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

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

Sale of Tuesday, July 16, 2024

537 head sold ·Official USDA report

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heavy 6-weight M&L 1 steers $272.82/cwt +16.41 vs last sale · ≈ $1,810/hd at 663 lb · 45 head

heavy 5-weight M&L 1-2 heifers $233.00/cwt ≈ $1,293/hd at 555 lb · 42 head

heavy 5-weight M&L 1-2 steers $292.86/cwt -37.76 vs last sale · ≈ $1,681/hd at 574 lb · 34 head

Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Total receipts	537	284	315
Feeder cattle	537	284	315

Market comments — USDA reporter

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 298, Heifers 196, Bulls 43) Value Added and Natural cattle are Weaned and Vaccinated

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Feeder Steers

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
417	417	3	309.00	$309.00	$1,289	—
448	448	2	307.00	$307.00	$1,375	—
460	460	2	200.00	$200.00	$920	-126.29
559–589	574	34	287.00–296.50	$292.86	$1,681	-37.76
617	617	6	261.00	$261.00	$1,610	—
650	650	22	269.00	$269.00	$1,748	-19.00
726–744	737	23	262.50–264.00	$262.89	$1,937	—
872	872	9	239.00	$239.00	$2,084	—

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
348	348	2	306.00	$306.00	$1,065	—
469	469	9	305.00	$305.00	$1,430	+80.00
535	535	2	261.00	$261.00	$1,396	-53.00
553	553	18	289.00	$289.00	$1,598	-22.00
615	615	1	271.00	$271.00	$1,667	—
657	657	13	249.00	$249.00	$1,636	-37.00
666	666	32	282.50	$282.50	$1,881	+65.54
725	725	1	231.00	$231.00	$1,675	—
826	826	8	246.00	$246.00	$2,032	—
985	985	1	201.00	$201.00	$1,980	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
320	320	1	165.00	$165.00	$528	-110.00
360–369	368	14	245.00–308.00	$303.60	$1,117	-12.40
445	445	26	310.00	$310.00	$1,380	—
549	549	18	250.00	$250.00	$1,372	—
555–593	580	3	175.00–200.00	$182.97	$1,061	—
605–637	626	5	140.00–226.00	$204.08	$1,278	—
798	798	8	238.00	$238.00	$1,899	+68.00

Medium and Large 2-3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
550	550	14	290.00	$290.00	$1,595	—
601	601	9	230.00	$230.00	$1,382	—

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
275	275	1	125.00	$125.00	$344	—
305	305	2	125.00	$125.00	$381	—
453	453	3	215.00	$215.00	$974	-40.00
545	545	1	165.00	$165.00	$899	—
718	718	2	190.00	$190.00	$1,364	—

Small 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
350	350	1	125.00	$125.00	$438	—

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Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
445	445	2	125.00	$125.00	$556	—
458	458	10	277.00	$277.00	$1,269	—
549	549	9	243.00	$243.00	$1,334	—
555	555	42	233.00	$233.00	$1,293	—
698 value added	698	3	230.00	$230.00	$1,605	—
797	797	7	219.00	$219.00	$1,745	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
295	295	1	230.00	$230.00	$678	—
362	362	17	240.00	$240.00	$869	-20.00
455	455	25	266.00	$266.00	$1,210	+46.92
515–548	544	12	200.00–220.00	$216.87	$1,180	—
595	595	1	210.00	$210.00	$1,250	—
645	645	6	200.00	$200.00	$1,290	—
764	764	4	226.00	$226.00	$1,727	—
810	810	1	230.00	$230.00	$1,863	—

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
388	388	2	250.00	$250.00	$970	-10.00
430	430	1	200.00	$200.00	$860	-25.00
457	457	11	264.00	$264.00	$1,206	+7.00
540	540	1	220.00	$220.00	$1,188	-14.00
571–595	573	15	239.00–240.00	$239.07	$1,370	-15.93
658	658	6	226.00	$226.00	$1,487	-11.00
711	711	9	201.00	$201.00	$1,429	+1.00
730	730	2	221.00	$221.00	$1,613	+21.00
825	825	1	238.00	$238.00	$1,964	—
910	910	1	229.00	$229.00	$2,084	—

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
323	323	2	165.00	$165.00	$533	—
415	415	1	150.00	$150.00	$622	-70.00
500	500	1	105.00	$105.00	$525	—

Medium and Large 2-3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
203	203	2	230.00	$230.00	$467	—

Small 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
650	650	1	200.00	$200.00	$1,300	—

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Feeder Bulls

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
390	390	2	285.00	$285.00	$1,112	-41.00
451	451	5	264.00	$264.00	$1,191	-11.00
540	540	1	214.00	$214.00	$1,156	-6.00
561	561	6	241.00	$241.00	$1,352	-40.00
600	600	1	150.00	$150.00	$900	-105.00
656–660	657	6	151.00–180.00	$170.29	$1,119	—
780	780	1	143.00	$143.00	$1,115	-47.00

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
370	370	1	240.00	$240.00	$888	-73.54
458–495	463	7	238.00–254.00	$251.56	$1,165	-13.44
549	549	5	210.00	$210.00	$1,153	-55.00
565	565	1	210.00	$210.00	$1,186	—
670	670	3	151.00	$151.00	$1,012	—
720	720	1	128.00	$128.00	$922	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
243	243	2	300.00	$300.00	$729	—

Small 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
515	515	1	158.00	$158.00	$814	—

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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.