Sale reports / Virginia / Virginia Livestock, LLC / 2025-11-04

Virginia Livestock, LLC

Feeder Cattle · Front Royal, Virginia · Tue, Nov 4
● Final48 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2176
Receipts
197 head
▼ 99 vs last sale 296▼ 102 vs year ago 299 · −34.1%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 83, Heifers 79, Bulls 35)

Value Added cattle are Weaned and Vaccinated

Natural cattle are Vaccinated

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb steers averaged $340.80/cwt on 20 head. That ranks 2 of 11 comparable sales and sits −114.12 against this barn's trailing median of $454.92.
Average price
$340.80
20 head · 566 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,930
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$367
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 2-3
$48.00/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−28.52
vs VA average
−78.30 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1571348.001,98717thin
Medium and Large 2-3540300.001,6203thin
One grade step is worth $48.00/cwt here — about $367 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 sale20 hd
340.80
—
VA average8 barns · 329 hd
369.32
−28.52
National average195 barns · 36,957 hd
419.10
−78.30
This barn, trailing median11 sales
454.92
−114.12
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

48 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 · Steers14 lots · lightest first
Steers250–300Small 1275200.00/cwt200.00–200.005501
Steers350–400Medium and Large 1-2368355.00/cwt355.00–355.001,3062
Steers350–400Small 1390250.00/cwt250.00–250.009751
Steers450–500Medium and Large 2450365.00/cwt365.00–365.001,6435
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1465340.00/cwt340.00–340.001,5811
Steers450–500Medium and Large 3485230.00/cwt230.00–230.001,1161
Steers500–550Medium and Large 2-3Value Added540300.00/cwt300.00–300.001,6203
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1571348.00/cwt348.00–348.001,98717
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1611330.87/cwt310.00–335.002,0226
Steers650–700Medium and Large 2671272.40/cwt250.00–280.001,8284
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1-2Value Added699300.00/cwt300.00–300.002,09720
Steers700–750Medium and Large 1739280.00/cwt280.00–280.002,0694
Steers800–850Medium and Large 1-2Value Added843315.00/cwt315.00–315.002,65515
Steers950–1000Medium and Large 1-2963260.00/cwt260.00–260.002,5043
Feeder Cattle · Heifers20 lots · lightest first
Heifers250–300Medium and Large 3250255.00/cwt255.00–255.006381
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 2318300.00/cwt300.00–300.009544
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 3330255.00/cwt255.00–255.008421
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1364310.00/cwt310.00–310.001,1284
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 3445240.00/cwt240.00–240.001,0681
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1461335.00/cwt335.00–335.001,5445
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 2478319.47/cwt280.00–325.001,5278
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 2505245.00/cwt245.00–245.001,2371
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 3525200.00/cwt200.00–200.001,0501
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1538279.37/cwt235.00–325.001,5032
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1553335.00/cwt335.00–335.001,85318
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 3578252.50/cwt252.50–252.501,4592
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 2605190.00/cwt190.00–190.001,1501
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1Natural638275.00/cwt275.00–275.001,7555
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1664250.00/cwt250.00–250.001,6604
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 3670225.00/cwt225.00–225.001,5083
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 2695220.00/cwt220.00–220.001,5291
Heifers850–900Medium and Large 1870285.00/cwt285.00–285.002,48015
Heifers850–900Medium and Large 2870255.00/cwt255.00–255.002,2191
Heifers900–950Medium and Large 2940220.00/cwt220.00–220.002,0681
Feeder Cattle · Bulls14 lots · lightest first
Bulls200–250Medium and Large 3229236.53/cwt190.00–260.005423
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 2359323.06/cwt300.00–345.001,1604
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 3365280.00/cwt280.00–280.001,0221
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 1368370.00/cwt370.00–370.001,3623
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 2445305.00/cwt305.00–305.001,3572
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 1468385.00/cwt385.00–385.001,8027
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 2533315.00/cwt315.00–315.001,6793
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 3535265.00/cwt265.00–265.001,4181
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 1544320.00/cwt320.00–320.001,7415
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 1580320.00/cwt320.00–320.001,8561
Bulls650–700Medium and Large 1660275.00/cwt275.00–275.001,8152
Bulls650–700Medium and Large 2685250.00/cwt250.00–250.001,7131
Bulls700–750Medium and Large 1720230.00/cwt230.00–230.001,6561
Bulls700–750Medium and Large 2740220.00/cwt220.00–220.001,6281

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.