Name: Virginia Cattle Company livestock auction prices — 2020-09-01
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2020-09-01

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 260, Heifers 136, Bulls 31)

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 $138.86/cwt on 256 head.

Average price

$138.86

256 head · 704 lb average

Value per head Derived

$978

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$235

per head · Medium and Large 1 over Small 1

$12.19/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−1.59

vs VA average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	643	142.19	915	69
Medium and Large 1-2	761	139.05	1,058	152
Medium and Large 3	390	136.67	533	6thin
Medium and Large 2	624	130.41	814	27
Small 1	523	130.00	680	2thin

One grade step is worth $12.19/cwt here — about $235 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 sale256 hd

138.86

—

VA average8 barns · 891 hd

140.45

−1.59

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

58 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	—	427	143.00/cwt	143.00–143.00	611	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	555	115.00/cwt	115.00–115.00	638	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	760	104.00/cwt	104.00–104.00	790	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	533	145.00/cwt	145.00–145.00	773	25
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	665	119.00/cwt	119.00–119.00	791	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	828	138.75/cwt	138.75–138.75	1,149	59
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	766	134.20/cwt	128.00–135.00	1,028	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	720	127.00/cwt	127.00–127.00	914	1
Steers	Small 1	—	523	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	680	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	636	131.17/cwt	126.00–132.00	834	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	728	138.77/cwt	136.50–142.50	1,010	86
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	668	140.18/cwt	137.00–140.50	936	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	900	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	1,080	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	625	81.00/cwt	81.00–81.00	506	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	628	121.00/cwt	121.00–121.00	760	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	283	144.00/cwt	144.00–144.00	408	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	805	96.00/cwt	96.00–96.00	773	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	765	90.00/cwt	90.00–90.00	689	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	476	123.00/cwt	123.00–123.00	585	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	393	139.00/cwt	139.00–139.00	546	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	487	126.00/cwt	126.00–126.00	614	5
Steers	Medium and Large 2Value Added	—	656	128.00/cwt	128.00–128.00	840	4
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	390	154.00/cwt	154.00–154.00	601	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	549	147.50/cwt	147.50–147.50	810	13
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	1,035	91.00/cwt	91.00–91.00	942	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2Value Added	—	749	119.00/cwt	119.00–119.00	891	4
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	790	91.00/cwt	91.00–91.00	719	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	619	147.00/cwt	147.00–147.00	910	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	558	151.00/cwt	151.00–151.00	843	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	658	123.00/cwt	123.00–123.00	809	8
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	1,045	79.00/cwt	79.00–79.00	826	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	573	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	716	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	550	138.00/cwt	138.00–138.00	759	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	650	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	715	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	440	136.00/cwt	136.00–136.00	598	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	380	159.00/cwt	159.00–159.00	604	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	723	115.00/cwt	115.00–115.00	831	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	837	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	921	3
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	125	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	150	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	735	123.00/cwt	123.00–123.00	904	2
Heifers	Small 1	—	418	115.00/cwt	115.00–115.00	481	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	558	127.16/cwt	124.00–127.50	710	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	421	133.50/cwt	133.50–133.50	562	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	637	127.00/cwt	127.00–127.00	809	20
Heifers	Small 1	—	553	103.00/cwt	103.00–103.00	570	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	360	119.00/cwt	119.00–119.00	428	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	546	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	710	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1Natural	—	634	150.50/cwt	150.50–150.50	954	13
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	885	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	974	3
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	375	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	525	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	459	139.00/cwt	139.00–139.00	638	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	606	145.00/cwt	145.00–145.00	879	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	485	148.76/cwt	141.00–150.00	721	7
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	488	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	683	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	573	142.00/cwt	142.00–142.00	814	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	565	129.31/cwt	129.00–129.50	731	22
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	500	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	550	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	520	123.00/cwt	123.00–123.00	640	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.

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