Name: Virginia Cattle Company livestock auction prices — 2019-07-30
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2019-07-30

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 173, Heifers 137, Bulls 29)

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb steers averaged $126.66/cwt on 162 head.

Average price

$126.66

162 head · 611 lb average

Value per head Derived

$774

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$407

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

$83.12/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−8.11

vs VA average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	608	137.12	833	60
Medium and Large 2	598	129.16	773	49
Medium and Large 3	534	114.37	611	22
Medium and Large 2-3	708	114.29	810	24
Small 1	553	111.67	618	3thin
Medium and Large 1-2	657	105.00	690	3thin
Large 1-2	790	54.00	427	1thin

One grade step is worth $83.12/cwt here — about $407 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 sale162 hd

126.66

—

VA average7 barns · 780 hd

134.77

−8.11

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

66 lots · USDA AMS · Virginia Cattle Company Graded Feeder Cattle Sale - Radiant, 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
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	651	133.00/cwt	133.00–133.00	866	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	570	137.00/cwt	137.00–137.00	781	24
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	955	106.00/cwt	106.00–106.00	1,012	1
Steers	Small 1	—	530	97.00/cwt	97.00–97.00	514	1
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	450	109.00/cwt	109.00–109.00	491	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	552	131.00/cwt	131.00–131.00	723	13
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	657	105.00/cwt	105.00–105.00	690	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	663	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	928	2
Steers	Small 1	—	565	119.00/cwt	119.00–119.00	672	2
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	590	99.00/cwt	99.00–99.00	584	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2Value Added	—	790	124.00/cwt	124.00–124.00	980	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	440	108.00/cwt	108.00–108.00	475	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	503	134.05/cwt	120.00–141.00	674	3
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	685	99.00/cwt	99.00–99.00	678	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2Value Added	—	622	135.00/cwt	135.00–135.00	840	17
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	520	109.00/cwt	109.00–109.00	567	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	476	145.00/cwt	145.00–145.00	690	4
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	635	111.00/cwt	111.00–111.00	705	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	773	118.00/cwt	118.00–118.00	912	7
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	469	119.00/cwt	119.00–119.00	558	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	731	131.00/cwt	131.00–131.00	958	7
Steers	Large 1-2	—	790	54.00/cwt	54.00–54.00	427	1
Heifers	Small 1	—	454	118.00/cwt	118.00–118.00	536	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	710	117.00/cwt	117.00–117.00	831	1
Bulls	Small 1	—	650	80.00/cwt	80.00–80.00	520	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	770	96.00/cwt	96.00–96.00	739	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	635	113.00/cwt	113.00–113.00	718	1
Bulls	Small 1	—	513	76.97/cwt	71.00–83.00	395	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	815	74.00/cwt	74.00–74.00	603	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	940	73.00/cwt	73.00–73.00	686	1
Bulls	Small 1	—	454	107.65/cwt	99.00–112.00	489	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	448	108.00/cwt	108.00–108.00	484	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	423	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	529	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	568	100.00/cwt	100.00–100.00	568	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	325	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	423	1
Bulls	Small 1	—	385	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	424	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	545	101.00/cwt	101.00–101.00	550	1
Bulls	Small 1	—	550	84.00/cwt	84.00–84.00	462	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	625	95.00/cwt	95.00–95.00	594	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	320	107.53/cwt	98.00–118.00	344	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	733	118.50/cwt	118.50–118.50	869	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	644	140.50/cwt	140.50–140.50	905	18
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	385	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	481	1
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	546	118.51/cwt	116.00–119.00	647	12
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3Value Added	—	703	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	879	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	652	107.00/cwt	107.00–107.00	698	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	430	115.00/cwt	115.00–115.00	495	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	547	117.00/cwt	117.00–117.00	640	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	543	114.39/cwt	104.00–116.00	621	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	642	118.42/cwt	116.00–119.00	760	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	715	119.00/cwt	119.00–119.00	851	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	482	112.31/cwt	105.00–116.00	541	3
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	442	113.00/cwt	113.00–113.00	499	5
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	658	99.00/cwt	99.00–99.00	651	8
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	614	117.00/cwt	113.00–119.00	718	4
Heifers	Small 1	—	545	109.00/cwt	109.00–109.00	594	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	390	105.00/cwt	105.00–105.00	410	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	425	121.00/cwt	121.00–121.00	514	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	561	124.01/cwt	110.00–125.00	696	28
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	463	116.00/cwt	116.00–116.00	537	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	481	122.00/cwt	122.00–122.00	587	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	598	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	658	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	805	118.00/cwt	118.00–118.00	950	1
Heifers	Small 1	—	625	85.00/cwt	85.00–85.00	531	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	546	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	655	17
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	565	118.00/cwt	118.00–118.00	667	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.

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