Sale reports / Virginia / Virginia Livestock, LLC / 2024-11-19

Virginia Livestock, LLC

Feeder Cattle · Front Royal, Virginia · Tue, Nov 19
● Final40 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2176
Receipts
108 head
▼ 191 vs last sale 299▼ 299 vs year ago 407 · −73.5%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 37, Heifers 44, Bulls 27)

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 $218.40/cwt on 10 head. That ranks 1 of 12 comparable sales and sits −134.64 against this barn's trailing median of $353.04.
Average price
$218.40
10 head · 548 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,197
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$151
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 2
$16.00/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−12.09
vs VA average
−48.65 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1551220.001,2129thin
Medium and Large 2520204.001,0611thin
One grade step is worth $16.00/cwt here — about $151 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 sale10 hd
218.40
—
VA average10 barns · 756 hd
230.49
−12.09
National average196 barns · 21,141 hd
267.05
−48.65
This barn, trailing median12 sales
353.04
−134.64
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

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

40 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 · Steers14 lots · lightest first
Steers350–400Medium and Large 2Thin Fleshed355290.00/cwt290.00–290.001,0301
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1438306.00/cwt306.00–306.001,3406
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1450260.00/cwt260.00–260.001,1701
Steers450–500Medium and Large 2470290.00/cwt290.00–290.001,3633
Steers500–550Medium and Large 2525272.50/cwt272.50–272.501,4311
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1576287.00/cwt287.00–287.001,6534
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1645268.00/cwt268.00–268.001,7291
Steers650–700Medium and Large 2655265.00/cwt265.00–265.001,7361
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1679263.00/cwt263.00–263.001,7864
Steers650–700Medium and Large 2Value Added683264.00/cwt264.00–264.001,8036
Steers700–750Medium and Large 1-2Value Added739258.00/cwt258.00–258.001,9074
Steers750–800Medium and Large 1750210.00/cwt210.00–210.001,5751
Steers850–900Medium and Large 1863211.00/cwt210.00–212.001,8212
Steers850–900Medium and Large 2Value Added865232.00/cwt232.00–232.002,0072
Feeder Cattle · Heifers13 lots · lightest first
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 3325125.00/cwt125.00–125.004061
Heifers300–350Small 234075.00/cwt75.00–75.002551
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 2388224.00/cwt224.00–224.008692
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 2430220.00/cwt220.00–220.009462
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 3445130.00/cwt130.00–130.005791
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1459225.00/cwt225.00–225.001,0336
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 2475199.00/cwt199.00–199.009451
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 3475145.00/cwt145.00–145.006892
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 2520204.00/cwt204.00–204.001,0611
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1551220.00/cwt220.00–220.001,2129
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1644183.21/cwt183.00–185.001,1809
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1-2Value Added684188.00/cwt188.00–188.001,2864
Heifers750–800Medium and Large 1Value Added762170.00/cwt170.00–170.001,2955
Feeder Cattle · Bulls13 lots · lightest first
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 1380286.00/cwt286.00–286.001,0872
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 3380261.00/cwt261.00–261.009921
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 2390283.00/cwt283.00–283.001,1041
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 3431212.96/cwt190.00–220.009184
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 2485258.69/cwt256.00–260.001,2553
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 1490266.00/cwt266.00–266.001,3031
Bulls500–550Small 1500140.00/cwt140.00–140.007001
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 1535255.00/cwt255.00–255.001,3642
Bulls550–600Small 1555175.00/cwt175.00–175.009711
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 3577156.82/cwt145.00–165.009053
Bulls650–700Medium and Large 1675218.00/cwt218.00–218.001,4722
Bulls750–800Medium and Large 1765172.04/cwt160.00–175.001,3165
Bulls750–800Medium and Large 2795105.00/cwt105.00–105.008351

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.