Name: Virginia Cattle Company livestock auction prices — 2020-12-08
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2020-12-08

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 487, Heifers 278, Bulls 55)

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 $135.86/cwt on 477 head.

Average price

$135.86

477 head · 642 lb average

Value per head Derived

$873

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$596

per head · Medium and Large 2 over Small 2

$108.43/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−0.91

vs VA average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 2	556	143.43	797	45
Medium and Large 1	640	137.92	882	205
Medium and Large 1-2	684	135.80	929	185
Medium and Large 3	505	124.74	630	19thin
Small 1	596	116.80	696	20
Large 1-2	838	107.00	897	2thin
Small 2	575	35.00	201	1thin

One grade step is worth $108.43/cwt here — about $596 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 sale477 hd

135.86

—

VA average9 barns · 1,680 hd

136.77

−0.91

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

122 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
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	782	123.00/cwt	123.00–123.00	962	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	543	138.24/cwt	130.00–141.00	751	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	739	118.53/cwt	115.00–122.00	876	6
Bulls	Small 1	—	535	90.00/cwt	90.00–90.00	482	1
Bulls	Small 1	—	585	90.00/cwt	90.00–90.00	527	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	817	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	1,021	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	786	127.00/cwt	127.00–127.00	998	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	1,168	74.00/cwt	74.00–74.00	864	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	725	114.00/cwt	114.00–114.00	827	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	758	122.00/cwt	122.00–122.00	925	36
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	410	128.00/cwt	128.00–128.00	525	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	1,165	74.00/cwt	74.00–74.00	862	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	643	124.04/cwt	110.00–131.00	798	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	629	124.50/cwt	124.50–124.50	783	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	646	115.00/cwt	115.00–115.00	743	30
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	561	147.44/cwt	139.00–148.00	827	51
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	653	134.74/cwt	121.00–135.50	880	57
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	609	112.99/cwt	112.00–114.00	688	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	487	124.10/cwt	109.00–125.00	604	18
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	727	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	945	17
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	857	125.50/cwt	125.50–125.50	1,076	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	910	88.00/cwt	88.00–88.00	801	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	950	96.00/cwt	96.00–96.00	912	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	558	122.32/cwt	116.00–122.50	683	35
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	928	95.00/cwt	95.00–95.00	882	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Natural	—	560	149.50/cwt	149.50–149.50	837	13
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Natural	—	738	135.00/cwt	135.00–135.00	996	31
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	746	100.18/cwt	91.00–102.00	747	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	382	137.00/cwt	137.00–137.00	523	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	335	145.00/cwt	145.00–145.00	486	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	644	114.50/cwt	114.50–114.50	737	4
Bulls	Small 2	—	450	41.00/cwt	41.00–41.00	185	1
Bulls	Small 2	—	285	98.00/cwt	98.00–98.00	279	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	474	169.00/cwt	169.00–169.00	801	21
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	677	133.00/cwt	133.00–133.00	900	5
Steers	Small 1	—	615	101.00/cwt	101.00–101.00	621	1
Steers	Small 1	—	758	95.00/cwt	95.00–95.00	720	3
Bulls	Small 1	—	480	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	576	1
Heifers	Small 1	—	659	84.00/cwt	84.00–84.00	554	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	1,450	65.00/cwt	65.00–65.00	943	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Natural	—	614	127.50/cwt	127.50–127.50	783	11
Heifers	Small 2	—	795	41.00/cwt	41.00–41.00	326	1
Heifers	Small 2	—	165	51.00/cwt	51.00–51.00	84	1
Steers	Small 1	—	431	126.00/cwt	126.00–126.00	543	4
Steers	Small 1	—	368	156.00/cwt	156.00–156.00	574	2
Heifers	Small 1	—	543	89.50/cwt	89.00–90.00	486	4
Steers	Small 1	—	845	102.00/cwt	102.00–102.00	862	2
Steers	Small 2	—	575	35.00/cwt	35.00–35.00	201	1
Bulls	Small 2	—	175	41.00/cwt	41.00–41.00	72	1
Heifers	Small 1	—	452	99.00/cwt	99.00–99.00	447	3
Steers	Small 1	—	651	111.00/cwt	111.00–111.00	723	5
Heifers	Small 1	—	735	81.00/cwt	81.00–81.00	595	2
Heifers	Small 1	—	325	115.00/cwt	115.00–115.00	374	2
Steers	Small 1	—	542	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	678	3
Heifers	Small 1	—	815	61.00/cwt	61.00–61.00	497	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	810	87.00/cwt	87.00–87.00	705	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	554	135.00/cwt	135.00–135.00	748	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	472	149.02/cwt	146.00–149.50	703	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	515	103.00/cwt	103.00–103.00	530	1
Steers	Large 1-2	—	838	107.00/cwt	107.00–107.00	897	2
