Sale reports / Virginia / Virginia Cattle Company / 2021-02-23

Virginia Cattle Company

Feeder Cattle · Radiant, Virginia · Tue, Feb 23
● Final34 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2182
Receipts
84 head
44 vs last sale 40 370 vs year ago 454 · 81.5%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 24. Heifers 45, Bulls 15)

Value Added and Natural Cattle are Weaned and Vaccinated.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $117.32/cwt on 44 head.
Average price
$117.32
44 head · 602 lb average
Value per head Derived
$707
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$1
per head · Medium and Large 2 over Small 1
$40.76/cwt at this weight
vs the market
4.49
vs VA average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 2495121.266008thin
Medium and Large 1629119.6775331
Medium and Large 3517107.015533thin
Small 174580.506002thin
One grade step is worth $40.76/cwt here — about $1 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 sale44 hd
117.32
VA average6 barns · 509 hd
121.81
−4.49
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

34 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 1375144.00/cwt144.00–144.005401
BullsMedium and Large 1645120.00/cwt120.00–120.007741
BullsMedium and Large 1720107.00/cwt107.00–107.007701
BullsMedium and Large 190089.00/cwt89.00–89.008011
BullsMedium and Large 1447158.00/cwt158.00–158.007063
HeifersMedium and Large 1734113.24/cwt113.00–114.008314
HeifersSmall 164590.00/cwt90.00–90.005811
BullsSmall 173591.00/cwt91.00–91.006691
SteersMedium and Large 1Natural546155.00/cwt155.00–155.008464
HeifersMedium and Large 1Value Added703122.00/cwt122.00–122.008588
SteersMedium and Large 1540148.83/cwt144.00–150.008045
HeifersMedium and Large 1653117.00/cwt117.00–117.007648
HeifersMedium and Large 1415125.00/cwt125.00–125.005192
SteersMedium and Large 191597.00/cwt97.00–97.008881
SteersMedium and Large 1832110.00/cwt110.00–110.009153
HeifersSmall 184571.00/cwt71.00–71.006001
BullsMedium and Large 2415154.00/cwt154.00–154.006391
BullsMedium and Large 2600120.00/cwt120.00–120.007201
HeifersMedium and Large 2533124.00/cwt124.00–124.006614
SteersMedium and Large 1630144.00/cwt144.00–144.009071
HeifersMedium and Large 1Value Added598120.00/cwt120.00–120.007183
HeifersMedium and Large 1477122.00/cwt122.00–122.005823
BullsMedium and Large 3540112.00/cwt112.00–112.006051
BullsMedium and Large 3685112.00/cwt112.00–112.007671
HeifersMedium and Large 2457118.52/cwt117.00–120.005424
HeifersMedium and Large 1555122.98/cwt121.00–124.006833
SteersMedium and Large 1743121.00/cwt121.00–121.008992
SteersMedium and Large 1470170.00/cwt170.00–170.007994
BullsMedium and Large 375099.00/cwt99.00–99.007431
BullsMedium and Large 3300122.00/cwt122.00–122.003661
HeifersMedium and Large 3415114.00/cwt114.00–114.004731
HeifersMedium and Large 3568103.52/cwt100.00–107.005882
SteersMedium and Large 2Natural653145.00/cwt145.00–145.009472
SteersMedium and Large 2590147.00/cwt147.00–147.008671

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.