Name: Wythe County Livestock Exchange livestock auction prices — 2022-09-12
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2022-09-12

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 8, Dairy Steers 132, Heifers 5)

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb steers averaged $150.50/cwt on 8 head.

Average price

$150.50

8 head · 516 lb average

Value per head Derived

$776

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

−$95

per head · Medium and Large 1 over Small 1

$53.33/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−23.24

vs VA average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	357	173.33	619	3thin
Medium and Large 2	615	141.00	868	4thin
Small 1	595	120.00	714	1thin

One grade step is worth $53.33/cwt here — about −$95 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 sale8 hd

150.50

—

VA average10 barns · 1,821 hd

173.74

−23.24

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

39 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	Medium and Large 1	—	400	152.00/cwt	152.00–152.00	608	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	570	131.00/cwt	131.00–131.00	747	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	245	112.00/cwt	112.00–112.00	274	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	530	112.00/cwt	112.00–112.00	594	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	540	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	594	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	415	166.00/cwt	166.00–166.00	689	1
Dairy Steers	Large 4	—	405	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	567	1
Dairy Steers	Large 4	—	530	133.00/cwt	133.00–133.00	705	1
Dairy Steers	Large 4	—	745	136.00/cwt	136.00–136.00	1,013	1
Dairy Steers	Large 3	—	670	136.00/cwt	136.00–136.00	911	1
Dairy Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	448	119.00/cwt	119.00–119.00	533	2
Dairy Steers	Large 2	—	665	141.59/cwt	141.00–142.00	942	5
Dairy Steers	Medium and Large 4	—	348	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	418	5
Dairy Steers	Large 4	—	358	146.00/cwt	146.00–146.00	523	6
Dairy Steers	Medium and Large 4	—	363	115.00/cwt	115.00–115.00	417	2
Dairy Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	360	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	432	2
Dairy Steers	Large 2	—	520	144.00/cwt	144.00–144.00	749	1
Dairy Steers	Large 2	—	905	126.00/cwt	126.00–126.00	1,140	1
Dairy Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	434	119.02/cwt	117.00–120.00	517	3
Dairy Steers	Large 3	—	469	141.10/cwt	134.00–142.00	662	9
Dairy Steers	Large 3	—	746	138.78/cwt	133.00–139.50	1,035	9
Dairy Steers	Large 3	—	810	119.00/cwt	119.00–119.00	964	1
Dairy Steers	Large 4	—	241	153.18/cwt	152.00–162.00	369	7
Dairy Steers	Medium and Large 4	—	453	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	566	3
Dairy Steers	Large 2	—	443	137.00/cwt	137.00–137.00	607	3
Dairy Steers	Large 2	—	553	145.00/cwt	145.00–145.00	802	5
Dairy Steers	Large 3	—	556	145.46/cwt	143.00–146.00	809	11
Steers	Small 1	—	595	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	714	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	328	177.00/cwt	177.00–177.00	581	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	740	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	814	1
Dairy Steers	Large 2	—	820	134.00/cwt	134.00–134.00	1,099	7
Dairy Steers	Large 2	—	753	134.00/cwt	134.00–134.00	1,009	17
Dairy Steers	Large 3	—	345	149.35/cwt	145.00–151.00	515	11
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	695	124.00/cwt	124.00–124.00	862	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	513	165.00/cwt	165.00–165.00	846	2
Dairy Steers	Large 3	—	785	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	864	1
Dairy Steers	Medium and Large 4	—	795	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	954	1
Dairy Steers	Medium and Large 4	—	282	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	367	5
Dairy Steers	Large 3	—	641	145.56/cwt	141.00–146.00	933	11

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 Sep 12, 2022

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

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State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 8, Dairy Steers 132, Heifers 5)

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	400	152.00	152.00
1	—	570	131.00	131.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	245	112.00	112.00
1	—	530	112.00	112.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	540	110.00	110.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	415	166.00	166.00
2	—	328	177.00	177.00
Steers — Small 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	595	120.00	120.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	740	110.00	110.00
1	—	695	124.00	124.00
2	—	513	165.00	165.00
Dairy Steers — Large 4$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	405	140.00	140.00
1	—	530	133.00	133.00
1	—	745	136.00	136.00
6	—	358	146.00	146.00
7	—	241	152.00–162.00	153.18
Dairy Steers — Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	670	136.00	136.00
9	—	469	134.00–142.00	141.10
9	—	746	133.00–139.50	138.78
1	—	810	119.00	119.00
11	—	556	143.00–146.00	145.46
11	—	345	145.00–151.00	149.35
1	—	785	110.00	110.00
11	—	641	141.00–146.00	145.56
Dairy Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	448	119.00	119.00
Dairy Steers — Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	665	141.00–142.00	141.59
1	—	520	144.00	144.00
1	—	905	126.00	126.00
3	—	443	137.00	137.00
5	—	553	145.00	145.00
7	—	820	134.00	134.00
17	—	753	134.00	134.00
Dairy Steers — Medium and Large 4$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	348	120.00	120.00
2	—	363	115.00	115.00
3	—	453	125.00	125.00
1	—	795	120.00	120.00
5	—	282	130.00	130.00
Dairy Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	360	120.00	120.00
3	—	434	117.00–120.00	119.02

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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