Name: Virginia Cattle Company livestock auction prices — 2020-09-15
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2020-09-15

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 400, Heifers 172, Bulls 49)

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 $140.56/cwt on 385 head.

Average price

$140.56

385 head · 642 lb average

Value per head Derived

$903

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$267

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

$37.39/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+0.21

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	622	148.39	922	118
Medium and Large 1	690	139.64	963	165
Medium and Large 2	612	135.70	830	69
Medium and Large 3	539	129.60	698	20
Small 1	545	124.90	681	12thin
Large 1-2	590	111.00	655	1thin

One grade step is worth $37.39/cwt here — about $267 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 sale385 hd

140.56

—

VA average11 barns · 2,589 hd

140.35

+0.21

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

85 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 1Value Added	—	1,029	126.50/cwt	126.50–126.50	1,302	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	861	124.50/cwt	124.50–124.50	1,072	8
Heifers	Small 1	—	453	85.00/cwt	85.00–85.00	385	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	630	101.00/cwt	101.00–101.00	636	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	558	122.00/cwt	122.00–122.00	681	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Natural	—	510	118.00/cwt	118.00–118.00	602	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	345	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	483	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	563	116.00/cwt	116.00–116.00	653	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	652	119.00/cwt	119.00–119.00	776	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	585	137.00/cwt	137.00–137.00	801	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	754	101.00/cwt	101.00–101.00	762	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	477	114.00/cwt	114.00–114.00	544	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 2Natural	—	589	137.00/cwt	137.00–137.00	807	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	545	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	681	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	831	119.00/cwt	119.00–119.00	989	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	945	88.00/cwt	88.00–88.00	832	1
Heifers	Small 1	—	730	76.00/cwt	76.00–76.00	555	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	243	131.00/cwt	131.00–131.00	318	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	305	154.00/cwt	154.00–154.00	470	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	195	191.00/cwt	191.00–191.00	372	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	945	84.00/cwt	84.00–84.00	794	1
Bulls	Small 1	—	552	121.00/cwt	121.00–121.00	668	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	535	108.00/cwt	108.00–108.00	578	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	265	180.00/cwt	180.00–180.00	477	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	1,050	61.00/cwt	61.00–61.00	641	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	855	83.00/cwt	83.00–83.00	710	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	445	127.00/cwt	127.00–127.00	565	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	474	125.50/cwt	125.50–125.50	595	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	390	135.00/cwt	135.00–135.00	527	2
Heifers	Small 1	—	533	105.00/cwt	105.00–105.00	560	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3Natural	—	657	133.00/cwt	133.00–133.00	874	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	758	100.00/cwt	100.00–100.00	758	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	652	118.00/cwt	118.00–118.00	769	17
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	605	123.00/cwt	123.00–123.00	744	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	340	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	442	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	536	136.00/cwt	136.00–136.00	729	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	693	109.00/cwt	109.00–109.00	755	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	620	117.00/cwt	117.00–117.00	725	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	653	116.00/cwt	116.00–116.00	757	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	471	132.11/cwt	124.00–135.00	622	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	453	138.00/cwt	138.00–138.00	625	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	343	163.00/cwt	163.00–163.00	559	4
Steers	Small 1	—	535	124.97/cwt	124.00–129.00	669	5
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	541	123.00/cwt	123.00–123.00	665	6
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	651	131.00/cwt	131.00–131.00	853	16
Heifers	Small 1	—	628	91.00/cwt	91.00–91.00	571	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	295	116.00/cwt	116.00–116.00	342	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	480	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	600	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	556	125.50/cwt	125.50–125.50	698	22
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	433	128.00/cwt	128.00–128.00	554	3
Bulls	Small 1	—	440	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	528	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	570	121.00/cwt	121.00–121.00	690	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	460	127.00/cwt	127.00–127.00	584	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	620	95.00/cwt	95.00–95.00	589	1
Bulls	Small 1	—	620	108.00/cwt	108.00–108.00	670	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	370	148.00/cwt	148.00–148.00	548	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	721	137.23/cwt	130.00–141.00	989	38
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	625	144.38/cwt	140.00–146.00	902	11
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	659	126.00/cwt	126.00–126.00	830	6
Steers	Medium and Large 2Value Added	—	619	146.00/cwt	146.00–146.00	904	5
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	525	115.00/cwt	110.00–120.00	604	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	952	115.00/cwt	115.00–115.00	1,095	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	455	145.00/cwt	145.00–145.00	660	12
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	459	135.00/cwt	135.00–135.00	620	7
Steers	Medium and Large 2Value Added	—	814	136.50/cwt	136.50–136.50	1,111	5
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	739	124.00/cwt	124.00–124.00	916	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	728	133.00/cwt	133.00–133.00	968	13
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	752	135.86/cwt	133.00–136.00	1,022	21
Steers	Large 1-2	—	590	111.00/cwt	111.00–111.00	655	1
Steers	Small 1	—	370	151.00/cwt	151.00–151.00	559	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2Natural	—	445	145.00/cwt	145.00–145.00	645	5
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	858	128.00/cwt	128.00–128.00	1,098	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	619	152.96/cwt	140.00–156.50	947	63
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	564	146.00/cwt	146.00–146.00	823	25
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	720	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	864	1
Steers	Small 1	—	483	126.00/cwt	126.00–126.00	609	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2Natural	—	648	148.00/cwt	148.00–148.00	959	5
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	450	132.00/cwt	132.00–132.00	594	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Natural	—	606	145.00/cwt	145.00–145.00	879	15
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	661	146.00/cwt	146.00–146.00	965	38
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	1,145	65.00/cwt	65.00–65.00	744	1
Steers	Small 1	—	683	115.00/cwt	115.00–115.00	785	3
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	360	153.00/cwt	153.00–153.00	551	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	559	138.00/cwt	138.00–138.00	771	14
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Natural	—	539	151.00/cwt	151.00–151.00	814	24

How this sale compares

Virginia weighted averages

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