+19.04

National average167 barns · 15,497 hd

286.82

−10.15

This barn, trailing median11 sales

454.92

−178.25

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

20 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 · Steers8 lots · lightest first
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 2	476	252.00/cwt	252.00–252.00	1,200	4
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1Value Added	480	290.00/cwt	290.00–290.00	1,392	2
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 2	525	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	1,313	1
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	543	282.00/cwt	282.00–282.00	1,531	5
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1Value Added	605	275.00/cwt	275.00–275.00	1,664	2
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1Natural	665	264.00/cwt	264.00–264.00	1,756	9
Steers	750–800	Medium and Large 1Natural	796	255.00/cwt	255.00–255.00	2,030	25
Steers	1100–1150	Medium and Large 1-2Natural	1,108	200.00/cwt	200.00–200.00	2,216	10
Feeder Cattle · Heifers9 lots · lightest first
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	464	200.00/cwt	200.00–200.00	928	5
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 2	555	208.00/cwt	208.00–208.00	1,154	1
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	555	205.00/cwt	205.00–205.00	1,138	4
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2	579	214.00/cwt	214.00–214.00	1,239	7
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	606	219.00/cwt	219.00–219.00	1,327	4
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1Natural	657	228.00/cwt	228.00–228.00	1,498	8
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	678	190.00/cwt	190.00–190.00	1,288	2
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 1Natural	735	222.00/cwt	222.00–222.00	1,632	18
Heifers	750–800	Medium and Large 1	770	179.00/cwt	179.00–179.00	1,378	1
Feeder Cattle · Bulls3 lots · lightest first
Bulls	450–500	Medium and Large 1	472	210.00/cwt	210.00–210.00	991	3
Bulls	500–550	Medium and Large 1	538	205.00/cwt	205.00–205.00	1,103	3
Bulls	800–850	Medium and Large 1	815	135.00/cwt	135.00–135.00	1,100	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 Oct 1, 2024

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

Receipts 115Last week 369Year ago 299

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 58, Heifers 50, Bulls 7)

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 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	450–500	472	210.00	210.00
3	500–550	538	205.00	205.00
1	800–850	815	135.00	135.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
5	450–500	464	200.00	200.00
4	550–600	555	205.00	205.00
2	650–700	678	190.00	190.00
1	750–800	770	179.00	179.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
7	550–600	579	214.00	214.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	550–600	555	208.00	208.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Natural$ per cwt · actual wt
8	650–700	657	228.00	228.00
18	700–750	735	222.00	222.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
4	600–650	606	219.00	219.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
5	500–550	543	282.00	282.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
2	450–500	480	290.00	290.00
2	600–650	605	275.00	275.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Natural$ per cwt · actual wt
9	650–700	665	264.00	264.00
25	750–800	796	255.00	255.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	450–500	476	252.00	252.00
1	500–550	525	250.00	250.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Natural$ per cwt · actual wt
10	1100–1150	1,108	200.00	200.00

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.