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Virginia Livestock, LLC

Name: Virginia Livestock, LLC livestock auction prices — 2026-02-19
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2026-02-19

Feeder Cattle · Front Royal, Virginia · Thu, Feb 19

● Final49 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2176

← Jan 15Feb 19Mar 5 →

Receipts

191 head

▼ 127 vs last sale 318▲ 191 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 38, Heifers 120, Bulls 33)

Value Added and Natural cattle are Weaned and Vaccinated

Weight class — the figures below change to match

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb heifers averaged $429.16/cwt on 47 head. That ranks 13 of 12 comparable sales and sits +76.13 against this barn's trailing median of $353.04.

Average price

$429.16

47 head · 538 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,310

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$205

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

$62.00/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+32.42

vs VA average

−0.01 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1-2	534	470.00	2,510	15thin
Medium and Large 2	536	410.39	2,198	27
Medium and Large 1	565	408.00	2,305	5thin

One grade step is worth $62.00/cwt here — about $205 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 sale47 hd

429.16

—

VA average8 barns · 332 hd

396.74

+32.42

National average184 barns · 15,729 hd

429.17

−0.01

This barn, trailing median12 sales

353.04

+76.13

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

12 sales

Heifers 500–600 lb: high $419.57, low $314.08, median $353.04 across 12 sales. Sales under 10 head in this class are excluded, so a thin day cannot swing the median or the ranking.

Every lot

49 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 · Steers15 lots · lightest first
Steers	300–350	Medium and Large 2	314	593.24/cwt	590.00–600.00	1,863	3
Steers	350–400	Medium and Large 1	363	571.51/cwt	555.00–580.00	2,075	3
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 2	430	455.00/cwt	455.00–455.00	1,957	1
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	433	490.49/cwt	405.00–575.00	2,124	2
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 2	477	505.00/cwt	505.00–505.00	2,409	5
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	566	500.00/cwt	500.00–500.00	2,830	5
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 2	570	325.00/cwt	325.00–325.00	1,853	1
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2Natural	575	505.00/cwt	505.00–505.00	2,904	2
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 2	640	410.00/cwt	410.00–410.00	2,624	2
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 2	670	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	2,010	1
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	683	386.68/cwt	350.00–450.00	2,641	8
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 3	730	315.00/cwt	315.00–315.00	2,300	1
Steers	750–800	Medium and Large 2	755	330.00/cwt	330.00–330.00	2,492	1
Steers	750–800	Medium and Large 1	798	325.00/cwt	325.00–325.00	2,594	2
Steers	900–950	Medium and Large 2	910	280.00/cwt	280.00–280.00	2,548	1
Feeder Cattle · Heifers22 lots · lightest first
Heifers	250–300	Medium and Large 2	263	476.19/cwt	450.00–500.00	1,252	2
Heifers	250–300	Medium and Large 3	270	500.00/cwt	500.00–500.00	1,350	2
Heifers	300–350	Medium and Large 2	345	496.21/cwt	495.00–500.00	1,712	4
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 1	373	480.00/cwt	480.00–480.00	1,790	2
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 2Value Added	451	455.00/cwt	455.00–455.00	2,052	6
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	455	410.00/cwt	410.00–410.00	1,866	3
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 2	469	430.00/cwt	430.00–430.00	2,017	5
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 3	485	390.00/cwt	390.00–390.00	1,892	1
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 2Value Added	522	430.00/cwt	430.00–430.00	2,245	15
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	525	465.00/cwt	465.00–465.00	2,441	1
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2Natural	534	470.00/cwt	470.00–470.00	2,510	15
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 2	548	400.00/cwt	400.00–400.00	2,192	10
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	575	393.75/cwt	380.00–435.00	2,264	4
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 2	575	315.30/cwt	280.00–350.00	1,813	2
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1-2Natural	662	400.00/cwt	400.00–400.00	2,648	16
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 2	665	370.00/cwt	370.00–370.00	2,461	1
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 1Natural	714	385.00/cwt	385.00–385.00	2,749	4
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 2	730	360.00/cwt	360.00–360.00	2,628	1
Heifers	750–800	Medium and Large 1-2Natural	792	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	2,772	16
Heifers	750–800	Medium and Large 2	795	330.00/cwt	330.00–330.00	2,624	1
Heifers	850–900	Medium and Large 1	880	310.00/cwt	310.00–310.00	2,728	1
Heifers	900–950	Medium and Large 1-2Natural	948	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	3,034	8
Feeder Cattle · Bulls12 lots · lightest first
Bulls	250–300	Medium and Large 2	265	460.00/cwt	460.00–460.00	1,219	1
Bulls	300–350	Medium and Large 3	315	435.00/cwt	435.00–435.00	1,370	2
Bulls	350–400	Medium and Large 2	360	480.00/cwt	480.00–480.00	1,728	3
Bulls	400–450	Medium and Large 2	425	410.00/cwt	410.00–410.00	1,743	1
Bulls	450–500	Medium and Large 2	450	400.00/cwt	400.00–400.00	1,800	2
Bulls	450–500	Medium and Large 2Value Added	479	480.00/cwt	480.00–480.00	2,299	7
Bulls	450–500	Medium and Large 1	480	440.00/cwt	440.00–440.00	2,112	1
Bulls	500–550	Medium and Large 2	525	400.00/cwt	400.00–400.00	2,100	1
Bulls	500–550	Medium and Large 2Value Added	533	470.00/cwt	470.00–470.00	2,505	6
Bulls	550–600	Medium and Large 2	575	380.00/cwt	380.00–380.00	2,185	1
Bulls	550–600	Medium and Large 2Value Added	582	400.00/cwt	400.00–400.00	2,328	7
Bulls	800–850	Medium and Large 2	800	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	2,400	1

