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Virginia Livestock, LLC

Name: Virginia Livestock, LLC livestock auction prices — 2026-01-15
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2026-01-15

Feeder Cattle · Front Royal, Virginia · Thu, Jan 15

● Final56 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2176

← Dec 2Jan 15Feb 19 →

Receipts

318 head

▼ 587 vs last sale 905▲ 318 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago

Also sold hereSlaughter/Replacement CattleThu Oct 22, 2026

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 226, Dairy Steers 4, Heifers 66, Bulls 22)

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 $429.51/cwt on 53 head. That ranks 6 of 11 comparable sales and sits −25.41 against this barn's trailing median of $454.92.

Average price

$429.51

53 head · 549 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,358

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$62

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

$21.76/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+4.38

vs VA average

−42.47 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1-2	543	436.76	2,370	34
Medium and Large 2	563	417.42	2,351	12thin
Medium and Large 1	556	415.00	2,307	7thin

One grade step is worth $21.76/cwt here — about $62 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 sale53 hd

429.51

—

VA average8 barns · 371 hd

425.13

+4.38

National average187 barns · 29,067 hd

471.98

−42.47

This barn, trailing median11 sales

454.92

−25.41

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

56 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 · Steers28 lots · lightest first
Steers	350–400	Medium and Large 3	365	440.00/cwt	440.00–440.00	1,606	1
Steers	350–400	Medium and Large 2	375	375.00/cwt	375.00–375.00	1,406	1
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 3	448	380.00/cwt	380.00–380.00	1,702	2
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1-2Natural	458	512.50/cwt	512.50–512.50	2,347	12
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 2	468	446.65/cwt	410.00–455.00	2,090	11
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	478	460.00/cwt	460.00–460.00	2,199	2
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2Natural	536	446.29/cwt	380.00–467.50	2,392	27
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 2	545	400.00/cwt	400.00–400.00	2,180	1
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	556	415.00/cwt	415.00–415.00	2,307	7
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 2	565	419.00/cwt	419.00–419.00	2,367	11
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2Natural	568	400.00/cwt	400.00–400.00	2,272	7
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1-2Natural	629	389.50/cwt	335.00–420.00	2,450	11
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1Natural	633	405.00/cwt	405.00–405.00	2,564	4
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	644	385.00/cwt	385.00–385.00	2,479	7
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	660	330.00/cwt	330.00–330.00	2,178	1
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1Natural	667	412.01/cwt	410.00–412.50	2,748	45
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 1-2Natural	706	355.00/cwt	355.00–355.00	2,506	4
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 1	720	330.00/cwt	330.00–330.00	2,376	1
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 1Natural	733	387.82/cwt	362.50–394.00	2,843	30
Steers	750–800	Medium and Large 1	751	335.00/cwt	335.00–335.00	2,516	4
Steers	800–850	Medium and Large 2	805	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	2,576	1
Steers	800–850	Medium and Large 1	840	340.00/cwt	340.00–340.00	2,856	2
Steers	850–900	Medium and Large 1Natural	854	352.50/cwt	352.50–352.50	3,010	20
Steers	900–950	Medium and Large 2	930	324.95/cwt	320.00–330.00	3,022	2
Steers	950–1000	Medium and Large 1Natural	998	331.00/cwt	331.00–331.00	3,303	9
Steers	1050–1100	Medium and Large 1	1,085	285.00/cwt	285.00–285.00	3,092	1
Steers	1100–1150	Medium and Large 2	1,135	290.00/cwt	290.00–290.00	3,292	1
Steers	1150–1200	Medium and Large 1	1,185	285.00/cwt	285.00–285.00	3,377	1
Feeder Cattle · Heifers16 lots · lightest first
Heifers	300–350	Medium and Large 3	315	275.00/cwt	275.00–275.00	866	1
Heifers	300–350	Medium and Large 2	330	420.00/cwt	420.00–420.00	1,386	2
Heifers	300–350	Medium and Large 1	333	425.00/cwt	425.00–425.00	1,415	3
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 2	375	340.00/cwt	340.00–340.00	1,275	1
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 2	446	390.00/cwt	390.00–390.00	1,739	10
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 2	477	330.00/cwt	330.00–330.00	1,574	3
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	479	376.40/cwt	305.00–390.00	1,803	6
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	510	340.00/cwt	340.00–340.00	1,734	1
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 2	547	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	1,915	11
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	561	340.00/cwt	340.00–340.00	1,907	6
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	645	335.00/cwt	335.00–335.00	2,161	10
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 2	693	290.00/cwt	290.00–290.00	2,010	2
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 1	735	278.75/cwt	257.50–300.00	2,049	2
Heifers	750–800	Medium and Large 2	768	265.00/cwt	265.00–265.00	2,035	3
Heifers	900–950	Medium and Large 2	945	240.00/cwt	240.00–240.00	2,268	2
Heifers	1000–1050	Medium and Large 1	1,045	270.00/cwt	270.00–270.00	2,822	1
Feeder Cattle · Bulls10 lots · lightest first
Bulls	300–350	Medium and Large 2	315	440.00/cwt	440.00–440.00	1,386	1
Bulls	300–350	Medium and Large 3	335	440.00/cwt	440.00–440.00	1,474	1
Bulls	350–400	Medium and Large 1	377	430.00/cwt	430.00–430.00	1,621	3
Bulls	400–450	Medium and Large 2	415	440.00/cwt	440.00–440.00	1,826	1
Bulls	450–500	Medium and Large 1	484	395.00/cwt	395.00–395.00	1,912	4
Bulls	550–600	Medium and Large 2	558	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	1,786	3
Bulls	550–600	Medium and Large 1	571	355.00/cwt	355.00–355.00	2,027	5
Bulls	600–650	Medium and Large 1	623	345.00/cwt	345.00–345.00	2,149	2
Bulls	650–700	Medium and Large 2	685	265.00/cwt	265.00–265.00	1,815	1
Bulls	700–750	Medium and Large 1	715	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	2,288	1
Feeder Cattle · Dairy Steers2 lots · lightest first
Dairy Steers	550–600	Large 3	590	230.00/cwt	230.00–230.00	1,357	1
Dairy Steers	600–650	Large 3	622	260.00/cwt	260.00–260.00	1,617	3

