Name: Virginia Cattle Company livestock auction prices — 2020-08-06
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2020-08-06

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Central Virginia Cattlemen Association

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 278, Heifers 164)

All Cattle Virginia Quality Assured (VQA)

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 $141.33/cwt on 277 head.

Average price

$141.33

277 head · 664 lb average

Value per head Derived

$938

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

−$83

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

$12.06/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+3.90

vs VA average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1-2	610	148.61	907	108
Medium and Large 2	579	137.26	795	31
Medium and Large 1	725	136.55	990	138

One grade step is worth $12.06/cwt here — about −$83 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 sale277 hd

141.33

—

VA average9 barns · 1,829 hd

137.43

+3.90

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

25 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	—	827	113.00/cwt	113.00–113.00	935	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	484	134.00/cwt	134.00–134.00	649	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	564	138.50/cwt	138.50–138.50	781	25
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	469	129.50/cwt	125.00–131.00	607	4
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	648	137.00/cwt	137.00–137.00	888	4
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	558	141.00/cwt	141.00–141.00	787	20
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	772	123.00/cwt	123.00–123.00	950	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	573	144.51/cwt	131.00–147.00	828	26
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	761	135.00/cwt	135.00–135.00	1,027	36
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	587	115.00/cwt	115.00–115.00	675	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	852	129.00/cwt	129.00–129.00	1,099	24
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	658	142.00/cwt	142.00–142.00	934	41
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	938	119.00/cwt	119.00–119.00	1,116	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	661	131.00/cwt	131.00–131.00	866	49
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	636	127.59/cwt	127.00–130.00	811	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	472	126.00/cwt	126.00–126.00	595	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	483	136.00/cwt	136.00–136.00	657	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	560	136.00/cwt	136.00–136.00	762	21
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	743	117.50/cwt	117.50–117.50	873	27
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	726	136.00/cwt	136.00–136.00	987	19
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	510	151.00/cwt	151.00–151.00	770	16
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	620	154.00/cwt	154.00–154.00	955	35
Heifers	Medium and Large 2Natural	—	486	136.00/cwt	136.00–136.00	661	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Natural	—	554	155.00/cwt	155.00–155.00	859	24
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Natural	—	652	145.00/cwt	145.00–145.00	945	11

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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