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 Feb 19, 2026

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Receipts 191Last week 318Year ago 0

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 38, Heifers 120, Bulls 33)

Value Added and Natural cattle are Weaned and Vaccinated

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	300–350	314	590.00–600.00	593.24
1	400–450	430	455.00	455.00
5	450–500	477	505.00	505.00
1	550–600	570	325.00	325.00
2	600–650	640	410.00	410.00
1	650–700	670	300.00	300.00
1	750–800	755	330.00	330.00
1	900–950	910	280.00	280.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	700–750	730	315.00	315.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	350–400	363	555.00–580.00	571.51
2	400–450	433	405.00–575.00	490.49
5	550–600	566	500.00	500.00
8	650–700	683	350.00–450.00	386.68
2	750–800	798	325.00	325.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Natural$ per cwt · actual wt
2	550–600	575	505.00	505.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	250–300	263	450.00–500.00	476.19
4	300–350	345	495.00–500.00	496.21
5	450–500	469	430.00	430.00
10	500–550	548	400.00	400.00
2	550–600	575	280.00–350.00	315.30
1	650–700	665	370.00	370.00
1	700–750	730	360.00	360.00
1	750–800	795	330.00	330.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
6	450–500	451	455.00	455.00
15	500–550	522	430.00	430.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	250–300	270	500.00	500.00
1	450–500	485	390.00	390.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	350–400	373	480.00	480.00
3	450–500	455	410.00	410.00
1	500–550	525	465.00	465.00
4	550–600	575	380.00–435.00	393.75
1	850–900	880	310.00	310.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Natural$ per cwt · actual wt
4	700–750	714	385.00	385.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Natural$ per cwt · actual wt
15	500–550	534	470.00	470.00
16	650–700	662	400.00	400.00
16	750–800	792	350.00	350.00
8	900–950	948	320.00	320.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
7	450–500	479	480.00	480.00
6	500–550	533	470.00	470.00
7	550–600	582	400.00	400.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	250–300	265	460.00	460.00
3	350–400	360	480.00	480.00
1	400–450	425	410.00	410.00
2	450–500	450	400.00	400.00
1	500–550	525	400.00	400.00
1	550–600	575	380.00	380.00
1	800–850	800	300.00	300.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	300–350	315	435.00	435.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	450–500	480	440.00	440.00

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.