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Virginia Livestock, LLC

Name: Virginia Livestock, LLC livestock auction prices — 2025-09-16
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-09-16

Feeder Cattle · Front Royal, Virginia · Tue, Sep 16

● Final55 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2176

← Sep 2Sep 16Oct 7 →

Receipts

201 head

▼ 284 vs last sale 485▼ 168 vs year ago 369 · −45.5%

Also sold hereSlaughter/Replacement CattleThu Oct 22, 2026

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 80, Heifers 78, Bulls 43)

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 $433.95/cwt on 21 head. That ranks 6 of 11 comparable sales and sits −20.96 against this barn's trailing median of $454.92.

Average price

$433.95

21 head · 551 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,389

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$201

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

$39.20/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+33.04

vs VA average

+29.31 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	556	439.20	2,441	15thin
Medium and Large 1-2	533	425.00	2,265	5thin
Medium and Large 2	560	400.00	2,240	1thin

One grade step is worth $39.20/cwt here — about $201 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 900–1000 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 sale21 hd

433.95

—

VA average9 barns · 458 hd

400.91

+33.04

National average165 barns · 10,728 hd

404.64

+29.31

This barn, trailing median11 sales

454.92

−20.96

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

55 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 · Steers14 lots · lightest first
Steers	350–400	Medium and Large 2	365	375.00/cwt	375.00–375.00	1,369	1
Steers	350–400	Medium and Large 1	395	365.00/cwt	365.00–365.00	1,442	1
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 2	418	410.03/cwt	405.00–415.00	1,714	4
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1Natural	460	435.00/cwt	435.00–435.00	2,001	4
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	527	416.00/cwt	416.00–416.00	2,192	3
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2	533	425.00/cwt	425.00–425.00	2,265	5
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 2	560	400.00/cwt	400.00–400.00	2,240	1
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1Natural	563	445.00/cwt	445.00–445.00	2,505	12
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1Natural	662	390.00/cwt	390.00–390.00	2,582	34
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 2	715	330.00/cwt	330.00–330.00	2,360	4
Steers	750–800	Medium and Large 1	755	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	2,265	1
Steers	900–950	Medium and Large 2	925	260.00/cwt	260.00–260.00	2,405	1
Steers	900–950	Medium and Large 1	930	302.52/cwt	270.00–307.00	2,813	8
Steers	1000–1050	Medium and Large 2	1,025	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	1,538	1
Feeder Cattle · Heifers25 lots · lightest first
Heifers	250–300	Medium and Large 2	270	400.00/cwt	400.00–400.00	1,080	1
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 2	365	425.00/cwt	425.00–425.00	1,551	1
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 1	394	406.00/cwt	406.00–406.00	1,600	4
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 3	395	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	514	1
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	455	357.58/cwt	355.00–365.00	1,627	4
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 2	466	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	1,631	7
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1Natural	475	385.00/cwt	385.00–385.00	1,829	2
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 2	540	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	1,620	1
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 3	555	100.00/cwt	100.00–100.00	555	1
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 2-3Value Added	573	352.00/cwt	352.00–352.00	2,017	13
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	577	320.66/cwt	295.00–325.00	1,850	7
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1-2Natural	636	336.00/cwt	336.00–336.00	2,137	7
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	645	305.00/cwt	305.00–305.00	1,967	1
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 2	648	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	1,944	2
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 2	665	275.00/cwt	275.00–275.00	1,829	2
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 2Value Added	665	270.00/cwt	270.00–270.00	1,796	1
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	672	305.00/cwt	305.00–305.00	2,050	3
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 1Value Added	730	305.00/cwt	305.00–305.00	2,227	3
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 2	745	240.00/cwt	240.00–240.00	1,788	1
Heifers	800–850	Medium and Large 1	805	200.00/cwt	200.00–200.00	1,610	1
Heifers	800–850	Medium and Large 1-2	811	290.00/cwt	290.00–290.00	2,352	9
Heifers	900–950	Medium and Large 2	910	215.00/cwt	215.00–215.00	1,957	1
Heifers	900–950	Medium and Large 1	930	195.00/cwt	195.00–195.00	1,814	1
Heifers	950–1000	Medium and Large 1	955	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	1,433	1
Heifers	1050–1100	Medium and Large 1-2	1,065	270.00/cwt	270.00–270.00	2,876	3
Feeder Cattle · Bulls16 lots · lightest first
Bulls	300–350	Medium and Large 1	338	455.00/cwt	455.00–455.00	1,538	3
Bulls	350–400	Medium and Large 3	375	335.00/cwt	335.00–335.00	1,256	1
Bulls	350–400	Medium and Large 2	390	415.00/cwt	415.00–415.00	1,619	1
Bulls	400–450	Medium and Large 1	445	400.00/cwt	400.00–400.00	1,780	2
Bulls	400–450	Medium and Large 2	447	395.00/cwt	395.00–395.00	1,766	8
Bulls	500–550	Medium and Large 1	525	180.00/cwt	180.00–180.00	945	1
Bulls	550–600	Small 2	550	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	770	1
Bulls	550–600	Medium and Large 1	562	388.66/cwt	380.00–390.00	2,184	11
Bulls	550–600	Medium and Large 2	563	355.00/cwt	355.00–355.00	1,999	3
Bulls	600–650	Medium and Large 1	620	375.00/cwt	375.00–375.00	2,325	1
Bulls	600–650	Medium and Large 2	633	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	2,216	3
Bulls	650–700	Medium and Large 1	690	355.00/cwt	355.00–355.00	2,450	1
Bulls	700–750	Medium and Large 1	718	330.00/cwt	330.00–330.00	2,369	2
Bulls	750–800	Medium and Large 1	755	285.00/cwt	285.00–285.00	2,152	2
Bulls	750–800	Medium and Large 3	760	275.00/cwt	275.00–275.00	2,090	1
Bulls	850–900	Medium and Large 2	878	240.00/cwt	240.00–240.00	2,107	2

