Name: Virginia Cattle Company livestock auction prices — 2020-12-01
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2020-12-01

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 65, Heifers 86, Bulls 11)

Value Added cattle are Weaned and Vaccinated

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb heifers averaged $112.95/cwt on 83 head.

Average price

$112.95

83 head · 579 lb average

Value per head Derived

$654

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$421

per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Medium and Large 4

$107.84/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−5.55

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	447	127.84	572	12thin
Medium and Large 1	599	116.61	698	26
Medium and Large 2	617	113.55	701	35
Medium and Large 3	509	94.50	481	6thin
Small 1	577	82.67	477	3thin
Medium and Large 4	755	20.00	151	1thin

One grade step is worth $107.84/cwt here — about $421 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 sale83 hd

112.95

—

VA average6 barns · 1,360 hd

118.51

−5.55

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

49 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 1	—	780	101.00/cwt	101.00–101.00	788	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	488	134.00/cwt	134.00–134.00	654	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	520	126.00/cwt	126.00–126.00	655	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	659	115.87/cwt	115.00–116.00	764	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	755	101.00/cwt	101.00–101.00	763	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	712	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	890	7
Heifers	Small 1	—	700	71.00/cwt	71.00–71.00	497	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	555	144.00/cwt	144.00–144.00	799	5
Heifers	Small 1	—	550	87.00/cwt	87.00–87.00	479	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	515	131.00/cwt	131.00–131.00	675	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	688	131.00/cwt	131.00–131.00	901	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	619	138.00/cwt	138.00–138.00	854	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	833	103.00/cwt	103.00–103.00	858	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	730	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	913	7
Heifers	Small 1	—	480	90.00/cwt	90.00–90.00	432	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	486	120.36/cwt	118.00–124.00	585	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	560	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	672	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	445	160.00/cwt	160.00–160.00	712	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	655	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	721	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	343	145.00/cwt	145.00–145.00	497	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	1,060	90.00/cwt	90.00–90.00	954	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	423	131.00/cwt	131.00–131.00	554	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	380	159.00/cwt	159.00–159.00	604	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2Value Added	—	756	109.00/cwt	109.00–109.00	824	6
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	437	132.00/cwt	132.00–132.00	577	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	545	61.00/cwt	61.00–61.00	332	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	285	109.00/cwt	109.00–109.00	311	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	563	99.00/cwt	99.00–99.00	557	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	469	154.00/cwt	154.00–154.00	722	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	480	119.61/cwt	118.00–120.00	574	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	610	91.00/cwt	91.00–91.00	555	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 4	—	755	20.00/cwt	20.00–20.00	151	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	638	117.00/cwt	117.00–117.00	746	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	433	139.00/cwt	139.00–139.00	602	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	830	79.00/cwt	79.00–79.00	656	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	381	139.00/cwt	139.00–139.00	530	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	818	84.74/cwt	76.00–89.00	693	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	485	108.00/cwt	108.00–108.00	524	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	995	76.00/cwt	76.00–76.00	756	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2Value Added	—	545	128.00/cwt	128.00–128.00	698	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	536	114.51/cwt	114.00–115.00	614	4
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	568	132.60/cwt	126.00–134.00	753	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	578	113.97/cwt	112.00–116.00	659	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	610	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	671	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	564	118.00/cwt	118.00–118.00	666	12
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	905	81.00/cwt	81.00–81.00	733	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	335	164.00/cwt	164.00–164.00	549	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	710	85.00/cwt	85.00–85.00	604	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	520	147.00/cwt	147.00–147.00	764	3

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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