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Virginia Livestock, LLC

Name: Virginia Livestock, LLC livestock auction prices — 2025-08-05
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-08-05

Feeder Cattle · Front Royal, Virginia · Tue, Aug 5

● Final35 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2176

← Jul 15Aug 5Aug 19 →

Receipts

159 head

▼ 119 vs last sale 278▼ 223 vs year ago 382 · −58.4%

Also sold hereSlaughter/Replacement CattleThu Oct 22, 2026

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 101, Heifers 50, Bulls 8)

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 $350.00/cwt on 10 head. That ranks 2 of 11 comparable sales and sits −104.91 against this barn's trailing median of $454.92.

Average price

$350.00

10 head · 551 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,929

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$393

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

$36.65/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−19.85

vs VA average

−40.02 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1-2	593	370.00	2,194	3thin
Medium and Large 2	528	347.50	1,833	4thin
Medium and Large 1	540	333.35	1,801	3thin

One grade step is worth $36.65/cwt here — about $393 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 sale10 hd

350.00

—

VA average9 barns · 322 hd

369.85

−19.85

National average145 barns · 8,057 hd

390.02

−40.02

This barn, trailing median11 sales

454.92

−104.91

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

35 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 · Steers17 lots · lightest first
Steers	350–400	Medium and Large 2	370	405.00/cwt	405.00–405.00	1,499	2
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 2Value Added	424	380.00/cwt	380.00–380.00	1,611	6
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	435	394.45/cwt	335.00–425.00	1,716	6
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	465	400.00/cwt	400.00–400.00	1,860	1
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 2	466	387.64/cwt	360.00–395.00	1,806	5
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 2Value Added	505	355.00/cwt	355.00–355.00	1,793	2
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	518	305.02/cwt	300.00–310.00	1,580	2
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 2	550	340.00/cwt	340.00–340.00	1,870	2
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	585	390.00/cwt	390.00–390.00	2,282	1
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2Natural	593	370.00/cwt	370.00–370.00	2,194	3
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	620	380.00/cwt	380.00–380.00	2,356	1
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1-2Natural	625	375.00/cwt	375.00–375.00	2,344	9
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1Value Added	640	390.00/cwt	390.00–390.00	2,496	6
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 1Value Added	701	371.00/cwt	371.00–371.00	2,601	19
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 1-2Natural	719	371.63/cwt	369.00–374.00	2,672	30
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 1	725	340.00/cwt	340.00–340.00	2,465	1
Steers	1200–1250	Medium and Large 1	1,233	280.00/cwt	280.00–280.00	3,452	5
Feeder Cattle · Heifers13 lots · lightest first
Heifers	300–350	Medium and Large 3	320	275.00/cwt	275.00–275.00	880	1
Heifers	300–350	Medium and Large 1	330	330.00/cwt	330.00–330.00	1,089	1
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 2Value Added	434	340.00/cwt	340.00–340.00	1,476	4
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 2	463	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	1,621	4
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	466	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	1,491	10
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	519	345.00/cwt	345.00–345.00	1,791	6
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	522	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	1,827	3
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 3	535	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	1,712	1
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 2	555	325.00/cwt	325.00–325.00	1,804	2
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2	585	335.00/cwt	335.00–335.00	1,960	9
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1-2	667	297.50/cwt	297.50–297.50	1,984	7
Heifers	850–900	Medium and Large 1	870	247.50/cwt	247.50–247.50	2,153	1
Heifers	1150–1200	Medium and Large 1	1,190	235.00/cwt	235.00–235.00	2,797	1
Feeder Cattle · Bulls5 lots · lightest first
Bulls	200–250	Medium and Large 3	225	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	563	1
Bulls	400–450	Medium and Large 2	440	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	1,408	1
Bulls	550–600	Medium and Large 1	560	355.00/cwt	355.00–355.00	1,988	3
Bulls	550–600	Medium and Large 2	565	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	1,695	2
Bulls	650–700	Medium and Large 1	665	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	1,995	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 Aug 5, 2025

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

Receipts 159Last week 278Year ago 382

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 101, Heifers 50, Bulls 8)

Value Added and Natural cattle are Weaned and Vaccinated

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	550–600	560	355.00	355.00
1	650–700	665	300.00	300.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	200–250	225	250.00	250.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	400–450	440	320.00	320.00
2	550–600	565	300.00	300.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	300–350	330	330.00	330.00
10	450–500	466	320.00	320.00
3	500–550	522	350.00	350.00
1	850–900	870	247.50	247.50
1	1150–1200	1,190	235.00	235.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	300–350	320	275.00	275.00
1	500–550	535	320.00	320.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
4	400–450	434	340.00	340.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	450–500	463	350.00	350.00
2	550–600	555	325.00	325.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
6	500–550	519	345.00	345.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
9	550–600	585	335.00	335.00
7	650–700	667	297.50	297.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
6	600–650	640	390.00	390.00
19	700–750	701	371.00	371.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	350–400	370	405.00	405.00
5	450–500	466	360.00–395.00	387.64
2	550–600	550	340.00	340.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
6	400–450	424	380.00	380.00
2	500–550	505	355.00	355.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Natural$ per cwt · actual wt
3	550–600	593	370.00	370.00
9	600–650	625	375.00	375.00
30	700–750	719	369.00–374.00	371.63

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
6	400–450	435	335.00–425.00	394.45
1	450–500	465	400.00	400.00
2	500–550	518	300.00–310.00	305.02
1	550–600	585	390.00	390.00
1	600–650	620	380.00	380.00
1	700–750	725	340.00	340.00
5	1200–1250	1,233	280.00	280.00

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.