Sale reports / Virginia / Virginia Livestock, LLC / 2025-07-15

Virginia Livestock, LLC

Feeder Cattle · Front Royal, Virginia · Tue, Jul 15
● Final50 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2176
Receipts
278 head
▼ 74 vs last sale 352▼ 259 vs year ago 537 · −48.2%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 107, Heifers 149, Bulls 22)

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 $349.95/cwt on 47 head. That ranks 6 of 12 comparable sales and sits −3.09 against this barn's trailing median of $353.04.
Average price
$349.95
47 head · 574 lb average
Value per head Derived
$2,010
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$955
per head · Medium and Large 2 over Medium and Large 3
$164.20/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+16.60
vs VA average
+11.21 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 2578354.202,04830
Medium and Large 1-2582354.002,06011thin
Medium and Large 1535347.501,8595thin
Medium and Large 3575190.001,0931thin
One grade step is worth $164.20/cwt here — about $955 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 sale47 hd
349.95
—
VA average10 barns · 396 hd
333.35
+16.60
National average151 barns · 8,478 hd
338.74
+11.21
This barn, trailing median12 sales
353.04
−3.09
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

50 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 · Steers14 lots · lightest first
Steers350–400Medium and Large 2380185.00/cwt185.00–185.007031
Steers350–400Medium and Large 1385370.00/cwt370.00–370.001,4251
Steers400–450Medium and Large 2445340.00/cwt340.00–340.001,5133
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1487367.33/cwt355.00–380.001,7894
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1557348.17/cwt325.00–360.001,9393
Steers550–600Medium and Large 2561365.00/cwt365.00–365.002,0484
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1-2Natural579399.00/cwt399.00–399.002,31030
Steers600–650Medium and Large 2649345.00/cwt345.00–345.002,2394
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1Natural663382.00/cwt382.00–382.002,53340
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1664327.52/cwt325.00–330.002,1756
Steers700–750Medium and Large 1Natural720320.00/cwt320.00–320.002,3042
Steers750–800Medium and Large 1Natural770335.00/cwt335.00–335.002,5806
Steers750–800Medium and Large 1780310.00/cwt310.00–310.002,4181
Steers850–900Medium and Large 1Natural850290.00/cwt290.00–290.002,4652
Feeder Cattle · Heifers24 lots · lightest first
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 1340340.00/cwt340.00–340.001,1561
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 2360325.00/cwt325.00–325.001,1701
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 3368330.00/cwt330.00–330.001,2142
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 3421355.00/cwt355.00–355.001,4954
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1-2Value Added464368.00/cwt368.00–368.001,70814
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 2479356.00/cwt356.00–356.001,7057
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 2Natural481370.00/cwt370.00–370.001,78026
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1-2488355.00/cwt355.00–355.001,7322
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1495350.00/cwt350.00–350.001,7334
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1Value Added498345.00/cwt345.00–345.001,7182
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1535347.50/cwt347.50–347.501,8595
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 2563351.00/cwt351.00–351.001,9766
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 3575190.00/cwt190.00–190.001,0931
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 2Natural582355.00/cwt355.00–355.002,06624
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1-2Value Added582354.00/cwt354.00–354.002,06011
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1605320.00/cwt320.00–320.001,9362
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1-2642255.00/cwt255.00–255.001,6375
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1Value Added668317.00/cwt317.00–317.002,1189
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1670315.00/cwt315.00–315.002,1111
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 2671315.00/cwt315.00–315.002,1146
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1Natural678340.00/cwt340.00–340.002,3053
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 2Natural712307.50/cwt307.50–307.502,1899
Heifers750–800Medium and Large 2757305.00/cwt305.00–305.002,3093
Heifers800–850Medium and Large 1840200.00/cwt200.00–200.001,6801
Feeder Cattle · Bulls12 lots · lightest first
Bulls200–250Medium and Large 3233335.00/cwt335.00–335.007812
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 2380360.00/cwt360.00–360.001,3681
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 3385345.00/cwt345.00–345.001,3282
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 1468358.65/cwt340.00–365.001,6784
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 3475185.00/cwt185.00–185.008791
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 2490305.00/cwt305.00–305.001,4951
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 3525270.00/cwt270.00–270.001,4181
Bulls500–550Small 1540250.00/cwt250.00–250.001,3501
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 1558320.00/cwt320.00–320.001,7863
Bulls650–700Medium and Large 1665260.00/cwt260.00–260.001,7292
Bulls650–700Medium and Large 2665225.00/cwt225.00–225.001,4961
Bulls900–950Medium and Large 2-3920125.00/cwt125.00–125.001,1503

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.