Name: Virginia Cattle Company livestock auction prices — 2020-04-14
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2020-04-14

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 116, Heifers 245, Bulls 15)

Value Added and Natural Cattle are Weaned and Vaccinated.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb heifers averaged $107.14/cwt on 234 head.

Average price

$107.14

234 head · 711 lb average

Value per head Derived

$762

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$47

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

$43.00/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−9.65

vs VA average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 2	545	118.00	643	18thin
Medium and Large 3	513	112.32	576	22
Medium and Large 1-2	724	107.31	777	74
Medium and Large 1	767	105.32	808	114
Small 1	689	91.00	627	5thin
Large 1-2	795	75.00	596	1thin

One grade step is worth $43.00/cwt here — about $47 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 sale234 hd

107.14

—

VA average10 barns · 1,098 hd

116.79

−9.65

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

71 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
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	801	90.00/cwt	90.00–90.00	721	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	425	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	531	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	763	106.00/cwt	106.00–106.00	809	36
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	556	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	667	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	652	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	717	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	445	108.00/cwt	108.00–108.00	481	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	1,045	96.00/cwt	96.00–96.00	1,003	1
Heifers	Small 1	—	455	114.00/cwt	114.00–114.00	519	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	361	121.00/cwt	121.00–121.00	437	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	665	108.00/cwt	108.00–108.00	718	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	393	126.00/cwt	126.00–126.00	495	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	654	111.09/cwt	105.00–116.00	727	15
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	753	105.00/cwt	105.00–105.00	791	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Natural	—	769	106.00/cwt	106.00–106.00	815	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	1,052	96.00/cwt	96.00–96.00	1,010	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	383	119.86/cwt	119.00–120.00	459	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	525	116.00/cwt	116.00–116.00	609	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	1,235	109.00/cwt	109.00–109.00	1,346	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	541	145.00/cwt	145.00–145.00	784	9
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	550	135.00/cwt	135.00–135.00	743	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	310	138.00/cwt	138.00–138.00	428	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1Natural	—	699	139.00/cwt	139.00–139.00	972	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	542	145.00/cwt	145.00–145.00	786	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	888	117.00/cwt	117.00–117.00	1,039	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	235	124.00/cwt	124.00–124.00	291	1
Steers	Small 1	—	435	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	544	1
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	800	75.00/cwt	75.00–75.00	600	2
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	560	116.00/cwt	116.00–116.00	650	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3Value Added	—	721	126.50/cwt	126.50–126.50	912	16
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	475	144.00/cwt	144.00–144.00	684	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	385	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	481	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	499	154.00/cwt	154.00–154.00	768	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	466	149.81/cwt	135.00–151.00	698	13
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	735	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	882	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	365	131.00/cwt	131.00–131.00	478	1
Steers	Small 1	—	600	119.00/cwt	119.00–119.00	714	2
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	858	77.00/cwt	77.00–77.00	661	2
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	458	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	595	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3Natural	—	536	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	804	12
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	682	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	887	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	445	128.00/cwt	128.00–128.00	570	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	600	145.00/cwt	145.00–145.00	870	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	500	136.00/cwt	136.00–136.00	680	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	663	135.20/cwt	126.00–137.00	896	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	1,085	93.00/cwt	93.00–93.00	1,009	1
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	628	106.00/cwt	106.00–106.00	666	3
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	770	104.00/cwt	104.00–104.00	801	2
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	355	128.00/cwt	128.00–128.00	454	1
Heifers	Small 1	—	530	109.00/cwt	109.00–109.00	578	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	680	94.00/cwt	94.00–94.00	639	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	965	90.00/cwt	90.00–90.00	869	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	858	77.00/cwt	77.00–77.00	661	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	730	91.00/cwt	91.00–91.00	664	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	458	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	550	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	550	108.00/cwt	108.00–108.00	594	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2Value Added	—	593	122.00/cwt	122.00–122.00	723	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	473	114.00/cwt	114.00–114.00	539	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Natural	—	494	119.00/cwt	119.00–119.00	588	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	851	101.00/cwt	101.00–101.00	860	28
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	325	134.00/cwt	134.00–134.00	436	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	953	94.00/cwt	94.00–94.00	896	21
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	476	115.00/cwt	115.00–115.00	547	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	753	96.00/cwt	96.00–96.00	723	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	1,450	75.00/cwt	75.00–75.00	1,088	1
Heifers	Large 1-2	—	795	75.00/cwt	75.00–75.00	596	1
Heifers	Small 1	—	865	74.00/cwt	74.00–74.00	640	2
Heifers	Small 1	—	730	84.00/cwt	84.00–84.00	613	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	451	123.00/cwt	123.00–123.00	555	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	513	111.00/cwt	111.00–111.00	569	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	544	121.00/cwt	121.00–121.00	658	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Natural	—	674	116.50/cwt	116.50–116.50	785	5

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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