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Virginia Livestock, LLC

Name: Virginia Livestock, LLC livestock auction prices — 2025-02-04
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-02-04

Feeder Cattle · Front Royal, Virginia · Tue, Feb 4

● Final51 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2176

← Jan 14Feb 4Mar 4 →

Receipts

373 head

▲ 156 vs last sale 217▲ 69 vs year ago 304 · +22.7%

Also sold hereSlaughter/Replacement CattleThu Oct 22, 2026

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 171, Heifers 158, Bulls 44)

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 $309.84/cwt on 45 head. That ranks 1 of 11 comparable sales and sits −145.08 against this barn's trailing median of $454.92.

Average price

$309.84

45 head · 557 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,727

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$325

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

$43.60/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+1.55

vs VA average

−32.54 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1-2	558	326.00	1,819	20
Medium and Large 1	564	300.54	1,695	20
Medium and Large 2	529	282.40	1,494	5thin

One grade step is worth $43.60/cwt here — about $325 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 sale45 hd

309.84

—

VA average8 barns · 505 hd

308.29

+1.55

National average187 barns · 18,766 hd

342.38

−32.54

This barn, trailing median11 sales

454.92

−145.08

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

51 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 · Steers21 lots · lightest first
Steers	250–300	Medium and Large 2	293	220.00/cwt	220.00–220.00	645	2
Steers	350–400	Medium and Large 1	388	407.00/cwt	407.00–407.00	1,579	7
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 1-2Natural	442	360.00/cwt	360.00–360.00	1,591	24
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	462	322.00/cwt	322.00–322.00	1,488	16
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 2	468	308.00/cwt	308.00–308.00	1,441	2
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 2	529	282.40/cwt	270.00–290.00	1,494	5
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2Natural	558	326.00/cwt	326.00–326.00	1,819	20
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	564	300.54/cwt	245.00–307.00	1,695	20
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1-2Natural	607	270.00/cwt	270.00–270.00	1,639	13
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1Natural	619	303.00/cwt	303.00–303.00	1,876	7
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	645	271.00/cwt	271.00–271.00	1,748	4
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	646	301.00/cwt	301.00–301.00	1,944	6
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1-2Natural	650	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	1,950	3
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 2	655	241.00/cwt	241.00–241.00	1,579	2
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1Natural	695	290.00/cwt	290.00–290.00	2,016	5
Steers	750–800	Medium and Large 1	755	229.00/cwt	229.00–229.00	1,729	1
Steers	800–850	Medium and Large 1-2Natural	813	233.00/cwt	233.00–233.00	1,894	12
Steers	850–900	Medium and Large 1Value Added	868	221.00/cwt	221.00–221.00	1,918	3
Steers	850–900	Medium and Large 1	890	223.00/cwt	223.00–223.00	1,985	1
Steers	900–950	Medium and Large 1-2Natural	940	215.00/cwt	215.00–215.00	2,021	6
Steers	950–1000	Medium and Large 1	979	245.00/cwt	245.00–245.00	2,399	12
Feeder Cattle · Heifers19 lots · lightest first
Heifers	250–300	Medium and Large 1-2	257	275.00/cwt	275.00–275.00	707	3
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 2	363	285.00/cwt	285.00–285.00	1,035	3
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 1	367	296.36/cwt	295.00–305.00	1,088	7
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 3	410	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	513	1
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	445	225.00/cwt	225.00–225.00	1,001	1
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 2	456	276.00/cwt	276.00–276.00	1,259	19
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	456	275.00/cwt	275.00–275.00	1,254	12
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1-2Natural	459	295.00/cwt	295.00–295.00	1,354	16
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 2	536	235.00/cwt	235.00–235.00	1,260	7
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2Natural	542	291.00/cwt	291.00–291.00	1,577	28
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	560	271.96/cwt	225.00–277.00	1,523	21
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 2	625	228.00/cwt	228.00–228.00	1,425	1
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1Natural	640	275.00/cwt	275.00–275.00	1,760	19
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	658	251.00/cwt	251.00–251.00	1,652	9
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	666	240.00/cwt	240.00–240.00	1,598	4
Heifers	750–800	Medium and Large 1	750	235.00/cwt	235.00–235.00	1,763	2
Heifers	800–850	Medium and Large 1	825	190.00/cwt	190.00–190.00	1,568	1
Heifers	800–850	Medium and Large 2	830	155.00/cwt	155.00–155.00	1,287	1
Heifers	900–950	Medium and Large 1	908	212.00/cwt	212.00–212.00	1,925	2
Feeder Cattle · Bulls11 lots · lightest first
Bulls	350–400	Medium and Large 1	356	365.00/cwt	365.00–365.00	1,299	5
Bulls	350–400	Medium and Large 2	367	310.00/cwt	310.00–310.00	1,138	3
Bulls	400–450	Medium and Large 2	447	280.00/cwt	280.00–280.00	1,252	3
Bulls	400–450	Medium and Large 1	448	325.00/cwt	325.00–325.00	1,456	8
Bulls	450–500	Medium and Large 3	450	230.00/cwt	230.00–230.00	1,035	1
Bulls	550–600	Medium and Large 1	562	285.00/cwt	285.00–285.00	1,602	9
Bulls	550–600	Medium and Large 2	572	271.00/cwt	271.00–271.00	1,550	7
Bulls	650–700	Medium and Large 1	667	261.00/cwt	261.00–261.00	1,741	3
Bulls	700–750	Medium and Large 1	735	225.00/cwt	225.00–225.00	1,654	1
Bulls	750–800	Medium and Large 1	773	200.00/cwt	200.00–200.00	1,546	3
Bulls	1000–1050	Medium and Large 1	1,020	180.00/cwt	180.00–180.00	1,836	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 Feb 4, 2025