Heifers	Large 1-2	—	685	91.00/cwt	91.00–91.00	623	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	381	167.00/cwt	167.00–167.00	636	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	863	123.00/cwt	123.00–123.00	1,061	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	373	116.00/cwt	116.00–116.00	433	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	443	137.00/cwt	137.00–137.00	607	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	415	109.00/cwt	109.00–109.00	452	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	580	85.00/cwt	85.00–85.00	493	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 4	—	359	95.00/cwt	95.00–95.00	341	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 4	—	445	93.00/cwt	93.00–93.00	414	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	910	61.00/cwt	61.00–61.00	555	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	830	71.00/cwt	71.00–71.00	589	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 4	—	595	65.00/cwt	65.00–65.00	387	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 4	—	495	97.00/cwt	97.00–97.00	480	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 4	—	259	104.00/cwt	104.00–104.00	269	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 4	—	613	98.00/cwt	98.00–98.00	601	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	566	118.44/cwt	110.00–119.00	670	16
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	477	119.16/cwt	113.00–120.00	568	13
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	730	108.00/cwt	108.00–108.00	788	1
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	558	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	725	6
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	515	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	670	1
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	440	119.00/cwt	119.00–119.00	524	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	382	166.00/cwt	166.00–166.00	634	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	645	115.00/cwt	115.00–115.00	742	10
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	638	123.00/cwt	123.00–123.00	785	2
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	463	122.97/cwt	121.00–131.00	569	5
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	322	124.05/cwt	109.00–131.00	399	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	460	97.00/cwt	97.00–97.00	446	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	661	133.00/cwt	133.00–133.00	879	6
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	925	79.00/cwt	79.00–79.00	731	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	595	95.00/cwt	95.00–95.00	565	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	325	119.00/cwt	119.00–119.00	387	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	617	131.00/cwt	131.00–131.00	808	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	931	120.50/cwt	120.50–120.50	1,122	18
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	843	128.00/cwt	128.00–128.00	1,079	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	433	124.82/cwt	124.00–125.00	540	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	658	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	724	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	441	151.34/cwt	148.00–153.00	667	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Natural	—	529	126.18/cwt	123.00–129.00	667	24
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	422	124.00/cwt	124.00–124.00	523	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	295	132.00/cwt	132.00–132.00	389	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	330	118.00/cwt	118.00–118.00	389	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	970	86.00/cwt	86.00–86.00	834	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	785	112.00/cwt	112.00–112.00	879	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	664	131.63/cwt	127.00–135.00	874	17
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	470	124.04/cwt	122.00–126.00	583	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	558	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	725	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	558	124.49/cwt	123.00–125.00	695	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Natural	—	622	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	871	44
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	660	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	726	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	524	89.76/cwt	78.00–96.00	470	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3Value Added	—	744	114.00/cwt	114.00–114.00	848	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	255	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	306	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Natural	—	518	151.00/cwt	151.00–151.00	782	6
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	562	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	787	13
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	515	134.00/cwt	134.00–134.00	690	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	730	121.91/cwt	110.00–126.00	890	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	364	164.00/cwt	164.00–164.00	597	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	785	94.00/cwt	94.00–94.00	738	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	576	151.00/cwt	151.00–151.00	870	15
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	384	135.00/cwt	135.00–135.00	518	5
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	333	173.00/cwt	173.00–173.00	576	4
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	465	159.00/cwt	159.00–159.00	739	10

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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