Sale reports / Virginia / Virginia Cattle Company / 2020-11-03

Virginia Cattle Company

Feeder Cattle · Radiant, Virginia · Tue, Nov 3
● Final37 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2182
Receipts
152 head
372 vs last sale 524 505 vs year ago 657 · 76.9%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 76, Heifers 64, Bulls 12)

Natural Cattle are Weaned and Vaccinated.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb steers averaged $125.99/cwt on 76 head.
Average price
$125.99
76 head · 677 lb average
Value per head Derived
$852
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$51
per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Small 1
$23.50/cwt at this weight
vs the market
9.48
vs VA average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1-2613136.5083716thin
Medium and Large 1682127.1786735
Medium and Large 2693123.0985311thin
Medium and Large 3762113.678666thin
Small 1696113.007868thin
One grade step is worth $23.50/cwt here — about $51 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 sale76 hd
125.99
VA average9 barns · 863 hd
135.47
−9.48
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

37 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 1340130.00/cwt130.00–130.004421
BullsMedium and Large 1565121.00/cwt121.00–121.006841
BullsMedium and Large 162098.00/cwt98.00–98.006081
BullsMedium and Large 178095.00/cwt95.00–95.007411
HeifersMedium and Large 1659112.19/cwt112.00–113.0073916
SteersMedium and Large 1750116.00/cwt116.00–116.008701
SteersSmall 1750107.00/cwt107.00–107.008034
SteersMedium and Large 1662133.00/cwt133.00–133.0088010
SteersSmall 1570110.00/cwt110.00–110.006271
HeifersMedium and Large 2315114.00/cwt114.00–114.003591
HeifersMedium and Large 173099.00/cwt99.00–99.007231
HeifersSmall 1355101.00/cwt101.00–101.003591
HeifersSmall 164565.00/cwt65.00–65.004191
SteersMedium and Large 2730116.00/cwt116.00–116.008472
SteersSmall 1665122.00/cwt122.00–122.008113
BullsMedium and Large 1-2555120.00/cwt120.00–120.006662
BullsMedium and Large 1-2443135.00/cwt135.00–135.005984
SteersMedium and Large 1570140.00/cwt140.00–140.007989
SteersMedium and Large 1823111.99/cwt111.00–113.009222
SteersMedium and Large 3640122.00/cwt122.00–122.007812
HeifersMedium and Large 1763106.00/cwt106.00–106.008096
SteersMedium and Large 2654128.00/cwt128.00–128.008377
HeifersMedium and Large 281091.00/cwt91.00–91.007372
HeifersMedium and Large 1549118.50/cwt118.50–118.506515
HeifersMedium and Large 1493121.00/cwt121.00–121.005973
SteersMedium and Large 3890103.00/cwt103.00–103.009172
SteersMedium and Large 1747117.00/cwt117.00–117.0087413
HeifersMedium and Large 2550118.50/cwt118.50–118.5065213
HeifersMedium and Large 3552109.00/cwt109.00–109.006023
SteersMedium and Large 1-2Natural670133.00/cwt133.00–133.008918
SteersMedium and Large 1-2Natural556140.00/cwt140.00–140.007788
SteersMedium and Large 2765115.00/cwt115.00–115.008801
HeifersMedium and Large 2656110.00/cwt110.00–110.007224
HeifersMedium and Large 3345107.00/cwt102.00–112.003694
SteersMedium and Large 3755116.00/cwt116.00–116.008762
SteersMedium and Large 2820111.00/cwt111.00–111.009101
BullsMedium and Large 284088.00/cwt88.00–88.007391

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.