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

Receipts 373Last week 217Year ago 304

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 171, Heifers 158, Bulls 44)

Value Added and Natural cattle are Weaned and Vaccinated

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
7	350–400	388	407.00	407.00
16	450–500	462	322.00	322.00
20	550–600	564	245.00–307.00	300.54
4	600–650	645	271.00	271.00
1	750–800	755	229.00	229.00
1	850–900	890	223.00	223.00
12	950–1000	979	245.00	245.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Natural$ per cwt · actual wt
7	600–650	619	303.00	303.00
5	650–700	695	290.00	290.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Natural$ per cwt · actual wt
24	400–450	442	360.00	360.00
20	550–600	558	326.00	326.00
13	600–650	607	270.00	270.00
3	650–700	650	300.00	300.00
12	800–850	813	233.00	233.00
6	900–950	940	215.00	215.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
3	850–900	868	221.00	221.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
6	600–650	646	301.00	301.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	250–300	293	220.00	220.00
2	450–500	468	308.00	308.00
5	500–550	529	270.00–290.00	282.40
2	650–700	655	241.00	241.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
4	650–700	666	240.00	240.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	350–400	363	285.00	285.00
19	450–500	456	276.00	276.00
7	500–550	536	235.00	235.00
1	600–650	625	228.00	228.00
1	800–850	830	155.00	155.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
7	350–400	367	295.00–305.00	296.36
1	400–450	445	225.00	225.00
12	450–500	456	275.00	275.00
21	550–600	560	225.00–277.00	271.96
9	650–700	658	251.00	251.00
2	750–800	750	235.00	235.00
1	800–850	825	190.00	190.00
2	900–950	908	212.00	212.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	400–450	410	125.00	125.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Natural$ per cwt · actual wt
19	600–650	640	275.00	275.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Natural$ per cwt · actual wt
16	450–500	459	295.00	295.00
28	500–550	542	291.00	291.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	250–300	257	275.00	275.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	350–400	367	310.00	310.00
3	400–450	447	280.00	280.00
7	550–600	572	271.00	271.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
5	350–400	356	365.00	365.00
8	400–450	448	325.00	325.00
9	550–600	562	285.00	285.00
3	650–700	667	261.00	261.00
1	700–750	735	225.00	225.00
3	750–800	773	200.00	200.00
1	1000–1050	1,020	180.00	180.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	450–500	450	230.00	230.00

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.