Sale reports / Virginia / Virginia Livestock, LLC / 2024-11-05

Virginia Livestock, LLC

Feeder Cattle · Front Royal, Virginia · Tue, Nov 5
● Final60 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2176
Receipts
299 head
▼ 254 vs last sale 553▼ 108 vs year ago 407 · −26.5%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 111, Heifers 130, Bulls 58)

Value Added cattle are Weaned and Vaccinated

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb heifers averaged $214.77/cwt on 30 head. That ranks 1 of 12 comparable sales and sits −138.27 against this barn's trailing median of $353.04.
Average price
$214.77
30 head · 564 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,212
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$87
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 2
$23.72/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−6.38
vs VA average
−43.62 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1560218.721,22625
Medium and Large 2584195.001,1395thin
One grade step is worth $23.72/cwt here — about $87 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 sale30 hd
214.77
—
VA average9 barns · 655 hd
221.15
−6.38
National average194 barns · 18,518 hd
258.39
−43.62
This barn, trailing median12 sales
353.04
−138.27
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
434389345300median 353.0403/0504/1607/1609/1710/15
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

60 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 · Steers19 lots · lightest first
Steers150–200Medium and Large 3185290.00/cwt290.00–290.005371
Steers200–250Medium and Large 3215280.00/cwt280.00–280.006022
Steers300–350Medium and Large 3320245.00/cwt245.00–245.007841
Steers350–400Medium and Large 1355230.00/cwt230.00–230.008171
Steers350–400Medium and Large 2367280.44/cwt240.00–300.001,0296
Steers400–450Medium and Large 2415274.76/cwt255.00–295.001,1402
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1430300.00/cwt300.00–300.001,2902
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1478301.27/cwt300.00–307.001,44016
Steers450–500Medium and Large 2495295.00/cwt295.00–295.001,4602
Steers500–550Medium and Large 3525160.00/cwt160.00–160.008401
Steers500–550Medium and Large 2530210.00/cwt210.00–210.001,1131
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1-2Value Added562274.00/cwt274.00–274.001,5408
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1572284.53/cwt284.53–284.531,62834
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1636214.72/cwt210.00–235.001,3665
Steers600–650Medium and Large 2638225.00/cwt225.00–225.001,4362
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1658226.00/cwt226.00–226.001,48710
Steers700–750Medium and Large 1-2Value Added725175.00/cwt175.00–175.001,2696
Steers750–800Medium and Large 1766235.00/cwt235.00–235.001,8009
Steers900–950Medium and Large 1905205.00/cwt205.00–205.001,8551
Feeder Cattle · Heifers22 lots · lightest first
Heifers150–200Medium and Large 3165185.00/cwt185.00–185.003051
Heifers150–200Medium and Large 2180250.00/cwt250.00–250.004501
Heifers200–250Medium and Large 3210280.00/cwt280.00–280.005881
Heifers250–300Medium and Large 2290260.00/cwt260.00–260.007541
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 3337205.00/cwt205.00–205.006913
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 3365230.00/cwt230.00–230.008401
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 2373210.22/cwt155.00–220.007848
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1395130.00/cwt130.00–130.005142
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 3425185.00/cwt185.00–185.007861
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 2452208.85/cwt195.00–215.0094418
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1475223.47/cwt216.00–225.001,06118
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1530227.00/cwt227.00–227.001,2032
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1563218.00/cwt218.00–218.001,22723
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 2584195.00/cwt195.00–195.001,1395
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 3623150.00/cwt150.00–150.009352
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 2651200.00/cwt200.00–200.001,3027
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1668212.00/cwt212.00–212.001,41613
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 2737158.85/cwt130.00–180.001,1717
Heifers750–800Medium and Large 1770150.00/cwt150.00–150.001,1551
Heifers800–850Medium and Large 1830167.50/cwt167.50–167.501,3901
Heifers850–900Medium and Large 2865130.00/cwt130.00–130.001,1251
Heifers900–950Medium and Large 1Value Added927177.00/cwt177.00–177.001,64111
Feeder Cattle · Bulls19 lots · lightest first
Bulls300–350Medium and Large 2340285.00/cwt285.00–285.009691
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 1355295.00/cwt295.00–295.001,0472
Bulls350–400Small 2360140.00/cwt140.00–140.005041
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 2380300.00/cwt300.00–300.001,1401
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 3408155.00/cwt155.00–155.006322
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 1435270.00/cwt270.00–270.001,1752
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 1479256.26/cwt225.00–260.001,2279
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 2485205.00/cwt205.00–205.009941
Bulls550–600Small 2565135.00/cwt135.00–135.007631
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 1566225.00/cwt225.00–225.001,27411
Bulls650–700Medium and Large 3660165.00/cwt165.00–165.001,0891
Bulls650–700Small 2670135.00/cwt135.00–135.009051
Bulls650–700Medium and Large 1680201.00/cwt201.00–201.001,3679
Bulls650–700Medium and Large 2695174.22/cwt160.00–203.001,2113
Bulls700–750Medium and Large 1735190.00/cwt190.00–190.001,3971
Bulls700–750Medium and Large 2746134.47/cwt127.50–145.001,0035
Bulls850–900Medium and Large 2866125.00/cwt125.00–125.001,0835
Bulls900–950Medium and Large 2900120.00/cwt120.00–120.001,0801
Bulls900–950Medium and Large 1915150.00/cwt150.00–150.001,3731

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.