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Virginia Livestock, LLC

Feeder Cattle · Front Royal, Virginia · Tue, Nov 18
● Final42 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2176
Receipts
146 head
▼ 51 vs last sale 197▲ 38 vs year ago 108 · +35.2%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 87, Heifers 46, Bulls 13)

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 $390.14/cwt on 14 head. That ranks 4 of 11 comparable sales and sits −64.77 against this barn's trailing median of $454.92.
Average price
$390.14
14 head · 540 lb average
Value per head Derived
$2,106
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$249
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 2
$44.00/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+11.33
vs VA average
−19.94 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1541409.002,2138thin
Medium and Large 2538365.001,9646thin
One grade step is worth $44.00/cwt here — about $249 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 800–900 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 sale14 hd
390.14
—
VA average9 barns · 319 hd
378.81
+11.33
National average185 barns · 23,076 hd
410.08
−19.94
This barn, trailing median11 sales
454.92
−64.77
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

42 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 · Steers20 lots · lightest first
Steers250–300Medium and Large 3261400.00/cwt400.00–400.001,0444
Steers300–350Medium and Large 2348365.00/cwt365.00–365.001,2702
Steers350–400Medium and Large 1375410.00/cwt410.00–410.001,5382
Steers350–400Medium and Large 3384345.00/cwt345.00–345.001,3256
Steers400–450Medium and Large 2445385.00/cwt385.00–385.001,7135
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1480425.00/cwt425.00–425.002,0401
Steers450–500Medium and Large 2495315.00/cwt315.00–315.001,5591
Steers500–550Medium and Large 2538365.00/cwt365.00–365.001,9646
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1541409.00/cwt409.00–409.002,2138
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1-2Natural600405.00/cwt405.00–405.002,43012
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1643350.00/cwt350.00–350.002,2512
Steers650–700Medium and Large 2655330.00/cwt330.00–330.002,1621
Steers700–750Small 1730215.00/cwt215.00–215.001,5701
Steers750–800Medium and Large 2752290.00/cwt290.00–290.002,1813
Steers800–850Medium and Large 1810295.00/cwt295.00–295.002,3901
Steers800–850Medium and Large 4840150.00/cwt150.00–150.001,2601
Steers850–900Medium and Large 1-2875314.00/cwt314.00–314.002,7487
Steers850–900Medium and Large 1-2Natural881317.50/cwt317.50–317.502,79711
Steers1050–1100Medium and Large 1-21,071220.00/cwt220.00–220.002,35612
Steers1100–1150Medium and Large 21,100100.00/cwt100.00–100.001,1001
Feeder Cattle · Heifers14 lots · lightest first
Heifers200–250Medium and Large 2225250.00/cwt250.00–250.005631
Heifers250–300Medium and Large 3295275.20/cwt270.00–276.008127
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 3357320.00/cwt320.00–320.001,1429
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 2375300.00/cwt300.00–300.001,1251
Heifers400–450Small 1400150.00/cwt150.00–150.006001
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 3420270.00/cwt270.00–270.001,1341
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1467330.00/cwt330.00–330.001,5416
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 2555325.00/cwt325.00–325.001,8045
Heifers550–600Small 1565225.00/cwt225.00–225.001,2711
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1585320.00/cwt320.00–320.001,8724
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 2645285.00/cwt285.00–285.001,8384
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 1705225.00/cwt225.00–225.001,5861
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 2737260.00/cwt260.00–260.001,9163
Heifers850–900Medium and Large 2875172.24/cwt150.00–195.001,5072
Feeder Cattle · Bulls8 lots · lightest first
Bulls300–350Medium and Large 3313350.00/cwt350.00–350.001,0962
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 1488360.00/cwt360.00–360.001,7572
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 1543345.00/cwt345.00–345.001,8732
Bulls650–700Medium and Large 2680255.00/cwt255.00–255.001,7342
Bulls800–850Medium and Large 1805185.00/cwt185.00–185.001,4892
Bulls800–850Medium and Large 2840145.00/cwt145.00–145.001,2181
Bulls950–1000Medium and Large 2950170.00/cwt170.00–170.001,6151
Bulls1000–1050Medium and Large 21,025150.00/cwt150.00–150.001,5381

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.