Virginia Livestock LLC Graded Feeder Cattle Sale Market Report, Front Royal, VA

Front Royal, Virginia · USDA-reported Auction Livestock (Special Graded)

Sale of Tuesday, June 6, 2023

351 head sold ·Official USDA report

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heavy 5-weight M&L 1 heifers $218.70/cwt +6.70 vs last sale · ≈ $1,229/hd at 562 lb · 42 head

heavy 5-weight M&L 1-2 steers $265.36/cwt ≈ $1,478/hd at 557 lb · 40 head

light 6-weight M&L 1 steers $257.80/cwt +34.80 vs last sale · ≈ $1,630/hd at 632 lb · 26 head

Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Total receipts	351	435	334
Feeder cattle	351	435	334

Market comments — USDA reporter

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 183, Heifers 118, Bulls 50) Value Added and Natural cattle are Weaned and Vaccinated.

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Feeder Steers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
375	375	1	255.00	$255.00	$956	+15.00
445	445	2	246.00	$246.00	$1,095	+8.59
450–455	453	2	181.00–211.00	$195.92	$888	-37.77
471	471	22	255.00	$255.00	$1,201	+21.31
525	525	10	267.00	$267.00	$1,402	+100.78
510–532	527	4	160.00–243.00	$222.90	$1,175	+56.68
578–595	584	3	161.00–209.00	$192.69	$1,125	-47.90
623–647	630	21	257.00–262.00	$258.47	$1,628	+34.47
641	641	5	255.00	$255.00	$1,635	+31.00
657	657	16	246.00	$246.00	$1,616	+6.00
751	751	4	210.00	$210.00	$1,577	+40.00
827	827	11	202.00	$202.00	$1,671	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
556–563	557	40	264.00–273.00	$265.36	$1,478	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
360	360	2	256.00	$256.00	$922	—
435	435	1	145.00	$145.00	$631	-56.00
451	451	4	221.00	$221.00	$997	+23.08
473 value added	473	8	222.00	$222.00	$1,050	—
534 value added	534	7	195.00	$195.00	$1,041	—
562	562	3	201.00	$201.00	$1,130	—
660–675	663	6	211.00–233.00	$229.26	$1,520	—
726 value added	726	4	110.00	$110.00	$799	—
800	800	1	130.00	$130.00	$1,040	—

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
420	420	1	135.00	$135.00	$567	—
590	590	4	134.00	$134.00	$791	—

Small 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
445	445	1	145.00	$145.00	$645	—

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Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
290	290	1	180.00	$180.00	$522	—
435 value added	435	5	230.00	$230.00	$1,000	—
452	452	17	218.00	$218.00	$985	+18.92
469	469	5	223.00	$223.00	$1,046	+5.86
540 value added	540	2	211.00	$211.00	$1,139	—
561	561	9	200.00	$200.00	$1,122	-12.00
556–572	562	33	222.00–225.00	$223.80	$1,258	+11.80
675	675	2	198.00	$198.00	$1,336	+16.00
745	745	2	198.00	$198.00	$1,475	+47.84

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
363	363	7	183.00	$183.00	$664	+8.79
461	461	10	180.00	$180.00	$830	±0.00
545	545	3	151.00	$151.00	$823	—
630–643	639	3	191.00–195.00	$193.68	$1,238	+43.68
850–885	868	2	176.00	$176.00	$1,528	+45.00
990	990	1	160.00	$160.00	$1,584	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
453	453	4	224.00	$224.00	$1,015	—
653	653	4	187.00	$187.00	$1,221	—

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
438	438	3	100.00	$100.00	$438	-41.00
538	538	3	90.00	$90.00	$484	-49.00
665	665	1	150.00	$150.00	$998	—

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Feeder Bulls

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
263	263	2	210.00	$210.00	$552	—
373	373	2	208.00	$208.00	$776	+28.00
458	458	14	240.00	$240.00	$1,099	+13.00
500–547	536	9	225.00–232.00	$230.55	$1,236	+94.55
566	566	10	246.00	$246.00	$1,392	+25.00
657–676	668	7	204.00–234.00	$216.65	$1,447	+38.65
745	745	1	142.00	$142.00	$1,058	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
460	460	3	137.00	$137.00	$630	—

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
370	370	1	122.50	$122.50	$453	-27.50

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Reading this report

What does "Medium and Large 1" mean?

USDA feeder grades describe frame size and muscle thickness, not quality of the individual animal. "Medium and Large" is the frame score; the number is muscle (1 = heaviest muscled). "Medium and Large 1–2" pens mix both muscle scores — common across the Southeast.

What is $/cwt?

Dollars per hundredweight — per 100 lb of animal. A 500-lb calf at $450/cwt brings 5 × $450 = $2,250. Lighter cattle usually bring more per cwt but less per head.

Why are some prices per head?

Bred cows, cow-calf pairs, and some replacement classes sell by the head, not by weight. We show those exactly as USDA reports them — a $/head figure is never converted into $/cwt on this site.

Where do these numbers come from?

From the USDA Agricultural Marketing Service's Livestock Market News — federal reporters at the sale. We publish each report in full and link the official USDA document at the top of the page.