Name: Virginia Cattle Company livestock auction prices — 2020-07-07
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2020-07-07

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 314, Heifers 215, Bulls 11)

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 $134.26/cwt on 300 head.

Average price

$134.26

300 head · 670 lb average

Value per head Derived

$899

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$190

per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 3

$20.18/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−2.39

vs VA average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	640	136.93	876	110
Medium and Large 1-2	740	134.37	994	136
Medium and Large 2	563	133.38	751	32
Small 1	545	123.91	675	11thin
Large 1-2	508	120.57	612	7thin
Medium and Large 3	588	116.75	686	4thin

One grade step is worth $20.18/cwt here — about $190 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 sale300 hd

134.26

—

VA average6 barns · 940 hd

136.66

−2.39

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

67 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	—	493	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	592	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	791	107.00/cwt	107.00–107.00	846	6
Heifers	Large 1-2	—	540	100.00/cwt	100.00–100.00	540	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	430	139.00/cwt	139.00–139.00	598	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	565	118.00/cwt	118.00–118.00	667	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	870	102.00/cwt	102.00–102.00	887	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	990	71.00/cwt	71.00–71.00	703	1
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	950	100.00/cwt	100.00–100.00	950	1
Heifers	Small 1	—	585	90.00/cwt	90.00–90.00	527	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	652	113.00/cwt	113.00–113.00	737	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	591	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	739	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	973	106.00/cwt	106.00–106.00	1,031	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	240	133.00/cwt	133.00–133.00	319	1
Heifers	Small 1	—	459	106.00/cwt	106.00–106.00	487	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	550	119.00/cwt	119.00–119.00	655	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Natural	—	461	135.00/cwt	135.00–135.00	622	16
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	475	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	618	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Natural	—	660	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	924	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	717	134.00/cwt	134.00–134.00	961	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	1,105	95.00/cwt	95.00–95.00	1,050	1
Steers	Small 1	—	385	133.00/cwt	133.00–133.00	512	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	656	127.00/cwt	127.00–127.00	833	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Natural	—	753	133.00/cwt	133.00–133.00	1,001	13
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	612	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	857	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Natural	—	578	128.00/cwt	128.00–128.00	740	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	353	131.00/cwt	131.00–131.00	462	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	310	119.00/cwt	119.00–119.00	369	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Natural	—	563	133.00/cwt	133.00–133.00	749	40
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Natural	—	661	121.87/cwt	106.00–124.00	806	17
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	443	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	532	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	370	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	407	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	765	102.00/cwt	102.00–102.00	780	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	771	112.00/cwt	112.00–112.00	864	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	638	114.48/cwt	106.00–115.00	730	17
Heifers	Large 1-2	—	370	108.00/cwt	108.00–108.00	400	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	453	109.00/cwt	109.00–109.00	494	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	368	129.50/cwt	129.50–129.50	477	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	633	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	823	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	558	120.50/cwt	120.50–120.50	672	23
Heifers	Large 1-2	—	460	106.00/cwt	106.00–106.00	488	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	481	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	722	9
Steers	Small 1	—	470	126.00/cwt	126.00–126.00	592	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	543	137.00/cwt	137.00–137.00	744	21
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Natural	—	514	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	771	21
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	853	114.00/cwt	114.00–114.00	972	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	661	134.53/cwt	120.00–136.00	889	11
Steers	Small 1	—	673	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	808	2
Heifers	Small 1	—	385	71.00/cwt	71.00–71.00	273	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	463	115.00/cwt	115.00–115.00	532	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	550	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	688	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	913	97.00/cwt	97.00–97.00	886	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	355	134.00/cwt	134.00–134.00	476	1
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	385	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	462	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Natural	—	605	147.00/cwt	147.00–147.00	889	31
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	868	127.00/cwt	127.00–127.00	1,102	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	771	124.84/cwt	124.00–131.00	963	18
Steers	Small 1	—	554	123.00/cwt	123.00–123.00	681	6
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	480	128.00/cwt	128.00–128.00	614	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	390	136.00/cwt	136.00–136.00	530	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	685	134.51/cwt	133.00–135.00	921	16
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	638	133.27/cwt	125.00–134.00	850	25
Steers	Large 1-2	—	465	128.00/cwt	128.00–128.00	595	3
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	535	119.00/cwt	119.00–119.00	637	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	1,040	100.00/cwt	100.00–100.00	1,040	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	1,020	114.00/cwt	114.00–114.00	1,163	32
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	570	146.19/cwt	136.00–147.00	833	27
Steers	Large 1-2	—	540	115.00/cwt	115.00–115.00	621	4

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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