Name: Virginia Cattle Company livestock auction prices — 2019-08-01
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2019-08-01

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Central Virginia Cattlemen Association

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 475, Heifers 261)

All Cattle Virginia Quality Assured (VQA)

Value Added and Natural Cattle are Weaned and Vaccinated,

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb steers averaged $147.25/cwt on 475 head.

Average price

$147.25

475 head · 635 lb average

Value per head Derived

$935

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$35

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

$8.01/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+8.53

vs VA average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1-2	567	150.76	855	93
Medium and Large 1	669	147.25	985	310
Medium and Large 2	575	142.75	821	72

One grade step is worth $8.01/cwt here — about $35 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 sale475 hd

147.25

—

VA average7 barns · 1,278 hd

138.72

+8.53

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

26 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 1Value Added	—	481	147.00/cwt	147.00–147.00	707	16
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	629	144.00/cwt	144.00–144.00	906	4
Steers	Medium and Large 2Value Added	—	568	147.06/cwt	131.00–148.50	835	36
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	580	151.52/cwt	124.00–154.00	879	95
Steers	Medium and Large 2Value Added	—	642	138.50/cwt	138.50–138.50	889	21
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	663	150.59/cwt	116.00–151.50	998	79
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Natural	—	557	155.27/cwt	155.00–155.50	865	51
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	743	144.00/cwt	144.00–144.00	1,070	67
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Natural	—	671	151.00/cwt	151.00–151.00	1,013	13
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	756	144.00/cwt	144.00–144.00	1,089	31
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	473	147.00/cwt	147.00–147.00	695	18
Steers	Medium and Large 2Natural	—	512	135.00/cwt	135.00–135.00	691	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	865	131.50/cwt	131.50–131.50	1,137	22
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	659	130.95/cwt	114.00–138.00	863	7
Steers	Medium and Large 2Natural	—	469	145.00/cwt	145.00–145.00	680	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	473	109.44/cwt	100.00–124.00	518	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	568	128.50/cwt	128.50–128.50	730	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2Natural	—	508	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	635	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	657	124.30/cwt	124.00–132.00	817	56
Heifers	Medium and Large 2Natural	—	408	116.00/cwt	116.00–116.00	473	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	476	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	595	32
Heifers	Medium and Large 2Value Added	—	551	133.50/cwt	133.50–133.50	736	49
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	564	132.72/cwt	112.00–133.50	749	29
Heifers	Medium and Large 2Value Added	—	636	124.50/cwt	124.50–124.50	792	31
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	744	126.00/cwt	126.00–126.00	937	20
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Natural	—	520	122.49/cwt	104.00–128.00	637	21

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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