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Virginia Livestock, LLC

Name: Virginia Livestock, LLC livestock auction prices — 2025-04-01
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-04-01

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

● Final76 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2176

← Mar 18Apr 1Apr 15 →

Receipts

623 head

▲ 358 vs last sale 265▲ 119 vs year ago 504 · +23.6%

Also sold hereSlaughter/Replacement CattleThu Oct 22, 2026

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 375, Heifers 195, Bulls 53)

Value Added cattle are Weaned and Vaccinated

Natural steers are Vaccinated

Natural heifers 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 $364.77/cwt on 110 head. That ranks 2 of 11 comparable sales and sits −90.14 against this barn's trailing median of $454.92.

Average price

$364.77

110 head · 555 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,024

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$458

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

$86.53/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+4.98

vs VA average

−4.24 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1-2	559	369.70	2,067	39
Medium and Large 1	551	368.05	2,029	66
Medium and Large 2	568	283.17	1,608	5thin

One grade step is worth $86.53/cwt here — about $458 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 500–600 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 sale110 hd

364.77

—

VA average8 barns · 585 hd

359.80

+4.98

National average168 barns · 11,835 hd

369.01

−4.24

This barn, trailing median11 sales

454.92

−90.14

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

76 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 · Steers32 lots · lightest first
Steers	300–350	Medium and Large 3-4	321	410.00/cwt	410.00–410.00	1,316	6
Steers	350–400	Medium and Large 2	366	395.00/cwt	395.00–395.00	1,446	7
Steers	350–400	Medium and Large 1	384	415.00/cwt	415.00–415.00	1,594	10
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	420	390.00/cwt	390.00–390.00	1,638	1
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 3	437	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	1,398	3
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 2	440	365.00/cwt	365.00–365.00	1,606	1
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 2	454	345.00/cwt	345.00–345.00	1,566	7
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1Natural	469	400.67/cwt	400.00–405.00	1,879	37
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	470	375.00/cwt	375.00–375.00	1,763	1
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1Value Added	510	385.00/cwt	385.00–385.00	1,964	2
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	535	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	1,873	1
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1Natural	538	373.00/cwt	373.00–373.00	2,007	22
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	559	369.70/cwt	355.00–375.00	2,067	39
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1Natural	561	365.00/cwt	365.00–365.00	2,048	41
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 2	568	283.17/cwt	250.00–325.00	1,608	5
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 2	613	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	1,962	2
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	627	324.69/cwt	312.00–345.00	2,036	5
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1Value Added	645	326.00/cwt	326.00–326.00	2,103	7
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1Natural	658	332.00/cwt	332.00–332.00	2,185	13
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1-2	661	340.00/cwt	340.00–340.00	2,247	28
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1Value Added	662	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	1,986	3
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	664	340.00/cwt	340.00–340.00	2,258	16
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 2	665	160.00/cwt	160.00–160.00	1,064	1
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 1	740	270.00/cwt	270.00–270.00	1,998	1
Steers	750–800	Medium and Large 1-2Natural	756	287.00/cwt	287.00–287.00	2,170	5
Steers	750–800	Medium and Large 1	757	306.00/cwt	306.00–306.00	2,316	54
