Sale reports / Virginia / Virginia Livestock, LLC / 2025-06-17

Virginia Livestock, LLC

Feeder Cattle · Front Royal, Virginia · Tue, Jun 17
● Final64 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2176
Receipts
352 head
▼ 64 vs last sale 416▲ 352 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 140, Heifers 142, Bulls 70)

Value Added and Natural 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 $325.56/cwt on 26 head. That ranks 4 of 12 comparable sales and sits −27.47 against this barn's trailing median of $353.04.
Average price
$325.56
26 head · 546 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,776
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$13
per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Medium and Large 2
$26.93/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−1.62
vs VA average
−8.55 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1-2517335.001,7323thin
Medium and Large 1544334.791,82114thin
Medium and Large 2558308.071,7199thin
One grade step is worth $26.93/cwt here — about $13 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 sale26 hd
325.56
—
VA average9 barns · 455 hd
327.18
−1.62
National average153 barns · 9,567 hd
334.11
−8.55
This barn, trailing median12 sales
353.04
−27.47
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

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.
ClassWeightGrade / descriptionAvg wtPriceRangePer headHead
Feeder Cattle · Steers22 lots · lightest first
Steers250–300Medium and Large 3295405.00/cwt405.00–405.001,1952
Steers350–400Medium and Large 3350385.00/cwt385.00–385.001,3482
Steers350–400Medium and Large 2Natural373405.00/cwt405.00–405.001,5112
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1-2Natural457397.00/cwt397.00–397.001,81421
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1465340.00/cwt340.00–340.001,5811
Steers450–500Medium and Large 2482375.00/cwt375.00–375.001,8083
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1Natural540375.00/cwt375.00–375.002,0254
Steers500–550Medium and Large 2540345.00/cwt345.00–345.001,8631
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1575370.00/cwt370.00–370.002,1283
Steers550–600Medium and Large 2578332.65/cwt290.00–340.001,9237
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1-2Natural587385.00/cwt385.00–385.002,26023
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1600305.00/cwt305.00–305.001,8301
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1-2Value Added621360.00/cwt360.00–360.002,23618
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1-2Natural632350.00/cwt350.00–350.002,21211
Steers650–700Medium and Large 2650310.00/cwt310.00–310.002,0151
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1655325.00/cwt250.00–350.002,1294
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1-2Natural681340.00/cwt340.00–340.002,3156
Steers700–750Medium and Large 1730305.00/cwt305.00–305.002,2271
Steers700–750Medium and Large 1Natural730299.52/cwt285.00–305.002,1867
Steers750–800Medium and Large 1-2Value Added751292.50/cwt292.50–292.502,1975
Steers750–800Medium and Large 2Value Added770275.00/cwt275.00–275.002,1183
Steers1000–1050Medium and Large 1-21,020268.00/cwt268.00–268.002,73414
Feeder Cattle · Heifers25 lots · lightest first
Heifers200–250Medium and Large 2230375.00/cwt375.00–375.008631
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 2300340.00/cwt340.00–340.001,0201
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1352350.00/cwt350.00–350.001,2323
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 2379325.00/cwt325.00–325.001,2326
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 3449335.00/cwt335.00–335.001,5048
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 2459335.00/cwt335.00–335.001,5386
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1Value Added460340.00/cwt340.00–340.001,5642
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1473340.00/cwt340.00–340.001,6087
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1Value Added510345.00/cwt345.00–345.001,7603
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1-2Value Added517335.00/cwt335.00–335.001,7323
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 2525315.00/cwt315.00–315.001,6541
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1553332.00/cwt332.00–332.001,83611
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 2562307.20/cwt255.00–315.001,7268
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1-2Value Added601314.00/cwt314.00–314.001,8877
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1613315.00/cwt315.00–315.001,9312
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1Natural619314.00/cwt314.00–314.001,9449
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1-2623300.00/cwt300.00–300.001,8696
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 3628225.00/cwt225.00–225.001,4134
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 2632250.00/cwt250.00–250.001,58011
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1-2Value Added653275.00/cwt275.00–275.001,7966
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1661311.00/cwt311.00–311.002,0569
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 1Natural725312.99/cwt311.00–317.502,26916
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 2Value Added727290.00/cwt290.00–290.002,1083
Heifers750–800Medium and Large 1-2766287.50/cwt287.50–287.502,2024
Heifers900–950Medium and Large 2905200.00/cwt200.00–200.001,8104
Feeder Cattle · Bulls17 lots · lightest first
Bulls250–300Medium and Large 2275405.00/cwt405.00–405.001,1141
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 2357355.00/cwt355.00–355.001,2673
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 1358380.00/cwt380.00–380.001,3602
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 1-2Value Added438345.00/cwt345.00–345.001,5119
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 1-2465380.00/cwt380.00–380.001,7678
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 1481400.00/cwt400.00–400.001,9244
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 2493350.00/cwt350.00–350.001,7262
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 1525340.00/cwt340.00–340.001,7851
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 1-2Value Added552357.50/cwt357.50–357.501,9735
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 2568315.00/cwt315.00–315.001,7893
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 1577317.82/cwt300.00–332.501,83416
Bulls600–650Medium and Large 1630325.00/cwt325.00–325.002,0481
Bulls600–650Medium and Large 2646305.00/cwt305.00–305.001,9704
Bulls650–700Medium and Large 1678325.00/cwt325.00–325.002,2045
Bulls700–750Medium and Large 2725310.00/cwt310.00–310.002,2481
Bulls700–750Medium and Large 1730305.00/cwt305.00–305.002,2272
Bulls850–900Medium and Large 2892225.00/cwt225.00–225.002,0073

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.