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

Thu Jan 15, 2026

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

Receipts 318Last week 905Year ago 0

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 226, Dairy Steers 4, Heifers 66, Bulls 22)

Natural cattle are Weaned and Vaccinated

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Natural$ per cwt · actual wt
12	450–500	458	512.50	512.50
27	500–550	536	380.00–467.50	446.29
7	550–600	568	400.00	400.00
11	600–650	629	335.00–420.00	389.50
4	700–750	706	355.00	355.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	350–400	375	375.00	375.00
11	450–500	468	410.00–455.00	446.65
1	500–550	545	400.00	400.00
11	550–600	565	419.00	419.00
1	800–850	805	320.00	320.00
2	900–950	930	320.00–330.00	324.95
1	1100–1150	1,135	290.00	290.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	350–400	365	440.00	440.00
2	400–450	448	380.00	380.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Natural$ per cwt · actual wt
4	600–650	633	405.00	405.00
45	650–700	667	410.00–412.50	412.01
30	700–750	733	362.50–394.00	387.82
20	850–900	854	352.50	352.50
9	950–1000	998	331.00	331.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	450–500	478	460.00	460.00
7	550–600	556	415.00	415.00
7	600–650	644	385.00	385.00
1	650–700	660	330.00	330.00
1	700–750	720	330.00	330.00
4	750–800	751	335.00	335.00
2	800–850	840	340.00	340.00
1	1050–1100	1,085	285.00	285.00
1	1150–1200	1,185	285.00	285.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	300–350	330	420.00	420.00
1	350–400	375	340.00	340.00
10	400–450	446	390.00	390.00
3	450–500	477	330.00	330.00
11	500–550	547	350.00	350.00
2	650–700	693	290.00	290.00
3	750–800	768	265.00	265.00
2	900–950	945	240.00	240.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	300–350	315	275.00	275.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	300–350	333	425.00	425.00
6	450–500	479	305.00–390.00	376.40
1	500–550	510	340.00	340.00
6	550–600	561	340.00	340.00
10	600–650	645	335.00	335.00
2	700–750	735	257.50–300.00	278.75
1	1000–1050	1,045	270.00	270.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	300–350	315	440.00	440.00
1	400–450	415	440.00	440.00
3	550–600	558	320.00	320.00
1	650–700	685	265.00	265.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	300–350	335	440.00	440.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	350–400	377	430.00	430.00
4	450–500	484	395.00	395.00
5	550–600	571	355.00	355.00
2	600–650	623	345.00	345.00
1	700–750	715	320.00	320.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Dairy Steers — Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	550–600	590	230.00	230.00
3	600–650	622	260.00	260.00

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.