Steers	750–800	Medium and Large 1Value Added	786	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	2,358	4
Steers	850–900	Medium and Large 1Value Added	858	269.00/cwt	269.00–269.00	2,308	25
Steers	850–900	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	862	269.00/cwt	269.00–269.00	2,319	10
Steers	850–900	Medium and Large 1	880	261.00/cwt	261.00–261.00	2,297	13
Steers	950–1000	Medium and Large 1Value Added	978	270.00/cwt	270.00–270.00	2,641	2
Steers	1000–1050	Medium and Large 2	1,030	200.00/cwt	200.00–200.00	2,060	1
Feeder Cattle · Heifers28 lots · lightest first
Heifers	250–300	Medium and Large 2	260	330.00/cwt	330.00–330.00	858	2
Heifers	300–350	Medium and Large 2	340	365.00/cwt	365.00–365.00	1,241	7
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 1	384	367.00/cwt	367.00–367.00	1,409	8
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 4	410	60.00/cwt	60.00–60.00	246	1
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 3	442	325.00/cwt	325.00–325.00	1,437	8
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 2	467	336.05/cwt	332.50–337.00	1,569	10
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	469	340.00/cwt	340.00–340.00	1,595	33
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 2	532	295.00/cwt	295.00–295.00	1,569	5
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	538	307.00/cwt	307.00–307.00	1,652	25
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	548	312.50/cwt	312.50–312.50	1,713	6
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 2Natural	580	290.00/cwt	290.00–290.00	1,682	2
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1Natural	584	309.00/cwt	309.00–309.00	1,805	11
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 3	597	265.00/cwt	265.00–265.00	1,582	5
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 2-3Value Added	612	260.00/cwt	260.00–260.00	1,591	14
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	658	253.40/cwt	247.00–276.00	1,667	9
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	658	240.00/cwt	240.00–240.00	1,579	3
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1-2Natural	670	256.00/cwt	256.00–256.00	1,715	8
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 2	685	235.00/cwt	235.00–235.00	1,610	2
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1Natural	697	275.00/cwt	275.00–275.00	1,917	16
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 1Natural	700	278.00/cwt	278.00–278.00	1,946	4
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 1	700	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	1,750	1
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 2	700	220.00/cwt	220.00–220.00	1,540	1
Heifers	750–800	Medium and Large 1Value Added	756	266.00/cwt	266.00–266.00	2,011	7
Heifers	750–800	Medium and Large 1	775	239.00/cwt	239.00–239.00	1,852	1
Heifers	800–850	Medium and Large 3	808	170.00/cwt	170.00–170.00	1,374	2
Heifers	900–950	Medium and Large 2	905	209.00/cwt	209.00–209.00	1,891	1
Heifers	950–1000	Medium and Large 2	950	201.00/cwt	201.00–201.00	1,910	1
Heifers	950–1000	Medium and Large 1	955	225.00/cwt	225.00–225.00	2,149	1
Feeder Cattle · Bulls16 lots · lightest first
Bulls	200–250	Medium and Large 3	215	325.00/cwt	325.00–325.00	699	1
Bulls	250–300	Medium and Large 2	295	410.00/cwt	410.00–410.00	1,210	1
Bulls	300–350	Medium and Large 3	320	330.63/cwt	200.00–390.00	1,058	3
Bulls	350–400	Medium and Large 2	357	415.00/cwt	415.00–415.00	1,482	3
Bulls	350–400	Medium and Large 4	370	285.00/cwt	285.00–285.00	1,055	1
Bulls	350–400	Medium and Large 1	393	370.00/cwt	370.00–370.00	1,454	2
Bulls	450–500	Medium and Large 1	458	375.00/cwt	375.00–375.00	1,718	8
Bulls	450–500	Medium and Large 2	471	355.00/cwt	355.00–355.00	1,672	5
Bulls	500–550	Medium and Large 3	500	245.00/cwt	245.00–245.00	1,225	1
Bulls	550–600	Medium and Large 2	558	295.00/cwt	295.00–295.00	1,646	7
Bulls	550–600	Medium and Large 1	568	305.00/cwt	305.00–305.00	1,732	6
Bulls	600–650	Medium and Large 3	639	275.00/cwt	275.00–275.00	1,757	4
Bulls	650–700	Medium and Large 1	665	252.44/cwt	250.00–255.00	1,679	2
Bulls	650–700	Medium and Large 2	675	285.00/cwt	285.00–285.00	1,924	5
Bulls	700–750	Medium and Large 2	735	220.00/cwt	220.00–220.00	1,617	1
Bulls	750–800	Medium and Large 1	760	220.00/cwt	220.00–220.00	1,672	3

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.

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