Name: Virginia Cattle Company livestock auction prices — 2020-04-21
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2020-04-21

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 117, Heifers 151, Bulls 64)

Value Added Cattle are Weaned and Vaccinated.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb heifers averaged $113.32/cwt on 140 head.

Average price

$113.32

140 head · 583 lb average

Value per head Derived

$661

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$207

per head · Medium and Large 2-3 over Small 1

$23.25/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−6.44

vs VA average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 2-3	604	119.00	719	10thin
Medium and Large 2	535	117.20	627	20
Medium and Large 3	435	117.05	509	7thin
Medium and Large 1	602	112.65	678	88
Medium and Large 1-2	605	111.80	677	10thin
Large 1-2	655	97.00	635	1thin
Small 1	534	95.75	511	4thin

One grade step is worth $23.25/cwt here — about $207 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 sale140 hd

113.32

—

VA average11 barns · 1,512 hd

119.76

−6.44

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

61 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 3	—	540	134.00/cwt	134.00–134.00	724	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2Value Added	—	590	147.00/cwt	147.00–147.00	867	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	653	122.00/cwt	122.00–122.00	797	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	748	115.00/cwt	115.00–115.00	860	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	640	135.00/cwt	135.00–135.00	864	10
Steers	Small 1	—	568	126.00/cwt	126.00–126.00	716	2
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	460	130.55/cwt	128.00–138.00	601	4
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3Value Added	—	635	124.00/cwt	124.00–124.00	787	4
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	558	141.15/cwt	136.00–142.00	788	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	637	138.35/cwt	135.00–140.00	881	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	458	160.00/cwt	160.00–160.00	733	15
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	438	149.00/cwt	149.00–149.00	653	2
Heifers	Large 1-2	—	655	97.00/cwt	97.00–97.00	635	1
Heifers	Small 1	—	552	96.00/cwt	96.00–96.00	530	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	382	122.45/cwt	119.00–129.00	468	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	554	115.00/cwt	115.00–115.00	637	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	748	103.00/cwt	103.00–103.00	770	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	639	111.00/cwt	111.00–111.00	709	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	655	108.00/cwt	108.00–108.00	707	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	568	117.00/cwt	117.00–117.00	665	17
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	727	104.00/cwt	103.00–105.00	756	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	292	131.00/cwt	131.00–131.00	383	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	457	117.00/cwt	117.00–117.00	535	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3Value Added	—	604	119.00/cwt	119.00–119.00	719	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	443	127.00/cwt	127.00–127.00	563	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	338	133.00/cwt	133.00–133.00	450	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	628	101.00/cwt	101.00–101.00	634	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	591	114.00/cwt	114.00–114.00	674	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	478	124.50/cwt	124.50–124.50	595	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	440	124.00/cwt	124.00–124.00	546	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	543	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	597	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	444	124.00/cwt	124.00–124.00	551	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	695	91.00/cwt	91.00–91.00	632	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	472	127.00/cwt	127.00–127.00	599	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	630	105.00/cwt	105.00–105.00	662	1
Bulls	Small 1	—	568	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	625	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	534	123.00/cwt	123.00–123.00	657	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	735	108.00/cwt	108.00–108.00	794	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	546	122.11/cwt	114.00–123.00	667	14
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	550	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	660	2
Bulls	Small 1	—	633	105.00/cwt	105.00–105.00	665	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	455	124.00/cwt	124.00–124.00	564	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	371	139.00/cwt	139.00–139.00	516	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	270	135.00/cwt	135.00–135.00	365	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	374	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	524	4
Steers	Small 1	—	743	99.00/cwt	99.00–99.00	736	2
Steers	Medium and Large 3-4	—	508	127.00/cwt	127.00–127.00	645	2
Heifers	Small 1	—	480	95.00/cwt	95.00–95.00	456	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	525	101.00/cwt	101.00–101.00	530	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	483	121.00/cwt	121.00–121.00	584	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	660	104.00/cwt	104.00–104.00	686	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	560	118.00/cwt	118.00–118.00	661	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	846	95.00/cwt	95.00–95.00	804	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	647	108.00/cwt	108.00–108.00	699	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	542	105.63/cwt	104.00–109.00	573	3
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	295	133.00/cwt	133.00–133.00	392	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	465	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	698	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	684	137.00/cwt	137.00–137.00	937	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	561	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	842	21
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	747	115.00/cwt	115.00–115.00	859	3
Steers	Small 1	—	420	138.00/cwt	138.00–138.00	580	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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