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Virginia Livestock, LLC

Feeder Cattle · Front Royal, Virginia · Tue, Oct 21
● Final43 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2176
Receipts
296 head
▼ 124 vs last sale 420▲ 296 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 158, Heifers 112, Bulls 26)

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 $395.85/cwt on 34 head. That ranks 4 of 11 comparable sales and sits −59.06 against this barn's trailing median of $454.92.
Average price
$395.85
34 head · 558 lb average
Value per head Derived
$2,209
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$297
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 2
$40.26/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−2.06
vs VA average
−62.29 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1563406.512,28925
Medium and Large 2544366.251,9929thin
One grade step is worth $40.26/cwt here — about $297 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 400–500 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 sale34 hd
395.85
—
VA average9 barns · 361 hd
397.92
−2.06
National average182 barns · 38,495 hd
458.14
−62.29
This barn, trailing median11 sales
454.92
−59.06
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

43 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 · Steers23 lots · lightest first
Steers350–400Medium and Large 2360405.00/cwt405.00–405.001,4581
Steers350–400Medium and Large 1377447.50/cwt447.50–447.501,6873
Steers450–500Medium and Large 3472345.00/cwt345.00–345.001,6283
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1474460.00/cwt460.00–460.002,18014
Steers450–500Medium and Large 2478400.00/cwt400.00–400.001,9124
Steers500–550Medium and Large 2544366.25/cwt335.00–375.001,9929
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1562405.37/cwt390.00–412.002,27821
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1Natural569412.50/cwt412.50–412.502,3474
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1636378.00/cwt378.00–378.002,40410
Steers600–650Medium and Large 2642325.00/cwt325.00–325.002,0873
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1-2Natural651425.00/cwt425.00–425.002,76720
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1Value Added655377.50/cwt377.50–377.502,47313
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1660300.00/cwt300.00–300.001,9801
Steers650–700Medium and Large 2665350.00/cwt350.00–350.002,3283
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1Natural669372.00/cwt372.00–372.002,4894
Steers700–750Medium and Large 1-2Natural712375.00/cwt375.00–375.002,6705
Steers750–800Medium and Large 1-2Natural757392.50/cwt392.50–392.502,97119
Steers750–800Medium and Large 1-2Value Added767350.00/cwt350.00–350.002,68511
Steers750–800Medium and Large 2767300.00/cwt300.00–300.002,3013
Steers750–800Medium and Large 1780310.00/cwt310.00–310.002,4181
Steers800–850Medium and Large 1810270.00/cwt270.00–270.002,1871
Steers850–900Medium and Large 1850300.00/cwt300.00–300.002,5502
Steers900–950Medium and Large 1Natural915303.32/cwt300.00–305.002,7753
Feeder Cattle · Heifers15 lots · lightest first
Heifers250–300Medium and Large 2280350.00/cwt350.00–350.009801
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 3365250.00/cwt250.00–250.009133
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1375350.00/cwt350.00–350.001,3135
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 2393345.00/cwt345.00–345.001,3563
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 3450250.00/cwt250.00–250.001,1251
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1471360.00/cwt360.00–360.001,6969
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 2475327.38/cwt270.00–350.001,55511
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 2-3Natural510350.00/cwt350.00–350.001,7855
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 2544325.00/cwt325.00–325.001,7687
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1567347.50/cwt347.50–347.501,9707
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1-2Natural611360.00/cwt360.00–360.002,20012
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 2619310.65/cwt300.00–312.501,9237
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1646315.00/cwt315.00–315.002,0354
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1-2Natural656360.00/cwt360.00–360.002,36232
Heifers850–900Medium and Large 1Value Added860285.00/cwt285.00–285.002,4515
Feeder Cattle · Bulls5 lots · lightest first
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 1-2365400.00/cwt400.00–400.001,4602
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 1482392.61/cwt380.00–395.001,8926
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 1576356.98/cwt355.00–360.002,05613
Bulls650–700Medium and Large 1690320.00/cwt320.00–320.002,2081
Bulls800–850Medium and Large 1825247.47/cwt220.00–260.002,0424

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.