Name: Virginia Cattle Company livestock auction prices — 2020-08-04
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2020-08-04

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 205, Heifers 151, Bulls 23)

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 $130.41/cwt on 200 head.

Average price

$130.41

200 head · 694 lb average

Value per head Derived

$905

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$145

per head · Medium and Large 1 over Small 1

$13.14/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−6.41

vs VA average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	635	135.57	860	91
Medium and Large 2	566	131.06	741	34
Medium and Large 3	537	125.93	676	14thin
Medium and Large 1-2	929	123.50	1,147	54
Small 1	584	122.43	716	7thin

One grade step is worth $13.14/cwt here — about $145 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 sale200 hd

130.41

—

VA average8 barns · 1,556 hd

136.83

−6.41

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

49 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
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	675	115.00/cwt	115.00–115.00	776	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	580	116.00/cwt	116.00–116.00	673	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	585	97.00/cwt	97.00–97.00	567	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	435	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	566	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	400	115.00/cwt	115.00–115.00	460	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	860	101.00/cwt	101.00–101.00	869	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	490	132.00/cwt	132.00–132.00	647	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	555	115.00/cwt	115.00–115.00	638	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	559	127.50/cwt	127.50–127.50	713	29
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	423	129.00/cwt	129.00–129.00	546	4
Heifers	Small 1	—	660	105.00/cwt	105.00–105.00	693	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	745	100.00/cwt	100.00–100.00	745	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	483	117.00/cwt	117.00–117.00	565	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	461	112.00/cwt	112.00–112.00	516	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	405	135.00/cwt	135.00–135.00	547	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	800	70.00/cwt	70.00–70.00	560	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	558	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	614	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	880	91.00/cwt	91.00–91.00	801	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	730	100.00/cwt	100.00–100.00	730	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2Natural	—	558	133.00/cwt	133.00–133.00	742	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	680	101.00/cwt	101.00–101.00	687	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	771	115.00/cwt	115.00–115.00	887	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	558	128.50/cwt	128.50–128.50	717	15
Heifers	Small 1	—	568	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	682	4
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	720	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	792	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	568	138.55/cwt	126.00–140.00	787	28
Steers	Small 1	—	890	105.00/cwt	105.00–105.00	935	1
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	392	139.00/cwt	139.00–139.00	545	3
Heifers	Small 1	—	498	108.00/cwt	108.00–108.00	538	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	640	118.00/cwt	118.00–118.00	755	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	644	115.97/cwt	115.00–116.00	747	30
Bulls	Small 1	—	450	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	495	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	450	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	585	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	650	139.50/cwt	139.50–139.50	907	34
Steers	Small 1	—	490	127.00/cwt	127.00–127.00	622	2
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	487	129.00/cwt	129.00–129.00	628	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	929	123.50/cwt	123.50–123.50	1,147	54
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	645	123.00/cwt	123.00–123.00	793	3
Steers	Small 1	—	648	114.00/cwt	114.00–114.00	739	2
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	648	119.00/cwt	119.00–119.00	771	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	476	134.00/cwt	134.00–134.00	638	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	828	126.29/cwt	120.00–127.50	1,046	6
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	554	123.00/cwt	123.00–123.00	681	4
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	649	128.00/cwt	128.00–128.00	831	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	474	136.00/cwt	136.00–136.00	645	8
Steers	Small 1	—	400	147.00/cwt	147.00–147.00	588	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	559	131.45/cwt	122.00–132.00	735	18
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	754	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	943	12
Steers	Small 1	—	525	123.00/cwt	123.00–123.00	646	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.

Virginia feeder prices, every weight →Every state and region →