Sale reports / Virginia / Virginia Cattle Company / 2019-08-20

Virginia Cattle Company

Feeder Cattle · Radiant, Virginia · Tue, Aug 20
● Final34 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2182
Receipts
242 head
476 vs last sale 718 242 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 132, Heifers 85, Bulls 25)

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 $138.65/cwt on 128 head.
Average price
$138.65
128 head · 635 lb average
Value per head Derived
$880
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$328
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Small 1
$24.13/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+3.25
vs VA average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1639140.13896114
Medium and Large 1-2527130.006853thin
Medium and Large 2630126.7079810thin
Small 1490116.005681thin
One grade step is worth $24.13/cwt here — about $328 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 sale128 hd
138.65
VA average12 barns · 1,055 hd
135.40
+3.25
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

34 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.
ClassGrade / descriptionWeightAvg wtPriceRangePer headHead
BullsSmall 151586.00/cwt86.00–86.004431
BullsMedium and Large 3454103.00/cwt103.00–103.004688
BullsMedium and Large 2543110.00/cwt110.00–110.005973
BullsMedium and Large 2350128.00/cwt128.00–128.004481
BullsMedium and Large 1-2624109.00/cwt109.00–109.006804
BullsMedium and Large 1473132.00/cwt132.00–132.006243
BullsSmall 1463104.00/cwt104.00–104.004823
HeifersMedium and Large 2405106.48/cwt105.00–108.004312
HeifersSmall 1395105.00/cwt105.00–105.004151
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2Natural583125.00/cwt125.00–125.0072912
HeifersMedium and Large 3448103.00/cwt103.00–103.004614
HeifersMedium and Large 1560126.56/cwt116.00–127.0070925
HeifersMedium and Large 3532108.00/cwt108.00–108.005753
HeifersMedium and Large 1647120.50/cwt120.50–120.5078015
HeifersMedium and Large 2476114.00/cwt114.00–114.005437
HeifersMedium and Large 1481114.00/cwt114.00–114.005487
HeifersMedium and Large 2530121.00/cwt121.00–121.006414
HeifersMedium and Large 2648110.00/cwt110.00–110.007133
SteersMedium and Large 1764130.00/cwt130.00–130.009937
SteersMedium and Large 1-2Value Added527130.00/cwt130.00–130.006853
SteersMedium and Large 1490130.00/cwt130.00–130.006373
SteersMedium and Large 1Natural628144.00/cwt144.00–144.0090413
SteersMedium and Large 11,02591.00/cwt91.00–91.009331
SteersMedium and Large 1Natural723134.00/cwt134.00–134.009694
SteersSmall 1490116.00/cwt116.00–116.005681
SteersMedium and Large 1925101.00/cwt101.00–101.009341
SteersMedium and Large 1Value Added630145.00/cwt145.00–145.0091453
SteersMedium and Large 2678133.00/cwt133.00–133.009026
SteersMedium and Large 1890102.00/cwt102.00–102.009081
SteersMedium and Large 1562142.00/cwt142.00–142.0079817
SteersMedium and Large 2433123.00/cwt123.00–123.005333
SteersMedium and Large 1700125.00/cwt125.00–125.008751
SteersMedium and Large 1656134.50/cwt134.50–134.5088213
SteersMedium and Large 2935100.00/cwt100.00–100.009351

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.