Sale reports / Virginia / Virginia Cattle Company / 2021-02-16

Virginia Cattle Company

Feeder Cattle · Radiant, Virginia · Tue, Feb 16
● Final16 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2182
Receipts
40 head
108 vs last sale 148 825 vs year ago 865 · 95.4%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 29, Heifers 10, Bulls 1)

Value Added and Natural cattle are Weaned and Vaccinated

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb steers averaged $138.90/cwt on 29 head.
Average price
$138.90
29 head · 587 lb average
Value per head Derived
$816
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$337
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 3
$27.00/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+7.71
vs VA average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1558147.008202thin
Medium and Large 1-2593140.5583411thin
Medium and Large 2616139.9286213thin
Small 1570129.007351thin
Medium and Large 3403120.004842thin
One grade step is worth $27.00/cwt here — about $337 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 sale29 hd
138.90
VA average7 barns · 300 hd
131.18
+7.71
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

16 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 166595.00/cwt95.00–95.006321
HeifersMedium and Large 1620110.00/cwt110.00–110.006821
HeifersMedium and Large 182584.00/cwt84.00–84.006931
HeifersSmall 1570102.00/cwt102.00–102.005811
HeifersSmall 146590.00/cwt90.00–90.004192
SteersMedium and Large 1558147.00/cwt147.00–147.008202
SteersSmall 1570129.00/cwt129.00–129.007351
HeifersMedium and Large 1Value Added692115.00/cwt115.00–115.007963
SteersMedium and Large 1-2Natural564143.00/cwt143.00–143.008078
SteersMedium and Large 1-2Value Added672134.00/cwt134.00–134.009003
HeifersMedium and Large 2470119.00/cwt119.00–119.005591
SteersMedium and Large 2620130.00/cwt130.00–130.008061
SteersMedium and Large 2Natural538149.00/cwt149.00–149.008023
SteersMedium and Large 2Natural642138.00/cwt138.00–138.008869
HeifersMedium and Large 3490112.00/cwt112.00–112.005491
SteersMedium and Large 3Natural403120.00/cwt120.00–120.004842

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.