Name: Virginia Cattle Company livestock auction prices — 2020-07-21
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2020-07-21

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 68, Heifers 117, Bulls 19)

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 $114.25/cwt on 114 head.

Average price

$114.25

114 head · 582 lb average

Value per head Derived

$665

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$224

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

$11.13/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−3.10

vs VA average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	612	116.91	716	51
Medium and Large 2	575	115.02	661	27
Medium and Large 1-2	651	115.00	749	14thin
Small 1	488	107.23	523	13thin
Medium and Large 3	465	105.78	492	9thin

One grade step is worth $11.13/cwt here — about $224 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 sale114 hd

114.25

—

VA average8 barns · 765 hd

117.34

−3.10

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

46 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	—	804	114.10/cwt	114.00–115.00	917	10
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	634	131.00/cwt	131.00–131.00	831	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	771	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	925	4
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	563	141.00/cwt	141.00–141.00	794	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	720	121.00/cwt	121.00–121.00	871	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	720	109.00/cwt	109.00–109.00	785	1
Steers	Small 1	—	647	118.00/cwt	118.00–118.00	763	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	475	136.00/cwt	136.00–136.00	646	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	520	115.00/cwt	115.00–115.00	598	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Natural	—	696	114.00/cwt	114.00–114.00	793	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	478	114.00/cwt	114.00–114.00	545	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	460	107.00/cwt	107.00–107.00	492	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	759	113.00/cwt	113.00–113.00	858	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	362	136.00/cwt	136.00–136.00	492	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	567	105.00/cwt	105.00–105.00	595	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	561	119.50/cwt	119.50–119.50	670	25
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	310	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	434	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	460	128.00/cwt	128.00–128.00	589	3
Bulls	Small 1	—	458	115.00/cwt	115.00–115.00	527	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	805	71.00/cwt	71.00–71.00	572	1
Bulls	Small 1	—	640	104.00/cwt	104.00–104.00	666	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	560	128.00/cwt	128.00–128.00	717	1
Bulls	Small 1	—	528	116.00/cwt	116.00–116.00	612	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	325	156.00/cwt	156.00–156.00	507	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	770	101.00/cwt	101.00–101.00	778	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	370	104.00/cwt	104.00–104.00	385	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	753	101.00/cwt	101.00–101.00	761	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	423	121.00/cwt	121.00–121.00	512	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	275	105.00/cwt	105.00–105.00	289	1
Heifers	Small 1	—	570	103.00/cwt	103.00–103.00	587	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	490	115.00/cwt	115.00–115.00	564	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	825	99.00/cwt	99.00–99.00	817	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	570	118.00/cwt	118.00–118.00	673	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	600	109.00/cwt	109.00–109.00	654	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	425	118.00/cwt	118.00–118.00	502	1
Steers	Small 1	—	815	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	897	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	576	141.63/cwt	125.00–147.00	816	16
Steers	Small 1	—	445	121.00/cwt	121.00–121.00	538	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	666	134.00/cwt	134.00–134.00	892	13
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	435	135.00/cwt	135.00–135.00	587	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2Value Added	—	802	109.00/cwt	109.00–109.00	874	5
Heifers	Small 1	—	440	109.60/cwt	100.00–112.00	482	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	373	137.00/cwt	137.00–137.00	511	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	651	115.00/cwt	115.00–115.00	749	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	536	115.50/cwt	115.50–115.50	619	9
Heifers	Small 1	—	360	114.00/cwt	114.00–114.00	410	2

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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