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Virginia Livestock, LLC

Name: Virginia Livestock, LLC livestock auction prices — 2026-08-06
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2026-08-06

Feeder Cattle · Front Royal, Virginia · Thu, Aug 6

● Final44 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2176

← Jul 16Aug 6Aug 20 →

Receipts

155 head

▼ 24 vs last sale 179▲ 155 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 32, Heifers 96, Dairy Heifers 3, Bulls 24)

Value Added cattle are Weaned and Vaccinated. Natural cattle are Vaccinated and mostly Weaned.

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 $359.60/cwt on 41 head, up $6.10 from the prior sale. That ranks 8 of 12 comparable sales and sits +6.57 against this barn's trailing median of $353.04.

Average price

$359.60

▲ 6.10 vs prior sale

41 head · 552 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,985

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$812

per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Medium and Large 3

$128.82/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−9.79

vs VA average

−14.43 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1-2	553	379.72	2,099	29
Medium and Large 1	571	340.00	1,941	5thin
Medium and Large 2	543	306.00	1,662	5thin
Medium and Large 3	513	250.90	1,287	2thin

One grade step is worth $128.82/cwt here — about $812 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 sale41 hd

359.60

—

VA average7 barns · 264 hd

369.40

−9.79

National average160 barns · 6,700 hd

374.03

−14.43

This barn, trailing median12 sales

353.04

+6.57

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

44 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 · Steers11 lots · lightest first
Steers	350–400	Medium and Large 2	375	445.00/cwt	445.00–445.00	1,669	1
Steers	350–400	Medium and Large 1	395	465.00/cwt	465.00–465.00	1,837	1
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	463	437.50/cwt	437.50–437.50	2,026	4
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 2	566	400.00/cwt	400.00–400.00	2,264	5
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	574	432.50/cwt	432.50–432.50	2,483	4
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1Natural	608	402.50/cwt	402.50–402.50	2,447	6
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	672	355.00/cwt	355.00–355.00	2,386	3
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1Value Added	679	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	2,377	4
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 2	745	275.00/cwt	275.00–275.00	2,049	1
Steers	750–800	Medium and Large 1	793	305.00/cwt	305.00–305.00	2,419	2
Steers	850–900	Medium and Large 1	855	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	2,565	1
Feeder Cattle · Heifers20 lots · lightest first
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 1	368	400.00/cwt	400.00–400.00	1,472	3
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 2	464	365.00/cwt	365.00–365.00	1,694	4
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 3	470	325.00/cwt	325.00–325.00	1,528	1
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	472	400.00/cwt	400.00–400.00	1,888	7
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 3	513	250.90/cwt	227.50–275.00	1,287	2
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 2	522	310.00/cwt	310.00–310.00	1,618	3
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2Natural	543	386.00/cwt	386.00–386.00	2,096	16
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	565	372.00/cwt	372.00–372.00	2,102	13
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	571	340.00/cwt	340.00–340.00	1,941	5
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 2	575	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	1,725	2
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1-2Natural	609	345.00/cwt	345.00–345.00	2,101	13
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	623	359.00/cwt	359.00–359.00	2,237	10
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 2	630	235.00/cwt	235.00–235.00	1,481	1
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	633	330.00/cwt	330.00–330.00	2,089	4
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 2	663	253.51/cwt	215.00–300.00	1,681	4
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 1	705	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	1,763	3
Heifers	750–800	Medium and Large 1	760	225.00/cwt	225.00–225.00	1,710	1
Heifers	750–800	Medium and Large 3	760	220.00/cwt	220.00–220.00	1,672	1
Heifers	800–850	Medium and Large 2	805	225.00/cwt	225.00–225.00	1,811	1
Heifers	850–900	Medium and Large 1	885	225.00/cwt	225.00–225.00	1,991	2
Feeder Cattle · Bulls11 lots · lightest first
Bulls	300–350	Medium and Large 3	305	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	1,068	1
Bulls	300–350	Medium and Large 1	308	475.00/cwt	475.00–475.00	1,463	2
Bulls	350–400	Medium and Large 2	390	400.00/cwt	400.00–400.00	1,560	1
Bulls	450–500	Medium and Large 2	473	382.50/cwt	382.50–382.50	1,809	3
Bulls	450–500	Medium and Large 1	475	372.84/cwt	350.00–385.00	1,771	3
Bulls	500–550	Medium and Large 1	515	270.00/cwt	270.00–270.00	1,391	1
Bulls	500–550	Medium and Large 2	525	346.43/cwt	340.00–352.50	1,819	2
Bulls	550–600	Medium and Large 2	573	327.50/cwt	327.50–327.50	1,877	4
Bulls	550–600	Medium and Large 1	577	340.00/cwt	340.00–340.00	1,962	3
Bulls	650–700	Medium and Large 1	698	312.50/cwt	312.50–312.50	2,181	2
Bulls	800–850	Medium and Large 1	840	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	2,100	1
Feeder Cattle · Dairy Heifers2 lots · lightest first
Dairy Heifers	550–600	Large 2-3	560	195.00/cwt	195.00–195.00	1,092	1
Dairy Heifers	750–800	Small and Medium 2-3	760	160.00/cwt	160.00–160.00	1,216	2

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 Aug 6, 2026

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

Receipts 155Last week 179Year ago 0

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 32, Heifers 96, Dairy Heifers 3, Bulls 24)

Value Added cattle are Weaned and Vaccinated. Natural cattle are Vaccinated and mostly Weaned.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Dairy Heifers — Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	550–600	560	195.00	195.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Dairy Heifers — Small and Medium 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	750–800	760	160.00	160.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	300–350	308	475.00	475.00
3	450–500	475	350.00–385.00	372.84
1	500–550	515	270.00	270.00
3	550–600	577	340.00	340.00
2	650–700	698	312.50	312.50
1	800–850	840	250.00	250.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	350–400	390	400.00	400.00
3	450–500	473	382.50	382.50
2	500–550	525	340.00–352.50	346.43
4	550–600	573	327.50	327.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	300–350	305	350.00	350.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
4	650–700	679	350.00	350.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Natural$ per cwt · actual wt
6	600–650	608	402.50	402.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	350–400	395	465.00	465.00
4	450–500	463	437.50	437.50
4	550–600	574	432.50	432.50
3	650–700	672	355.00	355.00
2	750–800	793	305.00	305.00
1	850–900	855	300.00	300.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	350–400	375	445.00	445.00
5	550–600	566	400.00	400.00
1	700–750	745	275.00	275.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	350–400	368	400.00	400.00
7	450–500	472	400.00	400.00
5	550–600	571	340.00	340.00
4	600–650	633	330.00	330.00
3	700–750	705	250.00	250.00
1	750–800	760	225.00	225.00
2	850–900	885	225.00	225.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Natural$ per cwt · actual wt
16	500–550	543	386.00	386.00
13	600–650	609	345.00	345.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	450–500	464	365.00	365.00
3	500–550	522	310.00	310.00
2	550–600	575	300.00	300.00
1	600–650	630	235.00	235.00
4	650–700	663	215.00–300.00	253.51
1	800–850	805	225.00	225.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
13	550–600	565	372.00	372.00
10	600–650	623	359.00	359.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	450–500	470	325.00	325.00
2	500–550	513	227.50–275.00	250.90
1	750–800	760	220.00	220.00

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.