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Virginia Livestock, LLC

Name: Virginia Livestock, LLC livestock auction prices — 2025-01-14
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-01-14

Feeder Cattle · Front Royal, Virginia · Tue, Jan 14

● Final35 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2176

← Dec 3Jan 14Feb 4 →

Receipts

217 head

▼ 702 vs last sale 919▲ 217 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago

Also sold hereSlaughter/Replacement CattleThu Oct 22, 2026

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 127, Heifers 82, Bulls 8)

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 $300.80/cwt on 20 head. That ranks 1 of 11 comparable sales and sits −154.12 against this barn's trailing median of $454.92.

Average price

$300.80

20 head · 577 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,735

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$135

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

$8.50/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−24.52

vs VA average

−41.65 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	583	302.50	1,763	16thin
Medium and Large 2	554	294.00	1,628	4thin

One grade step is worth $8.50/cwt here — about $135 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 700–800 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 sale20 hd

300.80

—

VA average6 barns · 255 hd

325.32

−24.52

National average190 barns · 32,836 hd

342.45

−41.65

This barn, trailing median11 sales

454.92

−154.12

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

35 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 · Steers18 lots · lightest first
Steers	350–400	Small 1	375	190.00/cwt	190.00–190.00	713	1
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	463	400.00/cwt	400.00–400.00	1,852	3
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 2	495	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	1,733	2
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 2	520	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	1,560	1
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 2	565	292.00/cwt	292.00–292.00	1,650	3
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	580	302.00/cwt	302.00–302.00	1,752	12
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1Natural	591	304.00/cwt	304.00–304.00	1,797	4
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1-2Natural	635	294.00/cwt	294.00–294.00	1,867	8
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1Value Added	638	278.00/cwt	278.00–278.00	1,774	2
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	662	243.00/cwt	243.00–243.00	1,609	5
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1Value Added	665	293.33/cwt	292.00–295.00	1,951	9
Steers	750–800	Medium and Large 1	760	206.73/cwt	167.50–247.00	1,571	2
Steers	750–800	Medium and Large 1-2Natural	763	290.00/cwt	290.00–290.00	2,213	26
Steers	750–800	Medium and Large 2	770	244.00/cwt	244.00–244.00	1,879	1
Steers	800–850	Medium and Large 1Value Added	833	246.00/cwt	246.00–246.00	2,049	3
Steers	850–900	Medium and Large 1-2Natural	882	265.00/cwt	265.00–265.00	2,337	18
Steers	950–1000	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	970	239.00/cwt	239.00–239.00	2,318	12
Steers	1000–1050	Medium and Large 1-2Natural	1,046	226.00/cwt	226.00–226.00	2,364	15
Feeder Cattle · Heifers15 lots · lightest first
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 3	400	235.00/cwt	235.00–235.00	940	1
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 2	415	272.50/cwt	272.50–272.50	1,131	1
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 2	474	285.00/cwt	285.00–285.00	1,351	5
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	475	265.00/cwt	265.00–265.00	1,259	3
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	530	258.00/cwt	258.00–258.00	1,367	1
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	557	262.00/cwt	262.00–262.00	1,459	7
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 2	560	272.00/cwt	272.00–272.00	1,523	7
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	580	287.00/cwt	287.00–287.00	1,665	4
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2Natural	593	282.00/cwt	282.00–282.00	1,672	4
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	649	224.00/cwt	224.00–224.00	1,454	4
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 2	660	230.00/cwt	230.00–230.00	1,518	2
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1-2Natural	675	257.00/cwt	257.00–257.00	1,735	14
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 1	734	218.00/cwt	218.00–218.00	1,600	5
Heifers	750–800	Medium and Large 1-2Natural	765	253.00/cwt	253.00–253.00	1,935	15
Heifers	900–950	Medium and Large 1-2Natural	901	226.00/cwt	226.00–226.00	2,036	9
Feeder Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls	400–450	Medium and Large 1	446	319.00/cwt	319.00–319.00	1,423	7
Bulls	950–1000	Medium and Large 1	970	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	1,358	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 Jan 14, 2025

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

Receipts 217Last week 919Year ago 0

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 127, Heifers 82, Bulls 8)

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
7	400–450	446	319.00	319.00
1	950–1000	970	140.00	140.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	450–500	475	265.00	265.00
1	500–550	530	258.00	258.00
7	550–600	557	262.00	262.00
4	600–650	649	224.00	224.00
5	700–750	734	218.00	218.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	400–450	415	272.50	272.50
5	450–500	474	285.00	285.00
7	550–600	560	272.00	272.00
2	650–700	660	230.00	230.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Natural$ per cwt · actual wt
4	550–600	593	282.00	282.00
14	650–700	675	257.00	257.00
15	750–800	765	253.00	253.00
9	900–950	901	226.00	226.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	400–450	400	235.00	235.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
4	550–600	580	287.00	287.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Natural$ per cwt · actual wt
4	550–600	591	304.00	304.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Natural$ per cwt · actual wt
8	600–650	635	294.00	294.00
26	750–800	763	290.00	290.00
18	850–900	882	265.00	265.00
15	1000–1050	1,046	226.00	226.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
2	600–650	638	278.00	278.00
9	650–700	665	292.00–295.00	293.33
3	800–850	833	246.00	246.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Small 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	350–400	375	190.00	190.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	450–500	495	350.00	350.00
1	500–550	520	300.00	300.00
3	550–600	565	292.00	292.00
1	750–800	770	244.00	244.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	450–500	463	400.00	400.00
12	550–600	580	302.00	302.00
5	650–700	662	243.00	243.00
2	750–800	760	167.50–247.00	206.73

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
12	950–1000	970	239.00	239.00

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.