Sale reports / Virginia / Virginia Cattle Company / 2020-09-29

Virginia Cattle Company

Feeder Cattle · Radiant, Virginia · Tue, Sep 29
● Final51 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2182
Receipts
247 head
113 vs last sale 360 325 vs year ago 572 · 56.8%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 108, Heifers 113, Bulls 26)

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 $118.82/cwt on 102 head.
Average price
$118.82
102 head · 622 lb average
Value per head Derived
$740
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$74
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Large 1-2
$24.58/cwt at this weight
vs the market
1.07
vs VA average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1591120.5871257
Medium and Large 2582120.0069825
Small 1803116.2393313thin
Medium and Large 3693106.677406thin
Large 1-266596.006381thin
One grade step is worth $24.58/cwt here — about $74 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 sale102 hd
118.82
VA average9 barns · 1,600 hd
119.89
−1.07
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

51 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.
ClassGrade / descriptionWeightAvg wtPriceRangePer headHead
BullsMedium and Large 3690103.00/cwt103.00–103.007111
BullsMedium and Large 2430145.00/cwt145.00–145.006243
BullsMedium and Large 285585.00/cwt85.00–85.007271
SteersMedium and Large 21,045110.00/cwt110.00–110.001,1501
BullsSmall 174094.00/cwt94.00–94.006962
HeifersSmall 1Natural851121.00/cwt121.00–121.001,03011
BullsSmall 180061.00/cwt61.00–61.004881
SteersMedium and Large 2390154.00/cwt154.00–154.006011
SteersMedium and Large 2551141.00/cwt141.00–141.007778
SteersMedium and Large 3669124.00/cwt124.00–124.008306
SteersSmall 1645114.00/cwt114.00–114.007351
SteersSmall 1565127.00/cwt127.00–127.007181
HeifersSmall 153890.00/cwt90.00–90.004842
SteersMedium and Large 2648138.00/cwt138.00–138.008942
SteersMedium and Large 3515129.00/cwt129.00–129.006641
HeifersMedium and Large 3746105.00/cwt105.00–105.007834
BullsSmall 1575108.00/cwt108.00–108.006211
BullsSmall 1658100.00/cwt100.00–100.006583
SteersSmall 1463135.46/cwt133.00–138.006272
BullsMedium and Large 1519138.00/cwt138.00–138.007166
BullsMedium and Large 1648115.00/cwt115.00–115.007452
HeifersLarge 1-266596.00/cwt96.00–96.006381
SteersLarge 1-2575126.00/cwt126.00–126.007252
Dairy SteersLarge 3Value Added55889.00/cwt89.00–89.004973
Dairy SteersLarge 446569.00/cwt69.00–69.003211
BullsMedium and Large 373580.00/cwt80.00–80.005881
HeifersMedium and Large 3588110.00/cwt110.00–110.006472
SteersMedium and Large 1708135.00/cwt135.00–135.009562
SteersMedium and Large 1Value Added636150.00/cwt150.00–150.009547
SteersMedium and Large 1495138.00/cwt138.00–138.006831
SteersMedium and Large 2930119.00/cwt119.00–119.001,1071
HeifersMedium and Large 2551120.86/cwt119.00–121.0066614
HeifersMedium and Large 2800108.00/cwt108.00–108.008642
SteersMedium and Large 1395140.00/cwt140.00–140.005531
SteersMedium and Large 1750130.00/cwt130.00–130.009756
SteersMedium and Large 1568145.25/cwt145.25–145.2582519
HeifersMedium and Large 2467124.00/cwt124.00–124.005793
HeifersMedium and Large 2638120.00/cwt120.00–120.007666
SteersMedium and Large 2467142.88/cwt137.00–145.006674
HeifersMedium and Large 1472121.72/cwt118.00–127.005755
HeifersMedium and Large 1741110.00/cwt110.00–110.008157
HeifersMedium and Large 1645121.00/cwt121.00–121.0078014
SteersMedium and Large 1515125.00/cwt125.00–125.006441
SteersMedium and Large 1656142.50/cwt142.50–142.5093526
SteersMedium and Large 1422153.52/cwt146.00–157.006483
HeifersMedium and Large 1561124.18/cwt115.00–125.0069726
SteersMedium and Large 1605121.00/cwt121.00–121.007322
HeifersMedium and Large 1535106.00/cwt106.00–106.005671
SteersMedium and Large 1870129.00/cwt129.00–129.001,1222
HeifersMedium and Large 1760107.00/cwt107.00–107.008131
HeifersMedium and Large 1408119.50/cwt119.50–119.504883

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.