Sale reports / Virginia / Virginia Livestock, LLC / 2025-09-02

Virginia Livestock, LLC

Feeder Cattle · Front Royal, Virginia · Tue, Sep 2
● Final57 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2176
Receipts
485 head
▲ 248 vs last sale 237▲ 181 vs year ago 304 · +59.5%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 295, Heifers 146, Bulls 44)

Value Added and Natural cattle are Weaned and Vaccinated

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb steers averaged $400.59/cwt on 51 head. That ranks 5 of 11 comparable sales and sits −54.33 against this barn's trailing median of $454.92.
Average price
$400.59
51 head · 559 lb average
Value per head Derived
$2,241
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$143
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 2
$16.07/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−19.58
vs VA average
−15.94 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1563405.002,28037
Medium and Large 2550388.932,13714thin
One grade step is worth $16.07/cwt here — about $143 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 300–400 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 sale51 hd
400.59
—
VA average6 barns · 231 hd
420.17
−19.58
National average140 barns · 6,808 hd
416.53
−15.94
This barn, trailing median11 sales
454.92
−54.33
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
523454385316median 454.9203/0504/0206/1809/1710/15
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

57 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 · Steers25 lots · lightest first
Steers300–350Medium and Large 2345405.00/cwt405.00–405.001,3971
Steers350–400Medium and Large 1380515.00/cwt515.00–515.001,9572
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1460485.00/cwt485.00–485.002,23118
Steers450–500Medium and Large 3463400.00/cwt400.00–400.001,8522
Steers450–500Medium and Large 2476393.71/cwt345.00–400.001,8749
Steers500–550Medium and Large 2Natural528450.00/cwt450.00–450.002,3764
Steers550–600Medium and Large 2554375.00/cwt375.00–375.002,0787
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1563405.00/cwt405.00–405.002,28037
Steers550–600Medium and Large 2Value Added568340.00/cwt340.00–340.001,9313
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1-2Natural612412.50/cwt412.50–412.502,5259
Steers600–650Medium and Large 2Natural622400.00/cwt400.00–400.002,4883
Steers600–650Medium and Large 2Value Added622345.00/cwt345.00–345.002,1463
Steers600–650Medium and Large 2640340.00/cwt340.00–340.002,1767
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1645345.00/cwt345.00–345.002,2251
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1654400.00/cwt400.00–400.002,61632
Steers700–750Medium and Large 2711357.50/cwt357.50–357.502,54210
Steers700–750Medium and Large 1749325.00/cwt325.00–325.002,43412
Steers750–800Medium and Large 1Value Added752365.00/cwt365.00–365.002,7456
Steers750–800Medium and Large 2Natural773360.00/cwt360.00–360.002,7836
Steers750–800Medium and Large 1782285.00/cwt285.00–285.002,2293
Steers800–850Medium and Large 1-2830360.00/cwt360.00–360.002,98838
Steers800–850Medium and Large 2Natural848359.50/cwt359.50–359.503,0497
Steers850–900Medium and Large 1877275.00/cwt275.00–275.002,4123
Steers900–950Medium and Large 1-2904353.00/cwt353.00–353.003,19156
Steers1050–1100Medium and Large 1-21,050297.50/cwt297.50–297.503,12414
Feeder Cattle · Heifers19 lots · lightest first
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 1341420.00/cwt420.00–420.001,4325
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 2377415.00/cwt415.00–415.001,5653
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 2470335.00/cwt335.00–335.001,57513
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1474340.00/cwt340.00–340.001,6128
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 2513315.00/cwt315.00–315.001,6162
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1541331.23/cwt330.00–335.001,79212
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1-2Natural562360.00/cwt360.00–360.002,02310
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 2566315.00/cwt315.00–315.001,78310
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 3638100.00/cwt100.00–100.006382
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 2642306.03/cwt295.00–320.001,9659
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1-2Natural660371.00/cwt371.00–371.002,44933
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1673324.00/cwt324.00–324.002,18116
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 2Natural718300.00/cwt300.00–300.002,1546
Heifers750–800Medium and Large 1755290.57/cwt290.00–295.002,1949
Heifers750–800Medium and Large 1Natural765285.00/cwt285.00–285.002,1802
Heifers750–800Medium and Large 3780170.00/cwt170.00–170.001,3261
Heifers800–850Medium and Large 2810250.00/cwt250.00–250.002,0251
Heifers850–900Medium and Large 1855270.00/cwt270.00–270.002,3091
Heifers850–900Medium and Large 2895150.00/cwt150.00–150.001,3431
Feeder Cattle · Bulls13 lots · lightest first
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 1390405.00/cwt405.00–405.001,5803
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 1460372.00/cwt315.00–410.001,7115
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 2468425.00/cwt425.00–425.001,9893
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 3505135.00/cwt135.00–135.006821
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 2541350.00/cwt350.00–350.001,8944
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 1543360.00/cwt360.00–360.001,9552
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 1577350.00/cwt350.00–350.002,0205
Bulls600–650Medium and Large 2615295.00/cwt295.00–295.001,8141
Bulls650–700Medium and Large 1654333.17/cwt330.00–341.002,1797
Bulls650–700Medium and Large 2659345.89/cwt345.00–346.002,2799
Bulls700–750Medium and Large 1735315.00/cwt315.00–315.002,3152
Bulls750–800Medium and Large 2765170.00/cwt170.00–170.001,3011
Bulls850–900Medium and Large 1865250.00/cwt250.00–250.002,1631

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.