Sale reports / Virginia / Virginia Livestock, LLC / 2025-10-07

Virginia Livestock, LLC

Feeder Cattle · Front Royal, Virginia · Tue, Oct 7
● Final58 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2176
Receipts
420 head
▲ 219 vs last sale 201▲ 420 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 247, Heifers 151, Bulls 22)

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 $387.03/cwt on 67 head. That ranks 3 of 11 comparable sales and sits −67.89 against this barn's trailing median of $454.92.
Average price
$387.03
67 head · 562 lb average
Value per head Derived
$2,173
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$914
per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Medium and Large 3
$155.00/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+5.97
vs VA average
−58.82 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1-2558400.002,23220
Medium and Large 1566392.902,22440
Medium and Large 2548345.001,8915thin
Medium and Large 3538245.001,3182thin
One grade step is worth $155.00/cwt here — about $914 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 sale67 hd
387.03
—
VA average9 barns · 566 hd
381.06
+5.97
National average181 barns · 23,254 hd
445.85
−58.82
This barn, trailing median11 sales
454.92
−67.89
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

58 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 · Steers31 lots · lightest first
Steers250–300Medium and Large 2274369.85/cwt325.00–395.001,0133
Steers300–350Medium and Large 2310300.00/cwt300.00–300.009301
Steers300–350Medium and Large 3310200.00/cwt200.00–200.006201
Steers350–400Medium and Large 3350340.00/cwt340.00–340.001,1902
Steers350–400Medium and Large 2375417.50/cwt417.50–417.501,5663
Steers350–400Medium and Large 1377435.00/cwt435.00–435.001,6405
Steers400–450Medium and Large 3430325.00/cwt325.00–325.001,3981
Steers450–500Medium and Large 2463400.00/cwt400.00–400.001,8526
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1465447.86/cwt445.00–450.002,08312
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1-2472450.00/cwt450.00–450.002,12410
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1529352.79/cwt305.00–400.001,8667
Steers500–550Medium and Large 3538245.00/cwt245.00–245.001,3182
Steers500–550Medium and Large 2548345.00/cwt345.00–345.001,8915
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1-2558400.00/cwt400.00–400.002,23220
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1574401.41/cwt390.00–407.002,30433
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1634360.00/cwt360.00–360.002,2827
Steers600–650Medium and Large 3640300.00/cwt300.00–300.001,9202
Steers600–650Medium and Large 2643340.00/cwt340.00–340.002,1863
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1659360.25/cwt345.00–365.002,37434
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1Natural672371.39/cwt360.00–376.002,49614
Steers700–750Medium and Large 1Natural704360.00/cwt360.00–360.002,5348
Steers750–800Medium and Large 1Natural758315.00/cwt315.00–315.002,3882
Steers750–800Medium and Large 2772265.00/cwt265.00–265.002,0463
Steers750–800Medium and Large 1774314.86/cwt285.00–320.002,4377
Steers750–800Medium and Large 1-2Natural783320.00/cwt320.00–320.002,5065
Steers800–850Medium and Large 1Natural827325.00/cwt325.00–325.002,68827
Steers900–950Medium and Large 1905300.00/cwt300.00–300.002,7151
Steers900–950Medium and Large 1Natural920225.00/cwt225.00–225.002,0701
Steers950–1000Medium and Large 1Natural955275.00/cwt275.00–275.002,6261
Steers1000–1050Medium and Large 1-21,042235.00/cwt235.00–235.002,44914
Steers1150–1200Medium and Large 1Natural1,163185.00/cwt185.00–185.002,1523
Feeder Cattle · Heifers21 lots · lightest first
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 3318305.00/cwt305.00–305.009703
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1-2361357.50/cwt357.50–357.501,29111
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 3425170.00/cwt170.00–170.007231
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 2435211.64/cwt175.00–250.009212
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 2461355.00/cwt355.00–355.001,63710
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1471352.50/cwt352.50–352.501,66021
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 3495110.00/cwt110.00–110.005451
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 3Natural504200.00/cwt200.00–200.001,0087
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1550337.00/cwt337.00–337.001,85435
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 2555321.02/cwt275.00–327.001,7829
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 2-3Natural598250.00/cwt250.00–250.001,4956
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1631309.00/cwt309.00–309.001,9506
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 2645255.00/cwt255.00–255.001,6452
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 3655130.00/cwt130.00–130.008521
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1Natural668332.50/cwt332.50–332.502,2216
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1670245.00/cwt245.00–245.001,6421
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 2680200.00/cwt200.00–200.001,3601
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 1-2Natural714315.00/cwt315.00–315.002,2497
Heifers750–800Medium and Large 1750230.00/cwt230.00–230.001,7252
Heifers750–800Medium and Large 1Natural796313.00/cwt313.00–313.002,49115
Heifers850–900Medium and Large 1880165.00/cwt165.00–165.001,4521
Feeder Cattle · Bulls6 lots · lightest first
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 1473397.50/cwt397.50–397.501,8805
Bulls450–500Small 1495150.00/cwt150.00–150.007431
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 1562345.00/cwt345.00–345.001,9397
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 2583300.00/cwt300.00–300.001,7493
Bulls600–650Medium and Large 1624292.56/cwt290.00–302.501,8265
Bulls700–750Medium and Large 1745275.00/cwt275.00–275.002,0491

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.