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 Sep 16, 2025

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

Receipts 201Last week 485Year ago 369

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 80, Heifers 78, Bulls 43)

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 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	350–400	390	415.00	415.00
8	400–450	447	395.00	395.00
3	550–600	563	355.00	355.00
3	600–650	633	350.00	350.00
2	850–900	878	240.00	240.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	350–400	375	335.00	335.00
1	750–800	760	275.00	275.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Small 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	550–600	550	140.00	140.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	300–350	338	455.00	455.00
2	400–450	445	400.00	400.00
1	500–550	525	180.00	180.00
11	550–600	562	380.00–390.00	388.66
1	600–650	620	375.00	375.00
1	650–700	690	355.00	355.00
2	700–750	718	330.00	330.00
2	750–800	755	285.00	285.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	250–300	270	400.00	400.00
1	350–400	365	425.00	425.00
7	450–500	466	350.00	350.00
1	500–550	540	300.00	300.00
2	600–650	648	300.00	300.00
2	650–700	665	275.00	275.00
1	700–750	745	240.00	240.00
1	900–950	910	215.00	215.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	350–400	395	130.00	130.00
1	550–600	555	100.00	100.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2-3 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
13	550–600	573	352.00	352.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
4	350–400	394	406.00	406.00
4	450–500	455	355.00–365.00	357.58
7	550–600	577	295.00–325.00	320.66
1	600–650	645	305.00	305.00
3	650–700	672	305.00	305.00
1	800–850	805	200.00	200.00
1	900–950	930	195.00	195.00
1	950–1000	955	150.00	150.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
3	700–750	730	305.00	305.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Natural$ per cwt · actual wt
2	450–500	475	385.00	385.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
9	800–850	811	290.00	290.00
3	1050–1100	1,065	270.00	270.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Natural$ per cwt · actual wt
7	600–650	636	336.00	336.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
1	650–700	665	270.00	270.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	350–400	365	375.00	375.00
4	400–450	418	405.00–415.00	410.03
1	550–600	560	400.00	400.00
4	700–750	715	330.00	330.00
1	900–950	925	260.00	260.00
1	1000–1050	1,025	150.00	150.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Natural$ per cwt · actual wt
4	450–500	460	435.00	435.00
12	550–600	563	445.00	445.00
34	650–700	662	390.00	390.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	350–400	395	365.00	365.00
3	500–550	527	416.00	416.00
1	750–800	755	300.00	300.00
8	900–950	930	270.00–307.00	302.52

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	500–550	533	425.00	425.00

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.