Name: Wythe County Livestock Exchange livestock auction prices — 2020-05-04
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2020-05-04

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 32, Holstein Steers 118, Heifers 34)

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb heifers averaged $116.09/cwt on 34 head.

Average price

$116.09

34 head · 487 lb average

Value per head Derived

$566

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$119

per head · Medium and Large 1 over Small 1

$40.66/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−5.00

vs VA average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	504	121.67	613	3thin
Medium and Large 2	487	120.53	587	19thin
Medium and Large 3	458	113.00	518	10thin
Small 1	610	81.01	494	2thin

One grade step is worth $40.66/cwt here — about $119 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 0–100 lb. USDA reports each grade on its own line and never publishes the spread.

How it compared 0–100 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only

This sale34 hd

116.09

—

VA average10 barns · 1,619 hd

121.09

−5.00

A barn can sit above the state average at one weight and below it at another — check the class you actually sell.

Every lot, as filed

40 lots · USDA AMS · Wythe County Graded Feeder Cattle Sale - Wytheville, VA

Nothing removed and nothing rounded — the same lots as the USDA report, with per-head values added.

Class	Grade / description	Weight	Avg wt	Price	Range	Per head	Head
Heifers	Small 1	—	610	81.01/cwt	80.00–82.00	494	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	455	112.00/cwt	112.00–112.00	510	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	418	121.00/cwt	121.00–121.00	506	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	545	103.00/cwt	103.00–103.00	561	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	550	107.00/cwt	107.00–107.00	589	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	325	118.00/cwt	118.00–118.00	384	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	440	137.00/cwt	137.00–137.00	603	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	730	112.23/cwt	110.00–112.50	819	9
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	675	124.36/cwt	121.00–125.00	839	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	438	142.00/cwt	142.00–142.00	622	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	525	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	683	1
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	653	92.00/cwt	92.00–92.00	601	2
Dairy Steers	Large 2	—	472	104.00/cwt	104.00–104.00	491	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	820	95.00/cwt	95.00–95.00	779	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	565	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	735	2
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	505	95.00/cwt	95.00–95.00	480	1
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	380	134.00/cwt	134.00–134.00	509	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	563	134.00/cwt	134.00–134.00	754	4
Dairy Steers	Large 4	—	520	94.00/cwt	94.00–94.00	489	3
Dairy Steers	Large 3	—	453	106.50/cwt	106.50–106.50	482	18
Dairy Steers	Large 3	—	737	92.50/cwt	92.50–92.50	682	8
Dairy Steers	Large 3	—	820	92.00/cwt	92.00–92.00	754	2
Dairy Steers	Large 3	—	760	92.00/cwt	92.00–92.00	699	1
Dairy Steers	Large 2	—	540	102.56/cwt	99.00–104.00	554	7
Dairy Steers	Large 4	—	670	80.00/cwt	80.00–80.00	536	1
Dairy Steers	Large 3	—	558	100.75/cwt	96.00–101.00	562	20
Dairy Steers	Large 3	—	346	107.64/cwt	101.00–108.00	372	17
Dairy Steers	Large 3	—	655	98.00/cwt	98.00–98.00	642	13
Dairy Steers	Large 4	—	346	104.00/cwt	104.00–104.00	360	8
Dairy Steers	Large 4	—	466	104.00/cwt	104.00–104.00	485	7
Dairy Steers	Large 4	—	258	101.00/cwt	101.00–101.00	261	2
Dairy Steers	Large 2	—	635	96.00/cwt	96.00–96.00	610	4
Dairy Steers	Large 2	—	745	89.50/cwt	89.50–89.50	667	3
Dairy Steers	Large 4	—	795	87.00/cwt	87.00–87.00	692	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	540	115.00/cwt	115.00–115.00	621	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	466	117.00/cwt	117.00–117.00	545	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	375	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	525	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	635	108.00/cwt	108.00–108.00	686	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	538	115.00/cwt	115.00–115.00	619	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	435	135.00/cwt	135.00–135.00	587	1

How this sale compares

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 →

Wythe County Graded Feeder Cattle Sale - Wytheville, VA

Mon May 4, 2020

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

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State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 32, Holstein Steers 118, Heifers 34)

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Small 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	610	80.00–82.00	81.01
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	455	112.00	112.00
3	—	418	121.00	121.00
2	—	545	103.00	103.00
1	—	550	107.00	107.00
1	—	325	118.00	118.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	540	115.00	115.00
6	—	466	117.00	117.00
4	—	375	140.00	140.00
1	—	635	108.00	108.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	538	115.00	115.00
1	—	435	135.00	135.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	440	137.00	137.00
9	—	730	110.00–112.50	112.23
6	—	675	121.00–125.00	124.36
1	—	820	95.00	95.00
4	—	563	134.00	134.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	438	142.00	142.00
1	—	525	130.00	130.00
2	—	565	130.00	130.00
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	653	92.00	92.00
1	—	505	95.00	95.00
1	—	380	134.00	134.00
Dairy Steers — Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	472	104.00	104.00
7	—	540	99.00–104.00	102.56
4	—	635	96.00	96.00
3	—	745	89.50	89.50
Dairy Steers — Large 4$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	520	94.00	94.00
1	—	670	80.00	80.00
8	—	346	104.00	104.00
7	—	466	104.00	104.00
2	—	258	101.00	101.00
1	—	795	87.00	87.00
Dairy Steers — Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
18	—	453	106.50	106.50
8	—	737	92.50	92.50
2	—	820	92.00	92.00
1	—	760	92.00	92.00
20	—	558	96.00–101.00	100.75
17	—	346	101.00–108.00	107.64
13	—	655	98.00	98.00

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.

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