Name: Virginia Cattle Company livestock auction prices — 2020-07-14
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2020-07-14

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 249, Heifers 179, Bulls 35)

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 $127.73/cwt on 242 head.

Average price

$127.73

242 head · 726 lb average

Value per head Derived

$927

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

−$25

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

$20.19/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−5.39

vs VA average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 2	581	130.19	756	42
Medium and Large 1	787	128.13	1,008	109
Medium and Large 1-2	830	127.78	1,060	63
Medium and Large 3	422	124.07	523	14thin
Small 1	502	121.54	610	13thin
Large 1-2	710	110.00	781	1thin

One grade step is worth $20.19/cwt here — about −$25 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 sale242 hd

127.73

—

VA average10 barns · 1,552 hd

133.12

−5.39

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

70 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 1Value Added	—	866	109.00/cwt	109.00–109.00	944	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	828	108.00/cwt	108.00–108.00	894	2
Heifers	Small 1	—	375	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	413	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	363	141.00/cwt	141.00–141.00	512	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	971	104.00/cwt	104.00–104.00	1,010	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	830	118.00/cwt	118.00–118.00	979	2
Steers	Small 1	—	700	105.00/cwt	105.00–105.00	735	1
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	453	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	566	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	727	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	872	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	847	127.00/cwt	127.00–127.00	1,076	21
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	855	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	1,026	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	555	116.00/cwt	116.00–116.00	644	21
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	640	117.00/cwt	117.00–117.00	749	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	920	101.00/cwt	101.00–101.00	929	3
Heifers	Small 1	—	730	95.00/cwt	95.00–95.00	694	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3Value Added	—	588	116.50/cwt	116.50–116.50	685	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Natural	—	846	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	931	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	736	95.00/cwt	95.00–95.00	699	4
Heifers	Small 1	—	655	102.50/cwt	101.00–103.00	671	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	330	84.00/cwt	84.00–84.00	277	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	460	113.00/cwt	113.00–113.00	520	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	545	127.00/cwt	127.00–127.00	692	1
Bulls	Small 1	—	478	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	526	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	362	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	507	3
Bulls	Small 1	—	546	108.00/cwt	108.00–108.00	590	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	463	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	579	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	385	128.00/cwt	128.00–128.00	493	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	533	108.00/cwt	108.00–108.00	576	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	767	99.34/cwt	99.00–100.00	762	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	662	113.00/cwt	113.00–113.00	748	9
Heifers	Small 1	—	456	109.40/cwt	109.00–111.00	499	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	262	115.00/cwt	115.00–115.00	301	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	438	111.71/cwt	105.00–114.00	489	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	563	119.00/cwt	119.00–119.00	670	23
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	1,040	100.00/cwt	100.00–100.00	1,040	1
Steers	Small 1	—	830	113.00/cwt	113.00–113.00	938	1
Heifers	Small 1	—	558	105.00/cwt	105.00–105.00	586	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	443	109.00/cwt	109.00–109.00	483	6
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	565	119.00/cwt	119.00–119.00	672	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	476	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	619	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	916	124.00/cwt	124.00–124.00	1,136	29
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	945	106.00/cwt	106.00–106.00	1,002	2
Steers	Small 1	—	450	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	563	2
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	653	111.00/cwt	111.00–111.00	725	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	648	128.00/cwt	128.00–128.00	829	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1Natural	—	864	124.00/cwt	124.00–124.00	1,071	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	763	121.00/cwt	121.00–121.00	923	6
Steers	Large 1-2	—	710	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	781	1
Steers	Small 1	—	565	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	622	3
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	290	119.00/cwt	119.00–119.00	345	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	570	136.00/cwt	136.00–136.00	775	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	480	131.00/cwt	131.00–131.00	629	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	556	146.25/cwt	146.25–146.25	813	15
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	670	127.00/cwt	127.00–127.00	851	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	645	103.00/cwt	103.00–103.00	664	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	895	101.00/cwt	101.00–101.00	904	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	573	104.00/cwt	104.00–104.00	596	3
Steers	Small 1	—	358	135.00/cwt	135.00–135.00	483	5
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	338	134.00/cwt	134.00–134.00	453	5
Steers	Medium and Large 2Value Added	—	835	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	919	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	860	127.50/cwt	127.50–127.50	1,097	58
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	645	135.00/cwt	135.00–135.00	871	21
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	735	117.00/cwt	117.00–117.00	860	1
Steers	Small 1	—	615	107.00/cwt	107.00–107.00	658	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2Value Added	—	526	129.00/cwt	129.00–129.00	679	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	646	114.00/cwt	114.00–114.00	736	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	796	108.00/cwt	108.00–108.00	860	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	475	124.00/cwt	124.00–124.00	589	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	346	123.00/cwt	123.00–123.00	426	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	486	115.00/cwt	115.00–115.00	559	6

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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