Name: Virginia Cattle Company livestock auction prices — 2020-02-18
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2020-02-18

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 427, Heifers 395, Bulls 43)

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 $144.49/cwt on 414 head.

Average price

$144.49

414 head · 664 lb average

Value per head Derived

$959

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$169

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

$27.12/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−3.49

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	668	147.79	987	35
Medium and Large 1	679	146.54	996	289
Medium and Large 2	593	146.00	865	39
Medium and Large 3	590	135.91	802	15thin
Medium and Large 2-3	696	135.00	940	11thin
Small 1	616	123.45	761	22
Large 1-2	678	120.67	819	3thin

One grade step is worth $27.12/cwt here — about $169 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 sale414 hd

144.49

—

VA average9 barns · 1,544 hd

147.97

−3.49

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

83 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 1	—	713	132.42/cwt	128.00–137.00	944	2
Steers	Large 1-2	—	810	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	891	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	943	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	1,132	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	558	173.50/cwt	173.50–173.50	968	60
Steers	Small 1	—	743	106.00/cwt	106.00–106.00	788	3
Steers	Small 1	—	855	90.00/cwt	90.00–90.00	770	1
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	575	138.00/cwt	138.00–138.00	794	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	484	123.00/cwt	123.00–123.00	595	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	805	114.00/cwt	114.00–114.00	918	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	655	122.52/cwt	116.00–123.00	803	60
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	576	124.12/cwt	123.00–126.00	715	27
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	939	110.39/cwt	103.00–112.00	1,037	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	664	117.50/cwt	117.50–117.50	780	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	370	136.00/cwt	136.00–136.00	503	5
Heifers	Small 1	—	651	107.00/cwt	107.00–107.00	697	18
Heifers	Small 1	—	870	85.00/cwt	85.00–85.00	740	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	383	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	498	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3Value Added	—	708	109.00/cwt	109.00–109.00	772	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	640	114.00/cwt	114.00–114.00	730	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	377	132.00/cwt	132.00–132.00	498	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Natural	—	580	133.00/cwt	133.00–133.00	771	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	671	117.24/cwt	115.00–119.00	787	27
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	566	126.00/cwt	126.00–126.00	713	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	427	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	555	7
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3Value Added	—	696	135.00/cwt	135.00–135.00	940	11
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	553	148.50/cwt	148.50–148.50	821	10
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	385	166.00/cwt	166.00–166.00	639	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	755	130.31/cwt	121.00–131.00	984	58
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	977	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	1,221	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	1,005	112.00/cwt	112.00–112.00	1,126	2
Steers	Large 1-2	—	855	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	941	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	724	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	941	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1Natural	—	567	162.84/cwt	160.00–164.00	923	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	971	118.00/cwt	118.00–118.00	1,146	5
Steers	Small 1	—	566	132.11/cwt	124.00–135.00	748	8
Steers	Small 1	—	430	121.00/cwt	121.00–121.00	520	2
Steers	Medium and Large 3Value Added	—	608	144.00/cwt	144.00–144.00	876	4
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	800	114.00/cwt	114.00–114.00	912	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	662	139.82/cwt	138.00–140.00	926	11
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	767	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	920	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	661	145.44/cwt	145.00–145.50	961	85
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	494	126.00/cwt	126.00–126.00	622	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	450	148.00/cwt	148.00–148.00	666	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	280	177.00/cwt	177.00–177.00	496	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	346	179.50/cwt	179.50–179.50	621	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	556	124.00/cwt	124.00–124.00	689	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	535	119.00/cwt	119.00–119.00	637	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	447	151.00/cwt	151.00–151.00	675	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	780	103.00/cwt	103.00–103.00	803	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	390	149.00/cwt	149.00–149.00	581	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	395	164.00/cwt	164.00–164.00	648	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	666	115.00/cwt	115.00–115.00	766	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	575	135.00/cwt	135.00–135.00	776	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	560	156.77/cwt	154.00–157.00	878	13
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	392	167.00/cwt	167.00–167.00	655	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	830	113.00/cwt	113.00–113.00	938	1
Steers	Large 1-2	—	370	142.00/cwt	142.00–142.00	525	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	300	170.00/cwt	170.00–170.00	510	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	568	162.50/cwt	162.50–162.50	923	21
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	844	122.50/cwt	122.50–122.50	1,034	12
Heifers	Small 1	—	498	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	548	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	554	116.00/cwt	116.00–116.00	643	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3Value Added	—	473	127.00/cwt	127.00–127.00	601	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	431	120.55/cwt	117.00–121.00	520	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	727	117.33/cwt	117.00–118.00	853	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	535	124.00/cwt	124.00–124.00	663	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	568	134.25/cwt	134.25–134.25	763	41
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	745	113.75/cwt	113.00–114.00	847	20
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	478	127.00/cwt	127.00–127.00	607	8
Heifers	Small 1	—	561	111.00/cwt	111.00–111.00	623	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	452	122.00/cwt	122.00–122.00	551	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	627	106.34/cwt	105.00–109.00	667	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	556	124.50/cwt	124.50–124.50	692	21
Steers	Small 1Value Added	—	679	134.00/cwt	134.00–134.00	910	4
Steers	Small 1	—	660	124.00/cwt	124.00–124.00	818	3
Steers	Small 1	—	385	101.00/cwt	101.00–101.00	389	1
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	429	142.17/cwt	141.00–146.00	610	4
Steers	Medium and Large 2Value Added	—	1,015	119.00/cwt	119.00–119.00	1,208	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	472	161.55/cwt	153.00–163.00	763	7
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	603	137.01/cwt	135.00–139.00	826	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	864	121.50/cwt	121.50–121.50	1,050	17
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	455	172.00/cwt	172.00–172.00	783	14
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	1,103	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	1,213	3

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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