Name: Virginia Cattle Company livestock auction prices — 2020-10-06
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2020-10-06

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 193, Heifers 172, Bulls 67)

Value Added Cattle are Weaned and Vaccinated.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb steers averaged $136.31/cwt on 190 head.

Average price

$136.31

190 head · 625 lb average

Value per head Derived

$851

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$285

per head · Medium and Large 1 over Small 1

$25.88/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−1.05

vs VA average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	631	140.38	885	87
Medium and Large 2	581	138.65	806	34
Medium and Large 1-2	675	134.59	909	36
Medium and Large 3	533	127.44	679	18thin
Medium and Large 2-3	779	127.22	991	9thin
Small 1	524	114.50	600	6thin

One grade step is worth $25.88/cwt here — about $285 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 sale190 hd

136.31

—

VA average9 barns · 1,986 hd

137.35

−1.05

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

70 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 3	—	635	113.00/cwt	112.00–115.00	718	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	525	101.00/cwt	101.00–101.00	530	1
Steers	Medium and Large 3Value Added	—	439	137.00/cwt	137.00–137.00	601	5
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	448	155.00/cwt	155.00–155.00	694	7
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	684	127.00/cwt	127.00–127.00	869	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	398	123.00/cwt	123.00–123.00	490	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	577	116.37/cwt	116.00–117.00	671	11
Bulls	Small 1	—	555	91.00/cwt	91.00–91.00	505	1
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	559	126.00/cwt	126.00–126.00	704	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	288	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	360	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	434	123.00/cwt	123.00–123.00	534	5
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	458	126.00/cwt	126.00–126.00	577	3
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	790	109.00/cwt	109.00–109.00	861	1
Heifers	Small 1	—	460	91.00/cwt	91.00–91.00	419	1
Heifers	Small 1	—	890	88.00/cwt	88.00–88.00	783	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	793	102.00/cwt	102.00–102.00	809	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3Value Added	—	823	129.00/cwt	129.00–129.00	1,062	5
Bulls	Small 1	—	368	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	405	2
Bulls	Small 1	—	720	80.00/cwt	80.00–80.00	576	1
Steers	Small 1	—	410	93.00/cwt	93.00–93.00	381	1
Bulls	Small 1	—	443	100.00/cwt	100.00–100.00	443	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	466	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	513	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	345	119.00/cwt	119.00–119.00	411	2
Steers	Small 1	—	577	123.00/cwt	123.00–123.00	710	3
Heifers	Small 1	—	531	112.00/cwt	112.00–112.00	595	4
Heifers	Small 1	—	635	85.00/cwt	85.00–85.00	540	2
Bulls	Small 1	—	635	106.00/cwt	106.00–106.00	673	1
Steers	Small 1	—	320	124.00/cwt	124.00–124.00	397	1
Steers	Small 1	—	685	101.00/cwt	101.00–101.00	692	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	750	104.00/cwt	104.00–104.00	780	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	776	131.00/cwt	131.00–131.00	1,017	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	765	108.00/cwt	108.00–108.00	826	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	448	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	627	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	1,055	97.00/cwt	97.00–97.00	1,023	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	335	153.00/cwt	153.00–153.00	513	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2Value Added	—	755	134.00/cwt	134.00–134.00	1,012	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	653	137.00/cwt	137.00–137.00	895	30
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	870	114.00/cwt	114.00–114.00	992	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	428	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	535	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	654	115.94/cwt	115.00–116.00	758	18
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	718	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	933	4
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	548	139.00/cwt	139.00–139.00	762	9
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	539	135.00/cwt	135.00–135.00	728	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	554	146.75/cwt	146.75–146.75	813	27
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	753	131.00/cwt	131.00–131.00	986	12
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	440	135.00/cwt	135.00–135.00	594	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2Value Added	—	644	135.00/cwt	135.00–135.00	869	7
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	390	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	585	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	668	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	835	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	458	160.00/cwt	160.00–160.00	733	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	732	113.00/cwt	113.00–113.00	827	7
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	700	117.00/cwt	117.00–117.00	819	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	647	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	776	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	386	131.00/cwt	131.00–131.00	506	8
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	398	147.00/cwt	147.00–147.00	585	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	481	122.50/cwt	122.50–122.50	589	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	544	120.86/cwt	119.00–121.00	657	27
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	553	123.00/cwt	123.00–123.00	680	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	477	122.75/cwt	122.75–122.75	586	10
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	535	109.00/cwt	109.00–109.00	583	4
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	480	136.00/cwt	136.00–136.00	653	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	677	136.90/cwt	125.00–144.50	927	29
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	652	118.00/cwt	118.00–118.00	769	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3Value Added	—	517	119.00/cwt	119.00–119.00	615	10
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3Value Added	—	724	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	905	4
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	658	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	790	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	500	113.00/cwt	110.00–116.00	565	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	738	111.65/cwt	109.00–113.00	824	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	540	124.00/cwt	124.00–124.00	670	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	443	112.60/cwt	105.00–114.00	499	6

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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