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Virginia Livestock, LLC

Name: Virginia Livestock, LLC livestock auction prices — 2025-05-06
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-05-06

Feeder Cattle · Front Royal, Virginia · Tue, May 6

● Final64 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2176

← Apr 15May 6May 20 →

Receipts

394 head

▲ 92 vs last sale 302▲ 62 vs year ago 332 · +18.7%

Also sold hereSlaughter/Replacement CattleThu Oct 22, 2026

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 187, Heifers 150, Bulls 57)

Value Added cattle are Weaned and Vaccinated

Natural cattle are Vaccinated, mostly Weaned

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 $371.74/cwt on 36 head. That ranks 2 of 11 comparable sales and sits −83.18 against this barn's trailing median of $454.92.

Average price

$371.74

36 head · 540 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,009

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$340

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

$80.78/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+1.06

vs VA average

−7.05 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	531	385.78	2,048	29
Medium and Large 3	550	340.00	1,870	1thin
Medium and Large 1-2	591	310.00	1,832	5thin
Medium and Large 2	560	305.00	1,708	1thin

One grade step is worth $80.78/cwt here — about $340 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 600–700 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 sale36 hd

371.74

—

VA average9 barns · 495 hd

370.67

+1.06

National average168 barns · 13,508 hd

378.79

−7.05

This barn, trailing median11 sales

454.92

−83.18

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

64 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 · Steers29 lots · lightest first
Steers	250–300	Medium and Large 2	297	490.00/cwt	490.00–490.00	1,455	7
Steers	250–300	Medium and Large 1Natural	298	430.00/cwt	430.00–430.00	1,281	2
Steers	350–400	Medium and Large 1Natural	360	400.00/cwt	400.00–400.00	1,440	3
Steers	350–400	Medium and Large 2	362	430.00/cwt	430.00–430.00	1,557	8
Steers	350–400	Medium and Large 1	381	405.00/cwt	405.00–405.00	1,543	5
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	440	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	1,320	1
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 2	445	365.00/cwt	365.00–365.00	1,624	3
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	450	420.00/cwt	420.00–420.00	1,890	25
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 3	457	375.00/cwt	375.00–375.00	1,714	3
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1Natural	470	425.00/cwt	425.00–425.00	1,998	20
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 2	483	384.74/cwt	375.00–395.00	1,858	2
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1Value Added	518	400.00/cwt	400.00–400.00	2,072	9
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	536	377.50/cwt	377.50–377.50	2,023	15
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1Natural	538	385.00/cwt	385.00–385.00	2,071	5
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 3	550	340.00/cwt	340.00–340.00	1,870	1
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 2	560	305.00/cwt	305.00–305.00	1,708	1
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2Natural	591	310.00/cwt	310.00–310.00	1,832	5
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1Value Added	600	315.00/cwt	315.00–315.00	1,890	4
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1-2Natural	616	340.00/cwt	340.00–340.00	2,094	15
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 3	625	255.00/cwt	255.00–255.00	1,594	1
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	636	351.52/cwt	345.00–355.00	2,236	10
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	650	336.00/cwt	336.00–336.00	2,184	1
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1Value Added	677	336.00/cwt	336.00–336.00	2,275	6
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1Natural	677	330.00/cwt	330.00–330.00	2,234	9
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 2	715	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	1,788	1
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 1	739	283.61/cwt	280.00–295.00	2,096	4
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 1-2Natural	744	305.00/cwt	305.00–305.00	2,269	10
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 1Value Added	746	270.00/cwt	270.00–270.00	2,014	4
Steers	750–800	Medium and Large 1Value Added	755	290.00/cwt	290.00–290.00	2,190	5
Feeder Cattle · Heifers24 lots · lightest first
Heifers	200–250	Medium and Large 2	240	330.00/cwt	330.00–330.00	792	3
Heifers	300–350	Medium and Large 2	310	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	775	1
Heifers	300–350	Medium and Large 3	320	260.00/cwt	260.00–260.00	832	1
Heifers	300–350	Medium and Large 1	345	295.00/cwt	295.00–295.00	1,018	1
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 2	363	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	1,271	13
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 1	376	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	1,316	7
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1Natural	438	345.00/cwt	345.00–345.00	1,511	2
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 2	440	360.00/cwt	360.00–360.00	1,584	16
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	451	390.00/cwt	390.00–390.00	1,759	31
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 2Natural	467	315.00/cwt	315.00–315.00	1,471	5
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 3	471	260.00/cwt	260.00–260.00	1,225	4
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1Natural	479	375.00/cwt	375.00–375.00	1,796	19
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 3	520	225.00/cwt	225.00–225.00	1,170	1
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 2	525	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	1,575	5
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	543	340.00/cwt	340.00–340.00	1,846	14
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 2Natural	547	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	1,641	3
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 3	555	305.00/cwt	305.00–305.00	1,693	1
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 2	615	155.00/cwt	155.00–155.00	953	1
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1Natural	628	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	1,884	5
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 3	645	265.00/cwt	265.00–265.00	1,709	2
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1Natural	651	280.00/cwt	280.00–280.00	1,823	5
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	664	285.00/cwt	285.00–285.00	1,892	5
Heifers	750–800	Medium and Large 1	760	260.00/cwt	260.00–260.00	1,976	1
Heifers	800–850	Medium and Large 1	830	235.00/cwt	235.00–235.00	1,951	1
Feeder Cattle · Bulls11 lots · lightest first
Bulls	300–350	Medium and Large 2	333	445.00/cwt	445.00–445.00	1,482	7
Bulls	350–400	Medium and Large 1	388	395.00/cwt	395.00–395.00	1,533	2
Bulls	350–400	Medium and Large 2	392	395.00/cwt	395.00–395.00	1,548	7
Bulls	400–450	Medium and Large 2-3	413	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	1,322	10
Bulls	450–500	Medium and Large 2	461	370.00/cwt	370.00–370.00	1,706	8
Bulls	450–500	Medium and Large 1	466	390.00/cwt	390.00–390.00	1,817	10
Bulls	500–550	Medium and Large 2	505	335.00/cwt	335.00–335.00	1,692	1
Bulls	550–600	Medium and Large 1	560	326.25/cwt	295.00–332.50	1,827	6
Bulls	550–600	Medium and Large 2	570	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	1,425	1
Bulls	650–700	Medium and Large 1-2	661	305.00/cwt	305.00–305.00	2,016	4
Bulls	800–850	Medium and Large 1	810	225.00/cwt	225.00–225.00	1,823	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.

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